At the New York Comic Con Panel, the cast and crew attended, including Yeoh, Schafer, Demitri Abold, Lewis Gribben, Matthew Needham, and showrunner/creator/executive producer Silda Luisa, along with executive producers Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

All eight episodes will debut on November 25, 2026 on Prime Video.

About Blade Runner 2099

Synopsis: Fifty years after the events of Blade Runner 2049, Los Angeles has been reborn, just not by humanity. Cora, a fugitive in a final bid to stop running, takes on one last identity: a Blade Runner. Forced to partner with Olwen, a Replicant days from dying, she hunts down a runaway hiding a truth that could collapse a fragile city.

Dimitri Abold (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) and Lewis Gribben (Somewhere Boy) are series regulars alongside stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer. Katelyn Rose Downey (The Nun II), Daniel Rigby (Renegade Nell), Johnny Harris (A Gentleman in Moscow), Amy Lennox (Only Child), Sheila Atim (The Woman King), Matthew Needham (House of the Dragon), Tom Burke (Furiosa), and Maurizio Lombardi (Ripley) are recurring guest stars.

Silka Luisa serves as showrunner, creator, and executive producer. Ridley Scott, Alcon Entertainment co-founders Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Alcon’s President of Television Ben Roberts, Steven Johnson, David W. Zucker and Clayton Krueger from Scott Free Productions, Richard Sharkey, Tom Spezialy, Michael Green, Cynthia Yorkin, Frank Giustra, Tim Gable, and Isa Dick Hackett serve as executive producers. Jonathan van Tulleken (Shōgun) is an executive producer and directed the first two episodes of the limited series Blade Runner 2099.

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The film brings a sense of familiarity between Jack Ryan and Mike November. The joyous relationship between Krasinski and Kelly off the screen helped add to their on-screen chemistry.

“The more you get to know Michael Kelly, you have to just embrace what you got, which is a wild horse,” Krasinski tells Nerd Reactor. “He’s the nicest, funniest, most generous person who also makes me laugh incredibly hard. It’s no coincidence that his character went from being a buttoned-up CIA guy to a complete wild man.”

Kelly reiterates the sentiment, focusing on the same energy on set.

“Personally, I’m in tears every single day of filming,” Kelly added. “We laugh that hard every day, even through a lot of difficult days on set. Somehow, we always find a way to get through it by making each other laugh.”

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War is now available to stream on Prime Video.

You can watch the full interview via the video above.

About Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War

Synopsis: In this new film, Jack Ryan is reluctantly thrust back into the world of espionage when an international covert mission unravels a deadly conspiracy, forcing him to confront a rogue black-ops unit, and the clock is ticking. Operating in real time with lives on the line and the threat escalating at every turn, Jack reunites with battle-tested CIA operative Mike November (Michael Kelly) and former CIA boss James Greer (Wendell Pierce), their combined experience the only edge they have against an enemy who knows their every move. Backed by an unlikely new partner – razor-sharp MI6 officer Emma Marlowe (Sienna Miller) – Jack and the team navigate a treacherous web of betrayal, facing a past they thought was long put to rest – making this the most personal, high-stakes mission any of them have ever faced.

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Portraying Sherlock’s older brother, Mycroft Holmes, is Max Irons. There’s a part of Mycroft that’s embarrassed for his brother, but he also tries to take care of him when he gets into trouble.

“Yeah, I think it’s going to be a real treat for people to see the formation of such a unique mind and widely known mind as Sherlock Holmes,” Irons tells Nerd Reactor. “To see the genesis of his particular way of interacting with the world and with information and with mystery. And the audience is going to be thinking and challenged along with Sherlock, along with all of us.”

Zine Tseng portrays a Chinese princess studying at Oxford. Sherlock’s big adventure begins when she crosses paths with him. She is a formidable and strong character in the series.

“It’s very difficult to react to punches than give a punch,” Tseng says of doing action scenes. “And Hero himself is very good as Sherlock because of the physical version of a young Sherlock. And because Hero plays football, he also plays golf, and he’s flexible too. He took all the punches to his cute face [laughs].”

Matthew Parkhill, the executive producer and showrunner, was excited to work with Ritchie on the Prime Video series.

