Hulu's Fall/Winter 2019 Programming Slate

Hulu's Fall/Winter 2019 Programming Slate
Newly announced: the return of "Castle Rock" on Wednesday, October 23.

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[via press release from Hulu] HULU'S FALL/WINTER 2019 PROGRAMMING SLATE

UNTOUCHABLE
Documentary
Premiere Date: Monday, September 2
Trailer: https://youtu.be/b-1fKna9l38
Crew: Untouchable is directed by Ursula Macfarlane and executive produced by Lightbox's Simon Chinn & Jonathan Chinn.
Synopsis: The inside story of the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein reveals how, over decades, he acquires and protects his power even as scandal threatens to engulf him. Former colleagues and accusers detail the method and consequences of his alleged abuse, hoping for justice and to inspire change.

WU-TANG: AN AMERICAN SAGA
Episode Count: 10
Premiere Date: Wednesday, September 4 (Weekly)
Trailer: https://youtu.be/w37TQZwnjXY
Cast: Ashton Sanders, Shameik Moore, Dave East, Siddiq Saunderson, Marcus Callender, Julian Elijah Martinez, Zolee Griggs, Erika Alexander, TJ Atoms, Johnell Young
Crew: Created and written by Alex Tse and The RZA and executive produced by Tse, The RZA, Brian Grazer, Method Man and Francie Calfo. Produced by Imagine Television.
Synopsis: Based on one of the most influential and important groups in hip-hop history, Wu-Tang: An American Saga is inspired by "The Wu-Tang Manual" and "Tao of Wu", and based on the true story of the Wu-Tang Clan. Set in early '90s New York at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, the show tracks the Clan's formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs aka The RZA, who strives to unite a dozen young, black men that are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.

INTO THE DARK
PURE (Daughter's Day)
Episode 12, Season 1 Finale
Premiere Date: Friday, September 6
Cast: Jahkara Smith, McKaley Miller, Scott Porter, Annalisa Cochrane, Ciara Bravo, Jim Klock, T.C. Carter.
Crew: Hannah Macpherson directs the film and wrote the teleplay. Story is by Paul Fischer & Paul Davis and Hannah Macpherson.
Synopsis: In this female coming-of-age horror story, several teen girls perform a secret ritual at a Purity Retreat and, when one of them begins to see a supernatural entity, the terrifying question emerges, what is more dangerous: the demon they've unleashed, or the pressure to conform to their fathers' expectations.

LIGHT AS A FEATHER
Season 2, Part 2
Episode Count: 8
Premiere Date: All episodes Friday, October 4
Cast: Cast includes Liana Liberato as "McKenna," Brianne Tju as "Alex," Haley Ramm as "Violet," Jordan Rodrigues as "Trey," Brent Rivera as "Isaac," Dylan Sprayberry as "Henry," Katelyn Nacon as "Sammi," Adriyan Rae as "Peri," and Robyn Lively as "Deb."
Crew: Created and executive produced by R. Lee Fleming Jr. and produced by AwesomenessTV, Wattpad, and Grammnet.
Synopsis: Having doubled down by playing a new round of "Light as a Feather" that puts all their lives on the line, Season 2 continues as McKenna and friends are optimistic that they're finally done with the curse. But is the curse done with them? Tensions rise as the gang soon find themselves in a race to discover the game's origins before more lives are lost.

