Corey Stoll Signs On For Lead In Guillermo Del Toro & FX’s ‘The Strain’

Deadline reports that Corey Stoll (House Of Cards) has signed on for the lead role of ‘Dr. Ephraim Goodweather’ in the pilot for FX’s upcoming adaptation of The Strain. Del Toro will direct the pilot based on a script written by him and Chuck Hogan. Carlton Cuse (Lost) will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the project which according to the site “already has a full writing staff in place churning out scripts”. FX has reportedly already commited $500,000 to creature creation. Del Toro stated about the casting:

“To me, having the right lead for The Strain series was perhaps the most important creative task,” del Toro told the site. “To be able to secure the perfect actor in Corey Stoll sets the project on the right track. To embody a character like Ephraim Goodweather – who transitions through every emotion and situation imaginable, and which anchors the narrative of the series – requires amazing talent and craft. Corey has both in spades as he has demonstrated it over and over again.”

Source: Deadline