BLACK-ISH Casts Bow-Centric Potential Spinoff Episode

Deadline reports Anders Holm, Tika Sumpter, and Arica Himmel will lead Black-ish's upcoming Bow-centric episodes, which features flashbacks of Tracee Ellis Ross' Rainbow. Gary Cole, Ethan William Childress, Mykal-Michelle Harris and Second City Chicago alum Christina Anthony have joined the potential spinoff series set in the 80s and 90s.

Himmel plays Rainbow, an younger version of the character played by Tracee Ellis Ross on Black-ish. Holm will play Paul, Bow's father, Sumpter portrays Alicia, Bow's mother. Childress is Johan, Harris will play Santamonica, Cole is Harrison, Paul's father, and Anthony is Denise, Alicia's sister.

If it goes to series, the untitled Bow project would be the second Black-sh spinoff--Grown-ish airs on Freeform.

ABC's "black-ish" stars Anthony Anderson as Andre "Dre" Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow Johnson, Laurence Fishburne as Pops, Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson, Marcus Scribner as Andre Johnson Jr., Miles Brown as Jack Johnson, Marsai Martin as Diane Johnson, Jenifer Lewis as Ruby, Peter Mackenzie as Mr. Stevens and Deon Cole as Charlie Telphy.

The series was created by Kenya Barris and is executive produced by Barris, Jonathan Groff, Kenny Smith, Gail Lerner, Courtney Lilly, Lindsey Shockley, Anthony Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland and E. Brian Dobbins. The series is produced by ABC Studios.

Read the original report on Deadline.

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