“Guy [Ritchie] is obviously a legendary one-of-a-kind director,” Parkhill said. “He brings that irreverence and that swagger. I think tonally, that energy he gave in those Sherlock movies is very close to the swagger and the energy you’ve got in this. But it’s also an episode that kicks off a show that I think you will not guess where it’s going. I think there are so many reveals, twists, and turns. And, it’s a huge river this show, and you move this way, and you move that way. And I think by the time you get to the end of it, I don’t think you have any idea of the journey it’s going to take you on, in the best possible way, I think.”

About Young Sherlock

Synopsis: From Guy Ritchie, witness the legendary origin story of Sherlock Holmes in this irreverent, action-laden mystery that follows the iconic detective’s early adventures. Sherlock Holmes is a disgraced young man – raw and unfiltered – when he finds himself wrapped up in a murder case that threatens his liberty. His first-ever case unravels a globe-trotting conspiracy, culminating in an explosive showdown that changes his life forever. Unfolding in 1870s Oxford and adventuring abroad, the series will expose the early antics of the anarchic adolescent who is yet to evolve into Baker Street’s most renowned resident.

The cast includes Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Zine Tseng, Dónal Finn, Max Irons, Colin Firth, and Joseph Fiennes.

Executive Producers also include Guy Ritchie, Simon Kelton, Ivan Atkinson, Simon Maxwell, Dhana Gilbert, Colin Wilson, and Marc Resteghini. Harriet Creelman serves as the co-executive producer.

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“Amazon is great partners and obviously, we’re the largest YouTube channel in the world, our Mr. Beast YouTube channel, so I’m used to having a big microscope on us,” MrBeast tells Nerd Reactor. “I obviously don’t want to do anything that makes YouTube look bad. So in the same regard, I don’t really propose anything that, not because I’m trying to make Amazon happy, it’s just I don’t really do anything that would usually. So no, that’s not really an issue. If I was trying to have the contestants smoke cigarettes and whoever smokes the cigarette the fastest, I’m sure they’d be like, ‘Hell no.’ But, you know, that’s not the kind of stuff we do.”

The City makes a return, and there are so many moving parts behind the scenes.

“There’s an army of people just to support the City because inside those walls, we essentially create a utopia for the contestants,” he said. “Everything’s taken care of, from their beds to their food to the water supply to everything. But every one of these little things, there has to be people that obviously do it. And even little things like we built the city in a field, and there’s a chance that a snake might crawl into the city.

“So we literally had two people whose job was just to patrol the outside of the city and wrangle any potential snakes to make sure no snakes get into it. We’re talking like so many different things that you wouldn’t even think of outside the city to support this utopia, so the contestants can think about nothing but game playing strategy.”

Beast Games is the most viewed non-scripted show on Prime Video, and the different streaming platforms had different ideas on what Beast Games should be.

“I’m grateful, though, because with season one of Beast Games, we did everything different,” MrBeast said. “Like reality shows have kind of been the same for the last 20 years. No one’s really doing anything crazy, especially nowhere near to the degree we’re doing. Hindsight is always 20-20, and we can look back at season one of Beast Games and be like, ‘Oh, well, duh, you know, largest cash prize in history, most contestants in history, created sets in history and blah, blah, blah.’ And I think, of course, that would do well.

“But we talked to a lot of other streaming platforms, and they were like, ‘Eh, I don’t know. This isn’t how reality shows are done.’ But, you know, to Prime Video’s credit, they were like, ‘Oh, this makes sense.’ Since the start, they’ve been like, ‘We agree. It’s your vision.’ And they’ve given me control to do basically whatever I think, as long as it doesn’t hurt people and it’s legal. Not that I want to do those things anyways to create the show. And so, no, I think it’s more of a testament to how just good of a partner they’ve been and it’s been amazing.”

Beast Games Season 2 is now available on Prime Video.

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The Boys spinoff series is known for its irreverent humor and bloody action. Season 2 continues that tradition and follows the Godolkin students as they deal with a new dean, Cypher, and with each other.

Broadway portrays Emma, a superhero with the power of shrinking and growing. This season, she is practicing how to use her powers at will.

“I mean, our show is so unhinged,” Broadway tells Nerd Reactor. “Like when you think you know The Boys universe, surprise! And I will leave you with a ‘pew pew, pew pew pew pew pew.’ That’s all I will say.”

