Casting News Indicates Delay For Season 2 Of Alien: Earth

Babou Ceesay Joins Black Dove season 2. I figure this pretty much firms up a 2027 release for Alien Earth  season 2.

• Today, Netflix announced that critically acclaimed spy thriller Black Doves has gone back into production for Season 2.  

• New additions to the cast include Ambika Mod (One Day) playing Laila, an acerbic and anarchic Black Doves agent who is sent to help Helen on a mission. Babou Ceesay (Alien: Earth) plays Mr Conteh, a Black Doves executive with suspicious motivations and Sam Riley (Firebrand) plays Patrick, an emissary from a mysterious organisation, who offers Sam a lifeline. Neve Campbell (Scream) also joins the cast as Cecile Mason. 

• Additional casting includes; Sylvia Hoeks (Blade Runner 2049) playing Katia Chernov, Goran Kostic (Canary Black and Ant-Man and The Wasp) playing Alexi Chernov and Samuel Barnett (Lee) playing Jerry.

• Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire will return for Season 2 alongside Andrew Buchan, Kathryn Hunter, Ella Lily Hyland, Gabrielle Creevy, Agnes O’Casey and Molly Chesworth.

• Filming is underway in and around London.

• Joe Barton says “I couldn’t be more excited to delve back into the world of our murderous little spy family. To have so many of our amazing cast returning and also being able to add some of my absolute favourite actors into the mix is such a great joy. Downing Street will never be the same again…”

• Jane Featherstone & Chris Fry (Executive Producers, SISTER) say “It’s a thrill to be back in Joe Barton’s world of love, lies and espionage, and to be partnering once again with Netflix on Black Doves. Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire have packed away the Christmas jumpers, and are set to return in spectacular form, joined by some season one favourites, and a brilliant new cast who bring wit, danger and a few perfectly timed surprises. Season two is bigger, bolder – and just as delightfully unpredictable.”

• Anne Mensah (VP of Content, Netflix UK) says “To say we are over excited about welcoming the Black Doves team back to Netflix would be an understatement.  This is what happens when best in class writing meets best in class directing and extraordinary acting in a dark alley with guns and champagne.  We couldn’t be more thrilled and we know the Black Doves fandom is waiting!”

• Logline: Helen (Keira Knightley) is still betraying her nation’s secrets to the covert organisation she serves: the Black Doves. But after the misadventures of last Christmas, and with her husband Wallace (Andrew Buchan), preparing to become Prime Minister, she is walking a more treacherous line than ever. 

As Helen’s enigmatic handler Mrs Reed (Sarah Lancashire) is ensnared in a ruthless plot to undermine her position in the Black Doves, Helen is reunited with her best friend Sam (Ben Whishaw). The once high-end triggerman is now reduced to lonely drinks in Soho bars and low-rate hits. As they search for answers, loyalties are weaponised, trust is shattered, and the fight to protect the people they love could cost everything. With all the explosive wit of Series 1, Helen and Sam’s mission leads them back to old friends and enemies, through the dark decisions and painful sacrifices of their pasts, and right to the heart of the Black Doves. 

• Writer, Creator and Executive Producer: Joe Barton (Giri/Haji, The Lazarus Project)

• Production Company: SISTER (Eric, This Is Going To Hurt, The Split) & Noisy Bear

• Executive Producer for SISTER: Jane Featherstone (Eric, This Is Going To Hurt) and Chris Fry (Coldwater, KAOS) and Keira Knightley

• Executive Producer for Noisy Bear: Joe Barton (Amadeus, Giri/Haji)

• Directors: Julian Farino (Amadeus, Giri/Haji), Kieron Hawkes (Red Eye, Fortitude)

• Series Producer: Callum Devrell-Cameron (Lord of the Flies)

About SISTER: SISTER is an independent, global entertainment group on a mission to develop, produce and invest in visionary creators. Upcoming projects from SISTER include the second season of the acclaimed series Black Doves (Netflix), as well as Waiting for the Out (BBC One/BBC Studios), The Dream Lands (BBC One/NBCUniversal), Prodigies (Apple TV+), and The Split Up (BBC One/BBC Studios). SISTER has produced shows including Coldwater (ITV/Showtime), Eric (Netflix), Kaos (Netflix), The Power (Prime Video), This Is Going to Hurt (BBC/AMC), Landscapers (Sky/HBO), The Split 1-3 (BBC One/AMC+) and the Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning Chernobyl (Sky/HBO), and most recently, the feature film The Woman in Cabin 10 (Netflix). In addition, SISTER has made a series of bold investments, partnering with creator-led businesses across the UK and US to make breakout stories across all forms of media. These include Dorothy St Pictures, the multi award-winning producers behind The Greatest Night in Pop, Pamela: A Love Story and the Victoria Beckham docuseries (with Studio 99) for Netflix; independent film producers South of the River Pictures, founded by Academy Award and BAFTA-winning actor Olivia Colman and screenwriter Ed Sinclair, whose recent projects include the critically acclaimed feature The Roses for Searchlight Pictures; British animation company Locksmith Animation (Ron’s Gone Wrong, That Christmas); new non-scripted TV and tech entertainment company Yes Yes Media, founded by Richard Bacon; and a partnership with iconic London music venue KOKO. In the US, SISTER has invested in Peabody-nominated podcast studio Campside Media; Zando, the ambitious publishing venture from Molly Stern behind recent New York Times bestsellers The Butcher Game, Leather & Lark and Lights Out; Unanimous Media, Stephen Curry’s content studio; and AWA Studios, a comic book, film and TV studio.