Announced today: Rupert Graves will be playing marine biologist G.M. Goff in Hulu’s adaptation

Announced today: Rupert Graves will be playing marine biologist G.M. Goff in Hulu’s adaptation of Esi Edugyan’s novel, Washington Black.

Rupert will be joining the previously announced cast of Tom Ellis (Lucifer) as Christopher “Titch” Wilde, Ernest Kingsley Jr. as Washington Black, Iola Evans as Tanna Goff, Edward Bluemel (Killing Eve, A Discovery of Witches) as Billy McGee, Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Dune) as Miss Angie, and Eddie Karanja as the younger Washington.

Filming in Nova Scotia is expected to take place in March or April.

(Synopsis and more below.)

“Washington “Wash” Black is a young boy born to a Barbados sugar plantation who finds a way off the island in the company of his master’s brother, a Steam-Punk inventor who has built an extraordinary flying machine. So begins a globe-spanning, Jules Verne-style adventure that eventually leads Wash to Nova Scotia, where he discovers that while the world can be cruel, it’s also full of mystery and beauty and, in the form of young Tanna Goff, love. Wash becomes a man of science in his own right, his optimism and hope fueling his imagination and inspiring all he meets. Question is, can Wash outrun his past, or will the relentless hunters on his tail finally put an end to his dreams of flight?”

Rupert’s character, G M Goff, is Tanna Goff’s father. He is described as “a British scientist who travels to Nova Scotia with his daughter after fleeing social stain, the dwindling of fortunes in London, and lessened influence with the Crown. Nova Scotia represents a new start. But Tanna’s resistance to the marriage he’s arranged for her, and her unexpected relationship with our titular hero, forces Goff to consider whether he will prove brave enough to put love first, or let his fears lead him to ruin.”