Amazon Studios Greenlights a Second Season of Hit Superhero Series The Tick

New series will begin production in 2018 and is expected to premiere in 2019 exclusively on Prime Video in over 200 countries

The Tick will return with the second half of season one with six additional episodes premiering on 23 February, 2018
Amazon Studios Greenlights a Second Season of Hit Superhero Series The Tick New series will begin production in 2018 and is expected to premiere in 2019 exclusively on Prime Video in over 200 countriesThe Tick will return with the second half of season one with six additional episodes premiering on 23 February, 2018
LONDON – 17 January - Hello, Citizens! Amazon Studios today announced it has greenlit a second season of the half-hour superhero series, The Tick. The creator of the series Ben Edlund (Firefly, Supernatural, Gotham) will return along with leads Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy) as The Tick and Griffin Newman (Search Party) as Arthur, with additional casting to be announced. From Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television, the second series of The Tick, comprising 10 episodes, will begin production in 2018 and is expected to premiere in 2019 exclusively on Prime Video in over 200 countries exclusively for Prime members.

Neat! As previously announced, Amazon will launch the highly anticipated second half of The Tick's first season on 23rd February 2018, featuring six all-new episodes of the acclaimed show.

"Ben has created a resounding hit while Peter and Griffin have brought Tick and Arthur to indelible life," said Sharon Yguado, Head of Scripted Series, Amazon Studios. "We can't wait to bring fans more of the Tick universe soon."

"I am so excited that Amazon wants to continue this wildly fruitful collaboration and that this amazing cast gets to stay together and we get to build this mythos further, wider, deeper, and taller," said Ben Edlund, series creator and executive producer. "We got a good ball of mud spinning with the right tilt of axis, I'm very happy we have this opportunity to keep peopling it."

The Tick also commented on today's news: "You feel it too, don't you? Destiny's warm hand in the small of your back, pushing, pushing. She's on a roll."

The Tick Series two is executive produced by Ben Edlund (Firefly, Supernatural, Gotham) and Barry Josephson (Bones) and is co-executive produced by Kit Boss (King of the Hill, iZombie) and Barry Sonnenfeld (Pushing Daisies, A Series of Unfortunate Events.

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Notes to Editors

About The TickIn a world where superheroes have been real for decades, Arthur (Newman), an accountant with mental health issues and zero powers, comes to suspect his city is owned by a global super-villain, The Terror (Jackie Earle Haley) who has been long thought dead. As Arthur struggles to uncover the conspiracy he falls in league with a strange blue superhero – The Tick (Serafinowicz). They launch into an adventure brimming with crazed arch-villains, blood-soaked vigilantes, and superhuman freakery.

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