Adolescence Season 2 Talks Underway As Series Soars To No. 4 On Netflix's All-Time Most Popular Chart
Talks are underway regarding what a second season of Adolescence might look like, in the wake of the acclaimed drama rising to No. 4 on Netflix's all-time Most Popular English TV chart.
Adolescence to date has topped 114 million views on Netflix, catapulting it ahead of Bridgerton Seasons 1 and 3, The Queen's Gambit and The Night Agent Season 1. It now only trails the Dahmer series whose XL name I refuse to type again (at 115.6 million views), Stranger Things Season 4 (140.7 million viewers) and the dominant Wednesday Season 1 (252.1 million views).
Adolescence tells the story of how a family's world is turned upside down when 13-year-old Jamie Miller (played by newcomer Owen Cooper) is arrested for the murder of a girl who goes to his school. Series co-creator Stephen Graham (Code 404) plays Jamie's father Eddie, Ashley Walters (Top Boy) stars as Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe, and Erin Doherty (The Crown) plays Briony Ariston, the psychologist assigned to Jamie's case. The Season 1 cast also included Faye Marsay (Andor), Christine Tremarco (Emmerdale Farm), Mark Stanley (Sanditon), Jo Hartley (After Life) and newcomer Amélie Pease.
In the four-part limited series directed by Philip Barantini, each episode is famously filmed in one unflinching continuous shot (though each episode required many takes).
Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, co-presidents of Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment, told our sister site Deadline that they are speaking with Barantini about the "next iteration" of the show and how they might "widen the aperture, stay true to its DNA, [and] not be repetitive."
The hope is that Graham and co-creator Jack Thorne can re-team for any potential Season 2.
Graham in a recent talk with Variety allowed that "there's the possibility of developing another story," though neither he nor Gardner/Kleiner ventured forth with any storyline ideas.
Want scoop on any Netflix show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@tvline.com, and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line!