Prime Video Releases I’m a Virgo Trailer From Sorry to Bother You Director

Boots Riley’s follow-up to Sorry to Bother You is officially on the way. On Monday, Prime Video released the first trailer for I’m a Virgo, a new seven-episode series directed and written by Riley. The series is led by emmy-winning When They See Us star Jharrel Jerome, and has been in development for several years. Boots Riley and Tze Chun (Gotham) are the series co-showrunners and serve as executive producers, alongside Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer for Media Res Studio (Pachinko, The Morning Show), Rebecca Rivo (Escape Room), and Jharrel Jerome. The series features original music and score by art pop duo Tune-Yards.

This comes ahead of the series’ premiere at Austin’s South by Southwest festival on Saturday, March 11th, and its Prime Video debut later this year.

What is I’m a Virgo about?

I’m a Virgo is a darkly comedic fantastical coming-of-age joyride about Cootie (Jharrel Jerome), a 13-foot-tall young Black man in Oakland, CA. Having grown up hidden away, passing time on a diet of comic books and TV shows, he escapes to experience the beauty and contradictions of the real world. He forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situations, and encounters his idol, the real life superhero named The Hero (Walton Goggins). The series also stars Brett Gray, Kara Young, Allius Barnes, Olivia Washington, Mike Epps, and Carmen Ejogo.

“I don’t want to give people a sense of what to expect. That’s my whole thing,” Riley told IndieWire in a 2020 interview. “What I’ll say about it is it’s about a 13-foot tall Black man who lives in Oakland. It deals with a group of kids at an age that, because they’re Black, they’re not allowed to be kids. They’re not allowed to come of age. It’s about the way the world sees him, as opposed to how he sees himself.”

“For me, it’s really experiential,” Riley continued. “How do I keep you interested and wanting to keep watching, and how do I get you do feel something? I don’t want you to keep watching because I have done this easy, manipulative thing that makes you have to press ‘watch the next one’ again. I hate stories that don’t end… I’m not saying how many seasons it will be, but there’s a story that ends.”

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