After decades of Octavia E. Butler's work being under-adapted, FX debuted the first TV adaptation of "Kindred," based on the author's esteemed 1979 novel, on Dec. 13, 2022. However, the series will not be moving forward with another season.
On Jan. 30, The Hollywood Reporter exclusively announced that FX has canceled "Kindred" after just one season. According to the outlet, showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins plans to shop the FX drama around to other networks, as he previously expressed to Popsugar a vision of having multiple seasons.
Jacobs-Jenkins's historical science fiction series, now streaming on Hulu, follows the story of Dana (Mallori Johnson), a young aspiring writer who moves to Los Angeles and suddenly finds herself mysteriously traveling back in time to a 19th-century plantation in antebellum Maryland where her late mother somehow exists.
"[W]e want to make sure we get through the story, because if anyone who knows the book, it's kind of only just now getting good,...
On Jan. 30, The Hollywood Reporter exclusively announced that FX has canceled "Kindred" after just one season. According to the outlet, showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins plans to shop the FX drama around to other networks, as he previously expressed to Popsugar a vision of having multiple seasons.
Jacobs-Jenkins's historical science fiction series, now streaming on Hulu, follows the story of Dana (Mallori Johnson), a young aspiring writer who moves to Los Angeles and suddenly finds herself mysteriously traveling back in time to a 19th-century plantation in antebellum Maryland where her late mother somehow exists.
"[W]e want to make sure we get through the story, because if anyone who knows the book, it's kind of only just now getting good,...
- 1/31/2023
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
FX is not proceeding with a second season of Kindred, its drama series based on Octavia E. Butler’s novel, which ran exclusively on Hulu. The news comes a month and a half after the eight-episode first season was released as a binge drop Dec. 13. Launching to largely positive reviews, Kindred has not been able to create buzz the way fellow new 2022 FX scripted series The Bear has done.
It is very rare for FX to cancel a series after one season; the network is known for carefully curating its slate and taking time to develop projects, sometimes redoing a pilot, and most of its shows stick around for awhile.
From showrunner and executive producer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Kindred centers on “Dana James” (Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of familial obligation and relocated to Los Angeles, ready to claim a future that,...
It is very rare for FX to cancel a series after one season; the network is known for carefully curating its slate and taking time to develop projects, sometimes redoing a pilot, and most of its shows stick around for awhile.
From showrunner and executive producer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Kindred centers on “Dana James” (Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of familial obligation and relocated to Los Angeles, ready to claim a future that,...
- 1/31/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Dana’s traumatic journey to the past has come to an end.
Hulu has cancelled Kindred, the adaption of Octavia E. Butler’s celebrated novel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. TVLine has reached out to Hulu for confirmation.
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The story follows Dana James (WeCrashed’s Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring soap writer who has “uprooted...
Hulu has cancelled Kindred, the adaption of Octavia E. Butler’s celebrated novel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. TVLine has reached out to Hulu for confirmation.
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The story follows Dana James (WeCrashed’s Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring soap writer who has “uprooted...
- 1/31/2023
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Time-travel stories are, inevitably, almost always about the present. They’re sort of a crucible for our values and ideas about the world, when transposed suddenly to the distant past or future. But FX’s “Kindred,” based on the 1979 Octavia Butler novel, owes its identity as much to the problems and possibilities of TV in the 21st century as it does to one of the landmark speculative fiction stories of the 20th century. Showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins saw something happening as he watched shows like “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” inaugurate the age of the antihero in the late ’00s. He saw an emphasis shift in the structure and storytelling priorities of certain TV shows, one that might perfectly fit the way Butler’s novel plays with the movement of time and how it affects the characters.
“[I saw “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad”] engaging a viewership, not playing the game of like,...
“[I saw “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad”] engaging a viewership, not playing the game of like,...
- 1/5/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Kindred is finally here — all eight episodes are now streaming on Hulu — and it marks the first on-screen adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s celebrated sci-fi novel.
The series began in medias res, with Dana (played by WeCrashed’s Mallori Johnson) returning from her latest jump through time and immediately soaking in a bath to soothe her sore, severely whipped back. That’s a big deviation from the book, in which we first met Dana at the hospital recovering from her final jump — which left a permanent mark — and with police questioning whether she was being abused by her husband Kevin.
