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The Doctor Cast in Guillermo Del Toro Vampire FX Pilot The Strain
18 June 2013 11:00 AM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
The Doctor! Guillermo del Toro! Vampire pilot for FX! Who Wouldn’T be all over this story? We’ve actually already told you a little about the del Toro vampire pilot The Strain, based on the trilogy of books he co-authored with Chuck Hogan (Prince of Thieves). If picked up, the showrunner would be our beloved Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel).
So, as the headline blares, the newest cast member is (one of) the Doctor(s). This particular Doctor is the newest to us, though I suspect he’s one of the oldest. It’s John Hurt, reuniting with his Hellboy director del Toro. Hurt’s castmates in include Corey Stoll (The Bourne Legacy, Midnight in Paris), Mia Maestro (Nadia in Alias) and Kevin Durand (Keamy in Lost). Here’s the press release, which includes a synopsis of the show:
FX Casts Oscar(R)-Nominated Actor John Hurt In “The Strain »
- Erin Willard
John Hurt Reunites With Del Toro For The Strain
18 June 2013 8:30 AM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
Veteran actor John Hurt is re-teaming with visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and this time the match up has Hurt working for the small screen. We have the latest on FX’s daring new pilot, The Strain.
FX has cast the two-time Academy Award®-nominated actor John Hurt in The Strain. If you like your vampires scary, then you’re going to want to follow the TV project as it develops. The new pilot is based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy from Academy Award®-Winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and author Chuck Hogan.
As we previously reported, the official announcement from FX regarding Hurt, follows word that House of Cards actor Corey Stoll and Breaking Dawn vampire actress Mia Maestro will lead the cast. Kevin Durand, Richard Sammel, Lauren Lee Smith, Jonathan Hyde and Miguel Gomez have also been cast.
Hurt will portray Professor Abraham Setrakian. His character is »
- Sasha Nova
John Hurt Joins Guillermo Del Toro's The Strain
18 June 2013 2:50 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Guillermo del Toro's phonebook-thick To Do list features prominent mention of TV show The Strain, an adaptation of his own novel (co-written with Chuck Hogan) for Us channel FX. He already has Corey Stoll cast in the lead, alongside Kevin Durand, Jonathan Hyde, Mia Maestro and Richard Sammel, but now John Hurt has joined the cast as Professor Abraham Setrakian.Hurt, of course, played a professor dealing with the supernatural for del Toro before in Hellboy, where he was Professor Bruttenholm and Hellboy's adopted dad. He's in similarly academic mode here, as a Holocaust survivor who becomes key when an ancient vampire comes to New York and starts spreading his contagion.Setrakian, it emerges, encountered this danger before in a concentration camp during World War II, and he is able to guide the authorities - including Corey Stoll's Dr Ephraim Goodweather of the Cdc - as they »
FX Casts John Hurt in 'The Strain'
17 June 2013 11:16 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
FX casts thespian heavyweight John Hurt in their drama, "The Strain." Hurt joins Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand, Mia Maestro, Richard Sammel, Lauren Lee Smith, Jonathan Hyde and Miguel Gomez as a series regular. From FX FX has cast two-time Academy Award®-nominated actor John Hurt in The Strain, the pilot based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy from Academy Award®-Winning Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and Author Chuck Hogan. Hurt joins the previously announced Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand, Mia Maestro, Richard Sammel, Lauren Lee Smith, Jonathan Hyde and Miguel Gomez. Hurt will portray Professor .Abraham Setrakian,. a holocaust survivor who immigrated to the United States after World War II and now runs a pawn shop in Spanish Harlem. As the outbreak spreads, »
- April Neale
John Hurt Reunites With Del Toro for The Strain
17 June 2013 5:03 PM, PDT | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
John Hurt has been cast in The Strain, the pilot based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy from Academy Award®-Winning Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and Author Chuck Hogan. Hurt joins the previously announced Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand, Mia Maestro, Richard Sammel, Lauren Lee Smith, Jonathan Hyde and Miguel Gomez.
Hurt will portray Professor “Abraham Setrakian,” a holocaust survivor who immigrated to the United States after World War II and now runs a pawn shop in Spanish Harlem. As the outbreak spreads, he may be the only one with answers – if anyone will listen.
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John Hurt Reuniting with Guillermo del Toro for FX's The Strain
17 June 2013 4:34 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
FX's adaptation of horror novel The Strain just gained some mega star quality as Oscar nominee John Hurt has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Corey Stoll and Mia Maestro in the network's high-profile drama pilot.
Guillermo del Toro will direct "The Strain" pilot from a script he co-wrote with Chuck Hogan, who also co-authored the books with him. Carlton Cuse ("Lost," "Bates Motel"), who helped develop the adaptation, executive produces alongside del Toro and will serve as showrunner, overseeing the potential series with del Toro. Hogan and del Toro’s longtime manager/producing partner Gary Ungar also serve as exec producers of the project, produced by FX Prods. Kevin Durand, Richard Sammel, Lauren Lee Smith, Jonathan Hyde, and Miguel Gomez co-star.
