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CONDOR

A low-level CIA employee returns from lunch to discover that everyone in his office has been killed; on the run, he goes on to pursue the truth about who is behind the murders while continuing to dodge the hitmen who are after him.

“Condor,” Reviewed: A Classic Paranoid Thriller, Rewired for the Contemporary Nervous System

Max Irons stars in “Condor,” a new TV spy series that presents every citizen’s sense of isolation as the product of a state overrun with double-dealing.

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https://www.newyorker.com/culture/o...r-rewired-for-the-contemporary-nervous-system

“Six Days of the Condor,” the 1974 novel by James Grady, was the basis for “Three Days of the Condor,” the 1975 film by Sydney Pollack, which, in turn, inspired the new series “Condor,” just “Condor” (airing Wednesdays, on Audience). The exact duration of the hero’s flight from a corrupt espionage establishment is left open-ended. Surely, the show’s creators, Todd Katzberg and Jason Smilovic, are keen to allow the possibility of multiple seasons of slow-drip suspense and queasy brooding about American power.

Last time around, Robert Redford played Joe Turner, a bookworm employed by the C.I.A. His office hidden in plain sight as the “American Literary Historical Society,” Turner pored over novels and newspapers from around the world in search of clues to fresh dirty tricks and resemblances to ongoing operations. Wearing an enviable herringbone-tweed jacket, Joe stepped out to grab lunch one day and returned to find his co-workers shot dead. On the run, he learned that his work threatened to expose a secret project, orchestrated by an in-house cabal, to seize control of Middle Eastern oil fields.

In the new “Condor,” Turner (Max Irons) is a millennial tech whiz with a tousled head of hair and a rumpled sense of idealism. Guided by the conviction that he could best serve his country by being a person of conscience within its selectively principled government, he writes code and analyzes data for “the C.I.A.’s version of Google X,” as a talking head says after this Turner’s colleagues have been shot dead and it’s all over the news.

Turner developed an algorithm to assess employees at probable terrorist targets abroad. Summoned to a command center in the first of this season’s ten episodes, he learns that the algorithm has trained surveilling eyes upon a Saudi-born American citizen who, on his way to work at a football stadium near Washington, D.C., made a detour to a secret post-office box. The Company is inclined to shoot first and ask questions later.

Why, exactly, has this underling been called in to a meeting at this level? “Condor” is unashamed to cut some corners to lubricate the machinery of its plot. Also in the room is his uncle and mentor, Bob Partridge (William Hurt), who briefly tolerates one of Joe’s many laments on civil liberties and international conflict.

When Redford’s Joe Turner is left out in the cold, he kidnaps Faye Dunaway’s Kathy Hale—a total stranger—and hides out in her apartment, in prelude to a love affair. In 2018, a leading man cannot just go around abducting love interests off the street. Leaving work with a bad taste in his mouth and a big rock in his gut, Joe first goes home to worry about his soul and about the republic, then hustles to keep a Tinder date with Kathy H. (Katherine Cunningham). Though he is late to meet her and distracted by the football game on the sports-bar TV, she nonetheless invites him to escort her to her door, in what may be a pertinent comment on the desperation of the Washington singles scene. Joe seeks shelter at Kathy’s place after the slaughter of his colleagues.

Chief among the challenges Joe faces when explaining himself to Kathy is recounting the early action of this densely plotted series without sounding like a lunatic. His office is marked for liquidation because it discovers evidence that the (thwarted) stadium attack is a false-flag operation planned for both geopolitical profit and financial gain. (The malefactors include a servant of the military-industrial complex, brilliantly played by Brendan Fraser, who speaks in an unnerving tense mutter; sometimes, when he talks on the phone, you cannot sort out whether he’s using a voice-alteration gizmo. Meanwhile, Bob Balaban, playing a C.I.A. chieftain, suggests a quiet hybrid of mole and weasel.) Joe escapes the hit because he’s out on the fire escape, sharing a cigarette with a pal. (I need to guess that the two are not vaping because a Juul could seem pandering to younger viewers and confusing to their elders.)

The Joe-and-Kathy relationship in the show is an improvement on the film’s, in both plausibility and tone. As Karen Sisco says in “Out of Sight,” unimpressed by the Redford-Dunaway version, “I never thought it made sense, though, the way they got together so quick.” Here, Kathy’s suspicion of Joe melts away slowly, and even he is skeptical when it does, asking, “Have you considered that you might have some form of Stockholm syndrome?” They don’t “get together,” in the Biblical sense; her leap of faith that he is on the level is the sum and summit of their romance. “Condor,” rewiring the anxieties of classic paranoid thrillers for contemporary nervous systems, presents every citizen’s sense of isolation as the product of a state overrun with double-dealing. Trust is a precious commodity, and extending it is the truest form of love.

