Just days after the debut on August 25, 2024, City of God: The Fight Rages On has been renewed for a second season on HBO Max and HBO Latino.
Based on the 4 Academy Award-nominated 2002 Brazilian crime film City of God, directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund from a script by Braulio Mantovani, the six-episode first season mostly follows acclaimed photojournalist Wilson "Rocket" Rodrigues as he returns to the City of God twenty years after the events of the iconic film and deals with the plight of the community set in Rio de Janeiro amidst various conflicts between the drug dealers and the law.
Will there be a City of God season 2?
Yes, City of God: The Fight Rages On has been renewed for season 2, much to the delight of the fans.
The plot of the show, as per its official description is that it:
... (f)ollows the characters 20 years after the events of the renowned film, through the lens of Wilson (Rocket) who returns to the community when a young drug dealer's release from prison puts City of God in dispute once again. The residents end up trapped between drug dealers, militias, and government authorities. However their desire to break this cycle drives the community to unite and confront their oppressors.
With only one episode of the first season aired, there is not much information about the second season apart from its renewal.
City of God film's original cast returns with guest actors
This series is also based on works by the acclaimed Brazilian author Paolo Lins. Alexandre Rodrigues reprises his role as Rocket from the original film, along with various other members.
Examples include Roberta Rodrigues as Berenice, Sabrina Rosa as Cinthia, Thiago Martins as Lampião, Edson Oliveira as Barbantinho, and Kiko Marques as Reginaldo. Other returning cast members, Andreia Horta, Otavio Linhares, Wayne LeGette, Marcos Palmeira, and Eli Pereira are notable additions to this crime series.
The series is directed by Aly Muritiba, and the director of the original film, Fernando Meirelles, serves as the producer of the show, along with Andrea Barata Ribeiro under their production banner O2 Filmes.
What happens in the film City of God?
The original film began in the 1960s and revolved around the development of organized criminal activities in the City of God favela, focusing on a gang of juvenile criminals, led by the enigmatic and menacing Little Ze. The film unfolds through the eyes of the aspiring photographer "Rocket" as he takes the viewer on a nightmarish tour of the city of Rio and its tryst with drugs, corruption, and sudden fits of extreme violence.
This cinematically innovative and unique film ends with Rocket clicking photos of a shootout between Little Ze's gang and Carrot's gang, which concludes with the death of the majority of the main characters, including Ned and Tiago, and the imprisonment of Little Ze and Carrot. Rocket also captures photographs of Little Ze bribing the cops in exchange for his freedom.
After being freed, Little Ze is confronted by the Runts and is killed as revenge against Little Ze for killing their gang member. In the final moments of the film, Rocket is shown to be riddled with a dilemma concerning which photos to publish—the ones that expose police corruption, which will make him famous, or the one of Little Ze's dead body.
He finally decides on the second option and secures an internship with a leading newspaper. The Runts now plan to take over the drug business of City of God after the death of Little Ze by making a list of dealers to kill as part of their plan to rule City of God, where the Runts rule supreme.
Where can you watch City of God season 1?
City of God will continue its weekly premiere of new episodes of season 1 at 8 p.m. Sundays ET/PT. The show is available to watch on HBO Latino for U.S. and Canada TV viewers, as well as on Max for streaming at $9.99 USD/month with commercials, $15.99 USD ad-free, and an Ultimate Ad-Free plan for $19.99 USD, with options for 4K streaming.
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