Oscar-nominated actor Bruce Dern (Nebraska, The Hateful Eight) has joined the cast of AT&T Audience Network’s acclaimed Stephen King drama series Mr. Mercedes for a guest appearance in the third season. Dern – who will next be seen on the big screen in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – will play John […]
Stephen King series Mr. Mercedes renewed for third season
AT&T’s Audience Network has announced that it has renewed the Stephen King adaptation Mr. Mercedes for a third season, which will begin filming early in the New Year ahead of a premiere in late 2019. “Mr. Mercedes has resonated with such a wide audience, so we’re thrilled to bring it back for a third season […]
Exclusive Interview – Mr. Mercedes showrunner Jack Bender talks Season 2
Paul Risker chats with Mr. Mercedes showrunner Jack Bender about season 2 of the Stephen King adaptation… Mr Mercedes, an adaptation of Stephen King’s Bill Hodges Trilogy, comprising Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch, enters its second season. Brady Hartsfield (Harry Treadaway) remains hospitalised in a vegetative state after a second attempt to […]
Go behind-the-scenes of Mr. Mercedes season 2 with new featurette
With just two weeks to go until its season 2 premiere, a new behind the scenes featurette has arrived online for the small screen Stephen King adaptation Mr. Mercedes which sees stars Brendan Gleeson and Harry Treadaway, and writers and executive producers David E. Kelley, Jack Bender and Dennis Lehane discussing storylines, character development and the good […]
Mr. Mercedes gets a season 2 trailer
With a little over three weeks to go until the return of Mr. Mercedes, the Audience Network has released a new trailer for the second season of the Stephen King adaptation; watch the trailer here… A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop […]
Mr. Mercedes VR Escape Room set for release on Sunday
AT&T’s Stephen King adaptation Mr. Mercedes is set to get the VR escape room treatment this Sunday with the release of Mr. Mercedes: Lair Escape for HTC Vive. Created by VR Playhouse, Double A Labs, and AT&T, Mr. Mercedes: Lair Escape will put players into the basement of Brady Hartsfield, and challenge you to solve various puzzles in […]
Jack Huston and Maximiliano Hernandez cast in Mr. Mercedes season 2
With production on the second series of Mr. Mercedes set to get underway in South Carolina next month, Deadline is reporting that Jack Huston (Ben-Hur) and Maximiliano Hernandez (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) have joined the cast of the Stephen King adaptation. The second season will continue its adaptation of King’s Bill Hodges Trilogy – […]
Mr. Mercedes Season 1 Finale Review – ‘Jibber-Jibber Chicken Dinner’
Martin Carr reviews the Mr. Mercedes season 1 finale… As far as finales go this is strong stuff held together by grizzly dream sequences, psychotic Professor X wannabes and some nasty knife work. We get to see placebo pills being popped, Hodges floating around unconvinced by the death of his arch nemesis while a half […]
Mr. Mercedes Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘Ice Cream, You Scream, We All Scream’
Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Mr. Mercedes… There are whispers around the campfire that David E Kelley might be in contention for an Emmy award. Mr. Mercedes has made a lot of noise with the focus on character, slow burn approach and uncompromising attitude towards its source material. Harry Treadaway and Brendan Gleeson […]
Mr. Mercedes Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘From the Ashes’
Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Mr. Mercedes… Karma has a way of coming back and biting you in the arse. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you otherwise beware the consequences. Words Brady Hartsfield should heed in future before he decides to go around blowing people up. He reminds […]