![]() Melanie Lynskey appears as Molly Strand, a woman with a rare medical condition who’s barely scraping by as a real estate agent in a town where every third property is the site of someone’s worst nightmare. Additional cast members include Glenn, who plays Spacek’s character’s “ seen-it-all sheriff” boyfriend and Terry O’Quinn, whose character grew up in Castle Rock and saw many tragedies pass through the town. Another veteran King universe cast member is Sissy Spacek, who Thomason called “sort of the original Stephen King star” for her titular role in “Carrie.” Spacek plays Deaver’s adoptive mother. No stranger to King adaptations, Bill Skarsgard, who is already set to reprise his role as Pennywise in “ It: Chapter 2,” will be playing the man at the center of the first season’s mystery set in Shawkshank Penitentiary. King Veterans and Fresh Meat Comprise the Cast of Townies ![]() The “Moonlight” actor’s ability as someone “who really brought you into a world and made it feel totally true and and human and natural, even as strange occurrences began to happen around them” was essential to his landing the part of the death row attorney with a unique and complicated history, according to Thomason. Pangborn was also previously played by Ed Harris in the 1993 adaptation of “Needful Things.”Īs is seen in the trailer, the mystery all begins with Henry Deaver, as portrayed by Andre Holland. Pangborn was the former sheriff of Castle Rock, and during his tenure he faced off against a malevolent demon disguised as a curio shop owner and the evil spiritual twin of a novelist. The show will feature scenes with Pangborn set in the 1990s, which were shot on film as compared to the digital shooting they did with his present-day story set decades later, producers told Variety. King fans who’ve read up on his 1990s-era novels will be familiar with Scott Glenn’s character, Alan Pangborn. “We needed and wanted to have his blessing.” It shouldn’t come as a surprise that another chilling mystery has reared its foreboding head in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine, as the ill-fated spot has played the central setting in a number of King tales like “Cujo,” “The Body,” and “Needful Things.” Because “Castle Rock” is an important town in the Stephen King library, co-creator and executive producer Sam Shaw explained at the ATX Television Festival, receiving the go-ahead for the series from King himself was crucial to him and his collaborator, Dustin Thomason. Here’s what we know so far about the anthology series set in the most famous fictional town in the Stephen King universe.Ĭastle Rock, Maine, Is Familiarly Creepy Territory for a Stephen King Project After the recent release of the eerie trailer for the first season and a packed panel discussion at Comic-Con this weekend, details about the horror-thriller starring Bill Skarsgard and Andre Holland are starting to come together. The cast of IT: Chapter Two includes James McAvoy ( X-Men franchise, Split) as Bill, Jessica Chastain ( Crimson Peak, The Martian) as Beverly, Bill Hader ( Barry, Trainwreck) as Richie, Jay Ryan ( Beauty and the Beast) as Ben and James Ransone ( Generation Kill) as Eddie, with Andy Bean ( Here and Now) as Stanely Uris, Isaiah Mustafa as Mike, Teach Grant ( Altered Carbon, Damnation) as Henry Bowers, Jess Weixler ( The Son, Chained for Life) as Bill’s wife, Xavier Dolan ( Boy Erased) as Adrian Mellon, Will Beinbrink ( Queen of the South) as Tom Rogan and, of course, the return of Bill Skarsgård as the clown Pennywise.“ Castle Rock,” Hulu‘s latest psychological-horror series from the Stephen King oeuvre, is set to premiere Wednesday, July 25. Damaged by the experiences of their past, they must each conquer their deepest fears to destroy Pennywise once and for all…putting them directly in the path of the shape-shifting clown that has become deadlier than ever. However, people are disappearing again, so Mike, the only one of the group to remain in their hometown, calls the others home. ![]() Now adults, the Losers have long since gone their separate ways. Twenty-seven years after the Losers Club defeated Pennywise, he has returned to terrorize the town of Derry once more. ![]() ![]() RELATED: IT Chapter Two Trailer Resurrects the Loser’s Club… and Pennywise! ![]()
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