STARZ Orders More Blindspotting

STARZ has renewed its series Blindspotting, a spin-off of the 2018 film of the same name, for a second season.

From executive producers Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs, Blindspotting debuted to critical acclaim in June. Season one picked up six months after the end of the film and centered on Ashley, whose life was turned upside down when Miles, her partner of 12 years, was suddenly incarcerated.

The series was recently selected to participate in the International Series Competition for the Reflet d’Or 2021 award at the 27th edition of the Geneva International Film Festival, set to take place in November.

Casal will continue in his role as series showrunner and will reprise his role as Miles. In addition to Casal and Diggs, Jess Wu Calder and Keith Calder of Snoot Entertainment (One Night in Miami, Anomalisa) serve as executive producers alongside Emily Gerson Saines, Ken Lee and Tim Palen of Barnyard Projects. Kathryn Tyus-Adair, senior VP of original programming at STARZ, is overseeing Blindspotting on behalf of STARZ, while Maggie Leung and Claire Wendlandt are overseeing the series on behalf of Lionsgate.

“The award-worthy artistry and creativity that Rafael, Daveed and the entire Blindspotting team poured into the series took the comedy genre to a new level, and I can’t wait to see what they have in store for season two,” said Jeffrey Hirsch, president and CEO of STARZ. “The series deservedly garnered critical acclaim and is a wonderful example of our programming mandate focused on unique, authentic stories by, about and for women and underrepresented audiences.”

Casal and Diggs said, “We are overwhelmed by the outpouring of love for season two and have been hard at work for the last few months crafting the next chapter of this Bay story. We are so excited to bring the next season to life with the incredible artistry of our cast and crew, and our partners STARZ and Lionsgate. They done fucked around and gave us more runway, so welcome back to the ordeal!”