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"I've been watching superhero stuff since I was a kid and it's always set in New York, it's always a big drama in New York, and I love New York but London is a crazy city as well," Rapman told BOSSIP. "It's like why are we not portraying that more? So for me I want people from the States, I want people in Africa, I want people in other parts of Europe, to really be like, 'Oh that's what it's like in London! That's the Black experience in London.' That's what London is really like, because how you see the parties, the music they listen to [in Supacell], that is literally South London. The only thing that you see made-up there is the powers, but everything else is the British experience as a Black person in the United Kingdom. So I'm hoping that it's like an education for people that don't know what it's like. I'm really excited.

The series was announced as commissioned by Netflix in November 2021 with Mouktar Mohammed and Henrietta Lee of New Wave as executive producer and associate producer. The executive producers are Anna Ferguson and Steve Searle of Netflix with Mark Hedges as series producer. The production used a specialized ARRI 35 camera which has been designed to show Black skin in the best and most complimentary way.

Netflix has not yet renewed Supacell for a second season. Rapman recently told UNILAD that he has plans to create three seasons. "I've told Netflix loads of times that I've got plans for multiple seasons. But you know how it goes, they're gonna see how it does, and hopefully we get the next season."

Tosin Cole, who plays Michael, stated, "It's about time, bringing London's Black experience to the sci-fi world. We should have already had something like this, but there's no more perfect time than now. So I'm excited to be on something of this scale that hasn't been done before, especially in London."

Why do Michael and the others have yellow glowing eyes in Supacell? Jaundice is a common symptom for individuals diagnosed with sickle cell disease, enabling their eyes to turn yellow. Similarly, Supacell's characters suffer from the same disease and that's where their power comes from. Thus, their yellow glowing eyes subtly hint at real-life symptom and also mark the activation of their power.