John Russo
EXCLUSIVE: Widows and Bad Times At The El Royale star Cynthia Erivo is to lead voice cast on, and co-produce, upcoming podcast Carrier from burgeoning LA audio firm QCode, which recently launched with hit Rami Malek pod Blackout.
Erivo stars in the scripted thriller with Lamorne Morris (New Girl), Martin Starr (Silicon Valley), Lance Reddick (The Wire), Elliott Gould (Oceans Eight), Robert Longstreet (The Haunting Of Hill House), Dale Dickey (Hell Or High Water) and Chris Ellis (The Oath). Also in the mix are Steve Howey, Oliver Cooper, Byron Bowers and Joel McKinnon Miller.
Tony Award-winner Erivo (The Color Purple) plays a long-haul truck driver who during her all-night trip across rural America discovers shes transporting a trailer with disturbing, mysterious contents. The seven-episode series, QCodes second narrative show, is in post-production and aims to launch in coming months.
Writer-director is Dan Blank who was a creative consultant on Googles virtual reality project, Daydream. After that experience Blank began experimenting with dimensional audio techniques designed to help boost audience immersion.
QCode financed and will distribute the show. Former CAA lit agent Rob Herting launched the label last year with management firm Grandview and production company Automatik. The studios first narrative production Blackout with Rami Malek recently debuted at #2 on the Apple Podcast Charts and is now in discussions to be adapted into a TV series.
Herting said, “We are so excited about the impact Blackout has already made in the world and we cant wait to shRead More – Source
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