The one good thing about CW shows killing many cool secondary characters is watching the actors go for better things.
I was very happy to learn Tracy Ifeachor is going to be on new ABC show
Spark (since it's only been written about on Deadline and for some reason Livejournal hates that site and flags any link to it as spam you have to just believe me - or replace @ with a in this url
http://de@dline.com/2016/02/tracy-ifeachor-cast-abc-pilot-spark-brianne-howey-the-exorcist-1201708583/). But there is finally a
little more known about the show and io9 picked up the story so I can link to that. The lead will be played by Antonia Thomas (
Misfits) and the show is to be set in alternate Steampunk universe.
Set in an alternate history where gas and coal fuel the world, the drama centers on the battle for power between two rival families and a rebellious young woman with a spark of invention that could level both their empires.
...the drama centers on the battle for power between two rival families and Pin (Thomas), a rebellious young woman with a spark of invention that could level both their empires. Thomas’ Pin is the smart, driven, fiercely independent young woman whose mission it is to bring back electricity to the masses no matter the cost.
Lincoln is still alive but
Ricky Whittle has been announced to be the lead on Starz's adaptation of American Gods so his death can't be far off (it seems like the actor actually quit because he was fed up of being sidelined to 5 seconds in prison every 2 episodes and
disagreements with the producer).
Ian McShane has been cast as Mr. Wednesday. He was pretty popular fan choice and I can see his
Kings character when I think about this.
In more news about British actors finding work -
Finn Jones, the guy who plays Loras on Game of Thrones, has been cast as Danny Rand the title character in Iron Fist. This of course means
a great disappointment to everyone who hoped they would change his race. Hard not to agree - it's not like MCU has a shortage of white guys from all over the English speaking world so one less wouldn't make a difference. On the other hand, while there are some Asian women in MCU the only male, non-evil one is also an alien. Marvel seems to want to placate fans by
adding supporting characters some of whom
are Asian. Also Mike Colter has announced the premier date for
Luke Cage -
it's coming to Netflix on September 30.
Daredevil is of course dropping this Friday.