Netflix Orders ‘Grendel’ Series Based On Dark Horse Comic
Netflix has given an eight-episode series order to Grendel, a series based on the masked vigilante from Matt Wagner’s popular, award-winning Dark Horse comic book series, with Abubakr Ali (Power Book II: Ghost, Katy Keene) set to star in the titular role. With Ali’s casting, he becomes the first Arab Muslim male actor to portray a series lead in a comic book adaptation The series, written and executive produced by Resident Evil and Supernatural alum Andrew Dabb, comes out of Netflix’s first-look deal with Dark Horse Entertainment. Netflix has given an eight-episode series order to Grendel, a series based on the masked vigilante from Matt Wagner’s popular, award-winning Dark Horse comic book series, with Abubakr Ali (Power Book II: Ghost, Katy Keene) set to star in the titular role. With Ali’s casting, he becomes the first Arab Muslim male actor to portray a series lead in a comic book adaptation The series, written and executive produced by Resident Evil and Supernatural alum Andrew Dabb, comes out of Netflix’s first-look deal with Dark Horse Entertainment.
Katy Keene‘s Abubakr Ali will play the eponymous antihero. He’s joined by Jaime Ray Newman as Jocasta Rose, Julian Black Antelope as Argent, Madeline Zima as Liz Sparks, Kevin Corrigan as Barry Palumbo, Emma Ho as Stacy Palumbo, Erik Palladino as Teddy Ciccone, Brittany Allen as Annabelle Wright, and Andy Mientus as Larry Stohler.
