In the wake of Frank Langella being removed from “The Fall of the House of Usher” over misconduct allegations, Deadline reports that a new Roderick Usher has been found.
Bruce Greenwood (Doctor Sleep) will now be playing Roderick Usher in the horror series from Netflix and Mike Flanagan, based on the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. In addition to Doctor Sleep, Bruce Greenwood also starred in Mike Flanagan movie Gerald’s Game.
Deadline notes, “Langella was the subject of an investigation, which has been completed and it determined that Langella had been involved in unacceptable conduct on set.”
The limited series from Intrepid Pictures is “based on multiple works from Poe.” 8 episodes have been ordered. Flanagan and Michael Fimognari will each direct four episodes.
The ensemble cast will include Carla Gugino (Gerald’s Game, “The Haunting of Hill House”), Mary McDonnell (Scream 4), Carl Lumbly (Doctor Sleep), and Mark Hamill.
Henry Thomas, T’Nia Miller, Kyleigh Curran, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Michael Trucco, Paola Núñez, Katie Parker, Malcolm Goodwin, Crystal Balint, Aya Furukawa, Daniel Jun, Matt Biedel, Ruth Codd, Igby Rigney, Annabeth Gish, and Robert Longstreet will also star, many of them returning players from previous Flanagan and Netflix collaborations. Of note, Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Robert Longstreet and Zach Gilford just starred in “Midnight Mass,” while T’Nia Miller was a scene-stealer in “Bly Manor.”
“The Fall of the House of Usher” marks the fifth series for Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy at Netflix under their Intrepid Pictures overall deal, including: the fan-beloved “The Haunting of” series – “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor”; the recently launched and critically-lauded “Midnight Mass,” and the upcoming “The Midnight Club.”
Executive producers include Flanagan, Trevor Macy, Emmy Grinwis and Michael Fimognari.
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