The series began in medias res, with Dana (played by WeCrashed’s Mallori Johnson) returning from her latest jump through time and immediately soaking in a bath to soothe her sore, severely whipped back. That’s a big deviation from the book, in which we first met Dana at the hospital recovering from her final jump — which left a permanent mark — and with police questioning whether she was being abused by her husband Kevin.
- 12/13/2022
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
FX‘s adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s celebrated novel Kindred has finally arrived on Hulu. But before you dive into all eight episodes, TV Insider caught up with the cast at New York Comic Con. The creative team and stars Sheria Irving, Sophina Brown, Mallori Johnson, Austin Smith, Micah Stock, Gayle Rankin, David Alexander Kaplan, and Branden Jacobs Jenkins stopped by TV Guide Magazine and TV Insider’s studio to talk all things Kindred. The series centers around Dana (Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of familial obligation and relocated to Los Angeles to claim a future that finally feels like her own. (Credit: Tina Rowden/FX) The catch? Before Dana can get settled into her new home, she finds herself pulled back and forth in time to a nineteenth-century plantation with which she and her family are surprisingly and intimately linked.
- 12/13/2022
- TV Insider
FX’s “Kindred,” streaming on Hulu, is the long-awaited adaptation of what is arguably sci-fi trailblazer Octavia E. Butler’s most well-known novel. Released in 1979, “Kindred” is a literary mash-up that is part slave narrative, fantasy and historical fiction. What many regard as Butler’s magnum opus transports a modern Black woman back in time to a plantation where she experiences life as an enslaved woman. To bring this work to life, which has been in the Hollywood pipeline since at least the 1990s, FX tasked Obie Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, noted for his plays “Appropriate” and “An Octoroon” as well as Pulitzer Prize finalists “Gloria” and “Everybody.” Jacobs-Jenkins also served as a producer on HBO’s critically acclaimed, multiple Emmy Award-winning limited series “Watchmen,” which propelled the horrific Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 into popular conversations.
Which is all to say, this adaptation of “Kindred” has some serious bona fides bringing it to life.
Which is all to say, this adaptation of “Kindred” has some serious bona fides bringing it to life.
- 12/13/2022
- by Ronda Racha Penrice
- The Wrap
FX's "Kindred" is the literary TV event of the year and the cast and crew are honored to bring such an iconic story to the small screen. The series adaptation based on Octavia E. Butler's celebrated 1979 novel of the same name, which arrived on Hulu on Dec. 13, is billed as a "genre-bending exploration" of slavery, racism, sexism, and family history at the crux of a young Black woman's unexpected time travel expedition set in 2016.
"Every decision we made, we tried to make in the grain of the book or some version of the book we were given access to."
Centered on Dana (played by Mallori Johnson), "Kindred" follows the aspiring writer-turned-Los Angeles transplant and her budding interracial romance with new friend Kevin (Micah Stock) as she's violently pulled back in time to a 19th-century plantation that she finds she has secret family ties to. All the while, she...
"Every decision we made, we tried to make in the grain of the book or some version of the book we were given access to."
Centered on Dana (played by Mallori Johnson), "Kindred" follows the aspiring writer-turned-Los Angeles transplant and her budding interracial romance with new friend Kevin (Micah Stock) as she's violently pulled back in time to a 19th-century plantation that she finds she has secret family ties to. All the while, she...
- 12/13/2022
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
In the new FX drama Kindred, a young Black woman named Dana finds herself time-traveling back and forth between Los Angeles in 2016 to a slave plantation in early 19th century Maryland. On some of these trips, Dana (Mallori Johnson) takes along Kevin (Micah Stock), a white man she has only just started dating, out of an understandable fear of being in that time and place on her own. For the most part, both are horrified to be there. But there is a peaceful moment during one of their longer visits...
- 12/13/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
With FX’s Kindred, which premieres all eight episodes this Tuesday on Hulu, Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking sci-fi novel finally makes its way to the screen.
