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Gray Parish isn't returning to AMC. The cable network has cancelled the Parish series so there won't be a second season. The series' six episodes finished airing in May.

A crime drama series, the Parish TV show stars Giancarlo Esposito, Zackary Momoh, Paula Malcomson, Skeet Ulrich, Bonnie Mbuli, Ivan Mbakop, Arica Himmel, and Dax Rey. In the story, Gracian “Gray” Parish (Esposito) is a good man with a troubled past who gave up his life of crime for life as a family man in New Orleans. After his son is violently murdered and his luxury car service business collapses, an encounter with an old friend from his days as a wheelman resurfaces old habits. This sends Gray on a relentless quest with moral intentions and dangerous consequences. Other characters include New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster The Horse (Momoh); Gray’s...

Old habits die hard in the first season of the Parish TV show on AMC. As we all know, Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Parish is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of Parish here. *Status Update Below.

An AMC crime drama series, the Parish TV show stars Giancarlo Esposito, Zackary Momoh, Paula Malcomson, Skeet Ulrich, Bonnie Mbuli, Ivan Mbakop, Arica Himmel, and Dax Rey. In the story, Gracian “Gray” Parish (Esposito) is a good man with a troubled past who gave up his life of crime for life as a family man in New Orleans. After his son is...

Giancarlo Esposito has been an integral part of two very successful AMC series -- Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Now, he's back on the network in the lead role of a new series, Parish. Unlike his previous series, this new show has garnered some pretty negative reviews. Will Parish be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned.*Status Update Below.

A crime drama series, the Parish TV show stars Esposito, Zackary Momoh, Paula Malcomson, Skeet Ulrich, Bonnie Mbuli, Ivan Mbakop, Arica Himmel, and Dax Rey. In the story, Gracian “Gray” Parish (Esposito) is a good man with a troubled past who gave up his life of crime for life as a family man in New Orleans. After his son is violently murdered and his luxury car service business collapses, an encounter with an old friend from his days...

Gray’s saga has come to an unfortunate end: AMC has cancelled its Giancarlo Esposito-led crime drama Parish after just one season, TVLine has learned exclusively.

“We’re so proud of Parish, and thankful for the creative talent involved and the performances they were able to bring to the screen, starting with the remarkable Giancarlo Esposito, Skeet Ulrich and the entire cast,” the cabler said in a statement. “We are unfortunately unable to proceed with a second season, but Season 1 will remain available on AMC+ to fans who want to relive this thrill-ride-of-a-series and those yet to discover it.

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A crime drama series airing on the AMC cable channel, the Parish TV show stars Giancarlo Esposito, Zackary Momoh, Paula Malcomson, Skeet Ulrich, Bonnie Mbuli, Ivan Mbakop, Arica Himmel, and Dax Rey. In the story, Gracian “Gray” Parish (Esposito) is a good man with a troubled past who gave up his life of crime for life as a family man in New Orleans. After his son is violently murdered and his luxury...

Network: AMC

Episodes: Ongoing (hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: March 31, 2024 -- present

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Giancarlo Esposito, Zackary Momoh, Paula Malcomson, Skeet Ulrich, Bonnie Mbuli, Ivan Mbakop, Arica Himmel, and Dax Rey.

TV show description:

A crime drama series, the Parish TV show is based on The Driver, a BBC series by Danny Brocklehurst and Jim Poyser. Brocklehurst and Sunu Gonera developed this new series.

In the story, Gracian “Gray” Parish (Esposito) is a good man with a troubled past who gave up his life of crime for life as a family man in New Orleans. After his son is violently murdered and his luxury car service business collapses, an encounter with an old friend from his days as...

Peak TV may have peaked, but there’s still enough overwhelming volume on the small screen that I was able to watch AMC’s Parish while pondering a very niche-y question: Was this the best American cable adaptation of a far more efficient British drama about a guilt-stricken father, played by a star of Breaking Bad, leaving a life of comfortable legitimacy to wallow in a New Orleans criminal underbelly overseen by a member of the cast of Steven Spielberg’s The Post?

For what it’s worth, I think I preferred Showtime’s Your Honor, but I don’t want to make it sound like this new six-part thriller is derivative of only one specific show when it’s actually derivative of an entire fourth or fifth wave of already derivative prestige dramas — in AMC terms, more Low Winter Sun than The Killing, much less Breaking Bad.

While it...

