Paul Bettany is crossing over to Netflix to co-star alongside Steven Yeun in the upcoming supernatural drama series Pagans, according to Deadline and CBR.
Joshua Zetumer, known for creating Say Nothing, is developing the project and will serve as showrunner.
The series unearths darkest thoughts about family, following Yeun’s character Gus as he becomes the sole caretaker of his two children after the tragic loss of his wife, Deadline reported. While his son Nate, played by Logan Kim, is typical, his daughter Alice, played by Sabine Grace, is anything but. What starts as a strained father-daughter relationship soon evolves into something far more sinister.
Bettany will play Mag, a charismatic stranger who meets the grieving family, CBR reported. The expanding ensemble cast features Marin Ireland as Janelle, a single mother raising her 14-year-old daughter, and Intae Kim as Casey, Gus’s younger brother who steps in when the family needs a helping hand.
Executive producers on the series include Zetumer alongside Goddard Textiles’ Drew Goddard and Sarah Esberg, Jonathan van Tulleken, Erica Kay, and Celadon Pictures’ Yeun and Christina Oh, according to Deadline. Netflix has not yet announced an official release date for the project.
The new casting follows Bettany’s recent television and film appearances. He recently reprised his role as Vision in the Marvel series VisionQuest, which premiered on Disney+ on Oct. 13, CBR reported. He also starred as Antonio Salieri in the Sky Originals series Amadeus.
Beyond television, Bettany appeared alongside Tom Hanks in Robert Zemeckis’s 2024 drama Here. His upcoming projects include playing pop artist Andy Warhol in The Collaboration, where he also serves as an executive producer, and appearing in the Tom Ford adaptation Cry to Heaven.
Deadline reported that Say Nothing creator Joshua Zetumer is developing the series and serves as its showrunner.
Paul Bettany has been cast opposite Steven Yeun in Netflix’s upcoming supernatural drama series ‘PAGANS’. The series follows a widowed father whose strained relationship with his daughter takes an increasingly sinister turn. (via: @DEADLINE) pic.twitter.com/L8YY9Bxrk5
Steven Yeun stars as Gus, a man who becomes the sole caretaker of his two children following the tragic loss of his wife, per Deadline.
Paul Bettany has been cast as a lead opposite Steven Yeun in Pagans, Netflix's upcoming supernatural drama from Say Nothing creator Joshua Zetumer. Yeun plays a widowed father caring for his two children, with Bettany as Mag, a charismatic stranger. #Pagans pic.twitter.com/MYI8zqCbBA
VisionQuest star Paul Bettany is envisioning his next TV role: He'll join Steven Yeun in the cast of the Netflix supernatural drama Pagans. pic.twitter.com/CQTN1S3vG9
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