Disney’s Onyx Collective Orders “The Plot” Limited Series, Executive Produced and Starring Mahershala Ali. The eight-episode series will stream on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories.
The series is an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by Jean Hanff Korelitz.
“The Plot” stars and is executive produced by Oscar, EmmyⓇ, BAFTA and NAACP Image Award-winning actor and producer Mahershala Ali (“Swan Song,” “Green Book,” “Moonlight”). Ali will produce along with executive producers Mimi Valdés and Amatus Karim Ali through their Know Wonder production company. Know Wonder recently produced the critically acclaimed feature film “Swan Song,” and the Emmy-winning documentary “We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest.”
Abby Ajayi (“Riches,” “Inventing Anna,” “How to Get Away with Murder”) adapts Korelitz’s novel as executive producer and showrunner.
“The Plot” is a gripping cat and mouse story. Struggling author Jake (Ali) is primed to take advantage of any opportunity that might help revive his career. When a once in a lifetime opportunity presents itself, Jake commits an act of literary theft that changes his life irrevocably. Now, someone knows his secret and is threatening him… and we will see just how far Jake will go to protect himself and the life he’s built.
