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Unless your hero straight-up dies, it seems that in this day and age that anything planned as a miniseries has the potential to break out of that limited format and into something larger. We’ve seen this happen with series from Big Little Lies to Shogun to The White Lotus, and we can add another possibility to the list,The Madness is Netflix’s new thriller series starring Colman Domingo, a Best Actor nominee at the Oscars.
The show debuted at #2 on Netflix and has now unseated the widely-watched JonBenet Ramsey documentary to take the #1 spot. That is an exceptional performance, and it’s currently #1 in 41 different countries, showing it has global reach. The Madness also is not based on any particular source material, it was created specifically for Netflix by Stephen Belber, which means they have not run out of novels to adapt like say, Shogun, who is pushing past that problem with two new seasons. Rather, they could invent a new storyline for Muncie Daniels who survives the events of the show. And at the very least, star Colman Domingo is on board The third pillar here is how the show is received, not just viewed and that is…somewhat mixed.
Given that no season 2 was initially planned, if The Madness is indeed picked up again, it may have a longer production process if a new story has to be invented from scratch without pre-writing or some other book to reference. We’ll find out more soon.Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. We want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas and facts in a safe space.
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