WITCHES OF EAST END Premiere Date Announced Plus Casting News

The next few weeks are going to be pretty busy around here as up fronts announce pick ups, cancellations and renewals as well as casting news. Of interest to us is the announcement from Lifetime that Witches of East End will return with new episodes July 6th at 9 pm ET/PT.

Also, Christian Cooke has been added to the cast as a series regular (and added hotness). If you recall in the finale, the portal between this world and Asgard had been opened and someone came through. I have my own thoughts on who that is but I’ll keep them to myself for now. 😉  Whoever this stranger is, he doesn’t bring rainbows and blue skies with him.

Press release:

Christian Cooke plays a mysterious newcomer.

DARKNESS IS RISING…

The second season of Lifetime’s thrilling series Witches of East End (#WitchesofEastEnd) returns this summer, beginning Sunday, July 6, at 9 pm ET/PT with an ensemble cast headlined by Emmy Award-winner Julia Ormond (Temple Grandin, Mad Men), Jenna Dewan Tatum (American Horror Story), Rachel Boston (In Plain Sight), Mädchen Amick (Mad Men, Damages), Eric Winter (The Mentalist) and Daniel DiTomasso (CSI). Christian Cooke (Magic City) joins the cast as a new series regular this season.

Based on Melissa de la Cruz’s New York Times best-selling novel, the series centers on the Beauchamp family, where in season one sisters Freya (Dewan Tatum) and Ingrid (Boston) discovered they are witches with ancient magical powers. With the help of their mother Joanna (Ormond) and aunt Wendy (Amick), they learned how to cultivate their craft and work together to defeat unearthly enemies seeking revenge on their family, while keeping their abilities a secret from the town.

This season, with the portal to Asgard open, what comes through will forever change the lives of the Beauchamps. Darkness surrounds East End as a new stranger (Cooke) arrives. Joanna is still weak with poison in her blood as the Beauchamps search desperately for a cure. With the death of Penelope (Virginia Madsen), Killian (DiTomasso) and Dash’s (Winter) warlock powers return.

Produced by Fox 21 (Homeland, Sons Of Anarchy), Witches of East End is executive produced by Maggie Friedman (Eastwick) and Richard Hatem (The Mothman Prophecies), with Allan Arkush (Heroes) serving as both executive producer and producing director on the series. Al Septien & Turi Meyer (Smallville), Shelley Meals & Darin Goldberg (Hawthorne) and Debra Fisher (Criminal Minds) serve as co-executive producers.

‘Witches’ stars Emmy® Winner Julia Ormond, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Rachel Boston, Mädchen Amick, Eric Winter and Daniel DiTomasso.