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Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal are set to launch the continuation of their acclaimed 2018 film,
Blindspotting, with their new Starz series of the same name. The new dramedy is set six months after the events of the movie and will center on Jasmine Cephas-Jones’ Ashley.
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Blindspotting, Ashley is forced to take her son Sean (Atticus Woodward) and move into boyfriend Miles’ (Casal) house to live with his family-oriented mother Rainey (Helen Hunt) and wild half-sister Trish (Jaylen Barron) after he is arrested and sent to prison. As the first trailer suggests, Ashley has a tough time adjusting to her new circumstances as she tries to figure out what to do with her life as a 32-year-old single mother whose partner is incarcerated. She might just find help in close friend Janelle (Candace Nicholas-Lippman), who moves to town after living in Bali for several years.
Blindspotting star talks filming spin-off TV series in West Oakland next month
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From left to right: Daveed Diggs, Candace Nicholas-Lippman (Janelle), Helen Hunt (Rainey), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Ashley), Benjamin Earl Turner (Earl), Jaylen Barron (Trish), Rafael Casal (Miles). Casal and Diggs also serve as co-creators and executive producers of the series.Starz Entertainment, LLCShow MoreShow Less
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Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs are seen at the afterparty for a screening of Blindspotting hosted by Lionsgate at Public Arts on July 16, 2018, in New York City. Casal chatted with SFGATE about the the film s upcoming spin-off television series, which will begin shooting in Oakland in March.Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less