FX Orders Another Course of ‘The Bear’
thewrap.comFX is gearing up to deliver another serving of the Jeremy Allen White-starring “The Bear.”The series, about Carmy (White), a young chef who returns home to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop, has been given a Season 2, it was announced Thursday.“’The Bear’ has exceeded our wildest creative, critical and commercial expectations,” FX entertainment president Eric Schrier said in a statement. “We deeply appreciate the brilliant work led by creator and co-showrunner Christopher Storer and co-showrunner Joanna Calo.
Jeremy Allen White’s lead performance is spectacular, as are those of his co-stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Abby Elliott, Lionel Boyce and Liza Colón-Zayas.
We can’t wait to get to work on Season 2.”Season 1 is just a couple of weeks old. All eight episodes of the first season dropped June 23 on Hulu.“We are so grateful to FX, our insanely talented cast, our crew who worked hard, fast, and in the dead of winter, not to mention everyone who watched.
And we can’t wait to bring you all back to The Bear in 2023,” Storer and Calo, who are also executive producers on the show, said in a joint statement of their own.“The Bear” films in Chicago.
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