Deadpool actress Zazie Beetz is lining up a post-Atlanta TV role with esteemed director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven, Kimi). Deadline reports Beetz will star in Full Circle, a limited series executive produced by Soderbergh for HBO Max. There is currently no release date for the new series.
The story, written by executive producer Ed Solomon (Now You See Me, Levity) explores an interconnected story linked to a kidnapping gone awry in New York City, via Deadline. Beetz’s character is set to be a U.S. Postal Service Inspection agent. No further details of the series’ plot have been revealed.
Soderbergh and Solomon return to HBO Max after collaborating with Don Cheadle (Devil in A Blue Dress, Iron Man 2) and Benecio del Toro (The Wolfman, Sicario) for 2o21’s film, No Sudden Move. Soderbergh will direct all six episodes of the show. Casey Silver (Ladder 49, The Highwayman) will also serve as an executive producer along with Soderbergh and Solomon.
Beetz, who was most recently seen in the action assassin thriller, Bullet Train, is gearing up for the final season of FX’s Emmy-winning comedy, Atlanta. The third season of the series aired this summer and was mostly shot on location in Amsterdam. Beetz stars as Van alongside Donald Glover’s (Community, Awaken, My Love) Earn, Brian Tyree Henry’s (Eternals, Bullet Train) rapper Paper Boi, and LaKeith Stanfield’s (Judas and the Black Messiah, Sorry to Bother You) Darius. The past season saw Beetz’s character arrive unannounced overseas to accompany her child’s father, Earn, as he managed Paper Boi’s UK tour. Arriving childless, Van experiences somewhat of an existential crisis that reaches a boiling point in the season’s final episode.
The final season of Atlanta arrives on Thurs., September 15 at 10 p.m. ET with a two-episode premiere on FX. The show is available to stream the next day on Hulu.
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