Sugar (2024): Neo-Noir Drama & Trouble Private Detective
The story follows John Sugar a private detective that is returning from Tokyo to Los Angeles to his next job. In Los Angeles he has a bungalow and upscale hotel and a handler name Ruby who is concern for the physical and psychological condition of Sugar and suggests him rest and dismiss the new job but Sugar doesn’t want to miss the opportunity of meeting with Jonathan Siegel, the legendary film producer. In that moment we know that Sugar is a huge fan of Siegel movies but lets continue with the case. Sugar is taking the case after talked with Siegel, his granddaughter Olivia is vanished and Sugar must found her. Sugar begin to do his job, start talking with the members of the family and he sooner notice that they are not really worried about the young woman, his father Bernie isn’t worried at all, he tells that Olivia is an addict prone to disappearing and popping up in rehab, so she will appeared soon. His half brother David isn’t worried either, he is only concern that Sugar doesn’t found his dirty secrets. Here the story let us know that the Siegel family ans many powerful families is also hiding old and recent secrets that for things of fate and for his detective work Sugar will be discovering while he continue in the search of Olivia. Sugar is all around Los Angeles looking for clues that can help him to discover what happen to Olivia, why his father is not worry about her and what is the family hiding.
The series was directed by Fernando Meirelles and in the main role is Colin Farrell. It’s a detective series that will try to solved why Olivia was vanished and if the family secrets has something to do with all this. The series will premiered on April 5th in Apple TV+.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16418808/
- Platform: AppleTV+
- Release: April 05, 2024
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The Intriguing Story of Sugar
Sugar is a detective series that will show the dark side of Hollywood. John Sugar is a private investigator who was hired by Jonathan Siegel, who is a legendary Hollywood producer and is desperate to know what happens to his granddaughter Olivia. While Sugar is focusing on Olivia, he is also uncovering long-buried secrets of the Siegel’s family, some of which are recent but others have been around for a long time. All this new information that Sugar is discovering will lead him to path of lies but as a detective he will find the truth.
A Battle for the Rights of Sugar
Sugar was a series that went on for a long bidding war for its rights until in December 2021 was confirmed that Apple TV+ won the rights for Sugar and will officially start with the production announcing that Colin Farrell will lead the cast. The production officially began in June 2022 after Farrell’s confirmation for the main role, besides in August 2022, several actors were added to the main cast, including Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Amy Ryan, Dennis Boutsikaris, Alex Hernandez, and Lindsay Pulsipher. The filming of the series was set in the streets and locations of Los Angeles.
Director’s Vision: Fernando Meirelles’ Audacious Style
Fernando Meirelles is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his film City of God released in 2002, for that film the director received international critical acclaim and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director, the director also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Director in 2005 for the film The Constant Gardener. Meirelles has also made contributions on television with projects such as Narcos: Mexico 2018 and The Two Popes 2019 both transmitted in the digital platform Netflix. With his previous films he wanted to generated intrigue and moral dilemmas in the audience but now with Sugar he is giving a detective series that is set in Los Angeles and that will give to the audience a plot full of twist making them force their brain to discover what is really happening in the series.
Main Cast: A Stellar Ensemble of Talent
The main character is Colin Farrell as John Sugar, an experienced private investigator. Farrell in an Irish actor that has gained acclaim for many of his performances, is an actor with an incredible filmography that always give the one hundred percent in each role he accept to perform. Farrell has being part of many production with different genres such as Minority Report 2002, The Lobster 2015, Total Recall 2012, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2016, Dumbo 2019 and many others, he is an actor that has received two Golden Globe Awards and a nomination for an Academy Award. Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Ruby, she is an actress that has gained recognition with roles in television shows like Downward Dog 2017, Killing Eve 2018, Why Women Kill 2019 and Sandman 2022. James Cromwell portrays Jonathan Siegel, the patriarch of the Siegel family, Cromwell is known for his roles in Star Trek: First Contact 1996, L.A. Confidential 1997 and the TV series American Horror Story: Asylum for which he won a Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Amy Ryan as Melanie Mackie, she is known for her role as Helene McCready in the 2007 film Gone Baby Gone for which she received the Critic’s Choice Award and a nomination for an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award. Dennis Boutsikaris as Bernie Siegel, he is an American actor known for his role in the TV series Better Call Saul and in the franchise The Bourne Legacy. He is also a narrator of audio books who has won the Obie Award twice, the Golden Earphone Awards 13 time and the Audie Awards 8 times. Alex Hernandez as Kenny was in the science fiction series The Peripheral 2022 and Invasion 2021.
What Critics and Audiences Are Saying About Sugar
The critics have praised the show for his outstanding performances, the story where the audience needs to be focus to follow for all the plot twist that it develop and also the main story on it that is the disappearance of Olivia, and a detective that will do his job, he will find the truth. Colin Farrell’s on the role of John Sugar has received excellent reviews, mentioning that he reflects that is comfortable in this role and his performance demonstrate that. But on the other hand there’s also critics that mention that the production did not make good use of the talent added in the cast and only gave them poor appearances. Despite all that the audience will judge it since its premiered on April 5th and will determined if they are going to follow Sugar in this new job.
The series is presenting John Sugar, a detective with a classic style, rich and a dog lover. A detective that accept a job of a person of whom he is a fan and that can’t failed and never does. Olivia the granddaughter of Jonathan Siegel a legendary film producer, is missing. Sugar is going to force the audience to really focus in every detail because what you see is not always what it seems and this series is going to present many of this scenarios. A series with a great cast, good director, a lot of plot twist, a great location that is Los Angeles and the main question, where and what happen to Olivia?. If you really enjoy this kind of series probably you are going to enjoy Sugar.
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