 

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AT&T Audience Network Renews ‘Condor’ for Season 2

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https://www.thewrap.com/condor-you-me-her-renewed-att-audience-network-tca/

AT&T Audience Network has renewed thriller “Condor” for a second season and rom-com “You Me Her” for Seasons 4 and 5, the cable and streaming channel said Friday at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour.

Additionally, AT&T Audience has set premiere dates for Season 2 of comedy “Loudermilk” and new documentary “Give Us This Day.” The Will Sasso and Ron Livingston sitcom are set to return Oct. 16 at 10/9c. The East St. Louis-based doc will debut Nov. 8 at 10/9c.

What’s AT&T Audience Network anyway, you ask? For DirecTV customers, check Channel 239. U-verse folks can watch it on Channel 114. Finally, Audience is available to live stream on the DirecTV and U-verse apps and DirecTV Now.

Below is a description of the project, all in AT&T’s own words:

After a successful debut season, “Condor,” AT&T AUDIENCE Network’s conspiracy thriller series produced by MGM Television and Skydance Television, will return for a second season.

Based on the novel “Six Days of the Condor” by James Grady and screenplay “Three Days of the Condor” by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel, season one of “Condor” follows a young CIA analyst (Max Irons) who stumbles onto a terrible but brilliant plan that threatens the lives of millions.

Season one of “Condor” stars Max Irons, William Hurt, Leem Lubany, Angel Bonanni, Kristen Hager, with Mira Sorvino and Bob Balaban. Brendan Fraser guest stars. The teleplay is created by Jason Smilovic and Todd Katzberg. Smilovic serves as showrunner and executive producer for the series.

“Condor” is internationally distributed by MGM.

 

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I been watching this show ...got some slow plot points but cool show so far

 

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season finale wed 8/15

 

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nt dont sleep on this show

 

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finale was ehhh

looking forward to s2

 

[stuntman mike]

nt dont sleep on this show

you put me on to the handmaid's tale. i'll give this a look.

 

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This is more like a fusion of homeland/the fugitive

Fans of tom cruise MI running will enjoy maxs many running scenes

 

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Too many damn streaming services now. Gonna begin to rival the amount of cable channels out there.

Need to start combining them given most of these media conglomerates own multiple of them.

I'll try to binge this though.

 

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first ep was really good. i’ll probably be done with all the eps before the end of next week.

 

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When Does ‘Condor’ Season 2 Premiere? The Spy Thriller Will Keep Bringing The International Intrigue

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https://www.bustle.com/p/when-does-...-bringing-the-international-intrigue-10121354

AT&T Audience Network’s political conspiracy thriller Condor is wrapping up its first season on Aug. 15. The series is based on the 1975 movie Three Days of the Condor, which originated from a 1974 novel entitled Six Days of Condor, and is centered on an idealistic CIA employee named Joe Turner (Max Irons) who uses the titular codename. He’s a young analyst who wants to reform the government organization from the inside but his noble aspirations quickly go awry. Turner accidentally finds out a plan that could kill millions of people and has to do things he couldn’t imagine to survive and clear his name. Fans don't know yet how this season will end, but the story isn’t over. Condor will return for Season 2, per Deadline.

There’s no word on exactly when the next season will drop, but Condor’s official Twitter page revealed that it will be sometime in 2019. The account also released a season finale teaser showing Turner’s final decision about whether he will expose the CIA’s shocking plan.

As expected, the clip is filled with intense drama, car crashes, gunfire, and several fight scenes. It also looks like this story arc will be wrapped up, which is indicated during the trailer by the phrase, "The chase ends." It’s pretty obvious that Joe Turner will make it out alive (he is the main character, after all) but a few characters will likely die. Some fans wouldn't be mad if expert assassin Gabrielle Joubert (Leem Lubany) gets taken out, but she seems almost invincible.



Condor creators and executive producers Jason Smilovic and Todd Katzberg chatted with Assignmentx.com about how they put a fresh spin on a classic. Katzberg said the upgrades in technology gave them a chance to update these spy stories. But, he also said that he believes that many of the issues relating to paranoia and distrust in the government are still relevant today.

In the same interview, Smilovic admitted that it was a scary venture to create the series, because they are major fans of the original movie. “When we were first offered the job, our first instinct was absolutely to say no, that we wouldn’t go anywhere near material like that,” said Smilovic. But, the team realized that a TV show would give them a chance to expand and dive into the characters, so they took a chance. Smilovic was blown away by British actor Max Irons audition for the leading role and quickly secured him for the project.

