Under the Bridge TV Series Details:
Based on | Under the Bridge by Rebecca Godfrey |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Biography, Crime, Drama |
Season | 1 |
Episodes | 4 |
Release date | April 17, 2024 – present |
Running time | 35–47 min |
Age rating | TV-MA |
Starring | Lily Gladstone Vritika Gupta Chloe Guidry Javon “Wanna” Walton Izzy G Aiyana Goodfellow Ezra Faroque Khan Archie Panjabi |
Developed by | Quinn Shephard |
Directed by | Kevin Phillips Quinn Shephard Catherine Hardwicke Nimisha Mukerji Geeta Vasant Patel Dinh Thai |
Written by | Rebecca Godfrey Quinn Shephard Manjit Virk Todd Crittenden Tom Hanada Samir Mehta Ashley Cardiff Jihan Crowther Stuti Malhotra |
Produced by | Jan Peter Meyboom |
Executive producers | Samir Mehta Quinn Shephard Liz Tigelaar Stacey Silverman Riley Keough Gina Gammell Tara Duncan Rebecca Godfrey Geeta Vasant Patel |
Cinematography by | Checco Varese C. Kim Miles Minka Farthing-Kohl |
Edited by | Justin Li Tyler L. Cook Sabrina Pitre Garret Price Kye Meechan Kyle Reiter |
Music by | Alex Somers |
Production Companies | Best Day Ever Productions ABC Signature |
Distributor | Hulu |
Under the Bridge TV Series Cast & Character:
- Lily Gladstone as Cam Bentland
- Vritika Gupta as Reena Virk
- Chloe Guidry as Josephine Bell (Nicole Cook)
- Javon “Wanna” Walton as Warren Glowatski
- Izzy G as Kelly Ellard
- Aiyana Goodfellow as Dusty Pace
- Ezra Faroque Khan as Manjit Virk
- Archie Panjabi as Suman Virk
- Riley Keough as Rebecca Godfrey
- Matt Craven as Roy Bentland
- Daniel Diemer as Scott Bentland
- Anoop Desai as Raj Masihajjar
Storyline:
It is about the 1997 true story of fourteen-year-old Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta) who went to join friends at a party and never returned home. Through the eyes of Godfrey (Riley Keough) and a local police officer (Lily Gladstone), the series takes us into the hidden world of the young girls accused of the murder — revealing startling truths about the unlikely killer.
About Under the Bridge TV Series:
Under the Bridge is an American biographical crime drama television miniseries, based on the book of the same name by Rebecca Godfrey. Developed by Quinn Shephard, the series stars Lily Gladstone, Vritika Gupta, Chloe Guidry, Javon “Wanna” Walton, and Izzy G.
Principal photography took place in Vancouver, BC from December 2022 to May 2023. Casting auditioned over 700 girls across America before deciding on Vritika Gupta for the role of Reena Virk.
Actress Riley Keough, who plays Rebecca, based her performance on videos of the real-life Rebecca Godfrey that she studied and read Godfrey’s writings. Godfrey passed away from cancer before she and Keough had the chance to meet
Though the real-life Rebecca Godfrey died in 2022 before filming began, she worked for three years with showrunner Quinn Shephard on the show and the depiction of her played by Riley Keough. She also gave Shepard her investigative journals on the case and her personal diaries during that period of her life to help round out Keough’s Rebecca.
The series premiered on Hulu on April 17, 2024.
Under the Bridge TV Series Episodes List:
Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | “Looking Glass” | Geeta Vasant Patel | Quinn Shephard | April 17, 2024 |
2 | “The John Gotti of Seven Oaks” | Kevin Phillips | Ashley Cardiff | April 17, 2024 |
3 | “Blood Oath” | Catherine Hardwicke | Jihan Crowther | April 24, 2024 |
4 | “Beautiful British Columbia” | Nimisha Mukerji | Stuti Malhotra | May 1, 2024 |
5 | “When the Heat Comes Down” | Quinn Shephard | Tom Hanada | May 8, 2024 |
6 | “In the Water They Sink the Same” | TBA | Quinn Shephard & Samir Mehta | May 15, 2024 |
7 | “Three and Seven” | TBA | Todd Crittenden | May 22, 2024 |
8 | “Mercy Alone” | TBA | Samir Mehta | May 29, 2024 |