The 2021 Tribeca Festival will host the world premieres of a number of upcoming TV series, including Peacock’s Dr. Death, Starz’s Blindspotting and the second season of OWN’s David Makes Man.
The festival will also world premiere AMC’s Kevin Can F**k Himself, starring Annie Murphy; Disney+’s Monsters at Work — with a voice cast featuring Ben Feldman, Mindy Kaling, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Henry Winkler, Lucas Neff and Alanna Ubach — and The Mysterious Benedict Society, starring Tony Hale and Kristen Schaal, among others; FX’s Reservation Dogs; and National Geographic’s 9/11 docuseries One Day in America, marking the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, in collaboration with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
The festival will also feature the world premiere of A&E’s KISS biography, followed by a special performance from the iconic rock band.
The Blindspotting, David Makes Man, Dr. Death and Reservation Dogs screenings will be followed by conversations with talent behind the series.
The Blindspotting panel, for the series based on the film of the same name, will feature Rafael Casal, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Helen Hunt. The Dr. Death panel, for the Wondery podcast-inspired series, will feature castmembers Joshua Jackson, Christian Slater and Grace Gummer, showrunner Patrick Macmanus and director Maggie Kiley. The David Makes Man panel will feature a conversation with creator Tarell McCraney and showrunner Dee Harris-Lawrence. The Reservation Dogs panel will feature executive producer Sterlin Harjo and select castmembers.
The Tribeca Festival has also set a panel discussion with longtime collaborators Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, Meredith Scardino and Jeff Richmond (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Mr. Mayor, Girls 5 Eva).
“When we launched Tribeca TV five years ago, we created space within the film festival to recognize the incredible, boundary-pushing work being done by filmmakers in the episodic format as official festival selections,” said Cara Cusumano, festival director and vp programming. “In a year defined by at-home entertainment, we are proud to continue that tradition with an exciting Tribeca TV lineup of new series from today’s top storytellers and unique new voices.”
Senior programmer Liza Domnitz added, “We are thrilled to be back in person and presenting a specially curated selection of indie series at this year’s Festival. Eclectic, funny and wistful, these never-before-seen stories offer a peek at life throughout the decades of adulthood—from the flush of newfound independence in your 20s, all the way to the well-earned confidence that comes with living in your 80s. We can’t wait to introduce these one of a kind characters to the world.”
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The festival previously announced its feature-film and short-film lineups.
The 2021 Tribeca Festival is set to take place in-person in New York from June 9-20.
