Season 3 Of The Knick In The Works With Barry Jenkins Onboard & André Holland Leading Series

According to The Playlist, a third season of The Knick, which aired on Cinemax, is in the works with Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins attached. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the series aired for two seasons (2014-2016) and starred Clive Owen as an unstable medical genius and André Holland as a talented surgeon beset by pervasive discrimination.

The show creators/writers Jack Amiel and Michael Begler have written a pilot based on this new direction and led by Holland’s Dr. Algernon C. Edwards character. (Clive Owen’s lead character died at the end of Season 2).

In speaking with the website, Soderbergh stated that“[André and Barry] came up with a really great approach with Jack and Michael,” he explained. “And that seems to be advancing rapidly. I just read the pilot, which is terrific.”

“Yeah. [André] and Barry took that on,” Soderbergh confirmed,  suggesting he would only stay on in an executive producer role as he usually does with projects he passes on to others like ‘GFE.’ “I told them, ’Look, I had, I had my shot. Godspeed, take it in whatever direction you want.’”

They also asked Soderbergh if Jenkins would direct the new ‘Knick’ series, or parts of it, but he didn’t want to speak on the filmmaker’s behalf.