Intense Trailer for Antoine Fuqua's #FREERAYSHAWN Series with Laurence Fishburne and Stephen James
Quibi has shared the first trailer for their super-intense new thriller series #FreeRayshawn. The series comes from director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and stars Stephan James (Homecoming) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix).
The series tells the story of “a young, black Iraq War veteran named Rayshawn (James) who is set up by New Orleans police on a drug deal, runs for his life, and takes refuge inside his apartment building with his girlfriend and child. With New Orleans PD and the SWAT team outside ready to storm his home, a social media frenzy begins as community members and news outlets arrive at the scene. During this growing mayhem, a sympathetic cop named Steven Poincy (Fishburne) plays the role of negotiator, and, over the course of one brutally stressful day, Steven tries to get Rayshawn to calmly surrender in order to avoid an escalation of unnecessary violence.”
Quibi is scheduled to debut on April 6, 2020, and #FreeRayshawn will premiere on the service sometime that month. Watch the trailer and let us know if it looks like a series you’d want to watch.