Dennis Christopher

THE LOST ROOM (Sci Fi)

Kevin Pollak ("Hostage"), comedian Margaret Cho, Dennis Christopher (Bellegarde on "Deadwood") and Ewan Bremner ("Elizabeth I") have all scored roles on the upcoming mini-series, about a homicide detective (Peter Krause) who stumbles upon a mysterious key that unlocks the door to a world of unimaginable power and soon thereafter becomes the target of those who will stop at nothing to claim it. Pollak will play Karl Kreutzfeld, a wealthy Pittsburgh businessman who’s after the key with Cho as Suzie Kang, a tough, chain-smoking independent operator who will sell information to anyone about the room for the right price; Christopher as Martin Ruber, a county coroner and colleague of Krause’s character; and Bremner as Harold Stritzke, a petty thief who teams with Krause’s character to recover the latter’s lost daughter. The group joins the previously cast Julianna Margulies, Roger Bart and Elle Fanning in the Lionsgate Television-based project, which is set to premiere in December.