Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Denis O’Hare, Clarke Peters, and Bill Pullman to Star in “The Boroughs”
September 4, 2024 — Today, Netflix announced that Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Denis O’Hare, Clarke Peters, and Bill Pullman are set to star in The Boroughs, an upcoming supernatural mystery from Executive Producers The Duffer Brothers and created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) who also serve as Showrunners.
• Alfred Molina (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Three Pines) plays “Sam”
• Geena Davis (Thelma and Louise, A League of Their Own) plays “Renee”
• Alfre Woodard (Clemency, Salem’s Lot) plays “Judy”
• Denis O’Hare (American Horror Story, This Is Us) plays “Wally”
• Clarke Peters (Da 5 Bloods, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) plays “Art”
• Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) plays “Jack”
Netflix also announced that Ben Taylor (Sex Education, Catastrophe) will serve as Executive Producer and will direct multiple episodes including the pilot.
Logline:
In a seemingly picturesque retirement community, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don’t have… time.
Executive Producers:
The Duffer Brothers and Hilary Leavitt on behalf of Upside Down Pictures, Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews, Ben Taylor
Showrunners:
Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews
Format / Episodes:
Drama; 8 Episodes
The Boroughs marks the latest series under Netflix’s overall deal with Upside Down Pictures which includes the expansion of the Stranger Things franchise with the critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning play Stranger Things: The First Shadow; the psychological horror series Something Very Bad is Going to Happen; and Stranger Things 5 — the culminating season of the global cultural phenomenon.
Source
Netflix, Inc.
