Jurnee Smollett to star in Apple TV+’s ‘Firebug’ series

Jurnee Smollett has joined the cast of Apple TV+’s “Firebug,” in which she’ll star opposite Taron Egerton. Smollett will play Michelle, a “rising star detective.”
Michael Schneider for Variety:
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“Firebug,” loosely based on true events and inspired by a podcast of the same name, stars Egerton as an “enigmatic arson investigator.” The two characters pursue two serial arsonists. Egerton is also an exec producer on the Apple original series (from Apple Studios), from creator Dennis Lehane.
Lehane also developed and executive produces “Firebug,” which reps a reunion of the team behind Apple TV+’s “Black Bird.”
Apple points out that the series, set in the contemporary Pacific Northwest, is fictional — although it does take some of the events included in in truth.
“Firebug” is the latest project from Apple Studios and produced by Imperative Entertainment, along with “Black Bird,” Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and the recently announced film development “The Wager,” an adaptation of David Grann’s new book and developed by Sikelia Productions.

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