I don’t know about you, but I’ve been enjoying the vampire mockumentary series What We Do in the Shadows. I think it’s hilarious, and I’m happy to tell you that FX has renewed it for a second season!
The show is based on Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s incredibly funny 2014 film of the same name, but the series is set in Staten Island instead of Wellington. It also follows a different group of vampires living together.
Here’s a synopsis that was released for Season 1:
“Much like the movie, the series follows three vampires who live together: Laszlo (Matt Berry), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), and Nandor (Kayvan Novak) — the former two are husband and wife. Also living with them is a fourth vampire named Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch), who’s an “energy vampire.” Instead of blood, he sucks the energy out of his victims by boring them to death with mundane anecdotes and bad jokes. The office is his feeding ground, but his powers also work on his vampire roomies.”
Nick Grad, president of original programming at FX had this to say in a statement regarding the series being renewed:
“Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi and Paul Simms have more than delivered on the high expectations of ‘Shadows’ fans by adapting the cult classic for television and building a passionate base of new and returning fans. We also want to thank the rest of the creative team, including Scott Rudin, Garrett Basch and Eli Bush, and the incredible cast and crew for delivering such a fun and original series, and we look forward to working with them all on season two.”
The series also stars Harvey Guillen (The Internship), Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Beanie Feldstein (Lady Bird), and Jake McDorman.
Have you been watching the first season of What We Do in the Shadows? If so, have you been enjoying it? Are you happy to see that it’s getting a Season 2?