Summary
Leverage: Redemptionexecutive producer Dean Devlin offers an intriguing preview of season 3 atSan Diego Comic-Con. The revival, which continues the premise of the originalLeverageby following reformed criminals as they use their unique skills to help ordinary people fight back against injustice, is on the move. Almost a year after the season 2 finale first aired, it was announced thatLeverage: Redemptionseason 3was renewed and would move to Prime Video from its previous home at Freevee.
In an interview withScreen Rant’s Joe Deckelmeier at SDCC to discuss his Syfy space seriesThe Arkseason 2, Devlin teased what to expect fromLeverage: Redemptionseason 3. The executive producer said the upcoming episodes will be bigger and wilder, giving a particular shoutout to the finale, which Devlin promises is unlike anythingLeveragehas done so far. Read the full quote below:
Bigger, wilder, crazier. And I will just tease this - the finale is unlike any Leverage episode we’ve ever done before, and it opens the door for brand-new kinds of Leverage episodes that we’ve never explored.
Is Leverage: Redemption About To Go In A Genre Direction?
Devlin Hints At A Big Shift
It’s been confirmed that the entireLeverage: Redemptioncast will be back for season 3, including Noah Wyle, Aleyse Shannon,Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf. Aldis Hodge, who has a leading role in the upcoming Prime Video showCross, will continue to appear in a recurring capacity after his characterAlec Hardison left the Leverage team. Timothy Hutton, who playedLeverage’s Nathan Ford, was absent from the revival after having been accused of rape.
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Leverage: Redemptionwill feature a significant change behind the scenes, however.John Rogers, the co-creator of the originalLeverage, will serve as showrunner and executive producer for season 3after only serving in a consulting position for the first two seasons. It’s unclear, based on Devlin’s tease, whether Rogers will take the characters he helped create in a genre direction, but that is one interpretation of Devlin’s remarks. The series could, for example,favor a sliding doors scenariowhere the main team imagines what it would be like if their lives turned out differently.
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The move to Prime Video from Freevee is significant. Although both streaming services are owned by Amazon, Prime Video has a global reach that has helped it to cultivate massive hits likeReacher,The Boys, andFallout. The fact thatLeverage: Redemptionis continuing to push itself forward and experimenting as it moves to a bigger platform, rather than sticking only to what’s expected, is an encouraging sign and adds extra excitement for when the revival confirms a return date.
Leverage: Redemption
Cast
Leverage: Redemption reunites The Hitter, The Hacker, The Grifter, and The Thief, joined by a new tech expert and corporate fixer. The group targets contemporary villains, from an opioid crisis architect to a secretive security firm, continuing their mission to provide leverage to those in need.
