EXCLUSIVE: Allie Fox and his family won’t be returning to The Mosquito Coast as Apple TV+ has opted not to proceed with a third season of the drama series. The decision comes two weeks after Season 2 ended its run with an explosive finale.
EXCLUSIVE: Allie Fox and his family won’t be returning to The Mosquito Coast as Apple TV+ has opted not to proceed with a third season of the drama series. The decision comes two weeks after Season 2 ended its run with an explosive finale.
SPOILER ALERT: After an explosive Season Two finale of The Mosquito Coast, a decision looms imminently on whether Apple TV+ reups. It so, the third season heads right into the territory of Paul Theroux’s 1981 novel that Peter Weir turned into a cult classic movie with Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren and River Phoenix. The one where Ford’s brilliant counterculture inventor Allie Fox becomes so obsessed with imposing a vision of utopia that he nearly takes down his family. Here, the author discusses seeing his famed novel pre-quelized by Neil Cross (Luther), the improvements over his book, his nephew Justin starring, and why he’s so rooting for one more season.
Marta Balaga Melissa George’s Margot is looking for a way out in the “twisty” second season of “The Mosquito Coast.” “This couple has been together for 15 years. They’ve got these two kids [played by Logan Polish and Gabriel Bateman]. But they separated when the children were young, for a very good reason. There was an incident, which we will reveal in the first episode,” she tells Variety at Mipcom. “It’s going to hit the ground running. We are going to say exactly what happened and why this family is on the run.” A Fremantle production for Apple TV+ – based on Paul Theroux’s novel and created by Neil Cross – it follows Allie Fox (Justin Theroux), who uproots his family to find refuge from the U.S. government, cartels and hitmen. Now, they will venture into the Guatemalan jungle to meet an old friend and her community of refugees.
The Mosquito Coast,” a drama series adapted from the novel of the same title, starring Justin Theroux, Melissa George, Logan Polish and Gabriel Bateman. Based on Paul Theroux’s best-selling novel, “The Mosquito Coast” Season 2 picks up on the family after barely escaping Mexico with their lives, venturing deep into the Guatemalan jungle to meet up with an old friend and her community of refugees. This creates trouble when they become entangled in a conflict between a local drug lord and his family. The show is executive produced by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, Stefan Schwartz, Evan Katz, Rupert Wyatt, author Theroux and series star Theroux. Bob Bookman, Alan Gasmer and Peter Jaysen serve as executive producers for Veritas Entertainment Group. The series is created for television and executive produced by Neil Cross. Developed by Cross & Tom Bissell, the series is a Fremantle Production for Apple TV+.
Apple TV+ is rolling out new seasons of four of the streamer’s popular series before the end of the year.“The Mosquito Coast” Season 2 will begin rolling out on Nov. 4 with the first episode. New episodes will premiere weekly through Jan.
EXCLUSIVE: Natalia Cordova-Buckley (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Mayans M.C.), Ariyon Bakare (His Dark Materials, Carnival Row), and Ian Hart (The Last Kingdom, Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone) have joined the Apple TV+ series The Mosquito Coast as Season 2 regulars.
Paul Theroux’s 1981 bestselling novel The Mosquito Coast shapes Apple TV+’ original series created and executive produced by Luther’s Neil Cross. Season 1 plays like an expanded prequel, introducing the anti-consumerism idealist and inventor Allie Fox (played by Theroux’s real-life nephew Justin Theroux) who with his family flees to Mexico on the run from the U.S.
You could be forgiven for thinking that there was some kind of insider trading going on when Justin Theroux was announced to play the lead in The Mosquito Coast, a seven-part Apple TV+ series based on a book written by his uncle: it’s a project, literally, with his name written all over it. But the 49-year-old actor, who has a few years on Harrison Ford from when he starred in Peter Weir’s 1986 adaptation of Paul Theroux’s novel, insists that it came to him just like any other opportunity.
The final episode for Apple TV+’s “The Mosquito Coast” series dropped today and the prequel aspect of the series has, in theory, come to an end. Based on Paul Theroux’s 1981 novel and already renewed for a second season, the first seven episodes find Allie Fox (Justin Theroux), his wife Margot (Melissa George), and their two teenage children on the run from the U.S.
The Mosquito Coast is coming back for more.
Apple TV+’s The Mosquito Coast has been picked up for a second season.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Mosquito Coast” has been renewed for Season 2 at Apple.News of the renewal comes ahead of the Season 1 finale, which will drop on Apple this Friday.
The new Apple TV+ series The Mosquito Coast follows mad political inventor Allie Fox and his family in the events prior to the famed 1981 Paul Theroux novel, which was adapted into a Golden Globe-nominated 1986 movie starring Harrison Ford.
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell’s Stone Village has picked up film and television rights to Paul Theroux’s (The Mosquito Coast) latest novel Under The Wave At Waimea to adapt as a premium television series. The company is currently out to writers.
According to Justin Theroux’s uncle, we’ve all been pronouncing the actor’s name incorrectly.
Ut oh! Justin Theroux‘s uncle is coming for him!
Justin Theroux is following in Harrison Ford’s footsteps in Apple TV+ ‘s new series “Mosquito Coast”. Based on the novel by the actor’s uncle Paul Theroux, the story was turned into a movie in 1986 starring Ford, Helen Mirren and River Phoenix. Now, the “Leftovers” star is getting a crack at the lead, telling ET Canada’s Morgan Hoffman he had to “work hard” at pretending the movie version and Ford’s take on the character didn’t exist.
Allie Fox, the main character in Paul Theroux's 1981 novel The Mosquito Coast, has soured on the American Dream — particularly what he sees as a culture of waste and conspicuous consumption, of exploited laborers and trash heaps piled high with the latest in disposable technology.
Much has been written about how the Prestige TV era often discards the episodic format of old to present seasons that play more like long movies with credit breaks every hour or so.
Justin Theroux is starring in the upcoming Apple TV+ series The Mosquito Coast and he actually has a special connection to the source material!
Apple TV+ has been presenting its latest offerings during Friday’s presentations at the Television Critics Association virtual press tour. Among the series being promoted was the streaming service’s upcoming series “The Mosquito Coast”.
Justin Theroux's new Apple TV+ series has a premiere date! based on the best-selling novel by his uncle Paul Theroux, will debut its first two episodes Friday, April 30, the streaming service announced Friday during the Television Critics Association winter press tour. The series, which also stars Melissa George, Logan Polish and Gabriel Bateman, follows a radical idealist and brilliant inventor, Allie Fox (Justin), who uproots his family for Mexico when they suddenly find themselves on the run
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“The Mosquito Coast,” Apple TV Plus’ adaptation of Paul Theroux’s novel of the same name will premiere April 30, while “Physical,” a new 1980s-set dark comedy created by Annie Weisman and starring Rose Byrne, will launch in the summer.“The Mosquito Coast” stars Justin Theroux as a radical idealist and inventor named Allie Fox who uproots his family for Mexico after hey suddenly find themselves on the run from the U.S.
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