Judging from recent casting moves, Black actresses are in high demand for pilot season. The latest domino to drop is news that Meagan Good is returning to television in the new FOX series, Minority Report.
Based on the 2002 film, this show will take place in 2064, ten years after the end of the PreCrime program in Washington, D.C. It follows one of the precogs attempting to lead a normal life when he meets a detective with a haunted past (Good) who thinks she has a use for his gifts.
Tony-nominated actor Stark Sands (Kinky Boots, Inside Llewyn Davis) will play the dual role of twin precogs Dash and Arthur who have the gift of being able to see murders before they happen. Michael and Matthew Dickman originally played precog twins Dashiell and Arthur in Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film, the characters nicknamed after mystery writers Dashiell Hammett and Arthur Conan Doyle.
Godzilla screenwriter Max Borenstein penned the script and executive produces for Amblin Television, Paramount Television and 20th Century Fox Television, with Kevin Falls (The West Wing) serving as showrunner and Mark Mylod lined up to direct t The he pilot.
Sands and Good join Daniel London, who reprises his role as Wally the Caretaker from the movie, as well as Li Jun Li and Laura Regan.
The show marks Good’s return to network television, she starred in NBC’s short-lived drama,Deception in 2013. Recently, she co-starred in the successful ensemble sequel, Think Like A Man Too.
Good is the fourth Black actress this week to sign on for potential fall pilots. She follows in the footsteps of Paula Patton, Aunjunae Ellis and Phylicia Rashad, who all will headline fall shows.