“The Knick” and “Castle Rock” star Andre Holland is circling “The Big Cigar,” an upcoming Apple TV+ miniseries about Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P.
Newton and his flight from the FBI to Cuba in the 1970s. Don Cheadle will direct the first two episodes of the six-episode series, which is set to be adapted from a Playboy magazine article.
Cheadle previously directed and starred in the 2015 Miles Davis biopic, “Miles Ahead.”According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The Big Cigar” will follow “how Newton turned to his best friend, ‘Easy Rider‘ producer Bert Schneider, and eluded a nationwide manhunt” before fleeing the country to…The post Andre Holland to Lead Apple TV+ Historical Black Panther Drama Series, The Big Cigar appeared first on /Film.
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