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The TV adaptation of Emily St John Mandel’s Station Eleven has filled out its cast.

Daniel Zovatto and Lori Petty will star in the series, with Andy McQueen, David Cross, Enrico Colantoni and Julian Obradors set to recur.  The ten-episode limited series drama, created by Patrick Somerville, who also serves as the showrunner, and directed by Hiro Murai is a post apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines, and tells the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what’s been lost.

Zovatto (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,” “Don’t Breathe”) will play  “The Prophet,” the enigmatic leader of a mysterious cult of young people.  Petty (“A League of Their Own,” “Orange Is the New Black”) is “The Conductor,” the leader of a group of traveling Shakespeare performers.

Andy McQueen (“Books of Blood,” “The Coroner”) plays “Sayid,” a charming, impatient actor in the Traveling Symphony.  David Cross (“Mr. Show,” “Arrested Development”) is “Gil,” a brilliant but temperamental theatre director.  Enrico Colantoni (“Veronica Mars,” “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”) plays “Brian,” agent to a world-famous actress until the pandemic upends the world as he knew it.  Julian Obradors (“7th & Union,” “Mayans M.C.”)is “Tyler Leander,” the precocious son of two movie stars, who learns painful life lessons by watching the adults around him respond to crisis.

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