Syfy announced an order for an adaptation of the Revival comics back in March 2024 with plans for a 2025 debut and that’s now revealing some of the cast. The comic book series comes from writer Tim Seeley and artist Mike Norton and was released through Image Comics.
The cast includes:
- Melanie Scrofano as Dana Cypress
- Romy Weltman as Martha ‘Em’ Cypress
- David James Elliott as Wayne Cypress
- Andy McQueen as Ibrahim Ramin
Deadline describes the cast as:
Scrofano’s Dana Cypress is a single mother and cop who’s constantly having to prove her worth to a stubborn Sheriff, who just so happens to be her father. And just when she is about to leave her small town for good, the events of Revival Day change that, instead sending her into her most important case to date.
Weltman plays Martha ‘Em’ Cypress, the younger daughter of the local sheriff. Having led a very sheltered life due to a recurring illness, Em is still figuring out her place in the world. A world that for her in particular, is now turned upside down.
Elliott portrays Wayne Cypress, the longtime Wausau Sheriff determined to keep his town and family as normal and safe as possible – a tall order when the dead return to life in the small town he’s sworn to protect.
McQueen plays Ibrahim Ramin, a CDC scientist who has been stationed in Wausau to study the bizarre phenomenon that brought people back to life.
Plot Concept: For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now, it’s up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. In a town where the living have to learn to deal with those who are supposed to be dead, Officer Cypress must solve a brutal murder, and everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect.
