Melissa Barrera (In the Heights), Sinclair Daniel (The Other Black Girl), Brian d’Arcy James (Spotlight), Mark O’Brien (City on a Hill) and Kathleen Chalfant (Wit) have been set as series regulars in the still-untitled James Wan and Simu Liu thriller series for Peacock.
The upcoming espionage techno-thriller 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 play Michelle, a deceptive character who will keep everyone guessing; 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
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