Emerald City is a fantasy drama TV series created and released in the USA. The release is carried out by NBC with the first season release date on the 6th of January 2017. Matthew Arnold and Josh Friedman dealt with the development of the projects basing the show on the series of well-known books known as the Oz book series. The author of the book and the owner of the original idea is L. Frank Baum. The action of the series takes place in a fictional area called Land of Oz. The direction matters were carried out by Tarsem Singh. The main cast includes Adria Arjona, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ana Ularu and Vincent D’Onofrio. Ten episodes were ordered for the release in the first season. The release was planned quite long ago – in April of 2015. Emerald City season 2 release date is unknown yet. However, the show is still on.
Plot
The main character of the series is named Dorothy Gale. She finds herself in the Land of Oz after transportation from Kansas and every new episode is devoted to her journey, partially imitating the events of the well-known book. She’s willing to get to a Wizard, because she’s willing to get back home, but she has no idea that she’s a part of the prophecy that will certainly change the way the story goes and the lives of all characters in it.
Cast & Characters
- Adria Arjona portrays a nurse from Lucas named Dorothy Gale. Involuntarily, she gets on a journey to Emerald City from Kansas. Now she needs to find her way back with the help of the Wizard.
- Oliver Jackson portrays a character with amnesia named Roan / Lucas. He follows the main character in order to collect hi memories and understand what’s going on with him. In the course of the series he falls in love with Dorothy.
- Ana Ularu portrays an ex-witch named West. Addicted to opium.
- Mido Hamada portrays a member of the guard of the Wizard named Eamonn. His aim is to find Dorothy before she gets to her aim.
- Gerran Howell portrays a young man named Jack. After a horrible accident, he gets closer to his new mistress.
- Jordan Loughran portrays a teenage girl named Tip. A girl stuck in the body of a boy.
- Joely Richardson portrays an ex-witch from the North named Glinda. She’s one of the enemies of the Wizard.
- Vincent D’Onofrio portrays the Wizard of Oz named Frank Morgan. He’s a charming and enigmatic villain in the world of magic.
- Isabel Lucas portrays one of the members of the Wizard’s council named Anna.
2nd Season Air Date
There’s no official info about the future of Emerald City in its second installment. You will be notified when more info on the series appears in the official media of the show and in the schedule of the channel.
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