“Minx” is about to get freaky with it.
Season 2 of the hit office comedy debuts on Starz after a community switcheroo from then-HBO Max. Critically acclaimed “Minx” was canceled by now-Max after wrapping manufacturing on Season 2 late final yr, with Starz later buying the Lionsgate-produced sequence.
Ophelia Lovibond is again as Minx Journal founder Joyce, alongside together with her writer Doug, performed by Jake Johnson. “Minx,” set in Seventies LA, facilities round Joyce, an earnest younger feminist who joins forces with a low-rent writer to create the primary erotic journal for girls. In Season 2, per the official synopsis, Doug, Joyce, and all the Backside Greenback crew grapple with Minx’s explosive success, which takes all of them to thrilling new locations and brings extra money, fame and temptation than anybody is aware of tips on how to deal with.
In honor of Nationwide Nude Day on July 14, Starz revealed a NSFW Pink Band trailer for the brand new season, which kicks off with the episode “The Perils of Being a Rich Widow.” The primary episode exhibits Joyce struggling to select a brand new writer whereas Doug is drowning in debt, with Shelly returning to the suburbs to concentrate on her household.
Idara Victor, Jessica Lowe, Lennon Parham, Oscar Montoya, and Elizabeth Perkins spherical out the ensemble forged.
“Minx” was created by Ellen Rapoport, who additionally serves as showrunner and government producer, alongside EPs Paul Feig and Dan Magnante for Feigco Leisure, Ben Karlin, and Rachel Lee Goldenberg, who additionally directed the pilot. Actor Johnson serves as a co-executive producer. “Minx” is produced by Lionsgate Tv.
Rapoport stated in the course of the Starz acquisition, “I’m completely thrilled to be becoming a member of the Starz household, and for the chance to introduce ‘Minx’ to a model new viewers. We’ve discovered the right residence. Our writers, forged and crew have created one thing really particular in Season 2, and I can’t wait for everybody to see it.”
“Minx” actress Lovibond previously told IndieWire that the discussions across the sequence, which options male frontal nudity, mirror precisely the controversy inside the present about sexual politics.
“For instance, the feedback Joyce is having when she goes to the radio station, she says there [are] extra nerve endings in our genitalia than males. Why can we solely ever talk about that? There’s a complete service business that seeks to offer males what they need however why not ladies?” Lovibond stated. “Why are we not speaking about this in the identical method? It’s a societal manufacturing. It’s not an inherent fact. I simply love that there’s the mirroring, that the present echoes what Joyce is saying.”
She added, “I perceive there was plenty of dialog concerning the male nudity that’s in ‘Minx,’ however I, myself, discover that in and of itself fascinating that it has provoked a lot dialog as a result of why? Why is it so exceptional to see a unadorned male physique in comparison with females? As a result of we’re not used to seeing them? Why are we not used to seeing them? The truth that it’s provoked a lot dialog virtually makes the purpose.”
“Minx” Season 2 premieres July 21 on Starz. Try the newest trailer beneath.
