‘Squid Game’ Star Anupam Tripathi Set For Podcast Drama Series ‘Scammers’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Emerging U.S. production company Marginal MediaWorks has attached Squid Game actor Anupam Tripathi to star in its upcoming scripted audio series Scammers.Tripathi, recently nominated for a SAG Award for Squid Game, will play a telemarketer-turned-phone scammer from India and the drama will chart his journey to create a new identity.
The series arc moves from India to Detroit and Silicon Valley and follows a trio of characters, led by Tripathi.The show is created by Vishnu Vallabhaneni and Karan Sunil.
B&C Content’s Chris S. Lee (The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil) is aboard as a producing partner.Sunil previously wrote and directed the web series Code-Switched which is now being developed as a TV series.
He is also developing a dark comedy series with Sony Pictures TV and was previously a 2020 Writing Fellow for Film Independent’s Project Involve.Vallabhaneni has previously worked with filmmaker Justin Simien on Netflix series Dear White People, feature Bad Hair, and cut his teeth producing podcasts with Simien’s conversation series, Don’t @ Me.
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