Orlando Bloom to Star in New Amazon Original Carnival Row

Orlando Bloom is set to star in Amazon’s new original one-hour fantasy noir Carnival Row.

Bloom will play Rycroft Philostrate, a police inspector investigating the murder of a faerie showgirl on Carnival Row. Rycroft is not supposed to care about the death of another faerish refugee, but he does, and getting to the bottom of what happened to her will come at a big cost. The eight-episode series will head into production this fall for a 2019 release.

A fantasy-noir set in a neo-Victorian city, Carnival Row is written and executive produced by showrunner Rene Echevarria (Star Trek, Teen Wolf, Castle, Medium). Joining Echevarria is Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein, Luke Cage, Sherlock), who is set to direct and executive produce, and Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans), who will serve as executive producer and wrote the original feature script, A Killing on Carnival Row.