Charles Dance To Appear In Syfy Miniseries

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Syfy has tapped Charles Dance to appear in its upcoming six-hour miniseries Childhood’s End, the network said Monday.

Dance (Game of Thrones, Phantom of the Opera) will play alien Overlord “Karellen” in the mini-series, which follows the peaceful invasion of Earth by mysterious Overlords, according to the network.

Akiva Goldsman (Lone Survivor, A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend) and Mike DeLuca (Captain Philips, Moneyball, The Social Network) will serve as executive producers for Childhood’s End, which will be produced by Universal Cable Productions and Syfy.

“We are thrilled that Charles has picked Childhood’s End following his amazing work in Game of Thrones,” said Bill McGoldrick, Executive Vice President, Original Content for Syfy in a statement.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.