The story follows Dana (played by WeCrashed’s Mallori Johnson), an aspiring writer who uproots her life and relocates to Los Angeles for a fresh start. But before the young Black woman can settle into her new home, she finds herself being inexplicably yanked back and forth through time, landing at a 19th-century plantation that is intimately connected to her family.
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The story follows Dana (played by WeCrashed’s Mallori Johnson), an aspiring writer who uproots her life and relocates to Los Angeles for a fresh start. But before the young Black woman can settle into her new home, she finds herself being inexplicably yanked back and forth through time, landing at a 19th-century plantation that is intimately connected to her family.
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- 12/13/2022
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
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As the recent kerfuffle involving a producer of Apple TV+’s Emancipation bringing an 1863 photograph of a horrifyingly abused slave to a red-carpet premiere reminded us, trauma is not a thing to be treated glibly, regardless of intent.
Using unfathomable horrors from the real world as a grounded backdrop for occasionally fantastical genre pieces is a well-established minefield. Remember a few years ago when a pair of alternate histories based on the Civil War were announced and then disappeared, one amid immediate criticism (HBO’s Confederate) and the other amid general curiosity (Amazon’s Black America, from Aaron McGruder)? Yet we’ve still seen the Holocaust play a key role in series built around time travel (Russian Doll), vampires (The Strain), serial killers (The Patient) and action-driven revenge (Hunters), while more viewers likely learned about the Tulsa Massacre through superhero (Watchmen) and horror...
As the recent kerfuffle involving a producer of Apple TV+’s Emancipation bringing an 1863 photograph of a horrifyingly abused slave to a red-carpet premiere reminded us, trauma is not a thing to be treated glibly, regardless of intent.
Using unfathomable horrors from the real world as a grounded backdrop for occasionally fantastical genre pieces is a well-established minefield. Remember a few years ago when a pair of alternate histories based on the Civil War were announced and then disappeared, one amid immediate criticism (HBO’s Confederate) and the other amid general curiosity (Amazon’s Black America, from Aaron McGruder)? Yet we’ve still seen the Holocaust play a key role in series built around time travel (Russian Doll), vampires (The Strain), serial killers (The Patient) and action-driven revenge (Hunters), while more viewers likely learned about the Tulsa Massacre through superhero (Watchmen) and horror...
- 12/8/2022
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kindred Trailer 2 — FX on Hulu has released the second TV mini-series trailer for Kindred (2022). The Kindred trailer 2 stars Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, David Alexander Kaplan, Sophina Brown, and Sheria Irving. Crew Kindred stars Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, David [...]
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- 11/22/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"How long was I gone?" FX Networks has revealed the full trailer for a mini-series titled Kindred, arriving for streaming soon on Hulu. Adapted from the celebrated novel Kindred, by Hugo Award-winner Octavia E. Butler, this is executive produced by Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel for their company Protozoa Pictures. A young aspiring writer discovers secrets about her family's past when she finds herself mysteriously being pulled back & forth through time to an 1815 plantation. An interracial romance threads through Dana's past & present, and the clock is ticking as she struggles to confront secrets she never knew ran from her past. Starring Mallori Johnson as Dana James, Micah Stock as Kevin Franklin, Ryan Kwanten as Thomas, Gayle Rankin as Margaret, Austin Smith as Luke, David Alexander Kaplan, Sophina Brown, and Sheria Irving as Olivia. This is a good trailer, better than the teaser, but I'm still not hooked on this series yet.
- 11/21/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Kindred is on its way to FX, and the cable channel has released a teaser for the new sci-fi series, which is based on the 1979 novel by Octavia E. Butler. Starring Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, David Alexander Kaplan, Sophina Brown, and Sheria Irving, the drama follows a writer who finds herself traveling back and forth through time, encountering some of her ancestors.
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- 11/17/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
FX’s ‘Kindred’, the new drama series based on Octavia E Butler’s profoundly influential novel, will start streaming soon exclusively on Disney+ Hotstar in India. The premiere will include all eight episodes. The trailer was revealed today.
