Amazon’s Prime Video has dropped the first trailer for Boots Riley’s upcoming series, I’m a Virgo, which stars Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome.
Jerome also executive produces the project, which is created, written and executive produced by Riley, director of Sorry to Bother You.
The series is debuting as an official selection of SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 11.
The series also stars:
Brett Gray, Kara Young, Allius Barnes, Olivia Washington, Mike Epps and Carmen Ejogo.
Here's the official description:
From visionary filmmaker Boots Riley, I’m A Virgo is a darkly-comedic fantastical coming-of-age joyride about Cootie (Jerome), a 13-foot-tall young Black man in Oakland, CA. Having grown up hidden away, passing time on a diet of comic books and TV shows, he escapes to experience the beauty and contradictions of the real world. He forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situations, and encounters his idol, the real life superhero named The Hero, played by Walton Goggins. I’m A Virgo is a mythical odyssey that questions the purpose of the mythical odyssey.
I’m A Virgo is co-produced by Amazon Studios and Media Res Studio. Boots Riley and Tze Chun are the series co-showrunners and and executive produce alongside Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer for Media Res Studio, Rebecca Rivo and Jerome.
