Season 2 Marcella’ stopped on heady notes. What started as an intense thriller about a detective (Anna Friel) with a rare neurological condition leading to blackouts for protracted amnesiac spans with all the detective becoming a suspect in the murders she was exploring, ended in a mindblowing conclusion.
Now, after a year-and-a-half-long wait, the ITV series that is original is coming for a third season with new ventures for Marcella. Here is everything you want to know about the upcoming season.
Release date
‘Marcella’ yields for a Season 3 on Netflix on June 14, 2020.
Plot
According to the official synopsis of the upcoming Season 3 Marcella’: “Following on from the dramatic finish of the previous series, the new eight-parter sees Marcella in Belfast as an undercover detective. She’s taken on a new identity, Keira also has the infamous Maguire offense family but as she investigates their actions, questions come to the fore about how much she has embraced the Keira character and abandoned Marcella behind”
“In true Marcella style, the series contains interweaving storylines with strands focusing on the Maguires’ criminal surgeries. Marcella’s pursuit of the truth puts her in danger and others in harm’s way as she inhabits the character of Keira. Her undercover role makes her take risks, but will her old lifestyle eventually catch up with her?”
Cast
Friel reprises her role as the titular detective, who in Season 3 will probably be working undercover in Belfast. The actress is best known for her character of Beth Jordache on’Brookside’ and as Charlotte’Chuck’ Charles on’Pushing Daisies’. She is known for her role in’Odyssey’ and’The Girlfriend Experience’. Friel has won many accolades, including an International Emmy Award, a Drama Desk Award, a National Television Award, an RTS Award, including an honorary degree, and BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Satellite Award, Saturn Award, Genie Award, and Czech Lion Award nominations.
Pinnock stars as Jason. The actor is best known for his character of Leon from the award-winning play,’Top Boy’. He also stars as the lead character Aaron Wallace in the US legal drama for Life’.
Panthaki is known for his roles in’28 Days Later’,’Rehab’,’Tube Tales’,’Provoked’,’Interview with a Hitman’,” It’s an excellent Afterlife’ and’Kidulthood’, which he produced. His directorial debut’Life Sentence’, he also wrote, won Best UK Short in the East End Film Festival 2013.
New cast members have been welcomed to the show, such as Amanda Burton (Waterloo Road, Silent Witness) who takes on the role of Katherine, the matriarch of the Maguire family; Aaron McCusker (Bohemian Rhapsody, Fortitude, Shameless) plays with her son, Finn Maguire; whilst Hugo Speer (The Musketeers, Britannia, The Full Monty), who made a short appearance in the final scenes of series 2, reprises his role as Frank Young.
Creators
‘Marcella’ is made by Hans Rosenfeldt, creator of’The Bridge’, and Nicola Larder. Rosenfeldt writes the first two episodes of Season episodes and 3 3-8 are written Rachel Flowerday by David Allison, Mike Walden, Matthew Thomas, and Tim Loane. The first four episodes were led by Gilles Bannier, with Ashley Pearce directing the last four.
Trailers
There is no preview as of yet for Season 3. If it’s released MEA WorldWide will update this article.
Where to watch
‘Marcella’ yields on Netflix on June 14, 2020, for a Season 3. The first two seasons are streaming on Netflix.
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