In more TV news today, ABC’s upcoming Gothica series has cast the role of Victor Frankenstein’s wife. Emma Booth has signed on to play the role of Madeline Usher.
Set in the present day, the ABC Studios/Mark Gordon Co. project weaves together a mythology that incorporates the legends of Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein and Dorian Gray. It centers on Grace Van Helsing (Montgomery), a Pulitzer prize winning journalist from New York who takes over her family’s hometown newspaper. Dorian Gray (Chris Egan) provides her with the $20 million she needs to retain control of the paper, and she was romantically involved with Victor Frankenstein years ago.
Emma Booth will join already cast Janet Montgomery as Grace Van Helsing, Chris Egan as Dorian Gray, and Tom Ellis as Victor Frankenstien.
More on Gothica as it comes in!