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This July, Netflix is starting the fireworks early. Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro's 2013 monsters vs. robots blockbuster, is coming to the streaming service. Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, and Rinko Kikuchi star in the science fiction extravaganza, which grossed over $400 million Usd from the global box office. Pacific Rim will be available to stream on Netflix starting on July 1. It joins Pacific Rim: The Black, a Netflix-original animated series that is also available to watch on the streamer.

Pacific Rim came about in the wake of another project collapsing: del Toro's long-dreamed-of adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness. The film was penned by del Toro and Travis Beacham, and was conceptualized as a loving homage to mecha anime and kaiju movies. The film, which bore a $190 million budget, was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; it was del Toro's first film produced there, and it has subsequently become his home base.

A lot of people were disappointed with the horrible sequel to Pacific Rim. While Uprising failed, there were a slew of ideas from the original creative team that could have made for a prequel that could have been a box office juggernaut in recent years.

If only we had Guillermo del Toro and his team had gotten their way, we could have had another mecha monster hit to enjoy in theaters. However, the original writer of the film, Travis Beacham, had a fantastic idea for a prequel, despite not being very keen on them as a concept.

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If this film were developed by the production company, it would have delved deep into the history of the post-apocalyptic world created by Guillermo del Toro. The prequel film would have looked into how the tradition of giant monsters being punched by giant robots became humanity’s favorite pastime.

The Pacific Rim franchise is gearing up to be back on screens, but it will be a TV saga this time. Well, that does not change the fact that the interdimensional world will be any less action-packed. Amazon MGM Studios is leading the ship with Legendary Entertainment at its helm, making it a potential project that could shine in the big leagues.

The upcoming TV series is set to be a prequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 sci-fi movie Pacific Rim. The acclaimed writer Eric Heisserer, who will write and executive produce the show, promises to deliver an engaging origin story. With the backing of Legendary Entertainment, the studio that produced the original movies, this series aims to broaden the Pacific Rim franchise in exciting and innovative ways.

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The Pacific Rim universe started with Guillermo del Toro’s imaginative 2013 movie,...

The “Pacific Rim” TV series has found a home at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively.

The live-action project, which Variety exclusively reported on in 2024, is now in development at Prime Video in a deal between lead studio Legendary Television and Amazon MGM Studios.

As previously reported, Eric Heisserer will serve as writer and executive producer under his Chronology banner. The show is the first project under Chronology’s first-look TV deal with Legendary. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps, but the show will serve as a prequel to the films. According to sources, there is still the potential for new films in the franchise as well.

The first film in the franchise was directed by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay by del Toro and Travis Beacham. It came out in 2013 and grossed over $400 million at the global box office. The sequel, “Pacific Rim Uprising,” bowed in 2018, while...

Audible’s horror podcast Impact Winter has already inspired comic books that were published by Skybound, and now Deadline reports that it’s set to get a Netflix series adaptation as well, with director Francis Lawrence, whose credits include Constantine, I Am Legend, multiple Hunger Games movies, and the upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk, overseeing the development. The aim to make the series something like “30 Days of Night meets The Last of Us.”

Created by Travis Beacham, who has written for the likes of Carnival Row, Pacific Rim, and Clash of the Titans, the Impact Winter podcast plays out on the order of an old radio teleplay like War of the Worlds by Orson Welles. More than a decade after a comet strike has inflicted an “impact winter” and blacked out the sun, vampires have emerged in the darkness to take over what remains of the world. Humans have fled underground,...

It has been a busy week for horror news and trailer releases, and odds are you might have missed a few of them. That's why we've compiled all of the biggest news pieces and trailers in one place so horror fans can keep up with everything!

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One of the best ways to make a TV show in this day and age is to have some existing IP to build it on. From podcasts to graphic novels to board games – if it has a built-in audience, it's more enticing to studios. Such is the case with the Audible Originals podcast Impact Winter, now being developed into a series for Netflix with Francis Lawrence, who directed I Am Legend and four of the Hunger Games films. The podcast series was written by Travis Beacham, who co-wrote Pacific Rim and Clash of the Titans.

Deadline reports that Lawrence is attached to a series adaptation of Impact Winter, the hit Audible podcast that also spawned a comic-book series. The title of the podcast and subsequent series is taken from the scientific hypothesis that a large meteor hitting Earth would send particulate matter into the atmosphere, which would block out the...

Netflix has acquired the rights to Impact Winter, a horror podcast series, and is working with Francis Lawrence to bring it to the small screen.

