Six years after the finale of Orphan Black, the Canadian sci-fi mystery that showed off the many sides of Tatiana Maslany, a new clone is emerging from the pod of pink goo for another mystery. Krysten Ritter takes over for Maslany in the first teaser for Orphan Black: Echoes, “a unique copy” of the original series—which is to say, a spin-off series. The series launches in 2024, but AMC is getting all clones aboard the hype train by releasing the first teaser.
Unsurprisingly, there’s not a lot of information about what this show is, what it’s about, and how it connects to the overall Orphan Black universe. Here’s what we do know: Krysten Ritter plays a neuroscientist named Eleanor. A devoted wife and mother, Eleanor is also a workaholic devoted to her research. Yet, as we can see, she’s also having flashbacks to a murder scene and waking up in a pod of pink goo. In addition to Ritter’s Eleanor, Hiroyuki Liao from Barry stars as self-made billionaire named Darros, who runs the Darros Foundation. We imagine that the organization is behind the aforementioned pink goo.
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Created by Fear The Walking Dead writer Anna Fishko, Orphan Black: Echoes will see the return of John Fawcett, the co-creator of the original Orphan Black, as director of the sequel series. While it’s unclear what connection this show has to the larger Orphan Black series,
Orphan Black: Echoes premieres on AMC, AMC+, and BBC America in 2024.