City of God: The Fight Rages On Is Set Two Decades After the Film
Max has just announced that the HBO Original series City of God: The Fight Rages On will premiere on Sunday, August 25, on HBO Latino in the U.S. and will be available to stream globally on Max, where the platform is available.
Produced by O2 Filmes, the series takes place two decades after the events of the internationally award-winning film. The six episodes will be released weekly every Sunday until September 29th.
City of God: The Fight Rages On is an adapted continuation of Paulo Lins’s literary work and tells the story of its characters, taking the work of the photographer Buscapé as a starting point. The plot unfolds in the early 2000s when the release of a young drug dealer from prison puts Cidade de Deus back into dispute.
Residents find themselves trapped between drug traffickers, militias, and public authorities, but the need to escape this cycle makes the community unite to face the oppressor.
With excerpts from the film in flashbacks to reconstruct memories and affective recollections of the protagonists, the film’s characters are back alongside new members.
The cast includes Alexandre Rodrigues, Roberta Rodrigues, Thiago Martins, Sabrina Rosa, Kiko Marques, Edson Oliveira, Andréia Horta, Marcos Palmeira, Eli Ferreira, Luellem de Castro, Jefferson Brasil, Otávio Linhares, Rafael Lozano, Leandro Daniel, and Luiz Bertazzo. The show debuts talents from communities in Rio de Janeiro, such as Cidade de Deus, Vidigal, and Mangueira.
City of God: The Fight Rages On is an HBO Original series produced by O2 Filmes. The producers are Andrea Barata Ribeiro and Fernando Meirelles. The co-producers are Cris Abi and Gustavo Gontijo.
Aly Muritiba is the director, and Bruno Costa is the second director. The script is by Sérgio Machado, Renata Di Carmo, Armando Praça, Estevão Ribeiro, Rodrigo Felha, and Muritiba.
Mariano Cesar, Anouk Aaron, and Mônica Albuquerque are Warner Bros. Discovery‘s executive producers for the series.
Watch the official trailer here and scroll down to view the key art.