The post-apocalyptic TV show market is pretty busy, but there must be room for one more, right? Let’s hope so because Netflix has acquired the rights to Impact Winter, a podcast series created by Travis Beacham, and is looking to develop it into a series of their own as reported by Deadline.

In the series, a comet has hit Earth, causing eternal night and pitting humans against vampires. Deadline mentions that the original podcast has been described as a mix of 30 Days Of Night and The Last Of Us. We must admit, that’s a pretty intriguing combination and clearly one that works. Impact Winter is now on its 3rd season, with a fourth one on the way. Over 6 million people follow and listen to the podcast,...

Netflix has acquired the post-apocalyptic vampire podcast Impact Winter, Deadline reports.

Skybound and Anonymous Content are developing the property as a series with Francis Lawrence directing.

Created by Pacific Rim and Clash of the Titans screenwriter Travis Beacham, the Audible Original podcast is described as 30 Days of Night meets “The Last of Us.”

When a comet hits the earth, the sun is blocked out and humans become pitted against vampires. Two sisters find themselves on opposite sides of the war.

Lawrence and Beacham will executive produce alongside Cameron MacConomy, Rick Jacobs, Glenn Geller, Cliff Roberts, Bard Dorros, and Zack Hayden.

The podcast has racked up nearly 6 million subscribers since its launch in 2022. A fourth season, which is said to complete the story, is in the works for release later this year.

Lawrence recently wrapped production on an adaptation of Stephen King‘s The Long Walk. He’s developing sequels...

Exclusive:  Netflix has acquired the wildly popular Audible Originals podcast Impact Winter, to be developed for series with Hunger Games helmer Francis Lawrence directing. The series is created by Travis Beacham, whose script work includes Carnival Row, Pacific Rim and Clash of the Titans.

The ambition of the series is 30 Days of Night meets The Last of Us. A comet hits the earth and the results are apocalyptic. As a result, the sun is blocked out, and humans become pitted against vampires. The way in is two sisters who find themselves on opposite sides of the war.

The bestselling podcast plays out on the order of an old radio teleplay like War of the Worlds by Orson Welles. The podcast has three seasons with a fourth coming, and has racked up nearly 6 million subscribers.

Netflix had no comment on the deal.

Skybound and Anonymous Content are the studios. The executive producers are Beacham,...

If you haven't already, it's time to hop in your Jaegar and charge over to Hulu because Pacific Rim has returned to the Disney-owned platform. Guillermo del Toro's blockbuster monster movie starring Charlie Hunnam and co-written by Travis Beacham arrived on the streamer at the beginning of January and will stick around for a while for viewers to catch its bombastic mech action to start the New Year. It's the perfect time to catch up on the sci-fi smash hit, as del Toro is about to return to theaters later this year for his very different, but much-anticipated Frankenstein adaptation starring Jacob Elordi, Oscar Isaac, and Mia Goth, among others.

Pacific Rim is heading to a new streaming home just after the holidays.

Per Hulu, the hit 2013 sci-fi action film from writer-director Guillermo del Toro and co-writer Travis Beacham will officially make the move to the streaming platform on January 1. While this is big news for Hulu subscribers who are fans of the franchise, they will have to look elsewhere for both the sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising and follow-up series Pacific Rim: The Black.

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2013's Pacific Rim starred Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Becket, a pilot for towering combat mechs known as Jaegers, which stand as humanity's first and last line of defense against monstrous, interdimensional Kaiju. The film also...

Fans of fantasy movies will be able to Release the Kraken on Dec. 1 when Clash of the Titans hits Max. The 2010 movie starring Liam Neeson as Zeus, Sam Worthington as Perseus, and Ralph Fiennes as Hades will hit the streaming service on that date. The movie is a remake of a 1981 film of the same name directed by the late Desmond Davis.

The 2010 movie was directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Travis Beacham, Phil Hay, and Matt Manfredi. It was a box office hit, grossing $493 million worldwide against a $125 million budget, although critically, it was not a success.

The film follows Perseus, the son of Zeus, as he gets caught up in a war with the gods and tries to save his family from the god of the underworld, Hades. Perseus then leads his warriors on a mission to try to stop Hades from overthrowing Zeus and destroying Earth.

Guillermo del Toro’s giant mechs versus kaiju classic Pacific Rim is getting a prequel TV series courtesy of Legendary Entertainment.

Over a decade after it emerged from the cinematic waters, Guillermo del Toro’s monster movie Pacific Rim is getting a prequel TV series, it’s been announced. In development at production company Legendary Entertainment – which also produced the 2013 film – it’s being written by Eric Heisserer, the screenwriter whose most acclaimed piece of work to date is undoubtedly his script for 2016’s Arrival.

