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"Tom Ellis has been cast in Gothica. Miranda star Ellis will play Victor Frankenstein in ABC&amp;#039;s dark fantasy drama pilot, according to TVLine.  Ellis, who was recently linked with a role in Downton Abbey, will be joined by former Home and Away cast member Chris Egan, who will play Dorian Gray. Gothica is billed as a &amp;quot;gothic soap&amp;quot; weaving together the mythology and stories of classic literary figures such as Frankenstein, Dracula and Dorian Gray. Ellis&amp;#039;s incarnation of Frankenstein is said to be in charge of a hospital and its biotech research program. He is grieving for his recently deceased daughter, and trying to work out if there&amp;#039;s a way he can bring her back to life. Egan&amp;#039;s Gray is a wealthy playboy and aspiring entrepreneur who invests $20 million of his fortune into a newspaper owned by Frankenstein&amp;#039;s old flame Grace van Helsing. Matt Lopez has written Gothica&amp;#039;s pilot script for ABC Studios and Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy executive producer Mark Gordon. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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