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‘#Matter,’ Shondaland’s First Scripted Podcast, Announces Casting for Dylan Brown’s Police Brutality Drama
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorShondaland Audio, the podcast arm of Shonda Rhimes’ production company, announced casting for its first scripted podcast, “#Matter,” expected to be released early 2022.“#Matter” is written, produced and directed by Dylan Brown (pictured above), writer and producer on “Power” prequel “Raising Kanan.”The eight-episode scripted series is a retrospective look at a case of police brutality. Gerald Hayes witnesses his teenage son Niles’ brutal beating by police officers, and a split-second decision leads to him being barricaded in a friend’s nearby restaurant with one of the officers.