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01 Oct

Raised by Wolves: What To Expect In Season 2

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This Raised by Wolves article contains spoilers. Employing a hybrid release model that avoided dropping an entire season at once, the HBO Max science fiction series Raised by Wolves concludes its initial season with far more questions than answers and gives fans a lot to process while waiting for the just announced continuation. With a science vs religion theme providing a steady undercurrent, the show also explores mankind’s evolution and its accompanying growing pains while still finding time to weigh in on whether or not an AI can ever be viewed as a person. With a renewal in hand, what…

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24 Sep

Raised by Wolves: Jordan Loughran on Bodily Autonomy and Tempest’s Loss of Faith

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Jordan Loughran has been preparing for her role on Raised by Wolves her whole life: A science fiction fan since childhood, the London-born actress is very comfortable with futuristic worlds, having starred on recent SFF series Emerald City and Evermoor. When prepping to play Mithraic teenager Tempest on Ridley Scott’s far-future series, then, Loughran turned to an unusual but invaluable piece of reading material: the book Betrayal (on which the film Spotlight was based), which helped her dramatize Tempest’s loss of faith and subsequent losses of identity and community. Tempest’s plotline is one of the series’ most sensitive, combining sexual…

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23 Sep

Raised by Wolves Comic Reveals New Backstory Details

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This article contains mild spoilers for Raised by Wolves. In a joint effort between HBO Max and DC Comics, a new 8-page mini story in the Raised by Wolves universe has been made available that provides a peek into the life of the original group of children living on Kepler-22b with their android caretakers before the Mithraics arrived. The comic is totally free and available to read via Read DC, Comixology, Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and other platforms, giving fans of the show, which is still midway through its first season, another way to enjoy the story. The short comic…

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17 Sep

Raised by Wolves Season 2 Confirmed by HBO Max

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Raised by Wolves Season 2 is officially confirmed for the proverbial pack that is HBO Max’s ongoing content lineup. Indeed, just two weeks after the September 3 premiere of the epic, stylistically-driven sci-fi drama on the premium cable channel’s streaming offshoot, a second season of Raised by Wolves has been ordered, with the WarnerMedia company citing a 50% audience growth for the show’s second week. The series is the creation of writer Aaron Guzikowski, who wrote screenplays such as Dune remake director Denis Villeneuve’s directorial breakthrough, Prisoners, and the 2017 Papillon remake, and also created the 2014-2015 Jason Momoa-starring crimes…

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09 Sep

Raised by Wolves: Exclusive Clip Highlights Dangerous Deception

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Some of the pitfalls awaiting the Kepler-22b colonists in Raised by Wolves are literal holes in the ground, but other dangers are more understated. In the following exclusive clip from the upcoming episode, viewers are reminded of the precarious position Marcus and Sue are in as atheists having infiltrated the Mithraic ark before its departure from Earth. While missteps could easily have been overlooked during their journey in suspension, the way they act within the religious hierarchy could reveal them as imposters. In the scene below, Sue continues to capitalize on the main difference between her own history and that…

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08 Sep

Raised by Wolves: Who Can Be Trusted?

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This Raised by Wolves article contains spoilers. It’s been several months since HBO retooled its streaming footprint, and HBO Max carries on the pay channel’s standard of producing high quality speculative fiction. Created by Aaron Guzikowski, Raised by Wolves finds that happy medium between dropping an entire season in one fell swoop or asking viewers to wait a full seven days between episodes. The first three episodes of the initial season debuted together on September 3, 2020, with seven more to appear on a weekly basis. Stories centering around the remnants of the human race trying to avoid extinction are…

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03 Sep

Raised by Wolves: Mithraism and Sol Explained

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The following contains spoilers for Raised By Wolves. HBO Max’s new sci-fi series Raised By Wolves, created by Aaron Guzikowski and executive produced by Ridley Scott, sees humanity (and their androids) reduced to two warring religious factions; Atheists, and the “Mithraic”, who follow a religion dedicated to the sun god Sol. The Mithraic get their name from an ancient religious cult of the god Mithras. The god Mitra originally came from ancient Persia (modern Iran). At the height of the Roman Empire, he began to be worshipped as Mithras in a Roman mystery cult. The cult became very popular, especially…

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01 Sep

Raised by Wolves: Ridley Scott and Aaron Guzikowski Talk Parenting on a New Planet

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HBO Max’s new science fiction series Raised by Wolves is the kind of genre collaboration where it’s fascinating to trace its disparate elements back to their various sources. Showrunner Aaron Guzikowski broke into Hollywood with the 2013 film Prisoners, about the lengths to which a father will go to rescue his kidnapped daughter—themes that are just as relatable whether it’s a pair of androids or space Crusaders on that same parental journey. Then there’s Sir Ridley Scott, who describes his process as “shifting from visual image to visual image in my head.” The iconic director brought everything from childhood remembrances…

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24 Aug

Raised By Wolves Debuts First Full Trailer

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The first teaser for HBO Max’s Ridley Scott-directed sci-fi series Raised By Wolves was nothing if not enigmatic. The nearly two-minute first look revealed the stunning visuals of Scott and creator Aaron Guzikowski’s concept. There were cities on fire, androids blowing stuff up, and a parable of the Three Little Pigs. It was awesome. But was it awesome because it was so enigmatic? The teaser didn’t have to shoulder the burden of revealing the plot to viewers or giving a sense of how all these cool concepts and visuals would meld into a coherent series. Now a second trailer has…

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05 Aug

Raised by Wolves Premieres Disorienting First Trailer

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Remember how pleasantly disorienting it was to watch the final 15 minutes of 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time? Well, if you ever want to experience that level of intriguing confusion again, the first trailer for Raised by Wolves is a great start.  HBO Max today unveiled a first trailer for Raised by Wolves, a sci-fi project developed by prolific sci-fi director Ridley Scott. Watch the trailer below and meet us on the other side to try to make sense of…well, anything.  To be fair, there is plenty of helpful exposition in that trailer. A character voiceover says…

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