Tom Payne-Led Prodigal Son Canceled After Two Seasons at Fox May 11, 2021
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox has officially decided not to give executive producer Greg Berlanti’s crime thriller drama
Prodigal Son a third season renewal. The cancellation comes ahead of the Tom Payne and Michael Sheen-led series’ second season finale that is slated to air next week on May 18. It’s unclear if Warner Bros. Television is planning to shop the series elsewhere or not as it has been doing better in digital viewing than in broadcast.
The outlet’s source noted that it was a difficult decision to make for the network as they were a fan of the show’s creative choices. However,
Prodigal Son Season 2 Trailer With Catherine Zeta-Jones & Alan Cumming
Prodigal Son Mid-Season 2 trailer features Catherine Zeta-Jones & Alan Cumming
FOX has released a brand new trailer for the upcoming premiere of the second half of the
Prodigal Son Season 2, which is scheduled to make its return on April 13 with episode 2.08. The mid-season trailer features the arrival of Catherine Zeta-Jones’ Dr. Vivian Capshaw and Alan Cumming’s Simon Hoxley, which were both first teased during the last night’s episode. The next episodes will deal how their characters will affect the ever complicated Whitly Family. Check out the video in the player below!
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Alan Cumming Joins Prodigal Son Season 2 in Recurring Role
Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Alan Cumming (
The Good Wife,
Briarpatch) has joined
Prodigal Son Season 2 in the recurring role of Simon Hoxley, according to Deadline. The character, who will reportedly appear in two episodes, is described as a supremely confident and cocky Europol agent known as “The MindSleuth” who is considered one of the most celebrated criminal profilers in the world. Hoxley travels to New York to solve the murder of Nicholas Endicott… which puts Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne) in his crosshairs.
Prodigal Son follows Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne), a criminal profiler with a rare talent for getting inside the minds of killers. He learned how they think because his father, Dr. Martin Whitly (Michael Sheen), was a notorious serial killer known as “The Surgeon.” Now he’s using his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve their most puzzling murders. Bright’s team, led by his longtime mentor, NYPD L
Catherine Zeta-Jones joins Prodigal Son Season 2
Prodigal Son with Catherine Zeta-Jones (
Queen America) joining the second season, which is due to premiere next week.
Jones will portray Dr. Vivian Capshaw, “the resident MD of Claremont Psychiatrics who is in charge of Dr. Martin Whitly as he is assigned to infirmary duty, cleaning bedpans and mopping the floors, but as he proves to be helpful in treating patients, Capshaw begins to see him in a new light that may prove dangerous to all.”
“An extraordinary talent, Catherine Zeta-Jones is the perfect foil for the brilliant Michael Sheen,” Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment for Fox Entertainment, said. “I can’t wait to see these two greats go head-to-head in a season that is bound to raise the bar set by an outstanding Season One.”