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Exclusive: Deadline hears that cameras are rolling on the set of the Amazon MGM Orion Pictures’ feature take of the 3x Obie-winning play, Is God Is with I’m a Virgo‘s Kara Young and Kindred‘s Mallori Johnson playing outcast twin sisters. Also starring are Oscar nominee and 3x Primetime Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown, Kill Bill‘s Vivica A. Fox and Moonlight actress and multi-Grammy nominee Janelle Monáe.

Aleshea Harris is directing from her own script adapted from her 2018 stage play which opened Off Broadway at the Soho Rep. In Is God Is, twin sisters Racine and Anaia have disfiguring burn scars and are eking out a dismal existence in a city that doesn’t feel like home. Though twins, they couldn’t be more different. Racine, whose scars are only on her torso and hands, is the defender, hitting back at their many bullies since childhood. Anaia,...

Despite love from fans and critics alike, plenty of recent Sci-fi shows were canceled long before their time. It seems as though more series are being dropped by companies such as Netflix and HBO despite their high view numbers and fan support. Recent shows such as Dead Boy Detectives and Our Flag Means Death are some of the most egregious examples, with Dead Boy Detectives being canceled before receiving a second season.

Still, science fiction remains a prevalent genre with countless fascinating stories. Science fiction series have made up some of the best shows of 2024, showing that there is still a massive market for this sort of fiction. Despite this, some of the best sci-fi series in recent years have still been met with cancelations.

Debris (2021) The Debris Of An Alien Spaceship Leads To A Reality-Bending Adventure

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The Other Zoey is a romantic comedy film directed by Sara Zandieh from a screenplay by Matt Tabak. The Prime Video film follows the story of a brilliant college girl Zoey (Josephine Langford), who wants to date someone smart and sensible but her life gets turned upside down when she causes the accident of a popular boy from college. The boy gets amnesia and starts to believe that Zoey is his girlfriend but more drama is on its way as Zoey starts to like the guy’s cousin.

The Other Zoey starts off with our main protagonist Zoey Miller as she tells her whole class that she doesn’t believe in romantic love and believes that a relationship based on compatibility is much more likely to succeed she has also created a dating app based on this premise. After leaving her class she meets her best friend Elle (Mallori Johnson...

As if paying penance for starring in all five “After” films to date — a series that’s been criticized for glamorizing toxic, controlling relationships à la “Twilight” and “50 Shades” before it — Josephine Langford now dallies on the decidedly wholesome side of romantic complication in “The Other Zoey.” This innocuous comedy, hinging on a gimmicky plot contrivance, doesn’t transcend formula even when it’s winking at the clichés it caves to. Still, it’s a pleasant enough diversion for those who want familiar genre beats sounded by the usual attractive actors in the customary attractive settings. That audience seems unlikely to stampede Brainstorm Media’s limited theatrical release on Friday, as this is exactly the sort of comfort-food fare one expects to stream at home — an option arriving November 10th.

Dividing campus life rigidly between eggheads and airheads, Matthew Tabak’s screenplay places heroine Zoey (Langford) in the first camp:...

"You have to go after what you want, and be brave!" Brainstorm Media has revealed an official trailer for a romantic comedy called The Other Zoey, the second feature made by an up-and-coming filmmaker named Sara Zandieh. Opening in theaters later in October if anyone wants to find out who she picks. Zoey Miller, a super smart computer nerd who is uninterested in romantic love ("determined to challenge conventional notions of love and relationships"), has her life turned upside down when Zack, the school's soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend, who also happens to share the same name, Zoey. Directed by Sara Zandieh, the film features a talented ensemble cast, including Josephine Langford, Drew Starkey, Archie Renaux, Mallori Johnson, Patrick Fabian, Heather Graham, and Andie MacDowell, The Other Zoey promises to be an enjoyable romantic-comedy with a "fresh look" at love & dating. Everything about this is super cheesy,...

Kindred is cancelled by FX, despite its massive season 1 cliffhanger ending. Adapting the memorable Octavia E. Butler novel of the same name, the Kindred series centers around Dana (Mallori Johnson) as she finds herself moving between two very different worlds. The writer gets pulled from her modern trappings, in 2016, to a plantation in the 19th century that's intimately connected to Dana and her family. But with a romance connecting the past and present, Dana slowly fights against madness while working to uncover the truth behind the secrets that run through her blood. The series also starred Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, David Alexander Kaplan, Sophina Brown, and Sheria Irving.

