{"id":27097,"date":"2021-09-30T15:39:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T19:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=27097"},"modified":"2021-09-30T15:39:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T19:39:36","slug":"fxs-kindred-pilot-sets-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/30\/fxs-kindred-pilot-sets-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"FX&#8217;s &#8220;Kindred&#8221; Pilot Sets Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17183\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fx-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fx-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fx-logo-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fx-logo-560x262.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fx-logo-260x122.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fx-logo-160x75.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/>FX&#8217;s pilot of the profoundly influential novel <strong><em>Kindred<\/em> <\/strong>has rounded out its cast with Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and David Alexander Kaplan joining the previously announced Mallori Johnson as series regulars.<\/p>\n<p>Janicza Bravo, director, and co-writer of the critically-acclaimed feature Zola, will direct the pilot with Johnson starring in the lead role.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2900316500\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kindred is based on MacArthur Fellow and Hugo Award winner Octavia E. Butler&#8217;s enormously popular and influential novel, which has been hailed as a visionary work of science fiction since it was first published more than four decades ago in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>The television pilot of this classic work, which sold over a million copies, was written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (<em>Watchmen, An Octoroon<\/em>) and will be executive produced by Jacobs-Jenkins, Courtney Lee-Mitchell (<em>The Reluctant Fundamentalist<\/em>), Darren Aronofsky (<em>mother!, The Fountain<\/em>) and Ari Handel (<em>One Strange Rock, Noah<\/em>) of Protozoa Pictures, Joe Weisberg (<em>The Americans<\/em>), Joel Fields (<em>Fosse\/Verdon, The Americans<\/em>), Ernestine Walker, Merrilee Heifetz and Bravo. The pilot is being produced by FX Productions.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8212;CAST BIOS&#8212;<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27098\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27098 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mallori-Johnson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mallori-Johnson.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mallori-Johnson-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mallori Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Mallori Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mallori Johnson landed the highly coveted role in FX&#8217;s Kindred pilot after graduating from The Julliard School &#8211; 2021, Group 50. Johnson is represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3316613690\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27099\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27099 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Micah-Stock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Micah-Stock.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Micah-Stock-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Micah Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Micah Stock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Micah Stock is a Tony Award-nominated stage and screen actor who will next co-star in Maggie Moore(s), a film by John Slattery and starring Jon Hamm and Tina Fey. He most recently co-starred in Netflix&#8217;s Emmy-nominated short form comedy series, <em>Bonding<\/em>; as well as a series regular on Disney+&#8217;s drama series <em>The Right Stuff<\/em>, portraying real-life NASA astronaut Deke Slayton. For film, Stock delivered a breakout performance in the 2019 Sundance Audience Award winner, <em>Brittany Runs A Marathon<\/em>, the directorial debut of Paul Downs Colaizzo, starring Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins and Lil Rel Howery, which was distributed by Amazon. His additional credits include Showtime&#8217;s Emmy-nominated limited series <em>Escape at Dannemora<\/em>, directed and produced by Ben Stiller; and the Apple+ anthology series, <em>Amazing Stories<\/em>, executive produced by Steven Spielberg. In 2015, Micah\u00a0received a Tony Award nomination for his Broadway debut in Terrence McNally&#8217;s uproarious comedy,\u00a0<em>It&#8217;s Only A Play<\/em>, alongside an all-star cast including legends\u00a0Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, Stockard Channing, and F. Murray Abraham. He also starred on Broadway alongside Slattery and Lane in the 2016 revival of the classic comedy <em>The Front Page<\/em>, directed by the legendary Jack O&#8217;Brien, and also starring John Goodman, Holland Taylor, Robert Morse, and more. Stock is represented by ICM, Anonymous Content, and ID.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27100\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27100 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Ryan-Kwanten.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Ryan-Kwanten.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Ryan-Kwanten-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan Kwanten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kwanten<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Kwanten is best known for his performance as &#8216;Jason Stackhouse&#8217; for 7 seasons on HBO&#8217;s iconic series <em>True Blood<\/em>. He was most recently seen in the Amazon anthology <em>Them<\/em> from Lena Waithe, which debuted at SXSW to win the Audience Award. Prior, he starred in the Blumhouse\/Facebook Watch series <em>Sacred Lies<\/em> opposite Juliette Lewis and alongside Sean Bean in the crime series <em>The Oath<\/em> for Sony&#8217;s Crackle. On the feature side, he starred opposite John Malkovich in the comedy-actioner Supercon for Sony, as well as the historical drama <em>Northmen: A Viking Saga<\/em> with Ed Skrein. An action powerhouse, he led such films as Blunt Force Trauma opposite Frieda Pinto and Mickey Rourke, <em>The Hurricane Heist<\/em> with Toby Kebbell, and <em>Kidnapping Mr. Heineken<\/em> with Anthony Hopkins and Sam Worthington. Ryan is represented by Verve and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner &amp; Klein.