The Wire's creator, David Simon, and director Paul Haggis (Crash) are bringing a new six-part miniseries Show Me a Hero to HBO, based on the non-fiction book of the same name. The series will star Oscar Issac, who can be currently seen in the critically acclaimed Ex Machina, and is starring in both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and X-Men: Apocalypse (playing the title role).
Oscar Isaac.
According to The Los Angeles Times, Show Me a Hero is set in the 1960s, and will deal with the theme of racial tensions which grip a mid-sized American city. Isaac will portray the mayor of that city, receiving a federal court order to build low-income housing within white neighborhoods. The mandate causes conflict within the city, its government, and causes all sorts of political turmoil for the mayor.
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Oscar Isaac.According to The Los Angeles Times, Show Me a Hero is set in the 1960s, and will deal with the theme of racial tensions which grip a mid-sized American city. Isaac will portray the mayor of that city, receiving a federal court order to build low-income housing within white neighborhoods. The mandate causes conflict within the city, its government, and causes all sorts of political turmoil for the mayor.
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