‘Y The Last Man’ TV Show Cast Adds Timothy Hutton As Someone Who Probably Won’t Stick Around Very Long
TheY the Last ManTV show cast has a new addition, and there’s aprettygood chance he won’t stick around very long.Timothy Huttonhas joined the series, inspired by the comic fromBrian K. VaughanandPia Guerra.Yis set in a world where all living mammals with a Y chromosome have died, with the exception of an escape artist named Yorrick and his Capuchin monkey, Ampersand. Since Hutton is playing neither Yorrick nor his monkey, don’t expect him to make it into the second season.
Deadlinereports Hutton has signed on for a “key role” in FX’sY the Last Manseries (side-note: Deadline also strictly refers to the show as justY, which suggests FX is dropping theLast Manpart. If true, this is a terrible idea, and FX should reconsider). That key role? The President of the United States. But as mentioned above, don’t get too attached to Hutton’s U.S. President. The wholeYnarrative revolves around a world where every male mammal has suddenly died.
Hutton has had a long, eclectic career. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for 1980’sOrdinary People, and lead the TNT drama seriesLeverage. I primarily know him fromThe DarkHalf, George A. Romero’s adaptation of the Stephen King novel about an author whose pseudonym comes to life and goes on a murderous rampage. Hutton will next be seen in Netflix’sThe Haunting of Hill Houseadaptation, directed by Mike Flanagan.
The actor joins a cast that includesBarry Keoghanas main character Yorrick Brown,Diane Laneas Yorrick’s mother Senator Jennifer Brown,Imogen Pootsas Yorrick’s sister Hero Brown, andLashana Lynchas Agent 355, who is commissioned to protect Yorrick.Michael Green(American Gods) andAïda Mashaka Croal(Luke Cage)will serve as showrunners and executive producers.Melina Matsoukas(Insecure, Master of None)directed the pilot and will also executive produce.
While there will no doubt be changes from comic to screen, the source material told the story of Yorrick Brown, “the only human survivor of a planet-wide plague that instantly kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome. Accompanied by a mysterious government agent, a brilliant young geneticist and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick travels the world in search of his lost love and the answer to why he’s the last man on earth.”
Y the Last Manwas published from 2002 through 2008, and received a heaping of acclaim in the process. The struggle to adaptYto the screen has been on going for the past few years. At one point,D.J. Carusowas going to direct afilm adaptationstarringShia LaBeouf, but it never happened because Lionsgate wanted a single standalone film instead of a three-film series (I bet they’re kicking themselves now that “cinematic universes” are all the rage). Since then, TV has been the primary development location forY: The Last Man.FX’s interestin adapting the comic into a series was announced in 2015. The network finally ordered a pilot earlier this year.
