Christopher Eccleston (Heroes) and Gregory Smith have joined the cast of The Dark Is Rising, 20th Century Fox and Walden Media’s adaptation of Susan Cooper’s best-selling fantasy books, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Marc Platt and Ron Schmidt are producing the picture, which is being helmed by David L. Cunningham. Dark tells the story of a teenager (newcomer Alexander Ludwig) who learns that he is the last of a group of warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark. Traveling
back and forth through time, he hunts for clues while encountering the forces of evil and discovers that the future of the world rests in his hands. Eccleston (Doctor Who) is playing the movie’s villain, the Rider. Smith is playing the teen’s older brother, an edgy young man with piercings and tattoos who questions their father’s authority. Eccleston is currently stealing scenes as an invisible man on NBC’s Heroes.
Sci Fi Wire (story) and Heroes (photo)
So Watch with Kristin said it would be someone who’s power you think is too important to die and Sylar will steal it from them when he kills them? Could this be the answer for this month’s catchphrase Someone Flies, Someone Dies? Just asking could he be the second part of that phrase???
