{"id":4809,"date":"2018-12-20T16:34:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T21:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2018-12-20T16:34:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T21:34:34","slug":"george-takei-joins-amcs-anthology-series-the-terror-as-consultant-and-series-regular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/20\/george-takei-joins-amcs-anthology-series-the-terror-as-consultant-and-series-regular\/","title":{"rendered":"George Takei Joins AMC’s Anthology Series “The Terror” as Consultant and Series Regular"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"AMC announced that renowned actor, producer, author and activist George Takei (“Star Trek<\/em>“) will join the second season of the critically acclaimed, Ridley Scott-produced anthology series, “The Terror<\/em>,” as a consultant and series regular. The network previously announced actor Derek Mio will star in the series as Chester Nakayama and Josef Kubota Wladyka (“Narcos<\/em>“) will direct the first two episodes. Production is scheduled to begin in January in Vancouver. Season two will air on AMC in 2019 with ten episodes.<\/p>\n

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George Takei at Columbia University. Photo by Alex Lozupone<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Set during World War II, the second season of “The Terror<\/em>” centers on a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese-American community, and a young man’s journey to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible. Season two is co-created and executive produced by Alexander Woo (“True Blood<\/em>“) and Max Borenstein (“Kong: Skull Island<\/em>,” “Godzilla<\/em>“). Woo also serves as showrunner.<\/p>