The great thing about this series is it may tap into whatever is going on in the world. It may tap into how people are feeling, the fear of the other, whatever the other is. But, ultimately, it is in a digestible, entertaining way, which is what I love about fantasy.
Imogen (Tamzin Merchant) and Agreus (David Gyasi) are taken to a city named Ragusa which was formerly under Pact authoritiy and at war with The Burgue. Now it is under the control of New Dawn, a socialist and revolutionary movement slowly taking over Pact territories. The two lovers are forcefully separated: Imogen is brought to a house, where she meets Leonora (Joanne Whalley), a faun with a broken, while Agreus finds himself in front of a firing squad executing his crew.
The Pact are now seeking military help against New Dawn, which are not only a thread to The Pact but the Burghish society as well. Chancellor Jonah Breakspear (Arty Froushan) under Sophie Longerbane’s (Caroline Ford) influence pledges support and throws a lavish dinner party for the Pact’s delegates with Ezra Spurnrose (Andrew Gower) attending the festivities. Ezra is met with concerned questions about his sister which he deflects by claiming she was abducted by pucks and the police are looking for her.
Philo (Orlando Bloom) hopes to destroy the Chancellor’s reputation and end the lockdown on Carnival Row by revealing himself as Absalom Breakspear’s (Jared Harris) true (and half-fae) oldest son. With the help of Runyan Millworthy (Simon McBurney) he is smuggled into the great hall where the banquet is about to start. However, he is interrupted by a group of Black Raven crushing through the glass ceiling of the great hall. Vignette (Cara Delevingne) has developed her own plan to confront the Burgue’s elite with her people’s suffering.
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The fae folk are suffering under the new Chancellor Jonah Breakspear’s (Arty Froushan) imposed incarceration of the residents of Carnival Row. Due to the flying ban, many of them succumb to an uncurable desease. To ease their pain,Vignette (Cara Delevingne) and the Black Raven go on a dangerous mission to steal medicine from a supply train. Meanwhile Philo (Orlando Bloom) takes part in an illegal underground fight club to gain mysterious favor from the ringleader.
The next day Ezra Spurnrose (Andrew Gower) is part of the crowd watching the public execution of some fauns who are wrongly accused of the assassination of Absalom (Jared Harris) and Piety Breakspear (Indira Varma). His sister Imogen (Tamzin Merchant) is still on the run with her Puck lover Agreus (David Gyasi). Outwardly still happily in love, Imogen is plagued by nightmares of her brother while Agreus grows increasingly tired of hiding. Their honeymoon bliss is further disturbed when a mysterious airship attacks their boat.
Tourmaline Larou (Karla Crome), former poet laureate, Vignette’s ex-lover and employee at the brothel on Carnival Row, is having visions of the murdered Haruspex Aoife Tsigani (Alice Krige) and the future, which turn out to be true, when Philo is called to a crime scene by Constable Berwick (Waj Ali). Despite no longer working for the police and the prejudice Philo faces for being half-fae, Berwick seeks his help to solve the brutal homicide of a soldier stationed on the supply train robbed by the Black Raven.
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YOU Season 4 is available on Netflix (Part 1 was released on 9 February 2023 with Part 2 following a month later on 9 March 2023). Andrew Gower appears in episodes 4×03 Eat the Rich, 4×04 Hampsie and 4×06 Best of Friends.
Carnival Row is an Amazon Original series and Season 2 will be released on the streaming platform on 17 February 2023. We expect Andrew Gower to be in (almost) all episodes.
Maggie Lovitt, Lead News Editor at Collider, the “ultimate source for impactful entertainment news”, interviewed Andrew Gower about his return to Carnival Row, his upcoming role in the adaptation of The Winter King, and what it was like getting to finally play a modern role again in YOU Season 4.
Do you need to refresh your memory before Season 2 of Carnival Row starts on 17 February 2023 on Prime Video? Or have you always wanted to dive into the mysterious worlds of Carnival Row but never got around to it?
Then now is your chance!
Prime Video released the first three episodes of Season 1 for free on YouTube! Watch them below! The episodes are available from today (2 February) for two weeks until 16 February 2023.
When Amazon announced the return of Carnival Row on 7 November 2022, it was rather bittersweet news for the fans who’d been waiting (im)patiently to see new episodes of their favourite show. Three and a half years after the release of Season 1, the popular fantasy-noir series will come back to Prime Video for a second and – unfortunately – final season.
While fans rejoiced about the Season 2 news, there was also a lot of disappointment that it would be the end of the jounrey for Vignette (Cara Delevingne), Philo (Orlando Bloom) and all the other beloved characters.
Bianca Ruggeri, who runs a fan page for Cara Delevingne on Instagram, decided to act and started a petition on Change.org to save Carnival Row.
We’re happy to support Bianca and say ‘No to the Closure of Carnival Row‘!
Please join us, sign the petition and share the link as far and wide as possible! The resident of The Burgue will be forever grateful!
Amazon Prime Video have revealed their official trailer for the upcoming and final season of Carnival Row. The fantasy drama will return exclusively on 17 February 17 2023 on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world.
The brand-new trailer sets up the final conflict between the mythical fae creatures and humans. Season 2 of Carnival Row sees the return of Orlando Bloom as one of the series leads, former inspector Rycroft Philostrate, as he investigates the murders of fae-folk which have increased the social tension between them and the humans even more than they already were.
