American pay channel FX has announced the renewal of “The Old Man”, the first career series of Jeff Bridges, Oscar winner for “Crazy Heart” (2009). Highly regarded, the series premiered on June 16 with a critical approval rating of 94%, according to the Rotten Tomatoes average.
“We are thrilled to be working on Season 2 with our colleagues at 20th Television and this fantastic team,” said Eric Schrier, President of FX Entertainment.
The fantastic team includes director Jon Watts (“Spider-Man: No Homecoming”), screenwriters Robert Levine and Jonathan E. Steinberg (co-creators of the great pirate series “Black Sails”) and a cast of beasts like Bridges. , John Lithgow (Emmy winner for “The Crown” and “Dexter”), Amy Brenneman (Emmy nominated for “Judging Amy”), Faran Tahir (“Iron Man”) and Alia Shawkat (“Search Party”).
The series is based on the book of the same name by Thomas Perry and features Bridges as the titled old man, a retired former CIA agent named Dan Chase, retired and in solitary confinement for decades, who needs to vent his skills. when hired the killer shows up to interrupt his life and peace. Forced to face his past and his mistakes, he comes out of hiding to deal with who knows what he has done and who is trying to kill him.
It is worth mentioning that, before the recordings, the actor faced cancer treatment and during production he still fell ill when he took covid-19.
Most impressive is that the series is also the veteran actor’s most action-packed work, featuring gunfights, car crashes and violence in the style of traditional Liam Neeson thrillers.
Unprecedented in Brazil, “The Old Man” is expected to arrive here on the Star + platform soon.
Check out the original trailer below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL2lhM_kDPM
Source: Terra
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