'BARKSKINS' EPIC SERIES
MEET ALL THE CHARACTERS!
It is definitely true, my spylings, that the Autumn small screen landscape will be barren and sad with the corona production lockdowns. There are still a few new epic shows that will try to fill the void (
Luminaries and
Singapore
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David Thewlis is a wealthy landowner with grand visions for New France |
Grip will be arriving soon, and they will probably be sold to US distributors as well as many networks will be looking to fill their Fall schedules with already finished international English language series which is why
Cannes Series event taking place next month online will probably have tons of lucrative deals), but that void will be a deep one as many networks will postpone the start of new season till January. One of the new epic series that is coming to us to ease our boredom very soon is
BARKSKINS which starts May 25th with two episodes back to back in following
four weeks in 172
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Barkskins will launc on May 25th at National Geographic |
countries around the world. It will also get a Hulu release the very next day. Starring
David Thewlis, Christian Cooke, Aneurin Barnard and
Marcia Gay Harden, the series, based on the novel by Pulitzer-winner
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Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor as Charles Duquet, a scrappy scoundrel signed to servitude
in New France, and Christian Cooke as Rene Sel, an idealistic indentured
servant who traveled to New France to start a new life. |
Annie Proulx, follows a
disparate group of outcasts who must navigate brutal hardships,
competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of
civilization in late 1600s New France.
The Story Of Barkskins Is Set
in Wobik, a small settlement in what is now the Canadian province
of Quebec. As the Catholic Church sends Jesuit priests to convert the
indigenous people,
France sends indentured servants to populate its
territory, along with "Filles
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Marcia Gay Harden (left) is Mathilde Geffard, the town innkeeper who knows everyone’s secrets. |
Du Roi" ("Daughters of the King"), young
women to be matched with
husbands, start families and help the colonies
prosper. This disparate group of outcasts, rogues and innocents must
navigate brutal hardships, competing
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The first season of Barkskins consists of ten episodes |
interests and tangled loyalties at
the crossroads of civilization: 1690s New France.Check out the gritty
and gorry trailer below and tell us will it be your summer 2020 small
screen watch?