Irons admitted to Collider that it was intimidating to handle big guns, perfect an American accent, and learn extensive CIA history for the role. He said:

“I had to learn to use weaponry, which I didn’t enjoy. I thought I would. I thought the inner child would come out, but not at all. Guns are really scary. Being in a room with hundreds and seeing bullets everywhere is scary. And there’s the fighting and running. Also, there’s the American accent. There was a little training there. But it was more sitting in front of textbooks and trying to get an overview of what the CIA have been doing, around the globe, for the past 90 years, at least what’s been reported.”

Condor may be wrapping up this season’s intense arc, but there’s more to come in Season 2. Joe Turner will be back, and it's sure to be an epic ride filled with action, lies, and unexpected thrills.

 

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Curious if this is on the Uverse App.

Time to give my dad a call for his login info lol.

 

[stuntman mike]

finale was ehhh

looking forward to s2

i thought it was not too bad. that joubert assassin lady was a pretty good psycho.
i'm in for season 2.

 

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Yea it was just little things that stuck out

Like no damagr from the crash

Joubert revealing her face and then still beating the guy back and how that was handled

Not killing the main cia guy i forget his name right now

I wanted sams wife to be in the room when he went in crying about his wife and murk him

 

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Condor | Season 2 | Release Date, Trailers, Cast, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far About Audience Network’s Hit Conspiracy Thriller

Condor TV series returns to Audience in 2019. Pic credit: Audience Network

https://www.monstersandcritics.com/...ut-audience-networks-hit-conspiracy-thriller/

AT&T Audience Network confirmed that Condor will return for Season 2 back in July 2018. The official confirmation came before the conspiracy thriller wrapped up Season 1 on August 15.

Audience Network’s Condor is based on James Grady’s novel, Six Days of the Condor (1974). The TV series is inspired by Three Days of the Condor, a 1975 feature film adaptation of Grady’s book, directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford.

Condor Season 1 premiered on Audience Network on June 6, 2018, and the season finale aired on August 15.

The series received positive reviews after it premiered on Audience. Itearned an 85% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 critical reviews, and a generally favorable Metascore of 66/100 based on 7 critical reviews on Metacritic.

While we await the confirmation of the 2019 release date for Condor Season 2, we bring you everything we know so far, including likely release date, trailers, cast, plot, and other updates.

Condor Season 2 Release Date

Condor TV series stars Max Irons as Joe Turner. Pic credit: Audience

Audience has not yet announced the official release date for Season 2.

Although there is no word yet about the exact date when the new season will premiere, the official Twitter page confirmed on August 14 that Season 2 will premiere sometime in 2019.

Fans are currently speculating that Condor Season 2 will premiere in the spring or summer of 2019.


Condor Season 2 Details

Condor: Joe Turner on the run. Pic credit: Audience Network

Condor TV series is produced by MGM TV, Skydance TV, Paramount TV and Apophasisun Productions.

MGM distributes Condor internationally.

The series is created and written by Jason Smilovic, Todd Katzberg and Ken Robinson. Smilovic served as showrunner and executive producer with Katzberg, David Ellison, John Ward, Dana Goldberg, Lawrence Tilling, Shane Elrod, and Marcy Ross.

Season 1 directors included Lawrence Trilling (episodes 1, 2, 3), Andrew McCarthy (episodes 4, 5, , Kari Skogland (episodes 6, 7), and Jason Smilovic (episodes 9, 10).

On July 27, 2018, Audience announced at the annual Television Critics Association’s (TCA) summer press tour that the series had been approved for Season 2.

Smilovic and Katzberg will return as showrunners and executive producers for Condor Season 2.

Smilovic and Katzberg revealed in a recent interview with Assignmentx.com that they relied on recent upgrades in technology to update the series and give a fresh spin to it following the 1975 feature film, Three Days of the Condor, an adaptation of Grady’s novel, Six Days of the Condor, on which Audience’s Condor TV series is also based.

Smilovic admitted that being fans of the original movie they were at first reluctant to take the job of writing and directing the new TV series, but they eventually decided to take a chance on it.

“When we were first offered the job, our first instinct was absolutely to say no, that we wouldn’t go anywhere near material like that,” Smilovic told Assignmentx. “But, the team realized that a TV show would give them a chance to expand and dive into the characters, so they took a chance.”

Smilovic said he was deeply impressed by British actor Max Irons’ audition for the lead role and he quickly signed him on for it.

Irons had earlier told Collider that he first had to learn to use firearms, study the history of the CIA and acquire an American accent to play Joe Turner.

