The the fact that the Widow and Baron Chau at still at loggerheads is great news, given that their physical conflicts in Season Two - expertly attempting to kill one another while clad in to-die-for clothes - were incredibly fun to watch. But soon enough he needs to reunite with Bajie (Nick Frost), where the Widow (Emily Beecham) and Baron Chau (Eleanor Matsuura) are locked in a battle for control of the Badlands. They are the wild cards who come into the war-torn badlands and cross paths and swords with both the Widow and Baron Chau.”Īs fans of the show recall, at the end of the second season, Sunny ( Daniel Wu) is off the grid, protecting his baby son, Henry. We also introduce some amazing new characters, most notably Pilgrim, a cult-like religious leader, and his priestess, Cressida. “The world gets more expansive, the stakes for all of our characters are higher and the martial arts fights are bloodier and more batshit crazy than ever. “The most exciting thing about this season is that everything in the Badlands is bigger,” Gough tells Variety. Moon ends up taking sides in the war between the Widow and Baron Chau, which is one of the core conflicts in the new season. Cressida is a key adviser to Pilgrim, a religious zealot who is on a quest to find an artifact from Azra, a legendary place in the show’s mythology.Įlla-Rae Smith is Nix, a teenager who possesses special powers that Pilgrim uses to his advantage, and Sherman Augustus returns as Nathaniel Moon, a former regent who lost his hand to Sunny in the second season.
The cabler’s slate also includes The Terror, The Son, Preacher and Better Call Saul.This season, Lorraine Toussaint (“Orange Is the New Black”) plays Cressida, a canny prophet who is a skilled player in both spiritual and political realms.
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Into the Badlands joins a 2018 scripted roster at AMC that also includes both Walking Dead series and Humans.
“We also want to give a big clipper salute to our Irish and Chinese partners! The thought of doing an expanded 16-episode season is both thrilling and exhausting!!” “We are excited and grateful to continue our journey into the Badlands with Charlie, Joel, Susie and all of our friends at AMC,” Gough and Millar said in a joint statement.
Into the Badlands is produced in-house by AMC Studios and has helped AMC collect four of the top five scripted dramas on cable, with Better Call Saul joining it and both Walking Dead series. “Thanks to series creators and showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar, the terrific cast, led by Daniel Wu, the amazing martial arts team guided by the incomparable Master Dee Dee and fight directors Stephen Fung and Andy Cheng, and everyone else involved who brings this thrill ride to the fans.” “ Into the Badlands looks like nothing else on television, a literal high-wire act attracting passionate and dedicated fans by the millions,” said AMC president Charlie Collier. 4 scripted drama on cable as well as the fourth-ranked returning drama, behind only The Walking Dead, American Horror Story and Fear the Walking Dead. All told, the series from creators Al Gough and Miles Millar ranks as the No. Halfway through its second run, Into the Badlands has been averaging 3.6 million total viewers including a 2.1 rating among adults 25-54 when factoring in three days of delayed viewing. The pickup marks a swift renewal for the drama that first launched in 2015 and saw its second run delayed until this year. The series starring Daniel Wu will return in 2018. Season three will consist of 16 episodes - up from six in season one and 10 in the current sophomore run. The second half of the season will likely air in. The first half of the season premieres April 22 at 10 p.m. The hyper-stylized martial arts drama has been renewed for a third season, the cable network announced Tuesday. So Into The Badlands season 3 will have a bit of a Three Men and A Baby situation on. AMC continues to grow with Into the Badlands.