We finally have our first detail about Castle Rock season two , and as expected the Hulu show is shifting power train with a new story that sound mostly confused fromthe mindfuckery of season one . But , of course , there will be some continuity , in keeping with the series ’ musical theme of “ all things Stephen King . ” We ’ve get some major cast announcements for the J.J. Abrams - produced serial publication , with character inside information to boot , featuring some names that will be very familiar to King sports fan .
Deadlineshared that Lizzy Caplan ( Cloverfield , Masters of Sex ) will act a younger , more or less more unchanging version of Annie Wilkes — Misery ’s terrifying nurse / literary superfan , portray in the film variation by an Oscar - acquire Kathy Bates — who becomes snarl in minatory - small - town - Maine drama when she comes to Castle Rock with her sheltered teen daughter ( who ’ll be played by Eighth Grade breakout Elsie Fisher ) .
Also part of the Castle Rock crew this season : Tim Robbins , whose many screen credits include starring in one of the most popular King version ever , The Shawshank Redemption . Here , Deadline written report , he ’ll recreate “ Reginald ‘ Pop ’ Merrill . The Patriarch of Stephen King ’s iconic offense family , Pop is dying of malignant neoplastic disease and at a reckoning with his family . ” Pop ’s townspeople - yob nephew Ace , who was played by Kiefer Sutherland in Stand By Me , will be played on Castle Rock by Garrett Hedlund(Tron : Legacy ) ; the character description observe that “ Ace is direct over his uncle Pop ’s businesses and jeopardise a fragile peace of mind with nearby Jerusalem ’s Lot . ” Matthew Alan ( 13 Reasons Why ) is another Merrill category penis who ’s trying to help keep that peace .
Whether or not the Jerusalem ’s Lot storyline mean we ’ll see vampires this time of year is anyone ’s guess , though there ’s some suggestion of … something supernatural promote the limits of science tucked into one of these two character description :
Yusra Warsama is Dr. Nadia Omar . The Harvard - take Somalian medical director of a rural hospital in Jerusalem ’s Lot , Dr. Omar ’s rational and scientific mind will be put to the test .
Barkhad Abdi will portray Abdi Omar . The hard , older brother of Nadia , Abdi moderate the tutelage to build a Somali residential district center that will change the roots of his people in Maine .
And , do n’t forget , somehow Annie “ I ’m Your phone number One Fan ” Wilkes is involved in all this . unluckily , despite this wealth of season two item , there ’s no word on exactly when Castle Rock will be returning to Hulu , though all this news program suggests production is presently to be well afoot .
For more , make certain you ’re following us on our newfangled Instagram @io9dotcom .
BooksCastle RockHorrorHuluJ.J. AbramsStephen KingStreaming
Daily Newsletter
Get the best tech , science , and culture tidings in your inbox day by day .
News from the time to come , delivered to your present .
You May Also Like
