The series, which is set to debut on U.S. cable net Spike TV next year, will shoot in Nova Scotia until mid-November.
The Muse Entertainment miniseries drew Spike TV’s highest average viewership in eight years for the 9 to 11 p.m. slot.
The Vancouver-born actor will play the young Egyptian ruler, King Tutankhamun, in Muse Entertainment’s six-hour event series for Spike TV.
The Spike TV show will be shot in Morroco and Canada from September to December 2014.
The six-hour miniseries is part of a programming push by Spike TV to attract more female viewers.
The six-part series will tell the story of King Tutankhamun’s rise to glory and the enigma surrounding his death.
Exec VP Tom Zappala says the channel is looking for shows that move its audience away from its male-centric past.
The CRTC has put the kaibosh on George Burger’s proposed Crush channel, ruling the film channel for an 18-35 male demo was too “broad” in mandate to distinguish itself from existing Canadian pay TV channels.