Walking Dead’s Callan McAuliffe cast in Great Expectations movie spinoff
By Renee Hansen
Actor Callan McAuliffe is known for his role in The Walking Dead as Alden from seasons 8-11. Sadly, Alden didn’t make it to the end of the story and was killed in season 11. Deadline reports that McAuliffe has been cast in a new movie, a Great Expectations spinoff.
Expectations is to be a companion piece to Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations. Directed by Chris Robert Riegel, whose 2016 film Another You was screened at TIFF. The film, which is in post-production, is expected to make a festival run late in 2023.
The lovable orphan Pip, from the original story, is an adult in his 30s and discovers life isn’t what he expected. He believes his luck is about to change when he receives an invite for a weekend retreat from his former benefactor Miss Havisham. Instead, he is met by his former love, the emotionally cold Estella, and childhood ally Herbert Pocket. Along with a new cast of characters, they must solve Havisham’s riddle that could unlock a vast inheritance.
"Expectations is a family-focused, holiday week-end style story that features hi-jinks and mischief, depicting some legendary characters with a new twist."
McAuliffe portrays Pip and is joined by Rina Lipa, Blu Hunt, Samuel Arnold, Annie Q. Reigel, Colin Ferguson, Chris Gray, Nadia Alexander, and Jenna Leigh Green, who plays Miss Havisham.
What else does Callan McAuliffe star in?
McAuliffe is known for his roles in Flipped, The Great Gatsby; I Am Number Four, and Cloudstreet.
Since he departed from The Walking Dead, he has starred in several other projects. He starred in an episode of Big Sky, a crime drama streaming on Hulu.
He also starred in The Duel with Patrick Warburton and Dylan Sprouse, which won several awards at 2023 film festivals.
You can see him in About him & her, a romantic drama with Cristina Spruell. This movie brings two people together in an unusual way when in 1989, crossed phone lines led to a life-changing conversation. You can rent or buy this film on Prime Video.
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