True Blood star Joe Manganiello is heading to the moon, as he has handled a significant role in new science fiction series Moonhaven.
The actor has joined AMC’s new six-part space-set thriller, which comes from The Office and Elementary writer and producer Peter Ocko, as a series regular, TVLine reports.
Moonhaven, which is set 100 years later, will acquaint us with Bella Sway (Emma McDonald), a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler who is blamed for a crime and marooned on Moonhaven – a utopian community which has been based on the Moon to discover answers for the issues that are set to end civilisation on Earth.
Bella is before long brought into an intrigue to oversee the artificial intelligence liable for Moonhaven’s marvels on this lunar Garden of Eden. She decides to collaborate with a local detective as they attempt to stop the forces that need to annihilate Earth’s last expectation.
Manganiello is set to play previous military operative Tomm Schultz, who serves as the right hand to Earth’s lead diplomat to the Moon. At the point when he is infused with a mind-altering drug, nonetheless, Tomm’s desires will change drastically.
Moonhaven is additionally set to star Lost’s Dominic Monaghan, A Different World star Kadeem Hardison, Stan Lee’s Lucky Man actress Amara Karan and You star Ayelet Zurer.
Manganiello played werewolf Alcide Herveaux in vampire drama True Blood, while he likewise featured as Brad Morris in sitcom How I Met Your Mother and as bully Flash Thompson in the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films.
He has additionally featured in Magic Mike, Justice League and One Tree Hill, and he is expected to have a voice role in Netflix vivified series, Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas.
No air date has yet been uncovered for Moonhaven.