LETTERKENNY
Season 7
Episode Count: 6
Premiere Date: All episodes Monday, October 14 (Canadian Thanksgiving)
Cast: Jared Keeso, Nathan Dales, Michelle Mylett, K Trevor Wilson, Daniel Petronijevic, Dylan Playfair, Andrew Herr, Tyler Johnston, Evan Stern, Mark Forward and Tiio Horn
Crew: Jared Keeso (Executive Producer/Creator/Co-Writer), Mark Montefiore (Executive Producer), Jacob Tierney (Executive Producer/Director/Co-Writer). Produced by New Metric Media, in partnership with DHX Media and Playfun Games.
Synopsis: Letterkenny revolves around the dustups Wayne (Jared Keeso) and his buds get into with their small-town rivals. The Hicks, The Skids, and The Hockey Players get at each other about the most mundane things, often ending with someone getting their ass kicked. Key residents of Letterkenny are Daryl (Nathan Dales), Wayne's free-spirited younger sister Katy (Michelle Mylett), and Wayne's buddy, Dan (K Trevor Wilson) - all Hicks. Daniel Petronijevic stars as Hick McMurray while Dylan Playfair and Andrew Herr are hotshot Hockey Players "Jonesy" and "Reilly". Tyler Johnston and Evan Stern are Skids Stewart and Roald, Mark Forward is the temperamental Coach of the Letterkenny Irish, and Tiio Horn is the badass leader of The Natives, Tanis. In the upcoming seventh season the Hicks start an agricultural call-in show.

LOOKING FOR ALASKA
Episode Count: 8
Premiere Date: All episodes Friday, October 18
Teaser: https://youtu.be/qo6Psg-RzNw
Cast: Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, and Jordan Connor. Also starring Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us) and Timothy Simons (Veep).
Crew: Created for television by Josh Schwartz, the series comes from Paramount Television and Schwartz and Stephanie Savage's Fake Empire. Savage and Schwartz will serve as executive producers, alongside Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, John Green, and Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner of Temple Hill. Fake Empire exec Lis Rowinski will co-executive produce. Sarah Adina Smith ("Hanna" and "Legion") directs the first episode.
Synopsis: Looking For Alaska is an 8-episode limited series based on the John Green novel of the same name. Set in 2005, it centers around teenager Miles "Pudge" Halter (Charlie Plummer), as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young (Kristine Froseth), and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his close friends attempt to make sense of what they've been through.

CASTLE ROCK
Season 2
Episode Count: 10
Premiere Date: Wednesday, October 23
Cast: Lizzy Caplan, Tim Robbins, Paul Sparks, Yusra Warsama, Barkhad Abdi, Elsie Fisher and Matthew Alan.
Crew: The series is created and executive produced by showrunner Dustin Thomason and Sam Shaw. J.J. Abrams, Ben Stephenson, Vince Calandra, Stephen King and Liz Glotzer also serve as executive producers. Produced By: Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Series Synopsis: A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King's best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland. The fictional Maine town of Castle Rock has figured prominently in King's literary career: Cujo, The Dark Half, IT and Needful Things, as well as novella The Body and numerous short stories (Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption) are set in there. Castle Rock is an original suspense/thriller - a first-of-its-kind reimagining that unites King's themes and worlds, and brings together the author's most iconic and beloved characters.
Season Synopsis: In Season 2, a feud between warring clans comes to a boil when budding psychopath Annie Wilkes, Stephen King's nurse from hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock.

DOLLFACE
Episode Count: 10
Premiere Date: All episodes Friday, November 15
Cast: Kat Dennings, Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell and Esther Povitsky.
Crew: The series created by Jordan Weiss, who serves as an executive producer alongside showrunner Ira Ungerleider; Margot Robbie, Brett Hedblom and Tom Ackerley for LuckyChap Entertainment; Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan for Screen Arcade; Kat Dennings; Nicole King and Stephanie Laing (Vice Principals). Matt Spicer (Ingrid Goes West) will executive produce and direct the first episode. Dollface is produced by ABC Signature Studios, part of Disney Television Studios.
Synopsis: Dollface follows Jules (Kat Dennings), a young woman who - after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend - must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.

REPRISAL
Episode Count: 10
Premiere Date: All episodes Friday, December 6
Cast: Abigail Spencer, Rodrigo Santoro, Mena Massoud, Rhys Wakefield, Madison Davenport, Gilbert Owuor, David Dastmalchian, W. Earl Brown, Craig Tate, Wavyy Jonez, Shane Callahan, and Rory Cochrane.
Crew: Reprisal is created by executive producer and showrunner Josh Corbin and executive produced by Warren Littlefield, Barry Jossen and Jonathan Van Tulleken (101 director).
Synopsis: A hyper-noir story that follows a relentless femme fatale who, after being left for dead, sets out to take revenge against her brother and his bombastic gang of gearheads.

