Castle Rock, a forthcoming Hulu series that will explore varying themes and worlds within beloved horror scribe Stephen King’s entire body of work, has announced its latest series regular: Bill Skarsgård — who, coincidentally or not, is starring as Pennywise the clown in September’s feature reboot of King’s iconic novel, It.
In Castle Rock, Skarsgård, 26, will play a young man with an unusual legal problem. He will star alongside previously announced cast members Andre Holland (Moonlight), Sissy Spacek, Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures), and Jane Levy (Evil Dead). Spacek, of course, previously headlined the 1976 film adaptation of King’s Carrie. Skarsgård, who is the younger brother of actor Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood), previously appeared in Netflix’s Hemlock Grove.
Castle Rock is a psychological-horror series that will combine mythological scale and intimate character storytelling, according to Hulu, “weaving an epic saga of darkness and light played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.” The series is being produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television, who previously partnered for Hulu’s James Franco-starring 11.22.63 series — which was also based on King’s novel of the same name.
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Hulu’s latest breakthrough hit was The Handmaid’s Tale. Castle Rock is expected to debut next year.
