Melissa Barrera, Brian d’Arcy James Cast in Simu Liu Thriller Series
Simu Liu’s upcoming thriller series at Peacock continues to build out its cast.
Variety has learned that Melissa Barrera (“In the Heights”, “Scream” V and VI), Sinclair Daniel (“The Other Black Girl”, “Insidious: The Red Door”), Brian d’Arcy James (“Spotlight”, ” 13 Reasons Why”), Mark O’Brien (“City on a Hill,” “Ready or Not”) and Kathleen Chalfant (“White,” “The Affair”) will all appear alongside Liu in the series They Will playing Michelle, Parker, John Moira, Cobb and St. George respectively.
The untitled series was picked up by Peacock in February. The official logline states: “Five minutes into the future, a first-generation American intelligence analyst, Alexander Hale (Liu), realizes that his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears. Caught between his shadowy agency and the unknown hackers, he must perform 24/7 to find out who is responsible and prove where his loyalties lie.
Barrera is repped by Sugar 23, WME, imPRint and Gang Tire. Daniel is represented by Nicolosi & Co., Entertainment 360 and Bloch Law. d’Arcy James is repped by Gersh, Thruline Entertainment, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz and PRStudio. O’Brien is repped by Thruline Entertainment, UTA, The Characters Talent Agency and Lichter Grossman. Chalfant is represented by DGRW and AMT Artists.
Thomas Brandon is the series creator and will also serve as executive producer and co-showrunner. Jennifer Yale also serves as co-showrunner and executive producer. Liu will also executive produce in addition to starring. James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett are executive producers through Atomic Monster, along with Mark Winemaker. Jet Wilkinson will executive produce in addition to directing the first two episodes. UCP is the studio.
