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Marvel Television & Hulu Reveal “HELSTROM” Casting

With New York Comic Con over and done with its back to the usual business of serving up the Heavy Music and Pop Culture stuff that you tune in for on a daily basis. Just a short time ago, I received the news about the casting being announced for the upcoming Hulu exclusive series” HELSTROM”. Let’s take a look shall we……

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The Press Release:
Marvel Television and HULU have announced casting for MARVEL’S HELSTROM – the live-action series based on the popular Marvel comic book. The series will mark Marvel’s first foray into terror and is slated for debut in 2020.

In MARVEL’S HELSTROM, Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and skills.

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Tom Austen (“Grantchester,” “The Borgias”) as Daimon Helstrom – A professor of ethics who moonlights as an exorcist, Daimon has no illusions about saving a world he has no patience for; he just hopes he can help a few of the people closest to him. In his battle against a hidden world, Daimon is determined to root out demons as they arise, and will not stop until they’re vanquished.

Sydney Lemmon (“Succession” “Fear of The Walking Dead”) as Ana Helstrom – By day, Ana runs a successful auction house and suffers no fools, but her true interest lies in hunting down those who hurt others. Traumatized by her father as a child, Ana is driven to rid the world of those like him, even as she secretly worries her father will return.

Elizabeth Marvel (“Homeland,” ”The Meyerowitz Stories”) as Victoria Helstrom – Plagued by demons both real and imagined, Victoria has been institutionalized for twenty years. While she struggles to be herself, she hopes to repair her relationship with her children.

Robert Wisdom (“Ballers,” ”Watchmen”) as Caretaker – Caretaker is a guardian of knowledge of the occult. He uses his knowledge and his relationship with Ana to help keep demonic forces at bay.

June Carryl (“Mindhunter,” “Dead Women Walking”) as Dr. Louise Hastings – A psychologist with a strong faith but an open mind, Hastings is head of the psychiatric hospital where Victoria is being monitored. She has watched over the Helstrom family for years, caring for them as best she can.

Ariana Guerra (“Raising Dion,” “Insatiable”) as Gabriella Rosetti – A woman balancing logic and faith, Gabriella arrives from the Vatican to help Daimon and Hastings uncover cases of demonic possession. She wants to save everyone she can, including Daimon.

Alain Uy (“The Passage,” “Paper Tigers”) as Chris Yen – Yen is Ana’s business partner and her closest friend — some would say surrogate brother. He carries out the bulk of the auction house’s responsibilities and assists Ana with whatever she needs.

“We feel incredibly fortunate to have landed a cast loaded with this much talent,” said series Executive Producer and Showrunner Paul Zbyszewski. “From the beginning, we knew we’d need a group of actors who were multifaceted, who could play all the chords any great Marvel show promises to play, from dramatic thriller to comedy to action. It’s going to be really fun to watch them work.”

“Marvel Television is thrilled to have such an amazing cast that enriches Paul’s fantastic writing,” said Executive Producer and Head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb. “The ensemble is the perfect way to bring our audience into our Adventure into Fear franchise causing delicious nightmares of what’s to come!”

Marvel’s Helstrom is co-produced by Marvel Television and ABC Signature Studios, part of Disney Television Studios.

About Marvel Entertainment:
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.

About Hulu:
Hulu is the leading premium streaming service offering live and on-demand TV and movies, with and without commercials, both in and outside the home. Launched in 2008, Hulu is the only service that gives viewers instant access to current shows from every major U.S. broadcast network; libraries of hit TV series and films; and acclaimed Hulu Originals like Emmy® and Golden Globe Award-winning series The Handmaid’s Tale, Emmy® Award-nominated series including The Looming Tower, The Act, Catch-22, Castle Rock, and Pen15 alongside hit series Marvel’s Runaways, Ramy, Shrill and Oscar® and Emmy®-nominated documentary film Minding the Gap. The service also streams live news, entertainment and sports from 21st Century Fox, The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal, CBS Corporation, The CW, Turner Networks, A+E Networks and Discovery Networks – available all in one place. Upcoming Hulu Originals include Little Fires Everywhere from Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington and The Dropout based on the ABC News investigative podcast and starring Kate McKinnon.

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PiercingMetal Thoughts: For me, “Helstrom” is a very well-known character as I was an avid collector of both the “Marvel Premiere” and “Son Of Satan” comics where he was most active. I also loved his integration with “The Defenders” when he was a member of that team and felt he was always an interesting supernatural character because he was not the evil force in the universe that his father was. Sure he had a slightly nasty side which we found from time to time in “Hellstorm: Prince Of Lies” but that was a different time in comics when “edgy” was really becoming a thing. Though this series will be for the smaller screen, I have hopes that there is some film crossover at some point since the MCU continues to grow and entertain. One has to hope that the recently shelved series for “Ghost Rider” will find that character heading to the big screen and make us forget those yikes films with Nicholas Cage. What do you readers think about the casting for “Helstrom”? Have you followed any of their past works at all and are passionate about their being announced for this project? Chime in down below in the comments section. See you next time around.

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Official Website: http://www.hulu.com
Official Website: http://www.marvel.com
Official Comics Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimon_Hellstrom

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