> After experiencing the wonderful American drama in 2017 and the first month of 2018, even though it faces the impact of various holidays and awards seasons, it still maintains a super exciting pace.

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has experienced the wonderful American drama in 2017 and the first month of 2018. Even though it faces the impact of various holidays and awards seasons, it still maintains a super exciting pace.
A bunch of old dramas with reputation are about to return. FOX's "X Archives" season 11 will return at the beginning of the month, expanding from 6 episodes of the previous season to 10 episodes this time. Cable Channel's "American Crime Story", "Cradle of the Clown", "Crashing Life" and "Living in the Current" will also be updated one after another. The magnitude of the new drama
should not be underestimated. Starz's science fiction drama " vs. universe ", TNT's " Silent Angel ", HBO's "Mosaic", Paramount's biographical drama "Wako Massacre", each of which is a big investment cast. The emergence of these dramas proves that during this winter break, drama shortage does not exist!
Then the following is the American drama that is worth looking forward to this month:

American Crime Story

American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace

★★★★★★★

Type: plot / biography / Crime
start time: January 17
broadcast platform: FX
Screenwriter: Tom Rob Smith ("London Spy")
Director: Ryan Murphy , Mart Pomo (" American Horror Story ")
Starring: Penelope Cruz ("Oriental Express Murder"), Edgar Ramirez ("Hunting bin Laden"), Darren Chris ("Glee")

The most anticipated drama this month is this.

After the first season was a success, "American Crime Story" became one of the hottest big IPs in the American drama field. When the second and third seasons were released, it attracted attention from all parties. Two years later, the second season of "Assassination of Versace" has finally been released!

This season focuses on the shooting death of Italian fashion designer Giovanni Gianni Versace in 1997. Although the plot is the same as the first season of "Prosecution of Simpson", the plot is about celebrities who once caused a sensation in the United States, the overall tone of the second season will be greatly adjusted. The color matching of

is more vivid than that of the first season, and the color saturation is very high. These colors collide with a surreal feeling, even a bit like "Neon Demon".

In addition, the focus of this season's story does not continue the trial scene of the previous season, but the experience of the murderer Andrew Kunanan before and after the assassination of Versace, including why he chose to commit suicide by drinking a bomb eight days after the case was wanted by Miami.

Of course, the lineup before and behind this season is still very dazzling. Producer Ryan Murphy will direct the premiere episode himself, and Matt Pomer, the "Peacock" who has worked with Murphy for a long time in "American Terror", will also try to direct the eighth episode. In terms of cast, Penelope Cruz will play the role of Jenny Versace's sister Donna Versace. Penelope has a faithful restoration of Donna in his styling, and has also changed the accent and tone for the character, with the tone in the play being lower than her daily life.

Edgar Ramirez plays Jenny Versace, and Latin king Ricky Martin plays Versace's homosexual lover Antonio Damiko.

The most important character in the play, Andrew Kunanan, is played by Darren Chris. His image of being both good and evil in the trailer is very subversive, and it is completely incompatible with the cute cloth in "Chorus"!

Every season of "American Crime Story" revolves around famous cases in American history, but producer Nina Jacobson said that the series focuses not only on cases, but even the characters themselves are not what they pay most attention to. The most core exploration is the social root of the reason why these cases occur.

Season 1 "Public Prosecution Simpson", the main creator injected thoughts on racial contradictions in American society behind the trial of the century with a huge crowd.The new season explores the issue of homosexuality in the United States in the 1990s. Screenwriter Tom Rob Smith said that if you want to explore the story, what did Versace and Kunanan have almost the same birth and growth experience lead to their completely different lives?

