Washington, Sept. 16 -- Oscar-nominated actress Mary McDonnell will be joining the cast of two forthcoming projects, including a Marvel TV series 'Vision', according to The Hollywood Reporter. She will also play a prominent role in the thriller feature 'One Second After'.

The actress joins previously announced cast members Josh Holloway and Hannah John-Kamen in director Scott Rogers' One Second After'.

It is a co-production between MPI Original Films and Startling Inc., and it adapts author William R. Forstchen's 2009 sci-fi novel of the same name.

McDonnell will portray Jen, the astute mother-in-law to John (Holloway), who looks after his daughters after an electromagnetic pulse attack throws society into chaos, according to The Holly...