“True Blood” star lands lead role on Syfy's “Van Helsing” seriesFebruary 18, 2016 - 15:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Syfy has found an actress to topline its female-led "Van Helsing" series. Kelly Overton, who had a recurring role as werewolf Rikki Naylor on "True Blood", has been cast in the lead role for the upcoming 13-episode TV series, AceShowbiz reports. Overton will portray Vanessa Helsing, the central character on the new series, who is a descendent of the Van Helsing lineage of warriors. She is resurrected and now must lead ankind against a world controlled by vampires in the post-Rising landscape. The show has also cast Jonathan Scarfe ("Hell on Wheels") as Axel, a career Marine with unwavering devotion and loyalty to both duty and his wards. Christopher Heyerdahl ("True Blood") will play Sam, a survivor of the vampire Rising. Paul Johansson ("Mad Men") is Dimitri, the patient and calculating leader of the vampires. David Cubitt ("Ray Donovan") is cast as John, another survivor of the vampire Rising. Tim Guinee ("The Good Wife"), meanwhile, will play Ted, a vampire foot soldier. "We've been extremely blessed to get such a wonderfully talented and diverse cast for Van Helsing", says EP and showrunner Neil LaBute. "We have an amazing lead actress in Kelly Overton and we've built a brilliant supporting cast around her. I'm very excited to begin the journey of Van Helsing with this outstanding group of actors." Filming will begin in Vancouver on February 22 for a premiere in the fall. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |