Photos: Florence Pugh In “East of Eden”

Netflix has released photos from the new limited series adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel “East of Eden” starring Marvel alums like Florence Pugh and the just-announced new Professor X himself, actor Christopher Abbott.

Zoe Kazan writes and executive produces for Anonymous Content and Endeavour Content. The book was famously (albeit loosely) adapted by Zoe’s grandfather Elia Kazan for the screen in 1955 and featured James Dean in his first major screen role.

A modern retelling of the Biblical Cain and Abel story and set around the Salinas Valley in California, the multi-generational story follows the Trask family and two sons who compete for the attention of their farmer father Adam (Abbott).

Pugh plays the book’s iconic antiheroine Cathy Ames, the estranged and mentally unstable wife of the farmer and a cold and cruel mother to the boys.

Kazan penned the series over two years, previously saying the plan is to adapt “the great, sprawling, three-generational entirety of it.” The series was shot in New Zealand.

Co-starring are Mike Faist as Charles Trask, Tracy Letts as Cyrus Trask, Martha Plimpton as Faye, Ciarán Hinds as Samuel Hamilton, Joseph Zada as Cal Trask, Joe Anders as Aron Trask, and Hoon Lee.

Garth Davis helms the first four episodes, while Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre directs the remaining three episodes.

Florence Pugh is Cathy Ames in EAST OF EDEN. Premiering October 1.

Here's a new look at the limited series adapted by Zoe Kazan. Also starring Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist, Hoon Lee, Tracy Letts, Ciarán Hinds, Martha Plimpton, Joseph Zada, and Joe Anders. pic.twitter.com/wpYsEY4Sjj

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