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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER Casts Frank Langella, Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly & Mark Hamill

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER Casts Frank Langella, Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly & Mark Hamill

Updated with revised filming dates:

Horrormeister Mike Flanagan announced the first wave of casting for his upcoming Netflix series The Fall of the House of Usher, which starts filming in Vancouver in the new year.

And it’s impressive: Frank Langella, Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly and Mark Hamill himself.

Cast: Frank Langella , Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly, Mark Hamill.

Mike Flanagan tweeted it in a thread:

We’re just a few weeks away from principal photography on THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, Intrepid’s latest miniseries for Netflix. Today, Executive Producer Trevor Macy and I are elated to unveil the first wave of our cast.

This miniseries is a modern remix of some of the most iconic works of Edgar Allan Poe. To tell this epic tale of greed, horror, and tragedy, we have assembled the largest ensemble cast in the history of Intrepid Pictures.

Let’s start at the very top. Headlining this incredible ensemble, leading this extraordinary cast as Roderick Usher, the towering patriarch of the Usher dynasty… the legendary FRANK LANGELLA.

Also front and center, reuniting with Intrepid for our fourth project together, my dear friend and invaluable collaborator, the one and only… CARLA GUGINO.

As Madeline Usher, Roderick’s sister and the hidden hand of the Usher dynasty, we are thrilled to welcome the graceful, powerful, incomparable… MARY MCDONNELL.

As Poe’s legendary investigator C. Auguste Dupin, we are so honored to welcome back one of my favorite past collaborators, the extraordinary… CARL LUMBLY.

And a new addition to the dark worlds of Intrepid and of Edgar Allan Poe, playing a character surprisingly at home in the shadows, we are thrilled to welcome… the iconic MARK HAMILL.

The Fall of the House of Usher synopsis:

Roderick Usher, is a man who believes his family to be cursed by incurable madness. So sure is he of his family’s doom, that when his sister Madeline announces her engagement to Philip Winthrop, Roderick will stop at nothing to prevent their marriage and keep the Usher bloodline from continuing.

Filming dates: January 31st 2022 – June 07 2022.

Episodes 8:

Showrunner: Mike Flanagan.

Director: Mike Flanagan (4 episodes), Michael Fimognari (4 episodes).

Producers: Mike Flanagan, Trevor Macy, Emmy Grinwis, Michael Fimognari, Melinda Nishioka.

Mike Flanagan has a good thing going in Vancouver.

The writer/director has shot three Netflix horror series here: The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass and the upcoming The Midnight Club (based on a Christopher Pike novel).