Lucy Liu to Lead and Executive Produce Peacock Series "Superfakes"

Lucy Liu will star in and executive produce the upcoming Peacock crime drama “Superfakes”.

The series hails from creator Alice Ju, who will serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. 

In addition, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie will serve as executive producers along with Howard Klein and Olivia Gerke of 3 Arts. Ronald Bronstein and Eli Bush also executive produce, along with Liu. A24 and UCP will produce.

The show was originally announced back in January with a series order. 

The logline of the series reads, “A small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer (Liu) enters a dangerous black-market underworld in order to fund a life of suburban respectability for her family.”

Liu is best known for her film work, which includes starring in features such as “Kill Bill,” two “Charlie’s Angels” films, “Chicago,” “Set It Up,” Presence,” and “Red One.” Her TV credits also includes “Ally McBeal” at Fox, “Elementary” at CBS (which aired for seven seasons), and “Why Women Kill” at Paramount+ (née CBS All Access). 

She will next be seen in the indie feature “Rosemead,” which she produced and stars in, due out in theaters this December. 

Liu has also been active as a director in recent years, helming multiple episodes of “Elementary” as well as episodes of shows like “Why Women Kill,” “American Born Chinese,” and “New Amsterdam.”