Supacell is an upcoming television series. Rapman serves as showrunner, creator, writer and lead director on the project for Netflix. Sebastian Thiel also directs three episodes.
Premise
A group of seemingly ordinary black people from South London unexpectedly develop super powers.
Cast
Tosin Cole as Michael Lasaki
Adelayo Adedayo as Dionne
Yasmin Monet Prince as Veronica
Eddie Marsan as Ray
Nadine Mills as Sabrina
Eric Kofi-Abrefa as Andre
Calvin Demba as Rodney
Josh Tedeku as Josh
Rayxia Ojo as Sharleen
Giacomo Mancini as Spud
Michael Salami as Gabriel
Travis Joy as John
Production
The series was announced as commissioned by Netflix in November 2021 with Mouktar Mohammed and Henrietta Lee of New Wave as executive producer and associate producer. Also executive producing are Anna Ferguson and Steve Searle of Netflix with Mark Hedges as series producer. It was reported that the production was using a specialised Arri 35 camera which has been designed to show Black skin in the best and most complimentary way.
Casting
In August 2022, Tosin Cole was announced in the lead role along with a cat that included Adelayo Adedayo, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Calvin Demba, Josh Tedeku, Rayxia Ojo and Giacomo Mancini. It was later revealed that Eddie Marsan has joined the cast as Ray.
Filming
Filming took place between July 4th, 2022, and December 10th, 2022 in London. Filming was confirmed to have wrapped by April 2023.
Broadcast
A trailer for the series was released in April 2023.