MADELAINE PETSCH, EVAN ADAMS, OWEN PAINTER, QUINTESSA SWINDELL JOIN SEASON TWO OF "THE WATCHER"

· Today, Netflix announced that Madelaine Petsch (The Strangers, American Horror Story), Evan Adams (I Am Your Driver, Valley of the Shadow), Owen Painter (The Shards, Wednesday) and Quintessa Swindell (Prime Target, Black Adam) have joined the cast of season two of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's highly anticipated THE WATCHER as series regulars. Production begins this fall in New York.

· They join the previously announced cast: Naomi Watts (Nora Brannock), Bobby Cannavale (Dean Brannock), Jennifer Coolidge (Karen Calhoun), Margo Martindale (Maureen "Mo"), and Isabel Gravitt (Ellie Brannock) who all return in their respective roles.

· Season one followed the Brannock family who moved into what was supposed to be their suburban dream home, and quickly became a living hell. Ominous letters from someone calling themself "The Watcher" were just the beginning as the neighborhood's sinister secrets came spilling out.

· Created by: Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan

· Showrunner: Ian Brennan

· Executive Producers: Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Crystle Roberson Dorsey (EP/Director), Nissa Diederich, Karl Frankenfield, Scott Robertson, Todd Kubrak, Tanase Popa, Naomi Watts, Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman, Max Winkler, Eric Newman & Bryan Unkeless

· Based on: The New York Magazine Article 'The Haunting of a Dream House' By Reeves Wiedeman

· The Watcher Season 1 spent 5 weeks on the Global Top 10 English TV list and hit the Top 10 in more than 90 countries.

· Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's true-crime anthology series, Monster, is one of Netflix's biggest franchises with over 325M views across seasons. The first installment, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, remains Netflix's 7th most popular series of all time, and all four installments of Monster have reached #1 on the Global Top 10. The fourth installment, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, held the #1 spot on the Global Top 10 English TV list for two consecutive weeks, earning 35.3M views to date and reaching the Top 10 in 92 countries.

· Netflix drama series are having a standout year, led by breakout hits His & Hers, which earned 98.2M views in its first 91 days, and Harlan Coben's I Will Find You, currently ranked #5 on the Most Popular list of all time. Season 2 of the anthology series BEEF led all limited series with 16 Emmy nominations, securing first-time nominations for Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, and Youn Yuh-jung. East of Eden opened at #1 on the Global Top 10 English TV list, earning 25.3M views to date and reaching the Top 10 in 86 countries and #1 in 34. The series pushed the novel back into the charts, where it debuted at #1 on the Amazon Best Sellers List 74 years after publication, while Penguin Classics went back to press 25 times this year across all physical editions of the book. The upcoming slate of premium series includes The Altruists (Julia Gardner), The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey (Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen),Rabbit, Rabbit (Adam Driver), Trigger Point (Joel Edgerton), Kennedy (Michael Fassbender), So Far Gone (Mark Bomback), The Roman (Martin Scorsese),The Corrections (Meryl Streep), and Alexander (Jacob Tierney).