Erykah Badu, Lance Bass Tapped For ‘Hand Of God’

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Amazon Studios has signed several actors to appear in its upcoming drama series Hand Of God.

Actress/singer Erykah Badu (Black Dynamite), Lance Bass (Hell & Back), Hunter Parrish (The Good Wife), Jon Tenney (Scandal) and Jacob Vargas (Sons of Anarchy) will all guest star in drama, which focuses on a a hard-living judge who, after suffering a mental breakdown, relies on messages sent by God through his ventilator-bound son to find the rapist that tore his family apart.

The series, created by Ben Watkins (Burn Notice) and Marc Forster (World War Z) will debut on Amazon Prime Instant Video this fall.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.