Vanessa Kirby and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to Star in Apple TV+ Sci-Fi Action Thriller LIMINAL From Director Louis Leterrier

Director Louis Leterrier (Now You See Me, Fast X) has signed on to direct a sci-fi action-thriller at Apple TV+ titled Liminal, that will star Academy Award nominee Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman, The Fantastic Four) and Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman, Wonder Man). Justin Rhodes (Terminator: Dark Fate) is on board to adapt the script.

Liminal is based on the AWA graphic novel Telepaths by Eisner Award winner J. Michael Straczynski, Steve Epting and Brian Reber.

While the plot of the feature take is being kept under wraps, the source material takes place in a world where a tenth of the population suddenly gains telepathic powers as a result of electromagnetic disturbance.

Subsequently, newly telepathic Boston police find themselves contending with a faction, led by a wrongly convicted prisoner, who are trying to escape a world in which their powers will make them targets.

Kirby most recently starred in Ron Howard’s survival thriller Eden, Benjamin Caron’s Netflix crime thriller Night Always Comes — which she also produced — and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Her upcoming slate also includes Ruins, a Miramax adaptation of the novel by Amy Taylor, where she’ll produce and star opposite Sebastian Stan.

Abdul-Mateen II is having a banner year, coming off rave reviews for Marvel’s Wonder Man, with his Man on Fire series set to premiere April 30 on Netflix. Upcoming, he’ll also be seen starring opposite Mark Wahlberg in Elegant Bratton’s crime thriller By Any Means.

via: Deadline