''Kaos'' is an upcoming

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ological dark-comedy television series created by Charlie Covell for

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. The series revolves around six humans as they discover their connection to each other and to a long standing ancient prophecy while they deal with corrupt and arrogant gods of the

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. The series is set to be released in 2024.

Premise

An all-powerful God, yet insecure, Zeus started to fear his end of reign once he noticed a wrinkle on his forehead, possibly indicating the end of the world. He became paranoid and vengeful towards his lieges, and later, six humans connected with the ancient prophecy possibly related to his end of reign and the possible apocalypse of the earth. Meanwhile, the six humans starts to discover their connections with each other and grand conspiracies involving the Greek gods.

Cast

* Jeff Goldblum as

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Janet McTeer Janet McTeer (born 5 August 1961"Ms Janet McTeer, OBE"
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as Riddy * Misia Butler as Caneus * Leila Farzad as Ari *

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* Fady Elsayed

Production

Development

On 10 June 2018, it was revealed that Netflix commissioned ''Kaos'' of 8-part one hour series order produced by Sisters Media. Charlie Covell served as the creator and executive producer. It was also revealed that Nina Lederman of All3Media alongside Tanya Seghatchian and John Woodward of Brightstar will join Charlie Covell as co-executive producers. Later, it was announced that Katie Carpenter would serve as the series producer, with Harry Munday and Michael Eagle-Hodgson producing, and Georgi Banks Davies confirmed to be the lead director and co-executive producer. Runyararo Mapfumo directs the second block of the series. On 13 July 2022, it was revealed that Georgia Christou will serve as the writer for episode 6.

Casting

On 27 May 2022,

was cast as Riddy, one of the main leads in the series. On 29 June 2022, more cast members were revealed, as

Hugh Grant Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as both a charming, and vulnerable romantic lead and has since transitioned into a dramatic character actor. Among his numerous a ...

Janet McTeer Janet McTeer (born 5 August 1961"Ms Janet McTeer, OBE"
. ''Derbrett's P ...

, Leila Farzad, and Misia Butler joined the series. Other cast members are

and

who were cast in undisclosed roles. Additionally,

also joined the cast in a minor role. On 13 July 2022, Jeff Goldblum replaced Grant as Zeus as the latter had to pull out due to date availability issues. On 22 August 2022, Debi Mazar joined the cast as the reimagined version of Medusa.

Filming

On 22 August 2022, it was revealed that the series had begun filming in Spain.

References

External links

* * {{Netflix original upcoming series 2023 British television series debuts Upcoming Netflix original programming English-language Netflix original programming Television series based on mythology Television series based on classical mythology British black comedy television shows Television shows filmed in Spain Television shows filmed in the United Kingdom Television series by All3Media