According to sources that spoke to THR, FX has cancelled Kindred after just one season. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, the showrunner, will reportedly shop the series to other platforms and gauge their interest. In interviews, Jacobs-Jenkins talked about how season 1 had only...

There won't be a second season of the Kindred TV show, at least on Hulu. The sci-fi drama series was produced by FX and was released as an exclusive on the streaming service. All eight episodes dropped on December 13th.

Created by showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, the Kindred TV series is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Octavia Butler. The show stars Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and David Alexander Kaplan. Read More…...

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,...

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,...

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...

Kindred will not move forward at FX.

Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the Disney-backed basic-cable network has canceled the drama based on Octavia E. Butler’s 1979 novel about a young Black woman who is pulled back and forth in time. Showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Watchmen) is expected to shop the drama from FX Productions as he envisioned a multiple-season run for the series.

Reps for FX declined to comment.

Kindred debuted Dec. 13, launching all eight episodes of the drama that starred Mallori Johnson as an L.A. woman who is pulled back in time to the 19th century South. Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten and Gayle Rankin also starred in the drama.

In an interview with THR podcast TV’s Top 5, Jacobs-Jenkins opened up about the “profound impact” Butler’s work had on him and the path to Kindred that started back in 2010. To hear the first-time showrunner tell it, “Obama helped” the show sell,...

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,...

Science fiction novels are no strangers to the screen, and Kindred is the latest adaptation from FX. The 8-episode first season is a doorway to Octavia E. Butler's seminal work of fiction, updating her story from the 1970s to the 2010s but still reflecting back on the slavery-ridden past that defines a significant portion of United States history. The time-traveling narrative centers on a young Black woman who finds herself ripped from her own time and thrown into an Antebellum plantation where she must pass herself off as a slave. As she travels between the two points without understanding why, she soon learns her the plantation in question is connected to her family.

Mallori Johnson anchors Kindred as the aspiring writer and emerging time traveler Dana James, and she is surrounded by a cast that is equally up to the task. She meets several fascinating characters in her journey through the years,...

Octavia E. Butler's spectacular sci-fi novel comes to life in the new FX series Kindred, which premiered on Hulu. The 8-episode first season was adapted by showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, who spent several years vying for the opportunity. The seminal work of fiction is about time travel, but it is also a stark look at the American legacy of slavery and how its effects have lasted to the present day. Of course, when Butler wrote the novel it was the 70s, so Jacobs-Jenkins updated the modern storyline by half a century.

Kindred follows Dana James (played with prowess by newcomer Mallori Johnson), an aspiring writer who recently moved to Los Angeles for a fresh start. Her family does not welcome her with open arms, however, and she instead finds herself violently pulled into the hostile environment of an Antebellum plantation. As she moves back and forth through time, she learns...

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FX's newest sci-fi series Kindred premiered on Hulu this week, transforming Octavia E. Butler's legendary novel into an 8-episode season of television that is at once entrancing and terrifying. But while there is plenty to dissect between the time travel rules and the all-too-real horrors slaves faced on Southern plantations, the biggest point of discussion has been the changes showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins made to the original narrative. The time period has been adjusted so that the novel's heroine lives much closer to the present, but that causes ripple effects to plot points in addition to new threads being woven into the show to help it expand.

Kindred stars Mallori Johnson as Dana James, a young aspiring writer who moves to Los Angeles after selling her family home. While her aunt and uncle greet this announcement with displeasure, the biggest surprise in her life is that she begins being...

Disgruntled angels are coming to Hulu. The streamer has ordered Standing By, a satirical look into the lives of a group of eternally bound, irritated guardian angels and the lessons they’ll eventually learn from not only the dysfunctional humans they’re in charge of protecting but also one another.

The animated series is from 20th TV Animation and creators Dan Levy and Ally Pankiw. Danielle Uhlarik will serve as showrunner and executive producer. “Standing By is about the hilarity, embarrassment and melodrama of everyday life as observed by a team of judgmental, gossip-starved guardian angels,” said Levy and Pankiw in a joint statement. “We are very excited to bring this world to life with the help of Hulu, 20th Television Animation, and Bento Box Entertainment. Not to mention an insanely brilliant cast of actors.”