The downside to playing a character like Gus Fring, Breaking Bad’s soft-spoken purveyor of fried chicken and crystal meth, is that once audiences have gotten a taste of it, that’s all they want from you. Even when he’s wielding a Darksaber or managing a stable of celebrity superheroes, many of Giancarlo Esposito’s subsequent roles have asked him to stick pretty closely to Fring’s politely psychotic shtick. As such, his grittier, growlier turn as retired wheelman Gracián “Gray” Parish in AMC’s crime drama Parish makes for a nice change of pace.

Gray seems like your average family man. He runs a car company and lives in a nice suburban home with his wife, Ros (Paula Malcomson), and their daughter, Makayla (Arica Himmel). They enjoy a peaceful life for the most part, though a shadow lingers over their home: Gray’s son, Maddox (Caleb Baumann), was...

Parish is coming to AMC at the end of March, and the cable channel is giving viewers another look at the new crime thriller. A new extended sneak peek has been released for the series only weeks after the release of a trailer. Six episodes have been filmed.

Starring Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Zackary Momoh, Paula Malcomson, Skeet Ulrich, Bonnie Mbuli, Ivan Mbakop, Arica Himmel, and Dax Rey, the series follows a man (Esposito) who owns a luxury car service in New Orleans who watches his life fall apart after the death of his son. Once that happens, bad habits from his past begin to reemerge.

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Buckle up, Gus Fring fans, because Giancarlo Esposito is back in a new crime drama ready to take your breath away. 

Esposito is commonly known for his role as Gus Fring in AMC's Breaking Bad and its prequel series, Better Call Saul, but he might just have a new name for himself as the star of AMC's latest crime drama, Parish. 

In AMC's crime drama Parish, Esposito will play the titular role of Gracian "Gray" Parish, as he brings drama and suspense to this new series.

Sneak Peek Look at AMC's New Crime Drama, Parish, and the Cast

There's a super sizzling cast joining Esposito in his latest AMC project.

In AMC's sneak peek for Parish, we see Esposito as Gray Parish as he communicates with a group of criminals.

Zackary Momoh (The Nevers) as The Horse, a New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster.

Bonnie Mbuli as Shamiso Tongai, The Horse's intelligent but protective older sister.

Parish is coming to AMC next month. The network announced the premiere date for the new crime drama series with the release of a poster and trailer. Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad) stars in and executive produces on the show. Six episodes have been produced.

Also starring Zackary Momoh, Paula Malcomson, Skeet Ulrich, Bonnie Mbuli, Ivan Mbakop, Arica Himmel, and Dax Rey, the series follows a man (Esposito) who owns a luxury car service in New Orleans. His world is thrown into turmoil after the death of his son, and his business collapses. After he runs into an old friend, some bad habits reemerge. Bradley Whitford recurs and Amanda Brugel guest stars.

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AMC’s trailer for Parish begins with Gracian (played by Emmy winner Giancarlo Esposito) declaring that he’d do anything for his family. The two-minute video shows just what Gracian’s willing to do and ends with him saying, “I’m tired of being a passenger in my own life.”

In addition to Giancarlo Esposito, the season one cast includes Zackary Momoh (The Nevers), Paula Malcomson (Watchmen), Skeet Ulrich (Riverdale), Bonnie Mbuli (Invictus), Ivan Mbakop (Hawkeye), and Arica Himmel (Mixed-ish). Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale) appears in a recurring role and Amanda Brugel (The Handmaid’s Tale) guest stars.

The six-episode season is set to premiere on March 31, 2024 at 10pm Et/Pt, with new episodes airing on Sundays at 9pm Et/Pt. Based on the U.K. series The Driver, Parish was created by Danny Brocklehurst and Jim Poyser.

AMC Networks released this description of the action thriller:

“In Parish, Esposito stars as Gracian ‘Gray’ Parish,...

"After this job, I am out." "He needs to pay for what he did." AMC has unveiled the full official trailer for a thriller series called Parish, streaming in March on the AMC+ network. It's a fresh new US update on the British mini-series The Driver from 2014, with a similar premise. "Sometimes the wrong way is the only way out." The limited series actually follows a taxi driver whose life is turned upside down when he agrees to pick-up a Zimbabwean gangster known for exploiting many undocumented immigrants at the U.S. southern ports. A dangerous human trafficker that unfortunately he gets mixed up with. Giancarlo Esposito stars in this series as "the driver" who decides to get revenge and take out the trash. The full cast also includes Ivan Mbakop as Zenzo Tongai, Arica Himmel, Paula Malcomson, Bonnie Mbuli, Zackary Momo, Dax Rey, with Skeet Ulrich as Colin and Bradley Whitford as Anton.

