Alan Ball‘s new show that will be on HBO‘s sister channel Cinemax has just announced it’s lead actor in his new show Banshee. Antony Starr will be playing Lucas Hood in the 10-episode series. In case you don’t know what the show is about here is a brief description on the show:
“The show centers on Lucas Hood (Starr), an ex-convict and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, PA, where he continues his criminal activities even as he’s being hunted by the shadowy gangsters he had betrayed years earlier. Also cast in the pilot is Demetrius Grosse as Emmett Yawners, a deputy at the police department who was a former football player at Penn State.”
Antony has starred in the popular Australian series called Outrageous Fortune which was remade here in the U.S. by ABC as Scoundrels.
It looks like this new show is going to be another hit for Alan Ball.
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Source: Deadline Hollywood.com- “Cinemax’s Alan Ball- Produced New Series ‘Banshee’ Casts Antony Starr As Its Lead”
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