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[09/08/22 - 11:24 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, September 8
Updates include: Anna Konkle to lead Freevee's "Western"; Claire Danes bound for HBO Max's "Full Circle"; and Lee Jung-jae books role on "The Acolyte" at Disney+.







YASUKE LIVE-ACTION SERIES (NETFLIX)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
9/8/22
STATUS:
previously in development (2023-2024 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
five-part, live-action series about the real-life legend, an African man brought to feudal Japan under enslavement who became the country's first non-Japanese samurai
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Omar Sy
CREW INFORMATION:
· Craig Shreve as BOOK
· Forest Whitaker as EP
· Josh Barry as EP
· Nick Jones, Jr. as CRTR/EP
· Nina Yang Bongiovi as EP
· Omar Sy as EP
· Shawn Levy as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 21 Laps Entertainment
· Significant Productions