Adapted from the celebrated novel Kindred, by Hugo Award-winner Octavia E Butler, the series centres on “Dana James” (Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of familial obligation and relocated to Los Angeles, ready to claim a future that, for once, feels all her own. But, before she can settle into her new home, she finds herself being violently pulled back and forth in time. She emerges at a nineteenth-century plantation, a place remarkably and intimately linked with Dana and her family. An interracial romance threads through Dana’s past and present, and the clock is ticking as she struggles to confront secrets she never knew ran through her blood,...
Adapted from the celebrated novel Kindred, by Hugo Award-winner Octavia E Butler, the series centres on “Dana James” (Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of familial obligation and relocated to Los Angeles, ready to claim a future that, for once, feels all her own. But, before she can settle into her new home, she finds herself being violently pulled back and forth in time. She emerges at a nineteenth-century plantation, a place remarkably and intimately linked with Dana and her family. An interracial romance threads through Dana’s past and present, and the clock is ticking as she struggles to confront secrets she never knew ran through her blood,...
- 11/16/2022
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Fans of Octavia E. Butler’s critically acclaimed novels will want to reserve Tuesday, December 15 in the calendar. Kindred, Butler’s celebrated 1979 novel, has been adapted by FX and will make its streaming debut that day on Hulu. The eight-episode season features Mallori Johnson as Dana James, Micah Stock as Kevin Franklin, Ryan Kwanten as Thomas Weylin, Gayle Rankin as Margaret Weylin, Austin Smith as Luke, David Alexander Kaplan as Rufus Weylin, Sophina Brown as Sarah and Sheria Irving as Olivia. The series centers on Dana James, a young Black woman and aspiring writer “who has uprooted her life of familial obligation and relocated to Los Angeles, ready to claim a future that, for once, feels all her own. But, before she can settle into her new home, she finds herself being violently pulled back and forth in time.” Dana ultimately winds up at a 19th-century plantation that’s “remarkably...
- 11/16/2022
- TV Insider
Adapted from the novel by Hugo Award-winner Octavia E. Butler, the new 8-episode time-travel TV series "Kindred", directed by Janicza Bravo, stars Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, Alexander Kaplan, Sophina Brown and Sheria Irving, streaming December 13, 2022 on Hulu:
"...'Dana James' (Mallori Johnson), an aspiring writer uproots her life of familial obligation and relocates to Los Angeles, ready to claim a future that, for once, feels all her own. But, before she can settle into her new home, she finds herself being violently pulled back and forth in time..."
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- 11/16/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The official trailer for FX’s Kindred opens with Mallori Johnson as Dana begging herself to wake up, certain the bizarre situation she finds herself in is just a dream. If you’ve read Octavia E. Butler’s critically acclaimed bestselling novel, the trailer’s first scene is terrifying.
In addition to Mallori Johnson, the cast includes Micah Stock as Kevin Franklin, Ryan Kwanten as Thomas Weylin, Gayle Rankin as Margaret Weylin, and Austin Smith as Luke. David Alexander Kaplan stars as Rufus Weylin, Sophina Brown is Sarah, and Sheria Irving plays Olivia.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins adapted Butler’s novel for the series and serves as executive producer and showrunner. Courtney Lee-Mitchell, Jules Jackson, and Protozoa Pictures’ Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Darren Aronofsky, and Ari Handel also executive produce.
All eight episodes will be available for binge-watching on Hulu on December 13, 2022.
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Adapted from the celebrated novel Kindred,...
In addition to Mallori Johnson, the cast includes Micah Stock as Kevin Franklin, Ryan Kwanten as Thomas Weylin, Gayle Rankin as Margaret Weylin, and Austin Smith as Luke. David Alexander Kaplan stars as Rufus Weylin, Sophina Brown is Sarah, and Sheria Irving plays Olivia.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins adapted Butler’s novel for the series and serves as executive producer and showrunner. Courtney Lee-Mitchell, Jules Jackson, and Protozoa Pictures’ Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Darren Aronofsky, and Ari Handel also executive produce.
All eight episodes will be available for binge-watching on Hulu on December 13, 2022.
The Plot, Courtesy of FX:
Adapted from the celebrated novel Kindred,...
