WGN AMERICA UNVEILS EXCITING NEW KEY
ART FOR SEASON TWO OF ‘UNDERGROUND’ AHEAD OF
THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MARCH 8 RETURN
The Collection Of Gripping Images
Features New And Returning Cast Including Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge,
Christopher Meloni, Alano Miller, Amirah Vann And Jessica De Gouw, Along With
First-Look Images At All-New Cast Featuring Aisha Hinds As
Harriet Tubman,
Jasika Nicole As Georgia And DeWanda Wise As Clara
Pictured L to R: Aldis Hodge as Noah, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Rosalee,
Aisha Hinds as Harriet Tubman, Christopher Meloni as August Pullman, Alano Miller as Cato,
Jessica de Gouw as
Elizabeth Hawkes, Amirah Vann as Ernestine, Jasika Nicole as
Georgia,
DeWanda Wise as Clara
LOS ANGELES, February 2, 2017 – WGN America released key art for its critically acclaimed hit series “Underground” ahead of the thrilling second season premiere, returning Wednesday March 8, 2017 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The release of the images coincides with the series’ participation at aTVfest where “Underground” is being honored today with the festival’s annual prestigious CAST AWARD for outstanding contributions to the art of television, adding to the series’ growing list of accomplishments including the most recent NAACP Image Awards nominations.
The striking new key art features returning cast including
Jurnee Smollett-Bell (“Friday Night
Lights,” The Great Debaters), Aldis Hodge (Straight Outta
Compton,
Hidden Figures), Jessica de Gouw (“Arrow,”
“Dracula”), Alano Miller (Loving, “Atlanta”), Christopher
Meloni (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,”
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For) and Amirah Vann (“Girls,”
And So It Goes), along with all-new cast featuring
Aisha Hinds (“Under the Dome,” Star Trek Into Darkness)
in the pioneering role of Harriet Tubman,
Jasika Nicole (“Fringe,” “Scandal”) as Georgia and
DeWanda Wise (“Shots Fired”) as Clara.
Additional guest stars featured in the upcoming season include
Academy Award® and Golden Globe®
winner and ten-time Grammy Award® winning singer-songwriter John
Legend as renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass, along with
Bokeem Woodbine
(“Fargo”), Michael Trotter (“Rosewood”),
Jesse Luken
(“Justified,” 42) and
Sadie Stratton
(“Code Black,” “Boy Meets World”).
Season two of the
10-episode, hour-long series follows an unremitting struggle for freedom
within a divided America on the brink of civil war, each side vying to enact
their own justice. Set in the aftermath of the Macon
7’s daring attempt to stage the greatest escape in history, this group of
American heroes continues on their harrowing journey to freedom, with legendary
abolitionist Harriet Tubman blazing the trail.
“Underground,” delivered 3
million Total Viewers weekly, and made history as WGN America's most-watched
original program ever in its freshman season.
The series was recently honored with a number of recognitions
including four NAACP Image Awards nominations for Outstanding Drama Series,
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Amirah Vann) and Outstanding Directing in
a Dramatic Series (Anthony Hemingway).
Additionally, the African American Film Critics Association named
“Underground” as Best TV Show (Cable/New Media) and the second highest show
overall for 2016, and is also honoring Director Anthony Hemmingway with their
2017 Horizon Award. The series was
nominated for a TCA Award for Outstanding New Program by the Television Critics
Association and is a finalist for
the Cynopsis TV
Awards in the categories of Best New TV Drama, Best TV Drama, Best Series
Writing, and Best Showrunner.
From Sony Pictures Television, “Underground” is created and written
by Misha Green ("Sons of Anarchy," "Heroes") and Joe Pokaski
("Heroes," "Daredevil"), who serve as Executive Producers alongside
Emmy Award®
winning executive producer/director
Anthony Hemingway (“The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,"
“The Wire”); Academy Award-winning writer
Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, I Am
Legend) of Weed Road Pictures; Tory Tunnell (King Arthur, Holy Rollers) and Joby Harold (King
Arthur, Edge of Tomorrow) of Safehouse Pictures;
John Legend,
Mike Jackson and
Ty
Stiklorius of Get Lifted
Film Co
(Southside with You, La La Land).; and
Mark Taylor (“MadTV”).
Season two of the gripping original drama was shot in Savannah, Georgia.
WGN America and Tribune Studios
WGN America, the flagship entertainment network of Tribune Media Company (NYSE:
TRCO) is nationally distributed in nearly 80 million homes via cable, satellite
and telco, with high-quality entertainment programming including the breakout
hit series “Outsiders,” “Underground” and “Salem." The network also brings its
audience a strong slate of popular first-run syndicated series and blockbuster
movies. Through Tribune Studios, the creative development arm of Tribune Media,
original content is produced for WGN America and Tribune local stations
nationwide. Follow the network on Twitter @wgnamerica. For
additional information,
please visit www.wgnamerica.com.
