‘When They See Us’ Actor Freddy Miyares Joins Ava DuVernay’s ‘DMZ’ for HBO Max

When They See Us actor Freddy Miyares is set to reunite with director Ava DuVernay as he joins previously-announced cast members Rosario Dawson and Benjamin Bratt in HBO Max’s upcoming DC Comics action drama DMZ.

Miyares has been cast as a series regular, playing Skel, a ruthless triggerman for Parco Delgado (Bratt), leader of one of the most powerful gangs in the DMZ. Miyares’ character is also described as “a talented graffiti artist with a profound passion for art, which serves as his lasting connection to his humanity in a world where survival is predicated on power.”

DMZ centers on life in a futuristic New York City amidst a brewing civil war, turning the island of Manhattan into a demilitarized zone. The series has been ordered to a pilot by HBO Max, with Duvernay at the helm. Westworld executive producer Roberto Patino will serve as the showrunner and EP.

Adapted from the comic book written by Brian Wood, DMZ features a warring conflict between to factions of chaotic America—the federal government and the Free States armies.

The logline for the show reads: “In the near future, America is embroiled in a bitter civil war, leaving Manhattan a demilitarized zone (DMZ), destroyed and isolated from the rest of the world. Leaping off the pages of the popular DC comic, Patino’s DMZ chronicles the harrowing journey of a fierce female medic who saves lives while desperately searching for her lost son. But as she contends with the gangs, militias, demagogues, and warlords that control this lawless no man’s land, she becomes the unlikely source of what everyone here has lost—hope.”

This is DuVernay’s second project for DC Comics as she is currently at work with writing the screenplay for a New Gods movie alongside comic book writer Tom King. The New Gods will follow the story of the warring factions of the gods from New Genesis and Apokolips.

Deadline first reported on Miyares’ casting.