
When CBS presented their upfront last May, one of the more intriguing dramas was a murder mystery/slasher film/whodunit about a wedding party on a Seattle island. It was called
Harper's Island and projected for mid-season. The preview played like a cross between
Ten Little Indians and
Twin Peaks to me, and I liked what I saw. I certainly plan on giving it a try when it shows up on CBS.
It's still slated for early 2009, only now the actor playing the groom's loud, fun-loving and duplicitous uncle is going to be
Harry Hamlin. He has been added to the Harper's Island cast as Marty.
Ugly Betty's Henry is going to
Harper's Island. Actor
Christopher Gorham has been cast on the new mystery
Harper's Island. Good for Chris, but what about his other character, Henry, the lovable geeky accountant on
Ugly Betty? That remains in question.
On
Harper's Island, which CBS is calling a
Ten Little Indians/Twin Peaks-style horror mystery in which a wedding party on a Seattle island find themselves cut off from the mainland with a murderer on the loose. The killer is doing away with characters week after week and everyone is a suspect or a victim.
In addition to Christopher Gorham, actor Bill Pullman (
Sleepless in Seattle) is also in the show as a jovial, drunken Uncle Marty.