American Odyssey
| American Odyssey | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 'Odyssey' |
| Genre | Drama Thriller Action |
| Created by |
Peter Horton Adam Armus Kay Foster |
| Starring |
Anna Friel Peter Facinelli Jake Robinson Jim True-Frost Treat Williams Sadie Sink Omar Ghazaoui Nate Mooney Elena Kampouris Daniella Pineda Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje |
| Composer(s) | John Debney |
| Country of origin | United States of America |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Adam Armus Henrik Bastin Mikkel Bondesen Kristen Campo Nora Kay Foster Peter Horton Simon Maxwell David Waco |
| Producer(s) | Devin Rich Peter McAleese |
| Location(s) |
New York Morocco |
| Cinematography | Balazs Bolygo Stuart Dryburgh Yaron Orbach |
| Editor(s) | Scott Hill Dan Zimmerman |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Fabrik Entertainment Universal Television Red Arrow Entertainment Group |
| Distributor | NBC Universal International Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | April 5 – June 28, 2015 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
American Odyssey (known in the UK under its original title Odyssey) is an American thriller television series which premiered on April 5, 2015, on NBC. Created by Peter Horton, Adam Armus and Kay Foster, the series revolves around the discovery by a U.S. Army team on a secret mission in Mali, that a major U.S. company has been funding Islamist terror groups, and the subsequent cover-up of this revelation, which involves the attack and killing of the team of U.S. soldiers by private military contractors dispatched by the same company.
The series stars Anna Friel, Peter Facinelli, Jake Robinson, Jim True-Frost, Treat Williams, Nate Mooney, Elena Kampouris, Daniella Pineda, Sadie Sink, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Omar Ghazaoui. It is envisioned by the creators as a modern-day take on Homer's Odyssey.
On June 30, 2015, NBC cancelled the series after one season.
NBC commissioned the series in May 2014 under the title Odyssey, but only three weeks before the premiere, the network decided to change the title to American Odyssey, stating that this "better reflects the journey undertaken by lead character Odelle". However, many commentators regarded as an attempt by NBC to piggyback on the box office success of American Sniper and ABC's success with American Crime. According to TV Insider, the main reason for the surprising last minute name change was that the awareness of the upcoming series was low, and that the retitling would offer "the opportunity to better market the show to middle-American audiences."
A teaser trailer was released on March 6, 2015, which revealed an April 5 release date and featured the tagline, "A soldier. A mother. Betrayed. Her odyssey begins."
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