Two of Rupert Grint's series have already been picked up for a second season - and one of the shows hasn't even been broadcast anywhere for audiences yet!
First off is
Snatch, based loosely off the Guy Ritchie movie, and the first season of which was streamed through Crackle online this past March. The digital platform and Sony Pictures Television Networks announced on Wednesday that the
Harry Potter actor and his fellow cast members will return for a second season, which will release sometime in 2018.
On the heels of its successful spring launch on Crackle, the original drama “Snatch,” based loosely on the wildly popular movie of the same name, will return for a second season in 2018, it was announced today. In addition, the free, AVOD service shared plans to release an exclusive virtual reality bonus experience on PlayStation VR this summer. Both announcements were made today at the network’s upfront presentation at Sony Square NYC.
“Rupert, Luke and the rest of the cast have created memorable characters who truly resonated with our viewers, and we look forward to following their adventures in season two of Snatch, ” said Eric Berger, Crackle, GM and EVP, Digital, Sony Pictures Television Networks. “Sincere thanks to our production team as well as Snatch’s creator, writer and executive producer Alex De Rakoff for being the creative force behind what is our most successful drama to date.”
Called a “whole lot of fun… with an irreverent sense of humor,” by the Boston Globe, “Snatch” is the network’s most-streamed scripted original to date and centers on a group of twenty-something, up-and-coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck load of stolen gold bullion and are suddenly thrust into the high-stakes world of organized crime. The boys must quickly learn to navigate the treacherous waters of London’s underworld as rogue cops, gypsy fighters, international mobsters and local villains descend.
During the VR experience, the hustlers attempt to break into the safe of Sonny Castillo (Ed Westwick) and can choose to keep cracking the safe or leave the hideout before the cops and Castillo’s goons arrive on the scene.
“In VR the viewer has a lot of power and controls the outcome. Our goal is to teleport you alongside Rupert Grint and his thieving friends to make you feel the adrenaline of the heist. We want the viewers to have agency over where they want this caper to go,” said Nicolas Alcala, Future Lighthouse’s CEO and director of creativity.
Inspired by the cult favorite film of the same name, Crackle’s “Snatch” stars Rupert Grint as the utterly posh, Charlie Cavendish-Scott. Best known as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise, Grint also serves as an executive producer. In addition, the series stars an ensemble cast featuring Luke Pasqualino (“Skins”, “The Borgias”) as Albert Hill, Lucien Laviscount (“Scream Queens”, “Honeytrap”) as Billy Ayres, Dougray Scott (“Fear the Walking Dead,” “Doctor Who”) as Vic Hill, Phoebe Dynevor (“The Village,” “Dickensian) as Lotti Mott and Juliet Aubrey (The Infiltrator,” “Primeval”) as Lily Hill. The series is executive produced by Alex De Rakoff, who also serves as writer and showrunner. (Crackle)
Sick Note, the dark comedy in which Rupert's character plays off as a compulsive liar pretending to have cancer to ridiculous results, has also been renewed for a second season. The first season of the show, which was shot months ago, has yet to release in the UK, U.S., or anywhere as of yet, nor has a broadcast date been announced (though might debut this spring on UK's Sky Atlantic network).
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Sky Atlantic has ordered a second series of the Rupert Grint comedy Sick Note before the first has even aired.
In the show, the Harry Potter star plays Daniel Glass, a compulsive liar stuck in a failing relationship and a dead-end job, who's persecuted by his malicious boss, played by Miami Vice's Don Johnson.
Nick Frost also stars as the incompetent doctor who misdiagnoses Daniel with oesophageal cancer and then aids him in the pretence of his illness, even though his patient’s life dramatically improves when everyone assumes he's going to die.
The original six episodes, including a one hour introductory special, are due to air later this year, as the second series goes into production.
Season two of
Sick Note is expected to release sometime in early 2018.
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Rupert Grint's two shows 'Snatch' & 'Sick Note' both renewed for second seasons 
