Casting Firms up for The CW’s Cordon Pilot Including TVD Star Chris Wood
Debi Moore
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“The Vampire Diaries” and “The Originals”‘ showrunner Julie Plec and director David Nutter have a new pilot in the works for The CW entitled “Cordon,” and today a good bit of casting news for it has arrived, including a very familiar face to fans of “TVD.”
Per Variety, Chris Wood (pictured below; who’s been portraying the always entertaining Kai on Plec’s “The Vampire Diaries” this season) is set for the role of Jake, a former renegade turned cop, in “Cordon.”
David Gyasi (Interstellar) will play Lex, Jake’s best friend. Also rounding out the cast thus far are Christina Moses (“Starship: Rising,” “Starship: Apocalypse”) and Kristen Gutoskie (“Beaver Falls”).
The series follows an epidemic that breaks out in Atlanta, leaving the large city quarantined and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives. It tells the story of loved ones torn apart and how the society that grows inside the cordon reveals both the devolution of humanity and the birth of unlikely heroes. Jake (Wood) is among those trapped inside the cordon and finds himself there to protect the ones who need him most, even though his first instinct is to save himself.
“Cordon” is based on the original Belgian series created by Carl Joos for Eyeworks. Nutter will direct the pilot and will exec produce with Plec, who penned the pilot. Eyeworks, My So-Called Company, and Warner Bros. Television will produce.
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