The site also reports that the show will star Jim Caviezel, Ruth Wilson, Lennie James, and Hayley Atwell (who is currently starring in the big-screen remake of Brideshead Revisited).

McKellen won the Tony Award for Amadeus and received a Tony nomination for Acting Shakespeare. His many other stage credits include Wild Honey, Dance of Death, King Lear, and The Seagull. In addition, McKellen is a two-time Academy Award nominee for The Lord of the Rings and Gods and Monsters.