Bollywood veteran joins sci-fi project based on cult novel
Bollywood legend Anil Kapoor has been cast in the pilot for Amazon’s adaptation of “The Book of Strange New Things.”
Based on the cult novel by Michel Faber, “Book of Strange New Things” concerns a priest who is sent into space to help form a new colony but instead winds up making some unpleasant, even terrifying discoveries.
To American audiences, Kapoor is best known for playing the game show host in Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire.”
In his native India, Kapoor is a major film star, appearing in more than 150 films throughout a career that has spanned 36 years.
Faber was the author of the Victorian-era novel “The Crimson Petal and the White,” made into a BBC miniseries in 2011.
