EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is broadening the cast of The Challenger , its upcoming restricted series starring Kristen Stewart and Will Arnett, that narrates the events leading up to NASA’s 1986 Challenger disaster. Signing up with the collection in recurring duties are Daisuke Tsuji ( Invasion , Dennis Flanagan (Chicago PD) , David Shae (Richard Jewell) , Devyn Tyler ( The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd , Ellen Tamaki ( Reveal , Allie McCulloch ( The Glorias , Lio Tipton ( Love Harms , Chelle Ramos (Outer Banks), Michael Milligan (The Hunting Wives), Ned Vaughn (Beauty 13 and Jamie Lee Dunn (Your Honor).
Tsuji plays Ellison Onizuka; Flanagan is Jim Bagian; Shae plays Prick Scobee; Tyler is Cheryl McNair; Tamaki plays Lorna Onizuka; McCulloch plays June Scobee; Tipton is Molly; Ramos plays Sylvia Salinas; Milligan depicts Steven McAuliffe, Vaughn plays Neil Armstrong and Dunn is Christa McAuliffe.
Starring Stewart as Sally Experience and Arnett as George Abbey, formerly revealed cast additionally includes Danny Huston as William Rogers, Sofia Black D’Elia as Judy Resnik, Paul Sparks as Larry Mulloy, Boris McGiver as William ‘Expense’ Lucas, Shea Whigham as Roger Boisjoly, William Fichtner as, Kevin Carroll as, Eric Langea as, Adelaide Clemens as, Louisa Jacobson as, and Seeker Burke as Steve Hawley.
Inspired by Meredith E. Bagby’s 2023 book The New Guys , The Opposition narrates the occasions leading up to the Opposition calamity, the investigation that followed, and Experience’s groundbreaking journey as the very first American female in space.
The Challenger space capsule calamity occurred on January 28, 1986, when the spacecraft broke apart 73 seconds after lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing all seven team members aboard.
The Challenger collection hails from Large Swing Productions, Amblin Tv, and Nevermind Pictures, and will certainly premiere specifically on Prime Video.
The series was developed by Maggie Cohn ( The Stairs, American Criminal Offense Tale, Narcos: Mexico , who acts as author, executive producer, and showrunner. James Hawes ( One Life, Slow Horses, Black Mirror guides and executive produces. Executive producers also include Kyra Sedgwick, Valerie Stadler, and Meredith E. Bagby for Big Swing Productions; Maggie Cohn, James Hawes; Kristen Stewart, Dylan Meyer, and Maggie McLean for Nevermind Pictures; and Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey for Amblin Television.
Tsuji is repped by Hallmark Ability; Flanagan by CESD and TMT Entertainment Team; Shae by AMT; Tyler by Arise Artists Company; Tamaki by CESD and MGMT Home Entertainment; McCullock by STW Ability Agency and Bullett Monitoring; Tipton by Mosaic, Standard, Scott Whitehead at McKuin Frankel Whitehead; Ramos by Alexander White Firm and 42; Milligan by Alexander White Company and Absolutely No Gravity Monitoring; Vaughn by Traci Danielle/ Brevard Skill Team, Inc., Randy James Monitoring; Dunn by Angie Moncrief, Agent/Owner of Action Talent Firm.
