Killing Eve—BBC Americas deeply enthralling dramedy—has been renewed for a third season. But thats not the networks only update: the upcoming season will be helmed by another new show-runner, writer Suzanne Heathcote (Fear the Walking Dead). Shell be taking the reins from Emerald Fennell, who took over after Phoebe Waller-Bridge kicked things off in Season 1.
“Im very excited that the Killing Eve baton is being passed onto another incredible writer for Season 3,” Waller-Bridge said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “We can sleep soundly knowing these characters are safe in Suzanne Heathcotes hilariously murderous hands.”
The Emmy-nominated show revolves around an MI6 agent (Sandra Oh) and a murderous assassin (Jodie Comer) who become dangerously entwined in each others lives.
“We love having this show and the brilliant Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, and Fiona Shaw on our networks,” said Sarah Barnett, AMCs president of entertainment networks, in a statement to T.H.R. “Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Emerald Fennell have delivered two addictively entertaining seasons. As we did last year, were renewing Killing Eve right out of the gate, now with Suzanne Heathcote as lead writer, as a sign of confidence—we adore this show as much as our fans do. Killing Eve doesnt do anything in a templated way; we love giving opportunity to three genius women to make their mark.”
The decision to tap a new female show-runner each season was outlined previously by Waller-Bridge in a February interview with Decider. “Hopefully were going to continue this tradition of handing it on to a different woman every single time,” she said. “Because that would be a really cool thing to do, to give other voices in the same story a go.”
While this is, perhaps, in part a practical decision (Fennell is likely too busy to continue next season anyway, thanks to a new starring role on The Crown), having a new show-runner each season also lends the series a specific anthological appeal. It marks Killing Eve as the next great training ground for female show-runners, particularly because Waller-Bridge seems to be tapping women who have not yet done this job on other projects. Perhaps—much as Queen Sugar did for female directors and The Sopranos did for male writers—Killing Eve will someday be looked upon as a smart incubator for a range of talented women, all game for shaping the next era of television. Time will tell.
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