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Ziwe (Photo: Barbara Nitke/Showtime), Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. (Image: Hulu) Graphic: Natalie Peeples As the world begins to open up once more to social activities (for those who have been fully vaccinated, that is), TV is making a few big plays to keep everyone indoors this May. A new Star Wars animated Ziwe’s hotly anticipated Showtime debut, Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of The Underground Railroad, and more true-crime docs and superhero shows await those who are prepared to wait a little l...

The Underground Railroad Trailer Debuts, Amazon Debut Set for May 14th Posted on Barry Jenkins is the creative team behind the series, based on the novel by Colson Whitehead. Joel Edgerton star alongside Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Sheila Atim, Amber Gray, Peter De Jersey, Chukwudi Iwuji, Damon Herriman, Lily Rabe, Irone Singleton, Mychal-Bella Bowman, Marcus "MJ" Gladney, Jr., Will Poulter and Peter Mullan. Check out the trailer below. The Underground Railroad Synopsis Nothing w...

  Taking place in an alternate history, the series will follow Cora’s (Mbedu)  harrowing journey to freedom after escaping a Georgia plantation in the antebellum South for the rumored Underground Railroad, which is a secret network of tracks and tunnels run by engineers and conductors.  Throughout her journey, Cora grapples with the memories of her mother, Mabel, who left her behind during her own escape while being pursued by Ridgeway (Edgerton), a bounty hunter fixated on bringing Cora b...

The Underground Railroad, the new limited series from director Barry Jenkins that’s based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, has already released several gorgeous teasers. Now, as we get closer to the premiere date, there’s a new trailer, and it once again makes it clear that this is going to be an absolute must-see. Featuring gorgeously lit cinematography via James Laxton, the look of this series alone puts so many other shows to shame. Watch  The Underground Ra...

Barry Jenkins' highly anticipated Amazon Original series 'The Underground Railroad' has been given a May 2021 premiere.

Friday, 26 February 2021, 3:05 pm Over three decades later, the sequel is heir! The time has come to embark on an all-new hilarious adventure (with many familiar faces), back to where it all began…Queens. Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi (Arsenio Hall) find themselves returning to New York to tend to unfinished royal family business in what must be the most anticipated comedy film for years. Coming 2 Ameri...

Barry Jenkins Underground Railroad Gets Amazon Premiere Date TVLine 25/02/2021 After generating buzz for years, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins’ slavery liberation drama, The Amazon Prime limited series, which is based on Colton Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, will premiere Friday, May 14, the streamer has announced. The highly anticipated adaptation follows Cora (played by South African newcomer Thuso Mbedu), an enslaved young Black woman who is ...

Posted on Thursday, February 25th, 2021 by Chris Evangelista What if the Underground Railroad wasn’t a metaphor but an actual, physical railroad, complete with engineers, conductors, and secret tracks? That’s the premise of  Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel  The Underground Railroad, and the premise of the new Amazon series that adapts it.  Moonlight filmmaker Barry Jenkins directs the 10-episode series that looks pretty damn great, and today a new teaser trailer arrive...

  Teaser and Premiere Date The series was filmed on location in various parts of Georgia starting in the summer of 2019 and was temporarily shut down by the coronavirus outbreak that led to a lockdown throughout most of the country. However, the production was able to start again amid the pandemic, with Jenkins announcing that filming had wrapped at the end of September 2020.  Since then Jenkins has released several moody teasers ( see below) ahead of the first official trailer, which was re...

*Director Barry Jenkins has released another teaser called “In Aeternum” as part of his upcoming Amazon Original series “The Underground Railroad” chronicles, based on Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel. The clip above brings you further into the world of the series by providing glimpses of various character’s journeys and a sampling of composer Nicholas Britell’s singular score. “As we kept editing more and more on the show, there’d be these moments that, as I was watching them...