Three of our Atlanta talent have been booked as background extras in the upcoming HBO pilot Bashir and Diallo. Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle are the Emmy nominated comedic writing duo for the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show on NBC.

Riddle & Salahuddin are writers and performers in the pilot and the show is being executive produced by Late Night exec producer and Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels. The project stars the duo as Bashir and Diallo, two 30-year old-reporters, as they try to make it big in the burgeoning black mecca of contemporary Atlanta, aka the New South.

Dorian Missick from the show Southland has joined the team in the comedy pilot, in his first comedic lead. Missick will play a character named Jay Favors, who's described as a Harvard educated African American man who is exceedingly bright, likable and strategic. He'll also be a rival to his 2 co-stars.