Netflix Confirms Season 2 of ‘Supacell’

Netflix Confirms Season 2 of 'Supacell'

Today, Netflix announced the return of Supacell for a highly anticipated second season. The first season, which premiered on June 27, received rave reviews, with the Guardian praising it as “strikingly performed, bracingly plotted, and its characters are up there with prestige TV’s finest. It’s ingenious.”

Season 1 quickly soared to the number one spot on Netflix’s global TV series list, remaining in the top 10 for six weeks and securing a place in the Top 10 in 91 countries.

Rapman, the creator of the series, expressed his excitement: “I can’t wait for the world to see ‘Supacell’, Season 2. For me, Season 1 was always an origin story. Season 2 is when the journey really begins. Season 1 was my Batman Begins, Season 2 is my Dark Knight.”

Supacell follows a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. Despite having little in common, they are all Black South Londoners. One man, Michael Lasaki, must bring them together to save the woman he loves.

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Black South Londoners Develop Superpowers in New Netflix Series ‘Supacell’ Teaser Trailer

Black South Londoners Develop Superpowers in New Netflix Series ‘Supacell’ Teaser Trailer

When a group of young Black South Londoners develop superpowers, you can bet things will get interesting reasonably quickly. That’s the gist of Supacell, a new upcoming Netflix series that just dropped the first teaser trailer.

Shadow and Act report the series’ cast includes Tosin Cole, former BMF star Eric Kofi Abrefa, Nadine Mills, Calvin Demba, Josh Tedeku, Adebayo Adedayo, Rayxia Ojo, Giacomo Mancini as Spud and Eddie Marsan.

Here’s the official description: SUPACELL is about five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together to save the woman he loves.

Oh but wait, there’s a logline too: A regular group of people are unexpectedly gifted with superpowers. Before the group really get a chance to figure out how to use their powers they find their new special abilities has made them targets for the powerful agency who created them.

Before we share the teaser trailer, the series is set to premiere in June. The show’s showrunner, creator, and lead director is Rapman. Sebastian Thiel is also a director on the show.

Series producer is Joanna Crow, and associate producers include Sheila Nortley, who is serving as block 2 producer, and Henrietta Lee, an associate producer for New Wave. Geraldine Hawkins is co-producing, and executive producers are Rapman, Mouktar Mohammed for New Wave, Anna Ferguson, and Steve Searle for Netflix.

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