This contains spoilers for the season finale of Quibi’s Don’t Look Deeper. Content warning for discussion of violence against Black bodies.
As director Catherine Hardwicke told Den of Geek in a recent interview, Quibi’s science fiction thriller series Don’t Look Deeper is a coming-of-age story “on steroids”—that is, it takes the existential questions about identity and power seen in other teenage stories and filters those questions through the metaphor of protagonist Aisha (Helena Howard) discovering that she is a robot. Over the course of the feature-length season (released in 7-to-10-minute episodes), Aisha asserts her autonomy to her human creators, challenges her peers who see robots as nothing more than property, and—most importantly—tries to save her robot brother Calian (Tyler Ghyzel) from a similar fate.
However, while Aisha’s identity as a robot provides the most action-packed stakes for the series, it is not the...
As director Catherine Hardwicke told Den of Geek in a recent interview, Quibi’s science fiction thriller series Don’t Look Deeper is a coming-of-age story “on steroids”—that is, it takes the existential questions about identity and power seen in other teenage stories and filters those questions through the metaphor of protagonist Aisha (Helena Howard) discovering that she is a robot. Over the course of the feature-length season (released in 7-to-10-minute episodes), Aisha asserts her autonomy to her human creators, challenges her peers who see robots as nothing more than property, and—most importantly—tries to save her robot brother Calian (Tyler Ghyzel) from a similar fate.
However, while Aisha’s identity as a robot provides the most action-packed stakes for the series, it is not the...
- 8/11/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Quibi has rounded out its supporting cast for sci-fi drama series Don’t Look Deeper. Jan Luis Castellanos (Runaways), Erin Pineda (American Princess) Raquel McPeek Rodriguez (Chicago Med) and Kaiwi Lyman are set opposite previously announced Don Cheadle, Emily Mortimer and Helena Howard. Belissa Escobedo, Ema Horvath, Harvey Zielinski (Zoe.Misplaced), Brandon Win (For the People), Kayleigh Gilbert (Break Night), Tyler Ghyzel (American Princess), Cameron Roberts (Ben is Back), Dana Gourrier (The Hateful Eight), Bevin Bru (Head Count), Amy Anderson (Modern Family), Harvey Guillen (What We Do In The Shadows), Holly Long (Men Seeking Women), Makenzie Lee-Foster (This Is Us), Hartlyn Hilsman (Big Little Lies) and Kate Crash (Messiah of Dogs) round out the supporting cast. The series is a co-production between New Form, a Whistle-owned company, and Doug Liman’s 30 Ninjas for Quibi. Catherine Hardwicke is...
- 7/10/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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