Thursday, March 28, 2024

Idris Elba, Freida Pinto Set for John Ridley’s Showtime Miniseries ‘Guerrilla’

Idris Elba and Freida Pinto
Idris Elba and Freida Pinto

*Idris Elba will be joined by “Slumdog Millionaire” star Freida Pinto in the Showtime-Sky miniseries “Guerrilla,” reports Variety. John Ridley, who won an Oscar for “12 Years a Slave,” will write, direct and executive produce.

The six-part drama follows a couple, Jas and Marcus, whose “passion propels them into making the leap from political activism to radical militancy,” Sky said in a statement. Pinto plays Jas; Marcus has yet to be cast.

As well as co-starring, Elba serves as an executive producer through his Green Door Pictures.

Ridley, whose credits include “American Crime,” will write the majority of the episodes, and will direct the first two and the finale, with Sam Miller taking on the other episodes, according to Variety.

In the miniseries, Jas and Marcus’ “relationship and values are tested when they liberate a political prisoner and form a radical underground cell in 1970s London,” Sky said. “Their ultimate target becomes the Black Power Desk, a true-life, secretive counter-intelligence unit within Special Branch dedicated to crushing all forms of black activism.”

Sky added: “At its heart ‘Guerrilla’ is about a relationship under pressure, and the reality that for any couple there comes a point when the choices they make have real and lasting consequences.”

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