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[04/15/21 - 09:01 AM]
Video: Amazon Prime Video Debuts Official Trailer for Limited Series "The Underground Railroad" from Academy Award Winner Barry Jenkins
The 10-episode limited series is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead.

[04/01/21 - 11:24 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, April 1
Updates include: FOX's "Bless the Harts" to sign off after two seasons; Dan Stevens boards Starz's "Gaslit"; and Dexter Fletcher to direct "The Offer" for Paramount+.

[02/25/21 - 09:01 AM]
Limited Series "The Underground Railroad" from Academy Award Winner Barry Jenkins to Premiere May 14 on Amazon Prime Video
The 10-episode limited series is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead.

[01/29/21 - 11:01 AM]
Prime Video Celebrates Black History Month
Plus: look for "Coming 2 America," "Tom Clancy's Without Remorse," "Them" and "The Underground Railroad" later in 2021.

[02/27/20 - 11:37 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 27
Updates include: Katheryn Winnick to star in ABC's "The Big Sky"; Shanola Hampton tapped for "Night School" at NBC; and Molly Hagan cast in The CW's "Walker" reboot series.

[01/22/20 - 11:27 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, January 22
Updates include: NBC orders drama pilots "At That Age," "Echo"; Amazon eyes "Alex Cross," "Fear Agent" adaptations; and Dean Norris signs onto "The United States of Al" at CBS.

[01/14/20 - 01:52 PM]
Amazon Studios Announces New Overall Television Deal with Academy and Emmy Award-Winning Plan B Entertainment
Plan B is currently in production with Academy Award-winning director Barry Jenkins on the upcoming Amazon Original series "The Underground Railroad," and will also produce the new Amazon Original series "Outer Range," created by Brian Watkins.

[11/01/19 - 11:31 PM]
Development Update: Friday, November 1
Updates include: NBC's "The InBetween," USA's "Pearson" get the axe; Emily Bett Rickards to return for The CW's "Arrow" finale; and Heather Zuhlke to pen Starz's "Intercepted."

[10/24/19 - 11:15 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, October 24
Updates include: Freeform cancels "Marvel's Cloak & Dagger"; The CW orders backdoor pilot for potential "The 100" prequel series; and Apple TV+'s "Little Voice" sets principal cast.

[08/22/19 - 11:23 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, August 22
Updates include: Disney+ shelves "Book of Enchantment" series; "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" to lose two series regulars; and William Jackson Harper to recur on Amazon's "The Underground Railroad."

[08/16/19 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Friday, August 16
Updates include: CBS cancels "Instinct" after two seasons; Syfy pulls the plug on "Krypton," spin-off "Lobo"; and YouTube nixes both "Step Up: High Water" and "Wayne."

[04/18/19 - 11:03 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, April 18
Updates include: Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney ink new deals on "Chicago Fire"; Joel Edgerton cast in Amazon's "The Underground Railroad"; and Josh Friedman steps down as co-showrunner of Apple TV+'s "Foundation."

[04/16/19 - 11:48 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, April 16
Updates include: John Cusack signs onto Amazon's "Utopia"; Alden Ehrenreich to lead USA's "Brave New World"; and Amazon's "The Underground Railroad" casts initial trio.

[11/01/18 - 09:30 AM]
Amazon Studios Signs First Look Television Deal with Oscar Winner Barry Jenkins' Pastel
Jenkins is slated to direct the entire limited series for Amazon Studios of the upcoming highly anticipated "The Underground Railroad," based on Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning novel.

[06/05/18 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, June 5
Updates include: Zendaya to lead HBO's "Euphoria"; Amazon gives green light to Barry Jenkins-helmed "The Underground Railroad"; and Keiynan Lonsdale to exit "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" as series regular.

[03/27/17 - 09:01 AM]
Amazon to Develop One-Hour Original Limited Drama, "The Underground Railroad," Written and Directed by Barry Jenkins, Oscar Winner for Moonlight
An Oprah's Book Club 2016 selection, #1 New York Times bestseller, and the winner of the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction, "The Underground Railroad" chronicles young Cora's journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South.







UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, THE (AMAZON)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
5/14/21
STATUS:
canceled/ended (2020-2021 season)
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
SEASON(S):
1 (10 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air)
VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series
DESCRIPTION:
(from Amazon's web site, May 2021) From Academy Award® winner Barry Jenkins and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, "The Underground Railroad" is a new series that chronicles Cora Randall’s desperate bid for freedom in the Antebellum South. After escaping a Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad beneath the Southern soil.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Aaron Pierre as Caesar
· Amber Gray as Gloria Valentine
· Chase W. Dillon as Homer
· Chukwudi Iwuji
· Damon Herriman as Martin
· Fred Hechinger as Young Ridgeway
· Irone Singleton
· Joel Edgerton as Ridgeway
· Lily Rabe as Ethel Wells
· Marcus "MJ" Gladney, Jr.
· Mychal-Bella Bowman
· Peter De Jersey
· Peter Mullan
· Sheila Atim
· Thuso Mbedu as Cora Randall
· Will Poulter
· William Jackson Harper as Royal
CREW INFORMATION:
· Adele Romanski as EP
· Barry Jenkins as CRTR/DIR/EP
· Brad Pitt as EP
· Colson Whitehead as BOOK/EP
· Dede Gardner as EP
· Jacqueline Hoyt as EP
· Jeremy Kleiner as EP
· Mark Ceryak as EP
· Richard Heus as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Amazon Studios
· Big Indie
· Pastel
· Plan B Entertainment