{"id":547757,"date":"2026-03-18T05:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547757\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T05:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:47:11","slug":"tv-news-altruists-lincoln-lotus-sekiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547757\/","title":{"rendered":"TV News: Altruists, Lincoln, Lotus, Sekiro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tv-news-altruists-lincoln-lotus-sekiro.jpg\" data-caption=\"HBO\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tv-news-altruists-lincoln-lotus-sekiro.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"tv-news-altruists-lincoln-lotus-sekiro\"\/><\/a>HBO<\/p>\n<p>The Altruists<br \/>Hudson Williams (\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d), Jennifer Grey (\u201cDirty Dancing\u201d), Terry Chen (\u201cAlmost Famous\u201d), Elizabeth Adams (\u201cWayward\u201d), Hannah Galway (\u201cThe Institute\u201d) and William Mapother (\u201cLost\u201d) have joined the cast of the limited series \u201cThe Altruists\u201d at Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-episode series tells the story of Sam Bankman-Fried (Anthony Boyle) who founded the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and was convicted of fraud in late 2023.  Julia Garner, Eugene Young, Madison Hu, Karan Soni and Matt Rife also star. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/03\/hudson-williams-jennifer-grey-cast-the-altruists-1236757124\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln Lawyer<br \/>Cobie Smulders has been promoted to a series regular, while Diane Guerrero, Patty Guggenheim, Corbin Bernsen, Chris Diamantopoulos, Teresa Maria, Richard Cabral, Steve Howey and Iker Garcia have landed recurring roles in the fifth season of Netflix\u2019s \u201cThe Lincoln Lawyer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth season will consist of 10 episodes, inspired by the seventh book in Michael Connelly\u2019s series \u201cResurrection Walk\u201d.  The season sees Smulders\u2019 Emi, Mickey\u2019s half-sister, come to him with a plea to help free a wrongfully convicted woman up on a six-year-old murder conviction. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/03\/the-lincoln-lawyer-production-season-5-plot-casting-1236757148\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The White Lotus<br \/>Chloe Bennet (\u201cAgents of SHIELD\u201d), Max Greenfield (\u201cThe Neighborhood\u201d), Kumail Nanjiani (\u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d), Charlie Hall (\u201cThe Sex Lives of College Girls\u201d) and Jarrad Paul (\u201cFree Bert\u201d) have scored recurring roles in the fourth season of HBO\u2019s \u201cThe White Lotus\u201d that will film in France.<\/p>\n<p>The quintet joins previously announced Season 4 cast including Sandra Bernhard, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Coogan, Caleb Jonte Edwards, Ari Graynor, Marissa Long, Alexander Ludwig, Chris Messina, AJ Michalka, Dylan Ennis, Vincent Cassel, Corentin Fila and Nadia Tereszkiewicz. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/2125700\/max-greenfield-the-white-lotus-the-last-of-us-abby-dad-patrick-wilson-casting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Line<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Sekiro: No Defeat<br \/>Crunchyroll has debuted the trailer for the anime series \u201cSekiro: No Defeat,\u201d a TV series remake of the 2019 \u201cSekiro: Shadows Die Twice\u201d game by FromSoftware.  Set in feudal Japan, a shinobi warrior embarks on a quest through the restless land to rescue his kidnapped lord.  The film is currently slated for a theatrical release in Japan and will release later this year everywhere else through Crunchyroll.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HBO The AltruistsHudson Williams (\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d), Jennifer Grey (\u201cDirty Dancing\u201d), Terry Chen (\u201cAlmost Famous\u201d), Elizabeth Adams (\u201cWayward\u201d), Hannah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-547757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}