- 11/15/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Image Source: Youtube user FX Networks
The full trailer for FX's terrifying new limited series "Kindred" is here. Based on the bestselling novel by Octavia E. Butler, the show follows a woman named Dana (Mallori Johnson) who's ready to start life on her own terms in Los Angeles. However, things take a horrifying turn when she finds herself pulled back in time to a 19th-century plantation, where she meets some of her ancestors. She can't control her movements through time, and she keeps getting stuck in the past for longer stretches, even as only minutes pass in her real life.
The trailer for the series, released on Nov. 15, shows a scared Dana as she ping-pongs through her past and present life with her partner, Kevin (Micah Stock). She increasingly gets enmeshed in the two time periods as she tries to stop the trips once and for all. FX notes,...
The full trailer for FX's terrifying new limited series "Kindred" is here. Based on the bestselling novel by Octavia E. Butler, the show follows a woman named Dana (Mallori Johnson) who's ready to start life on her own terms in Los Angeles. However, things take a horrifying turn when she finds herself pulled back in time to a 19th-century plantation, where she meets some of her ancestors. She can't control her movements through time, and she keeps getting stuck in the past for longer stretches, even as only minutes pass in her real life.
The trailer for the series, released on Nov. 15, shows a scared Dana as she ping-pongs through her past and present life with her partner, Kevin (Micah Stock). She increasingly gets enmeshed in the two time periods as she tries to stop the trips once and for all. FX notes,...
- 11/15/2022
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Time travel has never been this terrifying.
FX has released the official trailer for Kindred, an adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s popular sci-fi novel, which will be available to stream in its entirety on Hulu beginning Tuesday, Dec. 13.
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Kindred stars Mallori Johnson (WeCrashed) as Dana James, ” a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of...
FX has released the official trailer for Kindred, an adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s popular sci-fi novel, which will be available to stream in its entirety on Hulu beginning Tuesday, Dec. 13.
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Kindred stars Mallori Johnson (WeCrashed) as Dana James, ” a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of...
- 11/15/2022
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
"You're not crazy! Whatever this is, it's real." FX Networks has unveiled a first look teaser for an intriguing project titled Kindred, a mini-series available for streaming in December. Adapted from the celebrated novel Kindred, by Hugo Award-winner Octavia E. Butler, this is executive produced by Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel for their company Protozoa Pictures. A young aspiring writer discovers secrets about her family's past when she finds herself mysteriously being pulled back & forth through time to a 19th century plantation. An interracial romance threads through Dana's past and present, and the clock is ticking as she struggles to confront secrets she never knew ran through her blood. Starring Mallori Johnson as Dana James, Micah Stock as Kevin Franklin, Ryan Kwanten as Thomas, Gayle Rankin as Margaret, Austin Smith as Luke, David Alexander Kaplan as Rufus, Sophina Brown as Sarah, and Sheria Irving as Olivia. This is similar to...
- 11/8/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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Believe it or not, an onscreen adaptation is a first for trailblazing author, Octavia Butler. The Black literary icon spent nearly three decades as one of the most prominent authors in sci-fi, publishing her first stories in the '70s and writing all the way into the early '00s, until her 2006 death. Over the course of her career, Butler won several awards and made history as the first sci-fi writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Attempts have certainly been made to adapt her beloved works to the big and small screen alike, but the upcoming FX series "Kindred" has beaten them all to the finish line.
If you've spent any time with the 1979 novel, then you know what a...
Believe it or not, an onscreen adaptation is a first for trailblazing author, Octavia Butler. The Black literary icon spent nearly three decades as one of the most prominent authors in sci-fi, publishing her first stories in the '70s and writing all the way into the early '00s, until her 2006 death. Over the course of her career, Butler won several awards and made history as the first sci-fi writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Attempts have certainly been made to adapt her beloved works to the big and small screen alike, but the upcoming FX series "Kindred" has beaten them all to the finish line.
If you've spent any time with the 1979 novel, then you know what a...
- 11/8/2022
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
Hulu has debuted the trailer for the upcoming thriller series ‘Kindred.’
As Dana, a young Black woman and aspiring writer begin to settle in her new home, she finds herself being pulled back and forth in time, emerging at a nineteenth-century plantation and confronting secrets she never knew ran through her blood.
