'The Get Down' Season 2 Release Date: Netflix Confirms April 7 Release
Netflix's hip-hop musical drama, "The Get Down," is confirmed to release its second season on the streaming platform on April 7.
The second season will pick up a year after the events of its first season, set in the year 1978 in the South Bronx when New York City is teeming with gangsters and greedy music executives amidst a vibrant disco-era.
The series, produced by Baz Luhrmann, follows a group of musically talented teenagers who are living in the Bronx during that period. These kids are portrayed to be at the forefront of the hip-hop musical revolution that is still alive today.
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A review from Deadline described the series as "a h*** of a lot of mash-up fun, with a strapping cultural and personal coming-of-age story at its hip-hop-history core."
Despite having only six episodes, the first season of "The Get Down" used up over $120 million during production - making it the most expensive original series of Netflix.
The show stars Justice Smith as Ezekiel, also known as Books; Shameik Moore as Shaolin; Herizen F. Guardiola as Mylene; Skylan Brooks as Ra-Ra; Jaden Smith as Marcus, also known as Dizzee; and T.J. Brown Jr. as Boo-Boo, among others.
Plot details of the second season, however, has not been revealed yet, but during a previous interview with Entertainment Weekly, Luhrmann revealed that there are still many pivotal moments in history that the show could explore, particularly sometime during 1985 wherein the era of crack boomed among the young population.
Meanwhile, Sony Pictures was slapped with an arbitration case from the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists as it alleged that the company is holding all the young actors of "The Get Down" under option contracts for too long. Apparently, this was the reason why Netflix only had to air six episodes out of the total 12 episodes from season 1.
"Excessive hold periods violate our contract and are an abuse of the actors whose talents are part of what makes these shows successful," says SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris in a report from The Hollywood Reporter.
The case was filed in December, alleging Sony's violation of the options and exclusivity provisions of the union's television agreement for all "The Get Down" actors.
