Up till now, we’d solely realized about a few writers who had labored below Leslye Headland’s route on The Acolyte. Names like Charmaine DeGraté, Jocelyn Bioh, or Jason Micallef had popped up this previous 12 months, however now we now have the complete record of writers posted to the WGA web site.
Here’s the breakdown:
- Episode 1, written by showrunner Leslye Headland (who additionally directs it)
- Episode 2, written by Jason Micallef and Charmaine DeGraté
- Episode 3, written by Jasmyne Flournoy and Eileen Shim
- Episode 4, written by Claire Klechel and Kor Adana
- Episode 5, written by Kor Adana and Cameron Squires
- Episode 6, written by Jason Micallef and Jocelyn Bioh
- Episode 7, written by Charmaine DeGraté, Jen Richards, and Jasmyne Flournoy
- Episode 8, written by Jason Micallef
Plenty of those names are information to us, so let’s attempt to break it down. Headland is clearly the captain of the ship; she created the collection, is the showrunner and an govt producer, and in addition wrote/directed the pilot. Jason Micallef can be an govt producer; he doesn’t have any IMDb writing credit since his 2018-created present Heathers. He co-wrote two of the episodes and solely wrote the finale (which we all know since this summer time).
Charmaine DeGraté’s involvement has additionally been public for a couple of months, although we didn’t know the extent. DeGraté was a author on the employees of House of the Dragon, and wrote the fifth episode of the primary season of that present. Here, DeGraté is a co-writer on two of the episodes and in addition a co-executive producer.
Jasmyne Flournoy has labored on a number of reveals, although as a author’s assistant or a manufacturing assistant. With The Acolyte, Flournoy is making the soar to employees author and co-author of two episodes. Eileen Shim, much like DeGraté, was a member of the employees of House of the Dragon, and wrote the eighth episode; Shim co-wrote an episode of The Acolyte and is a producer on the present as nicely.
Kor Adana co-wrote two episodes of the present, and can be a co-executive producer; Adana has beforehand labored on Mr. Robot and can be a co-executive producer on Max’s Dune: The Sisterhood collection. Cameron Squires labored as a employees author on WandaVision, and is now a co-producer on The Acolyte and in addition co-writer of an episode.
Jocelyn Bioh’s title had additionally appeared on-line this summer time as a co-writer of the sixth episode, although the LinkedIn put up by which that data was posted talked about Headland was the co-writer of that episode. (The put up was made by Hanelle M. Culpepper, who directed episodes 6 and eight.) Bioh can be a consulting producer on the present, and labored with Headland as a author and actress in Russian Doll. Finally, Jen Richards is a co-writer on one of many episodes and a consulting producer on The Acolyte, after an performing profession in TV that included reveals like Blindspotting and Better Things. Richards has additionally written and co-produced 2016’s Her Story.
As far as the administrators’ record, we’ll have to attend to be nearer to launch, however 4 names have come up thus far: Headland (episode 1), Kogonada, Alex García López, and Hanelle M. Culpepper (episodes 6 and eight). The forged contains Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Jodie Turner-Smith, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman, Dafne Keen, Manny Jacinto, Carrie-Anne Moss, and naturally, Joonas Suotamo as a brand new Wookiee Jedi and Rebecca Henderson as fan-favorite Vernestra Rwoh (first launched within the High Republic novels).
The Acolyte is about 100 years earlier than The Phantom Menace and can deal with dark-side Force customers. It’s a thriller thriller set within the ultimate days of the High Republic, targeted on Amandla Stenberg’s character. The essential storyline, targeted on the investigation of a collection of mysterious crimes, kicks off with a reunion between her and her former grasp, performed by Lee Jung-jae.
The collection will debut on Disney Plus someday in 2024. A second season has been deliberate, although it’s unknown if it’s in improvement in the meanwhile.
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish pupil that has films as his second ardour in life. His favourite film of all time is The Lord of the Rings, however he’s additionally an enormous Star Wars fan. However, fantasy films should not his solely cup of tea, as films from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he began to grasp the language of filmmaking. He is that man who will watch a black and white film, simply because it’s in black and white.