As she meets with family members who came before her, the harsh realities of the 19th-century plantation she finds herself in are a constant threat to the young woman forced to make sense of the interracial love affair that threatens to tear her current life apart.
Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, David Alexander Kapla, Austin Smith, Sheria Irving and Sophina Brown co-star in the eight-episode series created by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Watchmen).
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The series will release its full season...
As Dana, a young Black woman and aspiring writer begin to settle in her new home, she finds herself being pulled back and forth in time, emerging at a nineteenth-century plantation and confronting secrets she never knew ran through her blood.
As she meets with family members who came before her, the harsh realities of the 19th-century plantation she finds herself in are a constant threat to the young woman forced to make sense of the interracial love affair that threatens to tear her current life apart.
Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, David Alexander Kapla, Austin Smith, Sheria Irving and Sophina Brown co-star in the eight-episode series created by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Watchmen).
Also in trailers – Full length trailer drops for Rian Johnson’s ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’
The series will release its full season...
- 11/8/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
FX just released the first teaser for Kindred, based on the award-winning novel by Octavia E. Butler. The nearly two-minute teaser begins with a child’s cry for help. Without giving away any spoilers, what follows that anguished cry is even more intense than the opening scene of a child being rescued from drowning.
The eight-episode first season stars Mallori Johnson as Dana James, Micah Stock as Kevin Franklin, Ryan Kwanten as Thomas Weylin, Gayle Rankin as Margaret Weylin, Austin Smith as Luke, David Alexander Kaplan as Rufus Weylin, Sophina Brown as Sarah, and Sheria Irving as Olivia. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins adapted Butler’s bestselling novel and serves as showrunner and executive producer.
Additional season one executive producers include Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Darren Aronofsky, and Ari Handel of Protozoa Pictures as well as Courtney Lee-Mitchell and Jules Jackson. Janicza Bravo directed the series’ pilot.
Kindred premieres on Hulu on Tuesday,...
The eight-episode first season stars Mallori Johnson as Dana James, Micah Stock as Kevin Franklin, Ryan Kwanten as Thomas Weylin, Gayle Rankin as Margaret Weylin, Austin Smith as Luke, David Alexander Kaplan as Rufus Weylin, Sophina Brown as Sarah, and Sheria Irving as Olivia. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins adapted Butler’s bestselling novel and serves as showrunner and executive producer.
Additional season one executive producers include Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Darren Aronofsky, and Ari Handel of Protozoa Pictures as well as Courtney Lee-Mitchell and Jules Jackson. Janicza Bravo directed the series’ pilot.
Kindred premieres on Hulu on Tuesday,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The first teaser for “Kindred,” FX on Hulu’s limited series adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s acclaimed novel, has been released.
First published in 1979, “Kindred” focuses on Dana James, a young Black aspiring writer living in Los Angeles with her husband Kevin Franklin. While in the process of moving, Dana abruptly finds herself tossed between the modern day and 1815 Maryland during the Antebellum period of the South. During her journeys to the past, she struggles to survive while trapped at a plantation owned by the wealthy Weylin family and ends up uncovering shocking secrets about her own family history. The book received critical acclaim upon its release, went on to become a bestseller, and has since become a frequent high school and college class selection.
The TV adaptation of “Kindred” stars Mallori Johnson as Dana and Micah Stock as Kevin, with Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, David Alexander Kaplan,...
First published in 1979, “Kindred” focuses on Dana James, a young Black aspiring writer living in Los Angeles with her husband Kevin Franklin. While in the process of moving, Dana abruptly finds herself tossed between the modern day and 1815 Maryland during the Antebellum period of the South. During her journeys to the past, she struggles to survive while trapped at a plantation owned by the wealthy Weylin family and ends up uncovering shocking secrets about her own family history. The book received critical acclaim upon its release, went on to become a bestseller, and has since become a frequent high school and college class selection.
The TV adaptation of “Kindred” stars Mallori Johnson as Dana and Micah Stock as Kevin, with Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, David Alexander Kaplan,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Kindred is coming soon to Hulu. The drama will arrive in December with all eight episodes being released on the same day. Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, David Alexander Kaplan, Sophina Brown, and Sheria Irving star in the limited series which is based on the novel by Octavia E. Butler. The drama follows a young woman (Johnson) who finds herself being pulled back and forth through time.