Black Pili

Black Lightning

★★★

Type: Action/ Science fiction
premiere time: January 16
broadcast platform: CW
Screenwriter: Salim Akiel ("Wedding Fighting Form")
Director: Salim Akiel ("Wedding Fighting Form")
Starring:
l7 Chrys Williams ("The World in Your Eyes"), Damon Gampton ("La La Land")

Following " Arrow ", " Flash ", " Super Girl " and " Legend of Tomorrow ", the fifth superhero drama "Black Thunderbolt" released by CW, choosing to play the leading role with a black hero for the first time. In short, Black Pili is the second black superhero protagonist in the history of American dramas, and the first is Netflix's Luke Cage .

Black Pili was originally named Jefferson Pierce . He was born with superpowers and could generate and manipulate black currents. The series begins with his retirement for many years and returning to the world.

Hei Pili in the play is a middle-aged man who looks nothing special on the surface. He teaches in a high school and has a perfect family. He will teach his two daughters in a long and long-winded manner. This setting makes him look more like an ordinary person and very down-to-earth.

Moreover, the image of Black Pili itself has been intentionally built into a civilian hero. His mission is not that great and complex, and his opponents are ordinary criminals who are scattered in the streets. It's a bit like the Daredevil and Jessica Jones in the Netflix " Defenders League " series. The Black Pili in the comic was also a street hero at first, but later he contacted members of the Justice League through Green Arrow and finally joined the Zhenglian.

However, the main creator of the series has previously revealed that "Black Thunder" will maintain the independence of the series for the time being and will not be incorporated into the "Arrow" universe at this stage. So, if you want to see the drama fans who meet with Hei Pili and several other superheroes in the CW, you have to be patient and wait.

Relative Universe

Counterpart

★★★★★

Type: plot / Science fiction
premiere time: January 21
broadcast platform: Starz
Screenwriter: Justin Marcos ("Fantasy Forest")
Director: Moten Tadum ("Imitation Game")
Starring: J·K·Simmons (" Burst Drummer "), Olivia Williams ("Victoria and Abdul"), Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones)

parallel universe, thriller spy war, Oscar-level creative lineup, Starz TV released a big move at the beginning of the year!

The story background of "Relative Universe" takes place in modern Berlin. An experiment during the Cold War opened the door to a parallel world. Berlin is like an axis, two worlds start from the axis, exist symmetrically with each other, and grow in different directions.

In the words of screenwriter Justin Marcos, Berlin in the play has a spiritual Berlin Wall that crosses the dimension.

In two parallel worlds, there are exactly the same people living in the same life experience and background, but due to the deviations in their respective choices, the final situation is completely different. For example, the protagonist of the series, Howard, a government agency employee played by J.K. Simmons, is just a low-level employee in one of the worlds, while in the other, he is a spy in an important agency.

"Relative Universe" raises a very interesting question: If there is a person in reality who is exactly the same as himself, and if he and his experience are completely different, then what causes these differences? The first two episodes of

are directed by Morten Tedum, director of "Imitation Game". The preview episode has been released in advance. The rating on IMDB has reached 8.5, and the results are quite good.

preview combines three styles of science fiction, spy war and political thriller, laying the main tone for the entire drama. Although the plot develops slowly and warms up, through the characters' words, this rule of operation of parallel worlds is basically explained.

J·K·Simmons plays two roles in the play, and last year Franlan just played a pair of twins in "The Legend of Fallen Street". In contrast, Simmons' performance is more delicate. When he creates two completely different characters, his performance is very natural, neither too exaggerated, and he can easily detect the difference between the two in language and expression.

In addition, many familiar faces appear in the play, such as Olivia Williams who often appear in British movies,

and British actor Harry Lloyd, who is Viserys Targaryen who received the bento in the first season of "Game of Thrones". In reality, Lloyd is Charles Dickens' great-great-grandson.

From the current point of view, the first episode of "Relative Universe" has already brought up all the clues of the huge world, but there is still a wider space and a more complex plot, which can only be unfolded after it is officially broadcast.

