{"id":381478,"date":"2026-07-21T21:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/381478\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T21:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:31:08","slug":"josh-lucas-latest-to-join-dallas-set-series-discretion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/381478\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Lucas latest to join Dallas-set series \u2018Discretion\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Worth<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cYellowstone\u201d actor is joining a new Dallas-set series coming to Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/josh-lucas-discretion-nicole-kidman-elle-fanning-paramount-1236998810\/\">Deadline reported Monday<\/a> that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0524197\/\">Josh Lucas<\/a> is the latest cast member to join \u201cDiscretion.\u201d The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/entertainment\/fort-worth\/article312455498.html\">legal thriller series<\/a> also stars Elle Fanning and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/entertainment\/fort-worth\/article316529958.html\">\u201cLioness\u201d star Nicole Kidman.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lucas is set to play Greg, a lawyer and Kidman\u2019s husband on the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLenny (Fanning), a summer associate at a prestigious Dallas law firm, uncovers a web of NDAs masking a dark truth. When she realizes she signed the same agreement, her discoveries put her in the crosshairs of the firm\u2019s most powerful female partner Sharon (Kidman) \u2014 upending their mentor-prot\u00e9g\u00e9 dynamic and raising the question: who gets to keep secrets, and at what cost?\u201d the show\u2019s logline reads.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfac In case you missed it: <\/p>\n<p>        Josh Lucas joins \u2018Discretion\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Lucas has been acting since the 1990s and is best known to Taylor Sheridan fans as playing a young version of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/entertainment\/fort-worth\/article297151389.html\">John Dutton on \u201cYellowstone.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old appeared in nine episodes of the show across three seasons. His biggest amount of screen time came in season 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscretion\u201d is based on author <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chandlerbakerbooks.com\/\">Chandler Baker\u2019s<\/a> yet-to-be-released short story of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>Baker, who grew up in Dallas, wrote the story in just two days last summer and based it on her time as a corporate lawyer negotiating \u201chundreds of NDAs a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my dream project with a dream team and dream partners,\u201d Baker wrote on Facebook when the show was announced last fall. \u201cAnd thank you to everyone in my corner who didn\u2019t take their eye off the ball on this one for even a second.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deadlines reports that \u201cDiscretion\u201d will begin filming later this year for a 2027 release on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no word on if the show will film in Dallas, but it will be set in Big D.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/259144728\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BraydenHeadshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Brayden Garcia\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/259144728\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Garcia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Brayden Garcia is the entertainment reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he mainly writes about how the film and TV industry impacts North Texas, from Taylor Sheridan shows to the Fort Worth Film Commission and everything in between.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth A \u201cYellowstone\u201d actor is joining a new Dallas-set series coming to Paramount+. 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