Deon Cole to star in BET+'s Average Joe dark comedy
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The comedian and Black-ish star will lead the dark comedy written by Robb Cullen from producer McG. "Set in The Hill district of Pittsburgh and inspired by Cullen’s life, Average Joe follows blue-collar plumber, Joe Washington (Cole) who discovers his recently deceased father lived a secret, second life and stole millions of dollars from dangerous people just before he died," per Deadline. "Now those people think Joe knows where it is. A bloody and violent confrontation triggers a chain of events that force Joe and his close-knit circle of family and friends out of their very average and mundane lives into a life or death race against time to find the truth and the millions."
TOPICS: Deon Cole, BET+, Average Joe, McG, Robb Cullen, In Development
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