{"id":614538,"date":"2026-09-28T18:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/614538\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:08:16","slug":"stillwater-amazon-series-casts-ben-hardy-in-lead-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/614538\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Stillwater&#8217; Amazon Series Casts Ben Hardy in Lead Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/ben-hardy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ben-hardy\" data-tag=\"ben-hardy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Hardy<\/a> is set to star in the series adaptation of the graphic novel \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/stillwater\/\" id=\"auto-tag_stillwater\" data-tag=\"stillwater\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stillwater<\/a>\u201d at <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/amazon-prime-video\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amazon-prime-video\" data-tag=\"amazon-prime-video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Prime Video<\/a>, Variety has learned. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe series is based on the Skybound graphic novel of the same name and was greenlit at Amazon back in July. The streamer has given the one-hour show an eight-episode order. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe official logline states the show is a \u201cmind-bending horror thriller that focuses on ex-con Daniel West (Hardy). When Daniel receives a mysterious letter promising answers about his past and a substantial inheritance in the small town of Stillwater, he discovers a community where nothing ever ages, no one ever dies, and nobody ever gets out.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe\u2019ve been fans of Ben\u2019s for a long time, and we\u2019re thrilled to get to tell this story together,\u201d said series writers and executive producers Greg Berlanti and Carly Wray. \u201cThere\u2019s a toughness to him, but also something incredibly open and soulful underneath it. Daniel needs both. From the moment we saw Ben in the role, it was impossible to imagine anyone else.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHardy is known for his roles in films like \u201cThe Conjuring: Last Rites,\u201d \u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d \u201c6 Underground,\u201d \u201cOnly the Brave,\u201d and \u201cX-Men: Apocalypse.\u201d He has also starred in shows like \u201cThe Girl Before,\u201d \u201cThe Woman in White,\u201d and \u201cEastEnders.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe is repped by UTA, Principal Entertainment LA and Independent Talent Group. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe \u201cStillwater\u201d graphic novel was created by Chip Zdarsky and Ram\u00f3n K P\u00e9rez. Wray and Berlanti co-wrote the pilot episode and executive produce, with Berlanti doing so via Berlanti Productions. Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, and Robbie Rogers of Berlanti Productions also executive produce along with Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Glenn Geller, and Zdarsky for Skybound Entertainment. Jonathan Gabay also serves as an executive producer. Warner Bros. Television and Amazon MGM Studios will produce. Berlanti and Wray are both under overall deals at WBTV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Hardy is set to star in the series adaptation of the graphic novel \u201cStillwater\u201d at Amazon Prime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[444,302830,156,111,139,69,131098,437],"class_list":["post-614538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-amazon-prime-video","tag-ben-hardy","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-stillwater","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}