Station Eleven: Series Adds Daniel Zovatto, David Cross, Lori Petty & More

The HBO Max Original Station Eleven fills out its traveling troupe! Daniel Zovatto (Penny Dreadful: City of Angels) joins as the enigmatic leader “The Prophet” who leads a mysterious cult of young people. And Lori Petty (League of Their Own) was announced to play “The Conductor,” the leader of a group of traveling Shakespeare performers. Set to recur are Andy McQueen (Books of Blood) as Sayid, David Cross (Arrested Development) as Gil, Enrico Colantoni(Veronica Mars) as Brian and Julian Obradors (Mayans M.C.) as Tyler.

Station Eleven follows the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what’s been lost. Warring factions clash in the anticipated HBO Max 10 episode limited drama which adapts the best-selling post-apocalyptic novel from Emily St. John Mandel. Fans of the book now have more faces to put to the characters that will be brought to the screen. The cast joins stars Mackenzie Davis (Terminator: Dark Fate), Himesh Patel (Yesterday), and Gael Garcia Bernal (Mozart in the Jungle).

Hiro Murai (Atlanta) will be directing the series and show creator Patrick Somerville (The Leftovers), will serve as the showrunner in conjunction with Paramount Television Studios. Somerville and Murai executive produce alongside Scott Steindorff, Scott Delman, Jessica Rhoades, Dylan Russell, Jeremy Podeswa and Nate Matteson. Nick Cuse and David Nicksay serve as co-EPs.

Paramount Television Studios has developed numerous film and TV projects across platforms including Made For Love (HBO Max), Defending Jacob (Apple TV+), Home Before Dark (Apple TV+), Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Amazon), 13 Reasons Why (Netflix), The Alienist and The Alienist: The Angel of Darkness (TNT), The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix), Shantaram (Apple TV+).