Of the series, Jason Clodfelter, boss of Legendary’s TV division, said in a statement to Deadline, “Eric is a multitalented, prolific creator whose track record of critical and commercial successes speaks for itself. We are thrilled to launch our partnership with Eric, Chronology, and Carmen, with a new entry in the epic, globally popular Pacific Rim universe.”

Co-written by del Toro and Travis Beacham,...

Pacific Rim is the latest film franchise to leap to the small screen. Released in 2013, the film is set in the final days of a war in which mankind has created giant piloted robots called Jaegars to fight off giant monsters called Kaijus. The film previously spawned a sequel in 2018, Pacific Rim: Uprising, and an anime series in 2021, Pacific Rim: The Black. Now, it looks like the franchise will be getting a big-budget television series from an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter.

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Release Date July 11, 2013Director Guillermo del ToroCast Charlie Hunnam, Diego Klattenhoff, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Burn GormanRuntime 131Main Genre ActionWriters Travis Beacham, Guillermo del ToroTagline To Fight Monsters, We Created Monsters Expand

Variety reports that Eric Heisserer has signed a first-look television deal with Legendary Entertainment, with the first project being a Pacific Rim series. The series will be an origin series,...

The world of Pacific Rim will soon be further explored. It's been revealed that the franchise is set to be revived, but not for the big screen.

Per Variety, Legendary Entertainment has formed a first-look TV deal with Eric Heisserer. The deal will see Heisserer and Chronology partner Carmen Lewis creating IP-driven content for Legendary. The first title to be worked on as part of the new deal is a Pacific Rim prequel series. This news follows Heisserer and Chronology setting a first-look movie deal at Sony Pictures.

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Eric is a multitalented, prolific creator whose track record of critical and commercial successes speaks for itself, Legendary Television president Jason Clodfelter said in a statement. We...

The best Pacific Rim sequel, Pacific Rim: The Black, is a character-driven anime-inspired series set in a post-apocalyptic Australia. Based on context clues, the show takes place after Pacific Rim: Uprising and expands the franchise's lore with new characters and a fresh setting. Although there has been talk of expanding the Pacific Rim cinematic universe, Pacific Rim 3 is not currently in development.

Although it didn't get the attention it deserved, the best Pacific Rim sequel came out in 2021 and it's much better than Pacific Rim: Uprising, the 2018 sequel to Guillermo del Toro's hit Kaiju-monster film. Penned by del Toro and Travis Beacham, the original Pacific Rim movie, which hit theaters in 2013, garnered a whopping $411 million at the global box office and received solid reviews from critics and audiences alike, despite its style-over-substance approach. In Pacific Rim, humans are at war with Kaiju enormous monsters that have crawled out of an inter-dimensional portal.

Dive back into the post-apocalyptic world filled with vampires in Impact Winter season 3, premiering July 18 on Audible. Expect a chilling and mysterious new season with returning cast members and new twists, setting this story apart. Get ready for wild card turns and an immersive Dolby Atmos audio experience, bringing new characters and challenges to life.

Impact Winter season 3 will once again immerse listeners in a post-apocalyptic, vampire-infested world, and Screen Rant has the premiere date and key art to prove it. The Audible Original series was created by Travis Beacham, who is known for writing Pacific Rim and creating the TV series Carnival Row. The series is produced by Skybound Entertainment, producers of The Walking Dead and Invincible.

Screen Rant is happy to reveal the Impact Winter season 3 premiere date. Those who have listened to the first two seasons of the audio drama and read the Impact Winter comic...

Pacific Rim has made a comeback on Netflix.

On the U.S. Top 10 chart for Netflix for the week of Jan .29 through Feb. 4, Pacific Rim was barely included by ranking at No. 10 (per Screen Rant). Leading the Top 10 for movies in the U.S. was the Jeffrey Dean Morgan film The Postcard Killings, which was followed by the recent Netflix movie The Greatest Night in Pop along with the Channing Tatum romance The Vow. Meanwhile, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is staying strong, sitting at No. 4 after spending ten weeks in the Top 10. David Ayer's war movie Fury rounds out the Top 5, with the rest of the list featuring, in order, The Hill, Deep Fear, Orion and the Dark, Tom and Jerry, and Pacific Rim.

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The Kaiju attacks are part of an invasion plan orchestrated by extradimensional beings who aim to consume different worlds for colonization. Jaegers require two pilots because the neural load is too much for a single pilot to handle. Raleigh and Gipsy Danger had to destroy the breach instead of Stacker because the original plan went wrong and the breach would only allow Kaiju to pass through.

