Yes! We have a look behind the scenes/teaser for Mr Mercedes Season 2 and we’re loving it!
The Mr Mercedes books (Finders Keepers and End of Watch round out the trilogy) have arguably been Stephen King’s best work in years and the first series of Mr Mercedes was pretty on the money when it come to telling the story of retired police man, Brendan Gleeson’s Bill Hodges, who goes after the one big case that got away… the Mercedes Killer, so called because he mowed down a bunch of people standing in line in the hope of getting work, killing men, women and children, here played by Harry Treadaway.
The second season, which from the trailer seems to be taking parts of both sequel novels, while creating anew take on the story, arrives in August.
A small screen adaptation of Stephen King’s 2014 novel “Mr. Mercedes” is headed to the AT&T Audience Network on Wednesday, August 9th, and we’ve got a sneak peek today via a behind the scenes featurette. It offers up the very first footage from the series, along with some chatter from King himself.
Brendan Gleeson leads as Detective Bill Hodges, along with Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful) as Brady Hartsfield. Jharrel Jerome (Moonlight) is cast as Jerome Robinson, Scott Lawrence (Avatar) as Detective Peter Dixon, Robert Stanton (Mercury Rising) as Anthony “Robi” Frobisher, and Ann Cusack (Nightcrawler) as Olivia Trelawney, with Mary Louise-Parker (Weeds) as Janey Patterson, and Holland Taylor (The Truman Show) as Ida Silver. Kelly Lynch (Deborah Hartsfield), Justine Lupe (Holly Gibney) and Breeda Wool (Lou Linklatter) also star. King himself will appear in a cameo role.
Based on Stephen King’s 2014 book, “Mr. Mercedes” follows demented killer Brady Hartsfield (Treadaway), who taunts a retired police detective Bill Hodges (Gleeson) with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he is able to strike again.
David E. Kelley wrote adaptation, produced by Sonar Entertainment. Jack Bender directs. Both executive produce along with Temple Hill Entertainment’s Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey.
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