Thor and Luh portray Jordan Li, who can change gender, with the male version having super strength and durability, and the female version having superhuman agility and shooting energy blasts.

“Oh my gosh, this season is going to be crazy,” Thor said about the second season. “There’s so much more action. The stakes are raised. The relationships are so much bigger and deeper, and it’s a lot of fun. It’s also really funny.”

Marie, portrayed by Sinclair, has the power to manipulate blood, making her one of the most powerful Supers in The Boys universe. She is on the run but ultimately decides to go back to Godolkin University to help out Emma and Jordan.

“Yeah, we definitely have more enemies in season two for sure,” Sinclair said. “And just the journey of Marie’s powers of realizing all the things she can do and what to do with that. And she’s always got a certain amount of clumsiness that I love.”

About Gen V Season 2

Synopsis: In the second season of Gen V, the acclaimed spinoff series set in the Emmy Award-winning world of The Boys, school is back in session. As the rest of America adjusts to Homelander’s iron fist, back at Godolkin University, the mysterious new Dean preaches a curriculum that promises to make students more powerful than ever. Cate and Sam are celebrated heroes, while Marie, Jordan, and Emma reluctantly return to college, burdened by months of trauma and loss. But parties and classes are hard to care about with war brewing between Humans and Supes, both on and off campus. The gang learns of a secret program that goes back to the founding of Godolkin University that may have larger implications than they realize. And, somehow, Marie is a part of it.

Season Two stars Jaz Sinclair as Marie Moreau, Lizze Broadway as Emma Meyer, Maddie Phillips as Cate Dunlap, London Thor as Jordan Li, Derek Luh as Jordan Li, Asa Germann as Sam Riordan, Sean Patrick Thomas as Polarity and Hamish Linklater as Dean Cipher.

Michele Fazekas serves as showrunner and executive producer. Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Ken Levin, Jason Netter, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Michaela Starr, Ori Marmur, Thomas Schnauz, Steve Boyum, and Brant Engelstein also serve as executive producers. Loreli Alanís, Gabriel Garcia, and Jessica Chou are co-executive producers. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios, in association with Kripke Enterprises, Point Grey Pictures, and Original Film.

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In the third season, we have two Nathans, and it was revealed at the end of the season that one of the Nathans was killed.

“A little sillier, a little more aloof,” Amell said about playing two versions of Nathan during a roundtable interview at SDCC. “It was really more than anything, like, ‘Okay, how can I separate these guys a little bit?’ And it was like, ‘Alright, the one who’s with Nora has been through a lot and is kind of in a pretty serious place. And the one who’s getting rebooted is just kind of like, happier, a little dumber.’

Amell does tease what’s in store for the final season.

“As far as the new season, without giving you any spoilers, it’s like, everybody gets their moment, which is so awesome,” he added. “And I mean, a lot of that is knowing that it was the final season, and Greg and Maxwell and the rest of the writers, really giving everybody their shot and giving them all their time. Even though we only have four episodes, they’re very big episodes. They are very fast. They’re kind of nonstop and we pack a ton into them and it’s like a two and a half hour movie to end the show.”

The fourth and final season of Upload premieres on August 25, 2025, on Prime Video.

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Released exclusively during the Thursday afternoon panel, the teaser gives fans their first moving look at this misfit band of broken souls, cunning warriors, and unlikely heroes. You can watch the teaser now on YouTube, but be warned: it’s quick, chaotic, and absolutely drenched in that signature blend of heart and havoc that made Campaign 2 unforgettable.

From Vox Machina to the Nein

Spinning out from the success of The Legend of Vox Machina, which just wrapped its third season and has already been greenlit through Season 5, The Mighty Nein pivots to a darker, more introspective corner of Exandria. While Vox Machina delivered large-scale fantasy bombast with crude humor and sweeping battles, this new series promises something deeper. Still epic, still hilarious, but threaded with themes of redemption, identity, and trust.

Executive producers Sam Riegel and Travis Willingham kicked off the panel by revealing exclusive stills earlier this week through Entertainment Weekly, including a first look at everyone’s favorite enigmatic Dark Elf, Essek Thelyss (voiced, of course, by Matthew Mercer). But it was Thursday’s animated teaser that truly brought the house down, confirming that the full cast is back, and taking on very different roles from Campaign 1.