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27101\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27101 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Gayle-Rankin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Gayle-Rankin.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Gayle-Rankin-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gayle Rankin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Gayle Rankin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gayle Rankin will next star in the upcoming FX drama pilot, <em>Kindred<\/em>, from writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, based off the widely popular Octavia E. Butler novel. She can most recently be seen in the HBO series <em>Perry Mason<\/em> opposite Matthew Rhys. She just wrapped shooting Alex Garland&#8217;s new feature, <em>Men<\/em>. Gayle had a Cannes break-out in Mike Covino and Kyle Martin&#8217;s film <em>The Climb<\/em>, and has been receiving great reviews as it made the festival rounds. She recently ended her run starring as &#8220;<em>Sheila the She-Wolf<\/em>&#8221; on the Emmy nominated hit series, <em>Glow<\/em> for Netflix. She can be seen in the independent feature, <em>Her Smell<\/em> opposite Elizabeth Moss and directed by Alex Ross Perry, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. She also premiered at Tribeca 2019 in <em>Blow the Man Down<\/em> opposite June Squibb and Margo Martindale. After making her major feature film debut in Noah Baumbach&#8217;s <em>Meyerowitz Stories<\/em>, opposite Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, and Emma Thompson, which premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, she worked on <em>The Greatest Showman<\/em> for 20th Century Fox opposite Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron as well as features, <em>Irreplaceable You<\/em> opposite Gugu Mbatha-Raw and <em>In a Relationship<\/em> opposite Emma Roberts. Gayle is also a rising star of New York&#8217;s theater scene. Gayle starred as &#8220;Ophelia&#8221; opposite Oscar Isaac in Sam Gold&#8217;s production of <em>Hamlet<\/em>. She previously starred on stage in the Public&#8217;s all-female production of The Taming of the Shrew for Phyllida Lloyd. Gayle made her Broadway debut opposite Michelle Williams, Emma Stone, and Alan Cumming in Cabaret for director Sam Mendes. Her extensive credits include Tony Kushner&#8217;s The Illusion for director Michael Mayer, Nina Raines&#8217;s <em>Tribes for David Cromer<\/em>, and the Lincoln Center world premiere production of The Mystery of Love &amp; Sex, in which she starred opposite Diane Lane for director Sam Gold. Other film and television credits include the HBO pilot <em>The Missionary<\/em> and feature, <em>The Passing Season<\/em> opposite Brian J. Smith. Originally from Scotland, Gayle is a graduate of the Juilliard School. Gayle is represented by UTA and B-Side Management in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Austin Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Austin Smith has appeared on Netflix&#8217;s RUSSIAN DOLL, HBO&#8217;s <em>Random Acts of Flyness<\/em> and NBC&#8217;s <em>New Amsterdam<\/em>. He was an original Broadway cast member of Hamilton and is currently starring in the world premiere of Martyna Majok&#8217;s Sanctuary City at New York Theatre Workshop. Austin is represented by APA and Authentic Talent and Literary Management.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Antoinette Crowe-Legacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Antoinette Crowe-Legacy stars opposite Forest Whitaker in the EPIX series <em>Godfather of Harlem<\/em>. Up next, Antoinette will be seen opposite Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto in the WeWork limited series <em>WeCrashed<\/em> for Apple TV+. Antoinette will also at last reprise the role of &#8220;Kaneisha&#8221; in the upcoming Broadway run of <em>Slave Play<\/em>. Jeremy O. Harris wrote the role for Crowe-Legacy when they were students at Yale School of Drama &#8211; the actress originated the role in <em>Slave Play<\/em>&#8216;s first developmental production in 2017 as part of Yale&#8217;s Langston Hughes Festival. Antoinette was recently seen in Rebecca Hall&#8217;s feature <em>Passing<\/em> opposite Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga. The film recently made a near-record breaking sale to Netflix for over $16M at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Among Antoinette&#8217;s many theater credits, she played leading roles in both Tori Sampson&#8217;s play <em>If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka<\/em>, which Leah Gardiner directed at Playwrights Horizons, as well as in Aziza Barnes&#8217;s play BLKS, directed by Robert O&#8217;Hara for MCC Theater. Antoinette graduated from Yale&#8217;s prestigious MFA Acting Program, where she received the 2018 Carol Finch Dye Award. Past winners include Meryl Streep and Frances McDormand. Antoinette is represented by Anonymous Content and The Gersh Agency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Alexander Kaplan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Alexander Kaplan is 11 years old and was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia to parents Alan and Zhenia Kaplan. Following in the footsteps of his older brother, actor Michael Kendall Kaplan, David has enjoyed many successes in both film and television. He recently filmed a reoccurring role in soon to be released episodes of a popular Netflix series and a supporting role in a feature film. David worked alongside Stephen Dorf in the feature film <em>Embattled<\/em> and is known for his supporting lead roles in Lifetime Movie, <em>A Sister&#8217;s Secret<\/em>, and two episodes of <em>Creepshow<\/em> where he was directed by Tom Savini and Greg Nicotero. David also appeared with Matt Czuchry in <em>The Resident<\/em> and Lucas Till in <em>MacGyver<\/em>. His petite size, and wisdom and discipline which are well beyond his years, make him an ideal actor for young roles. What David loves most about TV and Film is the creative process and telling stories through the art of acting. David is represented by Joy Pervis at J Pervis Talent Agency and Wendi Green at Atlas Artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FX&#8217;s pilot of the profoundly influential novel Kindred has rounded out its cast with Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and David Alexander Kaplan joining the previously announced Mallori Johnson as series regulars. 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