In the end of Pacific Rim, Raleigh Becket, Mako Mori, and Gipsy Danger cancel the apocalypse by sealing the breach so no more Kaiju can come through, but what did the Kaiju want and how did they figure out how to stop them? Pacific Rim is a 2013 movie directed by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay written by del Toro and Travis Beacham featuring performances from Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Ron Pearlman, Rinko Kikuchi, and more.

After the Kaiju began coming through...

In director Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 “monsters vs. mecha” film Pacific Rim (watch it Here), Idris Elba played the character of Marshal Stacker Pentecost, whose most popular scene may be when he gives a crowd-pumping speech that includes the line, “Today we are cancelling the apocalypse!” It’s a great moment that was almost played by another actor, as del Toro has revealed that Tom Cruise was the first choice to play Marshal Stacker Pentecost!

Speaking with Collider, del Toro said, “The two models for Pacific Rim, the two models for the screenplay, are Hoosiers with Gene Hackman and Top Gun. So, the part that Idris Elba plays, Tom Cruise was gonna do it, and I even had a karaoke. The deal couldn’t be made. He wanted to do it. We were developing stuff, and he couldn’t do it. I thought, ‘You know what? Let’s go with Idris Elba then.

Despite the success of the first Pacific Rim film, the sequel underperformed at the box office and received negative reviews, leading to the cancelation of Pacific Rim 3. Guillermo del Toro, the director of the first film, stepped down from directing the sequel in order to work on his critically acclaimed film, The Shape of Water. While Pacific Rim 3 may not be happening, fans can still enjoy the franchise through the Netflix TV series, Pacific Rim: The Black, which has received positive reviews and spawned a graphic novel prequel.

A decade ago, renowned director and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro took the helm of Pacific Rim, a sci-fi monster movie he co-wrote alongside Travis Beacham. This production set in the future presents a world waging war against the Kaiju, colossal monsters that emerged from a portal deep in the Pacific Ocean aiming to wipe out mankind. In order to stop them, a...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Back to the Future: The Musical, Clayton Kershaw’s Ping Pong 4 Purpose celebrity tournament and the Miu Miu Summer Club Malibu.

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Re–Inc, the purpose-led business and global community founded in 2019 by two-time World Cup champions Christen Press, Tobin Heath, Meghan Klingenberg and Megan Rapinoe, celebrated the launch of its new division, Re–Media on Friday night in Los Angeles. For the first time not playing in the tournament in over a decade, Health and Press watched the World Cup alongside friends, fans and supporters as they celebrated the launch of the new digital series, The Re–Cap Show.

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Impact Winter is an audio drama set in a post-apocalyptic world where vampires have taken over during an endless winter. The vampires in Impact Winter have different castes, ranging from feral creatures to powerful shapeshifters. Creator Travis Beacham explains how season 2 of Impact Winter expands the world beyond the initial setting, introducing new characters and exploring different regions affected by the winter.

In Impact Winter, a commit plunges Earth into darkness, and an endless winter, vampires rise and humans scatter to hide underground. A band of survivors hiding out in a medieval castle fallout shelter in the British countryside starts to form a resistance. Two sisters are at the center of the story: a battle-ready vampire hunter and her younger sister Hope, who yearns for what life was like above ground before the endless winter began. Each sister will do what it takes to continue their journey, potentially risking everything.

Impact Winter is an audio drama set in a post-apocalyptic world where vampires have taken over during an endless winter. The vampires in Impact Winter have different castes, ranging from feral creatures to powerful shapeshifters. Creator Travis Beacham explains how season 2 of Impact Winter expands the world beyond the initial setting, introducing new characters and exploring different regions affected by the winter.

In Impact Winter, a commit plunges Earth into darkness, and an endless winter, vampires rise and humans scatter to hide underground. A band of survivors hiding out in a medieval castle fallout shelter in the British countryside starts to form a resistance. Two sisters are at the center of the story: a battle-ready vampire hunter and her younger sister Hope, who yearns for what life was like above ground before the endless winter began. Each sister will do what it takes to continue their journey, potentially risking everything.

Comic-Con and the Party Report return to a SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike affected San Diego where celebrities avoided the party scene because of guild rules. As a result, EW canceled their annual (and usually star-studded) bash; an indication of a very different year at Sdcc — and on the comic-con parties scene. But the con raged on just the same, so here are TheWrap’s photos from some of Sdcc 2023’s best parties.

