Supacell
Supacell
British Television series
Supacell is an upcoming drama television series. Rapman serves as showrunner, creator, writer and lead director on the project for Netflix. Sebastian Thiel also directs three episodes.
| Supacell | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Rapman |
| Screenplay by | Rapman |
| Directed by | Rapman Sebastian Thiel |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
|
| Producers | Joanna Crow Mark Hedges |
| Cinematography | Sam Heasman Aaron Reid |
| Production company | New Wave Energy |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
A group of seemingly ordinary black people from South London unexpectedly develop super powers.[1]
- Tosin Cole as Michael Lasaki
- Adelayo Adedayo as Dionne
- Yasmin Monet Prince as Veronica
- Eddie Marsan as Ray
- Nadine Mills as Sabrina
- Eric Kofi-Abrefa as Andre
- Calvin Demba as Rodney
- Josh Tedeku as Josh
- Rayxia Ojo as Sharleen
- Giacomo Mancini as Spud
- Michael Salami as Gabriel
- Travis Jay as John
The series was announced as commissioned by Netflix in November 2021 with Mouktar Mohammed and Henrietta Lee of New Wave as executive producer and associate producer.[2] Also executive producing are Anna Ferguson and Steve Searle of Netflix with Mark Hedges as series producer.[3] It was reported that the production was using a specialised Arri 35 camera which has been designed to show Black skin in the best and most complimentary way.[4][5]
Casting
In August 2022, Tosin Cole was announced in the lead role along with a cast that included Adelayo Adedayo, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Calvin Demba, Josh Tedeku, Rayxia Ojo and Giacomo Mancini.[6] It was later revealed that Eddie Marsan had joined the cast as Ray.[7]
Filming
Filming took place between July 4, 2022, and December 10, 2022 in London.[8] Filming was confirmed to have wrapped by April 2023.[9]
A trailer for the series was released in April 2023.[10]
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- Whittock, Jesse (27 April 2023). "'Supacell': Eddie Marsan Joins Rapman's Netflix Drama About South London Superheroes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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