MARVEL'S RUNAWAYS
Season 3
Episode Count: 10
Premiere Date: All episodes Friday, December 13
Cast: The series stars Rhenzy Feliz, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Ariela Barer, Gregg Sulkin, Allegra Acosta, Annie Wersching, Ryan Sands, Angel Parker, Ever Carradine, James Marsters, Kevin Weisman, Brigid Brannagh, James Yaegashi, Brittany Ishibashi, and Elizabeth Hurley.
Crew: Marvel's Runaways is executive produced by series showrunners/writers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (The O.C. and Gossip Girl) along with Marvel's Head of Television, Jeph Loeb (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Marvel's Cloak & Dagger) and Quinton Peeples. Marvel's Runaways is a co-production with ABC Signature Studios, part of Disney Television Studios. It is based on the Marvel comics created by the award winning-team of Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona.

Synopsis: The Runaways frantically search for their captured friends Chase, Gert and Karolina. The kids go head to head with an unstoppable enemy who has targeted Leslie - or more accurately, the child she's carrying. Nico draws them all into a dark realm where its ruler Morgan le Fay, played by Elizabeth Hurley, is much more nefarious than anyone the kids have yet to face. 

IT’S “A GREAT DAY FOR HAY” AS HULU ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF HIT SERIES LETTERKENNY AS HULU ORIGINAL

IT’S “A GREAT DAY FOR HAY” AS HULU ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF HIT SERIES LETTERKENNY AS HULU ORIGINAL

Season 7 Of Critically Acclaimed Series LETTERKENNY To Stream

Exclusively on Hulu Beginning Monday, October 14

Santa Monica, CA (June 6, 2019) – Hulu announced that following the acquisition of award-winning Canadian fan favorite and Crave Original comedy series Letterkenny, the show will return as a Hulu Original. In a new licensed deal with New Metric Media and DHX Media, Hulu will now have exclusive U.S. streaming rights to all upcoming seasons of the series.  Created by and starring Jared Keeso, the half-hour comedy revolves around the dustups Wayne (Keeso) and his pals get into with their small-town rivals. For the hicks, skids and hockey players of Letterkenny, getting your ass kicked is a legitimate concern on a day-to-day basis. In the upcoming six-episode seventh season premiering Monday, October 14, the Hicks start an agricultural call-in show. Fans can still binge the first six seasons of Letterkenny on Hulu, now under the new Hulu Original moniker.

“We know from the current success of our Original comedy series’ Ramy, Shrill and Pen15 that our subscribers are looking for hilarious, unique and engaging programming,” said Hulu’s Senior Vice President of Originals, Craig Erwich. “Letterkenny checks all of these boxes and then some.  Since we first premiered season one last summer, the fan-following and conversation around the series has gained exciting momentum. We’re proud to have the show join the Hulu family.”

In addition to Wayne (Keeso), Key residents of Letterkenny are Daryl (Nathan Dales), Wayne’s free-spirited younger sister Katy (Michelle Mylett), and Wayne’s buddy, Dan (K Trevor Wilson) - while Dylan Playfair and Andrew Herr are Hockey Players Jonesy and Reilly. Tyler Johnston and Evan Stern are Skids Stewart and Roald, Mark Forward is the temperamental Coach, and Tiio Horn is the badass leader of The Natives, Tanis.

Hulu kicks off this new agreement by bringing Letterkenny cast and creators to the Austin Television Festival (ATX) on June 9^th for a special sneak-peek of the new season.  Additionally, starting June 20^th the cast of the award-winning comedy series are bringing the “LETTERKENNY LIVE!” tour for the first time ever south of the border to New York, Chicago and Minneapolis.

