FX has cast House of Cards star Corey Stoll in the lead role in its drama pilot The Strain, based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy from Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro and Author Chuck Hogan.
Del Toro and Hogan will co-write the pilot script, with del Toro attached to direct. Award-Winning Writer and Producer Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) will be an Executive Producer and oversee the series with Del Toro. He will serve as Showrunner as the pilot goes to series. Hogan and Gary Ungar will also serve as Executive Producers.
FX Productions will produce.
The Strain is a one-hour high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Stoll), the head of the Center 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. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.
"To me, having the right lead for The Strain series was perhaps the most important creative task," said del Toro. "To be able to secure the perfect actor in
Corey Stoll sets the project on the right track. To embody a character like Ephraim Goodweather - who transitions through every emotion and situation imaginable, and which anchors the narrative of the series - requires amazing talent and craft. Corey has both in spades as he has demonstrated it over and over again."
Stoll has had a big year with a breakout role in the
Netflix series House of Cards and the
Sundance Film Festival entry,
David Sedaris' adaptation of COG. Stoll was recently cast in the feature films This is Where I Leave You, where he will portray the brother of
Jason Bateman's character and The Good Lie, which chronicles a young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. He just wrapped the indie film The Glass Chin. Reps are UTA and Suskin Management
FX Productions produces the critically acclaimed hit comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League, Louie, Archer, Wilfred, and Legit, and the late night series
Brand X With Russell Brand and Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. FXP co-produces the award-winning hit drama series
Sons of Anarchy and Justified, and the critically acclaimed drama The Americans and the upcoming drama series The Bridge. FXP currently has production output deals in place with RCG Productions, the
Production Company of
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Executive Producer/Showrunners Rob McElhenney,
Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton, and Floyd County Productions, the
Production Company of Archer Executive Producer/Showrunners Adam Reed and
Matt Thompson. FXP recently announced a cable exclusive, first-look pact with Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson and their Color Force
Production Company, producers of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid feature franchise and The Hunger Games. It was the first POD deal for
FX Productions that was not established through a prior existing relationship with the studio. FXP has a first-look cable deal with
Paul Giamatti,
Dan Carey and their
Production Company, Touchy Feely Films. FXP is also producing limited series and miniseries for
FX and FOX.
FX is the flagship general entertainment basic cable network from Fox. Launched in June of 1994,
FX is carried in more than 98 million homes. The diverse schedule features a growing roster of critically acclaimed and award-winning hit dramas series, including Sons of Anarchy, Justified, The Americans, and the upcoming drama series The Bridge (July 2013); the miniseries American Horror Story; and the acclaimed hit comedy series Louie, Archer and Wilfred. The network's library of acquired box-office hit movies is unmatched by any ad-supported television network. FX's roster of acquired hit series includes Two and a Half Men,
Anger Management and, coming in 2014, Mike & Molly.
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