Simu Liu, James Wan Espionage Thriller Series at Peacock Enlists Jennifer Yale as Co-Showrunner
Jennifer Yale has joined the untitled Peacock espionage thriller series starring Simu Liu as co-showrunner, Variety has learned.
The show was announced with a straight-to-series order earlier in February. Thomas Brandon created the series and will also serve as co-showrunner alongside Yale.
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The official description of the series states, “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.”
Yale most recently wrote for the Apple TV+ series “See” starring Jason Momoa. Her other credits include “Dexter,” “Legion,” “Underground,” “Outlander,” and “Chambers.” She is also currently developing the series “De La Resistance” based on the life of Josephine Baker with A24 producing and Janelle Monae starring and executive producing.
She is repped by CAA, Brillstein, and Hansen Jacobson.
Brandon serves as writer, co-showrunner, and executive producer, with Liu set to executive produce in addition to starring. Yale will also executive produce in addition to co-showrunning. Wan will executive produce via Atomic Monster along with Michael Clear and Rob Hackett. Danielle Bozzone will oversee for Atomic Monster. UCP is the studio.
The new show marks the latest series order for Atomic Monster at Peacock. In late 2022, the streamer ordered the series “Teacup” from Ian McCulloch with Wan executive producing. That series is inspired by the novel “Stinger” by Robert McCammon.
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