WGN
AMERICA UNVEILS THRILLING FULL LENGTH TRAILER AND FIRST LOOK UNIT
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR
HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED SECOND SEASON OF ‘UNDERGROUND’
‘UNDERGROUND’
TO RETURN WEDNESDAY MARCH 8, 2017 AT 10:00 PM ET/PT
Pictured
L to R: Jurnee
Smollett-Bell as Rosalee; Aldis
Hodge as Noah; Jessica
de Gouw as Elizabeth
Hawkes and Jasika Nicole as Georgia; Alano
Miller as Cato; Aisha
Hinds
as Harriet
Tubman;
and Amirah
Vann as Ernestine
Photo
Credit: WGN America
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THE EXTENDED TRAILER HERE:
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LOS
ANGELES, February 9, 2017 –
WGN
America released today a full length trailer and first-look unit
photography from the highly anticipated second season of
“Underground”
which will return Wednesday
March 8, 2017 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT
with 10 hour-long episodes. The critically acclaimed hit original
series called a “not-to-be-missed
drama” by Deadline
and
“exhilarating and entertaining” by The
Hollywood Reporter, will
continue to follow an unremitting struggle for freedom within a
divided America on the brink of civil war in season two. Set
in the aftermath of the Macon 7’s daring attempt to stage the
greatest escape in history, this group of American heroes continues
on their harrowing journey to freedom, with legendary abolitionist
Harriet Tubman blazing the trail.
The
celebrated “Underground” cast returning this season includes:
Jurnee
Smollett-Bell
(“Friday Night Lights,” The
Great Debaters)
as Rosalee, the formerly timid and sheltered enslaved woman who was
called upon to display untapped courage in order to escape North;
Aldis
Hodge (Straight
Outta Compton,
Hidden
Figures)
as Noah, the strong and charismatic leader of the infamous Macon 7.
He sacrificed everything to get Rosalee and young Boo to freedom;
Jessica
de Gouw (“Arrow,”
“Dracula”) as Elizabeth Hawkes, an Ohio socialite turned
dedicated abolitionist who is driven by a sense of morality;
Alano
Miller
(Loving,
“Atlanta”)
as
Cato, a cunning
and calculating member of the Macon 7 who is always looking out for
number one;
Christopher
Meloni (“Law
& Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Sin City: A Dame to Kill
For”) as August Pullman, a lone wolf slave catcher who walks a
tightrope between morality and survival;
Amirah
Vann
(“Girls,” And
So It Goes)
as Ernestine, Rosalee’s mother and formerly the head house servant
on the Macon Plantation; and Marc
Blucas (“Blue Bloods”) as John Hawkes, an abolitionist lawyer who
will break the laws he’s sworn to uphold in order to serve what he
knows to be right.
Joining
the cast in season two as recurring guest stars are: Aisha
Hinds
(“Under the Dome,” “True Blood,” Star
Trek Into Darkness)
in the pioneering role of Harriet
Tubman,
the Underground Railroad's most famous
conductor revered for
her grit, perseverance and unrelenting will to help scores of
enslaved people reach their
freedom; Bokeem
Woodbine
(“Fargo,”
the upcoming Spider-Man:
Homecoming, Total Recall) as
Daniel, a
skilled stonemason, who has decided to take freedom into his own
hands. Jasika
Nicole
(“Fringe,” “Scandal”) as Georgia, an abolitionist with a
covert station along the Underground whose quiet confidence hides
secrets of her own;
DeWanda
Wise
(“Shots Fired”) as Clara, a preacher’s daughter from an
enslaved community; Michael
Trotter
(“Rosewood”) as Biographer, an astute observer of people often
fearful of taking chances, who lives through the lives of others;
Jesse
Luken
(“Justified,” 42)
as Smoke, the fearless second
in command of Patty Cannon’s infamous gang of slave catchers; Sadie
Stratton (“Code
Black,” “Boy Meets World”) as Patty Cannon, and Academy Award®
and Golden Globe®
winner and ten-time Grammy Award®
winning singer-songwriter John
Legend
as renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
“Underground,”
delivered
3 million Total Viewers weekly, and made history as WGN
America's most-watched original program ever in its freshman season.
The series was
recently honored with a number of recognitions including four NAACP
Image Awards nominations for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding
Actress in a Drama Series (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Amirah Vann) and Outstanding
Directing in a Dramatic Series (Anthony Hemingway). Additionally,
the African American Film Critics Association named “Underground”
as Best TV Show (Cable/New Media) and the second highest show overall
for 2016, and honored Director Anthony Hemmingway with their 2017
Horizon Award. The
series also
won several awards at the inaugural Cynopsis TV Awards including Best
New Drama Series, Best Series Writing (Drama) and Best Showrunner.
From
Sony Pictures Television,
“Underground” is created and written by Misha
Green ("Sons
of Anarchy," "Heroes") and Joe
Pokaski ("Heroes,"
"Daredevil"), who serve as Executive Producers alongside
Emmy
Award®
winning
executive producer/director Anthony
Hemingway
(“The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,"
“The Wire”);
Academy Award-winning writer Akiva
Goldsman
(A
Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend)
of Weed Road Pictures; Tory
Tunnell
(King
Arthur, Holy Rollers)
and Joby
Harold
(King
Arthur, Edge of Tomorrow)
of Safehouse Pictures; John
Legend,
Mike
Jackson
and Ty
Stiklorius
of Get Lifted Film Co (Southside
with You, La La Land).;
and Mark
Taylor
(“MadTV”). Season
two of the gripping original drama was shot in Savannah, Georgia.
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