Melissa Barrera, Brian d’Arcy James Cast in Simu Liu Thriller Series

Simu Liu‘s upcoming thriller series at Peacock is building out it cast.

Variety has learned that Melissa Barrera (“In the Heights,” “Scream” V and VI), Sinclair Daniel (“The Other Black Girl,” “Insidious: The Red Door”), Brian d’Arcy James (“Spotlight,” “13 Reasons Why”), Mark O’Brien (“City on a Hill,” “Ready or Not”), and Kathleen Chalfant (“Wit,” “The Affair”) will all appear alongside Liu in the series. They will play Michelle, Parker, John Moira, Cobb, and St. George respectively.

The untitled series was picked up at Peacock in February. The official logline 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.”

Barrera is repped by Sugar 23, WME, imPRint, and Gang Tyre. Daniel is repped by Nicolosi & Co., Entertainment 360, and Bloch Law. d’Arcy James is repped by Gersh, Thruline Entertainment, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, and PRStudio. O’Brien is repped by Thruline Entertainment, UTA, The Characters Talent Agency, and Lichter Grossman. Chalfant is repped by DGRW and AMT Artists.

Thomas Brandon is the creator of the series and will also serve as executive producer and co-showrunner. Jennifer Yale is also co-showrunner and executive producer. Liu will executive produce in addition to starring. James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett executive produce via Atomic Monster, along with Mark Winemaker. Jet Wilkinson will executive produce in addition to directing the first two episodes. UCP is the studio.