Silent Angel

The Alienist

★★★★★

Type: plot / Crime
premiere time: January 22
broadcast platform: FX
Screenwriter: Carrey Funaga (" True Detective "), Hosin Amini ("Driving for Desperate")
Director: Jacob Villbrugan ("London Spy"), Paco Cabesas ("Real Life" The Son of Heaven), James Harves (" Genius "), Jamie Payne ("White Princess"), David Petrarch ("Jessica Jones")
Starring: Daniel Bruch ("Fast Romance"), Luke Evans ("Beauty and the Beast"), Dakota Fanning ("War of the World")

TNT's new drama "The Silent Angel" is a costume version of "Criminal Psychology". The story is based on the original work of the same name by Caleb Carr, and the background is set in New York in 1896. In that era, there was no concept of serial killer. The series tells the story of the pursuit of the first serial killer in New York City.

This killer is similar to Jack the Ripper in New York, and specializes in attacking young male prostitutes.

And several protagonists in the play spontaneously set up a case-breaking team to arrest criminals through emerging criminal psychology and forensic science.

They are psychiatrists played by Daniel Bruch, who are good at psychoanalysis of crime;

Luke Evans, who has an extremely keen ability to capture various information from the outside world;

Dakota Fanning plays the first female police detective in New York, who has super powerful reasoning ability;

There are two young people who are specialized in forensic work.

"The Silent Angel" solves murder cases from the perspective of criminal psychology. From the essence, the theme it wants to explore is similar to the " Mind Hunter " last year by David Fincher . It is why people kill people, and what exactly is the murderer thinking in his mind?

But compared to the latter, the atmosphere of "The Silent Angel" is more suspenseful and thrilling, and the tone is also darker. Especially New York in the play, it is not the bustling metropolis in my impression at all, but rather like Victorian London, gloomy and dirty. Luke Evans said that although the main line is serial homicides, it also involves the class and corruption issues that exist in the city.It can be said that the whole story exists largely based on the city of New York.

Mosaic

★★★★★

Type: Drama
First broadcast time: January 22
broadcast platform: HBO
Screenwriter: Steven Soderbergh (" Nick Hospital "), Ed Solomon ("Men in Black")
Director: Steven Soderbergh ("Nick Hospital")
Starring: Sharon Stone ("Disaster Artist"), Garnett Hedland (" The Realm of the Earth ")

I have always admired Steven Soderbergh's energy and creativity. As early as the period of "Nick Hospital", he personally served as director, screenwriter, photography and editing for two seasons. After the second season was over, he began to prepare for a new American drama project, which is the "Mosaic".

"Mosaic" is a work destined to be accompanied by many attributive prefixes. It is an American drama that created history - the first interactive American drama in history.

The entire drama can be watched on an app called Mosaic. The drama revolves around the murder of a child writer played by Sharon Stone. The important characters in the drama will be introduced separately through videos that last about half an hour. Then the audience will choose clues they are interested in in the app to continue to understand and track the development of the case.

If the case goes into a dead end, you can go back and continue to observe again, and choose a new storyline to gain insight. Simply put, every audience has the opportunity to choose their own exclusive storyline, as The Verge website said: This drama makes the audience the director. With this explanation, do you understand why this drama is called "mosaic"? Through independent choice, Soderbergh actually wants the audience to restore the case from his own perspective. Every clue is a mosaic that pieced together the truth of the case.

This is completely a movie-watching experience of " Black Mirror "! But for reasoning fans, this is a good way to get enough of the addiction to reasoning.

"Mosaic" wants the audience to choose the perspective of the case by themselves, so this involves the presentation of different perspectives. In each scene of the series, Soderbergh completed shooting from different perspectives, and finally formed up to 7.5 hours of material for app users to choose. And 6 hours of them will be cut into regular episodes and played on HBO.

"Mosaic" cumbersome storyboard

"Mosaic" app was launched in the Apple App Store and Google market in November last year. It provides free downloads. If you are interested, you might as well download and experience the feeling of being a director.

