PHILIPPINES, January 6, 2013 –
The Emmy®-winning CINEMAX Original series BANSHEE returns to Asia, exclusively on CINEMAX. Executive produced
by Jonathan Tropper, David Schickler, Peter Macdissi, Alan Ball and Greg
Yaitanes, this ten episode second season will premiere within a week of its
U.S. premiere, on Friday, January 17 at 10pm on CINEMAX. A new hour-long
episode premieres every Friday at the same time.
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| Photo courtesy of Cinemax |
The gritty action drama stars
Antony Starr (“Rush”) as Lucas Hood,
an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee,
Pa., where he continues his criminal activities, even as he’s being hunted by
the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier. Other returning cast regulars
include Ivana Milicevic (HBO’s “The Mind
of the Married Man,” “Charlie’s Angels”) as Carrie Hopewell, a notorious
jewel thief who now lives in Banshee under an assumed identity with her new
family who knows nothing of her past; Ulrich Thomsen (“The Celebration”) as Kai Proctor, an intimidating, wealthy
businessman who believes he is above the law; Frankie Faison (“The Good Wife,” HBO’s “The Wire”) as Sugar Bates, a powerful
and wise former boxer and ex-con who is now the owner of the local watering
hole; and Hoon Lee (“Premium Rush”)
as Job, a dangerous transvestite computer hacker who assists Lucas in his
criminal enterprises.
Returning cast regulars also
include Rus Blackwell (“Burn Notice,”
HBO’s “Recount”) as Banshee’s
district attorney, Gordon Hopewell, a Gulf War hero who is married to Carrie;
Matt Servitto (HBO’s “The Sopranos”)
as Brock Lotus, the longest-serving deputy in the Banshee sheriff department;
Demetrius Grosse (“Justified”) as
Emmett Yawners, a deputy in the Banshee sheriff department; Trieste Kelly Dunn
(“Brothers and Sisters”) as Siobhan
Kelly, a spitfire female deputy in the sheriff’s department; Lili Simmons (“Fat Kid Rules the World”) as Rebecca
Bowman, an Amish girl in her early 20s who lives a devout life by day, but is a
rebellious, sexually adventurous party girl by night; Ryann Shane (“Blue Bloods”) as Deva Hopewell, Carrie
and Gordon’s rebellious daughter; Anthony Ruivivar (“Southland,” “Third Watch”) as Alex Longshadow, the son of Kinaho
Tribe Chief Benjamin Longshadow; and Ben Cross (“Star Trek,” “Ben Hur”) as Mr. Rabbit, a ruthless Ukrainian
gangster who has been hunting Lucas and Carrie, his former top thieves, for 15
years. Odette Annable (“House M.D.,”
“Cloverfield”) returns as Native American assassin Nola Longshadow.
New guest stars include Zeljko
Ivanek (“Damages,” “Seven Psychopaths,” HBO’s
“True Blood”) as Jim Racine, a
chain-smoking, renegade FBI agent who has been tracking Rabbit for 15 years;
Tatanka Means (“The Host,” “Tiger Eyes”)
as Hoyt Rivers, head of security for Alex Longshadow; and Julian Sands (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “24”),
as Rabbit’s younger brother, a brilliant, devout and amoral Ukrainian priest
who is just as dangerous.
In
September, BANSHEE received a
Primetime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Special Visual
Effects in a Supporting Role.
The first season, which began in
January 2013, inspired critical raves, with the Hollywood Reporter calling it “taut, entertaining and smart,” and
the Wall Street Journal describing
the show as “enticing” and “indisputably satisfying.”
BANSHEE is executive produced by Jonathan Tropper (author of
the New York Times bestseller “This Is
Where I Leave You”), David Schickler (author of “Kissing in Manhattan” and “Sweet
and Vicious”), Peter Macdissi (“Towelhead,”
HBO’s “Six Feet Under”), Alan Ball
(HBO’s “True Blood” and the Emmy®-winning
“Six Feet Under”) and Greg Yaitanes
(Emmy® winner for directing “House
M.D.”).
