By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The forthcoming series adapts Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale into the modern day.
Netflix has announced that its eight-episode series THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER will launch Thursday, October 12. The show was created by Mike Flanagan (THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, MIDNIGHT MASS), and he and Michael Fimognari have each directed four of the episodes. The cast includes Bruce Greenwood, Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly, Mark Hamill, Michael Trucco, T’Nia Miller, Paola Nuñez, Henry Thomas, Kyleigh Curran, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Willa Fitzgerald, Katie Parker, Malcolm Goodwin, Crystal Balint, Aya Furukawa, Daniel Jun, Matt Biedel, Ruth Codd, Annabeth Gish, Igby Rigney and Robert Longstreet. The synopsis: “In this wicked series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.”
In an interview conducted with Netflix’s TUDUM.com during production last year, Gugino said, “It’s batshit crazy in the best possible way. It has quite a lot of very dark humor, but also really touches the soul.” Of her character, she noted, “There is a fantastical supernatural element to the story, and she is the manifestation of that. You could say she’s the executor of fate or the executor of karma.”
