Emily Hampshire to Star in Epix's 'Chapelwaite', A Series Adaptation of Stephen King's 'Jerusalem's Lot'!

Emily Hampshire is headed back in time...

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...Via Deadline, Schitt’s Creek‘s Emily Hampshire is set to star alongside Adrien Brody (Predators) in Epix's adaptation series of Stephen King's short story, Jerusalem's Lot, entitled Chapelwaite! Created by Jason Filardi and Peter Filardi, the series is a prequel to King's infamous vampire story, Salem's Lot. 

​In Chapelwaite: 

"Set in the 1850s, the series follows Captain Charles Boone, who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history, and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations."

According to the site, "Hampshire will play Rebecca Morgan, an ambitious young woman who left Preacher’s Corners to attend Mount Holyoke College, and has returned home with an advance to write a story for the new and prestigious Atlantic Magazine. Her writer’s block lifts when Boone (Brody) arrives in town with his children, and despite her mother’s protests, Rebecca applies to be governess of the infamous Chapelwaite manor and the Boone family in order to write about them. In doing so, Rebecca will not only craft the next great gothic novel, she’ll unravel a mystery that has plagued her own family for years."

Executive producing are Donald De Line (Wayward Pines), Jason Filardi and Peter Filardi.

Chapelwaite is set to begin production in Halifax, Nova Scotia in April with an eye towards a Fall 2020 premiere.

By Matt Konopka