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Andy Allo to Lead Alcon’s ‘The Eagles of Newark’ Limited Series From Showrunner Mike Flynn (EXCLUSIVE)
Andy Allo will lead Alcon's Televison's ‘The Eagles of Newark’ limited series from showrunner Mike Flynn.
Actress and musician Andy Allo(“Upload”) has signed on to star in writer-producer-showrunner Mike Flynn ’s upcoming limited series “ The Eagles of Newark.” Anya Adams (“North of North,” “Yellowjackets”) will direct the series, which comes from Alcon Television Group and is adapted from the non-fiction book “Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles,” written by James Overmyer. According to a press release, the series chronicles “the dramatic efforts of Effa and her husband Abe as they embark upon a risky business venture—starting their own ball club in the raucous world of the Negro Baseball Leagues. “Effa Manley was a groundbreaking figure whose contributions to both baseball and civil rights history deserve to be told,” said Alcon Television Group co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove.
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