‘Star Wars’ Actor Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener Cast in David Simon HBO Miniseries

Isaac will play the young mayor of a city who finds himself in the center of racial controversy

David Simon is teaming up with HBO again — and he’s bringing a couple of high-profile friends with him.

“The Wire” and “Treme” boss Simon is working on a new miniseries, “Show Me a Hero,” for the premium cable network, with a cast that includes “Star Wars: Episode VII” actor Oscar Isaac and “Captain Phillips” actress Catherine Keener.

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The six-hour miniseries, which is based on the Lisa Belkin book of the same title, revolves around a young mayor of a mid-sized American city who’s faced with a federal court order that says he must build a small number of low-income housing units in the white neighborhoods of his town.

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