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Orphan Black: Echoes is a spinoff of the successful television series Orphan Black that premiered in 2012.[1] The spinoff was announced in 2019, and was to have been broadcast on AMC in 2023. However, in October 2023, the release was pushed back to "sometime in 2024".[2]

The original series was broadcast by BBC America.[3] The new series has already been licensed for broadcast in several foreign markets.[4]

Although the new series will feature new characters with no overlap with the previous cast, John Fawcett, one of the creators of the original is a creator of the new series.[5] Anne Fishko will be in charge of the series' writing staff, and will be an executive producer.[3]

Kristin Ritter will lead the new cast, as well as serving as another producer.[1] Other actors include Amanda Fix, and Avan Jogia.[5][2]

The first season will have ten episodes, during which, according to the producer's synopsis, “It follows a group of women as they weave their way into each other’s lives and embark on a thrilling journey, unravelling the mystery of their identity and uncovering a wrenching story of love and betrayal,”[6]

Reporting from Deadline magazine on July 28, 2022, implied Ritter would be playing a single individual, "with an unimaginable origin story".[7] Earlier reporting indicated that Ritter's boyfriend soon discovers she has an "unimaginable secret".[5] He is described as "a former Army medic and single father".

Amanda Fix's character is described as a smart, reckless, teenage girl, adopted by rich parents.[5]

On August 30, 2022, AMC Networks announced that British actor Keeley Hawes would also be joining the cast, playing a sympathetic scientist who confronts a tricky moral decision.[8][9]

Plot

A trailer was released in October 2023, showing the lead character, played by Kristin Ritter, waking up in 2052, not knowing who she is.[2]

While the scientific impetus to the original series was cloning technology, the impetus to the new series will be the printing of artificial organs with enhanced capabilities.[10]

Broadcasts

The series started streaming on the AMC cable channel in January 2024.[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Joe Otterson. New Orphan Black Series in Development at AMC (EXCLUSIVE), Variety magazine, 2019-03-12. “Sources stressed, however, that this would not be a spinoff or reboot of the original series, but rather a completely new story set in the same world. The producers are currently seeking a writer for the project and are looking to bring in multiple people to pitch different takes on what the show could be.” mirror
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Katrina Magat. 'Orphan Black: Echoes': Release Window, Cast, Trailer, and Everything We Know So Far, Collider, 2023-19-15. Retrieved on 2023-12-22. mirror
  3. 3.0 3.1 Joe Otterson. ‘Orphan Black’ Sequel Series at AMC Sets Anna Fishko to Write (EXCLUSIVE), Variety magazine, 2022-02-04. Retrieved on 2022-02-06. mirror
  4. Boat Rocker sells 'Orphan Black: echoes' to ITV and Stan entertainment as a part of a raft of worldwide sales for highly anticipated premium scripted stories, Newswire, 2023-09-27. Retrieved on 2023-12-22.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Makuochi Echebiri. 'Orphan Black: Echoes' Adds Avan Jogia and Amanda Fix, Collider, 2022-08-26. Retrieved on 2022-09-08. “However, some things will remain the same, as the new show will see the return of Orphan Black co-creators Anna Fishko and John Fawcett.” mirror
  6. Vlada Gelman. Orphan Black Offshoot Echoes Ordered to Series at AMC Networks, TV Line, 2022-04-06. Retrieved on 2022-04-06. mirror
  7. Andreeva Nellie. Krysten Ritter To Star In ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ AMC Networks Series, Deadline magazine, 2022-07-28. Retrieved on 2022-07-29. “Ritter’s Lucy is a woman with an unimaginable origin story, trying to find her place in the world.” mirror
  8. Keeley Hawes joins the cast of AMC Networks' and Boat Rocker's Orphan Black: Echoes, AMC Network, 2022-08-30. Retrieved on 2022-09-08. “Hawes will portray a perceptive but sensitive scientist who finds herself at odds with her own moral code when circumstances lead her to make an unthinkable choice.”
  9. Josh Haigh. Bodyguard's Keeley Hawes joins Orphan Black spinoff, Digital Spy. Retrieved on 2022-09-08. “Tatiana Maslany led the original Orphan Black series from 2013-2017 and played numerous cloned characters. However, it remains unknown whether the She-Hulk star will reprise any of her roles in the spinoff.”
  10. 10.0 10.1 Natalia Marcos. ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ trades in the clones for human organ printing, el Pais, 2024-01-27. Retrieved on 2023-12-22. “Soon, she discovers that she is in a place full of cutting-edge technology where, she is told, human body parts are created with revolutionary, four-dimensional printing technology.Soon, she discovers that she is in a place full of cutting-edge technology where, she is told, human body parts are created with revolutionary, four-dimensional printing technology.”