AMC has announced the complete cast for its upcoming series Pantheon, the network’s first-ever animated primetime drama, following the early lead voices announcement a couple of weeks ago.
Based on a collection of short stories from Ken Liu about “Uploaded Intelligence,” or human consciousness uploaded to the “Cloud,” Pantheon is created and written by showrunner Craig Silverstein (TURN: Washington’s Spies, Nikita, Terra Nova) with Liu serving as consulting producer and Titmouse Inc., animation studio also attached. Produced by AMC Studios, AMC has placed an initial order for two seasons of the speculative fiction series consisting of eight one-hour episodes each.
“Ken’s engaging and thought-provoking short stories pave the way for a deeply gripping series, and I couldn’t ask for a greater group of talented voices to bring these complex characters to life,” said Silverstein.
In its first season, Pantheon focuses on Maddie (voiced by Katie Chang), a bullied teen who receives mysterious help from someone online. The stranger is soon revealed to be her recently deceased father, David (Daniel Dae Kim), whose consciousness has been uploaded to the Cloud following an experimental destructive brain scan. David is the first of a new kind of being: an “Uploaded Intelligence” or “UI,” but he will not be the last, as a global conspiracy unfolds that threatens to trigger a new kind of world war.
Rosemarie DeWitt will voice Ellen, Maddie’s mother who attempts to connect with her detached daughter and soon discovers Maddie is communicating with someone on the web whom she believes may be impersonating her deceased husband. Paul Dano will voice Caspian, a brilliant computer science teen who comes to Maddie’s aid as they search for the truth. Aaron Eckhart will voice Cary, Caspian’s demanding father with rigid ways and Taylor Schilling will voice Renee, Caspian’s doting mother. Raza Jaffrey will voice Chanda, a prized engineer who is considered a prophet in his field. Chris Diamantopoulos joins as Pope; Anika Noni Rose as Nicole; Grey Griffin as Samara; Ron Livingston as Waxman; SungWon Cho as teacher; Kevin Durand as Anssi; Scoot McNairy as Cody; Samuel Roukin as Gabe; and Krystina Alabado as Hannah.