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The annual Fandom, presented by Paramount+ and Electronic Arts, Z2 and Pinfinity, was easily and clearly con’s best and classiest bash on Thursday night.

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Korean headliners Jaehyun, Doyoung, and Jungwoo of Nct DoJaeJung perform onstage during the Fandom Party.

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Red carpet arrivals were packed with creators, influencers, industry partners, non-SAG talent, musicians and local celebrities. Fandom also hosted a group of children from the Make a Wish Foundation who got the red carpet treatment.

The ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA labor strikes, claimed their first major fan expo victim in San Diego Comic-Con 2023. Last year, the annual geek fest was back in full swing post-covid with the party scene returning with numerous bashes around Comic-Con.

But this year, with Hollywood talent practically forbidden from even attending the event, many brands have pulled out along with big-name party cancellations. Brands who sponsor Comic-Con bashes want Hollywood film and tv stars on their step and repeats. No stars? No brands? No parties.

Comic-Con’s biggest bash via Entertainment Weekly cancelled due to the strikes. IMDb, decided not to go forward with their annual yacht party, but will have a presence this year regardless. The yacht will serve as a floating fan experience and will be docked at Fifth Avenue Landing, directly behind the San Diego Convention Center.

Comic-Con 2023 is going to look like the cons of yore before Hollywood arrived.

Screen Rant is pleased to present an exclusive clip from season 2 of the Audible original Impact Winter, which has just made its debut. Created by Travis Beacham, who is best known for co-writing Pacific Rim and working on the Prime Video series Carnival Row, the groundbreaking audio series follows a vampire apocalypse. After a comet hits Earth, an "impact winter" descends on the planet and eclipses the sun, allowing vampires to take over the Earth.

Impact Winter season 2 has barely been released, but the project's incredible performance has already led to season 3 being greenlit. Skybound and Anonymous Content have also turned Impact Winter into a multi-platform story that includes comics and more.

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2013's action sci-fi film Pacific Rim will be receiving an anniversary surprise from Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro.

For Pacific Rim's upcoming 10th anniversary since its theatrical release, del Toro confirmed through Twitter that he and his team are currently working on a secret project for the hit kaiju movie. The acclaimed filmmaker clarified that his Pacific Rim surprise won’t be coming out on the exact date of its anniversary, but promises fans that it will be "fun." Despite its underwhelming domestic run, the film was a box office hit internationally, most notably in China where it earned $114 million which is 27% of its total worldwide gross.

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We Are planning a little something something for Pacific Rim’s Tenth (!) anniversary. It will not be precisely on the date but itbis Fun! — Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) July 8, 2023

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Third Eye tells the story of Laurel (Felicia Day), a “Chosen One” wizard still grappling with the fallout of failing a decade earlier in her fight with the ultimate evil Tybus (Christopher Judge). Day will write and star in the project, as our...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for the series finale of Carnival Row.

The first season of Carnival Row debuted back before the pandemic and quickly earned a second season. But, when production was halted due to Covid-19, Amazon decided to end the series early to allow the cast and crew to join other projects. Because of this, Travis Beacham’s mythology which was capable of lasting as an ongoing series, had to be wrapped up in a single season. Now that all ten episodes of Carnival Row‘s second season have aired, fans have seen how this epic story has ended.

With huge transformations for all of the characters involved, it goes without saying that the ending of Carnival Row may not be what many fans were expecting. To discuss the end of the show, I had the chance to chat with showrunner Erik Oleson about how the saga of...

Warning: Major Spoilers for the Carnival Row finaleWith Carnival Row season 2, showrunner Erik Oleson brought Prime Video's steampunk fantasy series to its epic conclusion. Oleson, who was previously, the showrunner of Daredevil season 3, took over Carnival Row from series creators Travis Beacham and René Echevarria, who oversaw season 1.

Carnival Row season 2 centers on the political conflict within The Burgue as a powerful new faction, The New Dawn, led by Lenora (Joanne Whalley), makes a power play to take over. Meanwhile, the love story between Rycroft Philostrate (Orlando Bloom) and Vignette Stonemoss (Cara Delevingne) is torn asunder as they take opposing political sides as a new monster commits a series of gruesome political murders.

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Screen Rant had the pleasure of speaking with Erik Oleson in an in-depth interview about the end of Carnival Row. Oleson explains why the decision was made for...

Network: Amazon.

Episodes: Two (hour).

Seasons: 18.

TV show dates: August 30, 2019 — March 17, 2023.

Series status: Ended.

