Simu Liu, James Wan Team for Espionage Thriller Series at Peacock
variety.comJoe Otterson TV Reporter Simu Liu is set to star in what is described as an espionage techno-thriller that has been ordered straight to series at Peacock.
The announcement was made at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena. The untitled series hails from Thomas Brandon (“Legacies”) with James Wan attached as an executive producer.
The official description of the series reads, “Five minutes in the future, a 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.” Brandon serves as writer and executive producer, with Liu set to executive produce in addition to starring.
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