Cast Set for Power’s Crusoe

LONDON, May 21: Sam Neill,
Sean Bean and Joss Ackland have joined the cast of Crusoe, a 13-part series co-produced by Power, Muse and
Moonlight based on Daniel Defoe’s classic novel.

Written by Stephen
Gallagher (Eleventh Hour) and
directed by Duane Clark (CSI: NY),
the series follows the adventures of two island dwellers while looking in
flashback at Crusoe’s life before becoming a castaway. Philip Winchester (Thunderbirds) stars as Crusoe, with Bean as his widower father,
Anna Walton (Hell Boy: The Golden Army) as his love interest and Neill as a family friend. The show is set
to film in the U.K., South Africa and the Seychelles. The series was
commissioned by NBC, with Justin Bodle serving as executive producer for Power, Michael Prupas for Muse and
Genevieve Hofmeyr for Moonlighting.

“With such a wonderful
script, a stellar cast and visionary director on board, we are well on course
to deliver a landmark piece of event television,” said Bodle, Power’s CEO. “Defoe’s
classic story of intrepid adventure and one man’s journey of self discovery has
inspired Stephen into writing a modern interpretation that we hope will appeal
to fans of the novel as well as a new generation of action adventure fans who
love the thrill of a swashbuckling escapade and to laugh at the modern twists
and humor of a new take on an old favorite.”

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski