The idea of a TV series version of a popular film might make many people recoil in fear. That just sounds like a recipe for failure. However, we’ve seen it work out well with something like “Fargo.” And more recently, it’s been a good thing with the Starz series, “Blindspotting,” which is about to debut its second season.

As seen in the trailer for “Blindspotting” Season 2, the show continues the story from Season 1, which follows Ashley as she continues to navigate life with her partner being incarcerated.

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Director Karyn Kusama (“Jennifer’s Body“) has recently been making quite the career comeback with films such as “The Invitation” and the Nicole Kidman cop thriller “Destroyer” along with being involved with the hit Showtime series “Yellowjackets.” However, after being hand-picked by Blumhouse to make a new Dracula film two years ago, the film is sadly not moving forward.

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2018’s “Blindspotting” was the kind of movie that created its own viewing experience. That’s about all you need to remember before watching the new “Blindspotting,” the new series premiering on Starz on Saturday, June 13, which doesn’t demand that you rewatch Carlos López Estrada’s movie to remember specific events but recaptures that experience more than anything else. Oakland was a stage, and dreams and nightmares could be suddenly expressed in bits of spoken word or stylized lighting before resuming what a more grounded story looks like.

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Remember “Blindspotting,” the 2018 comedy-drama indie that launched the careers of actor/writers/producers Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal? Well, in case you’ve forgotten, the film has been turned into a series by its creators, Diggs and Casal, who have gone onto things like “Snowpiercer,” “Hamilton” (Diggs), and “The Good Lord Bird,” “Bad Education” (Casal), respectively.

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Although the news initially broke last October, it now looks like gears are finally turning on the “Blindspotting” series spinoff, as it was officially greenlit at Starz. The film’s producers, writers, and stars Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs are returning to write and executive produce the series (per Variety). They will be reteaming with Lionsgate, who will produce with Snoot Entertainment and Barnyard Projects.

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