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It’s been nearly five decades since the publication of Octavia E. Butler’s critically acclaimed Black sci-fi novel Kindred. In an interview with Publisher’s Weekly, Butler explained that she wanted to write a thought-provoking novel “that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that Black people have had to live through in order to endure.” The themes of racial injustice, systematic oppression and trauma are, unfortunately, still an evergreen topic, but one that has always seemed primed for its own film or television series. We can see from the recent award-winning releases of HBO’s Lovecraft Country and Watchmen (2019) or writer-director Jordan Peele’s trilogy of films Get Out, Us and Nope that there’s an audience for adapting works that challenge, contextualize or expand the notions behind the complicated history of slavery and Black trauma in America.

It’s surprising that since its publication in...

For playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, who identifies himself as a “super fan” who aims to amplify the things he loves on the big screen, the decision to adapt Octavia Butler’s “Kindred” was “instantaneous” after a 2010 reread of the beloved sci-fi novel sparked a vision of a TV adaptation.

“Kindred” follows Dana (Mallori Johnson), an aspiring TV writer who moves to Los Angeles and sparks a relationship with a waiter named Kevin (Micah Stock) after a family reunion with her aunt and uncle goes south. Amid her personal turmoil, Dana begins to question her sanity when she is violently pulled back in time to a 19th-century plantation.

When Dana unintentionally transports Kevin along with her to a time when an interracial couple like themselves would never be socially acceptable, their budding romance grows complex as Kevin assumes the role of slave holder, and Dana of an enslaved laborer owned by Kevin,...

Kindred showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins explains why the new sci-fi show is significantly different from the book. Continuing along the lines of the seminal Octavia E. Butler novel, Kindred centers around Dana (Mallori Johnson) as she moves between two very different worlds. The writer finds herself pulled from her modern trappings to a plantation in the 19th century, specifically in a place intimately connected to Dana and her family. But with a romance that connects the past and present, Dana is in a race against time while fighting to discover the truth behind the secrets that run through her blood.

That general synopsis and the horror-infused Kindred teaser trailer cleverly masked a significant adaptation change. The show, unlike the book, partially takes place in 2016, rather than the 1970s. Another big shift is that Dana is only beginning a potential relationship with Kevin (Micah Stock), rather than being married to him. In...

Octavia E. Butler's seminal sci-fi novel Kindred has made its way to the small screen, thanks to the tireless efforts of showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. A celebrated writer himself, having won an Obie Award in 2014 for his plays Appropriate and An Octoroon, Jacobs-Jenkins is also a lifelong aficionado of Butler's work. Though it has taken many more years than he originally envisioned, his fresh take on the time-traveling epic is now an FX series available to stream on Hulu.

Kindred centers on Dana James (played by up-and-comer Mallori Johnson), a young Black writer who sells her grandmother's expensive house and moves to Los Angeles to be closer to her aunt and uncle. Instead of being applauded, she is met with suspicion and accusations of aimlessness—all of which take a backseat to the very targeted pull she begins to feel through time. With her new friend Kevin trying to support her despite the strangeness,...

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.

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.

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.

Mallori Johnson may be a newcomer to the acting world, but she has the talent of a seasoned veteran. The 24-year-old Juilliard School graduate leads FX's TV adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's "Kindred" novel - which premiered on Dec. 13 - as Dana, a young, aspiring writer who moves to Los Angeles and finds herself traveling back in time to a 19th-century plantation. The series marks Johnson's first major role after she snagged a smaller part in Apple TV+'s "WeCrashed." And from what she tells Popsugar, it was an "extremely nerve-wracking" experience for her.

"Octavia Butler is so legendary, and I know she had such a huge cult following," Johnson says. "So going into it, I was just thinking I don't want to cause any disrespect to her legacy. And also, stepping on a set for the first time and not knowing how the camera angles work, having...

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...

FX assembled a formidable, curiosity-driving team to adapt “Kindred” for television. Showrunner and writer Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama, as well as a MacArthur fellow. Even though he only has a few TV credits, they still include a consulting producer gig on a little Emmy juggernaut called “Watchmen.” He’s joined by fellow tick-tock colleague Victoria Thomas, the exceptional, Emmy-winning casting director behind everything from “Ed Wood” and “Ali” to “The Leftovers” and “Insecure.” “Zola” director Janicza Bravo helms the pilot, while the series’ other executive producers include “The Americans” masterminds Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields, as well as some guy named Darren Aronofsky.

