Jordan Peele’s ‘The Twilight Zone’ Adds Chris O’Dowd & Amy Landecker for an Episode

Mar 19, 2019

Chris O’Dowd and Amy Landecker will star in ‘The Blue Scorpion’ episode of the CBS All Access reboot ‘The Twilight Zone.’

Last year, O’Dowd was in Netflix’s ‘The Cloverfield Paradox,’ the EPIX series ‘Get Shorty,’ and Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins Returns.’ He was also recently in Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Molly Game’ and Tim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.’ Next, he will be in the SundanceTV series ‘State of the Union,’ co-starring Rosamund Pike.

Landecker was in several shows last year, such as ABC’s ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ FOX’s ‘LA to Vegas,’ and Netflix’s ‘Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia.’ She will next be in Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman’s upcoming untitled sci-fi film.

Moreover, Jordan Peele will serve as host and narrator of series.

The rest of the insanely stacked cast is below:

  • Ike Barinholtz (‘Blockers,’ ‘The Oath’)
  • Zazie Beetz (‘Atlanta,’ ‘Deadpool 2’)
  • John Cho (‘Star Trek,’ ‘Searching’)
  • Lucinda Dryzek (‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,’ ‘City of Ember’)
  • Taissa Farmiga (‘The Nun,’ ‘The Mule’)
  • Betty Gabriel (‘Counterpart,’ ‘Get Out’)
  • Percy Hynes-White (‘11.22.63,’ ‘The Gifted’)
  • Greg Kinnear (‘Little Miss Sunshine,’ ‘The War of the Worlds’)
  • Luke Kirkby (‘The Deuce,’ ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’)
  • Sanaa Lathan (‘Family Guy,’ ‘The Affair’)
  • Kumail Nanjiani (‘The Big Sick,’ ‘Men in Black: International’)
  • Seth Rogen (‘The Disaster Artist,’ ‘The Lion King’)
  • Adam Scott (‘The Good Place,’ ‘Big Little Lies’)
  • Rhea Seehorn (‘Better Call Saul,’ ‘Inside Man 2′)
  • Allison Tolman (‘Fargo,’ ‘Castle Rock’)
  • Jacob Tremblay (‘Room,’ ‘Wonder’)
  • Jefferson White (‘The Alienist,’ ‘Yellowstone’)
  • Jonathan Whitesell (‘Bad Times at the El Royale,’ ‘Project Blue Book’)
  • Jessica Williams (‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,’ ‘2 Dope Queens’)
  • DeWanda Wise (‘Underground,’ ‘She’s Gotta Have It’)
  • Steven Yeun (‘The Walking Dead,’ ‘Sorry to Bother You’)

The anthology series will debut with two episodes on April 1. Following the series premiere, new episodes will be available on demand weekly on Thursdays beginning April 11.

Source: Deadline