Performers include: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, David Gyasi, Karla Crome, Indira Varma, Tamzin Merchant, Arty Froushan, Waj Ali, Maeve Dermody, Andrew Gower, Jamie Harris, Jared Harris, Anna Rust, Tracey Wilkinson, Alice Krige, James Beaumont, Caroline Ford, Jim High, Mark Lewis Jones, Simon McBurney, and Scott Reid.

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From creators René Echevarria and Travis Beacham, the Carnival Row TV show is a fantasy drama set in a Victorian world. There the Fae and humans live side by side, but not so peacefully.

Once upon a time, Tirnanoc was home to the Fae -- faeries, fauns,...

(Welcome to Best Action Scene Ever, a column dedicated to breaking down the best, most effective action sequences throughout the genre. In this edition, Guillermo del Toro stages an epic Jaeger-on-Kaiju brawl in the under-appreciated "Pacific Rim.")

Certain established filmmakers have managed to carve out their own niche in the industry, playing in a very specific sandbox that best showcases their talent and interests. Christopher Nolan is typically going to err on the side of big-budget, crowd-pleasing entertainment with a cerebral twist. Wes Anderson is never going to let the "quirky" allegations of his critics stop him from delivering immaculately-composed movies unfolding with an almost childlike sense of wonder. And then there's Guillermo del Toro, the monster-loving Mexican filmmaker who is never afraid to branch out from one genre (or even an entire medium) to the next if that's what best suits the story.

In 2013, the director unleashed perhaps his...

With Carnival Row season 2 also being its final season, Erik Oleson was tasked with bringing Prime Video's steampunk fantasy series to its epic conclusion.

Oleson, who was showrunner of Daredevil season 3, replaced Carnival Row creator Travis Beacham and René Echevarria as showrunner. Oleson worked with executive producers and stars Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne through the challenges of producing Carnival Row season 2 during the Covid-19 pandemic shutdowns.

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Screen Rant had the pleasure of interviewing Oleson about wrapping up Carnival Row's story, killing major characters, and whether he would return if Carnival Row gets a revival.

Showrunner Erik Oleson on Ending Carnival Row

Screen Rant: Season 2 felt really ambitious; like there were multiple seasons of story and character development that had to be wrapped up in these 10 episodes. Can you talk a little bit about the challenge of coming in and telling this epic...

Plot: With humans and fae folk divided and freedom on the line, each hero will face impossible dilemmas and soul-defining tests in the epic conclusion of Carnival Row.

Review: When Carnival Row premiered almost four years ago, I gave it a solid review based on the episodes I had seen. With quality production values and vivid mythology, I found the steampunk-inspired story to be intriguing. Most critics were not so kind, and, despite a quick second season renewal, the delays brought about by the pandemic also meant the sophomore season would be it’s last. While the final season of Carnival Row is two episodes longer than the first, the gap in between has allowed this season to broaden its scope and deliver a fairly epic conclusion to the story of the fictional country known as The Burgue and the war between humans and the supernatural beings that reside in the titular slum.

It's been a long wait since the first season of Amazon's "Carnival Row." The show premiered in August 2019, and since then, Amazon has released two epic fantasy series connected to well-loved, already-existing source material: "The Wheel of Time" and, of course, the juggernaut of them all, "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power."

Even without these projects diverting Amazon's attention, one can't help but feel that the studio let "Carnival Row" — which boasts an impressive cast led by Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne — fall by the wayside. And one can't also help but think that when the show's creator, Travis Beacham, left the series just months after season 1, there might have been some strife within the production that ultimately wouldn't bode well for the series.

Season 2, which is also the final season of the series, reflects these setbacks, although Beacham's intricately created world full of fae and humans remains more or less intact.

Three years after the Season 1 finale of Carnival Row, the steampunk fantasy is finally coming to a close with Season 2. Based on Travis Beacham's 2005 Blacklist screenplay A Killing on Carnival Row, the series is set within a Victorian-like fantasy world filled with fantastical creatures filled with prejudice, murder, and betrayal. The story mostly focuses on the faerie Vignette Stonemoss (Cara Delevingne) and Rycroft Philostrate (Orlando Bloom) who are caught up in the political intrigue in the Row, but it also features a harrowing look into the star-crossed romance between Imogen Spurnrose (Tamzin Merchant) and Agreus (David Gyasi), who are on the run from her cruel and controlling brother Ezra Spurnrose (Andrew Gower) in Season 2.

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Prime Video unveiled the official trailer for the second and final season of “Carnival Row” today, foreshadowing the bloodshed to come as a result of a continuous power struggle between humans and mythical creatures.

