Trailer for ‘The Big Cigar’ Series with André Holland as Huey P. Newton
by Alex Billington
April 24, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I want to transform society. This is just the beginning.” Apple TV has revealed an official trailer for a mini-series titled The Big Cigar, set to launch streaming this summer on Apple TV+. An unbelievable story of revolution through the eyes of a legend: Huey P. Newton. Based on an article by Joshuah Bearman, the same writer who wrote about the Argo story. The Black Panther Party, a fake movie production, and a nationwide manhunt. Chronicles the manhunt for Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party, who seeks the help of film producer Bert Schneider (also behind Easy Rider) as he tries to escape to Cuba. This stars André Holland as Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton, with the first two episodes directed & executive produced by multi-award winner Don Cheadle. The six-episode drama chronicles the story of Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton’s escape, based on the monumental, eponymous magazine article. Also starring Tiffany Boone, Alessandro Nivola, Marc Menchaca, and P.J. Byrne. It looks a lot like Argo, though about Newton going to Cuba instead, bouncing between serious and comedic a bit too often. Still looks good.
Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Apple TV+’s series The Big Cigar, direct from YouTube:
Based on the magazine article by Joshuah Bearman (of Argo), who will also serve as executive producer, The Big Cigar is the incredible true story of Hollywood revolution meeting social revolution: a wild caper of Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton escaping from the FBI to Cuba with the assistance of famed producer Bert Schneider in an impossibly elaborate plan — involving a fake movie production — that goes wrong every way it possibly can. And somehow, it’s all true. Mostly. The Big Cigar is a series created and showrun by writer Janine Sherman Barrois (of “Criminal Minds”, “Claws”, “The Kings of Napa”). With writing by Jim Hecht, Laurence Andries, Joshuah Bearman, Ameer Hasan, Gwendolyn M. Parker, Valerie Woods. Featuring episodes directed by Don Cheadle, Damon Thomas, Tiffany Johnson. Executive produced by Janine Sherman Barrois, Jim Hecht, Joshuah Bearman, Joshua Davis, Arthur Spector, and Don Cheadle. Apple will debut The Big Cigar streaming on Apple TV+ starting May 17th, 2024 coming soon. Look good?