Disney+ has unveiled an all-star forged for its sequence about Jean Charles de Menezes, who was tragically mistaken for a terrorist after the London 7/7 bombings by police and shot lifeless.
Set to premiere within the Spring, Jeff Pope‘s sequence Suspect: The Capturing of Jean Charles de Menezes is written by Jeff Pope, produced by Kwadjo Dajan and directed by Paul Andrew Williams. Pope, Dajan and Williams additionally function govt producers. The sequence is govt produced for Disney+ by Lee Mason, Govt Director of Scripted. The sequence will premiere on Disney+ in Spring 2025.has forged a newcomer within the function of de Menezes, Edison Alcaide, who shall be joined by Conleth Hill, Russell Tovey, Max Beesley, Emily Mortimer, Daniel Mays, Laura Aikman and The Crown star Alex Jennings.
Mortimer will play Cressida Dick, who went on to develop into the chief of the Metropolitan Police, whereas Hill is Sir Ian Blair, who was police chief on the time of de Menezes’ demise.
The sequence comes 20 years after 7/7 and a wealth of documentaries concerning the assault that shook Britain are additionally airing or have already aired, together with Channel 4’s Shoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube. De Menezes demise befell round two weeks after 7/7 following a second set of deliberate assaults, which failed however set off a manhunt.
Pope mentioned: “That is an extremely necessary story to inform, and we’ve acquired a heavyweight ensemble forged in place that may assist us look at the occasions that led to the tragic capturing of the harmless Jean Charles de Menezes. He was only a commuter who was tracked for practically an hour with surveillance failing to appropriately establish him, earlier than he was shot lifeless on a crowded tube practice, leaving his household to attempt to shine a lightweight on the essential errors that led to this devastating tragedy.”
Suspect: The Capturing of Jean Charles de Menezes is written by Pope, produced by Kwadjo Dajan and directed by Paul Andrew Williams. Pope, Dajan and Williams additionally function govt producers. The sequence is govt produced for Disney+ by Lee Mason, Govt Director of Scripted.
