See who’s playing Michael B. Jordan’s wife and son in Netflix show ‘Raising Dion’
'Raising Dion' will hit the streaming service next year.
Micheal B. Jordan just found his new TV family and we can’t wait for his Netflix show, Raising Dion, to hit the streaming service next year.
Ja’Siah Young will star as ‘Dion Reese,’ a curious, playful, and intelligent 7-year-old boy who is learning he has some very special abilities – he can move things with his mind. While exciting and cool, it’s also something he knows scares his mom, Nicole.
Alisha Wainwright (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments) will star as ‘Nicole Reese,’ a former professional dancer who gave it up to raise her son Dion when her husband Mark died. Although Nicole is completely overwhelmed by raising her son alone while dealing with the loss of her husband, she is still effortlessly cool and maintains a positive outlook on life for Dion. As Dion’s abilities become more and more apparent, Nicole’s protective nature heightens as she starts to fear for his safety.
Michael B. Jordan will play ‘Mark Reese,’ and we’re hoping he still gets plenty of airtime even though w already know his character isn’t long for this world.
Jazmyn Simon and Jason Ritter round out the cast of the superhero series that sounds too good to be true.
Seith Mann (The Wire, Homeland),co-creator, director, and executive producer of The Breaks, will direct the pilot and serve as an executive producer.
“Raising Dion, a Netflix production, follows the story of a woman named Nicole Reese, who raises her son Dion after the death of her husband Mark (Michael B. Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several magical, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat (Jason Ritter), and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities,” Netflix said in a statement.
“Raising Dion is the brainchild of commercial and music video director Dennis Liu, who directed the short film, which became a viral sensation. Carol Barbee will serve as showrunner/executive producer and wrote the script for episode one. Joining her, Liu, and Mann as executive producers are Michael B. Jordan, through his Outlier Society Productions, who will also appear in the series; MACRO’s Charles D. King, Kim Roth and Poppy Hanks; Kenny Goodman; and Michael Green. The hour-long, ten-episode series will premiere on Netflix in 2019 in more than 190 countries around the world.”
