Based on Deadline, Apple Studios has enlisted Tremendous Mario Brothers vet John Leguizamo to affix the Firebug solid for Apple TV+‘s upcoming thriller drama.
The Emmy-winning actor will probably be starring reverse Golden Globe winner Taron Egerton within the function of Esposito, who’s described as a former policeman with a whole lot of dangerous habits and a whole lot of good instincts. He can even be becoming a member of beforehand introduced solid member Jurnee Smollett (Lovecraft Nation), who’s be enjoying a detective named Michelle.
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“Loosely impressed by true occasions, Firebug facilities across the story of a troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator as they pursue the paths of two serial arsonists,” reads the preliminary logline.
Firebug is created, written and government produced by Dennis Lehane, with Kari Skogland to direct. Along with starring, the Rocketman star has additionally signed on to government produce the venture together with Skogland, Richard Plepler, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas and Kary Antholis. It hails from Apple Studios and Crucial Leisure.
This marks Egerton’s newest collaboration with Apple, after starring in 2022’s crime drama sequence Black Chook, and in final yr’s Tetris biopic. The Kingsman vet will subsequent be seen in Netflix’s motion thriller Carry-On.
