Brian Cox will be Santa, Simone Ashley gets her own rom-com, and more of the week in casting news

Jessica Biel, Henry Golding, and Anna Camp are among the names that were attached to new productions this week

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Brian Cox will be Santa, Simone Ashley gets her own rom-com, and more of the week in casting news
Henry Golding; Simone Ashley; David Schwimmer Photo: Kate Green; Pascal Le Segretain; Gareth Cattermole

Spring is officially here, and with that air of growth and renewal comes a whole slate of new and exciting projects on the horizon. There were a lot of casting announcements this week, coming from returning series like You and Nine Perfect Strangers, to brand new productions like Netflix’s Black Doves and Peacock’s The Good Daughter.

Read on for The A.V. Club’s roundup of this week’s most exciting casting news.

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Simone Ashley gets her own rom-com
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It’s about time Bridgerton and Sex Education standout Simone Ashley got a rom-com of her own. She’ll star opposite Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After) in director Prarthana Mohan’s Picture This, a film about a single photographer led on a “hilarious but heartfelt” quest for love after meeting with a spiritual guru. Rounding out the cast are Phil Dunster, Nikesh Patel, Adil Ray, Sindhu Vee, Anoushka Chadha, Kulvinder Ghir, and Luke Fetherston. [Emma Keates]

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