Drake To Executive Produce HBO Series ‘Euphoria’ Starring Zendaya

Drake will continue to make inroads into the TV world with a new series called Euphoria on HBO.

The Toronto superstar and his friend and DJ, Future the Prince will serve as executive producers for the A24 series which will follow a group of high school students as they navigate drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love and friendship. Euphoria is based on a 2012 Israeli series of the same name. Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin created the original and have been roped in for the HBO version as well, reports Variety.

Zendaya will play the lead role of Rue while rest of cast includes Maude Apatow as Lexi, Brian “Astro” Bradley as McKay, Angus Cloud as Fezco, Eric Dane as Cal, Alexa Demie as Maddy, Jacob Elordi as Nate, Barbie Ferreira as Kat, Nika King as Leslie, Storm Reid as Gia, Hunter Schafer as Jules, and Sydney Sweeney as Cassie.

All episodes of of the series are being written by Sam Levinson, who will also serve as executive producer. Other executive producers on the series are Ravi Nandan, Kevin Turen, Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Tmira Yardeni, Mirit Toovi, Yoram Mokadi, and Gary Lennon.