Variety is stating that Us & Lion King star Shahadi Wright-Joseph and newcomer Melody Hurd are among the new cast members tapped to star in Amazon’s upcoming horror anthology series, Them.
The two join previously-announced leads Deborah Ayorinde and Ashley Thomas. Alison Pill, Melody Hurd, Javier Botet, Ryan Kwanten and Percy Hynes White have also been announced as series regulars, while Derek Phillips has been cast in a recurring role.
Created, written and executive produced by Little Marvin, Lena Waithe is an executive producer.
The first season of the series, titled Them: Covenant, will “follow the characters of Alfred and Lucky Emory (Thomas and Ayorinde) who decide to move their family from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood. The family’s home on a tree-lined, seemingly idyllic street becomes ground zero where malevolent forces both real and supernatural threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.”
Joseph and Hurd will play their children. Joseph is Ruby Lee Emory. Described as a starlet in the making. Ruby is an intelligent, studious 14 year-old and the apple of her father’s eye. Hurd is Gracie Emory, a strong, willful, and fiercely independent 6-year-old firecracker who takes after her mother.
Joseph had a breakout year in 2019, starring in both Jordan Peele’s “Us” and the remake of “The Lion King.” Hurd most recently wrapped the feature “Fatherhood,” with her previous credits including the short film “Battle at Big Rock” directed by Colin Trevorrow.
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