After three seasons on SundanceTV, Hap and Leonard won't be getting another kick at the East Texas can, it seems
The cancellation of the James Purefoy and Michael Kenneth Williams led series based on Joe R. Lansdale's nuanced and rollicking 1980s set novels of two mainly unlucky Lone Star state buddies’ misadventures…
EXCLUSIVE: Crack open a cold one from the 1980s because those East Texas boys from Joe R. Lansdale’s eminently readable Hap and Leonard books will return to SundanceTV for a third season next year.
Based on Lansdale's 1995 novel The Two-Bear Mambo, Season 3 of Hap and Leonard will return James Purefoy and Michael Kenn…
“I was actually quite surprised at how the politics of the show shot to the surface post election. Everything that we had put in seemed to be bubbling under the surface prior to the direction that the country took on that day.” said executive producer/writer John Wirth onstage at TCA on the influence of the current…
UPDATE, 6:40 AM: Deadline previously reported that SundanceTV was close to renewing Hap and Leonard, and now star James Purefoy has confirmed it’s official.
On a brighter note @HapAndLeonard has been officially picked up for Season 2..
— James Purefoy (@JamesPurefoy) June 27, 2016
John Wirth has joined the show as…
As the great Elmore Leonard surely discovered once or twice, adaptations of first-rate thrillers and crime novels can quickly go south in clumsy hands. That's not something fans of author Joe R. Lansdale's novels and stories need to worry about with Sundance TV's Hap And Leonard, which debuts on March 2. The…
“As soon as I read it, I recognized that guy,” exclaimed James Purefoy about his role as a blue collar East Texas man whose luck could turn for the better in the upcoming Sundance TV ’80s-set Hap And Leonard. The former Rome actor stopped by Deadline’s studio in Park City to talk about the new drama series…
SundanceTV's Rectifywill end its run after the conclusion of Season 4 which is set to premiere this fall. The news came from SundanceTV just now during its portion of the TCA press tour in Pasadena.
Also during the session, the network announced premiere dates for its upcoming originals. Hap & Leonard, the drama…
It's no surprise Christina Hendricks is currently on her fifth go-round as an Primetime Emmy Award nominee. Having already bagged two Critics' Choice Awards and four previous Emmy noms for her iconic role of Joan Holloway in Mad Men, Hendricks was an obvious choice for a nomination this year, even though an Emmy win…
SundanceTV has found its Hap. James Purefoy (The Following, Episodes) has been cast in a co-starring role opposite Michael Kenneth Williams in Sundance’s straight-to-series drama Hap And Leonard. It follows the story of Hap Collins (Purefoy), a white, working-class laborer, and Leonard Pine (Williams), a black, openly…
Jimmi Simpson (House Of Cards, The Newsroom) has been cast as a regular in Sundance's straight-to-series drama Hap And Leonard. There is no official word yet on Christina Hendricks, who has been in talks for awhile about joining the project.
The show follows the story of Hap Collins and Leonard Pine (Michael Kenneth…
Bill Sage (Boardwalk Empire, We Are What We Are) has been cast in Sundance’s straight-to-series drama Hap And Leonard. It follows the story of Hap Collins and Leonard Pine (Michael Kenneth Williams), a black, openly gay Vietnam vet with anger issues. Having been raised by an uncle who shunned him after learning he was…
Michael Kenneth Williams (The Wire,12 Years A Slave) is set as one of the two leads in Sundance’s straight-to-series drama Hap And Leonard. Additionally, he has been cast as the lead in The Spoils Before Dying for sibling IFC.
Hap And Leonard follows the story of Hap Collins and Leonard Pine (Williams), a black…
