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Slow Horses [AppleTV+]
Thought I might as well make a thread for this show in case anybody wants to discuss it.
First up, some good news. Series 3 and 4 have just begun filming.
Much like the first two series (though only series 1 has been released thus far) it's being shot as one big 10-11 month filming block.
Presumably to amortise the costs of filming, set construction and flying Oldman and Scott-Thomas out to the UK. (He lives in California and she lives in France.)
https://www.theknowledgeonline.com/the-knowledge-bulletin/post/2022/07/18/slow-horses-begins-second-lengthy-uk-shoot-
First up, some good news. Series 3 and 4 have just begun filming.
Much like the first two series (though only series 1 has been released thus far) it's being shot as one big 10-11 month filming block.
Presumably to amortise the costs of filming, set construction and flying Oldman and Scott-Thomas out to the UK. (He lives in California and she lives in France.)
"A lengthy shoot on the second filming tranche of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses has just begun in London, to be delivered as Series 3 and 4.
From See-Saw Films, it is based on Mick Herron’s Slough House spy thrillers.
Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, a washed-up spy who, after a botched mission, ends up in MI5’s dumping ground, Slough House, where the service rejects are known as ‘slow horses’. Jack Lowden and Kristin Scott Thomas are among the starry cast.
The third series centres on the disgraced group attempting to foil a rogue agent when one of their own team is kidnapped, and the fourth opens with a bombing.
As with the first run, which formed S1 and S2, the production will shoot for 10-11 months and then tx as two series of six episodes each."
https://www.theknowledgeonline.com/the-knowledge-bulletin/post/2022/07/18/slow-horses-begins-second-lengthy-uk-shoot-
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It's not supposed to be Bond, River Cartwright is in many ways trying a little too hard to be an edgy agent like Bond, and failing often in the process, but if you wanted some tightly woven plots à la Len Deighton or a lighter version of John le Carré with a ton of dark comedy and good one-liners, that will definitely fill your itch. The cast is great, with Oldman having a blast at playing Jackson Lamb. So far the adaptations stick to the books or make reasonable adjustments, with a little more action mostly.
Jonathan Pryce got a larger part this season, and delivered an absolutely heartbreaking performance that rang true to life. There was also major character development/growth for River.
It shows the value of having a great showrunner - I’d love to see what Will Smith could bring to Bond.
Slow Horses is guaranteed quality at this stage - roll on the next season!
Besides Slow Horses and a few other "dramas" such as Criminal Record or Severance, they have a killer lineup regarding sci-fi. For All Mankind may be the best sci-fi show so far this decade, four sequels to The Right Stuff covering the 70s, 80s, 90s, etc. taking place in some alternate universe. Silo is solid, Constellation and Dark Matter worked, and even a very uneven show such as Foundation has its moments. Their comedies, outside of Ted Lasso (which isn't actually that good), are more niche, but the Bad Monkey miniseries, starring Vince Vaughn as a cop, was a great companion piece to Slow Horses, some version of Get Shorty taking place in the Florida Keys.
Their movies, apart from a few exceptions, are lame however, and I plan to post here at some point a piece on Ghosted, The Family Plan and Argylle that shows how they consistently get big budget spy thrillers wrong. If a James Bond movie screwed up that badly…
Slow Horses presents interesting supporting characters. That's an area where Bond films could do a better job. Does the next M need to be another Lamb? No. But giving characters more character wouldn't be a bad thing.
They have recently announced a physical release for Severance - I think the same for Slow Horses would expose it to a whole new audience.
And Gary Oldman is a magician-genius (and I swear I can smell him through our TV screen)….
I've been told. My wife loved it. Is that the one with Bono's daughter?
I’ll put it on the ever-growing list!!
The key person here is Sharon Horgan, who had previously written and starred in Pulling and Catastrophe, and who had a large supporting part in Game Night, as the smart co-worker that simpleton Billy Magnussen brings as his partner for a game night (Jeffrey Wright also has an uncredited cameo there). She's the one who looks aghast when Magnussen tries to bribe someone by passing… $5 banknotes. Here, she wrote the adaptation and plays the lead part.
Claes Bang (The Square, The Northman, Dracula, and likely Bond villain in the future because he's a Danish actor) is the villain and he has a blast there playing this extremely sketchy guy, who's shown at the beginning to be just an annoying and bossy bigot, but who gets gradually exposed as much more than that.
Horgan made a few changes to the plot of the Belgian miniseries, and it was so well received that she's now developing a second season with an original plot.
Also, it looks like Bad Monkey may get a sequel. Carl Hiaasen wrote a second novel with Andrew Yancy as the lead character, and showrunner Bill Lawrence really, really wants to adapt it.
Seconded.