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television is one of the television industry’s
leading content providers, producing and distributing programming worldwide in
every genre and for every platform. In addition to managing one of the
industry’s largest libraries of award-winning feature films, television shows
and formats, SPT is home to a thriving US production business and operates 17
wholly-owned or joint venture production companies in 13 countries around the
world. SPT’s worldwide networks portfolio includes 150 channel feeds, which are
available in 178 countries reaching more than 1.3 billion cumulative households
worldwide. Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment
Company.
Social Media Handles:
Twitter:
@UndergroundWGN
Instagram:
@UndergroundWGN
The
striking new key art features returning cast including Jurnee
Smollett-Bell
(“Friday Night Lights,” The
Great Debaters),
Aldis
Hodge
(Straight
Outta Compton,
Hidden
Figures),
Jessica
de Gouw
(“Arrow,” “Dracula”), Alano
Miller
(Loving,
“Atlanta”),
Christopher
Meloni
(“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Sin
City: A Dame to Kill For)
and Amirah
Vann
(“Girls,” And
So It Goes),
along with all-new cast featuring Aisha
Hinds
(“Under the Dome,” Star
Trek Into Darkness)
in the pioneering role of Harriet
Tubman,
Jasika
Nicole
(“Fringe,” “Scandal”) as Georgia and DeWanda
Wise
(“Shots Fired”) as Clara.
Additional
guest stars featured in the upcoming season include
Academy
Award®
and Golden Globe®
winner and ten-time Grammy Award®
winning singer-songwriter John
Legend
as renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass, along with Bokeem
Woodbine
(“Fargo”),
Michael
Trotter
(“Rosewood”), Jesse
Luken
(“Justified,” 42)
and Sadie
Stratton (“Code
Black,” “Boy Meets World”).
Season
two of the
10-episode, hour-long series follows
an unremitting struggle for freedom within a divided America on the
brink of civil war, each side vying to enact their own justice. Set
in the aftermath of the Macon 7’s daring attempt to stage the
greatest escape in history, this group of American heroes continues
on their harrowing journey to freedom, with legendary abolitionist
Harriet Tubman blazing the trail.
“Underground,”
delivered
3 million Total Viewers weekly, and made history as WGN
America's most-watched original program ever in its freshman season.
The series was
recently honored with a number of recognitions including four NAACP
Image Awards nominations for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding
Actress in a Drama Series (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Amirah Vann) and Outstanding
Directing in a Dramatic Series (Anthony Hemingway). Additionally,
the African American Film Critics Association named “Underground”
as Best TV Show (Cable/New Media) and the second highest show overall
for 2016, and is also honoring Director Anthony Hemmingway with their
2017 Horizon Award. The
series was
nominated for a TCA Award for Outstanding New Program by the
Television Critics Association
and is a finalist for the Cynopsis TV
Awards in the categories of Best New TV Drama, Best TV Drama, Best
Series Writing, and
Best
Showrunner.
From
Sony Pictures Television,
“Underground” is created and written by Misha
Green ("Sons
of Anarchy," "Heroes") and Joe
Pokaski ("Heroes,"
"Daredevil"), who serve as Executive Producers alongside
Emmy
Award®
winning
executive producer/director Anthony
Hemingway
(“The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,"
“The Wire”);
Academy Award-winning writer Akiva
Goldsman
(A
Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend)
of Weed Road Pictures; Tory
Tunnell
(King
Arthur, Holy Rollers)
and Joby
Harold
(King
Arthur, Edge of Tomorrow)
of Safehouse Pictures; John
Legend,
Mike
Jackson
and Ty
Stiklorius
of Get Lifted Film Co (Southside
with You, La La Land).;
and Mark
Taylor
(“MadTV”). Season
two of the gripping original drama was shot in Savannah, Georgia.
WGN
America and Tribune Studios
WGN
America, the flagship entertainment network of Tribune Media Company
(NYSE: TRCO) is nationally distributed in nearly 80 million homes via
cable, satellite and telco, with high-quality entertainment
programming including the breakout hit series “Outsiders,”
“Underground” and “Salem." The network also brings its
audience a strong slate of popular first-run syndicated series and
blockbuster movies. Through Tribune Studios, the creative
development arm of Tribune Media, original content is produced for
WGN America and Tribune local stations nationwide. Follow the
network on Twitter @wgnamerica. For additional information,
please
visit www.wgnamerica.com.
Sony
Pictures Television
Sony
Pictures Television is one of the television industry’s leading
content providers, producing and distributing programming worldwide
in every genre and for every platform. In addition to managing one of
the industry’s largest libraries of award-winning feature films,
television shows and formats, SPT is home to a thriving US production
business and operates 17 wholly-owned or joint venture production
companies in 13 countries around the world. SPT’s worldwide
networks portfolio includes 150 channel feeds, which are available in
178 countries reaching more than 1.3 billion cumulative households
worldwide. Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is a Sony Pictures
Entertainment Company.
Social
Media Handles:
Twitter:
@UndergroundWGN
Instagram:
@UndergroundWGN
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