Sean Astin Joins Carlton Cuse and Guillermo del Toro's The Strain

Sean Astin has joined the cast of The Strain, the new FX pilot from showrunner Carlton Cuse (Lost) and director Guillermo del Toro, THR reports.

Based on del Toro and Chuck Hogan's book series, The Strain follows the outbreak of a vampire virus in New York and the journey CDC doctor, Ephraim "Eph" Goodweather (House of Cards' Corey Stoll), the head of the Canary Team assigned to investigate the virus and lead the fight against the vampires.

Astin will be playing Jim Kent, a political operative for Canary Team and best friend to Stoll's Goodweather and Alias alum Mia Maestro's Nora.

Del Toro and Hogan will pen the pilot with Del Toro set to direct. The pilot will in all likelihood receive a series order, as FX president John Landgraf has said that the network has already picked up additional scripts for the show and has assembled a writing staff as the pilot prepares to go into production.

Source : ign[dot]com