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Showtime Pilot ‘The Wood’ Sets Cast, Including Vince Staples and Original Film Stars Richard T. Jones, Tamala Jones (EXCLUSIVE)
Showtime’s comedy pilot based on the 1999 film “The Wood” has set its main cast, Variety has learned exclusively. Vince Staples, Xavier Mills, Karen Obilom, Melvin Gregg, and Esse…
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Showtime Pilot ‘The Wood’ Sets Cast, Including Vince Staples and Original Film Stars Richard T. Jones, Tamala Jones (EXCLUSIVE)
Showtime’s comedy pilot based on the 1999 film “The Wood” has set its main cast, Varietyhas learned exclusively.
Vince Staples, Xavier Mills, Karen Obilom, Melvin Gregg, and Essence Renae will star in the pilot, with Richard T. Jones and Tamala Jones set to reprise their roles as Slim and Tanya respectively from the film.
Rick Famuyiwa, who wrote and directed the film, will direct and executive produce the pilot. It was ordered at Showtime in August 2021. The show is described as an honest look at friendship and dating from the perspective of three young Black males born and raised in the gentrifying L.A. suburb of Inglewood. The trio’s struggles to balance fatherhood, ambition and loyalty force them to question if they are growing apart, or closer together.
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