Walking Dead actor Dan Fogler cast as series regular for The Rainmaker series for USA Network

Tony Award-winning Actor, podcast personality, and comedian Dan Fogler has secured his next role. Known for his outstanding performances in Eric, Balls of Fury, and the Fantastic Beast films, Fogler also starred in AMC's The Walking Dead as Luke during seasons 9-11. Deadline reports that Fogler's next role will be in USA Network's The Rainmaker series.

The Lionsgate Television and Blumhouse Television series will feature Michael Seitzman as showrunner and executive producer. The series is based on John Grisham's novel and Francis Ford Copalla's film adaptation, a project six years in the making as Seitzman desired to feature the story in a TV series. He wrote the pilot episode with Jason Richman and Seitzman, Richman, Grisham, Jason Blum, and David Gernert will serve as executive producers.

The Rainmaker marks USA Network's first in a series of shows as part of a planned relaunch as a source for original scripted series.

The story follows Rudy Baylor, a newly graduated law student, who comes against Leo Drummond, known as a courtroom lion, and his law school girlfriend, Sarah Plankmore. Rudy, his boss, and her paralegal uncover conspiracies connected to the mysterious death of their client's son.

Fogler has been cast as Melvin Pritcher, a nurse with an explosive secret at the heart of a vast conspiracy. He joins previously announced Milo Callaghan in the role of Rudy, John Slattery as Leo Drummond, and Madison Iseman as Sarah Plankmore. Lana Parrilla joined the cast as Jocelyn "Bruiser" Stone, with J.P. Byrne cast as Deck Shifflet, and Robyn Cara will play Kelly Riker.

In 1997, famed director Francis Ford Coppola adapted Grisham's The Rainmaker into a movie. The film stars Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Roy Scheider, Virginia Madsen, and Teresa Wright in her final film role. The adaptation received positive reviews and holds a 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Dan Fogler - upcoming roles

In October, Fogler will step away from the screen and return to the stage, where he will portray Michael E. Uslan in the play The Boy Who Loved Batman. He will also portray Albert Grossman in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet as the iconic singer/songwriter. Grossman was Dylan's manager and served many famous folk and folk-rock music legends during his lifetime.

Fogler will also star in Verona’s Romeo + Juliet, a musical set in 1301 at the end of Medieval times retelling the story of Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers with the help of original pop music. The film is scheduled to release on Valentine's Day 2025.

Fogler starred in the Netflix original psychological thriller, Eric, with Benedict Cumberbatch. He also voiced Rufus Dufus in the animated spy comedy No Time To Spy: A Loud House Movie.

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