Justin Theroux Joins Damon Lindelof's HBO Series LEFTOVERS
Justin Theroux is set to star in Damon Lindelof's upcoming HBO series Leftovers. The show is based on a novel by Tom Perrotta, and the story focuses on life after the Rapture. Basically, all of the people who didn’t make the cut are left behind to fend for themselves in a suburban community.
Theroux will play a character named Kevin Garvey, "a chief of police and father of two who is trying to maintain some semblance of normalcy in this new world."
The actor recently appeared in the movie Wanderlust, and had a recurring role on NBC’s Parks and Recreation. This won't be the first time he's been involved with an HBO series either, as he also had a role on Six Feet Under.
Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) is an executive producer on the series, and he will also direct the pilot episode. Here's a description from the book:
What if—whoosh, right now, with no explanation—a number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other, as we did before the world turned upside down?That’s what the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, who lost many of their neighbors, friends and lovers in the event known as the Sudden Departure, have to figure out. Because nothing has been the same since it happened—not marriages, not friendships, not even the relationships between parents and children.
Kevin Garvey, Mapleton’s new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized community. Kevin’s own family has fallen apart in the wake of the disaster: his wife, Laurie, has left to join the Guilty Remnant, a homegrown cult whose members take a vow of silence; his son, Tom, is gone, too, dropping out of college to follow a sketchy prophet named Holy Wayne. Only Kevin’s teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she’s definitely not the sweet “A” student she used to be. Kevin wants to help her, but he’s distracted by his growing relationship with Nora Durst, a woman who lost her entire family on October 14th and is still reeling from the tragedy, even as she struggles to move beyond it and make a new start.