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Sundance Renews ‘Hap And Leonard’ For Third Season

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Mon, 01 May 2017 19:56:00 +0000

SundanceTV has renewed its anthology drama series Hap And Leonard for a third season, the network said Monday.

The series, based on the book series of the same name by Joe R. Lansdale, will return for a six episode third season in 2018, according to SundanceTV officials.

The series follows the escapades of two lifelong best friends played by James Purefoy and Michael Kenneth Williams.

Hap And Leonard, produced by AMC Studios and executively produced by John Wirth, Jim Mickle, Nick Damici, Jeremy Platt and Linda Moran, is SundanceTV’s highest-rated original series.

“At once darkly funny and socially relevant, there’s no other series like the southern-noir, Hap and Leonard, and we couldn’t be prouder that it will continue for another season on SundanceTV,” said Jan Diedrichsen, general manager, SundanceTV and Sundance Now. “James and Michael bring new depth and dimension to the buddy-action genre, and Joe Lansdale’s brilliant work continues to be in excellent hands with John Wirth and company.”

TCA17: SundanceTV Sets Series Premiere Dates

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 18:12:00 +0000

Pasadena--SundanceTV will bring back its sophomore dramedy series Hap And Leonard in March as part of its lineup of new and returning series in 2017, the network said during its Television Critics Association press tour event Friday.

Hap and Leonard: Mucho Mojo will debut its six-episode second season March 15, according to network officials. The series will continue to follow the exploits of best friends Hap Collins (James Purefoy) and Leonard Pine (Michael Kenneth Williams).

Also returning this Spring is drama Gomorrah, which will launch its sophomore campaign April 26.

“SundanceTV continues to distinguish itself as a home for unique and compelling stories from around the world,” said Joel Stillerman, president of original programming and development for AMC and SundanceTV in a statement. “Our network has an exciting year ahead, starting with the return of our highest-rated original series, Hap and Leonard followed by the critically acclaimed Gomorrah. Our international co-productions and an all new docu-series fill out the year, bringing our viewers into new worlds and introducing them to unforgettable characters.”

Other SundanceTV series premieres set for 2016 include:

Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter (Jan. 15)

Cleverman (Summer 2017)

Liar (Fall 2017)

Top Of The Lake: China Girl (Fall 2017)

Murder in the Heartland: In Cold Blood Revisited (Fall 2017)

The A-Word (Fall 2017)

SundanceTV Orders Original Series 'Hap and Leonard'

MCN Staff — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:45:00 +0000

SundanceTV has greenlight Hap and Leonard, a series project based on the Joe Lansdale Southern noir book series about an unlikely pair of best friends and martial arts experts who struggle through misadventure, to stay on the right side of the law in East Texas during the 1980s.

Shooting will occur in 2015, with the six one-hour episodes set to bow early in 2016.

"Equal parts shocking and hilarious, Hap and Leonard will cut through in a crowded TV landscape as irresistible southern pulp noir. Jim Mickle and Nick Damici have a delightfully fresh approach to storytelling, creating vivid characters set in a picaresque world of deep friendship and occasional blood curdling incident," said SundanceTV president Sarah Barnett. “What's more, Jim and Nick are true Sundance voices, having made a splash in recent years at Sundance Film Festival with their feature film. We couldn't be happier to add ‘Hap and Leonard’ to our line up of daring scripted shows.”

Produced by Sundance Studios, the series is created by director/writer Jim Mickle and writer Nick Damici, who partnered on the film adaptation of Lansdale’s “Cold in July” with Michael C. Hall and Sam Shepard. They have adapted the novels, novellas and short stories about white, working-class Hap Collins and black, gay Leonard Pine. Mickle will also direct. The project is executive produced by Nick Shumaker and Jeremy Platt, along with co-executive producers Joe Lansdale and Lowell Northrop and consulting producer Linda Moran.

SundanceTV is preparing for its next original miniseries One Child starring Katie Leung, Elizabeth Perkins and Donald Sumpter, which will premiere on Dec. 5, and Babylon” an original series from Danny Boyle that will debut in 2015.