February 6, 2014 - Deadline - Avan Jogia joins cast with Asa Butterfield on Ten Thousand Saints (MORDRED FROM MERLIN)

‘Twisted’s Avan Jogia Ropes Roles In ‘Ten Thousand Saints’ & ‘Shangri-La Suite’

By JEN YAMATO | Thursday February 6, 2014 @ 12:08pm PSTTags: ABC Family, Avan Jogia, Shangri-La Suite, Ten Thousand Saints, Twisted

EXCLUSIVE: ABC Familystar Avan Jogia is keeping busy as the network’s teen mystery-drama Twistedconcludes its first season this month. The formerNickelodeon star (Victorious) has joined the cast of Ten Thousand Saints opposite Hailee Steinfeld and Asa Butterfield. American Spendor duo Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini are directing the adaptation of Eleanor Henderson’s 2011 novel in which Jogia will play Teddy, who knocks up Eliza (Steinfeld) and overdoses, sending his best friend Jude (Butterfield) into the straight-edge hardcore punk scene of 1980s New York City. Anne Carey, Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler are producing the pic which is now filming in NYC.