AMC+ highlights for the month of February include Cold Courage, Firebite and Kin.
Cold Courage
AMC+ Exclusive
Series premieres February 24
New episodes premiere each Thursday
“The series’ political backdrop provides a “deja vu all over again” feeling — with action, tension and an air of mystery providing the key ingredients needed to season this dependable thriller.”
– New York Post
Based on the award-winning and best-selling novels from Finnish journalist Pekka Hiltunen, Cold Courage follows two Nordic women – Mari (Pihla Viitala, Deadwind, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters), a fierce psychologist fighting for the underdog by any means necessary and Lia (Sofia Pekkari, The Sandhamn Murders, Wallander), a shy graphic artist on the run from an abusive stalker – as they collide during a series of murders in present-day London. Drawn together through a clandestine group called the “Studio,” they seek to right the wrongs of the powerful, influential and corrupt – starting with the dangerous, charismatic politician Arthur Fried (John Simm, Doctor Who, Life on Mars), looking to put the ‘Great’ back into Great Britain.
Cold Courage was adapted for the screen by BAFTA-nominated David Joss Buckley (Hinterland) and Brendan Foley (Flying with Byrd) and directed by Agneta Fagerström-Olsson (Wallander) and Kadir Ferati Balci (A Good Year). The series is produced by Luminoir, Nordic Entertainment Group, Potemkino Port, Vico Films and Sagafilm Nordic.
Firebite
AMC+ Original
Episode 8 (final ep) premieres February 3 with full season binge available
“Expect a totally fresh spin on the well-worn vampire mythology, bringing everything to a South Australian setting with gutsy action and horror moments.”
– Flicks
Created, directed and written by Australia’s most celebrated Indigenous auteur voice, Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah, Sweet Country) alongside Brendan Fletcher (Mad Bastards), with Tony Krawitz (The Tall Man, Dead Europe) joining as director, Firebite is set in a remote desert mining town, a hive for the last vampire stronghold shipped from Britain to Australia in 1788 by the colonial superpower to eradicate the Indigenous populations.
Sheltering from the sun in the underground mines and tunnels that surround the town until the present day, the colony’s numbers and hunger is growing. War is coming. Tyson and Shanika stand vanguard to the war. But what hope does an expertly reckless man full of bravado and a 17-year-old orphan possibly have to defeat these vicious blood-thirsty parasites, when legions of warriors before them have failed? Stars Yael Stone (Orange is the New Black), Rob Collins (Cleverman, Extraction), Callan Mulvey (Avengers: End Game) and Indigenous Australian star Shantae Barnes-Cowan.
Kin
AMC+ Original
Episode 3 premieres February 3
New episodes premiere each Thursday
“It’s rare for a show to be perfect from the jump, but there’s something special about Kin.”
– TV Fanatic
In eight-part Irish gang drama Kin, a boy is killed and his family embark on a gangland war with an international cartel – a war that is impossible to win. It’s David and Goliath. Out-numbered, out-financed and out-gunned, the Kinsellas find themselves holed up in their Dublin stronghold while their businesses fail, and family members and associates are picked off. But they have something the cartel does not: the unbreakable bonds of blood and family. Kin is a world where gangsters are treated like reality stars, with nicknames and celebrity status, where assassins dress up as women, and drug dealers keep exotic pets in their den. A world of drugs and guns and murder and loyalty and family and men… and a woman. Stars Charlie Cox (Daredevil, Boardwalk Empire), Clare Dunne (Herself), Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) and Ciarán Hinds (Game of Thrones, The Terror). Peter McKenna (The Last Kingdom, Red Rock) serves as showrunner/executive producer, writer and creator, alongside Ciarán Donnelly (Altered Carbon, Vikings) who serves as executive producer.
About AMC+
AMC+ is a new premium streaming bundle featuring an extensive line-up of popular and critically-acclaimed original programming from AMC Networks and other leading producers and distributors.
The service features a continually refreshed library of ad-free on demand content, including AMC+ Originals The Beast Must Die, Ultra City Smiths, Firebite, Kin and Anna. It also features a wide range of dramas, comedies, thrillers, true crime, and documentary series available to Australian audiences for the first time, including The Restaurant, Documentary Now!, Brockmire, Sherman’s Showcase, Ride with Norman Reedus andthe True Crime Story franchise.
AMC+ also offers full access to targeted streaming services Acorn TV and Shudder at no additional cost, featuring new films and exclusive series such as My Life is Murder, Agatha Raisin, Whitstable Pearl, Creepshow, Horror Noire andV/H/S/94, among many others.
AMC+ is available in Australia for $8.99 per month on Apple TV channels on the Apple TV app and Amazon Prime Video Channels.
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