Entertainment News | Aidan Gillan to Headline Discovery Cosmology Series

Los Angeles, Nov 22 (PTI) "Game of Thrones" star Aidan Gillan is set to star in an ambitious genre-bending dramatised documentary series for Discovery's Science Channel.

The 52-year-old actor, best known for playing the slimy, manipulative Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish in HBO's "Game of Thrones", will essay the role of a detective examining dangerous phenomena in the universe.

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According to Deadline, the six-part series is being produced by Warner Bros-owned UK production company Wall To Wall and has been shooting across the US during the coronavirus pandemic.

The working title of the project is "Killer of the Cosmos".

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Gillen will feature as a Raymond Chandler-style detective who hunts down existential threats to humanity in a specialist factual series with a graphic novel-like twist, as per insiders.

Filming is underway, though post-production has begun on the series.

Discovery declined to comment, but the channel is expected to air the show next year. PTI

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