Orlando Bloom to star in Carnival Row

Los Angeles Aug 26 (IANS) Actor Orlando Bloom has been roped in to star in the upcoming Amazon drama series "Carnival Row".

The hour-long series is a "fantasy noir set in a neo-Victorian city."

It will feature mythical creatures who have fled their war-torn homeland and gathered in the city as tensions are simmering between citizens and the growing immigrant population reports aceshowbiz.com.

At the centre of the drama is the investigation of a string of unsolved murders which are eating away at whatever uneasy peace still exists.

Bloom will portray Rycroft Philostrate a police inspector investigating the murder of a faerie showgirl. Rycroft is not supposed to care about the death of another refugee but he does and getting to the bottom of what happened to her will come at a big cost.

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