{"id":83640,"date":"2018-06-27T14:33:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T14:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2018\/06\/27\/jasiah-young-alisha-wainwright-cast-as-leads-for-michael-b-jordans-netflix-series-raising-dion\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T01:44:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T01:44:59","slug":"jasiah-young-alisha-wainwright-cast-as-leads-for-michael-b-jordans-netflix-series-raising-dion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/jasiah-young-alisha-wainwright-cast-as-leads-for-michael-b-jordans-netflix-series-raising-dion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ja\u2019Siah Young, Alisha Wainwright Cast As Leads For Michael B. Jordan&#8217;s Netflix Series, Raising Dion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ja\u2019Siah Young, Alisha Wainwright Cast As Leads For Michael B. Jordan&#8217;s Netflix Series, Raising Dion<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>June 27, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Raising-Dion-Casting-Announcement-JaSiah-Young-and-Alisha-Wainwright.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-111431\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 225'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Raising-Dion-Casting-Announcement-JaSiah-Young-and-Alisha-Wainwright-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael B. Jordan<\/strong> announced on his Instagram page that <strong>Ja\u2019Siah Young <\/strong> AND <strong>Alisha Wainwright<\/strong> have been cast as leads in Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;Raising Dion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Newcomer <strong>Ja\u2019Siah Young <\/strong>will star as \u2018Dion Reese,\u2019 a curious, playful, and intelligent 7-year-old boy who is learning he has some very special abilities &#8211; he can move things with his mind. While exciting and cool, it&#8217;s also something he knows scares his mom, Nicole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alisha Wainwright<\/strong> (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments) will star as \u2018Nicole Reese,\u2019 a former professional dancer who gave it up to raise her son Dion when her husband Mark died. Although Nicole is completely overwhelmed by raising her son alone while dealing with the loss of her husband, she is still effortlessly cool and maintains a positive outlook on life for Dion. As Dion\u2019s abilities become more and more apparent, Nicole\u2019s protective nature heightens as she starts to fear for his safety.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Seith-Mann-thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-full wp-image-109428\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 291 114'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Seith-Mann-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seith Mann<\/strong> (The Wire, Homeland), who most recently served as co-creator, director, and executive producer of The Breaks, has been tapped to direct the pilot. He will also serve as an executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>Young and Wainwright join previously announced cast members <strong>Jason Ritter, Jazmyn Simon,<\/strong> and <strong>Michael B. Jordan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Raising-Dion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-103144\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 227 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Raising-Dion-227x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Raising Dion, a Netflix production, follows the story of a woman named Nicole Reese, who raises her son Dion after the death of her husband Mark (Michael B. Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several magical, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son\u2019s gifts secret with the help of Mark\u2019s best friend Pat (Jason Ritter), and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Raising Dion is the brainchild of commercial and music video director<strong> Dennis Liu<\/strong>, who directed the short film, which became a viral sensation.<strong> Carol Barbee<\/strong> will serve as showrunner\/executive producer and wrote the script for episode one. Joining her, Liu, and Mann as executive producers are Michael B. Jordan, through his Outlier Society Productions, who will also appear in the series; MACRO\u2019s Charles D. King, Kim Roth and Poppy Hanks; Kenny Goodman; and Michael Green. The hour-long, ten-episode series will premiere on Netflix in 2019 in more than 190 countries around the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ja\u2019Siah Young, Alisha Wainwright Cast As Leads For Michael B. Jordan&#8217;s Netflix Series, Raising DionPosted by Wilson Morales June 27, 2018 Michael B. Jordan announced on his Instagram page that Ja\u2019Siah Young AND Alisha Wainwright have been cast as leads in Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;Raising Dion.&#8221; Newcomer Ja\u2019Siah Young will star as \u2018Dion Reese,\u2019 a curious, playful, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/jasiah-young-alisha-wainwright-cast-as-leads-for-michael-b-jordans-netflix-series-raising-dion\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":83737,"comment_status":"1","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,143],"tags":[],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-read"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ja\u2019Siah Young, Alisha Wainwright Cast As Leads For Michael B. 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