'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' Adds Mel Rodriguez and Vera Farmiga 

'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' Adds Mel Rodriguez and Vera Farmiga

The pair will star in an episode written and directed by 'Mudbound' filmmaker Dee Rees.

The upcoming Amazon and Channel 4 anthology series, which consists of 10 stand-alone episodes, has added Mel Rodriguez and Vera Farmiga. The pair will star in an episode of the sci-fi drama called

In the episode, a man hangs dead from a lamppost, apparently murdered and inexplicably ignored by passersby, after a politician (Farmiga) makes a shocking statement encouraging violence. When one extraordinarily average man (Rodriguez) dares to question the situation, he becomes an instant target. The installment also stars Jason Mitchell (

The Sony Pictures-produced drama, which will debut later this year, counts Bryan Cranston among its executive producers. Farmiga and Rodriguez join previously announced cast that includes Cranston, Terrence Howard, Anna Paquin, Mireille Enos, Greg Kinnear, Steve Buscemi, Timothy Spall, Jack Reynor, Benedict Wong and Geraldine Chaplin.

's Jack Thorne. Dick's other novels include

's Rodriguez is repped by UTA and Abrams Entertainment. Farmiga, who most recently starred in 

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