Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga and John Leguizamo Tapped to Lead Ava DuVernay’s ‘Central Park Five’ | THR News - video Dailymotion

The four-part Netflix limited series based on the true story will premiere in 2019.

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00:00Ava DuVernay has found the stars of her next project at Netflix.

00:04Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga and John Leguizamo have been tapped to lead the

00:08director's Central Park Five limited series at the streaming giant.

00:12DuVernay will write and direct the four-episode narrative series, which will

00:16chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color who were convicted of a rape they did not commit.

00:21The series will focus on the five teenagers from Harlem and will span from the spring of 1989,

00:26when each was first questioned about the incident, to 2014 when they were exonerated and a settlement

00:32was reached with the city of New York.

00:34The Wire alum Williams will play Bobby McRae, the devoted father of accused teen Antron McRae.

00:39Farmiga of Bates Motel will play Elizabeth Lederer, the Manhattan assistant district attorney

00:45and lead prosecutor on the case.

00:47And Leguizamo of Bloodline will play Raymond Santana Sr., the father of accused teen Raymond Santana Jr.

00:53Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King from Participant Media, Oprah Winfrey slash Harpo Films,

00:58Jane Rosenthal and Barry Welsh from Tribeca Productions and DuVernay will executive produce

01:03the limited series, which is slated to debut in 2019.

01:07For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:09Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.