EXCLUSIVE: Railroad Daddy Morgan Spector is poised to succeed America’s Dad Tom Hanks as Professor Robert Langdon. The Gilded Age star is in negotiations to headline Netflix‘s series adaptation of Dan Brown‘s latest novel, The Secret of Secrets, sources said. Rebecca Hall (The Town) is in talks for the female lead opposite Morgan in the series from Brown and showrunner Carlton Cuse, I hear.
A rep for Netflix declined comment.
The casting does not mean a departure from HBO’s The Gilded Age for Spector who stars as fan favorite railroad tycoon George Russell. According to sources, he would
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