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Hap and Leonard (TV series)

Hap and Leonard
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Hap and Leonard TV poster for season 2
Genre Crime drama
Mystery
Dark comedy
Based on Hap and Leonard novels
by Joe R. Lansdale
Developed by
Directed by Jim Mickle
Starring
Composer(s) Jeff Grace
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Nick Shumaker
  • Jeremy Platt
Location(s) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time 45 minutes
Production company(s)
  • Nightshade
  • Plattform
  • AMC Studios
Release
Original network SundanceTV
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release March 2, 2016 (2016-03-02) – present
External links
Website

Hap and Leonard is an American television drama series based on the characters Hap and Leonard, created by novelist Joe R. Lansdale and adapted from his series of novels of the same name. The series was written and developed by Nick Damici and Jim Mickle, who had previously adapted Lansdale's Cold in July and was directed by Mickle. The six-episode series premiered on the American cable network SundanceTV on March 2, 2016. So far, the series has received favorable reviews. On June 27, 2016, SundanceTV renewed the series for a six-episode second season which will begin airing on March 15, 2017 based on the second novel Mucho Mojo.

Filming of the show took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, although the series is set in 1980s in the fictional town of LaBorde in East Texas. One of the locations used was an old Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge as well as the Celtic Media Centre.

The second episode "The Bottoms" was released online on March 2, 2016, a week before its scheduled airing.


A collection called Hap and Leonard made up of previously published short stories (Hyenas, Veil’s Visit, Dead Aim) by Joe Lansdale as well as new content was published by Tachyon Publications in March 2016 as a tie-in to the TV series.


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