Eli Roth’s Netflix Series ‘HEMLOCK GROVE’ Lands a Pair of Leads

Eli Roth‘s first venture into an ongoing series is not set to be released until early 2013, but two names have emerged that will be joining him on the upcoming Netflix series.  Famke Janssen (X-Men, Goldeneye) and Bill Skarsgard will both play recurring roles in the 13 episode murder-mystery series that follows the investigation of a dead girl in a steel mill town.  Netflix seems to be making a shift of sorts recently towards being seen as a provider of original programs and not just a source to watch tv shows and movies.  Hemlock Grove will be the fourth series for the company which also includes the recently released Lilyhammer and the upcoming shows House of Cards and Orange is the New Black.  Eli Roth said this about how he views the upcoming series:

“What’s most exciting to me is creating the series for Netflix, which as a feature filmmaker is like telling a story in a new medium. Netflix as a platform is the perfect hybrid of cinema, television, and social networking, with the creative freedom to go as dark as the story needs.”

Brian McGreevy, the original book’s writer, will be working with Roth as a writer and executive producer on the project.  Check out the synopsis below to see how Janssen and Skarsgard will fit into the story.  It certainly seems the material is right for the popular horror director.  After reading this summary I’m guessing you will agree as well.

“Hemlock Grove” starts with the body of a young girl, mangled and murdered in the shadow of the former Godfrey steel mill. Some suspect an escapee from the White Tower, a biotech facility owned by the former steel magnates. Others believe the killer could be Peter, a 17-year-old Gypsy kid from the wrong side of the tracks, who tells his classmates he’s a werewolf. Or it could be Roman (Skarsgard), the arrogant Godfrey scion, whose sister Shelley is disturbingly deformed and whose mother, Olivia (Janssen), the otherworldly beautiful and controlling grand dame of Hemlock Grove.

As the crime goes unsolved and outlandish rumors mount, Peter and Roman decide to find the killer themselves, confronting unspeakable truths about themselves and Hemlock Grove as the mystery unfolds.

 

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