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Tim Roth Cast in David Cronenberg’s TV Show

Actor Tim Roth attends the 65th Anniversary Party at the Agora May 21, 2012 in Cannes, France.
Actor Tim Roth attends the 65th Anniversary Party at the Agora May 21, 2012 in Cannes, France. Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images

David Cronenberg has found his Knifeman: Tim Roth has been cast as the old-timey surgeon who turns to grave-robbing to expand the bounds of his profession, Deadline reports. The straight-to-series show doesn’t have a home just yet, but surely someone will be into historical body horror from the weird mind of David Cronenberg.

Tim Roth Cast in David Cronenberg’s TV Show