“I had to learn to use weaponry, which I didn’t enjoy. I thought I would,” he said. “I thought the inner child would come out, but not at all. Guns are really scary.”

Condor Season 2 Trailer

Audience’s Condor TV series. Pic credit: Audience Network

Audience has not released a trailer for Condor Season 2, but meanwhile, enjoy the trailer for the first season of the series.


Condor Season 2 Cast

Condor TV series. Pic credit: Audience Network

The main cast for Season 1 is expected to return for Condor Season 2.

The main cast included Max Irons as the protagonist Joe Turner, a CIA analyst whose colleagues in the R&D office of the CIA are murdered.

William Hurt plays Joe’s uncle Bob Patridge, who recruited Turner into the CIA.

Leem Lubany plays the assassin Gabrielle Joubert, while Angel Bonanni plays assassin Deacon Mailer.

Kristen Hager portrays Mae Barber, Mira Sorvino plays Martina “Marty” Frost, and Bob Balaban plays Reuel Abbot, the CIA Deputy Director.

Condor Season 2 Plot

The story and plot of Condor is based on the 1974 novel Six Days of the Condor by James Grady, and inspired by the 1975 movie adaptation of the book, Three Days of the Condor, written by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel, directed by Sydney Pollack, and starring Robert Redford.

Condor follows Joe Turner (Max Irons), an idealistic young man who joins the CIA with the secret intention of helping to reform the organization from within, but his idealism and high aspirations are soon tested.

The talented young man writes codes and analyzes data for the CIA and the FBI. He develops an algorithm that the government spy agencies use to analyze information related to possible terror links. The algorithm helps the agencies identify terrorist threats and take out terrorists before they strike.

Turner discovers that the CIA has been using the algorithm to spy on American citizens. The algorithm identifies a Saudi-born American citizen who comes under surveillance as a suspected terrorist.

Joe feels conflicted by the application of his algorithm because he fears that an innocent personal could be flagged and get killed as a result. He is considering resigning his job when investigations confirm that the Saudi-born terror suspect was planning to spread plague virus to thousands of people at a football game in Washington D.C.

Turner and his team are hailed as heroes for thwarting a deadly bio-terrorism attack.

Using his algorithm, Turner later stumbles upon evidence that the attack might have been a false flag. He returns one day from lunch to find that hired killers had attacked his office, shot and killed everyone. The attack was apparently aimed at silencing everyone in his department to conceal the evidence he uncovered.

Joe escapes the hit, but soon realizes that as the only survivor in his office, he is a marked man with a ruthless hitman after his life. He also realizes that CIA higher-ups are involved in the effort to conceal evidence of a ruthless plan for a false flag operation that threatens the lives of millions.

With no one to trust, Turner goes on the run to escape being killed, but while on the run, he also tries to uncover the truth behind the murder of his co-workers and get to the bottom of a dangerous conspiracy within the CIA and the military-industrial complex.

He finds that to achieve his goals he would have to do things that are in conflict with his values.

Condor Season 2 will reveal more about who planned the attack and why. Fans will also learn more about the people behind the criminal conspiracy and their motives.

 

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how can i watch this???
i have att as a phone provider

 

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‘Condor’: Rita Volk To Recur On Season 2 Of Spy Drama

https://deadline.com/2019/05/condor-rita-volk-season-2-cast-audience-network-1202624771/

EXCLUSIVE: Former Faking It star Rita Volk has been set for a recurring role on the upcoming second season of AT&T Audience Network’s spy drama Condor. She joins fellow newcomers Constance Zimmer, Toby Leonard Moore, Rose Rollins, Isidora Goreshter, Eric Johnson, Alexei Bondar and Jonathan Kells Phillips in the series from MGM Television and Skydance Television.

In Season 2, in the wake of the death of his Uncle Bob (William Hurt), Joe Turner (Max Irons) is forced to return to the CIA’s tight-knit Virginia community to find the Russian traitor who’s responsible, and face the demons of his past.

The Uzbekistan-born Volk will play Polina, an employee of the Russian embassy in Washington, DC who harbors secrets of her own.

Returning from the Season 1 cast along with Irons is Bob Balaban and Kristen Hager. Jason Smilovic is also back as showrunner with Todd Katzberg. Smilovic, Katzberg and Andrew McCarthy serve as executive producers along with Shane Elrod for Audience, and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross for Skydance. No premiere date for Season 2 has been set yet.

Most recently, Volk starred in Edward Burns’ indie Summertime, which bowed at Tribeca in 2018. She previously starred for three seasons on MTV’s Faking It as Amy Raudenfeld, a series that followed Amy’s journey of falling in love with her best friend Karma.

