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SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals important plot points from the Season 4 finale of FX's Snowfall. The walls came crumbling down in the Season 5 finale of FX's Snowfall, setting up an epic sixth and final season. Amid the chaos that bubbled across 10 episodes, Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) is finally…

As the FX crime drama Snowfall prepares to head into its sixth and final season dramatizing the very human toll of the crack epidemic, series star Damson Idris says he believes that his morally compromised, drug dealing character Franklin Saint may yet have a glimmer of hope for redemption. "There’s always room for…

Damson Idris reflected on his early days working on FX’s Snowfall, and the words of inspiration he received from series creator John Singleton. Singleton died in 2019 at the age of 51. “In essence, that symbol implanted in me was to just be truthful,” Idris said during the show’s CTAM panel on Thursday. “To just stay…

Today is the first day of winter, and there’s Snowfall in the forecast. FX has set Wednesday, February 23, for the Season 5 premiere of its hit drama series co-created by the late John Singleton. The reveal comes after its fourth season was the cable net’s most-watched series of 2021. Set in the summer of 1986, Snowfal…

Snowfall‘s Damson Idris is adding the title of producer to his resume. In addition to his starring role as Franklin Saint on the hit FX series, Idris will serve as a producer for the upcoming fifth season, due to premiere in 2022. Idris (Farming, Outside the Wire) is the latest addition to the creative team on the…

Through its four seasons, Snowfall has explored a story whose gripping force is grounded in a sobering history: crack cocaine's siege on South Los Angeles in the 1980s. Yet the FX series has pointedly integrated moments of humor and brightness, achieving a blend of tones that is a key aspect of the show's…

EXCLUSIVE: Damson Idris, star of FX’s critically acclaimed drama series Snowfall, has signed with CAA. Idris portrays Franklin Saint in Snowfall, the drama about the start of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles, which is heading into its fourth season on FX. Idris can also be seen as the star of Adewale…

Nearly five episodes in to its third season, FX has ordered a fourth season of Snowfall, its acclaimed drama series about the start of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles. Created by John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, Snowfall Season 4 will premiere on FX in 2020. The renewal was announced Tuesday at…

Damson Idris, who currently headlines the FX drama series Snowfall, has been tapped to star alongside Anthony Mackie in the Netflix sci-fi action film, Outside The Wire. British actress Emily Beecham has also signed on for a supporting role. Directed by Mikael Håfström, the film is set in the future and follows a…

Morris Chestnut and Damson Idris, two actors representing either end of the too-brief career of late director John Singleton, presented a heartfelt BET Awards tribute last night to the man they called not only their director, but a sensei, a big brother, a mentor, friend and visionary. Watch the tribute…

EXCLUSIVE: Stars Wars actor John Boyega, Black Panther’s Letitia Wright and Snowfall lead Damson Idris are among patrons of newly opened LA drama school Identity School of Acting. The West Hollywood-located school, which opened this week, is the LA branch of the successful London institution of the same name, which…

While there are many reasons for an artist to strike out with their feature directorial debut, Farming’s Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje had one that was extremely personal and expressly his own. “The genesis was literally trying to sleep at night,” the actor-turned-director told Deadline in Toronto, where his film…