Jaeden Martell has snagged the title role in Apple’s upcoming limited series Defending Jacob!
The It and The Book of Henry star (formerly known as Jaeden Lieberher) will star along with Chris Evans and Michelle Dockery, Variety reports.
Defending Jacob is based on the 2012 best-selling book of the same title by William Landay.
It centers on “Andy Barber (Evans), a father whose 14-year-old son Jacob (Martell) is accused of murder.”
Michelle will play Laurie Barber, Andy’s wife and Jacob’s mother.
The series was created, written, and executive produced by Mark Bomback, who will also serve as showrunner. Academy Award-nominee Morten Tyldum will executive produce and direct.
The cast of the blockbuster horror film joined forces on the red carpet at the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Saturday (June 16) at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.
It is nominated for Best Movie, Best Villain for Bill Skarsgard, Most Frightened Performance for Sophia, and Best On-Screen Team for the seven main kids.
FYI: Sophia is wearing an Emporio Armani dress. Finn is wearing Prada. Sophia is wearing Swarovski jewelry.
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Jordan Fisher checks out the Starlink: Battle for Atlas game while attending the 2018 E3 Gaming Convention held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Wednesday (June 13).
Jaeden Lieberher and Sophia Lillis have looks of pure joy on their faces while posing for photos at the premiere of their movie It on Tuesday (September 5) in Hollywood.
“It was kind of weird coming from this onto Stranger Things season two because you just jump from cast to cast and they collide at award shows,” Finn added.
Watch below to hear what else the cast had to say about the movie!
Stephen King‘s It tells the story of a group of bullied kids who band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children. Don’t miss it when it hits theaters on September 8.
“IT” Star Finn Wolfhard Discusses “Stranger Things” Season 2
Also pictured inside: The It cast plus their co-star Jaeden Lieberher visiting SiriusXM that same day in NYC.
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