Rihanna to play Marion Crane in ‘Bates Motel’

I’m curious if the final season will be a complete retelling of the original film or if the story will wrap up with Marion’s fate. I am about to check into the Bates Motel very soon and guess what else?

Not many more details were revealed about the next and final season of Bates Motel, but I am curious to see how the show will end this chapter of Norman’s life and how that will affect the rest of the characters. With his evolution nearly complete, there’s only one thing left to do – introduce Marion Crane.

Rihanna is to follow in the footsteps of the late Hollywood actress Janet Leigh by taking on the role she famously played in Psycho.

Rihanna is no newcomer to acting, having starred in 2012 movie “Battleships” and played a lead role in Luc Besson’s upcoming sci-fi fantasy “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”. The highly-anticipated casting announcement was made today during the Season 5 panel at San Diego Comic-Con via the video below! Moreover, Farmiga will be an executive producer on this fifth and final season while co-star Max Thieriot will make his directorial debut, Nestor Carbonell will direct his third episode, and Highmore will write his second episode.

Executive producers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin have been vocal about their vision of the series as a five-season run.

Rihanna is adding a major new role on A&E’s “Bates Motel” to the projects under her umbrella.

It’s a lot to take in, but you have a while to process it. Bates Motel won’t return until 2017.