Here's a bit of TV casting news for you to peruse: Breaking Bad creator and showrunner Vince Gilligan will make his acting debut on an episode of NBC's Community. Breaking Bad star Anna Gunn will guest star on an upcoming episode of Fox's The Mindy Project, starring Mindy Kaling. Syfy has set the cast for its 12 Monkeys pilot, including Aaron Stanford (Nikita) and Amanda Schull (Suits, Pretty Little Liars) in lead roles. Hit the jump for more on each project. EW reports that Gilligan will transition in front of the camera on an upcoming episode of Community. He'll play "a smooth-talking gold digger who winds up exacerbating a fight between Annie (Alison Brie) and Abed (Danny Pudi)." The episode is filming this week but will likely air either in late winter or early spring. Breaking Bad star Jonathan Banks will have a longer run on the series, starring a criminology professor in 11 episodes. Other guest stars include Walton Goggins, Nathan Fillion, Robert Patrick, Paget Brewster, Kumail Nanjiani, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Katie Leclerc, Ben Folds and Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz. Returning guest stars include John Oliver, Rob Corddry and Brie Larson. Season five of Community begins January 2nd. EW also reports that Gunn will guest on The Mindy Project. She'll play "Sheila Hamilton, a high-profile New York doctor with A-list clientele — 'the Tory Burch of Manhattan OB/GYNs,' according to Mindy Lahiri (Kaling). In the episode, Sheila intends to poach Mindy from her current office. Though Mindy's pleased to have a fan at first, she grows wary of Sheila's attention." Here's ...
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