Melissa Barrera, Four More Join Cast of Simu Liu’s Peacock Sci-Fi Thriller
The universe of Simu Liu’s upcoming sci-fi thriller for Peacock is expanding: Melissa Barrera (Scream) is one of five new additions to the cast, the streamer announced on Wednesday.
Along with Barrera, who will play Michelle, the cast of the untitled series will also include Brian d’Arcy James (Evil) as John Moira, Mark O’Brien (Halt and Catch Fire) as Cobb, Sinclair Daniel (The Other Black Girl) as Parker and Kathleen Chaflant (The Affair) as St. George.
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Liu is set to star as Alexander Hale, an intelligence analyst who “realizes his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears,” per the official synopsis. “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.”
James Wan (The Conjuring, Aquaman) is on board as an executive producer of the show, which was ordered to series at Peacock in February, with Thomas Brandon (Legacies) serving as writer and creator.
Barrera co-starred as sister Lyn in the Starz drama Vida before breaking out on the big screen in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical In the Heights and then 2022’s Scream, the fifth film in the horror franchise, followed by Scream VI in 2023. Her other TV credits include Club de Cuervos and Keep Breathing.
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