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Mythological dark-comedy television series

British TV series or program

Kaos is an upcoming mythological dark-comedy television series created by Charlie Covell for Netflix. The series revolves around six humans as they discover their connection to each other and to a long standing ancient prophecy while they deal with corrupt and arrogant gods of the Greek mythology.[1]

Premise[edit]

An all-powerful God, yet insecure, Zeus started to fear his end of reign once he noticed a wrinkle on his forehead, possibly indicating the end of the world. He became paranoid and vengeful towards his lieges, and later, six humans connected with the ancient prophecy possibly related to his end of reign and the possible apocalypse of the earth. Meanwhile, the six humans starts to discover their connections with each other and grand conspiracies involving the Greek gods.[2][3]

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

On 10 June 2018, it was revealed that Netflix commissioned Kaos of 8-part one hour series order produced by Sisters Media.[4] Charlie Covell served as the creator and executive producer.[2] It was also revealed that Nina Lederman of All3Media alongside Tanya Seghatchian and John Woodward of Brightstar will join Charlie Covell as co-executive producers.[5] Later, it was announced that Michael Eagle Hodgson, Harry Munday and Katie Carpenter would serve as the series producers and Georgi Banks Davies confirmed to be the lead director and co-executive producers.[4][1]Runyararo Mapfumo directs the second block of the series.[6] On 13 July 2022, it was revealed that Georgia Christou will serve as the writer for episode 6.[3]

Casting[edit]

On 27 May 2022, Aurora Perrineau was cast as Riddy, one of the main leads in the series.[7] On 29 June 2022, more cast members were revealed, as Hugh Grant, Janet McTeer, David Thewlis, Nabhaan Rizwan, Cliff Curtis, Killian Scott, Leila Farzad, and Misia Butler joined the series. Other cast members are Rakie Ayola and Stanley Townsend who were cast in undisclosed roles. Additionally, Billie Piper also joined the cast in a minor role.[6] On 13 July 2022, Jeff Goldblum replaced Grant as Zeus as the latter had to pull out due to date availability issues.[3] On 22 August 2022, Debi Mazar joined the cast as the reimagined version of Medusa.[8]

Filming[edit]

On 22 August 2022, it was revealed that the series had begun filming in Spain.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Asatryan, Tigran (2022-01-24). “Netflix Mythological Series ‘Kaos’: What We Know So Far”. What’s on Netflix. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  2. ^ a b Adalian, Josef (2018-06-10). “The End of the F***ing World Writer Bringing Kaos to Netflix”. Vulture. Retrieved 2022-08-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c Andreeva, Nellie; Kroll, Justin (13 July 2022). “Jeff Goldblum Joins Netflix Series ‘Kaos’, Replacing Hugh Grant”. Deadline. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b Ritman, Alex (2021-11-30). “Netflix Orders 5 U.K. Series, Including Adaptation of David Nicholls’ ‘One Day’“. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-08-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ “Netflix orders new series KAOS”. Netflix. 2018-06-11. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  6. ^ a b Grobar, Matt (2022-06-29). “Hugh Grant To Play Zeus In Netflix’s Greek Mythology Reimagining ‘Kaos’ From Creator Charlie Covell; Janet McTeer, Cliff Curtis & David Thewlis Among Additional Series Regulars”. Deadline. Retrieved 2022-08-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Grobar, Matt (2022-05-27). “‘Kaos’: Aurora Perrineau To Star In Charlie Covell’s Greek Mythology Reimagining For Netflix”. Deadline. Retrieved 2022-08-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ a b Goldbart, Max (2022-08-22). “Netflix Greek Mythology Reimagining ‘Kaos’ Finds Its Medusa In ‘Entourage’ Star Debi Mazar”. Deadline. Retrieved 2022-08-26.

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