Mark Hamill Trending Today for THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT & THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
Mark Hamill is a versatile, time-spanning actor.
His CGI-ed younger self is on screen today on Disney+ as Luke Skywalker teaching young Grogu the way of the Jedi in The Book of Boba Fett.
And his older self confirmed today that he is in Vancouver filming Netflix’s Edgar-Allen-Poe remix series The Fall of the House of Usher from horrormeister Mike Flanagan.
Mark Hamill shared a clever pictogram of his new project on Twitter and Instagram today.
This was the last clue in a series he started last Thursday at the airport en route to Vancouver.
Mike Flanagan announced Mark Hamill’s casting last December in a tweet thread:
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 started filming this week.
Filming dates: January 31st to June 7th 2022.
Roderick Usher (Frank Langella). 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 (Mary McDonnell) announces her engagement to Philip Winthrop, Roderick will stop at nothing to prevent their marriage and keep the Usher bloodline from continuing.
Showrunner: Mike Flanagan.
Episodes: 8.
Cast: Mark Hamill, Frank Langella , Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly, Henry Thomas, Samantha Sloyan, T’nia Miller, Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Katie Parker, Michael Trucco, Michael Goodwin, Crystal Balint, Kylegh Curran, Paola Nunez, Aya Furukawa, Matt Biedel, Daniel Jun, Ruth Codd, Robert Longstreet, Annabeth Gish, Igby Rigney, Willa Fitzgerald.
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).