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Series 2
Taboo-promotional poster
Genre Period Drama
Created by Tom Hardy
Chips Hardy
Steven Knight
Written by Steven Knight
Directed by To Be Released
Starring To Be Released
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original Language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Tom Hardy
Ridley Scott
Steven Knight
Chips Hardy
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) Scott Free Productions
Hardy Son & Baker
Distributor Sonar Entertainment
Release
Original network(s) BBC One (UK); FX (US)
Previous Series 1
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When He broke the third seal, I heard the third creature saying, "Come" I looked, and behold, a black horse; and He who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
— Revelation 6:5, KJV [1]

Series 2 of Taboo is scheduled to broadcast on BBC One and FX for the viewers of the UK and US, respectively.

Filming was initially set to start in January 2019 but it has since then been confirmed, by Steven Knight himself, that filming has been postponed to the latter part of 2019, or early 2020.[2] Production was further delayed due the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Premises[]

After the drawn-out and bloody gunfight in London’s docks, Delaney and his rag-tag crew manage to sail off towards America on a boat full of gunpowder and dreams. [4]

Synopsis[]

To Be Released!

Cast[]

Episodes[]

No. Image Title Writer Director Airdate
1 Taboo-Poster-00-Main-Title-Card "Episode 2.01" To Be Revealed To Be Revealed To Be Released
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2 Taboo-Poster-00-Main-Title-Card "Episode 2.02" To Be Revealed To Be Revealed To Be Released
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3 Taboo-Poster-00-Main-Title-Card "Episode 2.03" To Be Revealed To Be Revealed To Be Released
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4 Taboo-Poster-00-Main-Title-Card "Episode 2.04" To Be Revealed To Be Revealed To Be Released
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5 Taboo-Poster-00-Main-Title-Card "Episode 2.05" To Be Revealed To Be Revealed To Be Released
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6 Taboo-Poster-00-Main-Title-Card "Episode 2.06" To Be Revealed To Be Revealed To Be Released
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7 Taboo-Poster-00-Main-Title-Card "Episode 2.07" To Be Revealed To Be Revealed To Be Released
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8 Taboo-Poster-00-Main-Title-Card "Episode 2.08" To Be Revealed To Be Revealed To Be Released
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Production[]

The new eight-part series was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content and Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama. It will be produced by Scott Free London and Hardy Son & Baker for BBC One and FX with Sonar Entertainment distributing worldwide outside the UK. Executive producers are Scott and Kate Crowe for Scott Free, Tom Hardy and Dean Baker for Hardy Son & Baker, and Knight. [6]

Piers Wenger, head of drama at the BBC, said Series 2 promises something "daring and different." [7]

Producer Ridley Scott added: "We’re thrilled people want to know what happens next and that the BBC and FX are up for more adventures with the devil Delaney and the league of the damned." Knight seconded that, claiming that "James Delaney will continue to explore many realities as he takes his band of misfits to a new world, thanks to FX and the BBC, partners who could not be more suited to collaborating in ground breaking work."[7]

Series 2 - commissioned back in March of 2017 - remains in limbo due to star Tom Hardy's availability. "It really just comes down to Tom; it comes down to what Tom wants to do, when he wants to do it, when he is available," FX Chief John Landgraf said. "I could see both those seasons getting made and relatively soon, and I could see neither of those seasons getting made." [8]

In 2022, Knight appeared at the Creative Cities Convention in Digbeth, Birmingham, where he revealed Tom and he intend to start production towards the end of 2023.[9]

Development[]

Asked about the second installment being "the Birth of a Nation," Knight said: "I think we don’t talk about that. In my mind, explosive stuff is going to happen, which will be great, should it happen. There’s a great destination for it, but I don’t know if we’re in a position to talk about the actual details of it." Hardy added: "We’re onto the next stage. The key really is Colonnade. When he says, 'We are Americans,' James is very ambiguous with how much information he’s going to give. In his mind, you will know when the time is right." [10]

Delay[]

According to Ridley Scott, Taboo was expected to go into production in September 2018 [11] but the production was delayed twice due to conflicting schedule. Filming was slated to late 2019, early 2020.[2]

FX entertainment president Eric Schrier confirmed ongoing talks about a potential second series, but that its return is "dependent on working around Hardy's busy schedule". John Landgraf, FX Networks and FX Productions chairman, added: "Steven is definitely game and we have what I think is a great idea for a second season, some of which has already been written but we just need the actor. We're in active conversations."[12]

In the meantime, Stephen Knight devoted himself entirely to the production of Peaky Blinders with the goal of expanding that franchise to feature films and potential scripted spin-off series.

COVID-19 pandemic put a further hold on production, postponing it until a later date. [3]

Gallery[]

Production Notes[]

  • On June 6, 2017, Tom Hardy released a series of promotional images, featuring a playing card with the Latin motto "Qui Scio, Scire" and the numbers 3/7/9. [13]
  • The images are captioned with: "Delaney is the Knight. The Day becomes a stormy tempest, And when the Queen rises The Flags will burn. The children grown Shall run across the sky and tear a hole across the coutments Burn Fire"; "3 is not absolute the offspring of Horace resolute beware the reckoning"; "Burn all of them"; "Delaney is dead "; "There are others... beware the Knight who jests"; "Delaney's Journey is not the only Taboo...".[13]
  • Cast expected to return include Tom Hardy ("James Delaney"), Jessie Buckley ("Lorna Bow"), Tom Hollander ("George Cholmondeley") and Edward Hogg ("Michael Godfrey"). Wether Sir Stuart Strange, played by Jonathan Pryce survived the bomb attack is yet to be determined. [5]
  • On December 5th, 2017, Tom Hardy teased fans, saying: "Where to go America or to the Azores??? Pick up the other Hoods or fight the big fight...? Do you want to meet the other villains JKD is but the littlest of that particular set? Or shall we take the fight forward to Nootka. You choose. Son of Horace will listen." [14]

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