{"id":43842,"date":"2013-06-05T12:42:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T11:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=43842"},"modified":"2013-06-05T17:49:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T16:49:26","slug":"damon-lindelof-casts-justin-theroux-in-tv-pilot-the-leftovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/damon-lindelof-casts-justin-theroux-in-tv-pilot-the-leftovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Damon Lindelof casts Justin Theroux in The Leftovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_43843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43843\" style=\"width: 616px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Justin-Theroux.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43843\" alt=\"Justin Theroux in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Justin-Theroux.jpg\" width=\"616\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Justin-Theroux.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Justin-Theroux-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Theroux in David Lynch&#x2019;s Mulholland Drive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Damon Lindelof&#x2019;s adaptation of Tom Perrotta&#x2019;s novel <em>The Leftovers<\/em> has cast Justin Theroux in the male lead.<\/p>\n<p>Lindelof has written the pilot for HBO based on Perrotta&#x2019;s novel in which most of humanity disappears overnight. Theroux will play the town&#x2019;s leader, who attempts to keep order among those who remain in the wake of &#x2018;The Sudden Departure&#x2019;.<\/p>\n<p>It&#x2019;s the first time Lindelof has returned to TV since <em>Lost<\/em>, having written <em>Prometheus<\/em>, <em>Cowboys & Aliens<\/em> and <em>Star Trek Into Darkness<\/em>. Theroux has starred in films like <em>Mulholland Drive<\/em>, <em>Inland Empire<\/em>, <em>American Psycho<\/em> and <em>Your Highness<\/em>, as well as co-writing <em>Tropic Thunder<\/em> and <em>Iron Man 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can <a title=\"The Leftovers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/The-Leftovers-Tom-Perrotta\/dp\/0007453116\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370432093&sr=8-1&keywords=the+leftovers&tag=scifinowmag-21\">buy Tom Perrotta&#x2019;s <em>The Leftovers<\/em> for &#xA3;5.99 at Amazon.co.uk.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Psycho star headlines Damon Lindelof&#8217;s return to television<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":43843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[3,207],"tags":[300,445,3243],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Justin-Theroux.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}