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The talented and busy Chad Willett ( @chad._.willett ) is set to recur on ‘Vought Rising.’ From @deadline EXCLUSIVE: James Wolk (Watchmen), Dylan Arnold (Lady in the Lake), Josh Randall (Station 19) and Chad Willett (Supernatural) have been cast in key recurring roles in upcoming The Boys prequel series Vought Rising at Prime Video. They join previously announced series leads Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash, who are reprising their roles, Soldier Boy and Stormfront, respectively, from the mothership series. Details on their characters are under wraps. The Boys series executive producer Paul Grellong serves as executive producer and showrunner on Vought Rising, which comes from the main creative auspices behind The Boys franchise, led by the mothership’s developer, executive producer and showrunner Eric Kripke. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios, in association with Kripke Enterprises, Point Grey Pictures, and Original Film. Willett has appeared in series regular and recurring roles on series such as Supernatural, Big Sky, and on films including Joan of Arc and Hector and the Search for Happiness. He’ll next be seen portraying Coach Jensen in Off Campus, Prime Video’s upcoming hockey romance series based on Elle Kennedy’s popular book series. He’s repped by RED Management. #theboysprequel @sonypicturestv @amazonmgmstudios

An exciting upcoming project for Hudson Williams ( @hudsonwilliamsofficial ) alongside Dylan O’Brien. From @deadline Dylan O’Brien (Twinless) and Hudson Williams (Heated Rivalry) have signed on to star in Apparatus, a darkly comedic thriller marking the feature directorial debut of Canadian actress Sofia Banzhaf (I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain). Written by Banzhaf and Grayson Moore (Cardinals), Apparatus follows struggling young rideshare driver Tyler (Williams) as he falls under the influence of a self-styled entrepreneur, JP (O’Brien), who offers him a future in his handheld-massager business. But what appears to be a dream opportunity unravels as JP pulls Tyler into a violent downward spiral. Williams broke out with his starring role opposite Connor Storrie in the cultural phenomenon Heated Rivalryfrom Crave and HBO, a queer hockey romance heading into its second season. Upcoming, he’ll also be seen in Netflix’s FTX series The Altruists, among other projects. He is repped by CAA, RED Management and Hansen Jacobson.

Congratulations to our clients on their 2026 Canadian Screen Academy Nominations: ‘Best Lead Performance – Drama Series’ Michelle Morgan ( @michellemorgan_ ) for ‘Lou Fleming’ in Heartland. Hudson Williams ( @hudsonwilliamsofficial ) for ‘Shane Hollander’ in Heated Rivalry. @official_heartlandoncbc @thecdnacademy @heatedrivalrycrave

Glad to see that our talented Fletcher Donovan ( @fletcher.donovan ) and Quinnie Vu ( @the.quinnie )are part of ‘The Dregs.’ From @deadline Recently wrapping production, The Dregs centers on a friends’ trip to the Italian Alps that takes a terrifying turn after they drink a cursed bottle of Grappa. Lang plays the antagonist, a bitter Alpine waiter whose family recipe for Grappa involves alchemy and witchcraft. Character details for the others remain under wraps. Other new additions include David Goren (California Schemin‘), Desiree Staples (My Divorce Party), Evan Bittencourt (Sugar), Kheon Clarke (SkyMed), Fletcher Donovan (Love Hard), Quinnie Vu (Fire Country), and Mike Stern (Mid-Century), who developed the project and is producing through Astral Plane, along with Yasir Anwar, Marco Allegri, Tinker, and Connor Martin, who made his directorial debut, working from his own script.

Looking forward to seeing Spencer Lord ( @spennylord ) back as recurring character Owen in Season 3. @thelastofus @hbomax From @deadline EXCLUSIVE: HBO‘s The Last of Us is gearing up for a major Season 3—and possibly its last— with promotions for Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, and Spencer Lord, as well as the official additions of Jason Ritter (Matlock) and Patrick Wilson (Watchmen) in recurring roles. Season 2 picks up five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie are drawn into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind. No details regarding Season 3’s plot have been revealed. However, we hear it’s poised to be told from Abby’s perspective. The trio, made up of Barer, Gabrielle and Lord, will continue playing their established characters of Mel, Nora and Owen. All three joined the hit series in Season 2 as recurring stars. The Season 3 cast will also include returning stars Bella Ramsey, Isabela Merced, Gabriel Luna, and Jeffrey Wright, as well as newly announced additions: Clea DuVall will portray a seraphite, and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. is taking on the role of Manny, following Danny Ramirez’s departure. #TheLastOfUsHBO, #TheLastOfUs, #StreamOnMax

Joining the cast of #thevampirelestat is Christopher Heyerdahl. The Devil’s Road finally has an end in sight. Or, perhaps, a beginning. Premieres June 7 on AMC and AMC+. @AMCsAnneRice #vampireseries

