Banshee Renewed For Third Season

Cinemax has announced that it will renew the Emmy-winning series Banshee for a third season.The [...]

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Cinemax has announced that it will renew the Emmy-winning series Banshee for a third season. The series tells the story of Lucas Hood (Antony Starr), an ex-con who tracks down his former partner and lover, Carrie Hopewell (Ivana Milicevic) who has reinvented herself as the wife of the prosecutor in Banshee, PA. Hood takes on the role of Banshee's sheriff while continuing his criminal activities and trying to avoid the gangsters who are hunting him down. To mark the occasion, Cinemax has released stills and clips from episode 4 of Banshee's second season. Guest stars for season two include Zeljko Ivanek ("Damages," "Seven Psychopaths," HBO's "True Blood"), Tatanka Means ("The Host," "Tiger Eyes") and Julian Sands ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "24"). Banshee was created by Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler; executive producers, Alan Ball, Greg Yaitanes, Jonathan Tropper, David Schickler, Peter Macdissi; producer, Robert F. Phillips. Banshee airs on Cinemax Friday nights at 10 PM ET.

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