Peacock Goes for Crime Drama from Beef’s Alice Ju

Peacock has given a series pickup to the crime drama Superfakes from creator Alice Ju (Poker Face, Beef).

The series is produced by A24 and UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group. The story follows a small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer who enters a dangerous black market underworld in order to fund a life of suburban respectability for her family.

Ju will serve as showrunner, writer and executive producer. Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie (The Curse, Uncut Gems) are executive producing, along with Howard Klein (The Office, Parks and Recreation) and Olivia Gerke (Fantasmas) for 3 Arts, Ronald Bronstein and Eli Bush.