Casting News: Ayo Edebiri-Will Sharpe Apple Series, The Rookie Promotion And More
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) and Will Sharpe (The White Lotus) are a couple of former childhood Prodigies... who might still be in love?
The duo will star in Apple TV+'s aforementioned seven-episode comedy, created, written and directed by Sharpe, who also executive-produces alongside Edebiri.
Described as an "unusual take on a classic romantic comedy," the series "explores the universal complexities of long-term relationships through the lens of a very unique couple," reads the official synopsis. "Didi (Edebiri) and Ren (Sharpe) are two ex-child prodigies who have been together since they were children. Now in their early 30s, they are starting to question whether their very ordinary existence is living up to the extraordinary promise of their childhood. Inevitably, they find themselves asking the same questions of their relationship. As individual hopes and needs feed into and conflict with their shared lives, the series challenges the fallacy at the heart of romantic storytelling – that the tale is over when the heroes get together. In life, surely, that is just the beginning?"
In other recent casting news...
* The Rookie has promoted Deric Augustine, who plays LAPD rookie Miles Penn, to series regular, our sister site Deadline reports.
* Mia Thornton will not return to The Real Housewives of Potomac for Season 10, she announced on Instagram. "My family and I have made the decision to relocate to Atlanta," Thornton wrote, adding that "the past four seasons have been an unforgettable journey one filled with growth, lessons, and so many incredible memories."
* Disney+'s Holes series pilot will be led by Greg Kinnear (Shining Vale), Aidy Bryant (SNL, Shrill) and Shay Rudolph (The Baby-Sitters Club), our sister site Variety reports. "In this reimagining of the beloved 1998 book from Louis Sachar, a teenage girl (Rudolph) is sent to a detention camp where the ruthless Warden (Kinnear) forces the campers to dig holes for a mysterious purpose," reads the official logline. Bryant will play Sissy, who is "overflowing with camp counselor energy" that makes her seem "like a trustworthy big sister figure to the girls, but as a true believer of The Warden's philosophy, her allegiance lies with him."
* Kevin Hart will host the 2025 BET Awards, airing Monday, June 9 at 8 pm ET/PT on BET.
* Comedian Jim Jefferies has been tapped to host The Snake, Fox's "social survival of the fittest" reality competition. On track to launch this summer, The Snake assembles 15 "masters of manipulation from various persuasive professions with unique skill sets to compete in an outrageous array of challenges and twists – all of which help contestants move toward becoming that week's Snake, the most powerful position in the game and ultimate decider of who stays and who goes."
* Mario Lopez and Ali Cobrin will star in A Christmas Spark, the first TV-movie announced for Great American Family's annual "Great American Christmas" programming event, which kicks off in October.
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