Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, many others to star in Amazon's Solos
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Hunters creator David Weil is shifting gears from Nazi hunting for a new Amazon series – featuring an A-list cast, to boot. According to Deadline, Weil’s new show Solos is a dramatic anthology series, starring Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Uzo Aduba, Anthony Mackie, Constance Wu, Nicole Beharie, and Dan Stevens.
Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson and former head of Alcon TV Group Laura Lancaster are co-executive producing with Weil. Both Taylor-Johnson and Weil are also directing two episodes. Zach Braff (who recently directed an episode of Ted Lasso and will be starring in Disney+’s Cheaper By The Dozen reboot ) and Tiffany Johnson are joining the production as directors.
The show “explores the deeper meaning of human connection, as explored through the lens of the individual,” with each character showing their perspective. No other details have been revealed yet, so we’ll have to see if it’s just as gritty as Hunters or if Weil’s going for something very different.
Here’s what he had to say about the show to Deadline:
“I am beyond thrilled to be bringing Solos to life alongside this group of artists who I so deeply admire. I created this piece with a desire to capture stories about connection, hope, and the search for that common hum of humanity that binds us all. I’m immensely grateful to Jennifer Salke and my incredible partners at Amazon for their unwavering support and collaboration on this special project.”
No word yet on when Solos premieres, but it’s set to come at some point this year.
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I loved Hathaways episode in Modern Love (lowkey loved that entire series, I know it was too focused on rich white new yorkers, but it did have some great storytelling), so I got good hopes for another amazon anthology series.
Did you watch the earlier Amazon anthology “The Romanoffs”?
Yes, I also loved that series, also similar problem of too many white folks, but some of the episodes were pure magic. The Christina Hendricks episode and Kathryn Hahn episodes were actually some of the better tv hours in recent years I thought. I also liked the revenge on a train episode at the end.
I did, which is why I didn’t watch Modern Love.
At least this isn’t a sitcom about Han Solo’s extended family.
“No, for the thousandth time, no, I’m not coming home for Life Day, dad! I’m too busy hanging out with my new Sith friends. They’re teaching me about mom’s dad Darth who was really cool! I’m going to make a mask like his, only absolute shit!”
“At least”? I think you mean “too bad”! That sounds awesome. It would have to be co-written by David Chase and Tyler Perry though!
He doesn’t have people. He’s alone.
Han… Solo.
Disney already has two of those in development.
Was hoping this was a preem new show about some assassins, chooms. Disappointed.
That quoted description of what the show will be about is very general and broad. Like that hilarious end-term WH press release of T***p’s day schedule. I’m hoping the show being that vague is actually a cover for weirdness (this is the same guy, after all, who did the I-liked-it Hunters) and we’ll get space rabbits or something equally outlandish. Or the meaning of connection like how The Fountain or Cloud Atlas did it.
So it’s Rashomon, the romantic comedy series?
You could’ve replaced the last half of the text with “We don’t know what this is about.” That would’ve conveyed the exact same amount of information and saved you a typo.
I thought for sure I remember Morgan Freeman being accused of some things and him very nearly being “canceled”. Did we just collectively shrug that off because star power or whatever or was it all unsubstantiated?
“No other details have been revealed yet, so we’ll have to see if it’s just as gritty as Hunters”
Hunters’ cheesy grindhouse garbage was “gritty” in your opinion?