Nico Tortorella will star alongside Victoria Justice in EYE CANDY. Justice stars as a hacker whose online blog exposes everything from terrorist plots to murderers. Tortorella will play a member of an anti-hacking team who becomes mesmerized by her. Tortorella starred on “The Following” and “Make it or Break it”.
THE NOVICE has added Shane Coffey as the lead. He plays a highly intelligent recent college graduate whose job search stalls, prompting him to become involved with a Korean criminal organization. Coffey has previously appeared in “Pretty Little Liars” and “Perception”. He was also just seen in The Originals and The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
Emily Osment will have a leading role in YOUNG & HUNGRY. Osment stars as a blogger hired as the personal chef to an entrepreneur. Osment previously starred on “Hannah Montana”.
David Oyelowo, Freddie Prinze Jr., Vanessa Marshall, Taylor Gray and Steven Jay Blum are all being cast for various roles in the animated series STAR WARS: REBELS, but little is known about the series or characters beyond that.
“Breaking Bad” star R.J. Mitte has joined the cast of ABC Family’s SWITCHED AT BIRTH. He will play Campbell, a pre-med student currently working at the free clinic alongside Daphne Vasquez (Katie Leclerc). Mitte is coming hot off his performance as Walter White Jr. on AMC’s “Breaking Bad” and already has two feature gigs lined up, J. Nathan Simmons’ “The Jigsaw Puzzle Murders” and Kenny Gage and Devon Downs’ “The Devil’s Ink.”
Tim Daly, Mario Van Peebles and Cody Christian have joined the cast of SUBMERGED alongside Talulah Riley, Rosa Salazar, Caleb Hunt, Giles Matthey, Jonathon Bennett and Denzel Whitaker. The story follows a young woman and her friends, who’ve been targeted by kidnappers, who must do everything they can to survive after their limo is forced off the road and plunged into a canal. No word on what specific roles anyone will play but filming is already underway. Daly was last seen in the drama “Waking” and will next appear in “Rays of Light” and “Low Down.” Peebles last starred in (and directed) the comedy “We the Party” and will next turn up in “Mantervention.” Christian is best known for “Pretty Little Liars” and was last in “Kill the Irishman.” He’ll soon appear in the parody film “The Starving Games.”
Joshua Leonard has joined the cast of RJ Cutler’s upcoming drama IF I STAY. The film centers on a free-spirited mother (Mireille Enos) and her rocker boyfriend (Leonard) who are devastated when the woman’s seventeen-year-old daughter falls into a coma following a car accident. Chloe Moretz plays the daughter, and has out of body experiences and witnesses the grieving around her as she lies in her comatose state. Leonard recently starred in “Shark Night 3D”, and “The Motel Life” and will next be seen in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown.”
Ryan Guzman is in talks to star alongside Jennifer Lopez, Kristin Chenoweth and John Corbett in the thriller THE BOY NEXT DOOR. J-Lo stars as a recently separated older woman who begins to fancy the titular boy next door (Guzman). The affair becomes dangerous when the boy develops an unhealthy obsession with the relationship. Rob Cohen is directing with Jason Blum, John Jacobs, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Benny Medina and Zac Unterman producing. Guzman starred in “Step Up Revolution” and appeared in eight episodes of “Pretty Little Liars.”
Francia Raisa and Breeda Wool have joined the cast of Lifetime’s pilot UNREAL. The series follows a younger staffer (Shiri Appleby) who manipulates contestants on a popular dating show to create the juicy drama her producers crave. Raisa will play Inez, one of Appleby’s producers who has a special talent for finding great contestants. Wool will play Faith, one of the contestants brought on the show by Inez. Raisa is best known for her roles in “Bring It On: All or Nothing” and as Adrian Lee on ABC Family’s “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.” She is repped by Don Buchwald & Associates. Wool is best known for her roles in Courtney Lauren Penn’s short “The Masterpiece” and Jesse Millward’s “Craters of the Moon.” She is repped by The Luedtke Agency.
BADLANDS, from David Wilcox, is coming to The CW. “Badlands” is a supernatural western about a family haunted by malicious spirits. Wilcox is with WME.