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[04/24/24 - 07:03 AM]
Video: Apple TV+ Debuts Trailer for "The Big Cigar," New Limited Series Starring Andre Holland as Black Panther Leader Huey P. Newton, Premiering Globally on Friday, May 17
Based on the magazine article of the same name by Joshuah Bearman, who also serves as executive producer, "The Big Cigar" tells the incredible true story of Hollywood revolution meeting social revolution.
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[03/14/24 - 07:08 AM]
Apple TV+ Unveils First Look at "The Big Cigar," New Limited Series Starring Andre Holland as Black Panther Leader Huey P. Newton
"The Big Cigar" makes its global debut on May 17 with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday through June 14.
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[09/01/22 - 11:54 PM]
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[08/19/22 - 11:32 PM]
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[08/18/22 - 11:37 PM]
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[08/02/22 - 11:44 PM]
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[08/01/22 - 11:32 PM]
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[07/06/22 - 11:22 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, July 6
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[07/05/22 - 11:35 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, July 5
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[06/27/22 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Monday, June 27
Updates include: Alessandro Nivola cast in Apple's "The Big Cigar"; Poppy Liu to drop by "American Born Chinese" at Disney+; and Kristen Johnston to visit HBO's "The Righteous Gemstones."
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[06/15/22 - 11:22 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, June 15
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[04/07/22 - 09:09 AM]
Apple TV+ Lands Black Panther Drama "The Big Cigar," Executive Produced by NAACP Image Award-Winner Janine Sherman Barrois, Don Cheadle, Jim Hecht and Joshuah Bearman, with Andre Holland in Discussions to Star
The six-episode limited series tells the extraordinary, hilarious, almost-too-good-to-be-true story of how Huey P. Newton relied on his best friend, Bert Schneider, the Hollywood producer behind "Easy Rider," to elude a nationwide manhunt and escape to Cuba while being pursued into exile by the FBI.
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BIG CIGAR, THE (APPLE TV PLUS)
Premieres Friday, May 17
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
5/17/24
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STATUS:
new this spring (yet to premiere) |
TIME SLOT:
fridays from 12:01 AM-1:00 AM EST |
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (6 episodes) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series |
DESCRIPTION:
(from Apple's press release, March 2024) Apple TV+ today unveiled a first look at "The Big Cigar," the highly anticipated limited drama series that chronicles the story of Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton's escape to Cuba, and is based on the monumental, eponymous magazine article of the same name. "The Big Cigar" makes its global debut on May 17 with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday through June 14. Legendary award-winning actor, producer and director Don Cheadle serves as director and executive producer on the first two episodes. Based on the magazine article by Joshuah Bearman ("Argo"), who will also serve as executive producer, "The Big Cigar" is the incredible true story of Hollywood revolution meeting social revolution: it's a wild caper of Black Panther founder Newton escaping from the FBI to Cuba with the assistance of famed producer Bert Schneider in an impossibly elaborate plan - involving a fake movie production - that goes wrong every way it possibly can. And somehow, it's all true. Mostly. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alessandro Nivola as Bert Schneider
· André Holland as Huey P. Newton
· Glynn Turman as Walter
· Jordane Christie as Bobby Seale
· Marc Menchaca as Sydney Clark
· Moses Ingram as Teressa Dixon
· Olli Haaskivi as Artie Ross
· P.J. Byrne as Steve Blauner
· Rebecca Dalton
· Tiffany Boone as Gwen Fontaine
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Arthur Spector as EP
· Don Cheadle as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Janine Sherman Barrois as EP
· Jim Hecht as CRTR/EP
· Joshua Davis as EP
· Joshuah Bearman as BOOK/EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Epic
· Folding Chair Productions
· Warner Bros. Television
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