Academy Award nomineeColman Domingocan’t escapeThe Madness. TheRustinandSing Singstar leads a new action thriller series forNetflixnext month, and we now have our first look at this tale of conspiracy and murder.The Madnessmarks the latest major project for Domingo, who has seen his star rise rapidly following his Oscar-nominated performance in last year’s acclaimed biographical dramaRustin, and sounds like the perfect project for the actor, allowing him to stretch both his dramatic and action muscles.
You can check out the new teaser trailer forThe Madnessbelow.
The Madnessis all set to land on Netflix next month, and follows Domingo as a media pundit who finds himself being hunted from all sides afterstumbling across a deadly conspiracy. Alongside the teaser, you can also check out the official synopsis for the action thriller series below.
“After a media pundit stumbles upon a dead body deep in the Poconos woods, he finds himself framed for the murder of a notorious white supremacist.”
Emmy Award winner Colman Domingo,who is also best-recognizedfor roles in the likes ofIf Beale Street Could Talk, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fear the Walking Dead, andEuphoria, will lead the series, starring alongside Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us, Orange Is the New Black), Gabrielle Graham (Twenties, 21 Thunder), John Ortiz (Silver Linings Playbook), Tamsin Topolski (The Diplomat), and Thaddeus J. Mixon (Creed III).
The Madnessis created by Stephen Belber (O.G., The Laramie Project), and is described by Netflix as “an eight-episode limited series.” Discussing the show withNetflix Tudum, Domingo revealed what drew him tothe conspiratorial thriller, and now it reflects the “mad, mad world” we’re all currently living in.
“We do live in a very mad, mad world right now. You can just turn on the news right now, and you’re like, ‘What is being said? And how is that being done? And why is that normal?’ None of it is normal. This [series] is really letting you know that you’re right. It’s not normal. Let’s get to the bottom of it.”
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The actor, who is also due to join the MCU in the animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Manand star as Joseph Jackson, the father and manager of pop iconMichael Jackson in next year’sMichael, continued, saying he cannot wait to play such a “unique protagonist” inThe Madness.
“Everything about this conspiracy thriller excited me. It was a unique protagonist, one that I had never seen or experienced. Someone who has very centrist beliefs, and now they’re being thrust into the world to really hard-core believe in something and to reexamine the people that they believed were possible enemies. You realize you have more in common with them than you thought you had in the beginning. I think it says a lot about who we are now and what we’re willing to do, and also to look at who’s really pulling the strings and for whose benefit.”
The Madnessis due to debut on Netflix on June 03, 2025.
