EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off his critically lauded role in HBO’s Task, Tom Pelphrey has inked a deal to star opposite Vanessa Kirby and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Liminal, Apple‘s sci-fi action-thriller from director Louis Leterrier which we recently scooped.
No word yet on the role Pelphrey will be playing, nor the plot of the film. It’s based on the AWA graphic novel Telepaths by Eisner Award winner J. Michael Straczynski, Steve Epting and Brian Reber, which takes place in a world where a tenth of the population suddenly gains telepathic powers as a result of an electromagnetic disturbance.
Hailing from Apple Studios, Liminal is written by Justin Rhodes (Terminator: Dark Fate). Zach Studin will produce for AWA Studios, alongside Kevin Walsh for The Walsh Company via his overall deal with Apple Studios. Ray Angelic will exec produce alongside Straczynski, Epting and Reber, with Patrick McNamara co-producing for The Walsh Company. Juliet Kirby is also co-producing.
Expect Pelphrey to be an ongoing presence in the awards race this season with his starring role opposite Mark Ruffalo in Task, HBO’s crime drama from Mare of Easttown‘s Brad Ingelsby. His role as Robbie Prendergrast, a Philadelphia area garbage collector turned trap house robber who is hunted by the FBI, has already earned him a Critics Choice Award nomination, following Critics Choice and Emmy noms for his work in Netflix’s Ozark.
Upcoming, Pelphrey will also be seen starring alongside Grant Gustin in the dark comedy Rooster from Mills McQueen. He is repped by Gersh, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Sloan, Offer, Weber & Dern.
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