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FORMER WWE STAR SIGNS TO STAR IN NEW F/X SERIES

Robert Maillet aka Kurrgan of the Oddities during his time in WWE in the late 1990s and early 2000s has signed on to play the lead villain "The Master" in the planned F/X series adaption of "The Strain" horror trilogy.

Director Guillermo Del Toro, who co-wrote the trilogy, is overseeing the series and cast Maillet in his film "Pacific Rim", which opens this Friday. Based on Maillet's work there, he received an offer to play The Master, the lead villain behind a vampire plaque that has been unleashed in the United States.

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