John Leguizamo is on board to return for a second season of “The Green Veil,” which has been renewed by latest independent, ad-supported streamer The Network. In keeping with the outlet, Leguizamo and the remaining of the Season 1 forged might be back because the show picks up between 10 and 15 years later, “amidst the ladies’s rights movement and the occupation of Alcatraz by Native Americans in 1969.”
The show’s first season, which consisted of eight 22-minute episodes, was set within the Fifties. “The Green Veil” takes on the history of oppression in America — and particularly, atrocities committed against the Indigenous community. Leguizamo plays a brutal FBI agent, “tasked with an unraveling secret mission that threatens to reveal deeper secrets.”
“Every step within the developmental process we were told this show wouldn’t work, and the subject material wasn’t accessible to an audience that mattered,” Leguizamo said in a press release. “We’re pleased to have proven every executive incorrect and thrilled to have the chance to proceed telling a vital story from underrepresented perspectives.”
Leguizamo executive produces together with Aram Rappaport, who launched The Network on April 30 as a house for “The Green Veil.” The show was paired with U.K. acquisition “Chivalry”; Rappaport’s plan for The Network is to premiere two shows at a time every quarter, ultimately releasing eight more series (including the second season of “Green Veil”) over the subsequent 18 months.
In keeping with the Network, “54% of all latest users binge watched your entire season inside 24 hours when it was available on May 21.” The service also says the show has been seen thus far by “greater than 800,000 viewers.”
Besides Leguizamo, “The Green Veil” also stars Hani Furstenberg, John Ortiz, Irene Bedard and Isabelle Poloner. Irene Bedard and Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel (of the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut) are co-executive producers and function creative and Native American consultants on the series.
