Showrunner Already Working on THE OUTSIDER Season 2
Mike Sprague
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HBO’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Outsider hit earlier this year with Jason Bateman and Ben Mendelsohn. And today we hear that a second season is (somehow) already in the works.
Showrunner Richard Price tells IndieWire that he’s already working on season 2, adding: “It’s like pulling a rabbit out of a glass hat — of course, there will be another [if HBO wants one]. There’s no such thing as a series that, if it does well, they’re not going to want a second season.”
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The Outsider begins when an eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad. But as the investigation expands and horrifying answers begin to emerge we’re left to wonder, while Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy, is he wearing another face? The answer will shock you.
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The limited series stars Ben Mendelsohn as Det. Ralph Anderson, with Jason Bateman as Terry Maitland, Cynthia Erivo as Holly Gibney, Bill Camp as Howie Gold, Mare Winningham as Jeannie Anderson, Paddy Considine as Claude Bolton, and Julianne Nicholson as Glory Maitland.
The ten-episode season is written by Richard Price, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, and Dennis Lehane. Mendelsohn serves as the show’s producer while Bateman is an executive producer alongside Richard Price, Michael Costigan, Marty Bowen, and Jack Bender (Child’s Play 3).
The series airs new episodes each Sunday on HBO.
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