Andre Holland stars in “The Big Cigar” (Source: Apple TV+)
Apple TV+ has announced “The Big Cigar,” a new six-part drama following Blank Panther leader Huey P. Newton’s escape to Cuba.
“[It’s a wild caper of Black Panther founder Newton escaping from the FBI to Cuba with the assistance of famed producer Bert Schneider in an impossibly elaborate plan — involving a fake movie production — that goes wrong every way it possibly can,” says Apple. “And somehow, it’s all true. Mostly.”
The first episode is written by Jim Hecht, writer/creator of “Winning Time: the Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.” The series is showrun by Hecht and Janine Sherman Barrois, whose credits go all the way back to “ER.”
Andre Holland stars as Newton, alongside Alessandro Nivola, Tiffany Boone, P. J. Byrne, Marc Menchaca, Moses Ingram, Rebecca Dalton, Olli Haaskivi, Jordane Christie and Glynn Turman.
