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Mary Steenburgen is joining “A Man on the Inside” Season 2 at Netflix, Variety has learned.

The casting is a family affair for Steenburgen, who will appear opposite her real life husband and series lead Ted Danson. Per the official logline, the show follows Charles (Danson), “a retired man who gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a Pi and becomes a mole in a secret investigation.”

Steenburgen will play Mona Margadoff, described as “a former musician who factors heavily in the case Charles is trying to solve.” Season 2 is slated to begin production in April.

Steenburgen won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe for best supporting actress for the film “Melvin and Howard.” She was also nominated for the latter award for the films “Going South” and “Ragtime.” She has also starred in films like “Time After Time,” “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” “Philadelphia,” and “Nightmare Alley.

Mary Steenburgen definitely had the wrong impression of her future husband Ted Danson before they started dating. When they first met, the self-described Cheers fan just assumed Danson must be “slick” like Sam Malone. She was disavowed of that notion after they got together in a romantic way. “My joke is that slick guys don’t say, ‘Gosharooney!’ after making love,” she revealed on a recent episode of Danson’s Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast.

Danson wasn’t expecting that reveal, apologizing to his stepchildren for that intimate look inside their bedroom. “Nice,” he replied. “I wasn’t setting that one up, but that’s great. Sorry, kids.”

But Steenburgen had a good reason to believe Danson had something in common with the preening Malone. The two met when the actress was being considered for a part in the movie Pontiac Moon. She showed up to meet director Peter Madak and Danson,...

Ah, celebrity scandals—always spicy, always juicy, and surely knows how to keep us entertained. But there’s one affair from the ’90s that still makes jaws drop whenever it’s brought up: the steamy romance between Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg. Yep, that scandal. The one that had tabloids working overtime and left Danson with a hefty price tag – not just emotionally, but financially too.

Ted Danson in A Man on the Inside (2024) | Credit: Netflix

So, Danson, everyone’s favorite bartender from Cheers, was happily married to Cassandra Coates. But then, the former finds himself falling for none other than Goldberg—Oscar-winner, comedian, and all-around force of nature. Cue the collective gasp of the public. He was already married yet, the spark between him and Goldberg was undeniable. Naturally, the world went absolutely bananas.

Ted Danson, Whoopi Goldberg, & the Love Triangle That Cost More Than You’d Think

Let’s be honest,...

Love was clearly in the air when Ted Danson met Mary Steenburgen on a five-hour canoe ride on California’s Big River during filming of the otherwise forgettable 1994 movie Pontiac Moon. "We paddled in sync," Ted tells Closer. "We went out as friends and by the time we came back, we were in love." Making it all the sweeter, both Ted, 70, and Mary, 65, had been through rocky romantic waters beforehand and had given up on love. "I announced to all my friends — not dramatically, but very seriously — that I was done with relationships," says Mary, then a single mother of two. The twice-divorced Ted had reached the same conclusion. "Ironic how life works in those moments," he says. "Once you throw up your arms and surrender, a lot of times things come your way." That’s the kind of wisdom Ted attained from a young age, when he grew up...

Peter Medak has been tapped to direct the erotic thriller Addicted for Lionsgate.

Based on a novel by Zane, whose sex-themed tomes have developed a cult following, the story centers on Zoe, a successful black art dealer whose marriage, family and career are threatened by her overpowering addiction to sex. Medak (Romeo Is Bleeding) will direct from a script penned by Christina Welsh.

Zane and Suzanne De Passe are producing the film, which begins shooting in the fall in Atlanta.

Mike Paseornek, John Sacchi and Charisee Nesbit are overseeing for Lionsgate.

Medak, whose helming credits also include Pontiac Moon, is attached to direct Inamorata for Initial Entertainment and Infinitum Nihil.

He is repped by the Gersh Agency, Ensemble Entertainment and attorney George Hayum.

Welsh is repped by Evolution Management and attorney Jeff Frankel.