Abubakr Ali to star in Netflix's Grendel, becoming the first Arab Muslim male to lead a comic book adaptation

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The Katy Keene alum will play the titular role in Grendel, a series from Supernatural alum Andrew Dabb based on the masked vigilante from Matt Wagner’s popular, award-winning Dark Horse comic book series. The series comes out of Netflix’s first look deal with Dark Horse Entertainment. Grendel follows Ali's Hunter Rose, a "gifted fencer, writer and assassin, seeking to avenge the death of a lost love. He goes to war with New York’s criminal underworld, only to realize…why beat them, when you can join them?" Grendel's cast also includes Jaime Ray Newman, Madeline Zima, Julian Black Antelope, Kevin Corrigan, Emma Ho, Erik Palladino, Brittany Allen and Andy Mientus.