Melissa Barrera and More Join James Wan and Simu Liu's Espionage Techno-Thriller Series at Peacock
Melissa Barrera (Scream), Sinclair Daniel (The Other Black Girl), Brian d’Arcy James (Spotlight), Mark O’Brien (City on a Hill) and Kathleen Chalfant (Wit) are set to star in James Wan and Simu Liu’s untitled thriller series which is set up at Peacock.
The series is described as an espionage techno-thriller and the story is “set five minutes into the future when first-generation American intelligence analyst Alexander Hale (Liu) realizes 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 maintain a performance 24/7 to flush out who’s responsible and prove where his allegiance lies.”
Barrera will take on the role of Michelle, a deceptive character who will keep everyone guessing and Daniel will play Parker, an intelligence officer who gets swept up into a new world 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; and Chalfant will play St. George, a quiet leader focused on the long game.
The series was created by Thomas Brandon (Legacies), and he is also a writer and executive producer on the project alongside co-showrunner and EP Jennifer Yale (See, Outlander).
Wan (The Conjuring Universe, M3GAN) is an executive producer on the series along with Michael Clear (Archive 81, M3GAN) and Rob Hackett (Archive 81, I Know What You Did Last Summer).
Barrera will next be seen in the upcoming rom-com creature feature Your Monster.