Three-time Tony nominee Terrence Mann (Pippin, Beauty and the Beast, Les Mis茅rables) has joined Apple TV鈥檚 upcoming drama Foundation as a series regular. Broadway's original Javert joins previously announced Lee Pace (Angels in America) and Jared Harris (Mad Men, The Terror).
Deadline the show, based on Isaac Asimov鈥檚 sci-fi book trilogy, will also feature Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, and Cassian Bilton. The 10-episode series follows The Foundation, a group of scientists and engineers tasked with saving the universe from the predicted catastrophic fallout of the Galactic Empire鈥檚 imminent collapse.
Mann, recently seen Off-Broadway of Jerry Springer鈥揟he Opera, will portray Brother Dusk, the oldest living member of the ruling family. Pace plays Brother Day, the Emperor of the Galaxy, with Harris as Hari Seldon, a mathematical genius who predicts the demise of the empire.
Foundation comes from showrunner and executive producer David S. Goyer, executive producer Josh Friedman, and producer Skydance Television. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marcy Ross, and Robyn Asimov also serve as executive producers.
Watch Mann and his Jerry Springer co-star and fellow Javert Will Swenson going face-to-face in a "Javert Off" aboard 半岛体育 Travel's recent Broadway on the Rhine River cruise below.
