Written by Sud, Seven Seconds is based on the 2013 Russian action movie The Major (Майор). Tensions run high between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City, where a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop.
Hornsby will play Isaiah Butler, a devout man who is shaken to his core by Brenton’s incident. Momoh will portray Seth Butler, Isaiah’s brother who comes home from a tour in Afghanistan just in time to support the family. Castillo is Felix Osorio, a cop working on the Narcotics squad in Jersey City.
Hornsby, Castillo & Momoh join previously cast David Lyons and Beau Knapp. Sud executive produces with O’Connor, Lawrence Bender, Kevin Brown and Alex Reznik.