i was listening to karen hunter on 8/25/2020. the writer was on the show. he flat out said that the only reason there is a show is because of jordan peele. without his pull there would be no show. they filmed the entire first season on peele's cred alone and didn't have to shoot a pilot.
misha green got in the mix because of peele and the white dude writer saw how well she did with underground and agreed.
this is not a white boy production by any means.
JJ Abrams is one of the biggest names in Hollywood.....he's attached to this so he came on after Peele did? Because I remember when they started talking about this they made it seem like it was a Abrams/Peele production.