Troy Fall of a City Season 2: Release Date, Cast, Renewed or ...

'Troy: Fall of a City' Season 1 premiered on February 17, 2018. As far as the next season goes, we don't have an official announcement yet. TroyFallofaCitySeason2:PremiereDate,Cast,Recap,Update ShuvrajitDasBiswas May18,2019 FacebookTwitterPinterestRedditEmail ‘Troy:FallofaCity’isaBritishandAmericanseriesthatairsonBBCOneintheUnitedKingdomandinternationallyonNetflix.TheseriesfirstpremieredonFebruary17,2018,andisaco-productionbetweenBBCOneandNetflix.ItvividlyrevivestheTrojan battlebetweentheTrojanandGreekarmies.SittinginthehistoricannalsofGreeceasabattleofpride,lust,andthedemiseofthegreatAchilles,theseriesrevisitstheperiodandrecountsthelovethatbrewedbetweenParisandHelen.Forareferencepoint,WolfgangPeterson’s2004epic-drama‘Troy‘isalsobasedonthesamewar,albeitittakesadifferentrouteandfocusesonthewar.AndithasamuchbettercastincludingBradPittasAchilles,EricBanaasHector,OrlandoBloomasParisandDianeKrugerasHelen. Despiteveryhighexpectationsfromtheshow,consideringthebudgetinvolvedandtherichsourcematerial,theexecutionwasnotuptothemarkandwasultimatelydisappointing.Theviewershipratingswerealsoratherlow.However,criticsdidpraisetheshow,especiallythesetdesign,costumes,acting,theportrayalofHelen,showingthepsychologicaleffectofthewar,andtheinclusionofGods.However,theywerequicktopantheshow’sdialogue.Despitetheapparentpoorwriting,theshowstucktotheoriginalsourcematerialwhichpolarizedviews,withsomepraisingthefaithfulness,andothercritiquingthelackoforiginality. Troy:FallofaCityCast:Whoisinit? Themaincastof‘Troy:FallofaCity’includesactorsandactressesthatplayoutcharactersfromhistory,reenactingtheTrojanwar.WeseeLouisHunterasParisandBellaDayneasHelenofTroy.ItisnomysterytofansofliteratureorhistorythatitwastheillicitloveandsubsequentelopementofParisandHelenthatinstigatedtheTrojanwar. DavidThrelfallappearsasPriam,theKingofTroy,andfathertoParisandHector.Hector,theolderbrother,andacelebratedTrojanwarriorisplayedby TomWeston-Jones. JosephMawleappearsintheroleofOdysseuswhowasanimportantfactorinwinningthewar. JohnnyHarrisplays Agamemnon,thekingwhowagedthewaragainstTroyonbehalfofMenelaus,thewrongedhusbandofHelen.Menelausisplayedby JonasArmstrong. DavidGyasiisAchillesandthosewhohaveseenthemovieknowjusthowimportantthatonewarriorwasintheentirecourseoftheassaultagainstTroy. ThereareseveralothercharactersincludingtheGreekGods,Hermes,Zeus,Hera,Athena.TogetherthesecharactersmanagetocapturetheessenceandmagnitudeoftheTrojanWar,whichhasbecomeacornerstonemomentofhumanhistory. Intheupcomingseason,mostofthemaincastwillnotreturn,sincetheplotwillfocusonOdysseus’ journeybacktohiswifeandtheadventuresanddangersthatbefallhimontheway.However,wewillseesomenewcharacters,likeTelemachus,Odysseus’son,Poseidon,thegodofseas,andCalypso,someonewhoheldOdysseusprisonerforsometime. ReadMoreinTVPreview: TheStandups |  TheRain | TheOA Troy:FallofaCityPlot:Whatisitabout? Themainplotof‘Troy:FallofaCity’revolvesaroundtheTrojanWarbetweentheTrojanandGreekarmiesafterParis,thebrotherofPrince Hector,abducted(well,sheagreedtoit)Helen,thewifeoftheSpartanKingMenelaus.The10-yearsiegethatwitnessedacountlessnumberofinnocentlivesbeinglostandmillionsofworthofpropertybeingdestroyedandpillagedbecomesacenterattractionotheshow,withParisandHelen’sloveanglealsotakingprecedence.Theviewersareshownhow AgamemnonusedtheinsulttoMenelaustofinallygetTroytosubmittoGreece. Thestoryabouthowthewallsofthecitycouldnotbebreached,andhowtheTrojanhorsewasfinallysentiniswellknowntoeveryone.However,whatIlikedabouttheshow,beingastudentofliterature,ishowtheykepttheaspectofGodsasweseeinthe‘Iliad’.Thoughtheydonotappearasmuchintheshow,theyhavenotbeenmadefantastical,andhavebeenshowntobetoyingwithhumansasthoughtheywerepawns. Moreover,theseriesshowshowthewomenofTroyarethetruevictimsofthewarsincetheynotonlylosetheirlovedonesinbattlebutoftentheyhavelegitimatesolutionstoproblems,whichdespitetheapparentegalitarianappearanceofTroy,isignoredinfavoroftheprideofthemenwhoareinrulingpositions.Allsaidanddone,thestoryisanenjoyablewatch,butcouldhaveincludedafewmorebattlesequences,sinceitis,afterall,oneofthegreatestwarseverfought. TheupcomingseasonwillbebasedonHomer’s‘Odyssey’andwillfocusonOdysseus’journeybacktohiswifePenelopeandsonTelemachusinIthaca.Atthesametime,weknowofthefatethatlieswaitingfor Agamemnonwhenhereturnstohiswife Clytemnestra.However,theseasonshouldmostlyfocusonPenelopetryingtofendoffsuitorswhowantherhandduetoherbeautyandwealth,allthewhileunawarewhetherherhusbandisevercomingbackornot.OnOdysseus’part,hisjourneyisnosmoothsailingeither,literally,sincehehastofacethedreadedCyclops,someSirens,andwhencoupledwithsomemeddlingfromPoseidonandAthena,weareinforanepicseason. Troy:FallofaCitySeason2Release:Whenwillitpremiere? ‘Troy:FallofaCity’Season1premieredonFebruary17,2018. Asfarasthenextseasongoes,wedon’thaveanofficialannouncementyet.Thoughinaninterview,Farrcleverlyhintedattheprospectsofanotherseason: “Wedohaveideasforasecondseason.Withoutgivingawayspoilers,Homerdidwritethe‘Odyssey’.”Ourbestguessisthatiftheshowdoesgetrenewed,‘Troy:FallofaCity’Season2canreleasesometimeinFebruary,2020. Wewillupdatethissectionassoonaswehearmore. Troy:FallofaCityTrailer: Whilewewaitforanupdateon‘Troy:FallofaCity’Season2,checkouttheseason1trailertorefreshyourmemories.Ifyouhaven’tseentheshowyetheadoverto Netflixtocatchalltheepisodesofthepreviousseason. ReadMore:BestHistoricalShowsonNetflix SPONSOREDLINKS