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- 10/10/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
FX’s Kindred, the new drama series based on Octavia E. Butler’s novel, will premiere Tuesday, December 13 exclusively on Hulu. The premiere will include all eight episodes.
The series will soon be available on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ under the Star banner in all other territories.
The announcement was made today at New York Comic Con during a Kindred panel presentation featuring showrunner and executive producer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and cast members Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, David Alexander Kaplan, Sophina Brown and Sheria Irving.
Adapted from the novel Kindred by Hugo Award-winner Octavia E. Butler, the FX series centers on “Dana James” (Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of familial obligation and relocated to Los Angeles, ready to claim a future that, for once, feels all her own.
But before she can settle into her new home,...
The series will soon be available on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ under the Star banner in all other territories.
The announcement was made today at New York Comic Con during a Kindred panel presentation featuring showrunner and executive producer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and cast members Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, David Alexander Kaplan, Sophina Brown and Sheria Irving.
Adapted from the novel Kindred by Hugo Award-winner Octavia E. Butler, the FX series centers on “Dana James” (Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of familial obligation and relocated to Los Angeles, ready to claim a future that, for once, feels all her own.
But before she can settle into her new home,...
- 10/9/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Few actors will have put their bodies through as much for a role as Tim Realbuto who lost a record 154 lbs for movie Bobcat Moretti.
In the recently wrapped U.S. indie feature, Realbuto plays an obese Ms patient who takes up his late father’s sport of boxing to overcome personal tragedy and help find inner peace. Vivica A.Fox (Kill Bill), Taryn Manning (Orange Is The New Black), Matt Peters (Orange Is The New Black), Matt McCoy (Jack Ryan), Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers), rapper Coolio and Oscar-nominee Sally Kirkland (Anna) also star in the feature, whose first trailer is above. When filming began in late 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Realbuto weighed close to 400 lbs. After finishing part one of the film, the production took almost a year off to give the actor time to lose the weight needed for part two. When cast and crew reconvened...
In the recently wrapped U.S. indie feature, Realbuto plays an obese Ms patient who takes up his late father’s sport of boxing to overcome personal tragedy and help find inner peace. Vivica A.Fox (Kill Bill), Taryn Manning (Orange Is The New Black), Matt Peters (Orange Is The New Black), Matt McCoy (Jack Ryan), Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers), rapper Coolio and Oscar-nominee Sally Kirkland (Anna) also star in the feature, whose first trailer is above. When filming began in late 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Realbuto weighed close to 400 lbs. After finishing part one of the film, the production took almost a year off to give the actor time to lose the weight needed for part two. When cast and crew reconvened...
- 8/11/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Twenties actors Sheria Irving and Sophina Brown have boarded FX’s limited series Kindred as series regulars. They join an ensemble led by newcomer Mallori Johnson, which also includes Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy and David Alexander Kaplan, as previously announced.
The series adapted for the screen by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Watchmen) is based on Octavia E. Butler’s acclaimed 1979 sci-fi novel of the same name. It follows Dana (Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of familial obligation and relocated to Los Angeles, ready to claim a future that, for once, feels all her own. But, before she can get settled into her new home, she finds herself being violently pulled back and forth in time to a 19th century plantation with which she and her family are surprisingly and intimately linked. An interracial romance threads through her past and present,...
The series adapted for the screen by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Watchmen) is based on Octavia E. Butler’s acclaimed 1979 sci-fi novel of the same name. It follows Dana (Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of familial obligation and relocated to Los Angeles, ready to claim a future that, for once, feels all her own. But, before she can get settled into her new home, she finds herself being violently pulled back and forth in time to a 19th century plantation with which she and her family are surprisingly and intimately linked. An interracial romance threads through her past and present,...
- 5/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vivica A.Fox (Kill Bill) , Taryn Manning (Orange Is The New Black), Matt McCoy (Jack Ryan) and Oscar-nominee Sally Kirkland (Anna) have joined the cast of psychological drama Bobcat Moretti.
