Peacock ’s crime drama Superfakes has found its lead.

Lucy Liu will star in the series, which comes from creator Alice Ju ( Beef ), Universal Studio Group’s UCP and A24 ; Josh and Benny Safdie are executive producers. Liu, who will also exec produce, is set to play a “small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer,” as described by the show’s logline, who becomes involved in a larger black market scheme in order to fund a better life for her family.

Peacock ordered the series in January. Ju has a history with the NBCUniversal-owned streamer, having worked as a writer and producer on the streamer’s Poker Face , and with A24, which produces Beef for Netflix.

Ju will be the showrunner of Superfakes and executive produce with Josh Safdie , Benny Safdie, Liu, Howard Kle

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