Quibi has premiered the trailer for Antoine Fuqua-produced forthcoming thriller drama “#Freerayshawn”. The project is essentially a feature cut into Quibi’s ’10 minutes or under’ short form episodes.
Stephan James plays a young, black Iraq War veteran who is set up by New Orleans police on a drug deal, runs for his life, and takes refuge inside his apartment building with his girlfriend and child.
With New Orleans PD and the SWAT team outside ready to storm his home, a social media frenzy begins as community members and news outlets arrive at the scene.
Laurence Fishburne plays a sympathetic cop and negotiator in the situation who tries to get Rayshawn to calmly surrender in order to avoid an escalation of unnecessary violence.
Jasmine Cephas Jones, Skeet Ulrich and Annabeth Gish co-star in the project which is directed by Seith Mann from a script by Mark Maurino. Fuqua, Mann, David Boorstein, Kat Samick, and Justin Bursch executive produce.
