Rob Delaney Joins Chiwetel Ejiofor in Showtime’s ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’
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variety.comKate Aurthur editorRob Delaney, of “Catrastrophe” and Twitter fame, will co-star with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris in Showtime’s forthcoming drama series “The Man Who Fell to Earth.”The project is based on Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel, as well as Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 film in which David Bowie played Dr.
Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien from another planet who lands in New Mexico. Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet are writing and executive producing the new version, and will serve as showrunners with executive producer John Hlavin.
Kurtzman is also directing multiple episodes.Delaney will play the character of Hatch Flood, the screw-up scion of a tech family who becomes enmeshed in the life of the alien character (Ejiofor), AKA the man who fell.
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