Is The Force Strong Enough *Obi-Wan Kenobi* Season Two?

On the heels of the Season 1 finale EP/director Deborah Chow is revealing that the six-episode drama was not intended to be an ongoing series saying “We really did conceive it to be a limited series,”

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, meanwhile, says the decision for a season 2 for this Star Wars spin off series ultimately rests with the fans. “If there’s huge engagement and people really want more Obi-Wan, we’ll certainly give that consideration because the fans, they speak to us. And if we feel like, ‘OK, there’s a real reason to do this; it’s answering the why then,’ then we’ll do it. But we’ll see.”

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Drama: L.A. Falls Into A Sinkhole *La Brea* Series

An epic adventure begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what happened. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the secrets of this inexplicable event to find a way back to each other.

La Brea stars; Natalie Zea, Eoin Macken, Jon Seda, Nicholas Gonzalez, Chiké Okonkwo, Karina Logue, Zyra Gorecki, Jack Martin, Veronica St. Clair, Rohan Mirchandaney, Lily Santiago, Josh McKenzie, and Chloe De Los Santos.

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Irish Gang Drama *Kin* Series

A boy is killed and his family embark on a gangland war with an international cartel – a war that is impossible to win. It’s David and Goliath. Out-numbered, out-financed and out-gunned, the Kinsellas find themselves holed up in their Dublin stronghold while their businesses fail, and family members and associates are picked off. But they have something the cartel does not: the unbreakable bonds of blood and family.

Kin is a world where gangsters are treated like reality stars, with nicknames and celebrity status, where assassins dress up as women, and drug dealers keep exotic pets in their den. A world of drugs and guns and murder and loyalty and family and men…and a woman.

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Luis Guzman ‘Hightown’ Casting

Deadline – November 19, 2020 at 09:42AM:

Luis Guzman is set for a season-long arc on the second season of Starz’s crime drama series ‘Hightown’ to play Jorge Cuevas, Frankie’s cousin, a charming and hilarious yet dangerous sociopath. Jona Xiao, Charline St. Charles and Dominic L. Santana are also joining ‘Hightown’ for season 2.

‘Hightown’: Luis Guzmán To Recur In Season 2 Of Starz’s Crime Drama; Full Cast, Directors Set

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Christopher Walken Joins ‘Severance’ Cast

ComingSoon.net – November 2, 2020 at 02:58PM:

Just a few days after adding two-time Golden Globe nominee John Turturro to its cast, Apple TV’s workplace drama Severance has rounded out its ensemble roster with the addition of Oscar winner Christopher Walken.

Severance takes place at Lumen Industries, a company that’s looking to take work-life balance to a new level.

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Scarlett Johansson To Star In ‘Bride’ For Apple TV+ & A24 With Sebastián Lelio Directing

Deadline – October 22, 2020 at 03:23PM:

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Scarlett Johansson will produce and and is set to star in Bride, a “genre-bending” film from Apple and A24. Sebastián Lelio, who has helmed female-fronted films like the Oscar-winning A Fantastic Woman, Disobedience and Gloria, has been tapped to direct the feature, which he’s writing with Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo.

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Amazon Orders Sci-Fi Drama ‘Lightyears’ From Legendary Television

Variety – October 21, 2020 at 02:57PM:

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After the success of Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne’s fantasy show “Carnival Row,” Amazon has set its sights on another high-concept series from Legendary Television. The streamer has issued a series order for “Lightyears,” an hourlong sci-fi-drama produced by Legendary, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.

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