Amazon Prime’s Them: Covenant reveals new supporting cast

The Amazon Prime series Them has added new supporting cast members to the first season of this horror anthology series.

Amazon Prime’s horror anthology series Them has added new supporting cast members Brooke Smith (Bombshell),  Anika Noni Rose (Power), P.J. Byrne (Black Lightning), Malcolm Mays (Snowfall), Jeremiah Birkett (Lucifer) and Sophie Guest (The Good Nanny). The series comes from executive producer Lena Waithe (Queen & Slim) and writer Little Marvin. The supporting cast joins lead actors Deborah Ayorinde (Luke Cage) and Ashley Thomas (Top Boy).

Them: Covenant is set in 1953 and follows Henry and Lucky Emory as they move from North Carolina to an all-white neighborhood in Los Angeles. Henry begins working as the first black engineer in a newly integrated aeronautics plant. While some of the horror comes from the racist rage of their neighbors and co-workers, the family is also tormented by supernatural forces beyond their understanding.

Smith will play the realtor who moves the couple into the neighborhood, Rose will play a housewife of another pioneering black family, Byrne will be Henry’s patronizing new boss, and Mays will play Henry’s friendly co-worker. Birkett and Guest’s characters have not yet been revealed.

There are several reasons to be excited for the first season of this horror series, not least of all because of Lena Waithe’s involvement. Waithe is an extremely accomplished writer whose Queen & Slim rates in my top three films of 2019. I haven’t seen anything else she’s written (Bones, The Chi, Boomerang), but based on Queen & Slim I’m all in on this. If you see any new television next year, make sure it’s this, because I will watch anything Waithe puts her name on. Series writer Little Marvin has also signed an overall deal with Amazon Prime, so you can look forward to seeing more from him beyond Them: Covenant.

Source: Deadline