NBC’s “Crusoe” adds Sam Neill and Sean Bean

Mike May 23rd, 2008 Television

I honestly have no idea what NBC’s Crusoe is going to be like, but I really love this casting news.

Sean Bean has been one of my favorite actors since I first really noticed him in the Lord of the Rings movies.Â He actually has a pretty extensive television background, so this wont be anything new to him.

Bean joins Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and Joss Ackland (Lethal Weapon 2) as new additions to the cast of the series based on the classic book, Robinson Crusoe. We’ve already told you guys about Philip Winchester getting the role of Crusoe a few weeks ago.

The description of the series:

“Crusoe” finds the dashing and resourceful Crusoe (Philip Winchester, “Thunderbirds”) after many years of being a castaway on a desert island with his companion Friday (casting to follow). Written by Stephen Gallagher (”Eleventh Hour”) and directed by Duane Clark (”CSI: NY”), “Crusoe” follows the adventures of the two island dwellers while looking in flashback at Crusoe’s life before he was thrown into an isolated existence filled with danger and adventure.

Among those are his tragic childhood with widower father James (Bean), the blossoming relationship with the love of his life, Susannah (Walton) and his endeavor to transform entrepreneurial aspirations into a business empire under the watchful eye of family friend, Jeremiah Blackthorn (Neill). Overcoming marauding militias, hungry cannibals, wild cats, starvation and apocalyptic lightning storms on his seemingly idyllic island, Crusoe dreams of the day he will be reunited with his beloved family.

No word yet on who will be cast as Friday, the prisoner he rescuses from some cannibals.

According to Seat 42f, the shooting takes place in the United Kingdom, South Africa and the Seychelles. That’s pretty amazing.

How this series will turn out is beyond me, but it looks to be a huge endeavor with some big names, and I am more intrigued by the day. [Seat42f]

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