TV News: Dead, Stranger, Crossover, Tiny, Virgo

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The Walking Dead: Rick & Michonne
Lesley-Ann Brandt (“Lucifer”) has scored a key recurring role in “The Walking Dead: Rick and Michonne” spin-off starring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira. Brandt will recur as a character named Pearl Thorne and production on the six-episode drama is underway in New Jersey. [Source: TV Line]

Stranger Things
Actor David Harbour has confirmed that filming for the highly-anticipated fifth and final season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” is scheduled to start this coming June.

Harbour says he’s currently training for the new season and here “he’s back in town, he’s back in America where they have cheeseburgers, so he will be well-fed.” [Source: Collider]

The Crossover
Disney+ has released the official trailer for its forthcoming LeBron James-produced coming-of-age sports drama “The Crossover”. The story features two teenage brothers, who are each talented basketball players, as they try to follow in the footsteps of their father. The series will be available for streaming on April 5.

This adaptation of Kwame Alexander’s bestselling novel is narrated by Daveed Diggs and stars Jalyn Hall, Amir O’Neil, Derek Luke, Sabrina Revelle, Deja Monique Cruz, Trevor Raine Bush, Skyla I’Lece and Phylicia Rashad.

Tiny Beautiful Things
Hulu has premiered the trailer for “Tiny Beautiful Things,” the Kathryn Hahn-led series about a recently divorced mother on the brink of personal combustion as she deals with grief and parenting a teenage daughter – even as her day job is as a revered advice columnist. The series premieres on April 7th.

I’m A Virgo
Amazon Prime has released the trailer for the coming-of-age comedy series “I’m a Virgo” which hails from “Sorry to Bother You” filmmaker Boots Riley. Jharrel Jerome, Brett Gray, Kara Young, Carmen Ejogo and Walter Goggins star in the series which airs summer 2023.

The series follows a 13-foot-tall man named Cootie (Jerome), a native of Oakland in California, who spends his time binging TV shows and comic series. When he encounters his real life superhero, dubbed The Hero (Goggins), Cootie finds himself on course for a mythical quest.