Per Deadline, Hurt, who first worked with del Toro in his 2004 feature Hellboy, will portray Professor Abraham Setrakian, a holocaust survivor who immigrated to the United States »
- The Woman In Black
FX casts John Hurt in Guillermo del Toro's The Strain
17 June 2013 4:28 PM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
John Hurt has joined Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand, Mia Maestro, Richard Sammel, Lauren Lee Smith, Jonathan Hyde and Miguel Gomez in The Strain, as a series regular. Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan are set to co-write and executive produce the pilot, while del Toro will direct . Carlton Cuse is also serving as executive producer on The Strain which starts production in Toronto, September this year. The series is based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy from author Hogan »
John Hurt To Co-Star In FX Pilot ‘The Strain’
17 June 2013 4:06 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Exclusive: Oscar-nominated actor John Hurt has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Corey Stoll and Mia Maestro in FX‘s high-profile drama pilot The Strain, from Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse, which is being eyed for a 13-episode pickup. The high-concept thriller, directed by del Toro from a script he co-wrote with Chuck Hogan based on their vampire novel trilogy, tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Stoll), the head of the Centers for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. Hurt, who first worked with del Toro in his 2004 feature Hellboy, will portray Professor Abraham Setrakian, a holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. after World War II and now runs a pawn shop in Spanish Harlem. As the outbreak spreads, he may »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
FX Casts John Hurt in The Strain
17 June 2013 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
FX has cast two-time Academy Award-nominated actor John Hurt in "The Strain," the pilot based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy from Guillermo del Toro and author Chuck Hogan. Hurt joins the previously announced Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand, Mia Maestro, Richard Sammel, Lauren Lee Smith, Jonathan Hyde and Miguel Gomez. Hurt will portray Professor Abraham Setrakian, a holocaust survivor who immigrated to the United States after World War II and now runs a pawn shop in Spanish Harlem. As the outbreak spreads, he may be the only one with answers . if anyone will listen. "I am incredibly happy to be reunited with John, who is one of the greatest actors in the world and one of my favorite people ever,. said del Toro. .Chuck and I always visualized him while »
Miguel Gomez Signs on as a Vamp Hunter in FX's The Strain
12 June 2013 12:48 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
It's been a bit quiet lately with regard to FX's pilot for "The Strain," but a new cast member has joined the fray, and he looks to be quite the badass!
Per Deadline, Miguel Gomez (The Domino Effect, "Louie") has landed a regular role in the project from Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse. He joins the previously announced Corey Stoll, Mia Maestro, Kevin Durand, Jonathan Hyde, and Richard Sammel. Gomez will play Augustin “Gus” Elizalde, a gangbanger whose one redeeming trait is his love for his mother. Fresh out of juvenile hall after serving 18 months for manslaughter, he becomes one of humanity’s most effective warriors in the struggle against the vampires.
Del Toro will direct the pilot from a script he co-wrote with Chuck Hogan, who also co-authored the books with him. Carlton Cuse ("Lost," "Bates Motel"), who helped develop the adaptation, executive produces alongside del Toro and will serve as showrunner, »
- The Woman In Black
Titanic & Inglourious Basterds Actors Join FX’s The Strain
22 May 2013 4:42 PM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
I love it when a plan comes together. One day after casting Mia Maestro as the lead for an intense little FX network pilot called The Strain, now the masters behind the vampire thriller, Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse, select two more actors, choosing Titanic‘s Jonathan Hyde and Inglourious Basterds‘ Richard Sammel.
Who is who? Well, Hyde, who acted the part of Ismay in James Cameron’s massive and enduring blockbuster, Titanic, has been cast in the series regular role of Eldritch Palmer. Palmer is described as an elderly gentleman, the THR report calls “the third-richest man in the world” and “an invalid since childhood”. Where’s the kicker? Brace yourself, because here it comes. The goal our rich friend will stop at nothing to obtain is immortality.
Yikes! Right about now I’m remembering Cronos, Del Toro’s brilliant 1993 vampire film, which is perhaps one of the »
- Sasha Nova
Casting Update for Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain TV Series
22 May 2013 12:01 PM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
One of the many projects Guillermo del Toro has moving forward is a TV version of The Strain, based on the trilogy of vampire novels he co-wrote with Chuck Hogan. FX has ordered a pilot episode and we have news of three more additions to the cast.
As previously reported, Corey Stoll (House of Cards) has been cast in the lead role, and Kevin Durand (Resident Evil: Retribution) will also be joining him. Stoll will be playing Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Centers for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City, while Durand is taking on the part of “a second-generation Ukranian-American, a once-solitary rat exterminator who eagerly joins the war against vampires who have invaded New York.”
