Carnival Row (2019) trailer

Carnival Row (2019) 2019 ‧ Steampunk ‧ 1 season

A growing population of mythological immigrant creatures struggles to coexist with humans after the creatures' exotic homelands are invaded by the empires of man. The creatures are forbidden to live, love or fly with freedom, but hope lives in darkness. Human detective Rycroft "Philo" Philostrate and a refugee faerie, Vignette Stonemoss, rekindle a dangerous affair despite being in an increasingly intolerant society. Vignette has a secret that endangers Philo's world during his most important case yet -- a string of gruesome murders threatening the uneasy peace of the Row.

First episode date: August 30, 2019

No. of episodes: 8 (list of episodes)

Based on: A Killing on Carnival Row (film script); by Travis Beacham

Executive producer(s): Rene Echevarria; Travis Beacham; Marc Guggenheim; Jon Amiel; Orlando Bloom; Gideon Amir

Carnival Row is an American neo-noir^[3] fantasy web television series created by René Echevarria and Travis Beacham that premiered on Amazon Prime Video on August 30, 2019. The series stars Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant, David Gyasi, Andrew Gower, Karla Crome, Arty Froushan, Indira Varma, and Jared Harris. In July 2019, it was announced that Amazon had renewed Carnival Row for a second season.

Carnival Row follows "mythical creatures who have fled their war-torn homeland and gathered in the city as tensions are simmering between citizens and the growing immigrant population."^[4] At the center of the drama is the investigation into a string of unsolved murders, madness of power, unresolved love, and social adjustments eating away at whatever uneasy peace exists.