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The Walking Dead and Percy Jackson and the Olympians stars have joined a new YA drama series for Prime Video. The zombie horror series aired on AMC for 11 seasons, producing various spin-offs, including Dead City and Daryl Dixon, whereas Percy Jackson and the Olympians is one of Disney+'s biggest hits.

According to Variety, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jay Duplass have been added to the Prime Video drama Sterling Pointin recurring roles. Morgan, who portrays Negan in The Walking Dead franchise, will appear as Joe. Meanwhile, Percy Jackson star Duplass, who plays Hades, has been cast as Steven.

While not much is known about Sterling Point, it is expected to follow twins who discover an island belonging to their alienated grandfather. Morgan and Duplass join Ella Rubin, Keen Ruffalo, Amélie Hoeferle, Bo Bragason, Daniel Quinn Toye, and Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie.

What This Means For Sterling Point The YA Series Will Feature...

It’s been a busy year for Jeffrey Dean Morgan after starring in Invincible and The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2, and on top of also hosting the latest hit reality show, Destination X, the star just further loaded up his schedule. A new report from Variety confirms that Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jay Duplass have joined the cast of Sterling Point, Megan Park’s upcoming series at Amazon. Morgan and Duplass have both been tapped for important, recurring roles in the young adult show, which was announced earlier this year. The duo joins Ella Rubin, Amélie ElisabethHoeferle, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Jacob Whiteduck Lavoie, Bo Bragason, and Keen Ruffalo. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it will follow twins who go to an island that they inherited from their estranged grandfather.

Duplass is best known for his work as Poseidon in Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 1, and he...

Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jay Duplass are set to recur in Prime Video’s YA series Sterling Point.

Created by Megan Park, who will also direct and executive produce, Sterling Point is described as an ensemble drama with comedy and heart about sisterhood, nature vs nurture, complicated family dynamics, and grief. It is believed to follow Annie, who, alongside her twin brother Connor, was raised in New York by their single dad before they found out that their estranged grandfather left them an island on a lake in his will.

Morgan will play Joe, while Duplass will portray Steven. The main cast includes Ella Rubin as Annie, Amélie Hoeferle as Ramona, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie (Ellis), Keen Ruffalo (Connor), Bo Bragason (Oona), and Daniel Quinn-Toye (Rory).

Park executive produces and co-showruns alongside Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage of Fake Empire. Amazon MGM Studios is the studio.

Both Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jay Duplass have been cast in Megan Park’s upcoming Amazon Prime Video series “Sterling Point,” Variety has learned.

The young adult show was originally announced in January. Morgan and Duplass will appear in recurring roles as Joe and Steven respectively. They will appear alongside previously announced cast members Ella Rubin, Amélie Elisabeth Hoeferle, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Bo Bragason, and Keen Ruffalo.

Exact plot details are being kept under wraps, but sources say the show follows a set of adopted twins (Rubin and Ruffalo) who travel to an island on a lake that was left to them by their estranged grandfather in his will.

Morgan currently stars in the AMC series “The Walking Dead: Dead City,” reprising the role of Negan that he first played in the mothership series. He also currently appears in the Prime Video series “The Boys,” with that show prepping its fifth and final season.

Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios’ Sterling Point is rounding out its lead ensemble cast with Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie (A Colony), Keen Ruffalo (Hal & Harper), Bo Bragason (Renegade Nell), and Daniel Quinn-Toye (Badults). They join the previously announced cast of Ella Rubin and Amélie Hoeferle, who will portray Annie and Ramona, respectively.

The YA drama series Sterling Point was created by Megan Park, who will also direct and executive produce. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the series is described as an ensemble drama with comedy and heart about sisterhood, nature vs nurture, complicated family dynamics, and grief. It is believed to follow Annie (Rubin), who, alongside her twin brother Connor, was raised in New York by their single dad before they found out that their estranged grandfather left them an island on a lake in his will.

Whiteduck-Lavoie will play Ellis, Ruffalo will play Connor, Bragason will play Oona, and Quinn-Toye will play Rory.

A young Quebecois girl slowly learns to color outside the lines in writer-director Genevieve Dulude-de Celles’ Berlinale award-winning narrative feature debut, a sensitive and tasteful coming-of-age story that would perhaps have been richer, and certainly more surprising, had it embraced that lesson too. “A Colony,” however, is a neatly rendered package that cycles through its familiar beats with earnest, thoughtful grace, and if Dulude-de Celles’ focus on her protagonist’s hesitance and insecurity can make for a slightly frustrating watch at times, the performances from her young cast still infuse the film with an appealing freshness.

Twelve-year-old Mylia (Émilie Bierre) lives near a First Nations reserve in Pierreville, a small town in the Quebec countryside, dismissively referred to as “the sticks” by one unwilling resident, but rendered relatively idyllic by Léna Mill-Reuillard and Etienne Roussy’s sun-blown, tousled cinematography. Her home life is defined by her parents’ marriage quietly fracturing in the background,...

Paris-based company Indie Sales has acquired the coming-of-age drama “A Colony” which will be making its international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in the generation section.

“A Colony” marks the feature debut of Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, whose short film “The Cut” won a prize at Sundance in 2014.

Set in Sorel Tracy, a Quebec town, at the end of summer, “A Colony” follows Mylia, a timid 12-year-old who must leave her little sister and native countryside to enter high school. Lost in this new environment, she meets Jacinthe, who introduces her to teenage rituals and absurdities, and Jimmy, a fierce young native from the neighboring reservation whom encourages her to cross boundaries, and ultimately form her personal identity.

“A Colony” previously won six awards in Quebec, including the best film and audience awards at the Quebec City Film. Festival.

Martin Gondre, Indie Sales’ head of marketing and festivals, said “A...