Meet the Nein

This is not your average adventuring party. At the center is Sam Riegel’s Nott the Brave, a goblin rogue with a drinking problem, a sharp tongue, and even sharper aim. Liam O’Brien steps into the smoldering mind of Caleb Widogast, a fire-wielding wizard with a haunted past and more than a few emotional scars.

Marisha Ray’s Beauregard Lionett brings both fists and fury as a Cobalt Soul monk who fights as hard as she questions authority. Laura Bailey’s Jester Lavorre returns as the quirky, chaos-powered cleric whose pastel mischief masks a deceptively strong moral compass. Travis Willingham trades axes for eldritch magic as Fjord Stone, the seafaring half-orc with secrets literally bubbling beneath the surface.

And then there’s Taliesin Jaffe’s Mollymauk Tealeaf, the fan-favorite Elf Wizard blood hunter and tarot-slinging con artist whose flamboyant exterior hides a tangle of mystery. Notably absent from the teaser is Ashley Johnson’s Yasha Nydoorin, the towering Xhorhasian barbarian, but fans know she’s never far from the action… or the heartbreak.

It’s a Whole New Exandria

During the SDCC panel, Riegel teased that The Mighty Nein will push the boundaries of what they built in Vox Machina, both narratively and visually. “We really had an opportunity to kick things up a notch in terms of character building, world building, and storytelling techniques,” he said. “It has echoes of Vox Machina, obviously because it’s based in the same world and made by the same people, but I think it’s going to scratch itches that Vox Machina doesn’t scratch.”

Fans were also treated to a new clip featuring the Volstrucker wreaking havoc in the Kryn Dynasty, a tantalizing taste of the political intrigue and emotional stakes the show is preparing to explore. Accompanying the reveals was new character art, updated designs for the Nein’s signature looks, and a jaw-dropping guest star list that reads like a fantasy fan’s dream cast.

Names confirmed include Mark Strong, Anika Noni Rose, Tim McGraw, Alan Cumming, Jonathan Frakes, Ming-Na Wen, Auli’i Cravalho, Rahul Kohli, and Robbie Daymond, just to name a few. It’s a staggering lineup that adds further gravitas to a series that already wears its narrative weight proudly.

Looking Ahead in Exandria

While The Legend of Vox Machina Season 4 is still in production, fans received confirmation that it’s expected to release between May and July 2026, with its fifth and final season already greenlit. For now, however, all eyes are on The Mighty Nein, which is officially set to debut November 19, 2025, exclusively on Prime Video.

With emotional depth, complex heroes, and just the right amount of arcane mayhem, The Mighty Nein looks ready to stand on its own, not just as a follow-up to Vox Machina, but as a major milestone in Critical Role’s animated multiverse.

The first three seasons of The Legend of Vox Machina are available to stream now on Prime Video. But come this fall, prepare to roll initiative on something new… and delightfully unhinged.

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Helluva Boss follows Blitzo, the head of I.M.P. (Immediate Murder Professionals), and his team as they go on wild adventures and try to complete their murder contracts. All this is happening while the boss tries to find love. Voicing Blitzo is Brandon Rogers, a YouTube personality known for his outlandish skits.

Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss Crossover

“The laser from Viv’s sniper rifle is not on my head at the moment, so I think we’re good,” Rogers tells Nerd Reactor about Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel crossing over. “But yeah, the characters do interact. I can’t necessarily speak as to which ones interact with each other. But it is crazy looking at a script and seeing Hazbin characters next to your character’s name. I’m a fan of both shows. I don’t think the fans will ever guess in what way they come together. I think it’s brilliant how these characters do collide at some point, but I don’t think anyone’s expecting it in this fashion. So I’m very excited to see how people react to when that finally does come.”

Helluva Boss Will Be Uncensored on Prime Video

YouTube has stricter guidelines when it comes to what’s allowed on the platform. However, Amazon Prime Video is more flexible.

“It’s going to be uncensored,” Rogers said. “There are a lot of really good jokes that got censored because of YouTube’s guidelines. But I’m not blaming YouTube. YouTube is literally the free place where everyone can watch anything. Like kids are on it. I get it.

