Simu Liu's Peacock Thriller Expands Cast with Melissa Barrera and More
The untitled espionage series adds five new stars, exploring a future where an analyst's mind is hacked.
- Melissa Barrera, Sinclair Daniel, Brian d’Arcy James, Mark O’Brien, and Kathleen Chalfant join the cast of the upcoming Peacock series.
- The series, set 'five minutes in the future,' follows Alexander Hale, an intelligence analyst played by Simu Liu, whose brain is hacked.
- Characters include Barrera as Michelle, a deceptive figure, and Daniel as Parker, an intelligence officer facing new challenges.
- Thomas Brandon, creator of the series, serves as writer and executive producer alongside Jennifer Yale as co-showrunner.
- James Wan and Simu Liu are among the executive producers, with Jet Wilkinson directing the first two episodes.