''Hieroglyph'' was a proposed American action-adventure drama
[ series created by ]Travis Beacham
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, who served as executive producer on the show along with Katherine Pope, Peter Chernin
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and Miguel Sapochnik
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. Sapochnik directed the first episode. The series was produced by 20th Century Fox Television
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and Chernin Entertainment
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.
Cast
* Max Brown as Ambrose
* Reece Ritchie
Reece Ritchie (born 23 July 1986) is an English actor. He is known for his film roles, such as Moha in ''10,000 BC'' (2008), Bis in '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' (2010), and Iolaus in ''Hercules'' (2014). He starred as Jay in the Bri ...
as Pharaoh Shai Kanakht[
* ]Condola Rashād
Condola Phylea Rashad (born December 11, 1986) is an American actress best known for her work in the theatre. She first broke out with a critically acclaimed performance in Lynn Nottage's off-Broadway play ''Ruined'' (2009), which won a Pulitzer ...
as Nefertari Kanakht, the Pharaoh's half-sister[
* ]John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise and Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series ''The Untoucha ...
as Vocifer
* Caroline Ford as Peshet[
* ]Kelsey Chow
Kelsey Asbille Chow (born September 9, 1991) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Mikayla in the Disney XD sitcom ''Pair of Kings'', and as Monica Long in the TV Series ''Yellowstone''. From 2005 to 2009, she had a recurring role ...
as Lotus Tenry
* Hal Ozsan
Halil Özşan (; born 26 October 1976) is a Turkish Cypriot-origin British-American actor, screenwriter and producer. As an actor, he came to prominence for his role as Todd Carr in ''Dawson's Creek''. He has gone on to appear in various series ...
as Bek Penroy
Development
On October 17, 2013, Fox
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Twelve sp ...
announced that it had dropped the pilot
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stage for ''Hieroglyph'' and would straight away commit to a 13-episode season. The first episode was shot in Morocco in early 2014. The series was expected to continue filming in March 2014 in New Mexico at the Albuquerque Studios.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 3416922, Hieroglyph
Television pilots not picked up as a series
Unaired television shows