EL SEGUNDO, Calif.,
Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Following the dramatic finale of season 2 of "Mr. Mercedes,"
AT&T AUDIENCE Network has picked up this critically
acclaimed drama for a 3rd season. Production for the 10 1-hour
episodes is scheduled to begin in early 2019 in Charleston, South Carolina with the premiere
launching later in the year.
The series is produced by Sonar Entertainment.
Returning for the 3rd season will be David E. Kelley ("Big Little Lies,"
"Ally McBeal") to oversee the
writer's room and Jack Bender
("Lost," "Under the Dome") to direct. In addition to King, Kelley
and Bender, Marty Bowen and
Wyck Godfrey of Temple Hill
Entertainment, Tom Lesinski and
Jenna Santoianni of Sonar
Entertainment, and Shane Elrod and
Kate Regan of AT&T AUDIENCE
Network will continue to serve as executive producers.
"Stephen King breaking story,
Brendan Gleeson heading the cast,
Jack Bender leading the charge…I'm
excited," said Kelley.
"I am extremely proud of our show," said Bender, "and I couldn't
be more excited to continue unraveling this story with Stephen King, David E.
Kelley and our superlative cast led by Brendan Gleeson."
"'Mr. Mercedes' has resonated with such a wide audience, so
we're thrilled to bring it back for a third season for our
customers," said Daniel York, senior
executive vice president and chief content officer for AT&T.
"David E. Kelley, Jack Bender and Sonar have crafted a series that
honors the original work by Stephen
King and we can't wait to see where they take the show in a
'post-Mr. Mercedes world.'"
"AT&T AUDIENCE Network has been a great partner and we are
delighted to continue this journey with them," said Tom Lesinski, CEO, Sonar Entertainment. "We look
forward to the new storylines the outstanding creative team will be
developing."
The 2nd season of "Mr. Mercedes" took place a year
after Brady Hartsfield's thwarted
attempt to perpetrate a second mass murder in the community of
Bridgton, Ohio. Since the
incident, Hartsfield had been hospitalized in a vegetative state.
Retired Detective Bill Hodges did
his best to move on from his Brady obsession, teaming up with
Holly Gibney to open Finders
Keepers, a private investigative agency. But when unexplainable
occurrences began to affect hospital staff members attending to
Brady, Hodges is haunted by the feeling that Brady was somehow
responsible.
Stephen King describes "Mr.
Mercedes" as his first hard-boiled detective tale. The novel was
published by Scribner in June 2014
and became an immediate No. 1 New York Times Bestseller upon its
release. Shortly after the release of the novel, King
announced that "Mr. Mercedes" was the first of a projected trilogy.
The second novel, "Finders Keepers," was published by Scribner in
June 2015, and the third novel, "End
of Watch," was published by Scribner in June 2016.
"Mr. Mercedes" season 1 and 2 episodes are available OnDemand on
all DIRECTV platforms. AT&T AUDIENCE Network is available
on DIRECTV Ch. 239 and via live streaming on the DIRECTV app and
DIRECTV NOW and WatchTV.
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About AT&T AUDIENCE Network
Always Original.
Always Bold. Never Ordinary. AT&T AUDIENCE
Network brings fresh, provocative content exclusively to
DIRECTV, AT&T U-verse, DIRECTV NOW, and WATCH TV customers.
It's committed to pushing the envelope with a growing slate of
critically acclaimed original series.
Its latest lineup includes an adaptation of Stephen King's "Mr. Mercedes" and conspiracy
thriller "Condor." Original comedies include "Loudermilk" and the
industry-first polyamorous romcom "You Me Her." AT&T AUDIENCE
Network brings viewers real drama with its original documentaries
"Give Us This Day" and "Alone In The Game" and intimate
celebrity interviews on "Off Camera with Sam Jones." "The Dan Patrick
Show" and "The Rich Eisen Show" offer sports fans live,
daily news from renowned sports journalists. And "Undeniable with
Dan Patrick" puts viewers front row
for in-depth chats with sports icons like Derek Jeter and Michael
Phelps. Plus, music fans can see exclusive concerts by
today's hottest artists on AUDIENCE Music. It's original
entertainment you won't see anywhere else.
About Sonar Entertainment
Sonar Entertainment is a
leading independent entertainment studio that develops, produces,
finances and distributes content for global audiences. Our
financial strength and independence provides us with the freedom to
fund development and productions on a global scale and partner with
the most innovative storytellers in the industry. Sonar
Entertainment premium series include Mr.
Mercedes, written by David E.
Kelley, based on the novel by Stephen King, with AT&T Audience
Network; The Son, starring Pierce Brosnan for AMC; Das Boot, an
eight-part series inspired by the acclaimed movie, for Sky;
scripted drama series The Hunt and documentary
series Lorena, both produced with Jordan Peele for Amazon; scripted sci-fi comedy
series Weird City, produced with Jordan Peele for YouTube Premium; and an A.I.
documentary series produced with Robert
Downey Jr. for YouTube Premium. Sonar Entertainment
also distributes internationally, outside the
UK, Taboo, for FX and BBC One, starring Tom Hardy and executive produced by Ridley Scott. Factual and lifestyle series
include Texas Metal for Discovery
and Food\'s Greatest Hits for Scripps. Sonar Kids
and Family series include Counterfeit Cat, airing on
Disney XD in the US, Teletoon in Canada, on Hulu and in over 200 countries
worldwide; and Go Away Unicorn! for Disney. In
addition, Sonar Entertainment distributes over 1,000 award-winning
library titles comprising over 3,000 broadcast hours.
About Temple Hill Entertainment
Temple Hill
Entertainment is a production company based in Los Angeles. The company was founded in 2008,
and its films have earned over $4.5
billion at the worldwide box office. Recent releases
include: First Man for Universal Pictures,
directed by Academy Award winning director, Damien Chazelle (La La Land), and
starring Ryan Gosling; The Hate U Give for
Fox2000, starring Amandla Stenberg, and directed by George Tillman Jr.; and Dan Fogelman's Life, Itself for
Amazon Studios. It is best known for producing adaptations of
successful properties, including the Twilight film
series, the Maze Runner series, and film
adaptations of Nicholas Sparks' and
John Green's novels, Safe
Haven and The Fault in Our Stars. In addition
to DirectTV's Mr. Mercedes, Temple Hill was also
behind Rosewood for FOX,
and Revenge for ABC. Our upcoming series
include Looking for Alaska, based on the novel by John Green, for Hulu.
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