Orphan Black: Echoes
Orphan Black: Echoes is a spinoff of the successful television series Orphan Black that premiered in 2012.[1] The spinoff was announced in 2019, and was to have been broadcast on AMC in 2023. However, in October 2023, the release was pushed back to "sometime in 2024".[2]
The original series was broadcast by BBC America.[3] The new series has already been licensed for broadcast in several foreign markets.[4]
Although the new series will feature new characters with no overlap with the previous cast, John Fawcett, one of the creators of the original is a creator of the new series.[5] Anne Fishko will be in charge of the series' writing staff, and will be an executive producer.[3]
Kristin Ritter will lead the new cast, as well as serving as another producer.[1] Other actors include Amanda Fix, and Avan Jogia.[5][2]
The first season will have ten episodes, during which, according to the producer's synopsis, “It follows a group of women as they weave their way into each other’s lives and embark on a thrilling journey, unravelling the mystery of their identity and uncovering a wrenching story of love and betrayal,”[6]
Reporting from Deadline magazine on July 28, 2022, implied Ritter would be playing a single individual, "with an unimaginable origin story".[7] Earlier reporting indicated that Ritter's boyfriend soon discovers she has an "unimaginable secret".[5] He is described as "a former Army medic and single father".
Amanda Fix's character is described as a smart, reckless, teenage girl, adopted by rich parents.[5]
On August 30, 2022, AMC Networks announced that British actor Keeley Hawes would also be joining the cast, playing a sympathetic scientist who confronts a tricky moral decision.[8][9]
Plot
A trailer was released in October 2023, showing the lead character, played by Kristin Ritter, waking up in 2052, not knowing who she is.[2]
While the scientific impetus to the original series was cloning technology, the impetus to the new series will be the printing of artificial organs with enhanced capabilities.[10]
Broadcasts
The series started streaming on the AMC cable channel in January 2024.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joe Otterson. New Orphan Black Series in Development at AMC (EXCLUSIVE), Variety magazine, 2019-03-12. “Sources stressed, however, that this would not be a spinoff or reboot of the original series, but rather a completely new story set in the same world. The producers are currently seeking a writer for the project and are looking to bring in multiple people to pitch different takes on what the show could be.” mirror
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Katrina Magat. 'Orphan Black: Echoes': Release Window, Cast, Trailer, and Everything We Know So Far, Collider, 2023-19-15. Retrieved on 2023-12-22. mirror
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Joe Otterson. ‘Orphan Black’ Sequel Series at AMC Sets Anna Fishko to Write (EXCLUSIVE), Variety magazine, 2022-02-04. Retrieved on 2022-02-06. mirror
- ↑ Boat Rocker sells 'Orphan Black: echoes' to ITV and Stan entertainment as a part of a raft of worldwide sales for highly anticipated premium scripted stories, Newswire, 2023-09-27. Retrieved on 2023-12-22.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Makuochi Echebiri. 'Orphan Black: Echoes' Adds Avan Jogia and Amanda Fix, Collider, 2022-08-26. Retrieved on 2022-09-08. “However, some things will remain the same, as the new show will see the return of Orphan Black co-creators Anna Fishko and John Fawcett.” mirror
- ↑ Vlada Gelman. Orphan Black Offshoot Echoes Ordered to Series at AMC Networks, TV Line, 2022-04-06. Retrieved on 2022-04-06. mirror
- ↑ Andreeva Nellie. Krysten Ritter To Star In ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ AMC Networks Series, Deadline magazine, 2022-07-28. Retrieved on 2022-07-29. “Ritter’s Lucy is a woman with an unimaginable origin story, trying to find her place in the world.” mirror
- ↑ Keeley Hawes joins the cast of AMC Networks' and Boat Rocker's Orphan Black: Echoes, AMC Network, 2022-08-30. Retrieved on 2022-09-08. “Hawes will portray a perceptive but sensitive scientist who finds herself at odds with her own moral code when circumstances lead her to make an unthinkable choice.”
- ↑ Josh Haigh. Bodyguard's Keeley Hawes joins Orphan Black spinoff, Digital Spy. Retrieved on 2022-09-08. “Tatiana Maslany led the original Orphan Black series from 2013-2017 and played numerous cloned characters. However, it remains unknown whether the She-Hulk star will reprise any of her roles in the spinoff.”
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Natalia Marcos. ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ trades in the clones for human organ printing, el Pais, 2024-01-27. Retrieved on 2023-12-22. “Soon, she discovers that she is in a place full of cutting-edge technology where, she is told, human body parts are created with revolutionary, four-dimensional printing technology.Soon, she discovers that she is in a place full of cutting-edge technology where, she is told, human body parts are created with revolutionary, four-dimensional printing technology.”