Showtime has given series orders to new projects “The Chi” and “White Famous,” the network announced Monday.
“The Chi” stars “Straight Outta Compton” actor Jason Mitchell, from “Master of None” star Lena Waithe.
“The Chi” is described as a coming-of-age story and follows a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago Mitchell plays Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about opening a restaurant of his own someday, but is conflicted between the promise of a new life and his responsibility to his mother and teenage brother back in the South Side.
Elwood Reid will executive produce and serve as showrunner along with Waithe.