''Brand New Cherry Flavor'' is an American

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television miniseries created by

Nick Antosca Nicholas J. Antosca (born January 23, 1983) is an American film and television writer, producer, and novelist. He is the creator and showrunner of ''Channel Zero (TV series), Channel Zero'' (2016–18) and ''A Friend of the Family (miniseries), A ...

and Lenore Zion, based on the novel of the same name by Todd Grimson. The cast includes

Rosa Salazar Rosa Salazar (; born July 16, 1985) is an American actress. She had roles in the NBC series '' Parenthood'' (2011–2012) and the FX anthology series '' American Horror Story: Murder House'' (2011). She made her breakthrough as the title charact ...

Catherine Keener Catherine Ann Keener (born March 26, 1959) is an American actress. She has portrayed disgruntled and melancholic yet sympathetic women in independent films, as well as supporting roles in studio films. She has been nominated twice for the Academ ...

Eric Lange Eric Lange (born February 19, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his extensive work on television, where he has appeared in a wide variety of both supporting and leading roles. Lange played the recurring roles of Stuart Radzinsky on th ...

Manny Jacinto Manuel Luis Jacinto ( ; born August 19, 1987) is a Filipino-Canadian actor. After several small roles on television, his breakout role came as Jason Mendoza on the NBC sitcom '' The Good Place'' (2016–2020). Jacinto had minor roles in '' Bad ...

, and Jeff Ward. The series premiered on

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on August 14, 2021. Lisa, a young filmmaker, arrives in 1990s Hollywood to meet a well-connected film producer who has been impressed by her short horror film. Lisa signs a contract with the producer based on his promise that she can direct, but after rebuffing his sexual advances she is dropped from the film. Feeling powerless, she makes a deal with a witch to help her on a quest for revenge.

Cast and characters

Main

as Lisa Nova *

as Boro/Jennifer Nathans *

as Lou Burke * Jeff Ward as Roy Hardaway

Recurring

as Chris/Code *

Hannah Levien Hannah Levien is an Australian actress and writer. Her first performance in a feature film was in the award-winning Australian revenge-thriller '' The Horseman'' playing teenage runaway Jesse Forteski. She is best known for roles as Callie in ' ...

as Christine Woods * Siena Werber as Mary Gray/Boro *

Daniel Doheny Daniel Doheny is a Canadian actor known for starring in the 2017 Canadian comedy film '' Adventures in Public School'' and the 2018 Netflix films '' Alex Strangelove'', a coming-of-age story, and '' The Package'', a raunchy comedy. Early life a ...

as Jonathan Burke * Darcy Laurie as Ralph * Sean Owen Roberts as James

Guest stars

Leland Orser Leland Jones Orser (born August 6, 1960) is an American actor, director and writer. He has appeared in numerous film and television roles since his debut in 1991, notably as Lucien Dubenko on the television series '' ER'' (2004–09), Father Rome ...

as Mike Nathans *

Patrick Fischler Patrick Fischler (born December 29, 1969) is an American character actor known for his roles as Jimmy Barrett on the drama series '' Mad Men'', Dharma Initiative worker Phil on the drama series '' Lost'', and Detective Kenny No-Gun on the poli ...

as Alvin Sender *

Gabriel LaBelle Gabriel LaBelle (born September 20, 2002) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his leading role as young aspiring filmmaker Sammy Fabelman in Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film ''The Fabelmans'' (2022), for which he received accl ...

as Tim Nathans

Episodes

Production

On November 15, 2019, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for an 8-episode series. The miniseries was created, written and executive produced by Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion. Arkasha Stevenson directed the first episode. Production companies involved with the series consists of Eat the Cat and

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. Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that

, and Jeff Ward had joined the cast. On December 17, 2020,

, and

were announced as recurring cast members. Principal photography took place on location in Vancouver and Los Angeles from November 2019 to March 2020. The series was released on August 13, 2021.

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes collected 37 reviews and identified 78 percent of them as positive, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The critics consensus is: "Though definitely not for all tastes, ''Brand New Cherry Flavor'' is a delightfully deranged trip anchored by another incredible performance from Rosa Salazar." According to Metacritic, the series received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 62 out of 100 from 13 reviews.

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