Bloom’s co-lead Cara Delevingne as Vignette Stonemoss who, along with the Black Raven, plots payback for the unjust oppression inflicted by The Burgue’s human leaders.
Just like our pair of leads, each character has their own agenda and plan that will shape the Row’s future. As per the official description, “With humans and fae-folk divided and freedom on the line, each hero will face impossible dilemmas and soul-defining tests in the epic conclusion of Carnival Row.”
While the first season of Carnival Row was released using the binge model, Amazon announced a new release strategy for the final season. Prime Video will instead release two episodes a week for Season 2:
The official Carnival RowTwitter account shared these new character posters for the show’s second and final season.
Carnival Row will end next year despite having a loyal fanbase, making Season 2 an emotional farewell to its cast of beloved characters.
The first image shows Rycroft “Philo” Philostrate (Orlando Bloom), a former police inspector in The Burgue, a human republic where social tensions reach a boiling point after more and more fae immigrate reach the city trying to escape a brutal war. At the end of Season 1, Philo was revealed as being half-fae himself and in a final move decided to leave the police and side with the other fae.
In Season 2, Philo will investigate a series of gruesome murders while uncovering a conspiracy at the city’s heart.
Philo’s former lover Vignette Stonemoss (Cara Delevingne), a fairy, came as a fugitive to The Burgue in Season 1. After being forced to work as an indentured servant to the Spurnrose family, she joined a band of fae renegades and realized how humans oppressed other creatures in Burgue. Now, in Season 2, Vignette is plotting a revolution to take down the human leaders who contribute to the marginalization of the fae.
The central image shows Imogen Spurnrose (Tamzin Merchant) and Agreus Astrayon (David Gyasi). Imogen is a human while Agreus is a faun, but they fall in love on Carnival Row’s first season, challenging social norms and shocking the high society. As the conflict between humans and fae evolves in Season 2, their love might symbolize hope and how everyone can still share the same world.
We will also see the return of the Burgue’s human leaders, Jonah Breakspear (Arty Froushan) and Sophie Longerbane (Caroline Ford); former fae poet laureate turned prostitute and Vignette’s friend Tourmaline (Karla Crome); as well as Imogen’s vengeful brother Ezra (AndrewGower).
Season 2 of Carnival Row comes to Prime Video on 17 February 2023, with the ten episodes of the season expected to roll out weekly.
Amazon Prime have shared the plot line for S2 of Carnival Row in their official press release:
In a fantasy world where humans and creatures clash, Season Two of Carnival Row picks up with former inspector Rycroft Philostrate aka Philo (Orlando Bloom) investigating a series of gruesome murders stoking social tension. Vignette Stonemoss (Cara Delevingne) and the Black Raven plot payback for the unjust oppression inflicted by The Burgue’s human leaders, Jonah Breakspear (Arty Froushan) and Sophie Longerbane (Caroline Ford). Tourmaline Larou (Karla Crome) inherits supernatural powers that threaten her fate and the future of The Row. And, after escaping The Burgue and her vengeful brother Ezra (Andrew Gower), Imogen Spurnrose (Tamzin Merchant) and her partner Agreus Astrayon (David Gyasi) encounter a radical new society which upends their plans. With humans and fae folk divided and freedom on the line, each hero will face impossible dilemmas and soul-defining tests in the epic conclusion of Carnival Row.
Carnival Row returns on 17 February 2023 for its 2nd and final season.
Prime Video is set to release two episodes weekly, spreading S2 out over the course of a month.
Friday, 17 February 2023: 2×01 & 2×02
Friday, 24 February 2023: 2×03 & 2×04
Friday, 3 March 2023: 2×05 & 2×06
Friday, 10 March 2023: 2×07 & 2×08
Friday, 17 March 2023: 2×09 & 2×10
Opinion
From the beginning it seems that Carnival Row was doomed.
First developed as a spec script by Travis Beacham, it made the Black List in 2005 and ended up gathering dust for 10 years when Amazon Prime signed a development deal for the series. Big names like Guillermo del Toro and Paul McGuigan were associated with the project but dropped out eventually leaving Beacham and Rene Echevarria as official show runners.
In May 2017, production was given a series order and principal photography began in October in Prague, wrapping in March 2018. Following a change in show runners (Echevarria being replaced by Marc Guggenheim) production returned to the Czech Republic for a several week re-shoot eventually wrapping in January 2019. The challenges that caused the re-shoot were addressed during the TCA summer press tour of 2019.
It appears that all of these difficulties, the sometimes less than positive reviews that S1 received from audiences and critics alike, and the loss of momentum due to the 3.5 year gap between S1 and S2 in a world where audiences expect content to be available instantly, have led to the decision to pull the plug. It was a (maybe overly?) ambitious project that had enourmous potential but sadly failed due to circumstances. In hindsight, the odd hiring decision might have also hurt rather than helped the situation.
However, we are glad to see the series come to a conclusion. It can be assumed that production was aware of the cancellation well before its end (confirmed by a cast member and evidenced by the fact that the elaborate sets at Barrandov Studios Prague were dismantled only days after S2 wrapped filming), so we have all the hope in the world that S2 will give us and the series the end it deserves.
After all, Erik Oleson promised us: “We finish with a bang.”
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