Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson deliver the ’70s vibes within the first have a look at Duster, a brand new Max collection from J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan.
It’s been 15 years since J.J. Abrams’ final TV collection, however the man with the thriller field is again! THR has the primary have a look at Duster, a high-octane drama collection starring Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson that Abrams co-created with LaToya Morgan
Set in 1972, Duster follows the “first Black feminine FBI agent (Hilson) as she heads to the Southwest and recruits a gutsy getaway driver (Holloway) in a daring effort to take down a rising crime syndicate (led by Keith David).” You’ll be able to try among the first look images from Duster beneath.
The final TV collection which Abrams co-created was Undercovers, all the best way again in 2010. He’s been concerned in different reveals since then as an govt producer, however that is his first time writing a collection because the launch of Undercovers.
“I had this picture of a cellphone in the midst of the desert and a automobile driving up, and a man getting on the cellphone to seek out out the place he was meant to go subsequent,” Abrams informed THR of the origins of the collection. “It implied some form of loopy intrigue, and I didn’t know what the reply was, however I knew it was compelling. LaToya and I began speaking about who this man may be, and I at all times knew there can be an FBI agent who confirmed up. Nevertheless it wasn’t till we began speaking about what her story is, that we began constructing this story in the direction of one thing that felt twisty and turn-y and finally actually satisfying. That turned the aim: How will we inform a loopy story that really finally ends up being pushed in the direction of one level and the place we’re really headed in the direction of one thing that feels inevitable? The place we’d have the vibe of it, the spirit of it, the humorousness and the sense of absurdity?“
LaToya Morgan added, “The factor that was most enjoyable for me was that we may do one thing that was a throwback to issues that aren’t actually on tv anymore. You may have this enjoyable pastiche of motion and humor. It was actually an opportunity to leap into one thing with each toes.“
As you would possibly count on from an Abrams venture, Duster isn’t as simple as initially introduced. “There are lots of issues that you simply don’t count on,” Abrams defined. “What I like in regards to the present, and what I feel LaToya and I had probably the most enjoyable with, is you by no means fairly know, once you open a door, what sort of sudden prison thoughts goes to be behind it. Essentially the most satisfying factor for me was seeing how so many these components — a few of which appear loopy and on the market — find yourself really serving an actual narrative objective. Additionally, each episode feels prefer it’s ending on a enjoyable cliffhanger vibe that you simply get from serialized comics.“
Duster has been a very long time coming. It was initially introduced in 2020 together with two different reveals Abrams was concerned with: Overlook and Justice League: Darkish. Each of these reveals had been finally scrapped, however Duster survived. The present doesn’t have an official launch date but, however it’s anticipated to premiere on Max later this 12 months.
