How does one go about following-up such an outrageous directorial debut as Sorry to Bother You? Well, for Boots Riley, what you do is push things even further, only in a serialized format. His upcoming show I’m a Virgo has been intriguing right from the start, with its bizarre premise of a 13-foot-tall Black man, played by Jharrel Jerrome, as he enters the outside world for the first time. Crazy right? But as we see in the new trailer, Collins isn’t stopping there as he has even bigger ideas at play.
Described from the beginning as a coming-of-age story, I’m a Virgo stars Jerrome as a 13-foot-tall California kid named Cootie, who experiences the world for the very first time. But what we didn’t know about this series going in is that it also includes a superhero, known as The Hero, who is Cootie’s idol. And…well, they say one should never meet their heroes.
So this is a superhero series? Leave it to Riley to throw us a curveball! Joining Jerrome in the cast are Walton Goggins, Brett Gray, Kara Young, Allius Barnes, Olivia Washington, Mike Epps, and Carmen Ejogo.
I’m a Virgo hits Prime Video on June 23rd.
I’m A Virgo is a darkly comedic fantastical coming-of-age joyride about Cootie (Jerome), a 13-foot-tall young Black man in Oakland, California. Having grown up hidden away, passing time on a diet of comic books and TV shows, he escapes to experience the beauty and contradictions of the real world. He forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situations, and encounters his idol, a real-life superhero named The Hero, played by Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight, The Righteous Gemstones). I’m A Virgo is a mythical odyssey that questions the purpose of the mythical odyssey.