Giancarlo Esposito is returning to AMC, the home of his Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, in Parish, a thriller set in New Orleans.

Esposito, himself a gearhead, stars as Gracian “Gray” Parish, a family man and proud owner of a luxury car service in The Big Easy.

Speaking at AMC’s TCA press tour, Esposito said New Orleans is a “city of demons”.

“It’s a city that has a majority of churches, more than any other city in America. It’s a city with bars on every corner, where you can party until four in the morning. It seems like a place where you have to make a choice and our show’s a lot about the choices that Gracian Parish makes, whether they be good choices or bad choices and how they affect his family,” he said. “It was so much about the family and community, not only the city,...

“Breaking Bad” star Giancarlo Esposito enters a new criminal underbelly in AMC Networks’ upcoming thriller “Parish.”

In the new trailer for the series, released Tuesday, Esposito stars as Gracian “Gray” Parish, who is forced to return to a dangerous crime syndicate following the brutal murder of his son, which prompts his business to collapse.

“I came back for my family,” Esposito’s Gray says in the trailer. “I would do anything for them.”

“I’m in need of a driver with a particular set of skills,” New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster The Horse (Zackary Momoh) tells Gray, to which Gray confidently responds, “Yeah, I can drive.”

From the driver’s seat, Gray quickly realizes the high-risk environment he has thrown himself into — filled with the likes of human traffickers — and swears he’s out after completing the job, but not before his family gets wind of his activities.

“What the hell was dad into,...

Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul alum Giancarlo Esposito is diving back into the criminal underworld in his new AMC series Parish — and this time, he’s in the driver’s seat.

AMC has released a new trailer for the six-episode series and set a premiere date as well: It debuts Sunday, Mar. 31 at 10/9c on AMC and its streaming service AMC+. In the trailer — which you can watch above — Esposito plays Gracián “Gray” Parish, who takes a job as a driver for a shady criminal syndicate, which leads to him evading gunfire and disposing of dead bodies. He’s...

Photograph by Courtesy of AMC/Eliot Brasseaux AMC Networks has released an all-new teaser for its upcoming high-octane drama, Parish, starring and executive produced by Emmy(R) and SAG(R) Award-nominee and Critics Choice(R) Award-winner Giancarlo Esposito. The highly anticipated six-episode crime thriller will premiere on AMC and AMC+ in March. In the series, Esposito stars as Gracian “Gray” Parish, a family man and proud owner of a luxury car service in New Orleans. After his son is violently murdered and his business collapses, an encounter with an old friend from his days as a wheelman resurfaces old habits, sending Gray on a high-stakes collision course with a violent criminal syndicate. Shot on-location in New Orleans, Parish also stars Zackary Momoh as New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster The Horse; SAG(R) Award-nominee Paula Malcomson as Parish’s wife and mother to his two children, Rose; Skeet Ulrich as an old acquaintance to Gray,...

AMC Networks’ new teaser trailer for Parish finds Giancarlo Esposito reciting “The Lord’s Prayer” as scenes of car crashes and buildings on fire flit by in the background. Described as a high-octane drama, the six-episode season is targeting a March 2024 premiere.

Joining Critics Choice Award winner Giancarlo Esposito are Zackary Momoh (The Nevers), Skeet Ulrich (Riverdale), Paula Malcomson (Watchmen), Bonnie Mbuli (Invictus), Ivan Mbakop (Hawkeye), Arica Himmel (Mixed-ish), and Dax Rey (The Good Fight). Emmy winner Bradley Whitford (The West Wing) appears in a recurring role, and SAG nominee Amanda Brugel (The Handmaid’s Tale) guest stars.

“In the series, Esposito stars as Gracian ‘Gray’ Parish, a family man and proud owner of a luxury car service in New Orleans,” reads AMC’s synopsis. “After his son is violently murdered and his business collapses, an encounter with an old friend from his days as a wheelman resurfaces old habits, sending...

"I'm tired of being a passenger in my own life!" AMC has revealed a teaser trailer for a thriller series called Parish, arriving for streaming in 2024. It's a US update on the British mini-series The Driver from 2014, with a similar premise. AMC's quick synopsis only introduces it as: "Quit being a passenger in your own life and take back control." The series actually follows a taxi driver whose life is turned upside down when he agrees to pick-up a Zimbabwean gangster known for exploiting many undocumented immigrants at the U.S. southern ports. Giancarlo Esposito stars in this series as "the driver" who decides to get revenge. The full cast also includes Arica Himmel, Paula Malcomson, Ivan Mbakop, Bonnie Mbuli, Zackary Momo, Dax Rey, and Skeet Ulrich. There's barely 30 seconds in this teaser, but it's enough to get your attention, setting the intense tone with Esposito looking extremely pissed off.

