AMC unveiled first-look images from The Terror, adapted from the novel by Dan Simmons, and said that the thriller series will debut March 26, according to Deadline. The 10-episode project is from executive producers Ridley Scott, David Kajganich and Soo Hugh. The cast includes Jared Harris (The Crown), Tobias Menzies (Outlander), Ciarán Hinds (Game of Thrones), Paul Ready (Cuffs), Adam Nagaitis (Suffragette), Nive Nielsen (The New World), Ian Hart (Neverland) and Trystan Gravelle (Mr. Selfridge).
"The Terror captures a rare combination of fascinating history, complex and flawed characters, the inextinguishable human spirit and the horror and promise of an uncharted world," said co-showrunners Kajganich and Hugh.
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Paramount Television has signed a deal with writer-producer Patrick Somerville (Maniac) to develop new TV and digital projects, beginning with the novel Made for Love by Alissa Nutting, Deadline reported. Somerville will oversee development of a TV series, with Nutting and Dean Bakopoulos (Summerlong) writing.
Somerville, who is also an author, has worked on such TV series as HBO's The Leftovers, FX's The Bridge and Fox's 24: Live Another Day. Nutting's novel Tampa is in development at HBO, with Harmony Korine writing and directing; and her spec pilot, Teenage Euthanasia, co-written with Alyson Levy, just sold to Adult Swim.