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  • Gwendoline Christie boards ‘Wednesday’ series at Netflix

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: “Game of Thrones” alum Gwendoline Christie is the latest actor to join the cast of the “Addams Family” spinoff series “Wednesday”.

    The live-action show, set up at Netflix, will focus on the character of Wednesday Addams, to be played by “You” star Jenna Ortega, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    It comes from filmmaker Tim Burton, known for films like “Beetlejuice”, “Edward Scissorhands” and “Alice in Wonderland”.

    Billed as a coming-of-age comedy, “Wednesday” will be penned by “Smallville” creators Al Gough and Miles Millar.

    The series will follow Wednesday’s years as a student at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability.

    She is also trying to foil a monstrous killing spree that has terrorised the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents — Gomez and Morticia — 25 years ago as she navigates new, complex relationships.

    Christie will play Larissa Weems, the principal of Nevermore Academy who still has an axe to grind with her former classmate Morticia Addams.

    Hollywood star Catherine Zeta-Jones will portray Morticia Addams, while Luis Guzman will play Gomez Addams.

    Besides Christies, actors Isaac Ordonez, Victor Dorobantu, George Burcea, Tommie Earl Jenkins, Iman Marson, William Houston, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Oliver Watson, Calum Ross and Johnna Dias Watson have also joined the cast.

    Gough and Millar will serve as showrunners and executive producers.

    Burton will double up as executive producer.

    Andrew Mittman, Kevin Miserocchi, Kayla Alpert, Jonathan Glickman for Glickmania and Gail Berman will serve as executive producers as well.

    The series hails from MGM/UA Television.

    Christie broke out with her role of Brienne of Tarth in the HBO fantasy-drama series “Game of Thrones”.

    She also played Captain Phasma in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”.

    The British actor will next appear in Netflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman”.

  • Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie cast in Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ series

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Netflix has unveiled a star-studded cast for its adaptation of author Neil Gaiman’s comic book series “The Sandman”. English actor Tom Sturridge will lead the series along with “Game of Thrones” alum Gwendoline Christie, veteran actor Charles Dance and “Narcos” star Boyd Holbrook.

    Vivienne Acheampong and Indian-origin actors Asim Chaudhry and Sanjeev Bhaskar round out the cast, Netflix announced in a post on Twitter. It follows the people and places affected by Morpheus (Sturridge), the Dream King, as he mends the cosmic – and human – mistakes he’s made during his vast existence.

    Christie will essay the role of Lucifer, ruler of Hell, while Holbrook will play The Corinthian, an escaped nightmare who wishes to taste all that the world has in store. Dance has been cast as Roderick Burgess, a Charlatan, blackmailer and magician.

    Acheampong will play Lucienne, chief librarian and trusted guardian of Dream’s realm. Chaudhry will star Abel and Bhaskar will play Cain, described as the first victim and first predator, respectively. They are residents and loyal subjects of the Dream Realm.

    “For the last 33 years, the ‘Sandman’ characters have breathed and walked around and talked in my head. I’m unbelievably happy that now, finally, they get to step out of my head and into reality. I can’t wait until the people out there get to see what we’ve been seeing as Dream and the rest of them take flesh, and the flesh belongs to some of the finest actors out there,” Gaiman said in a statement, obtained by Variety.

    The author will co-write the series with Allan Heinberg, who is also set to serve as showrunner. Warner Bros. Television is the studio with Gaiman, Heinberg and David S Goyer as the executive producers.