Casting News: Olivia Colman and Brie Larson’s FX Drama, Jax Taylor Exits The Valley and More

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Two of The Bear’s most notable guest stars are set to unite in a new FX drama.

Academy Award winners Olivia Colman and Brie Larson will star in Cry Wolf, a limited series penned by The Affair creator Sarah Treem, Variety reports.

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Adapted from the Danish TV series Ulven Kommer, the show is described as a psychological family thriller about a social worker (Colman) and a mother (Larson) who are “thrust into crisis when the mother’s teenage daughter alleges abuse, pushing both women to their limits as they navigate an impossible situation.”

In other casting news…

* Jax Taylor will not return for Season 3 of Bravo’s The Valley. Taylor addressed his exit in a statement to Variety, which reads in part, “Right now, my focus needs to be on my sobriety, my mental health and co-parenting relationship. Taking this time is necessary for me to become the best version of myself — especially for our son, Cruz.”

* Minnie Driver (Speechless), Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) and Natacha Karam (9-1-1: Lone Star) will star in Part 1 of Fox’s The Faithful. As previously reported, the Biblical event series will launch Sunday, March 22 at 8/7c, and air in three, two-hour installments, leading into the finale on Easter Sunday, April 5.

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* Landman Season 2 has added Guy Burnet (FUBAR) and Miriam Silverman (Your Friends & Neighbors). Per Deadline, they’ll recur as Charlie Newsom, “a charming oil and gas engineer,” and Greta Stidham, “an intimidating university admissions counselor.”

* Igby Rigney (The Fall of the House of Usher) and newcomers Homer Gere and Graham Campbell will star opposite Kaia Gerber in Ryan Murphy’s FX drama The Shards, which received an official series pickup Wednesday.

* Layton Williams (Bad Education) has joined the cast of Netflix’s Geek Girl, which just started shooting Season 2 in London. Returning cast members include Em Carey, Emmanuel Imani, Liam Woodrum, Rochelle Harrington and Zac Looker, alongside Sarah Parish, Tim Downie, Jemima Rooper and Hebe Beardshall.

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