'The Underground Railroad': Trailer, Premiere Date and More About Barry Jenkins' Series

Arguably the most memorable moment to take place at the Academy Awards during the past decade was the Best Picture mixup that caused the 2017 Oscars to end in chaos.

Four years ago, Barry Jenkins experienced one of the best and strangest nights of his life. The filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning film, “Moonlight,” was awarded Best Picture but the situation involved a huge mess-up on the part of the presenters of the award falsely claiming that “La La Land” won instead.

Andrei Tarkovsky was the name on Barry Jenkins‘ lips as the main influence for his television adaptation of “The Underground Railroad.” Not the first name to think of when considering the enormity of Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel. The story: a combination of the distressing tribulations of an escapee slave girl with a hefty volume of magical realism, doesn’t immediately describe the Russian auteur.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticEvery single frame of “The Underground Railroad” is haunted.Ghosts of horrors past, present and future linger at the story’s edges, flicker in and out with eerie ease. People alive, dead and somewhere in between stare into the camera with quiet, solemn clarity.

After months of bare TV release schedules, May shows a return to form with plenty of new and returning series. While streaming services still monopolize many of the more popular releases, series such as “Pose,” returning for its final season, and “The Girlfriend Experience” offer a return to form for network television.

EXCLUSIVE: Cast has been finalized on 1899, the major European Netflix series from Dark creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar.

Selena Quintanilla was welcome news. On Dec. 4, 2020, almost two years to the date from when Netflix first revealed the ambitious project, viewers were finally able to watch Part 1 the most anticipated television series of 2020, .After reaching 25 million households, Netflix has announced that Part 2 is on the way. The nine-episode conclusion will continue Selena's story as she's on the brink of stardom.

HBO‘s long-awaited Gossip Girl spin-off series has been given a premiere date and will arrive this summer.Warner Media announced back in July, 2019 that a Gossip Girl update would be coming to its streaming site HBO Max.

Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk helmer Barry Jenkins will bring audiences back to the antebellum South for Amazon’s The Underground Railroad. Amid accounts of police brutality against members of the Black community and Hollywood’s attempts to correct hurtful and racist imagery, the showrunner spoke about the care he, his cast and crew took to address America’s dark history on-screen.

Netflix has unveiled the season three trailer for The Kominsky Method, which teases a Norman Newlander-less final chapter.

EXCLUSIVE: Though her highly-anticipated series The Underground Railroad doesn’t bow for another couple of weeks, Thuso Mbedu is lining up her next feature film as she has come on to TriStar Pictures’ The Woman King starring Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis. The pic will be directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who most recently directed the critically acclaimed blockbuster, The Old Guard.

Selena Quintanilla was welcome news. On Dec. 4, 2020, almost two years to the date from when Netflix first revealed the ambitious project, viewers were finally able to watch Part 1 the most anticipated television series of 2020, .After reaching 25 million households, Netflix has announced that Part 2 is on the way. The nine-episode conclusion will continue Selena's story as she's on the brink of stardom.

Starz has unveiled a new trailer and premiere date for Power Book III: Raising Kanan. The early ’90s prequel, set in South Jamaica Queens, is set to premiere July 18 on Starz.

On what would have been legendary fashion designer Halston’s (born Roy Halston Frowick) 89th birthday, Netflix today announced a May 14 global premiere date for Ryan Murphy’s limited series Halston, starring Ewan McGregor in the title role. The streamer also released the key art (below) and a set of Warhol-inspired polaroids featuring the cast, Halston’s entourage.

The director of “Moonlight” is ready to debut his groundbreaking new limited series.

HBO Max has slotted Thursday, May 6 for the Season 2 premiere of Legendary, the hit reality competition series that puts the spotlight on ballroom culture.

Starz has picked up to series horror comedy pilot Shining Vale, starring Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino. The project, from Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof and Divorce creator Sharon Horgan, has received an eight-episode order. Lionsgate has joined Warner Bros. Television to co-produce the series in association with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Astrof’s Other Shoe Productions as well as Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman.

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