Deadline is reporting that Anna Friel (Marcella), Britt Robertson (For the People), Rafi Gavron (A Star Is Born) and Yul Vazquez (Midnight, Texas) are set to star in Hulu’s upcoming feature Books of Blood, which is based on the anthology book series from legendary British horror author Clive Barker.
The film is set to mark the feature directorial debut of Brannon Braga (Star Trek: The Next Generation), who has co-written the script with Adam Simon (The Haunting in Connecticut) and is also executive producing with fellow The Orville EP Seth MacFarlane, and promises to “take a journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.”
The character breakdowns, as revealed in Deadline’s report, are as follows:
Friel will play Mary, a brilliant, beautiful psychologist who has gained fame as a skeptic that debunks all theories or beliefs that are not solely scientifically based. She loses her 7-year-old son to leukemia and then meets Simon (Gavron), a handsome, charismatic young man who becomes her lover and convinces her that he speaks for her dead child.
Robertson will portray Jenna, a hypersensitive girl who suffers from “misphonia” — an abhorrence of sound. As she learns her mother is about to send her back to the “Farm,” she steals her mother’s cash and sets out for Los Angeles.
Vazquez will play Bennett, a professional killer who’s latest “hit” clues him in on a priceless book that may allow him and his wife to permanently retire. On his search for the tome, his quest leads him straight into supernatural territory.
Books of Blood is being produced by Fox 21 Television Studios and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Productions, and is slated to premiere on Hulu in the fall of 2020.
