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Robert Kirkman’s new exorcism drama Outcast has been given a series order by Cinemax, with Life on Mars’ Philip Glenister returning to the battle of good vs. evil after his short-lived role on ITV’s Demons.

The pilot was given the go-ahead last July, penned by Kirkman from his own Skybound/Image comic, and directed by Adam Wingard. The series follows Kyle Barnes, a young man who has been plagued by demonic possession all his life. Now, with the help of the Reverend Anderson, a preacher with personal demons of his own, Kyle embarks on a journey to find answers and regain the normal life he lost. But what Kyle discovers could change his fate – and the fate of the world – forever.

Patrick Fugit (Gone Girl) stars as Kyle Barnes, a man searching for answers, and for redemption, who sequesters himself from those he loves for fear of causing greater hurt. Glenister stars as Reverend Anderson, a West Virginia evangelist who believes he is a soldier in God’s holy war against the forces of evil on Earth. An inveterate drinker and gambler, he doesn’t believe God intends people to sweat the small stuff. Gabriel Bateman stars as Joshua Austin, an eight-year-old who lives across town from Kyle. To his family’s dismay, he appears to be in the clutches of demonic possession, but there’s something very different about this possession and its connection to Kyle Barnes.