{"id":17179,"date":"2021-02-06T17:31:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T22:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=17179"},"modified":"2021-02-06T17:31:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T22:31:02","slug":"chiwetel-ejiofor-to-star-in-paramount-original-series-the-man-who-fell-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/06\/chiwetel-ejiofor-to-star-in-paramount-original-series-the-man-who-fell-to-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiwetel Ejiofor to Star in Paramount+ Original Series &#8220;The Man Who Fell to Earth&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17180\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paramount-plus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paramount-plus.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paramount-plus-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paramount-plus-560x313.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paramount-plus-260x145.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paramount-plus-160x89.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paramount+, the streaming service from ViacomCBS, today announced Chiwetel Ejiofor (&#8220;<em>12 Years a Slave<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind<\/em>&#8220;) will star in the Paramount+ Original Series THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, based on the Walter Tevis novel of the same name and the iconic film starring David Bowie. 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