On Thursday, Director Mike Flanagan and Netflix announced the first cast members joining the new Netflix horror miniseries “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
The new series will be a “modern remix” of iconic tales from Edgar Allan Poe. The first wave of cast members was announced on Thursday morning, with a second set to be announced on Friday, with Flanagan calling the cast “the largest ensemble cast in the history of Intrepid Pictures.”
Flanagan introduced the first five cast members from the series on Twitter with the following:
- 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.
Netflix has ordered eight episodes of the limited series, with Flanagan and Michael Fimognari each directing four episodes.
