‘American Rust’: Amazon Freevee Rescues Jeff Daniels Crime Drama For Season 2
Amazon Freevee has stepped in to save the Jeff Daniels’ cancelled Showtime series ‘American Rust‘ for a 2nd Season the free streaming service has announced.
Based on Philipp Meyer’s critically acclaimed novel of the same name, the first season of ‘American Rust’ explored the tattered American Dream in a Rust Belt town in southwest Pennsylvania through the eyes of police chief Del Harris (Daniels). Harris becomes compromised when the son of the woman he loves (Golden Globe-winner Maura Tierney) is accused of murder, and he is forced to decide what he’s willing to do to protect him. Production on the second season is scheduled to begin later this year with Daniels and Tierney returning.
“I’m grateful to Amazon Freevee for giving us the chance to make Season Two of American Rust. Set inside a struggling American small town, our authentic, realistically told story is built for streaming,” said Jeff Daniels. “The movies they don’t make anymore are being made as series at places like Amazon Freevee. It’s where I want to be.”
The crime drama comes from Oscar-nominee Dan Futterman and Tony Award-nominee Adam Rapp. Daniels, Futterman, and Rapp exec produce alongside Paul Martino, Michael De Luca, and Katie O’Connell Marsh for Boat Rocker, and Elisa Ellis. The series is produced and distributed globally by Boat Rocker Studios.
“American Rust is exactly the type of gritty and engaging storytelling Amazon Freevee audiences love, and we could not be more excited to bring this prestige series to our customers, free of charge,” said Lauren Anderson and Ryan Pirozzi, co-heads of content and programming at Amazon Freevee. “We can’t wait to dive in with Boat Rocker and Dan Futterman to continue the story that intrigued audiences during the first season, and to see the evolution of characters so expertly portrayed by Jeff and Maura in this next chapter.”
The series originally aired on Showtime in the USA and on Sky Atlantic in the UK. It seems the second season will be exclusive to Amazon Freevee. The first season is due to appear again in the UK as a box set when Paramount+ launches here on 22nd June 2022.
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