Mike Flanagan’s new Netflix horror series casts Frank Langella, Mark Hamill, Carla Gugino among others

Mike Flanagan’s latest horror creation for Netflix has announced its lead cast. The show, titled The Fall of the House of Usher, will feature Frank Langella, Mark Hamill, Carla Gugino,Mary McDonnell and Carl Lumbly.

The filmmaker took to his official Twitter handle to make the announcement, while also revealing that they would begin production on the show within a few weeks.

Flanagan also mentioned the roles the cast members would portray on the show, which is based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Although The Fall of the House of Usher is the name of one of Poe’s gothic short stories, Flanagan had earlier mentioned that his show would borrow from several of Poe’s works.

The Academy Award nominated Langella will lead the cast as Roderick Usher, the Usher dynasty’s patriarch and a character featured in Poe’s story. McDonnell will play his sister, Madeline.

The character of C Auguste Dupin, an investigator who featured in several of Poe’s stories, will be portrayed by Lumbly. Hamill and Gugino’s roles in the project were not explicitly mentioned. The current project would mark the actress’ fourth collaboration with Flanagan after Gerald’s Game, The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor. The latter two limited series were created by Flanagan for Netflix.

Flanagan’s last Netflix project for Netflix was another horror mini series called Midnight Mass. He is also currently working on another horror thriller series for the streaming giant called The Midnight Club.