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‘Earth Abides’: ‘Ozark’s Jessica Frances Dukes Joins Alexander Ludwig In MGM+ Limited Series


EXCLUSIVE: MGM+ has cast Jessica Frances Dukes (Ozark) in the pivotal role of Emma in Earth Abides.

EXCLUSIVE: MGM+ has cast Jessica Frances Dukes( Ozark) as the female lead opposite Alexander Ludwig in Earth Abides, a limited series that promises to offer an imaginative new take on George R. Stewart’s classic sci-fi novel of the same name. Created by showrunner Todd Komarnicki ( Sully), Earth Abides depicts how a plague of unprecedented virulence sweeps the globe and all but wipes out the human race. In the aftermath, as the great machine of civilization slowly and inexorably breaks down, only a few shattered survivors remain to struggle against the slide into extinction.

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