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HBO Orders Second Season of “Los Espookys”
Coming completely out of left field, this summer HBO released brand new Spanish-language horror-comedy series called “Los Espookys”. After completing its inaugural season, HBO has ordered a second season for 2020.
The half-hour, six-episode series was created by several individuals, including “Portlandia’s” Fred Armisen and Lorne Michaels of “Saturday Night Live”, with Julio Torres and Ana Fabrega.
“Los Espookys” follows a group of friends who turn their love for horror into a peculiar business.
“Those friends, known as Los Espookys, are led by Bernardo Velasco as Renaldo. Cassandra Ciangherotti plays Ursula, a calm and collected dental assistant who provides teeth for the group’s monsters. Ana Fabrega stars as Tati, Ursula’s sister and Los Espookys’ test dummy. Julio Torres plays Andres, Renaldo’s best friend, a dark and mysterious heir to a chocolate empire whose only true nemesis is his gorgeous boyfriend. Armisen’s Tico is Renaldo’s reliable uncle who lives in LA and is a prodigious valet driver living his dream of parking cars.” (Variety)
Based on the 2023 prep school thriller novel by American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis, creator Ryan Murphy’s “The Shards” is headed to FX and Hulu this Summer.
Look for “The Shards” to premiere on FX and Hulu on August 5 at 6 p.m. PT.
In the meantime, check out the brand new official poster below.
Igby Rigney (“The Fall of the House of Usher”), Homer Gere (“The Agency”), Graham Campbell, Kaia Gerber (Shell), Evan Rachel Wood (“Westworld”), Igby Rigney, Wes Bentley, and Hayes Warner star in the upcoming series “The Shards.”
Set in 1981 Los Angeles, the semi-autobiographical, dark coming-of-age tale follows a 17-year-old Ellis during his final year at the elite Buckley prep school. Upending the character’s world is the arrival of a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory, whose unsettling presence coincides with the activities of a serial killer known as The Trawler.
In the series, Igby Rigney will portray Ellis, and Graham Campbell will play Thom. Homer Gere, son of actor Richard Gere, has been cast as Robert Mallory. Frequent Murphy collaborator Max Winkler (“American Horror Story,“ “Grotesquerie”) is attached to direct.
The series is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television.
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