Volk is repped by Paradigm, Archetype Management and Stone, Genow, Smelkinson, Binder & Christopher.

 

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‘Condor’: Constance Zimmer, Toby Leonard Moore, Rose Rollins, Isidora Goreshter Among 7 Cast In Season 2

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https://deadline.com/2019/05/condor...er-rose-rollins-isidora-goreshter-1202614172/

EXCLUSIVE: Constance Zimmer (House of Cards, UnReal), Toby Leonard Moore (Billions), Rose Rollins (The Catch, The L Word), Isidora Goreshter (Shameless), Eric Johnson (Vikings), Alexei Bondar (The Americans) and Jonathan Kells Phillips (Madam Secretary) round out the Season 2 cast for AT&T Audience Network’s spy thriller Condor, from MGM Television and Skydance Television. Production has begun on season 2 which will also film on location in Budapest.

In season two, in the wake of his Uncle Bob’s death, Joe Turner is forced to return to the CIA’s tight-knit Virginia community to find the Russian traitor who’s responsible, and face the demons of his past.

Returning for Season 2 are Max Irons (The White Queen) as Joe Turner, Bob Balaban (The Monuments Men) as Reuel Abbott, and Kristen Hager (The Kennedys After Camelot) as Mae Barber.

Zimmer will play Robin Larkin, who runs the CIC’s counterespionage uni

Moore will portray Gordon Piper, a CIA officer.

Johnson is Tracy Crane, a CIA officer within the CIC Counterespionage Unit and potential new love interest for Mae.

Rollins will portray Eva Piper, a close friend of Mae and Gordon Piper’s wife.

Bondar will play Vasili Sirin, a colonel in the SVR.

Goreshter is Eketarina/Kat, an FSB officer stationed in the Russian Embassy in DC who’s grown accustomed to American ways.

Phillips will play Volk high ranking, clever and terrifying, FSB operative known as “The Grim Reaper”.

Jason Smilovic will continue to serve as showrunner with Todd Katzberg. Smilovic, Katzberg, Andrew McCarthy serve as executive producers, along with Shane Elrod for AT&T Audience and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross for Skydance.

Rollins is repped by Elevate Entertainment, Innovative Artists and Meyer & Downs. Goreshter is repped by Hyperion and Stride Management. Zimmer is repped by Sweeney Entertainment and UTA.

 

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'Condor' Season Two Production Kicks Off

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AT&T AUDIENCE Network, MGM Television and Skydance Television Kick Off Season Two Production of ‘Condor’ with New Cast Additions
Emmy Award Nominee Constance Zimmer Joins Cast

AT&T* AUDIENCE Network today announced it has begun production on the second season of “Condor” in Toronto. “Condor” will also film on location in Budapest.

In season two, in the wake of his Uncle Bob’s death, Joe Turner is forced to return to the CIA’s tight-knit Virginia community to find the Russian traitor who’s responsible, and face the demons of his past. Returning for season two of the spy-thriller series are Max Irons (“The White Queen”) as Joe Turner, Bob Balaban (“The Monuments Men”) as Reuel Abbott, and Kristen Hager (“The Kennedys After Camelot”) as Mae Barber.

Additions to the cast this season include:

• Constance Zimmer (“House of Cards,” “UnReal”) will play ROBIN LARKIN – runs the CIC’s counterespionage unit.
• Toby Leonard Moore (“Billions”) will play GORDON PIPER – a CIA officer.
• Eric Johnson (“Vikings”) will play TRACY CRANE – a CIA officer within the CIC Counterespionage Unit and potential new love interest for Mae.
• Rose Rollins (“The Catch,”“The L Word”) will play EVA PIPER - a close friend of Mae and Gordon Piper’s wife.
• Alexei Bondar (“The Americans”) will play VASILI SIRIN - a colonel in the SVR.
• Isidora Goreshter (“Shameless”) will play EKATERINA/KAT - an FSB officer stationed in the Russian Embassy in DC who’s grown accustomed to American ways.
• Jonathan Kells Phillips (“Madam Secretary”) will play KOLYA VOLK - a high ranking, clever and terrifying, FSB operative known as “The Grim Reaper”.

Jason Smilovic will continue to serve as showrunner with Todd Katzberg. Smilovic, Katzberg, Andrew McCarthy serve as executive producers, along with Shane Elrod for AT&T AUDIENCE and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross for Skydance.

AT&T AUDIENCE Network is available on DIRECTV Ch. 239 and via live streaming on the DIRECTV app and DIRECTV NOW and WatchTV.