“You don’t want to see heads blowing up or a t*tty popping out or so. Kids can’t get a credit card. Kids can’t get Amazon Prime. Kids can’t download shit because kids can’t buy anything, and kids can’t see that t*tty popping out or saying the word c*nt, c*nt, c*nt. They don’t let us say that word on YouTube. There are so many times where Blitzo says it, and it’s bleeped out, and people like, ‘I bet he said, f*ck, I bet he said, damn.’ I’m like, ‘No, I said, c*nt. I want you to know that I said c*nt.”

About Helluva Boss

Set in Hell, Helluva Boss follows the hell-born imp Blitzo (the “o” is silent), the eccentric leader of I.M.P. (Immediate Murder Professionals), a small, chaotic assassination business able to run thanks to a magic grimoire, and a complicated situationship with the demon prince Stolas. Alongside his equally chaotic ragtag crew – Moxxie, a by-the-books marksman; Millie, a fiery and skilled assassin; and Loona, their snarky, hellbound receptionist – Blitzo takes on contracts to kill targets in the human world. Balancing their work with personal lives, the team constantly finds themselves in absurd, violent and darkly comedic situations.

Vivienne Medrano created the series and serves as executive producer. Tom Murray also serves as executive producer.

Helluva Boss stars Brandon Rogers (Class Acts), Richard Horvitz (Invader Zim), Vivian Williams (Grey’s Anatomy), Erica Lindbeck (ThunderCats Roar) and Bryce Pinkham (Mercy Street). The series also features Alex Brightman (Hazbin Hotel), James Monroe Iglehart (Superkitties), Cristina Vee (Sailor Moon), Georgie Leahy (Normal British Series), Rochelle Diamante and Morgana Ignis (Class Acts).

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“No, that’s not a spoiler,” Stoll tells Nerd Reactor about his character’s end. “That’s like the one not spoiler that I can actually talk about. Yeah, I’m dead by the by the 20-minute mark.”

The series features flashbacks, explaining how the two sisters fell apart, and how Stoll’s Adam comes into the picture.

“I was warned that I would be coming back,” Stoll said. “I knew that wasn’t it for me. No, I love my role in here. I sort of come in, do my thing. All the scenes that I got to do were were really fun. And, you know, sometimes when you’re doing a mystery thing or a thriller thing, there’s a lot of plot. ‘It was here at this time, with the candlestick or whatever.’ And I didn’t have to do any of that stuff. It was just all emotions, relationships, conflict and working with with a really great cast.”

Jessica Biel portrays Chloe, a woman with a successful career and a promising future. However, that is turned upside down when Adam is murdered. Stoll and Biel can also be seen in the upcoming action-adventure comedy, Matchbox, starring John Cena.

“It was great,” the actor said about working with Biel in different projects. “It was a completely, completely different genres and and relationships. But she’s the best. She’s doing this where there’s obviously really intense, emotional stuff. She’s very present. And then this other project that we just did was, it’s an action comedy and she’s completely game. That’s the one thing. Every day she shows up to set and she’s just, ‘What are we doing? Let’s play.'”

About The Better Sister

Produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Tomorrow Studios (part of ITV Studios), all eight episodes of The Better Sister premiere on Prime Video on Thursday, May 29, 2025.

Synopsis: The Better Sister, based on the book by bestselling author Alafair Burke, is an 8-episode electric thriller limited series about the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together. Chloe (Jessica Biel), a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) struggles to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters as they try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death.

The series stars Jessica Biel as Chloe Taylor, Elizabeth Banks as Nicky Macintosh, Corey Stoll as Adam Macintosh, Kim Dickens as Detective Nancy Guidry, Maxwell Acee Donovan as Ethan Macintosh, Bobby Naderi as Detective Matt Bowen, Gabriel Sloyer as Jake Rodriguez, Gloria Reuben as Michelle Sanders, with Matthew Modine as Bill Braddock, and Lorraine Toussaint as Catherine Lancaster.