The illustrious Gil Bellows ( @gil.bellows ) joins @netflix rom-com ‘In a Holidaze.’ From @deadline: EXCLUSIVE: Netflix and Alloy Entertainment have added six to the cast of their holiday rom-com In a Holidaze: Andrea Anders (Ted Lasso), Gil Bellows (Patriot), comedian Patton Oswalt (GOAT), Jackie Sandler (You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah), Luke Roessler (Smoke), and Meredith Salenger (Star Wars: Tales of the Empire). Character details are under wraps. As we first reported, the film’s leads are Maddie Ziegler, Rob Lowe, Graham Phillips, and Elias Kacavas. Written and directed by Tiffany Paulsen (Winter Spring Summer or Fall), In a Holidaze follows a directionless twenty-something who, after making a romantic mistake of epic proportions, finds herself trapped in a holiday time-loop, forced to relive the same Christmas at her family’s cabin until she discovers what truly makes her happy. #holidaymovie #romcom

An exciting and horrifying new project for the talented Gil Bellows ( @gil.bellows ) is in motion. We eagerly await the release of this one! From @deadline EXCLUSIVE: Mike Flanagan has added 11 longtime collaborators to the cast of his untitled new Exorcist movie, Deadline has learned: Rahul Kohli, Hamish Linklater, Gil Bellows, Carl Lumbly, Robert Longstreet, Matt Biedel, Samantha Sloyan, Kate Siegel, John Gallagher Jr., Benjamin Pajak, and Carla Gugino. Character details for all new cast members are under wraps, as is the plot of the new Exorcist, which Universal is set to release in theaters on Friday, March 12, 2027. What’s known about the film, shooting in New York City, is that it will tell an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe and is not a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer. As previously announced, the cast also includes Scarlett Johansson, Jacobi Jupe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Sasha Calle, and Diane Lane. #horrormovie #theexorcist

We are excited to announce our own Alya Soygur (@alya.soygur) as the titular Loya in Loya (@loyafilm) which recently wrapped shooting in Türkiye! From Film New Europe: The Turkish/Canadian director Sibel Guvenc is currently in postproduction with her debut feature Loya, which is a Canadian/Irish/Croatian coproduction Loya, a young Turkish storyteller battling cancer, fights for her life and her land that is destroyed by a Canadian gold mining company operated by her birth father. Based on survival and resistance through the eyes of a young dreamer, Loya is a feature-length drama that creates a dialogue about family, deforestation, climate emergency, and connections to the land. The film stars Cansu Tosun, Moe Dunford, Alya Soygur, Baris Celiloglu, Ahmet Varli, Cemal Hünal, Mijo Jurišić, Gizem Erman Soysaldi, Tayfun Yilmaz, Müge Duygun, and Gulfem Kose. Loya is a coproduction between Canada (Kybele Films), Ireland (Samson Films) and Croatia 4Film, made with the support of Telefilm Canada, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit, the Canada Film Production Tax Credit, and the Canada Council for the Arts, as well as with private investment. The producers are Sibel Guvenc, Munire Armstrong, David Collins, and Anita Juka. Loya was developed through a rigorous international development process, including a selection for the Cannes Film Festival ImpACT Lab, the JETS coproduction initiative at the Berlinale, the Whistler Film Festival Producers Lab and Power Pitch, and the Netflix Canadian Pitch Day. It was also named a Second Rounder in Drama at the 2024 Austin Film Festival Script Competition. The filming took place in Artvin (Turkey) from 21 September to 14 October 2025. As a Cannes ImpACT Lab (Marché du Film, 12 – 20 May 2026) selected project, Loya is planned for a submission to A-list film festivals, in line with the completion of its postproduction.

Fans of @hudsonwilliamsofficial have something to look forward to! @cravecanada @yagacrave From @variety: Heated Rivalry” star Hudson Williams isn’t straying too far from Crave, signing on to star in the Bell Media-owned Canadian streamer’s upcoming half-hour drama series “Yaga,” along with fellow stars Carrie-Anne Moss (“The Matrix), Noah Reid (“Schitt’s Creek”) and Clark Backo (“Letterkenny”). “Yaga” is based on the hit play by Canadian playwright Kat Sandler, who will serve as writer and showrunner on the eight-episode TV series. The small town mystery thriller, which reimagines the myth of Baba Yaga, comes from Front Street Pictures and Blink49 Studios in partnership with Crave. Production is underway on the series, which is co-directed by David Frazee and Rachel Talalay. Per the logline, “Yaga” centers on Rapp (Noah Reid), “a private investigator who arrives in a small coastal town to investigate the disappearance of a young heir to a powerful fishery, Henry Park (Hudson Williams). He finds himself at odds with an apprehensive local detective, Carson (Clark Backo), a charismatic university professor with a taste for younger men, Katherine (Carrie-Anne Moss), and a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects, secret lives, and ancient magic.” Moss is repped by Hodgson Management Group, Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo LLP, and Viewpoint, Inc; Reid is represented by GGA and Circle Management + Production; Backo is repped by IAG and Linden Entertainment; and Williams is repped by CAA and RED Management.