DMZ
Added 2019-12-04 20:39:39 +0000 UTCDMZ
Pilot
Based on Characters from DC
SAG-AFTRA
HBOMax
Draft: 9/3/19
Executive Producers: Ava DuVernay, Roberto Patino
Producer: Paul Garnes
Director: Ava DuVernay
Writer: Roberto Patino
Casting Director: Aisha Coley
Casting Associate: Robyn Owen Silvestri
Casting Assistant: Vanessa Toll
Start Date: o/a mid-end January, 2020
Location: TBD
STORY LINE: In the near future, America is embroiled in a bitter civil war leaving Manhattan a demilitarized zone (DMZ), destroyed and isolated from the rest of the world. A fierce woman medic journeys through this harrowing land saving lives while desperately searching for her lost son. But as she contends with the gangs, militias, demagogues and warlords that control this lawless no man’s land, she becomes the unlikely source of what everyone here has lost… Hope.
[ SKEL ]
15 - early 20s, Latino, a handsome man with soft eyes that betray his dangerous nature. Skel is the DMZ's boogieman, a guy who understands his survival to be predicated on power. He is a soldier in a time of war and the ruthless triggerman of the Spanish Harlem Kings, one of the most powerful gangs in the DMZ. Skel publicly condemns his enemies to death by writing their names in spray paint on his infamous wall along 3rd Avenue. Skel is also a talented graffiti artist with a profound passion for and knowledge of art. His art, a pursuit that he keeps private, is his lasting connection to his humanity that still exists beneath the numbed scars that have resulted from the ruthless demands of his gang and of war-time survival...SERIES REGULAR (19)
[ NICO ]
Latina, an 11 year old female, a brash, brave little girl with the mouth of a sailor. Nico might be young, but she rarely gets intimidated and she doesn’t shy away from danger. Nico gets by on selling stolen goods, but would keep up the habit just for the thrill. She’s fiercely loyal to Odi, her best friend in the world, and despite her tough exterior, she worries and cares deeply for him...SERIES REGULAR (20)
