Rachel Bilson, Margo Martindale, Molly Parker and Jack Davenport have joined Fox's upcoming crime anthology series "Homeland" and "24" executive producer Howard Gordon.
Described as "a collection of 15 intense, current and exquisitely human stories of crime and punishment," "Accused" will be made up of individual episodes that are each their own "provocative, fast-paced thriller exploring a different crime, set in a different city." different". , with a totally original cast.”
Creator: Jimmy McGovern
Stars: Shawn Doyle, Neil Whitely, Wendell Pierce
Martindale ("The Americans") and Parker ("House of Cards") have been cast in an episode focused on conspiracy theories, while Bilson ("The O.C.") and Davenport star in an installment about "a family trapped in a troubling problem." Situation,” with Reid Miller and August Maturo also joining the cast.
In addition, Fox tapped Tazbah Rose Chavez ("Reservation Dogs") to write and direct an episode about Native American activists protesting a uranium mine that has been contaminating tribal land for decades.
Previously announced "Accused" stars include Michael Chiklis, Jill Hennessy, Oakes Fegley, Robert Wisdom, Whitney Cummings, Abigail Breslin, Aisha Dee, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Karen LeBlanc, Wendell Pierce, Jean-Michel Le Gal, Stephanie Nogueras, Joshua Castille, Megan Boone, Lauren Ridloff, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Baron Vaughn, Sean Kleier, Rhea Pearlman, Aaron Ashmore, and Daphne Rubin-Vega.
Based on the BBC series of the same name, "Accused" opens in a courtroom about the defendant, with viewers knowing nothing about their crime or how they ended up on trial, per Fox's official description for the series: "Told from the defendant's point of view." Viewed through flashbacks, the show holds a mirror up to present times with evocative and moving stories. In the end, audiences will discover how an ordinary person finds himself caught up in extraordinary circumstances and how an impulsive decision can affect the course of that life, and the lives of others, forever."
Gordon developed "Accused" and executive produces alongside Alex Gansa ("Homeland," "24") and David Shore ("House," "The Good Doctor") with a directing team that now includes Brad Turner ("24 "), Jonathan Mostow (“Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”) and Lee Rose (“Star Trek: Discovery”), who join previously announced episode directors Marlee Matlin, Billy Porter, Chiklis, Michael Cuesta, Julie Hebert, Clark Johnson, and Michael Offer.
Along with Bilson, Martindale, Park and Davenport, new cast members for "Accused" include J. Harrison Ghee ("Kinky Boots"), who will appear in the Billy Porter-directed episode about a drag queen adventure and its aftermath, as well as Ian Anthony Dale (“Hawaii Five-0”), who starred in an episode about a brother struggling to protect his brother who was injured in a devastating car accident as a child, as well as Kyle Schmid (“Big Sky ”), Blaine Kern ("The Walking Dead"), Chris Coy ("The Deuce"), Kristen Connolly ("Zoo"), Willam Belli ("RuPaul's Drag Race"), Robert I. Mesa ("Grey's Anatomy") , Natalie Benally (“Dark Winds”), Julia Chan (“Bojack Horseman”) and Takashi Yamaguchi (“Pachinko”).
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