Lucy Liu Peacock Series ‘Superfakes’ Sets Jim McKay, Karena Evans, Andrij Parekh to Direct (Exclusive)

The upcoming Peacock crime drama series “Superfakes” has set its director lineup.

Variety has learned exclusively that Jim McKay, Karena Evans, and Andrij Parekh are all set to direct on the show, which was picked up at the NBCU streamer in January 2025. Evans will direct the pilot, while McKay will direct multiple episodes. Both are also executive producers.

Lucy Liu will lead the cast of “Superfakes,” with additional cast members including Ken Leung, Bohan Phoenix, Michelle Lee Jones, and Keith Leung. The logline for the show states, “A small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer (Liu) enters a dangerous black-market underworld in…