"
Peaky Blinders
" actor
Kingsley Ben-Adir
has been roped in to play
Barack Obama in upcoming mini-series based on
James Comey
's book "A Higher Loyalty".
Jeff Daniels was previously confirmed for the role of Comey, the former FBI director, with
Brendan Gleeson set to play President Donald Trump.
The show also features Michael Kelly (acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe),
Jennifer Ehle (Patrice Comey),
Peter Coyote (
Robert Mueller
), Steven Pasquale (Peter Strzok) and Oona Chaplin (Lisa Page).
Billy Ray has adapted the book and will be directing the as-yet-untitled series.
The production is set to begin in November.
Comey was dismissed from his FBI position in May, 2017, after President Trump took objection to his handling of the investigation into Hilary Clinton's emails.