The HBO Max comedy pilot
OK Boomer starring Broadway Icon Patti LuPone (
Pose) fills out its cast with Will Sasso (
United We Fall) and Tim Chiou (
I Was a Simple Man). Deadline reports the pair join as series regulars along with Erinn Hayes (
Bill and Ted: Face the Music) and Devere Rogers (
Will and Grace), along with Zoe Manarel (
An American Girl: Summer Camp) and Carter Chee.
In
OK Boomer, LuPone stars as Barbara in a self-centered boomer who shows up at her estranged daughter Sarah’s (Hayes) house hoping to live off the family’s money. Family hijinks ensue when she clashes with her precautious and progressive grandaughter but forms an unexpected bond with her when challenged on their differing views.
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“We’re headed back for season 2,”
The Wilds official Twitter account revealed in a video showing the main cast of the YA survival drama celebrating the show’s renewal by Amazon Prime Video. The 10-episode first season of
The Wilds debuted on the streaming platform just over a week ago, and was met with strong positive reviews, with critics calling the series an “addictive thriller that also captures the complex lives of teenage girls,
The Wilds is worth getting lost in.”
The Wilds follows a group of teen girls from different walks of life who crash land on a deserted island, and must learn to live together. But in a twist, the girls learn that they did not end up on the island by accident.
The Wilds centers around a group of teen girls from different backgrounds, who must fight for survival after a plane crash strands them on a deserted island. The castaways both clash and bond as they learn more about each other, the secrets they keep, and the traumas they’ve all endured. There’s just one twist to this thrilling drama… these girls did not end up on this island by accident.
The series stars Sarah Pidgeon (
Gotham) as Leah Rilke, Mia Healey as Shelby Goodkind, Jenna Clause (
Cold Brook) as Martha Blackburn, Erana James (
Golden Boy) as Toni Shalifoe, Reign Edwards (