When does Chimerica start on Channel 4, who’s in the cast with Alessandro Nivola and what’s it about?
All we know so far about the gritty geo-politics play that is about to transfer to the silver screen
Set in the run up to the 2016 presidential election Chimerica is based on a powerful stage play about fake news and the relationship between the East and the West.
Channel 4 are transforming it into a four-part thriller - here's what we know so far.
When is it on?
There has been no confirmed air date yet.
But Channel 4 has confirmed some of the main cast.
Written by the young but enormously talented playwright Lucy Kirkwood, Chimerica will be her first play to be turned into a TV show.
Who is in the cast alongside American Hustle's Alessandro Nivola?
Cherry Jones
Cherry will play the part of Mel Kincaid, the protagonist's old friend.
She has also been in the Handmaid's Tale and 24 - for which she won an Emmy.
Cherry has also won two Tony awards and recently married her girlfriend Sophie Huber.
Sophie Okonedo
Sophie is an Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated actress from London.
She began her career in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls but has played roles with more gravitas such as Cressida in the Royal National Theatre's production of Troilus and Cressida.
Sophie plays Tessa Kendrick in Chimerica.
F. Murray Abraham
Abraham won the Academy Awards for best actor in 1984 for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus.
He has appeared in hits such as All the President's Men, Scarface and The Grand Budapest Hotel.
He is also devoutly religious and is a fan of the Quakers, the Society of Friends and the First Presbyterian Church of New York.
What's Chimerica about?
Chimerica is based on a photojournalist who is on a quest to discover the truth behind an iconic picture he took 30 years ago in Tiananmen Square.
He is given a tip about the identity of the man in the image while covering the 2012 elections (the TV version will update this to the 2016 elections)
The play tackles competing world superpowers, democracy, fake news and the manipulation of fact and image.
Playwright Lucy Kirkwood, 35, said: “Since I wrote the original play in 2013, the questions it raises have only acquired greater scale and relevance for us all."