Former Home and Away star Melissa George has been cast opposite Pierce Brosnan in a new miniseries adaption of Stephen King's supernatural novel Bag of Bones.
TVGuide.com reports that George will play Mattie Devore, a young mother caught in a custody battle with her daughter's grandfather.
Brosnan will play Mike Noonan, a widowed novelist who helps Mattie in her fight to keep her child.
The series will be shot in Nova Scotia, Canada, with Mick Garris (Riding the Bullet, The Shining (TV miniseries) and The Stand) directing.
Bag of Bones will premiere on the A&E network in the US later this year.
