Tony Winner Bryan Cranston to Star in Sci-Fi Anthology Series ELECTRIC DREAMS

Variety reports that Bryan Cranston will star in the 10-part sci-fi anthology series "Electric Dreams: The World of Philip K. Dick," for Sony Pictures Television and Channel 4. The project will be penned by Ronald D. Moore and Michael Dinner. Cranston will also executive produce.

According to the report, the project "will illustrate Dick's prophetic vision and celebrate the prized sci-fi novelist's work and each episode will be a standalone drama adapted and contemporized for global audiences by a creative team of U.S. and British scribes."

Commented Cranston in a statement, "This is an electric dream come true. We are so thrilled to be able to explore and expand upon the evergreen themes found in the incredible work of this literary master."

Cranston won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for ALL THE WAY. This was his first Tony nomination. He will recreate the role in a television version of the show airing on HBO.

Cranston won the 2014 Golden Globe® and three consecutive Emmy® Awards for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" for his portrayal of Walter White on AMC's Breaking Bad. Cranston holds the honor of being the first actor in a cable series, and the second lead actor in the history of the Emmy® Awards to receive three consecutive wins. His performance has also earned him a fourth Emmy® nomination this year, a Television Critics Association award, three Golden Globe nominations and a Screen Actors Guild award.

On the big screen, Cranston won a second Screen Actors Guild award this year for his co-starring role in the 2012 Oscar-winning Best Picture, Argo, essaying the role of CIA operative Jack O'Donnell opposite star-director Ben Affleck.

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