New season will begin production in 2018 and is
expected to premiere in 2019 exclusively on Prime Video in over 200
countries
The Tick will return with the second half of
season one with six additional episodes premiering on February 23,
2018
(NASDAQ: AMZN) — Hello, Citizens! Amazon Studios today announced
it has greenlit a second season of the half-hour superhero
series The Tick. The creator of the series Ben Edlund
(Firefly, Supernatural, Gotham) will return along with leads Peter
Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy) as The Tick and Griffin
Newman (Search Party) as Arthur, with additional casting to be
announced. From Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television, the
second season of The Tick, comprising 10 episodes, will begin
production in 2018 and is expected to premiere in 2019 exclusively
on Prime Video in over 200 countries exclusively for Prime
members.
Neat! As previously announced, Amazon will premiere the highly
anticipated second half of The Tick’s first season on February 23,
2018, featuring six all-new episodes of the acclaimed show.
The Tick has received wide critical acclaim and at 93% is
Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes. Highlights include:
“The hero we need” – Tim Goodman, The Hollywood
Reporter
“A smart parody of our current superhero
obsession” – Kelly Lawler, USA Today
“Amazon is bringing some welcome wit and warmth
to the genre” – Daniel D’Addario, TIME
“[The Tick] is clever and crazy in the right
proportions” – Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times
“On top of just being a top-notch superhero
show, Amazon’s The Tick is so damn refreshing” – Brett White,
Decider
“Ben has created a resounding hit while Peter and Griffin have
brought Tick and Arthur to indelible life,” said Sharon Yguado,
Head of Scripted Series, Amazon Studios. “We can’t wait to bring
fans more of the Tick universe soon.”
“I am so excited that Amazon wants to continue this wildly
fruitful collaboration and that this amazing cast gets to stay
together, and that we get to build this mythos further, wider,
deeper, and taller,” said Ben Edlund, series creator and executive
producer. “We got a good ball of mud spinning with the right tilt
of axis, I’m very happy we have this opportunity to keep peopling
it.”
The Tick also commented on today’s news: “You feel it too, don’t
you? Destiny’s warm hand in the small of your back, pushing,
pushing. She’s on a roll.”
The Tick Season 2 is executive produced by Ben
Edlund (Firefly, Supernatural, Gotham), Barry
Josephson (Bones), Barry Sonnenfeld (Pushing Daisies, A Series
of Unfortunate Events), and is co-executive produced by Kit
Boss (King of the Hill, iZombie).
About The Tick
In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, Arthur
(Newman), an accountant with mental health issues and zero powers,
comes to suspect his city is owned by a global super-villain, The
Terror (Jackie Earle Haley) who has been long thought dead. As
Arthur struggles to uncover the conspiracy he falls in league with
a strange blue superhero – The Tick (Serafinowicz). They launch
into an adventure brimming with crazed arch-villains, blood-soaked
vigilantes, and superhuman freakery.
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