{"id":35539,"date":"2022-04-07T16:20:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T20:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=35539"},"modified":"2022-04-07T16:20:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T20:20:53","slug":"apple-tv-lands-black-panther-drama-the-big-cigar-executive-produced-by-naacp-image-award-winner-janine-sherman-barrois-don-cheadle-jim-hecht-and-joshuah-bearman-with-andre-holland-in-discussi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/07\/apple-tv-lands-black-panther-drama-the-big-cigar-executive-produced-by-naacp-image-award-winner-janine-sherman-barrois-don-cheadle-jim-hecht-and-joshuah-bearman-with-andre-holland-in-discussi\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV+ Lands Black Panther Drama &#8220;The Big Cigar,&#8221; Executive Produced by NAACP Image Award-Winner Janine Sherman Barrois, Don Cheadle, Jim Hecht and Joshuah Bearman, with Andre Holland in Discussions to Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21429\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Apple-TV-small-e1621556314386.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"192\" \/>Apple TV+ announced today &#8220;<strong><em>The Big Cigar<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; a new six-episode limited series executive produced and written by Jim Hecht (&#8220;<em>Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty<\/em>&#8220;), and executive produced and showrun by NAACP Image Award-winner Janine Sherman Barrois (&#8220;<em>Claws<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Kings of Napa<\/em>&#8220;), with Don Cheadle (&#8220;<em>No Sudden Move<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Black Monday<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>House of Lies<\/em>&#8220;) on board to direct and executive produce the first two episodes, and based on the eponymous Playboy magazine article from Joshuah Bearman (&#8220;<em>Argo<\/em>&#8220;), who will also serve as executive producer. 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