Lucifer star Tom Ellis has landed his subsequent massive TV function.

Ellis, who performed Lucifer Morningstar for six seasons between 2016 and 2021, will probably be teaming up with This Is Us‘ Sterling Ok Brown as a sequence common in Washington Black (by way of TVLine).

Hulu’s adaptation of Esi Edugyan’s novel takes place within the nineteenth century and follows 11-year-old George Washington ‘Wash’ Black as he flees a Barbados sugar plantation.

Ellis is confirmed to be taking part in Christopher ‘Titch’ Wilde, described as an “eccentric steampunk inventor whose youthful enthusiasm masks an interior vulnerability”.

Titch finally ends up travelling with Wash and finds himself as a mentor and father determine to the younger boy. However he is unprepared to tackle that function in Wash’s life, as he is but to beat his points along with his personal father.

Brown was beforehand revealed to be taking part in the “gregarious, larger-than-life” Medwin Harris, a refugee who’s fiercely protecting of the Black neighborhood in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Ernest Kingsley Jr will play the titular Wash, whereas Brown can be on board as one of many govt producers.

Lucifer led to September final 12 months, and it turned the most-streamed unique sequence of 2021 in the USA based mostly on minutes streamed throughout the whole sequence. (It is value noting that Squid Recreation, which was second, had comparatively fewer episodes on Netflix.)

The opposite stars have been signing as much as new initiatives as effectively.

Lesley-Ann Brandt is engaged on a drama sequence set in South Africa’s District Six, Aimee Garcia will star reverse Freddie Prinze Jr in vacation rom-com Christmas Quinceañera, and DB Woodside has been forged in Netflix thriller The Evening Agent.

In the meantime, Kevin Alejandro options in Netflix’s Arcane, an animated sequence based mostly on League of Legends.

Lucifer seasons 4-6 are streaming now on Netflix. You too can atone for seasons 1-4 by way of Amazon Prime Video.