Gillian Anderson, Ethan Hawke, WIlliam Hurt, Donald Sutherland Set for STARZ's Moby Dick Miniseries

Stage veterans Ethan Hawke, William Hurt, Gillian Anderson and Donald Sutherland will headline the series, which is based on Herman Melville's classic, and featuring a script by Nigel Williams.

Hurt will play Captain Ahab, a man on an obsessive hunt for a legendary white whale that endangers his ship and crew. Hawke will play his first mate Starbuck, Anderson will play Ahab's wife Elizabeth, and Sutherland will appear as Father Mapple.