AMC Networks has announced Bradley Whitford will join Giancarlo Esposito in its upcoming series Parish. The show has also had a name change, having been previously called The Driver. Whitford will play a recurring character named Anton, the face of Louisiana’s industrial business who secretly heads a criminal organization in dispute with a Zimbabwean human trafficking ring. Anton will follow Esposito’s Gracián “Gray” Parish, a taxi driver who agrees to chauffer a gangster based out of New Orleans known for exploiting Zimbabwean immigrants at U.S. southern ports. His dispute with the human trafficking ring puts him in opposition with Esposito’s Gracián Parish. It was also revealed that AMC Networks would change the show’s name from The Driver to Parish, titled after Giancarlo’s lead character. It was previously announced that Riverdale‘s Skeet Ulrich would star as Colin, an old acquaintance of Parish. Bonnie Mbuli will play Shamiso Tongai,...

Exclusive: Amanda Brugel (The Handmaid’s Tale) is set for a key recurring role opposite Giancarlo Esposito and Skeet Ulrich in The Driver, AMC’s remake of the British drama series that is set to launch next year on AMC and AMC+.

The U.S. series comes from creators Danny Brocklehurst and Sunu Gonera and showrunner Theo Travers. It stars Esposito as Vince, a taxi driver whose life is turned upside down when he agrees to chauffer the New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster “The Horse” (Zackary Momoh), a man notorious for exploiting undocumented immigrants at the U.S. southern ports.

Brugel will recur as Sister Anne. Unlike any nun we’ve ever seen before – she’s tatted up. While her appearance is different, she is completely devoted to God and her Order. Her past with Vince (Esposito) is mysterious and she continues to be his confidant when life gets tough.

Paula Malcomson and Bonnie Mbuli also star.

Riverdale‘s Skeet Ulrich will star in The Driver opposite Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul) on AMC. The series is a remake of the BBC drama of the same name. The series will premiere in 2023 on AMC and AMC+, marking Esposito’s third drama with the network. In The Driver, Esposito plays Vince, a taxi driver whose life is changed forever when he agrees to chauffer the New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster “The Horse”, a man notorious for exploiting undocumented immigrants at the U.S. southern ports. Ulrich will play Colin, Vince’s old acquaintance, per Deadline. Ian Hart played a similar role in the BBC series. AMC announced Ulrich’s casting on Tuesday, August 2. The previous day, the network announced Bonnie Mbuli’s (Noughts + Crosses) casting in the drama. Mbuli will play Shamiso Tongai, the Horse’s smart older sister. Shamiso is protective of her family’s operations, which she is closely involved with,...

Exclusive: Skeet Ulrich is set as a lead opposite Giancarlo Esposito in The Driver, AMC’s remake of the British drama series that is set to launch next year on AMC and AMC+.

The U.S. series comes from creators Danny Brocklehurst and Sunu Gonera and showrunner Theo Travers. It stars Esposito as Vince, a taxi driver whose life is turned upside down when he agrees to chauffer the New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster “The Horse” (Zackary Momoh), a man notorious for exploiting undocumented immigrants at the U.S. southern ports.

Ulrich will play Colin, an old acquaintance of Vince (Esposito). It’s a version of the character played by Ian Hart in the original series.

Paula Malcomson and Bonnie Mbuli also star.

Esposito, Gonera, Brocklehurst, David Morrissey, who played Vince in the original, and Travers executive produce alongside Josh Kesselman and Danny Sherman from Thruline and A+E Studios’ Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson.

Bonnie Mbuli (Noughts + Crosses) is set to star alongside Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul) and Paula Malcomson (Ray Donovan) in AMC‘s upcoming drama series The Driver. The series is a remake of the BBC drama of the same name and revolves around a taxi driver (Esposito) whose life is turned upside when he agrees to chauffeur the New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster “The Horse” (Zackary Momoh), notorious for exploiting undocumented immigrants at U.S. southern ports. According to Deadline, Mbuli will play Shamiso Tongai, the Horse’s smart older sister. She is protective of her family’s operations, which she is closely involved with, and doesn’t trust strangers easily. Her role is said to become more powerful as the story progresses. The six-part series comes from Danny Brocklehurst (Safe) and Sunu Gonera (Snowfall), with Theo Travers (Billions) serving as showrunner. It is based on the original British series...