Joining them will be Jonathan Hyde (Titanic), Richard Sammel (Inglourious Basterds), and Mia Maestro (Alias). According to THR, Jonathan Hyde will play Eldritch Palmer, “an elderly tycoon who’s »
- Jonathan James
Two More Sign on to Feel The Strain
22 May 2013 11:26 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Two more names have signed on to appear in the upcoming FX adaptation of the Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan vampire opus The Strain. Read on for the details surrounding the latest additions, who happen to know a few things about changing the course of history.
THR reports that Titanic's Jonathan Hyde (pictured) and Inglourious Basterds' Richard Sammel have boarded the television project. Hyde will portray the series regular role of Eldritch Palmer, an elderly tycoon who's the third-richest man in the world who has been an invalid since childhood. Though his life-long fight against his frail body, he's developed a relentless drive to attain immortality by any means necessary.
Sammel, meanwhile, will play Thomas Eichorst, a mysterious figure from Professor Abraham Setrakian's past whose re-emergence in New York is not a coincidence. (The role of Setrakian has yet to be cast.) They join the previously announced Corey Stoll, »
- Uncle Creepy
Mia Maestro Joins Evita, "The Strain"
22 May 2013 10:18 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
"Alias" and "The Twilight Saga" star Mia Maestro is keeping busy with two new projects in the works.
First up, she'll join Gael Garcia Bernal in Argentine filmmaker Pablo Aguero's untitled period piece about the aftermath of Eva Peron's death. Shooting gets underway early in 2014.
The story will track the fate of her embalmed corpse, unburied for 25 years, against the backdrop of that bloody period in the nation's history.
Maestro would play Peron, while Bernal would play naval officer Emilio Eduardo Massera. Massera was a key member of the Argentinian junta that followed her and was responsible for thousands of disappearances during the 1970s and 1980s.
Maestro will also join the newly cast Jonathan Hyde and Richard Sammel in FX's TV series adaptation of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's book trilogy "The Strain".
Maestro will portray Dr. Nora Martinez, a brilliant biochemist and the right-hand woman to lead character Dr. »
- Garth Franklin
Two More for Guillermo del Toro's The Strain
22 May 2013 6:48 AM, PDT | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Jonathan Hyde and Richard Sammel have joined the cast of Guillermo del Toro's The Strain. The former has appeared in films like The Mummy and Anaconda. Sammel, meanwhile, was spotted taking a baseball bat to the side of his head in Inglourious Basterds.
The Strain also stars Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand and Mia Maestro. Del Toro is directing the pilot for FX and shooting is expected to begin once he is done with the Pacific Rim press tour.
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Jonathan Hyde And Richard Sammel Join The Cast Of Guillermo Del Toro's The Strain
21 May 2013 11:46 AM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Jonathan Hyde and Richard Sammel have joined the cast of Guillermo del Toro's small screen adaptation of his and Chuck Hogan's vampire novel trilogy, The Strain. According to the site, Hyde will play, "Eldritch Palmer, an elderly tycoon who's the third-richest man in the world who has been an invalid since childhood. Though his life-long fight against his frail body, he's developed a relentless drive to attain immortality by any means necessary." Sammel, meanwhile, "will play Thomas Eichorst, a mysterious figure from Professor Abraham Setrakian's past whose re-emergence in New York is not a coincidence." The series has a pilot order (which will be helmed by the Pacific Rim director) but is being eyed for a full 13-episode pickup according to various outlets. What do you think of the cast so far? »
Guillermo del Toro's FX Pilot 'The Strain' Adds Pair to Cast (Exclusive)
21 May 2013 11:31 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
A day after casting the female lead, FX's Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse pilot The Strain has added two more to its cast. Titanic's Jonathan Hyde and Inglourious Basterds' Richard Sammel have boarded the Corey Stoll starrer, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. Story: 'House of Cards' Star Corey Stoll Nabs Lead in FX's 'The Strain' Based on del Toro and Chuck Hogan's book trilogy first published in 2009, the story centers on a vampire virus that infects New York and the Cdc doctor, Ephraim "Eph" Goodweather, who investigates the case. House of Cards breakout Stoll will play Goodweather, the head of
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- Lesley Goldberg
Upcoming to Netflix Instant: 'The Hunger Games,' 'ParaNorman,' 'Bully' and More
19 February 2013 10:20 AM, PST | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
Curious to know which movies and TV shows are coming to Netflix Instant over the next few weeks? Get a head start and mark your calendars using the list below, just released to us by Netflix. Film Action & Adventure 3/1 Anaconda (1997) Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, Owen Wilson When deranged snake hunter Paul Serone tricks a film crew into taking him on their boat so he can hunt a giant anaconda, the group soon finds itself up the Amazon River without a paddle as they become prey for the fearsome reptile. Godzilla (1998) Matthew Broderick, Vicki Lewis, Malcolm Danare, Jean Reno, Hank Azaria When a freighter is attacked in the Pacific Ocean, a team of experts, including a biologist and two...
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