Andre Holland to star in JJ Abrams and Stephen King's Hulu series, 'Castle Rock'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            One of the actors who is sliding under the radar but might not for much longer is Andre Holland. Most recently seen in the Best Picture winner, Moonlight, he now has a lead role in a TV series backed by two of the biggest powerhouses in film and literature respectively. According to Deadline, Holland has been cast in the psychological horror series, Castle Rock that will stream on Hulu. The series is produced by J.J. Abrams and Stephen King.

            Castle Rock is set in the Stephen King multiverse and according to the producers, the series will combine intimate storytelling and character building with the epic saga of darkness and light. The series will take place in the fictional town of many King novels, the titular, Castle Rock. Holland will play Henry, a death row attorney with a complicated history. Holland his no stranger to television work as he was a co-star on the Cinemax series, The Knick as Dr. Algernon Edwards and played Matt Miller on FX’s American Horror Story: Roanoke. The show was already a huge get for Hulu but with Holland joining the cast, I’m incredibly excited for where this is going.

            Holland has no film appearances in 2017 but has two high-profile movies on his slate for next year. One of them being Ava DuVernay’s sophomore feature, A Wrinkle in Time and the other being Steve McQueen’s Widows that also stars Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell and Viola Davis. Castle Rock is set to start filming later this year.