Letterkenny is produced by New Metric Media, in partnership with DHX Media and Playfun Games in association with Bell Media, with the participation of Canadian Media Fund, OMDC Tax Credits and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund and distributed by DHX Media & New Metric Media. Crave is from Bell Media, Canada’s leading content company. Jared Keeso is executive producer, co-writer, star, and creator, Jacob Tierney is executive producer, director, and co-writer and Mark Montefiore is executive producer for New Metric Media. Sarah Fowlie is Director, Original Programming, Comedy, Bell Media. Production Executive for Bell Media is Chris Kelley. Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Original Programming, Bell Media. Mike Cosentino is President, Content and Programming, Bell Media. Randy Lennox is President, Bell Media.

About Hulu

Hulu is the leading premium streaming service offering live and on-demand TV and movies, with and without commercials, both in and outside the home. Launched in 2008, Hulu has grown to more than 28 million customers in the U.S. and is the only service that gives viewers instant access to current shows from every major U.S. broadcast network; libraries of hit TV series and films; and acclaimed Hulu Originals like Emmy® and Golden Globe Award-winning series The Handmaid’s Tale, Emmy® Award-nominated The Looming Tower, Shrill, The Act, Marvel’s Runaways, Catch-22 and Castle Rock, and Oscar®-nominated documentary film Minding the Gap, as well as live news, entertainment and sports from 21st Century Fox, The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal, CBS Corporation, The CW, Turner Networks, A+E Networks and Discovery Networks – all in one place. Upcoming Hulu Originals Four Weddings and a Funeral from Mindy Kaling; Wu-Tang: An American Saga from Brian Grazer and The RZA; and Little Fires Everywhere from Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington.

About New Metric Media

Founded in 2013 and led by President Mark Montefiore, New Metric Media is an independent production company that develops, finances and produces premium scripted content for a global audience.  Winner of the Banff World Media Festival’s 2018 Innovative Producer Award, the company’s current slate of programming includes the multiple award-winning Hulu/Crave hit original comedy Letterkenny, the half-hour Superchannel comedy What Would Sal Do?, and the Netflix/Citytv compelling drama series Bad Blood.  

New Metric Media is also recognized as a leader in brand marketing for its success with Letterkenny and Bad Blood’s off-screen extensions including beers and spirits, collectible merchandise, a branded escape room activation with a national immersive entertainment franchise featuring Bad Blood, and Letterkenny LIVE!, a national theatre tour with the stars of the series.

Letterkenny - 'Season 2' of the Canadian Show is Coming to DVD Soon! Mid-March street date, according to Amazon's north-of-the-border site
Posted by David Lambert	2/01/2018
The Canadian show is back on DVD this coming March 13 with Letterkenny - Season 2. It's priced at CA$22.99 SRP, and you can pre-order it from Amazon's Canadian site using the button link immediately below. Under that is the package art, front and rear:

Letterkenny - Package Art (Front and Rear) for 'Season 1' of the Canadian Show Available from Universal Studios on November 21st
Posted by David Lambert	10/17/2017
A couple of weeks ago we reported that the Canadian TV show, Letterkenny - Season 1, is coming to DVD on November 21st. At the time we didn't have the package art, but now Universal Studios Home Entertainment has made that available to us...front and back! Check it out:

Letterkenny - 'Season 1' of the Canadian Show is Scheduled for DVD Coming to USA and Canada on November 21st, from Universal
Posted by David Lambert	10/04/2017
The residents of Letterkenny, Ontario belong to one of three groups: Hicks, Skids, and Hockey Players. The three groups are constantly feuding with each other over seemingly trivial matters; often ending with someone getting their ass kicked. Based on the "Letterkenny Problems" webseries, Canada's CraveTV had this sitcom as their first original series, and have aired 3 seasons so far (with a fourth season in-the-works). Now Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that Letterkenny - Season 1 is coming to DVD on November 21st! The six episodes come on a single disc, priced at $22.99 SRP. Package art isn't available yet, and even though Amazon.com has a listing for the title, it's not accepting pre-orders just yet. However, Amazon of Canada's listing is taking advance purchases right now!