Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Carnival Row… There is something unique about episode three which circumvents traditional narrative expectations and mixes mythology with historical events. Flashes of fantasy seep through the snowy terrain as Anoun is brought to life and Burgue soldiers approach a holy temple. A brief hat tip to Two Towers […]
Carnival Row Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Aisling’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Carnival Row… Bloody murder, family ructions and underground splinter cells push up the ante with intent as episode two lights a fire beneath Carnival Row. By intertwining mythology with the citizens of this Burge there is a melding of fact, fiction and historical breadth which underpins essential drama. […]
Legendary releases Carnival Row prequel comic books
With Carnival Row set to hit Amazon this Friday, Legendary Comics has announced the release of two prequel comic book one-shots entitled Carnival Row: From the Dark and Carnival Row: Sparrowhawk, which set the stage for the show and introduce the series two main characters: the war-hardened investigator Rycroft Philostrate (Orlando Bloom) and faerie refugee […]
Carnival Row Series Premiere Review – ‘Some Dark God Wakes’
Martin Carr reviews the series premiere of Carnival Row… With the quarrelling politicians, warring unionists and class wars raging this feels like two latter day Scorsese films melded with an Alan Moore benchmark and touches of Tolkien. Carnival Row evokes Victorian London, back street bar fights and unsavoury elements in the dark. There is world […]
Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne star in new trailer for Carnival Row
Ahead of its premiere on Amazon Prime Video later this month, a new trailer has arrived online for the fantasy-noir series Carnival Row which stars Orlando Bloom as a detective and Cara Delevingne as a faerie who rekindle a dangerous affair while investigating a string of murders; watch it here… Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne […]
Amazon’s Carnival Row gets a new trailer and season 2 renewal
Ahead of its premiere next month, Amazon Prime has released a new trailer for its fantasy mystery drama Carnival Row starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, as well as announcing that it has granted an early season two renewal to the series; watch the trailer here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pxFD9q9yJE Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne star in Carnival […]
First teaser trailer for Carnival Row starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne
Amazon Prime Video has released a first teaser trailer for the fantasy-noir series Carnival Row. Directed by Jon Amiel, it is based on Travis Beacham’s novel A Killing on Carnival Row and stars Orlando Bloom as a detective who embarks on a dangerous affair with a faerie (Cara Delevingne) while investigating a string of murders; […]
Cara Delevingne joins Orlando Bloom in Carnival Row
Last week it was announced that Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) is set to lead the cast of Amazon’s Carnival Row, and now comes word that Cara Delevingne (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets) has also signed on to star in the fantasy-noir series. Carnival Row has […]
Orlando Bloom to lead Amazon’s fantasy series Carnival Row
Back in May it was announced that Amazon has given an eight-episode order to Carnival Row, a new fantasy-noir series from Rene Echevarria (Star Trek), Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim) and director-producer Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein), and now comes word that Orlando Bloom has signed on to lead the cast of the show. Variety reports that […]
Amazon greenlights neo-Victorian fantasy noir Carnival Row
Amid a raft of cancellations across the various US TV networks, streaming service Amazon has announced that it has given an eight-episode series order to Carnival Row, a fantasy drama from Rene Echevarria (Star Trek), Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim) and director-producer Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein). The one hour drama series is described as a “fantasy-noir” […]
