Check out the new character posters and teaser for WGN America’s ‘Underground’!
WGN America released the first teaser and new character posters for the highly anticipated new series Underground, which is scheduled to premiere in early 2016. The new series is an escape thriller that centers around the Underground Railroad. It tells the unflinching story of a group of plantation slaves that band together for the fight of their lives – for their families, their future and their freedom.Underground is the story of revolutionaries, who use their ingenuity, power and perseverance to attempt the greatest escape in history despite the dire consequences that awaited them on the other side.
The provocative original series stars Jurnee Smollett-Bell (“True Blood,” “Friday Night Lights”), Aldis Hodge (“Straight Outta Compton”), Christopher Meloni (“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”), Alano Miller (“Jane The Virgin”), Jessica de Gouw (“Arrow,” “Dracula”), Marc Blucas (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Adina Porter (“The 100”), Mykelti Williamson (“Justified,” “24”), Amirah Vann (“Girls,” “And So It Goes”), Johnny Ray Gill (“Rectify”), Chris Chalk (“Gotham”), Reed Diamond (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), Theodus Crane (“The Walking Dead”), Renwick Scott (“Treme”) and Jussie Smollett (“Empire”).
Check out the teaser and character photos below.
Noah (Aldis Hodge)
Rosalee (Jurnee Smollett-Bell)
August (Christopher Meloni)
Cato (Alano Miller)
Elizabeth (Jessica de Gouew)
Ernestine (Amirah Vann)
Henry (Renwick Scott)
John (Marc Blucas)
Moses (Mykelti Williamson)
Pearly Mae (Adina Porter)
Sam (Johnny Ray Gil)
Zeke (Theodus Crane)
“Underground” is executive produced by Misha Green, Joe Pokaski, Academy Award®-winning writer Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind,” “I Am Legend”) of Weed Road Pictures, Tory Tunnell (“King Arthur,” “Holy Rollers”) and Joby Harold (“King Arthur,” “Edge of Tomorrow”) of Safehouse Pictures, and John Legend, who also oversees the score, soundtrack and all music elements of the series, with his partners Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorius of Get Lifted
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