Ron Perlman, Nick Nolte, Charles Melton and Tim Blake Nelson Join Peacock 'Poker Face' Series (EXCLUSIVE)

Ron Perlman, Nick Nolte, Charles Melton and Tim Blake Nelson have all joined the cast of the upcoming Peacock series "Poker Face", Variety has learned exclusively.

Perlman ("Sons of Anarchy", "Hellboy"), Nolte ("Warrior", "Graves"), Melton ("Riverdale", "American Horror Stories") and Nelson ("Watchmen", "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") join the series' already large cast. Natasha Lyonne will direct the series, with previously announced cast including: Adrien Brody, Audrey Corsa, Benjamin Bratt, Chloe Sevigny, Danielle MacDonald, Dascha Polanco, Ellen Barkin, Jameela Jamil , Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judith Light, Lil Rel Howery, Niall Cunningham, Nicholas Cirillo, S. Epatha Merkerson, Simon Helberg and Tim Meadows.

Sources say it will follow a procedural format and see Lyonne's character work to solve different murders in each episode. Further details about the plot and the characters each actor will play are being kept under wraps.

Perlman is replaced by Link Entertainment and Gersh. Nolte is replaced by CAA. Melton is replaced by CAA and 111 Media. Nelson is replaced by UTA, Gateway Management Company and Bloom Hergott Diemer.

"Poker Face" received a 10-episode order from Peacock in March 2021. Johnson created the series and produced the production through T-Street Productions. Lyonne executive produces under the Animal Pictures banner in addition to starring, with Animal Pictures' Maya Rudolph and Danielle Renfrew Behrens co-executive producing. Nora and Lilla Zuckerman are executive producers and co-showrunners. Ram Bergman and T-Street's Nena Rodrigue are also executive producers. MRC Television will produce. MRC is a minority investor in T-Street, with a first-look film and TV deal.

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