WGN
AMERICA RELEASES FIRST LOOK OF JOHN LEGEND AS RENOWNED ABOLITIONIST
FREDERICK DOUGLASS IN SEASON TWO OF ‘UNDERGROUND’
THE
RUNAWAY HIT SERIES RETURNS FOR A PULSE-POUNDING SECOND SEASON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 AT 10:00 PM ET/PT
Season
One Marathon of “Underground” to Air on Wednesday March 8,
Beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET/PT in Advance of Season Two Premiere
Links
to View Trailers:
Season
two full-length trailer:
“Underground”
first look:
John
Legend’s “In America” featured trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvffLUL2K0c&feature=youtu.be
LOS
ANGELES, March 3, 2017 –WGN
America has released a first look image of
Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Award winning artist John
Legend
as
renowned
abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the hit series “Underground.”
Legend,
who is an executive producer alongside the series creators,
Misha
Green
and Joe
Pokaski,
guest
stars in the highly
anticipated second season returning
Wednesday,
March 8, 2017 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Continuing with the series’ bold, contemporary soundtrack that
keeps up with the urgency of the storytelling, the season two
premiere also features a new, original
song from Legend entitled, “In
America" as
well as
Beyoncé’s Grammy-nominated smash single “Freedom.”
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. In the
premiere, a desperate Rosalee (Jurnee
Smollett-Bell), anxiously
awaits Noah’s (Aldis
Hodge)
release from prison, and joins forces with Harriet Tubman (Aisha
Hinds) to fend off slave
catchers and secure the safe passage of runaways. As John (Marc
Blucas) battles for
Noah’s freedom in the courtroom, Elizabeth’s (Jessica
de Gouw) take a more
subversive path to abolitionism, entering into a secret society known
as “the sewing circle.” Meanwhile, Ernestine (Amirah
Vann) struggles with personal
demons and seductive vices at a new plantation. The fight for
freedom continues, even as tragedy strikes. In celebration of the
season two launch, fans are invited to “tweet up” with the cast
and creative team as they live tweet the premiere episode,
@UndergroundWGN. Fans can also
catch up with “Underground” in advance of premiere with a
day-long, full season one marathon of airing Wednesday March 8, 2017,
beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Leading
up to the premiere, WGN America
hosted a star-studded world premiere event on Tuesday, February 28 at
the Westwood Village Theater in Los Angeles attended by: John
Legend, Chrissy
Teigen,
Angela Bassett,
Cedric the Entertainer,
Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Jussie Smollett, Bruno Gunn,
Affion Crocket,
Chandler Kinney,
Christina Ochoa,
Cynthia Erivo,
Janina Gayankar,
Michael Jai White, Lane Miller, Laz Alonso,
Tommy Davidson,
Trevor Jackson,
Cullen Moss, and more. The
season two premiere was also honored with
a screening and panel discussion at the
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and
Culture (NMAAHC) on Wednesday, February 22.
The
celebrated “Underground” cast includes: Jurnee
Smollett-Bell as Rosalee
(“Friday Night Lights,” The
Great Debaters), Aldis
Hodge as
Noah (Straight
Outta Compton, Hidden
Figures), Jessica
de Gouw as
Elizabeth Hawkes
(“Arrow,” “Dracula”), Alano
Miller as Cato
(Loving, “Atlanta”),
Christopher Meloni
as August Pullman
(“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Sin
City: A Dame to Kill For),
Amirah Vann
as Ernestine
(“Girls,” And
So It Goes) and Marc
Blucas as John Hawkes (“Blue
Bloods”). Season two newcomers include Aisha
Hinds (“Under the Dome,”
Star Trek Into Darkness)
in the pioneering role of Harriet
Tubman, as well as Jasika
Nicole as Georgia (“Fringe,”
“Scandal”), DeWanda Wise as
Clara (“Shots Fired”),
Bokeem Woodbine
as Daniel
(“Fargo”), Michael Trotter
as Biographer (“Rosewood”),
Jesse Luken as Smoke
(“Justified,” 42)
Sadie Stratton as Patty Cannon
(“Code Black,” “Boy
Meets World”) and Robert
Christopher Riley as Hicks
(“Hit the Floor”).
The
award-winning “Underground”
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
honored Director Anthony Hemmingway with their 2017 Horizon Award.
The series
also won several awards at
the inaugural Cynopsis TV Awards including Best New Drama Series,
Best Series Writing (Drama) and Best Showrunner.
The
critically acclaimed series was nominated today for a 43rd Annual
Saturn Award for Best Action/Thriller Television Series.
Hailing
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-winning director Anthony
Hemingway (“The People
v. O.J. Simpson,” “Treme”); 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 (La La Land, Southside with
You); and Mark
Taylor (“MadTV”).
For
official “Underground” products and merchandise, go to
http://www.wgnamerica.com/series/underground/shop/.
About
WGN America
WGN
America, the flagship entertainment network of Tribune Media Company
(NYSE: TRCO) is nationally distributed in approximately 80 million
homes via cable, satellite and telco, with high-quality entertainment
programming including the breakout hit series “Outsiders” and
“Underground.” The network also brings its audience a strong
slate of popular first-run syndicated series and blockbuster movies.
Follow the network on Twitter @wgnamerica. For additional
information, please visit www.wgnamerica.com.
About
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:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/UndergroundWGN
Twitter:
@UndergroundWGN
Instagram:@UndergroundWGN
“Underground”
cast on Twitter:
Jurnee
Smollett-Bell
@jurneesmollett
Aldis
Hodge @AldisHodge
Alano
Miller @AlanoMiller
Jessica
de Gouw @jessdegouw
Amirah
Vann @amirahvann
Christopher
Meloni @Chris_Meloni
Marc
Blucas @marcblucas
Aisha
Hinds @AishaHinds
Jasika
Nicole @TheJasikaNicole
DeWanda Wise @DeWandaWise
DeWanda Wise @DeWandaWise
Jesse
Luken @JesseLuken
Sadie
Stratton
@sadie_stratton
“Underground”
creative team on Twitter:
John
Legend @johnlegend
Misha
Green @MishaGreen
Joe
Pokaski @JoePokaski
Anthony
Hemingway @shinybootz
Akiva
Goldsman @AkivaGoldsman
Ty
Stiklorius @tystiklorius
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