It has been a week of news rolling out for casting announcements of upcoming ABC series, The Inhumans, based on the Marvel comics property. As of Friday, a quintet of names round out the cast list for the upcoming series being run by showrunner Scott Buck with Roel Reine directing the first two episodes for an IMAX premiere this September.
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Tuesday’s announcement of Anson Mount as the King of the Inhumans himself, Black Bolt, next to Iwan Rheon as the ambitious Maximus, actress Serinda Swan was named for the role of Medusa, the follicularly-inclined and able Queen and wife to Black Bolt, and actor Ken Leung for Karnak, the King’s most ardent supporter and critical thinker. On Friday, actor and martial artist Mike Moh, along with Eme Ikwuakor, and actresses Isabelle Cornish Ellen Woglom and Sonya Balmores were each cast for key roles in the new series with Moh in the role of calm and collective super athletic and aqua-friendly Triton who is also cousin to Black Bolt as is Gorgon to be played by Ikuwakor; Gorgon is a member of the royal family is the leader of the Attilan army and has super strong legs with hooves garnering seismic capability with a single stomp, and is the polar opposite of Karnak when it comes to conflict resolution.
Crystal, an elemental, the youngest member of the royal family and sister to Medusa will be played by Cornish with Balmores in the role of loyal, no-nonsense Head of the Royal Guards on Attilan, Auran, and actress Woglom in an undisclosed role whilst described as an intelligent and somewhat excessively focused employee at a private aerospace company who is secretly thirsty for an adventure. Cornish’s Crystal will be joined by Lockjaw, a 2,000 pound dog that can teleport.
“We’re thrilled with this cast. Eme, Isabelle, Mike, Sonya, and Ellen round out an incredible array of talent that will finally bring the Royal Family of the Inhumans to IMAX and ABC,” said Executive Producer Jeph Loeb.
“With Eme, Isabelle, Mike, Sonya, and Ellen portraying the rest of our leading roles, we have a strong cast that is going to add tremendous depth to our Royal Family,” added Executive producer and showrunner, Scott Buck.
Marvel and IMAX are teaming up for the 10-episode series with its remaining eight to broadcast on ABC Television with Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory also executive producing.
