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Orlando Bloom to star in new fantasy noir series on Amazon

He’ll be a producer on the show too.

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Orlando Bloom has landed a role in a new Amazon show (Isabel Infantes/PA)

Orlando Bloom will play a police inspector investigating the murder of a showgirl in new Amazon Prime show Carnival Row.

The Pirates Of The Caribbean actor will play Rycroft Philostrate in the fantasy noir drama.

The series is set in a neo-Victorian city where mythical creatures fleeing their war-torn homeland have gathered.

Orlando Bloom
Orlando Bloom (PA Wire/PA)

Bloom’s casting was announced by Roy Price, head of Amazon Studios, at the Edinburgh International TV Festival.

The actor will also serve as a producer on the series, which is scheduled to begin filming in the autumn ahead of a release in 2019.

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