Waco tragedy

Waco

★★★★★

Type: plot / thriller / horror / biography / history / crime
premiere time: January 24
broadcast platform: Paramount Network
Screenwriter: John Eric Total ("Handle in the Elevator "), Drew Total ("Catatom")
Director: John Eric Total ("Handle in the Elevator"), Danny Gordon ("Handle in the Elevator "), Zomi Hilra (" Shark Beach ")
Starring: Taylor Kitch ("Alien Battlefield"), Michael Shannon (" Water Story "), Melissa Bennoy ("Super Girl")

Paramount Network is a brand new TV station that will be officially launched on January 18. But its predecessor is actually Spike TV. Let me review it. Spike TV has never released any original dramas before. Last year, the drama "Mist" that the mother did not recognize was from this company.

But this year Paramount Network may have a few beautiful comebacks. In addition to this "Wako Massacre", it will also broadcast the new drama " Yellowstone Park " written and directed by the director of "Hunting the Wind River Valley" this year, which are all big dramas worth looking forward to."The Waco Massacre" will be broadcast in January, telling the story of the FBI's actions in 1993 to encircle David's God Cult founded by David Coresh at Carmel Manor. The encirclement lasted for 51 days, and a total of 87 people died in the David Sect, which was the most serious bloodshed since the establishment of the FBI.

The series about cults, Hulu's previous "Holy Road Cult" involved, but "The Waco Massacre" is based on reality and is more attractive. In the play, Taylor Ketch plays the "Demon Lord" David Koresh, the cult's "Demon Lord". He not only ruled the believers with force, but also constantly raped female believers, and many of them are underage girls. Keqi's appearance in the play is very subversive, and he can't see the shadow of the muscular man in the former Hollywood blockbuster.

In addition, Michael Shannon plays the FBI negotiator, the heroine of "Super Girl", Melissa Bennoy, and plays the original wife of David Coresh. The two screenwriters of the series

, John Eric Total and Drew Total, have previously collaborated on two movies: "Catatoms" and "Nowhere to Escape", both of which are horror and thriller movies. Director Zomi Hilra has also filmed thrillers like " Orphans Resentment " and "Shark Beach".

The tag of "The Waco Massacre" on Douban is also marked as thriller and horror in addition to biography, history and plot. What kind of way will such a realistic drama present horror in a way is also something I am more curious about and looking forward to.

dance my life

Step Up: High Water

★★★

Type: plot
First broadcast time: January 31
broadcast platform: Youtube Red
Screenwriter: Holly Sorensen (" Gymnastics Princess ")
Director: Debbie Allen (" Anatomy Grey "), Norman Barkley ("Beautiful Girl's Lies"), Adam Shankman ("Dance My Life")
Starring: Judd Chinows ("Batman vs. Superman"), Pakchis Jones ("Strange Boy")

Youtube Red is a streaming media platform under Youtube. Yes, it is now starting to produce original series. In fact, "Dance in My Life" is not Youtube Red's first original drama. The platform has tried many times before, but there is a hit that can be hit like " House of Cards " and "Stranger Story".

"Dances from My Life" obviously has more potential to become a hit compared to some previous TV series of Youtube Red. The movie version of "Dances from My Life" has released a full five episodes, which is also a relatively well-known IP. The series also received support from the couple producers of the film starring Channing Tatum and Jenna Diwan-Tatum .

"Dance out of my life" was also the decisive work of the Tatum couple that year. The drama version of "Dance out of my life" repeats the inspirational story routine of the movie. The heroine went to Atlanta for her mother's arrest and defected to relatives, but became fascinated by a local dance school called High Water. After hard work and overcoming setbacks, she finally achieved success.

plot is very patterned, but it does not affect the full sense of vitality brought by the young actors in the play. Most importantly, their dance is really good and dazzling. Although youth and dance are simple and straightforward, isn’t this the charm of “Dance Out of My Life”?