The half-hour drama based on a popular podcast is from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail and received a two-season order from the streaming platform.
Stephan James
Having starred in the Fox mini-series Shots Fired earlier this year, the talented actor would join Jenkins’ immediate follow-up to his Oscar Best Picture winner Moonlight.
After her fiance is falsley imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
Story will chronicle Jesse Owens famed triumph at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Directed by Stephen Hopkins, Race stars Carice Van Houten, Jason Sudeikis, and Jeremy Irons.
James in talks to replace John Boyega in the Jesse Owens biopic.
Logline: Story will chronicle Jesse Owens famed triumph at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Logline: Follows three disenfranchised adults who are deported from the U.S., Canada, England and Jamaica, while fighting for survival.
