Apple has assembled a star-studded cast for its Octavia Spencer series Are You Sleeping, from Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine and the scripted drama venture of Peter Chernin's Chernin Entertainment and Endeavor Content.

Joining Spencer in the 10-episode thriller drama are Aaron Paul (The Path, Breaking Bad), Weeds…

Michael Beach (Pitch, The 100) is set as a series regular in ABC's Untitled Holmes drama pilot from CSI: NY showrunner Pam Veasey, Robin Roberts and Regina King, and ABC Studios. Written by Veasey with King set to direct, the drama explores the lives of five African-American sisters, all officers in the NYPD, as they…

Glee alum Iqbal Theba has just been cast opposite Mahershala Ali in the Peter Farrelly-directed drama, Green Book, based on a true story about Italian-American bouncer Tony Lip, who becomes the driver of prodigy pianist on tour through the racially charged 1960s American south. Farrelly co-wrote the script with Nick…

Eloise Mumford, who has appeared in both Fifty Shades Of Grey films, will join Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz in the comedy We Are Unsatisfied, Matt Ratner’s directorial debut film. It’s about a struggling L.A. comedian (Schwartz) who's forced to move back home to Long Island and finds an unlikely kindred spirit in…

Michael Beach is set for a role in Warner Bros’ Jason Momoa-starring DC Comics stand-alone film Aquaman. He joins Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Ludi Lin, Dolph Lundgren, Temuera Morrison and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in the cast. James Wan is at the helm of the pic, which will hit theater…

Michael Beach has been elected to Patriots Day, the CBS Films and Lionsgate pic about the events surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing. The Third Watch alum — who is recurring as Pike on the current third season of The 100 — will play Deval Patrick, the governor of Massachusetts when terrorists struck the annual…

Aly Michalka (Easy A) has booked a recurring role on the CW drama series iZombie, from Warner Bros TV. Based on the DC comic, iZombie is a supernatural crime procedural that centers on med student-turned-zombie Olivia "Liv" Moore (Rose McIver), who takes a job in the coroner's office to gain access to the brains she…