Ben Schnetzer (“Happy Town”) has landed the male lead opposite Diane Lane in FX’s upcoming drama series “Y: The Last Man”, reports Deadline.
He will play the role of Yorick Brown, which has been recast after Barry Keoghan, who had been originally tapped for the part in 2018, recently exited the project, explains the site.
After a delay, following a showrunner change last spring, the series will begin production in April. Melina Matsoukas (“Insecure”, “Master of None”, “Beyoncé: Formation”) will direct the new pilot episode.
“Y: The Last Man” traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates all but one cisgender male, Schnetzer’s Yorick Brown, and his pet monkey.
The series follows the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and the opportunity to build something better.
It is based on the excellent DC Comics series of the same name by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra.
In addition to Lane and Schnetzer, the cast of “Y” includes Imogen Poots, Lashana Lynch and Juliana Canfield with Marin Ireland and Amber Tamblyn.