Exclusive: Bonnie Mbuli (Invictus) has been cast as a series regular opposite Giancarlo Esposito and Paula Malcomson in The Driver, AMC’s remake of the British drama series that is set to launch next year on AMC and AMC+.

The U.S. series comes from creators Danny Brocklehurst and Sunu Gonera and showrunner Theo Travers. It stars Esposito as Vince, a taxi driver whose life is turned upside down when he agrees to chauffer the New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster “The Horse” (Zackary Momoh), a man notorious for exploiting undocumented immigrants at the U.S. southern ports.

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Mbuli will play Shamiso Tongai, the Horse’s smart older sister. She’s wary of strangers and protective of her family’s operation, which she’s intricately involved in with a voice that becomes more powerful as the story progresses.

Esposito, Gonera, Brocklehurst, David Morrissey and Travers will executive produce...

South African cinema is still catching up to the diversity of the population it represents: a congregation of cultures, languages and religions that got ironed out in the popular imagination by the white supremacist politics of the apartheid era. The country’s significant Cape Muslim, or Cape Malay, population is one demographic that has traditionally received short shrift on screen, a context that makes Amy Jephta’s hearty, fractious family comedy “Barakat” more of a milestone than its relatively modest storytelling might suggest. Following four adult brothers upended by news of their widowed mother’s plans to remarry, the film may skirt cliché in its broad depiction of fragile masculinity versus women’s intuition, but ultimately thrives on its vivid social and linguistic particularities.

The first film by a woman of color ever to be selected as South Africa’s Oscar submission, “Barakat” has played a number of diasporic and African-specific international festivals,...

‘Noughts + Crosses’ Renewed For Season 2 By BBC

The BBC has renewed Mammoth Screen drama Noughts + Crosses for a second season, revisiting the alternate world of Malorie Blackman’s bestselling novels. Jack Rowan and Masali Baduza return as Callum and Sephy, now desperately attempting to flee Albion in search of a new life together. Paterson Joseph, Helen Baxendale, Bonnie Mbuli, Jonathan Ajayi, Josh Dylan, and Kiké Brimah all reprise their roles, while new cast includes Jasmine Jobson (Top Boy) and Robert Hands (Endeavour). The four-part second season will be written by Lydia Adetunji and Jerome Bucchan-Nelson, directed by Koby Adom, and produced by Sarah Lewis. Executive producers are Preethi Mavahalli, Damien Timmer, and James Gandhi for Mammoth Screen, Ben Irving for BBC One, Blackman, Lydia Adetunji, and Kibwe Tavares. The show will be distributed internationally by ITV Studios. U.S. streamer Peacock picked up the first season of Noughts + Crosses.

Here you go lovely readers, my movie reviews of .The Princess and the Frog,. .Invictus,. and .The Lovely Bones.. Are they all worth the price of admission? Take a look and have fun!

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.The Princess and the Frog.

Starring: Keith Anthony, Kwesi Boakye, Roger Aaron Brown, June Christopher, David Cowgill Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker Produced by: John Lasseter, Aghi Koh, Peter Del Vecho

Set in the city of New Orleans comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana , a frog prince who desperatelywants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on an adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.

Genres: Kids/Family, Musical/Performing Arts, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Animation

Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min.

Release Date: November 25th, 2009 (limited); December 11 (wide)

MPAA Rating: G

Distributors: Walt Disney Studios Distribution

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“Invictus” from director Clint Eastwood stars Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman.

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From director Clint Eastwood,...

Another of NBC's new Summer series, The Philanthropist, got off to a moderately successful start in the ratings but has been losing steam quickly. Should NBC show some charity and keep it around or should they just cancel it already?

The Philanthropist tells the story of Teddy Rist (James Purefoy), a billionaire playboy who is haunted by the death of his only child. After rescuing a young boy from a hurricane, Rist begins using his wealth to help those in need. The show also features the talents of Jesse L. Martin, Neve Campbell, Michael K. Williams, Lindy Booth, Bonnie Henna, Dominique McElligott, and James Albrecht.

The drama premiered on June 24th and attracted an average of 7.41 million viewers and a 2/6 rating/share of the 18-49 demographic. For a Summer series, that looks like pretty decent performance on the surface but less so when you look at the specifics.

  The show...