News Orphan Black spin-off starring Krysten Ritter

We finally have a trailer!



Definitely looks promising despite not getting much beyond a basic amnesia mystery and hints of a grand conspiracy. Plus, the show is seemingly set much further in the future from the original show, but I still hope for some kind of role for Tatiana Maslay after the show finds its footing.

We still don't have a release date but we do know we have to wait at least a few more months.

 

Nice trailer. Is the whole season going to be on BBC America or just the first episode. I think subscribing to AMC+ might be worth it because I was a fan of Orphan Black (Might need to rewatch that series, which I bought digitally, next year) but if it's all on BBC America I won't need to.

 

New Trailer for Echoes just dropped. I saw people being luke warm on this series but I think I'm still interested, mainly because I like Ritter and I liked Orphan Black. Comes out June 23rd.

 

Looks good to me.

 

I mean, at this point, it sounds like a redux of the original. But I'm all in. I loved the original OB, I'm a fan of Ritter's from Jessica Jones, and there isn't anything here to make not want to tune in. I love the location shots already.

 

Great trailer and I already was all in with just Krysten Ritter and Keeley Hawes, but this helps seal it. Plus...

OG family cameo, if only in photograph form!



I looked at the Wikipedia article and apparently we already know who Hawes is playing. I'm going to spoiler code it because I hadn't seen this news but it still took me off guard. Should be apparent from this screen grab but...

Spoiler: Who?

She's grown up Kira!

On top of that, I saw in the Wikipedia article that two original characters are set to return:

Spoiler: Just playing it safe for y'all

Jordan Gavaris as Felix and Evelyne Brochu as Delphine!

The Wikipedia article says the show is set in 2052, 37 years after the original show, so both of them are going to be pretty old at this point.

Lastly, great casting of Amanda Fix because she looks like a young Krysten Ritter, nose and all.

Edit: Just noticed in the Wikipedia article that the whole season already aired in Australia...last November! Which means...

Spoiler

Unless the editors are being super vigilant (doubtful), no Tatiana Maslany in the first season.

 

The season was released on ITV X in the UK last week. I've watched the first three episodes and found it pretty disappointing so far. It has almost none of the humour or spark of the original show. The story is fine but it's being told in a really dull, straightforward way. I like Krysten Ritter from several different things I've seen her in and she's doing her best here, but Lucy has not been a good lead character so far (and was barely in the third episode.) Amanda Fix as Jules IS really well cast though and I've found her a more compelling lead character. But I just can't get over how they've taken out everything that made the original special and replaced it with blandness.

Spoiler

Very disappointed that Ritter is only playing one character (so far.) Jordan Garvaris as a sixty year old Felix was not very convincing.