Mo Amer’s meta Netflix sequence “Mo” is again for Season 2, and this time, Amer is joined by quite a lot of comedy buddies.
Hannibal Buress, Liza Koshy, Matt Rife, Ralph Barbosa, and Slim Thug be part of the eight-episode season of the critically acclaimed present co-created by Amer and Ramy Youssef (who additionally has his personal eponymous semi-autobiographical sequence).
Amer performs alter-ego Mo Najjar within the present, a personality who straddles the road between two cultures, three languages, and “a ton of bullshit as a Palestinian on the trail to U.S. citizenship,” in line with the logline.
Season 2 finds Mo stranded throughout the border and determined to get again to Houston earlier than his household’s asylum listening to; however as a stateless refugee and not using a passport, Mo “wants all of the hustle and appeal he can muster,” because the synopsis reads. “Little does he know that the journey house is simply the beginning of his troubles, and there’s a brand new man on the town able to steal each his longtime love Maria and his dream of lastly returning to Palestine.”
Teresa Ruiz, Farah Bsieso, Omar Elba, Tobe Nwigwe, Simon Rex, and Johanna Braddy additionally star. The sequence is filmed on location in Houston, Texas.
“Mo” is directed and government produced by Amer and Solvan “Slick” Naim, with Youssef, Harris Danow, Jacqui Rivera, Azhar Usman, and A24 additionally government producing.
Season 1 premiered in 2022, and impressed Steven Spielberg to achieve out to creator Amer. The sequence additionally received the AFI Award for TV Program of the Yr. Amer moreover earned an Unbiased Spirit Award nomination for Finest Lead Efficiency in a New Scripted Collection for his work on the present.
“Getting honored by the American Movie Institute was the primary—like, whoa,” Amer advised Leisure Weekly in 2023. “You assume, to be sitting throughout James Cameron and Spielberg, that was simply loopy to me… as a result of no person’s ever filmed a present in Houston. We had been, like, actually attempting to speak [local business owners] into filming of their barber store after which a yr later we’re sitting there getting a letter from Spielberg about how a lot he loved the present… It simply brings tears to your eyes. Like, actually, it simply makes all of it so value it.”
Amer beforehand confirmed that Season 2 would be the ultimate installment for the sequence.
“I’m grateful to proceed to inform a common story of wrestle that pertains to so many refugees and tens of millions of underrepresented people attempting to be seen across the globe,” Amer mentioned in a press release. “And to have the ability to deliver the individuals who cherished and rooted for Mo Najjar alongside for the trip as we shut this chapter of his story.”
“Mo” Season 2 premieres January 30 on Netflix. Take a look at the trailer under.