The 10-episode season sees ex-inspector Rycroft Philostrate (Orlando Bloom) continue to make headway in a serial murder investigation as his former lover Vignette Stonemoss (Cara Delevingne) plots revenge against humanity with a group of faes called the Black Raven.

“If they shoot at us, nail our heads against the wall, they will pay for it in their own blood,” Delevingne says threateningly in the trailer.

The three-time Emmy-nominated series also features Jamie Harris, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant, David Gyasi, Andrew Gower, Karla Crome, Arty Froushan, Sinead Phelps and more. “Carnival Row” is produced through Amazon Studios and Legendary Television, with showrunner Erik Oleson at the helm.

Oleson will also return as an executive producer for the second season along with Bloom,...

The beginning of the end of Prime Video’s “Carnival Row” is here; the streamer released the official trailer for its tentpole fantasy series’ second and final season Monday.

In the trailer, we see Vignette Stonemoss (played by Cara Delevingne) and former inspector Philo (played by Orlando Bloom) return with a vengence.

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The second season of the show drops viewers right back into the drama with former inspector Rycroft Philostrate, or Philo, investigating a series of gruesome murders. Vignette Stonemoss and the Black Raven plot revenge for the oppression inflicted by The Burgue’s human leaders, Jonah Breakspear (Arty Froushan) and Sophie Longerbane (Caroline Ford). Tourmaline (Karla Crome) inherits supernatural powers that threaten not just her own fate, but the entire future of The Row. Then, after escaping The Burgue and her vengeful brother Ezra (Andrew Gower), Imogen Spurnrose (Tamzin Merchant...

A couple months ago, it was announced that the second season of Carnival Row will be reaching the Amazon Prime streaming service on February 17th – three and a half years after the August 2019 premiere of the first season. Now a trailer for Carnival Row season 2 can be seen in the embed above.

The second season of Carnival Row will also be the show’s last. Which makes sense, given the long gap between seasons, but is also a bit disappointing given how much troubled the project was from the beginning. This concept started out with spec script called A Killing on Carnival Row, which Travis Beacham wrote in 2005. At one time, Guillermo del Toro was going to direct the Carnival Row feature film. Beacham then developed the idea into a series with Rene Echevarria… and there have been some behind-the-scenes shake-ups along the way. Echevarria was the first showrunner, but...

Orlando Bloom is exiting “Carnival Row” just as the circus is coming to an end.

The Prime Video fantasy series, co-starring Cara Delevingne, is set to conclude after Season 2. Per the official synopsis, in a fantasy world where humans and creatures clash, Season 2 of “Carnival Row” picks up with former inspector Rycroft Philostrate aka Philo (Bloom) investigating a series of gruesome murders stoking social tension. Vignette Stonemoss (Delevingne) and the Black Raven plot payback for the unjust oppression inflicted by The Burgue’s human leaders, Jonah Breakspear (Arty Froushan) and Sophie Longerbane (Caroline Ford).

Tourmaline Larou (Karla Crome) inherits supernatural powers that threaten her fate and the future of The Row. And, after escaping The Burgue and her vengeful brother Ezra (Andrew Gower), Imogen Spurnrose (Tamzin Merchant) and her partner Agreus Astrayon (David Gyasi) encounter a radical new society which upends their plans. With humans and fae folk divided and freedom on the line,...

Philo and Vignette's story is poised to have a dramatic conclusion.

Prime Video unveiled the official trailer and key art from the second and final season of the fantasy-drama Carnival Row, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne.

The series returns on February 17 exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

New installments will follow weekly.

News of the premiere date means the series will have been off the air for nearly four years.

"In a fantasy world where humans and creatures clash, Season Two of Carnival Row picks up with former inspector Rycroft Philostrate aka Philo (Orlando Bloom) investigating a series of gruesome murders stoking social tension," Amazon teases.

"Vignette Stonemoss (Cara Delevingne) and the Black Raven plot payback for the unjust oppression inflicted by The Burgue's human leaders, Jonah Breakspear (Arty Froushan) and Sophie Longerbane (Caroline Ford)."

"Tourmaline Larou (Karla Crome) inherits supernatural powers that threaten...

Picking up where Season 1 left off, the second season of “Carnival Row” finds former inspector Rycroft Philostrate investigating a series of murders in the titular town where humans and creatures coexist, while Vignette Stonemoss and the Black Raven plot payback for the oppression experienced by the creatures. According to the synopsis, “with humans and fae folk divided and freedom on the line, each hero will face impossible dilemmas and soul-defining tests in the epic conclusion of ‘Carnival Row.’”

