Daveed Diggs, Wyatt Russell Set for Showtime Slavery Drama 'Good Lord Bird'

Daveed Diggs and Wyatt Russell have signed on to the limited series that also stars Ethan Hawke and Joshua Johnson-Lionel.

, joining Ethan Hawke and Joshua Johnson-Lionel in the drama set in pre-Civil War America.is based on James McBride's National Book Award-winning novel of the same title. It centers on the relationship between abolitionist John Brown and a young slave nicknamed Onion , who joins Brown's motley family and eventually takes part in the 1859 raid on an army depot in Harper's Ferry, Va.

Diggs will play Frederick Douglass, the slave-turned-abolitionist leader who knew Brown but advised against the Harper's Ferry raid. Hawke is also co-writing the eight-episode series with Mark Richard . Albert Hughes will direct; he replaces Anthony Hemingway, who had to depart due to scheduling issues.comes from Blumhouse Television. Hawke, Richard, Hughes, McBride, Jason Blum, Brian Taylor, Ryan Hawke, David Schiff and Blumhouse's Jeremy Gold and Marci Wiseman are the executive producers.

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