The Haunting of the Hill House creator revealed details on Twitter of his new Edgar Allen Poe-inspired Netflix series. Langella will play Roderick Usher, “the towering patriarch of the Usher dynasty,” McDonnell will take on the role of Madeline Usher, “Roderick’s twin sister and the hidden hand of the Usher dynasty,” Lumbly has been cast as “Poe’s legendary investigator C. Auguste Dupin,” and Hamill will portray “a character surprisingly at home in the shadows. Gugino’s role is undisclosed.
TOPICS: The Fall of the House of Usher, Netflix, Carla Gugino, Carl Lumbly, Frank Langella, Mark Hamill, Mary McDonnell, Mike Flanagan, In Development