Such talent behind the camera befits both the classic novel on which the series is based — Octavia Butler’s 1979 book is still a strong seller today, while being taught in high school classrooms and college campuses across the nation — as well...

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...

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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Bookmark this page because TV Insider is providing you with a handy weekly list. With so much on TV — including new and standout episodes in primetime, streaming premieres, movies, and specials — we’re hoping to make it a bit easier for you to keep track of everything you don’t want to miss. Every Monday, on our Shows page, we keep track of the 25 shows that excite us for the week ahead. Read on for what to watch the week of December 12-18. With the Yellowstone universe expanding this week with the prequel and new Duttons in 1923 (December 18 on Paramount+), starring Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford, how could anything else top our list? Also debuting on streaming this week is Kindred (December 13 on Hulu), based on Octavia Butler’s novel and starring Mallori Johnson as a young Black woman who finds herself pulled back and forth in time. Over on Netflix,...

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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...

The story that drives "Kindred" is deceptively simple: Dana James (Mallori Johnson) is a modern-day Black woman who is violently yanked back in time to a pre-Civil War plantation. It doesn't take a genius to map out what comes next. Modern-day sensibilities will clash with antebellum-era subjugation, and though audiences will cringe away from the brutality, unwavering resilience will carry our protagonist through. Haven't we seen this narrative in all the agonizing iterations that came before?

But anyone with a passing knowledge of trailblazing sci-fi author Octavia Butler knows better than to assume simplicity. Her genre-bending novel made waves for its complexity, telling a story in which misery porn is not a requirement to communicate the horrors of slavery and Dana's fragility is every bit as true as her strength. Writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins assures that his eight-episode television adaptation, which was produced by FX and will stream on Hulu, follows suit.

The holiday season is upon us and you know what that means: The vibe is about to get really cozy across all 900 of the streaming services you're subscribed to.

As usual, the year comes to a close with no shortage of heartwarming family films and holiday-themed titles. The House of Mouse has no plans to disappoint, with a long list of both movies and TV shows due to hit Hulu and Disney+. In fact, they've already started to arrive, with titles like "The Santa Clauses" and "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" releasing in November. But December is when the fun really begins, with plenty of wintery-themed delights slated to debut.

And though the seasonal slate can become overwhelming, December will also mark the arrival of various other binge-worthy titles that will be waiting on your watchlist when the long holiday weekend finally arrives. After all, family-friendly hijinks aren't...

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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"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.

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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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,...

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...

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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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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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,...

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...

"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...

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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.

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The trailer for Kindred teases a terrifying take on Octavia Bulter's time travel classic. First released in 1979, Butler's novel focuses on Dana James. A hopeful Black writer living in Los Angeles with her husband, Dana finds herself abruptly moving between her modern times and 1815 Maryland during the Antebellum period of the South. The book received widespread praise upon its debut, becoming a best-seller, and has been required reading for many over the course of the past several decades.

The teaser trailer for the Kindred adaptation has now been unveiled. The trailer, which confirms that all the show's eight episodes will debut December 13 via FX On Hulu, leans into the horror elements of the story and shows how it would feel to be ripped away from your life and sent back to a dangerous time with no explanation of why that was happening. You can out the unsettling teaser below.

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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...

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 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,...

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Stock will soon be seen in a series regular role on FX’s drama series Kindred, adapted from the award-winning novel by Octavia E. Butler, which premieres on Hulu on December 13. The actor plays Kevin Franklin, who quickly becomes integral to the story of Dana James (Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer who, while settling into her new home, finds herself being violently pulled back and forth in time, from contemporary Los Angeles to a 19th-century plantation, a place remarkably and intimately linked with Dana and her family.

Kindred has been adapted for the small screen by writer and showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, who exec produces alongside Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel of Protozoa Pictures, as well as Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Courtney Lee-Mitchell and Jules Jackson.

Singer/actress Selena Gomez is taking viewers inside her mental health journey in a newly released trailer for the documentary Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (premiering Friday, Nov. 4 on Apple TV+).

“After years in the limelight, Selena Gomez achieves unimaginable stardom. But just as she reaches a new peak, an unexpected turn pulls her into darkness. This uniquely raw and intimate documentary spans her six-year journey into a new light,” reads the official synopsis.

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