A teen with a moral code is recruited into the School for the Deadly Arts. That’s the graphic novel Deadly Class being adapted for Syfy.
The pilot starts filming in Vancouver today with Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange) as Master Lin, headmaster of this high school for assassins.
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Benjamin Wadsworth is teen-with-a-code Marcus who has to survive this brutal school.
Lana Condor is the deadly Saya, an outcast from one of Japan’s top Yakuza clans.
Maria Gabriela de Faria is the unstable Maria, a young femme fatale who can become murderous with rage.
Luke Tennie is Willie who’s forced into the school by his mother, the leader of an L.A. gang.
Liam James is skater punk and misfit Billy, whose father is a corrupt cop.
Michel Duval is the muscle Chico, who father is a cartel drug lord.
Henry Rollins, Taylor Hickson, Siobhan Williams, Jack Gillett, Sean Depner and Ryan Robbins c0-star.
Adam Targum is showrunner and Rick Remender and Wes Craig are writer-producers.
The Russo Brothers (The Avengers) are executive-producing.
Deadly Class starts filming today in downtown Vancouver’s Canada Post building.
Sources: Deadline: Hollywood, Production Weekly and BC Production List.