The Different Duck Films pic tells of an obese Ms patient (Tim Realbuto) who takes up his late father’s sport of boxing to overcome personal tragedy and find inner peace.
Different Duck Films founder Rob Margolies (She Wants Me) will direct, and produce alongside Lindsay Mushett (Immortal), Kristen Vaganos (I Am Lisa), and Nick Young (All You Can Eat).
Realbuto (Yes) penned the script with Margolies. Filming is set to begin this fall in LA and the production will span one year in order to give Realbuto time to lose the 100 pounds needed to portray the role.
Fox and Manning will also executive-produce alongside Sheila Legette (Choices). Louis Mustillo (Mike & Molly) and Sheria Irving (Twenties) are also among cast.
The Different Duck Films pic tells of an obese Ms patient (Tim Realbuto) who takes up his late father’s sport of boxing to overcome personal tragedy and find inner peace.
Different Duck Films founder Rob Margolies (She Wants Me) will direct, and produce alongside Lindsay Mushett (Immortal), Kristen Vaganos (I Am Lisa), and Nick Young (All You Can Eat).
Realbuto (Yes) penned the script with Margolies. Filming is set to begin this fall in LA and the production will span one year in order to give Realbuto time to lose the 100 pounds needed to portray the role.
Fox and Manning will also executive-produce alongside Sheila Legette (Choices). Louis Mustillo (Mike & Molly) and Sheria Irving (Twenties) are also among cast.
- 9/25/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Twenties’ Review: Lena Waithe Revisits Her Earlier, Messier Days as an Aspiring Writer in Hollywood
After scurrying between networks for a decade, Lena Waithe’s comedy series “Twenties” is finally getting its television debut on Bet. The half-hour comedy is the end result of a concept Waithe, now 35 years old, had been working on since her mid-20s. But at the time, no studio would touch a series with a black female lead who unapologetically eschews traditional gender norms. Times have certainly changed, and with “Twenties,” Waithe is able to prove there’s room in Hollywood for stories like this, which, for the first in primetime TV, centers the story of a masculine-of-center black woman, with a little help from the Bette Davis classic, “All About Eve.”
The opening scene of “Twenties” comprises of an inharmonious mishmash of atmosphere and style. A rapidly-edited montage of tangled limbs and ecstatic grins belonging to a pair of black women, thrashing underneath rose-colored sheets in a “bougiefied” Silver Lake apartment.
The opening scene of “Twenties” comprises of an inharmonious mishmash of atmosphere and style. A rapidly-edited montage of tangled limbs and ecstatic grins belonging to a pair of black women, thrashing underneath rose-colored sheets in a “bougiefied” Silver Lake apartment.
- 3/4/2020
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
In the premiere of Twenties, Bet’s new dramedy about a trio of girlfriends negotiating love, life, and showbiz, studio executive Marie (Christina Elmore) praises a black romance movie simply for existing. “We should support black shit,” she insists. Her aspiring screenwriter friend Hattie (Jonica T. Gibbs) retorts, “We should support good shit that just happens to be black.”
Hattie is laying down a gauntlet on behalf of Twenties creator Lena Waithe, the rising star (Master of None, The Chi, Queen & Slim) for whom she’s an obvious stand-in. Waithe...
Hattie is laying down a gauntlet on behalf of Twenties creator Lena Waithe, the rising star (Master of None, The Chi, Queen & Slim) for whom she’s an obvious stand-in. Waithe...
- 3/3/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Recently, CBS released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 4 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "Taxed," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty dramatic and interesting stuff take place as Ethan Carver coerces Diane to argue her own beliefs. Alicia and the bond court judge get heated over a shoplifting case, and more! In the new, 4th episode press release: Alicia Clashes With The Bond Court Judge When She Agrees To Support A Client's Plea Of Innocence In A Shoplifting Case, On "The Good Wife," Sunday, Oct. 25. Press release number 2: Alicia will clash with the bond court judge when she agrees to support a client's plea of innocence in a shoplifting case. Also, Diane is going to get coerced by her client's counsel, Ethan Carver (Peter Gallagher), to argue against her own beliefs in a case about physician assisted suicide.
- 10/18/2015
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
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