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AMC’s Third “Walking Dead” Series Casts Alexa Mansour, Nicolas Cantu and Hal Cumpston
Announced back in April, AMC is expanding the world of “The Walking Dead” with a second spinoff series, which is said to feature two young female protagonists and focus on the first generation to come-of-age in the apocalypse as we know it. A new update from Variety today brings us the first casting news, as three major roles have been filled.
Alexa Mansour (Unfriended: Dark Web, pictured above), Nicolas Cantu (“The Amazing World of Gumball”), and Hal Cumpston (Bitched) will all star in the brand new series.
Variety notes, “Sources describe Mansour’s character as a good-natured rule breaker who lives for today. She is likable and funny on the outside but sad on the inside.”
“Cantu’s character is said to be small for his age in addition to being friendly and an old soul. He also has a black belt in karate.”
“Cumpston’s character is said to be big for his age. He is a shy loner that scares some kids, but he hates the fact that he scares people.”
The 10-episode first season of the untitled series is expected to arrive in 2020.
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“I’m the Grim Reaper” – Sam Raimi Teams with ’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Writers on Gory, Funny Webtoon Adaptation
The Wattpad/Webtoons and Grave Weaver-created series “I’m the Grim Reaper” is nearing its 200th episode, and it’s also getting a new TV series adaptation with talented names behind it. Deadline reports that celebrated filmmaker Sam Raimi is teaming up with 10 Cloverfield Lane scribes Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken on the new series.
The series follows “Scarlet, a young woman who wakes up in the ninth circle of hell with no idea how she got there. Satan offers to send Scarlet back to Earth if she’ll work as his reaper. But it doesn’t take long for Scarlet to realize that Satan’s offer is even worse than she feared.”
The story is said to fit perfectly into “Raimi’s wheelhouse, striking a deft balance between scares, gore and humor.”
Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi will executive produce the series with Weaver, who’ll also team on the development process. Raimi may be most known for his Spider-Man and Evil Dead movies, but the filmmaker has been busy behind the scenes producing. More recently, Raimi produced this week’s action brawler Boy Kills World and last year’s 65, with Don’t Move on the way.
The “I’m the Grim Reaper” webtoon launched in 2019, delving into the humor and horrors of reaping souls in Hell. That it’s on the cusp of airing its 200th episode means no shortage of story and mythology for Campbell and Stuecken to pull from.
Stay tuned for additional details on this new series as they arrive.
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