Good news. Amazon has renewed The Man in the High Castle TV show for season three and tapped Eric Overmyer as the third season showrunner. Back in May, creator Frank Spotnitz exited the role, while the second season of the dystopian drama was still in production.
A TV series adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel, The Man in the High Castle stars Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls, Joel De La Fuente, Brennan Brown, Bella Heathcote, Callum Keith Rennie, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Rufus Sewell. Season two premiered on December 16th. Learn more from Prime Video, after the jump.
Amazon Prime Video Greenlights Season Three of Emmy Award-Winning and Top-Streamed Original Dramatic Series The Man in the High Castle
Eric Overmyer will serve as showrunner and executive producer
Season Two had the most viewers over its debut weekend of all scripted Amazon Original Series that debuted this year
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 3, 2017– (NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced it has greenlit a third season of the original dramatic series The Man in the High Castle. Additionally, Eric Overmyer (Treme, Bosch, The Affair) will serve as showrunner and executive producer for this new season. Seasons one and two of the Emmy Award-winning drama series are now available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the US, UK, Germany and Austria via the Amazon Prime Video app for TVs, connected devices including Fire TV, mobile devices and online at http://amazon.com/originals. Following in the footsteps of its first season, Season Two of The Man in the High Castle premiered with the most viewers over its debut weekend of all scripted Amazon Original Series.
The Man in the High Castle stars Alexa Davalos (Mob City), Rupert Evans (American Pastoral), Luke Kleintank (Pretty Little Liars), DJ Qualls (Z Nation), Joel De La Fuente (Hemlock Grove), Brennan Brown (Focus), Bella Heathcote (The Neon Demon), and Callum Keith Rennie (Longmire), with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Revenge) and Rufus Sewell (Victoria). The series was developed by Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files), with Ridley Scott (The Martian), David W. Zucker (The Good Wife), Richard Heus (Ugly Betty), Isa Dick Hackett (The Adjustment Bureau), and Daniel Percival (Banished) serving as executive producers for Season Three.
“As timely as ever, the exploration of characters at a dark point for humanity has provided incredible stories for two seasons,” said Joe Lewis, Head of Comedy and Drama, Amazon Studios. “Eric and his team are doing an incredible job crafting stories about the inner lives of those who struggle to do good in a world that is not. We couldn’t be more excited to bring season three to customers in 2017.”
Season two has an average customer rating of 4.6 stars. Here is what customers have been saying:
- “Set in a dystopian future where the Allies lose the war, it is a brilliant piece with an interesting plot line and interesting characters to match.”
- “…A terrific television drama in all of the ways I was expecting — it’s an intelligently written and competently directed adaptation of what seems like a truly great science fiction classic.”
- “The screenplay is mesmerizing, and the sets beyond perfection, giving you an idea of what America would have been.”
- “The Man in the High Castle is phenomenal television in every sense.”
- “This show has one of the best possible premises in the history of television.”
Based on Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning 1962 alternate history novel, season two of the one-hour drama series The Man in the High Castle continues to explore what would have happened if the Allied Powers had lost World War II. While Germany controls much of the East Coast and Japan controls the West Coast, the Rocky Mountains have become a “neutral zone”—and ground zero for a resistance, led by a mysterious figure known only as “the Man in the High Castle.” While some citizens struggle against the fear, oppression and inequality, others accept their lives, as compromised and unfulfilling as they might be. But after a series of enigmatic films surface depicting a world vastly different from their own, some begin to question the very nature of their reality.
Eric Overmyer has writing and producing credits that include St. Elsewhere, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, The Wire, New Amsterdam and Treme, which he created with David Simon, and adapting Amazon Original Series Bosch for television. He has four Writers Guild nominations, three Emmy nominations, two Edgar nominations and a Humanitas nomination. With his colleagues, he has shared a Writers Guild award and an Edgar award for The Wire, and a Peabody award and a PEN teleplay award for Treme.
The first two seasons of The Man in the High Castle are now available for Prime members to stream and enjoy using the Amazon Prime Video app for TVs, connected devices including Amazon Fire TV, and mobile devices, or online at Amazon.com/originals, at no additional cost to their membership. Customers who are not already Prime members can sign up for a free trial at www.amazon.com/prime. For a list of all Amazon Video compatible devices, visit www.amazon.com/howtostream.
What do you think? Are you a fan of The Man in the High Castle TV show? Have you watched the second season yet, on Amazon? Do you plan to stream season three? Tell us.
Very intriguing tv. Way different than anything else to view. A special show with a very well thought out story line. Top notch program.
Can’t wait for season #!!!!
I really enjoy the Amazon series The Man in the High Castle. It has some of the best acting I have seen in many, many years. It compelled me to buy the book, via Amazon, which I had not read since 1969 (I am a wee bit older than most of the cast I suspect). I have Season 1 under my belt but I am taking my time wending my way through Season 2. I find pacing myself until the next Season is in the can makes the wait somewhat more pleasant. But as I say, it is well written,… Read more »
Without a doubt the best Amazon has to date. It certainly rivals with the best Netflix and HBO have to offer. If they can manage to keep the 3rd season inline with the first two, plot driven instead of making it veer off into cheesy interpersonal relationships, they will have an advantage on the competing shows that were great on the first few seasons but quickly became ovetaken by improbable yet obvious love triangles leading to predictable so-called plot “twists”. Good work Amazon! Now keep it coming and don’t screw it up.
A compelling drama with an excellent cast, quality production value, and wonderful photography. The “alternate universe” concept gets confusing at times, and you are not quite sure what’s what.