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EXCLUSIVE: Dan Fogelman is recruiting another This Is Us alum for his upcoming Hulu football drama. Omar Epps is set to recur on the untitled series, whose cast, led by Christopher Meloni, includes This Is Us star Mandy Moore. Created and written by Fogelman, the series is set inside the world of the NFL and has a generational family component to it. Meloni plays the team’s head coach Danny, with fellow series regulars Sam Corlett and Tanner Zagarino as his sons, William H. Macy as the team owner Hank, Moore and Chloe Bennet as Hank’s daughters, and Chace Crawford as the team’s new General Manager. Epps plays a former NFL player who is now Offensive Coordinator. The series, from 20th Television and Skydance Sports, is executive produced by Fogelman, Jess Rosenthal and Kevin Falls. Also executive producing are David Ellison, Jesse Sisgold and Jason T. Reed for Skydance Sports. Epps recurred during Season 4 of NBC’s This Is Us as Malik’s (Asante Blackk) mechanic father. The House alum recently played Detective Malcolm Howard on Starz’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan and wrapped production on the feature film Moses the Black. Epps is repped by Independent Artist Group, Untitled Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
