What to know

• Peter Sarsgaard has joined the upcoming Paramount+ drama series “Laird,” Variety has learned. Sarsgaard will join previously announced lead Kenneth Branagh in the show, which was announced with a series order back in July. The logline for “Laird” states that i...S1
• Two-time Emmy nominee Peter Sarsgaard is set to star alongside Kenneth Branagh in Laird, Paramount+’s upcoming Scottish Highland drama, from Jez Butterworth (MobLand, The Agency) and 101 Studios. Set in the modern Scottish Highlands, Laird is an epic family sa...S2