Olivia Milch (Ocean’s 8) and Regina Corrado (Mayor of Kingstown) are executive producers and showrunners. Series director Craig Gillespie (Pam & Tommy) and Annie Marter are executive producers through Fortunate Jack Productions alongside executive producers Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, and Alissa Bachner through Tomorrow Studios (One Piece), Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Purple, and Kerry Orent.

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One of the biggest sacrifices in the story is David’s father having to let him go and become the hero he was meant to be. Ford talks about his sacrifices to help complete the House of David series.

“But there’s just something about acting,” Ford tells Nerd Reactor. “It gives you this incredible feeling and opportunity to not only do something that brings you to life and gives you a purpose in your own life. For me, the way I looked at that sacrifice was, I am missing some incredibly important years of my children. Not only am I allowing to set them up in something financially with the rewards of this industry, but I’m leaving something for them that they can have forever, and for their dad to be playing the roles of Shao Kahn and Goliath and some incredible stories, and the sense of pride that they have from that was, was it was worth the sacrifice. I’ve deliberately took six months off post the filming of [House of David] so I can have some quality time with them again. But that was definitely a sacrifice. It was a hard decision, but a decision ultimately that’s led to the greater good.”

Portraying the role of Samuel, the prophet who foresees greatness for David, is Stephen Lang (Avatar).

“As I do get older, I enjoy exploring the vulnerabilities that come with characters who are older,” Lang said. “You have a different type of strength as you get older, and you have new types of weaknesses as well. I, as an actor, this is my instrument. [Gestures to face.] It’s all about me. You know what I mean, this is what I’ve got. I like to keep it in as good a tune as I can, understanding that it gets older and things change. And so the roles that I play will change accordingly, it seems to me. I’m really good with that. But if you look at Samuel, he displays more strengths than probably any character I’ve ever played, right? And he’s an old man. He’s really on top of stuff. Hopefully, I’ll still be able to convey a certain type of fortitude and strength.”

The search for David took months, and there were 1000s of actors who had auditioned for the role. Jon Erwin, the House of David showrunner, finally found his title character in Michael Iskander.

“I remember when Michael’s audition came in, you just know in your soul, this is our guy,” Erwin said. “And I got a red eye that night and flew to New York and said, ‘I want to have breakfast with you.’ And we ended up talking for three hours. And he’s a special human. I mean, he’s just a great guy and has a depth of soul that I was looking for in the role. And he’s also an incredible musician and he has an athletic side. You know, David is the great warrior poet, so it’s very hard to find. I’ve directed two music biopics. I’ve directed two football movies and it’s hard to think that there’s an actor in between those worlds. Yet he really does do both so exceptionally well, and just a wonderful, very, very, very special diamond in the rough – one in a million. I could not be more proud of an actor and a friend than I am of Michael. And it took a long time. There’s a lot of people to convince. This is his first role, but I’m very proud of his portrayal in the project, and of all that he has achieved and become as we’ve made the series.”

About House of David

Synopsis: House of David tells the story of the ascent of the biblical figure, David, who eventually becomes the most renowned and celebrated king of Israel. The series follows the once-mighty King Saul as he falls victim to his own pride. At the direction of God, the prophet Samuel anoints an unlikely, outcast teenager as the new king. As Saul loses his power over his kingdom, David finds himself on a journey to discover and fulfill his destiny, navigating love, loss, and violence in the court of the very man he’s destined to replace. As one leader falls, another must rise.

The series is directed by Jon Erwin, Jon Gunn, Alexandra La Roche and Michael Nankin. It’s executive produced by Jon Erwin, Jon Gunn, Jonathan Lloyd Walker and Justin Rosenblatt, Chad Oakes and Mike Frislev. Producing are Wonder Project, Amazon MGM Studios, Nomadic Pictures, Argonauts, Kingdom Story Company and Lionsgate Television.

The cast includes newcomer Michael Iskander (Kimberly Akimbo on Broadway), Ali Suliman (Jack Ryan, Arthur the King) as King Saul, Ayelet Zurer (Angels and Demons, Man of Steel) as Queen Ahinoam, Stephen Lang (Avatar: The Way of Water, Don’t Breathe) as Samuel, Indy Lewis (Industry, King and Conqueror) as Mychal, and Martyn Ford (Mortal Kombat 2, The Sandman) as Goliath.

House of David will be available on Prime Video on February 27, 2025.

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