Harry Treadaway Rides with Mr. Mercedes
Steve Barton
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Due to the untimely and tragic death of star Anton Yelchin some updated casting news has come in for the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s “Mr. Mercedes.” According to THR, David E. Kelley’s series adaptation is moving forward with a new actor in place.
The forthcoming AT&T Audience Network drama has tapped “Penny Dreadful” star Harry Treadaway to replace the late Yelchin.
“Mr. Mercedes,” based on Stephen King’s 2014 book of the same name, follows a demented killer who taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he is able to strike again.
Treadaway will play Brady Hartsfield, a mentally deranged ice cream truck driver and IT worker who is secretly the Mercedes Killer. He will star opposite Brendan Gleeson, who will portray Detective Bill Hodges, a retired cop driven out of retirement when an old nemesis reappears.
The adaptation received a straight-to-series order in May with Yelchin and Gleeson attached. However, the Star Trek actor was killed in a car accident the following month. He was 27 years old.
Kelley will serve as showrunner on the series, which is being produced by Sonar Entertainment. Jack Bender (“Lost”) is set to direct. The duo will executive produce with Temple Hill Entertainment’s Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey. “Mr. Mercedes” is slated for a 2018 debut on DirecTV and AT&T U-verse.
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