--- description: The show will follow two cousins navigating their way through the Atlanta rap scene title: FX's Donald Glover Comedy 'Atlanta' Gets a Cast image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff5fbe7ba32cd21f/698859872dce01e83b9e4750/gettyimages-478585786.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # FX's Donald Glover Comedy _Atlanta_ Gets Its Cast  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 2, 2015 5:16 PM CUT  Donald Glover attends the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Magic Mike XXL" at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on June 25, 2015 in Hollywood, California. Donald Glover attends the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Magic Mike XXL" at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on June 25, 2015 in Hollywood, California.David Livingston—2015 David Livingston  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 2, 2015 5:16 PM CUT Donald Glover’s pilot for FX, _Atlanta_, has officially found its leads, the network announced Thursday. The rapper and comedian best known for playing Troy on _Community_ will not only write the show but also star alongside Brian Tyree Henry (_The Knick_, _Boardwalk Empire_), Lakeith Lee Stanfield (_Short Term 12_, _Dope_) and Zazie Beetz (_Applesauce_). Glover, who received a Writer’s Guild Award as a writer for _30 Rock_, will play Earnest “Earn” Marks. Earn snags the opportunity to manage the career of his rapper cousin, Alfred Miles (Brian Tyree Henry). The two come into conflict over music, money and race. Stanfield will play Darius, Alfred’s collaborator, and Beetz will play the mother of Earn’s child. Hiro Murai, who has directed several of Glover’s music videos (the actor raps under the name Childish Gambino) and worked as a cinematographer on shows such as _Drunk History_, will direct the pilot. The show begins production this month. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3944896/fx-donald-glover-atlanta-cast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3944896/fx-donald-glover-atlanta-cast/"},"headline":"FX's Donald Glover Comedy Atlanta Gets Its Cast","datePublished":"2015-07-02T17:16:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:44:37.748Z","description":"The show will follow two cousins navigating their way through the Atlanta rap scene","url":"https://time.com/3944896/fx-donald-glover-atlanta-cast/","keywords":["Television","American Voices"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff5fbe7ba32cd21f/698859872dce01e83b9e4750/gettyimages-478585786.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff5fbe7ba32cd21f/698859872dce01e83b9e4750/gettyimages-478585786.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GettyImages-478585786","caption":"attends the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' \"Magic Mike XXL\" at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on June 25, 2015 in Hollywood, California.","creditText":"David Livingston—2015 David Livingston","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3944896/fx-donald-glover-atlanta-cast/","name":"FX's Donald Glover Comedy Atlanta Gets Its Cast"}}]}] ```