Grace Gummer Has Joined the Cast of SHOWTIME’s LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
Josh Millican
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Showtime’s Let the Right One In TV series reboot based on the vampire novel by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist is coming. And today we have a new cast member. Grace Gummer (Mr. Robot) will join previously announced cast members Anika Noni Rose and Demián Bichir.
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Deadline broke the news, reporting:
“Gummer will play Claire, the heiress of a pharmaceutical empire and is a brilliant scientist who turned down the family’s billion-dollar business to pursue a humbler, nobler career in disease research. But her life gets turned upside down when her estranged, ailing father summons her home and reveals a terrible secret.”
Bichir plays “Mark”, a father whose daughter was turns into a vampire at age 12 and has been locked in a state of adolescence for the past 10 years. Rose plays his next-door neighbor who just so happens to be a homicide detective.
Andrew Hinderaker (Away, Penny Dreadful) will serve as showrunner. He will also executive produce alongside the pilot’s director, Seith Mann (Homeland).
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EVP Amy Israel said: “Let the Right One In quickly establishes itself as a thrilling, high-stakes drama that asks the question: How far would you go to save your child from the monsters out there – would you risk becoming a monster yourself?“
Let the Right One In followed a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy living with his mother in suburban Sweden. One night, he meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody little girl, and they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, they slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she’s no ordinary young girl. Eventually, she shares her dark, macabre secret with him, revealing her connection to a string of bloody local murders.
Lindqvist’s novel was adapted for a Swedish film in 2008, one that remains incredibly popular to this day. Directed by Tomas Alfredson, Let the Right One In stars Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, and Per Ragnar. An American remake, Let Me In, followed in 2010. Matt Reeves directed that film. Kodi Smit-McPhee starred with Chloë Grace Moretz, and Richard Jenkins.
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We’ll keep you posted on the Let the Right One In series at Showtime as additional details emerge. Stay tuned and check back often!
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