The cast includes Alexandra Daddario, Harry Hamlin, Tongayi Chirisa and Jack Huston.Ĭhances It Will Be a Certified Fresh Hit: The witches and vampire craze had a resurgence in the mid-aughts thanks to shows like The Vampire Diaries and True Blood. Masters of Sex’s Esta Spaulding and Michelle Ashford are writing and executive producing. The Fanbase: Horror and suspense novelist Rice was more known for her work in the vampire genre (and AMC developed a series based on her Interview with the Vampire because of it), but her fanbase also knows her history with witches as well.Įverything We Know So Far: In August 2021, AMC announced that it had opened a writers’ room to explore developing Rice’s book series, which follows a neurosurgeon who discovers she’s an unlikely heiress to a family of witches. Mallori Johnson is starring with other cast members including Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy and David Alexander Kaplan.Ĭhances It Will Be a Certified Fresh Hit: With that pedigree, the show could easily find some kindred spirits among critics. Other executive producers include The Americans co-creators Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields. An interracial romance threads through her past and present, and the clock is ticking as she struggles to confront the secrets she never knew ran through her blood.” Watchmen’s Branden Jacobs-Jenkins serves as showrunner and Janicza Bravo directed the pilot. But, before she can get settled into her new home, she finds herself being violently pulled back and forth in time to a nineteenth-century plantation with which she and her family are most surprisingly and intimately linked. What We Know So Far: The show follows Dana, 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. The Fanbase: People who appreciate how different genres can be used to discuss historical fiction, à la shows like Amazon’s Them or HBO’s Watchmen. The plot is a slow burn given that it doesn’t involve something more attention grabbing like a murder mystery or assault.īased On: Octavia E. Jesse Eisenberg and Lizzy Caplan will star.Ĭhances It Will Be a Certified Fresh Hit: Hard to say. What We Know So Far: Journalist Brodesser-Akner’s debut novel was a smash hit when it was published, telling the story of a man separated from his wife and trying dating on for size through the eyes of a long-time friend who is also stunted in her marriage. Also, lots of journalists and literati who may be hate-watching and hoping for schadenfreude. The Fanbase: Divorcees going through a midlife crisis and people who enjoy poppy storylines on the subject. Fleishman Is in Trouble: Season 1 (2022)īased On: Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s 2019 novel. The Magicians author and Time magazine book critic Lev Grossman listed Half Bad, among the best books of 2014, calling it “an enthralling fantasy in the Harry Potter tradition.” Jay Lycurgo stars and the cast also includes Nadia Parkes, Emilien Vekemans, Isobel Jesper Jones and Karen Connell.Ĭhances It Will Be a Certified Fresh Hit: Giri/Haji has a 100% Tomatometer, and, though better known to audiences as an actor, this show brings Serkis to the producing table. Giri/Haji creator Joe Barton adapted the books and Andy Serkis is an executive producer. Nathan is a teenager who is half White and half Black and therefore known as a Half Code. Some witches are deemed “good” (or White) and some deemed “bad’ (or Black). What We Know So Far: Green’s stories are set in a world where witches and humans live together. The Fanbase: Those who enjoy supernatural stories as allegory, such as HBO’s True Blood. Based On: Sally Green’s young adult book series.
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