‘Supacell’ Renewed for Second Season at Netflix

Netflix is powering up a second season of Supacell.

The streamer has renewed the series about five Black people in South London who unexpectedly develop superpowers. Supacell, created by Rapman, premiered on June 27 and has been a fixture in Netflix’s internal top 10 list of English-language series since its debut.

Netflix announced the renewal Tuesday on its social media channels.

Supacell has received largely favorable reviews; The Hollywood Reporter critic Daniel Fienberg wrote that “The [superhero] genre is the genre, but the tone and feel that Rapman sets and the characters he builds out are different enough to be worthwhile.”

In an interview with THR, Rapman — who also served as showrunner on Supacell and directed three of the six episodes — said he never thought of the series as a superhero show. “Because I wasn’t trying to call them superheroes, it already took me down a different route. They’re all flawed individuals, all pretty selfish, nice people. But they are human beings and human beings tend to be selfish. They tend to think about themselves first. And I wanted it to be that.

“The reaction when people get their powers is much more natural. I wasn’t aiming for a superhero show. This was a drama sci-fi, rather than a sci-fi drama. If there was no powers, you’d still be entertained. The powers is like a little caveat that is just there. We never focused on the powers as much as we focused on the people. And I think it’s more of a character-driven show.”

Supacell stars Tosin Cole, Adelayo Adedayo, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Calvin Demba, Josh Tedeku, Eddie Marsan. Rapman executive produces with Steve Searle, Mouktar Mohammed and Anna Ferguson. Sebastian Thiel directed three episodes.