Colin to star as half-human, half-android Leo in new AMC/Channel 4 Sci-fi series "Humans"
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Katherine Parkinson & Tom Goodman-Hill Lead Cast of AMC Sci-Fi Series "Humans"
British actors Katherine Parkinson (The Honourable Woman), Tom Goodman-Hill (Mr. Selfridge), Gemma Chan (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit), Neil Maskell (Utopia) and Irish thesp Colin Morgan (Merlin) are set to star in Humans, the upcoming AMC/Channel 4 eight-episode sci-fi drama series. Also cast in the series are Will Tudor (Game Of Thrones), Emily Berrington and Rebecca Front.
An adaptation of the Swedish series Real Humans, the drama, produced by Shine’s Kudos, is set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a ‘Synth’ - a highly-developed robotic servant eerily similar to its live counterpart. In the hope of transforming the way they live, one strained suburban couple, Laura (Parkinson) and Joe (Goodman-Hill), purchase a refurbished synth (Chan) only to discover that sharing life with a machine has far-reaching and chilling consequences.
Maskell will play Pete Drummond of the Special Technologies Task Force, and Morgan is set as Leo, a hunted young man. Filming is slated to begin this fall for a 2015 premiere. Tudor, repped by Wishlab and Curtis Brown, Berrington and Front play synths.
[Spoiler (click to open)]
According to information on Wikipedia about Real Humans, Leo is one of the main characters. He is half-human, hal-HUBOT (human robot) and leads a group of free hubots that have been reprogrammed so they have emotions and free will like humans.
Leo is half-HUBOT because as a child he almost drowned and adding illegal android technology was the only way to save his life. So, even though Leo was born human, he still has to recharge himself like the other hubots in order to survive.
It certailny looks like a meaty role for Colin, and how exciting that it will be shown both in the UK and in America simultaneously!
link to a trailer for Real Humans with English subtitles that feature Leo and Mimi: http://vimeo(dot)com/35140857
Katherine Parkinson & Tom Goodman-Hill Lead Cast of AMC Sci-Fi Series "Humans"
British actors Katherine Parkinson (The Honourable Woman), Tom Goodman-Hill (Mr. Selfridge), Gemma Chan (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit), Neil Maskell (Utopia) and Irish thesp Colin Morgan (Merlin) are set to star in Humans, the upcoming AMC/Channel 4 eight-episode sci-fi drama series. Also cast in the series are Will Tudor (Game Of Thrones), Emily Berrington and Rebecca Front.
An adaptation of the Swedish series Real Humans, the drama, produced by Shine’s Kudos, is set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a ‘Synth’ - a highly-developed robotic servant eerily similar to its live counterpart. In the hope of transforming the way they live, one strained suburban couple, Laura (Parkinson) and Joe (Goodman-Hill), purchase a refurbished synth (Chan) only to discover that sharing life with a machine has far-reaching and chilling consequences.
Maskell will play Pete Drummond of the Special Technologies Task Force, and Morgan is set as Leo, a hunted young man. Filming is slated to begin this fall for a 2015 premiere. Tudor, repped by Wishlab and Curtis Brown, Berrington and Front play synths.
[Spoiler (click to open)]
According to information on Wikipedia about Real Humans, Leo is one of the main characters. He is half-human, hal-HUBOT (human robot) and leads a group of free hubots that have been reprogrammed so they have emotions and free will like humans.
Leo is half-HUBOT because as a child he almost drowned and adding illegal android technology was the only way to save his life. So, even though Leo was born human, he still has to recharge himself like the other hubots in order to survive.
It certailny looks like a meaty role for Colin, and how exciting that it will be shown both in the UK and in America simultaneously!
link to a trailer for Real Humans with English subtitles that feature Leo and Mimi: http://vimeo(dot)com/35140857