Himesh Patel and Ewen Leslie have joined the cast of The Luminaries, the highly anticipated series adaptation of Eleanor Catton's Man Booker Prize-winning novel. Variety reported that production is underway on the "high-end drama" that is being produced by Working Title and Southern Light Films for the BBC in the U.K. and TVNZ in New Zealand.
Catton adapted her book for TV with Claire McCarthy (Ophelia), who directs. The project also stars Eve Hewson (The Knick), Eva Green (Penny Dreadful) and Marton Csokas (Into the Badlands), Yoson An (Mortal Engines), Erik Thomson (The Code), Benedict Hardie (Hacksaw Ridge) and Richard Te.