"Christmasland is waiting for you..." Earlier this year, AMC officially greenlit a TV series based on Joe Hill's novel NOS4A2, and it was later announced that the lead actors for the series would be Zachary Quinto (the new Star Trek movies, American Horror Story: Asylum) and Ashleigh Cummings (Hounds of Love). Now, fittingly just days before Christmas, Entertainment Weekly has revealed the first photo of Quinto as the malevolent, soul-sucking Charlie Manx.
You can view the full photo of Quinto as Charlie Manx below, courtesy of EW. Although NOS4A2 will initially air on AMC in 2019 as a 10-installment adaptation of Hill's novel, showrunner Jami O’Brien told EW that the ultimate goal is to "expand" the world of Hill's book in potential future seasons:
“There’s no limit to the number of folks that we could meet that have interesting powers and interesting landscapes that they inhabit.”
Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates, read the previous press release below for additional information on the series' plot, and visit EW for more interview excerpts for AMC's NOS4A2.
From the Press Release: 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.
Photo from Zach Dilgard/AMC via EW:
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