Supacell is a British superhero television series. Rapman serves as showrunner, creator, writer and lead director on the project for Netflix. Sebastian Thiel also directs three episodes.

Premise

A group of seemingly ordinary black people from South London, unified by a family history of sickle cell disease, unexpectedly develop superpowers.^[1] They discover each other, and fend off entrapment by a secret organisation seeking to control them.

Cast

• Tosin Cole as Michael Lasaki, a delivery driver, and a super with the ability to teleport and manipulate time.
• Adelayo Adedayo as Dionne Ofori, Michael's fiancée. She is a social worker.
• Eddie Marsan as Ray, a leading member of the organization hunting down the supers.
• Nadine Mills as Sabrina Clarke, a young woman living with her sister, and a super with the ability of telekinesis.
• Eric Kofi-Abrefa as Andre Simpson, a financially struggling father, and a super with the ability of super strength.
• Calvin Demba as Rodney, a young drug dealer, and a super with the ability of super speed.
• Josh Tedeku as Tayo "Tazer" Amusan, the leader of a small gang rivaling Krazy's and Krazy’s former protégé, and a super with the ability of invisibility.
• Rayxia Ojo as Sharleen Clarke, Sabrina's sister
• Giacomo Mancini as Spud, Rodney's friend
• Michael Salami as Gabriel, Michael's friend
• Travis Jay as John, Andre's friend
• Ghetts as Craig "Krazy", the leader of an older gang rivaling Tazer's who is also Tazer’s former mentor, with the ability to absorb powers and is working for the organization hunting supers.
• Digga D as Chucky, a member of the Sixers, a gang rivaling Tazer’s.
• Robbie Gee as Mr. Johnson, the bereaved father of a missing girl whom Dionne attempts to track down.

Production

The series was announced as commissioned by Netflix in November 2021 with Mouktar Mohammed and Henrietta Lee of New Wave as executive producer and associate producer.^[2] Also executive producing are Anna Ferguson and Steve Searle of Netflix with Mark Hedges as series producer.^[3] It was reported that the production was using a specialised Arri 35 camera which has been designed to show Black skin in the best and most complimentary way.^[4][5]

Casting

In August 2022, Tosin Cole was announced in the lead role along with a cast that included Adelayo Adedayo, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Calvin Demba, Josh Tedeku, Rayxia Ojo and Giacomo Mancini.^[6] It was later revealed that Eddie Marsan had joined the cast as Ray.^[7]

Filming

Filming took place between 4 July and 10 December 2022 in South and South East London.^[8] Filming locations included Thamesmead, Peckham and Deptford.^[9] Filming was wrapped by April 2023.^[10]

Episodes

Broadcast

The series was broadcast on Netflix on 27 June 2024.^[11][12]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 12 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10.^[13] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 71 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[14]