Netflix has confirmed that production of Rapman’s SUPACELL is due to begin this month in South London. The story about a group of superpowers South Londoners is the first production under the Supacell Six scheme.
The initiative, founded by Rapman, New Wave and Netflix will give six chosen candidates the opportunity to grow in their chosen field through shadowing crew, access to experts in their field and additional upskilling courses. The Supacell Six include; Jessica Magaye, Ricardo McCleary – Campbell, Saraphina Mattis, Melissa Simon-Hartman, Cleo Young and Micheal Ademilua.
The lead cast for Supacell includes, Tosin Cole (61st, Street, Till, Ear for Eye) as Michael, Nadine Mills (Sliced and The Weekend) as Sabrina, Eric Kofi Abrefa (Blue Story, BMF) as Andre, Calvin Demba (The Rig, Life, Micky and the Bear) as Rodney, Josh Tedeku (Moonhaven, A Town Called Malice) as Tazer, Adelayo Adedayo (The Responder, Timewasters) as Dionne, Rayxia Ojo (Harry Potter and The Cursed Child – West End Production, Call The Midwife) as Sharleen and Giacomo Mancini (Top Boy, Orthodox) as Spud.
A brief synopsis for the series teases the journey ahead of the five Londoners:
SUPACELL is about a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.
It’s also been confirmed that Rapman will direct 1, 2 and 6 of the series. Episodes 3,4 and 5 will be directed by Sebastian Thiel (Dreaming Whilst Black,). Mark Hedges is Series Producer and Sheila Nortley serves as Block 2 Producer and Associate Producer. Geraldine Hawkins serves as Co-Producer. Rapman serves as Executive Producer alongside Anna Ferguson and Steve Searle for Netflix. Mouktar Mohammed and Henrietta Lee of New Wave are Executive Producer and Associate Producer respectively.
