EMMY®-NOMINATED ACTOR ZACHARY QUINTO AND RISING STAR ASHLEIGH CUMMINGS TO LEAD AMC’S NEW SUPERNATURAL HORROR SERIES, “NOS4A2” (WT)
EMMY®-NOMINATED DIRECTOR KARI SKOGLAND
ON BOARD TO DIRECT
Series Will Shoot In Rhode Island
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 – AMC has cast Emmy®-nominated actor and producer Zachary Quinto (“Star Trek,” “American Horror Story”) and rising star Ashleigh Cummings
(“The Goldfinch,” “Hounds of Love”) in the lead roles for its new
supernatural horror series “NOS4A2” (working title). The network also
announced Emmy®-nominated director Kari Skogland
(“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Sons of Liberty”) will direct the first two
episodes of the series based on Joe Hill’s bestselling novel of the same
name. Production began this week in Rhode Island. The 10 one-hour
episodes are slated to premiere in 2019.
Quinto
will play Charlie Manx, a seductive immortal who feeds off the souls of
children, then deposits what remains of them into Christmasland – an
icy, twisted Christmas village of Manx’s imagination where every day is
Christmas Day and unhappiness is against the law. Manx finds his whole
world threatened when a young woman in New England (Cummings) discovers
she has a dangerous gift.
Cummings
will play Vic McQueen, a young, working-class artist whose creativity
awakens a supernatural ability to track Manx (Quinto). What Vic lacks in
social confidence, she makes up for in courage, humor, and
tough-as-nails grit. She strives to defeat Manx and rescue his victims
without losing her mind or falling victim to him herself.
Executive
producer and showrunner, Jami O’Brien said, “As a huge fan of Joe
Hill's rich, imaginative, and exciting book, I am over the moon to be
working with such a phenomenal cast and creative team on this special
project."
“NOS4A2” is produced by AMC Studios in association with Tornante Television. The series is executive produced by Joe Hill, Jami
O’Brien (“Fear The Walking Dead,” “Hell On Wheels”), who created the
show for television and will serve as showrunner, and Lauren Corrao,
Co-President of Tornante Television. The cast also includes the
previously announced Olafur Darri Olafsson (“Lady Dynamite”) as Bing Partridge, Virginia Kull (“The Looming Tower”) as Linda McQueen, Ebon Moss-Bachrach (“The Punisher”) as Chris McQueen and Jahkara Smith (aka Sailor J) as Maggie Leigh.
About AMC
AMC
is home to some of the most popular and acclaimed programs on
television. AMC was the first basic cable network to ever win the
Emmy® Award for Outstanding Drama Series with “Mad Men” in 2008, which
then went on to win the coveted award four years in a row, before
“Breaking Bad” won it in 2013 and 2014. The network’s series “The
Walking Dead” is the highest-rated series in cable history and the
number one drama on television among adults 18-49 for the last six
seasons. AMC’s other current original drama series include “Better Call
Saul,” “Fear the Walking Dead,” “Dietland,” “The Terror,” “Into the
Badlands,” “Humans,” “Preacher,” “The Son,” “McMafia,” “Lodge 49” and
the forthcoming “The Little Drummer Girl” and “NOS4A2”(wt). AMC also
explores authentic worlds and discussion with original shows like
“Talking Dead,” “Talking with Chris Hardwick,” “AMC Visionaries” and
“Ride with Norman Reedus.” AMC is owned and operated by AMC Networks
Inc. and its sister networks include IFC, SundanceTV, BBC America and WE
tv. AMC is available across all platforms, including on-air, online, on
demand and mobile.
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