Revenge Star To Play Jack The Ripper In New Series
Screenwriter Kevin Williamson has penned many horror related projects in his career including Scream, I Know What You Did This Summer and The Faculty and the series The Following. Now, Williamson has new project in the works. Deadline has reported that Williamson created and is writing the pilot episode of Time After Time for ABC. The series is based on the 1979 film and novel of the same name. In the show H.G. Wells peruses legendary serial killer Jack the Ripper to the 20th century. Revenge actor Josh Bowman will star as John Stevenson who lives a double life, one as a brilliant surgeon and the other as Jack the Ripper. H.G. Wells will be played by Freddie Stroma (Extraterrestrial, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ). Jack the Ripper, a serial killer who stalked and slaughtered women (mainly prostitutes) in the Whitechapel area of London between 1888 and 1891, has yet to be identified, though many have their suspects.
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