Rosario Dawson (rosariodawson) is set to play the lead role in Ava DuVernay (Ava)'s 'DMZ' for HBOMax. Details:
, based on the comic book of the same title. The potential series is set in a United States torn apart by a second civil war, leaving Manhattan a demilitarized zone — the DMZ of the title.is based on the Vertigo comic by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli. It's set in a near future where the island of Manhattan is a no-man's land separating the two sides in a bitter civil war.
Dawson will play Alma, a fierce medic who saves lives while desperately searching for her lost son. As she contends with the gangs, militias, demagogues and warlords who now control the lawless island, she becomes the unlikely source of what everyone there has lost: hope. Roberto Patino is adapting the comic and will serve as showrunner on the pilot. DuVernay will direct and executive produce with Patino. The pilot comes from DuVernay's Array Filmworks and Warner Bros. TV, where the
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