Game of Thrones actor Charles Dance and Designated Survivor's Kiefer Sutherland are set to team up in new TV spy series Rabbit Hole.

The new original series is set to stream on Paramount+ later this year, and sees Sutherland playing John Weir, a master of deception in the world of corporate espionage who is framed for murder "by powerful forces with the ability to influence and control populations".

There's no word yet on Dance's character, but given his history as villainous types in Thrones, Last Action Hero and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, we're betting he'll fall into that space again.

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According to The Wrap, the eight-episode series is already shooting in Toronto, Canada ahead of an expected premiere later this year.

Meta Golding (Empire), Walt Klink (Arctic Circle), Enid Graham (Mare of Easttown), Jason Butler Harner (Ozark) and Rob Yang (Succession) fill out the rest of the cast.

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Meanwhile, Dance shared his thoughts on the polarising series finale of Game of Thrones after it aired back in 2019, with the Tywin Lannister star admitting he was "confused".

"I have watched as much as I can... I wanted to know what was happening to these characters," he said.

"We come to the big last series, we come to the very end and I thought, 'Hmm, OK.' There's little Arya going off on a cruise somewhere, poor Jon's gone back up north, beyond the wall and then there is Tyrion.

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"And all the people left alive are sort of sat around the table going, 'So well, what are we going to do now, shall we have a cup of tea or something?' And I thought, 'Ah, I don't know.'"

Next up, he'll appear in Netflix's adaptation of The Sandman as Roderick Burgess.

Game of Thrones seasons 1-8 are available on DVD and Blu-ray. Spin-off House of the Dragon will premiere on August 21 in the UK.

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