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HBO Announces Principal Cast for The Outsider

January 26, 2019 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
HBO The Outsider

HBO has officially announced its central cast for the upcoming TV adaptation of Stephen King’s The Outsider in an official press release. Tony and Grammy winner Cynthia Erivo (Bad Times at the El Royale), Bill Camp, Mare Winningham, and Paddy Considine, Julianne Nicholson, Yul Vazquez, Jeremy Bobb, and Marc Menchaca are all part of the cast as series regulars.

They join the cast alongside previously announced star Ben Mendelsohn. Jason Bateman is set to direct the first two episodes. Hettienne Park (Hannibal) and Michael Esper (Trust) are also set to appear as recurring characters.

The Outsider is a supernatural drama centered on an investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy, which ultimately leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe to be real, as an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case.

Media Rights Capital is producing the project.

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