TNT's much-anticipated crime-thriller "The Alienist" just cast its two leads. Luke Evans, who is set to play Gaston in the upcoming live-action adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast", and Daniel Brühl, who appeared as Colonel Zemo in "Captain America: Civil War", will both star in the long-gestating period series.
Here's the official synopsis:
"Based on the international best-selling novel by Caleb Carr, The Alienist is a psychological thriller set in the Gilded Age of New York City in 1896, a city of vast wealth, extreme poverty, and technological innovation. When a series of haunting, gruesome murders of boy prostitutes grips the city, newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt calls upon criminal psychologist (aka alienist) Dr. Laszlo Kreizler (Brühl) and newspaper reporter John Moore (Evans) to conduct the investigation in secret. They are aided by a makeshift crew of singular characters, among them the intrepid Sara Howard, a young secretary on Roosevelt's staff who is determined to become the first female police detective in New York City. Using the emerging disciplines of psychology and early forensic investigation techniques, this band of social outsiders tracks down one of New York City's first serial killers."
The series will be helmed by Jakob Verbruggen (director of the "Men Against Fire" episode of Series Three of "Black Mirror"). Cary Fukunaga, who originally was set to direct, remains on board to executive produce the series, along with Eli Roth, Hossein Amini, Steve Golin, and Rosalie Sweden.
Evans is set to play John Moore, a reporter at the New York Times described as "handsome, easy going, easily distracted, and prone to melancholy," and is currently weathering the loss of a former lover. He is brought in by Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, played by Brühl, to investigate a series of grisly murders.
No official premiere date has been announced.
Source: Collider
