HBO has announced its new detective television project, based on the novel by Stephen King. Details of the global release date, cast and plot of The Outsider (2020) series are already known, and the trailer is freely available. The show will tell about the investigation of a terrible crime in which supernatural forces are involved.
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The outsider
USA
Genre: thriller, detective, crime
Producer: Andrew Bernstein, Jason Bateman, Charlotte Brandstrom
World premiere: 12 january 2020
Release in Russia: 12 january 2020
Cast: John Gettier, Mark Menchaka, Ben Mendelssohn, Derek Cecil, Summer Fontana, Max Beasley, Dayana Bailenson, Ashley Janet Prest, Scarlett Bloom, Franco Palazolo and others.
In the city where the story is being told, a brutal murder of a child takes place. Police detectives will have to figure out this complicated case and find the culprit ...
Plot
Police Officer Ralph Anderson is assigned to investigate a heinous crime in Flint City. Local resident Terry Maitland is charged with the murder of an 11-year-old boy. But if you believe the recordings from the cameras, then at the time of the crime the man was 90 km from the crime scene, but all the evidence, including DNA and fingerprints, for some reason point to him. The main character begins to suspect that a certain monster from ancient legends is involved in the incident, changing its appearance ...
Production
The project was directed by 3 directors at once: Andrew Bernstein (Annealing, Dirty Wet Money, Umbrella Academy), Jason Bateman (Ozark, Delayed Development, Up in the Air), Charlotte Brandstrom ( Disappearance "," Double "," Colony ").
The rest of the film crew:
- Producers: Jack Bender (The Sopranos, Lost, Carnival), Marty Bowen (Finding Alaska, Rematch, The Fault in Our Stars);
- Writers: Richard Price (Ransom, The Wire, One Night), based on the novel by Stephen King (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Shining);
- Cinematographers: Zach Mulligan (We Animals, Native Blood), Kevin McKnight (Doomsday, Shameless), Rasmus J. Hayes (Government, Hand of God, I Fight Giants );
- Composers: Danny Bensi (Ozark, American Gods, Jack of Hearts), Sonder Yurriaans (Fear the Walking Dead, Lovers' Time);
- Editors: Thad Dennis (The Way, Fear The Walking Dead), Leo Trombetta (True Detectives, Narco), Dorian Harris (House Doctor, The Boss).
Production: Aggregate Films, Media Rights Capital.
At the moment, the exact release date in Russia of the new HBO series "Stranger" (2020) is unknown, but the world premiere is already scheduled for January 12, 2020.
Actors
The series starred:
- John Gettier (Jumanji: The Next Level, Ozark, Dynasty, Dangerous Mission);
- Mark Menchaka as Jack Hoskins (Generation Killers, Black Mirror, In Sight, Chicago Police, Homeland);
- Ben Mendelssohn as Ralph Anderson (Dark Times, Ready Player One, Bloodline, The King, The Omen);
- Derek Cecil as Andy Katkavage (The Good Wife, House of Cards, Grey's Anatomy);
- Summer Fontana as Maya (The Ancients, X-Men: Dark Phoenix);
- Max Beasley as Force Bolton (Survivors, Reservoir Dogs, Hotel Babylon, Kill Me Later);
- Dayana Bailenson as Mildret Patterson (House of Cards, The X-Files, Drug Courier, The Resident);
- Ashley Janet Prest (Ozark, Ali, Wheels, Atlanta);
- Scarlett Bloom as Jessa Maitland (The Walking Dead, The Gifted);
- Franco Palazolo as Detective Hidalgo (Isolation, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Dynasty, Coma).
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- Stephen King's novel of the same name was released in 2018. Surprisingly, HBO announced its Outsider series almost immediately after the book was published - in June 2018.
- Stephen King said in his Twitter account that Outsider is one of the best TV adaptations of his work.
- The project will become a spin-off of another adaptation of Stephen King's trilogy - "Mister Mercedes" (2017).
The global release date for The Outsider (2020) has been set, story and cast information has been announced, and the trailer has already been released. Viewers are eagerly awaiting the next TV adaptation of Stephen King's bestseller, which promises to become one of the most popular projects from the HBO channel.
