Melissa Barrera (scream), Sinclair Daniel (another black girl), Brian d’Arcy James (spotlight), Mark O’Brien (city on a hill) and Catherine Chalfont (witty) will star in James Wan and We are Liu An untitled thriller series set on Peacock.
The show is described as a spy techno-thriller set five minutes in the future, where first-generation American intelligence analyst Alexander Hale (Liu) realizes that his brain has been hacked and becomes available to criminals. Everything he saw and heard.
“Caught between his shadow agency and unknown hackers, he must maintain a 24/7 presence to identify those responsible and prove where his loyalties lie.”
Barrera will play Michelle, a deceptive character who keeps everyone guessing, and Daniel will play Parker, an intelligence officer who is drawn into a new world that she must figure out quickly.
James will play John Moira, a boss and mentor who is not afraid to make tough decisions; O’Brien will play Cobb, an ambitious intelligence agent; Chalfant will play St. George, a quiet leader focused on the long game.
The creator of this series is thomas brandon (heritage), who is also a writer and executive producer on the project, along with co-showrunner and EP Jennifer Yale (Look, foreigners).
Ten thousand(The Soul Conjuring Universe, M3GAN) is the executive producer of the series Michael Clear (File 81, M3GAN) and Rob Hackett (File 81, I know what you did last summer).
Barrera will next be seen in the upcoming rom-com bio feature your monster.