Ava DuVuernay’s upcoming 4-part series has found its cast!
Central Park Five will start Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga and John Leguizamo. DuVernay is set to write and direct the four-episode narrative series, which will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color who were convicted of a rape they did not commit.
The series will focus on the five teenagers from Harlem. The teenagers are named Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise. The series will span from the spring of 1989 to 2014 when they were exonerated and a settlement was reached with the city of New York.
Michael K. Williams will play Bobby McCray, father of accused teen Antron McCray. Farmiga (Bates Motel) will play Elizabeth Lederer, the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and lead prosecutor on the case. Leguizamo (Bloodline) will play Raymond Santana Sr., the father of Raymond Santana Jr.
No word on the date in which the series will premiere.
