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Sneaky Pete will be available on Friday, January 13th on Amazon Prime for streaming. The show stars Giovanni Ribisi as a con man trying to thwart a mob boss Bryan Cranston by impersonating a man named Pete. The cast also includes Margo Martindale and Peter Gerety. Graham Yost (Justified) is the showrunner and Cranston is an EP on the project. The first season will consist of 10 episodes.
The pilot has been available for a looooong time now (including here on youtube), and it's a fun romp with a little bit of menace around the fringes. Plus the cast is great and the early reviews have been good.
Amazon said:From the creator of Justified and Executive Producer Bryan Cranston comes an exciting new series about a con-man, Marius, on the run from a vicious gangster. Marius hides by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, and takes cover with Pete's estranged family - a colorful group with well-guarded and dangerous secrets of their own.
Link to the Amazon pageDrama, 10 episodes: Amazon, Fri. Jan. 13. 60 min.
Cast: Giovanni Ribisi, Marin Ireland, Margo Martindale, Peter Gerety, Libe Barer, Shane McRae, Michael Drayer
Crew: Executive producers, Graham Yost, Bryan Cranston, Michael Dinner, Fred Golan, James Degus, Seth Gordon
Videos:
- Full pilot is up here on youtube
- Trailer
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Reviews:
Variety said:Its essentially fun and easy to watch, and isnt attempting to comment grandly on humanity. Its themes, whatever they are, are buried in plot unlike, say, a drama like Westworld, which put significance and interpretation so front-and-center that commentary became meta-commentary. Sneaky Pete is, by comparison, a more satisfying but less ambitious show, a delightfully plotty potboiler.
NY Post said:The pacing is quick, the plotline interesting and theres even a touch of Walter White/Breaking Bad-type humor (read: dark) courtesy of Cranston. And with a supporting cast featuring Margo Martindale (The Americans, The Good Wife) and Peter Gerety (Mercy Street, Public Morals), Sneaky Pete is off to an auspicious start.
EW said:It is fun - a pleasing balance of slick, Ocean's Eleven-style con jobs and tense, close-call escapes.