Exclusive: Emperor of Ocean Park cast interviews
Premiering on MGM+ this Sunday, July 14, 2024 is the first episode of the highly anticipated series 'Emperor of Ocean Park'
This highly anticipated new thriller stars Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker, who leads a stellar ensemble cast of talented players including Grantham Coleman, Paulina Lule, Tiffany Mack, Bryan Greenberg, Torrey Hanson, Keith Powers, Henry Simmons, Jasmine Batchelor, Ora Jones and Deanna Reed-Foster.
Shameless writer Sherman Payne serves as showrunner with Damian Marcano (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty) is set to direct multiple episodes. It is produced by John Wells Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
Adapted from Stephen L. Carter's best-selling debut novel and set in the worlds of politics, Ivy League academia, and the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard, the series centers on Talcott Garland (Grantham Coleman), an Ivy League law professor whose quiet life is shattered when his father, Judge Oliver Garland, dies of an apparent heart attack. The nature of the judge’s death is questioned by Tal’s sister, Mariah, a former journalist and inveterate conspiracy theorist, who believes that the judge, a failed Black nominee to the Supreme Court, met with foul play.
Tiffany Mack plays Mariah Denton and Paulina Lule plays Kimmer Madison Garland, Tal’s wife, a high-powered lawyer on the verge of being appointed a federal judgeship who sometimes neglects the feelings of those around her, including her husband.
John Wells, Sherman Payne, Damian Marcano, Shukree Tilghman, and JWP’s Erin Jontow will serve as executive producers.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to Grantham Coleman, Paulina Lule, Tiffany Mack, Bryan Greenberg, Torrey Hanson, Jasmine Batchelor, showrunner and executive producer Sherman Payne, and director/ EP Damian Marcano on MGM+ series Emperor of Ocean Park