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Created by René Echevarria and Travis Beacham, the Amazon Prime show is based on Beacham’s film script “A Killing on Carnival Row.” The highly anticipated second season started filming in 2019 after the show’s premiere, but experienced pandemic-related setbacks, having to pause filming twice in 2020 and then again in May of 2021 due to the birth of Orlando Bloom’s child.

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Take a look at actress Cara Delevingne, star of the Prime Video 'steampunk' fantasy TV series "Carnival Row", posing for "Elle" (Japan) magazine, photographed by Dennis Leupold:

"...created by Travis Beacham and René Echevarria, 'Carnival Row' is set in the Victorian-era where 'faeri' refugees flee from a war in their homeland...

"...only to be treated with hatred and suspicion by the human population. 

"'Vignette Stonemoss' (Delevingne), is the faerie who was aiding refugees in escaping from 'Tirnanoc' until a shipwreck landed her on the shores of 'The Burgue'. 

"'Rycroft Philostrate' (Orlando Bloom), a former soldier in the Burguish army who met and fell in love with Vignette during the war is now a police inspector...  "...reuniting with his old flame in a city filled with rising political tensions..." . 

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Prime Video debuted first-look images from the second and final season of the fantasy-drama Carnival Row.

The highly anticipated series, from Amazon Studios and Legendary Television, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, will return on February 17, exclusively on Prime Video.

It will premiere in more than 240 countries and territories around the world.

In a fantasy world where humans and creatures clash, Season Two of Carnival Row picks up with former inspector Rycroft Philostrate aka Philo (Orlando Bloom), investigating a series of gruesome murders stoking social tension.

Vignette Stonemoss (Cara Delevingne) and the Black Raven plot payback for the unjust oppression inflicted by The Burgue’s human leaders, Jonah Breakspear (Arty Froushan) and Sophie Longerbane (Caroline Ford).

Tourmaline Larou (Karla Crome) inherits supernatural powers that threaten her fate and the future of The Row.

And, after escaping The Burgue and her vengeful brother Ezra (Andrew Gower), Imogen Spurnrose (Tamzin Merchant) and...

Prime Video has set a 2023 premiere date for the second – and final – 10-episode season of Carnival Row. The premiere date announcement was accompanied by a super short teaser trailer that gives nothing away.

Honestly, it’s been so long since season one aired that I assumed we’d never get a season two. I was wrong. The first eight-episode season premiered on August 30, 2019, and season two will debut on February 17, 2023.

Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne reprise their roles as Rycroft Philostrate (a.k.a. Philo) and Vignette Stonemoss, respectively. The season two cast also includes Arty Froushan as Jonah Breakspear, Caroline Ford as Sophie Longerbane, Karla Crome as Tourmaline, and Andrew Gower as Ezra. Tamzin Merchant plays Imogen Spurnrose and David Gyasi stars as Agreus Astrayon.

Erik Oleson serves as showrunner and executive produces along with Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Brad Van Arragon, Sarah Byrd, Jim Dunn, Sam Ernst, Wesley Strick,...

“Carnival Row,” the Prime Video series starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, will conclude after two seasons on the streamer. The second season of the fantasy show premieres on February 17, Amazon announced Monday.

The series first premiered in August 2019 and focuses on the titular city of Carnival Row, where mythological beings exist as oppressed refugees in a human-dominated social order. Bloom stars as Rycroft Philostrate, a detective in the city and a half-fae, who begins investigating a conspiracy involving a group of fae known as the Black Raven — one of whom is his former lover Vignette Stonemoss (Delevingne). Season 2 picks up where the first left off, with Rycroft off the force but still investigating a series of murders, while the Black Raven escalates their plans to protest oppression in the city.

Season 2 of “Carnival Row” began production shortly after the Season 1 premiere in 2019. However, the show ended up as one...

The first season of Carnival Row was released through the Amazon Prime streaming service way back in August of 2019, so it would make sense if you thought the show was already cancelled years ago. But a second season of the show was ordered before the first season had even premiered, and it’s finally going to be released on February 17th. Not surprisingly, given the long delay between seasons, Amazon has confirmed that Carnival Row season 2 is going to be the end of the show.

Starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, Carnival Row is set

in a Victorian fantasy world of mythological immigrant creatures whose exotic homelands were invaded by the empires of man. Bloom plays human detective, Rycroft Philostrate, while Delevingne stars as a refugee faerie named Vignette Stonemoss. In Season 1, they rekindle a dangerous affair despite an increasingly intolerant society and Vignette harbors a secret that endangers Philo...