Fans are going crazy over a Netflix show, with some watching the whole season in one night.
People are posting on social media about a new TV show that made it into the top ten on the streaming service after its first episode.
One fan writes, “I will never stop talking about this work of art.”
Another person says, “Watch this show.” This is the best thing I’ve watched on Netflix in a long time.
Someone else claims it kept them on the edge of their seat the whole time.
A fourth participant says, “The only thing I didn’t like was that I didn’t watch it sooner!”
I saw them all yesterday! gives a fifth fan.
Netflix picked up the sitcom for a second season, and critics are also praising it.
Empire’s Alex Godfrey said, “An impressively unpredictable show that is full of life and urgency.”
Pat Stacey from Decider said, “It’s one that keeps a foot firmly planted in a world that is clearly real.” Great.
Leila Latif from The Guardian said it a “sprawling sci-fi drama strikingly performed, bracingly plotted, and its characters are up there with prestige TV’s finest.”
The show also boasts a perfect score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is not easy to do.
The show is about a bunch of average people in modern-day South London who unexpectedly get superpowers. It’s different from popular shows like NBC’s Heroes and legendary shows like Channel 4’s Misfits.
Tosin Cole, Adelayo Adedayo, Josh Tedeku, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Calvin Demba, Ghetts, Digga D, and Eddie Marsan make up the cast.
The series was made by Andrew Onwubolu MBE, a British rapper, record producer, and playwright who is better known by his stage name, Rapman. Its goal is to address the question, “What would a normal person do if they had powers?”
Rapman told Cosmopolitan that he wants to “open doors for more high-quality Black stories.”
Watch the trailer for Supacell here…
He told the magazine that he wants to see Black wizards and witches like Harry Potter, Black fantasy stories like Game of Thrones, and Black zombie flicks. This gives Black actors and artists greater work and more opportunities.
Netflix has stated that a second season of Supacell is coming soon, following the show’s great success.
Rapman says in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum, “Supacell season 1 is my Batman Begins.” It’s a look at what they’ll be like in the future. You actually see what they become in Season 2. The future you saw at the end of the pilot in London is no longer real. Everything has changed.
When we get inside the writers’ room, things are going to be fascinating.
He says, “I’ve always had it [mapped out] to season 3.” I know how the second season finishes.