This 10-episode, one-hour series is set amongst the unconstrained, yet opportunist streets of Miami and weaves a complex narrative, focusing on the high-stakes struggle of what one will do to reach ultimate success.
But this is not your average startup incubator story...
StartUp is about the emergence of GenCoin, a brilliant, yet controversial tech idea centered around digital currency - an idea that gets incubated on the wrong side of the tracks by three strangers who don't necessarily fit the mold of "tech entrepreneurs" and a crooked FBI agent who will go to any length necessary to take them down.
Martin Freeman (Fargo, Sherlock) plays FBI agent Phil Rask, specialising in financial crimes. Rask crosses paths with Nick Talman, played by Adam Brody (CHiPS, The League), a sharp and intelligent financier at a boutique firm in Miami, but it's not Talman that Rask is after - it's his father.
Nick has a problematic relationship with his wealthy, irresponsible father, who disappears and forces Nick to stash his ill-gotten gain - instead of going to the FBI, he decides to hide the money by investing in a tech startup pitched by the unorthodox Izzy Morales, a tech whiz out to change the world, played by Otmara Marrero (Graceland).
Edi Gathegi (The Blacklist) also stars in the series as Ronald Dacey - second-in-command of the local Haitian gang. When Ronald discovers that the money he left with Nick's father has vanished, Ronald moves on to the next best thing - his son.
An unexpected partnership forms between Ronald, Nick and Izzy which culminates in a dangerous alliance that make them a target for Rask, who plans to take a journey to the very pit of darkness to take down the unsuspecting trio.
| CHANNEL |
1Magic (DStv 103) |
| PREMIERE |
1 February 2018 |
| TIMESLOT |
Thursdays, 21h30 |
| REPEATS |
Sundays, 03h00
Wednesdays, 00h00 |