David Farnor | On 04, Aug 2019

The end of the world was officially a one-off event, with Now Apocalypse cancelled by STARZ after one season.

The first entry into TV by cult filmmaker Gregg Araki, the provocative, surreal comedy was created and executive-produced by the director of Kaboom and Mysterious Skin, with Steven Soderbergh (Logan Lucky, The Laundromat) and Gregory Jacobs (The Laundromat, Magic Mike XXL) also on board as executive producers.

It starred Avan Jogia (Twisted) as Ulysses, who was struggling to figure out his life in the surreal and bewildering city of Los Angeles. Kelli Berglund (Lab Rats) starred as Carly, Beau Mirchoff (Awkward) as Ford, and Roxane Mesquida (Kaboom) as Severine, all of whom were on quests pursuing love, sex and fame. Between sexual and romantic dating-app adventures, Ulysses grew increasingly troubled as foreboding, premonitory dreams made him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy was going on — or if he was just smoking too much weed.

Araki directed all 10 episodes and co-wrote the series with author and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, who is also the creator and host of Slutever on Viceland. Sciortino also served as consulting producer.

We described the series as “visually and graphically arresting, but a faintly hollow experience” in our review.

Season 1 premiered in March this year on STARZPLAY, following a debut at Sundance, but several months on, STARZ has confirmed that it has not ordered a second run.

“It was a great show, it was a great experiment for us, but we have made the decision not to bring it back,” COO Jeff Hirsch said at the network’s TCA press session last week.

 

Watch: First trailer for Gregg Araki’s Now Apocalypse

24th January 2019

Today marks the start of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, but amid the slew of indie movies about to debut there’s one interloper: Gregg Araki, who’s unveiling his new TV series, Now Apocalypse. And now, we’ve got our first look at the series in a new trailer.

The provocative, surreal comedy is created and executive-produced by the director of Kaboom and Mysterious Skin, with Steven Soderbergh (Logan Lucky, The Laundromat) and Gregory Jacobs (The Laundromat, Magic Mike XXL) on board as executive producers.

It Avan Jogia (Twisted) as Ulysses, who is struggling to figure out his life in the surreal and bewildering city of Los Angeles. Kelli Berglund (Lab Rats) stars as Carly, Beau Mirchoff (Awkward) as Ford, and Roxane Mesquida (Kaboom) as Severine, all of whom are on quests pursuing love, sex and fame. Between sexual and romantic dating-app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding, premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy is going on — or if he is just smoking too much weed.

Araki directed all 10 episodes and co-wrote the series with author and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, who is also the creator and host of Slutever on Viceland. Sciortino also serves as consulting producer.

The series premieres at Sundance before hitting UK screens on Sunday 10th March. It will be released on STARZPLAY, which is available via Amazon Prime Video Channels and Virgin Media. The streaming service offers access to a vast library of Starz originals and exclusives, including popular series such as Vida, Sweetbitter, The White Princess and Mr. Mercedes. The service costs £4.99 a month and also includes an extensive movie library featuring favourites such as The Hunger Games. Now Apocalypse is the latest high-profile premiere on the service, following the debut of Season 2 of Counterpart, the sci-fi series starring JK Simmons, which we hailed as “the best TV show of 2018 you haven’t seen”.

Here’s the trailer – or read on below for the poster.

 

 

Gregg Araki’s Now Apocalypse set for Sundance premiere ahead of March release

11th December 2018

Gregg Araki’s new TV series, Now Apocalypse, will premiere at 2019’s Sundance Film Festival, before heading to UK screens in March.

The provocative, surreal comedy is created and executive-produced by the director of Kaboom and Mysterious Skin, with Steven Soderbergh (Logan Lucky, The Laundromat) and Gregory Jacobs (The Laundromat, Magic Mike XXL) on board as executive producers.

It stars Avan Jogia (Tut, Twisted) as Ulysses, who is struggling to figure out his life in the bewildering city of Los Angeles. Kelli Berglund (Lab Rats, Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors) stars as Carly, Beau Mirchoff (Awkward, The Fosters) as Ford and Roxane Mesquida (Kaboom, Gossip Girl) as Severine, each of whom are on quests pursuing love, sex and fame. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy is going on, or if he is just smoking too much weed.

Following its debut at Sundance, the series will premiere in the UK on STARZPLAY, Starz’s own streaming service. The growing platform, which is available on Prime Video Channels and Virgin Media, costs £4.99 a month (no contract) as an add-on to either an Amazon Prime Video account or a Virgin TV bill. It gives UK subscribers access to Starz’s originals on the same day as they launch in the USA, with series such as Counterpart, Sweetbitter and Vida all available to stream in the UK alongside their US broadcasts.

STARZPLAY can be accessed via the Amazon Prime Video app on any device, or through Amazon’s own Fire TV devices, as well as via the web at www.amazon.co.uk/channels. Virgin TV customers who add the STARZPLAY subscription to their package can view its library of films and TV shows by pressing Home on their V6 remote control and then clicking On Demand followed by Box Sets.

Now Apocalypse will be released weekly on STARZPLAY at 9pm on 10th March 2019. See the first poster below to give you a taste.

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