THE AUDACITY Gets Early Season Two Renewal at AMC
The first season of eight episodes comes to AMC and AMC+ on Sunday, April 12.
AMC Networks has ordered a second season of its forthcoming SILICON VALLEY drama, The Audacity, days before its World Premiere at South By Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, TX. The first season of eight episodes comes to AMC and AMC+ on Sunday, April 12.
Created, written and executive produced by Emmy, Peabody, WGA, PGA Award-winner Jonathan Glatzer, The Audacity is an AMC Studios production executive produced by Gina Mingacci and features a star-studded cast including Tony Award-nominated performer Billy Magnussen, Sarah Goldberg (Clybourne Park), Zach Galifianakis, Lucy Punch, Simon Helberg, Rob Corddry, Meaghan Rath, Paul Adelstein, Everett Blunck, Thailey Roberge, and Ava Marie Telek.
Set inside the bubble of Silicon Valley, The Audacity takes on the warped dreams, outsized egos, and ethical lapses of the self-styled inventors of the future. In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power.
Lucy Forbes (This Is Going To Hurt, Eric) directs the first two episodes of the first season. The second season will also feature eight episodes.
“Jonathan is one of the smartest, most talented, insightful and human showrunners we’ve ever worked with,” said Dan McDermott, Chief Content Officer of AMC Networks and President of AMC Studios.
“He has created a series that is smart, witty and nuanced, with dynamic characters, and something to say about our world, and this particular world that has such a huge impact on our culture, our economy, and the very lives we are all living. Season one is fantastic, season two can’t come soon enough. Thank you to Jonathan, Gina and the incredible cast and crew of The Audacity, for bringing this story and these characters to life.”
Said Glatzer: “From the start, The Audacity exists because Kristin Dolan, Dan McDermott, and AMC Networks decided that ‘playing it safe’ is vastly overrated. They’ve enabled me and our fearless cast to dive headfirst into the deep recesses of some beautifully flawed characters, all set against the backdrop of Silicon Valley, which only happens to have the power to shape how we work, argue, date, doomscroll, etc. And now, with this second season pick-up, AMC Networks has stood by their conviction with this wholly original satire. As The Audacity's creator, I could not be more grateful, but also as a fan of original and slightly dangerous stories, I am ecstatic.”
The Audacity will have its World Premiere at SXSW in Austin, Texas on Saturday, March 14. The two-episode screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Glatzer, Mingacci, Forbes and cast members Magnussen, Punch, Helberg, Corddry, Rath and Adelstein, moderated by journalist Kara Swisher.
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