Liam Hemsworth to Star in Action Series For Mobile Streaming Service Quibi
Liam Hemsworth didn't see a lot of action in "The Hunger Games," but now he'll be center stage in an upcoming TV series at streaming mobile service that Quibi that sounds just as dystopic.
The short-form series -- which doesn't yet have a name -- follows Dodge Maynard Hemsworth), a man with a terminal illness who accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game in order to take care his pregnant wife before he dies. He soon discovers that he’s not the hunter, but the hunted.
It's written by written by Nick Santora and directed by Phil Abraham and produced by CBS Television Studios
Other Quibi series in the works include one based on the rise of Snapchat; a sci-fi drama starring Don Cheadle, a stunt driving show from Idris Elba, and a new beauty series produced by and starring Tyra Banks.
Per Vice, Quibi will launch in April 2020 as a mobile-only streaming service offering serialized shows that you can watch on your phone in "bite-sized chunks."
Hemsworth will next be seen in "Killerman," a crime-thriller in which he plays a New York money launderer who cannot remember his past.
So he'll be seeing him doing a lot of running in the near future. Got it.
[Via The Wrap]