Kindred
Genre	Science fiction
Based on	Kindred by Octavia Butler
Developed by	Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Starring	Mallori Johnson Micah Stock Ryan Kwanten Gayle Rankin Austin Smith Antoinette Crowe-Legacy David Alexander Kaplan
Composer	Twin Shadow
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Courtney Lee-Mitchell Darren Aronofsky Ari Handel Joe Weisberg Joel Fields Ernestine Walker Merrilee Heifetz
Production companies	4th Film Works The Js Protozoa Pictures FXP
Distributor	Disney Platform Distribution
Release
Original network	FX on Hulu
Original release	December 13, 2022 (2022-12-13)

Kindred is an American science fiction television miniseries developed by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and based on the novel of the same name written by Octavia E. Butler.

The eight-episode series was released on December 13, 2022 on FX on Hulu.

Premise

Dana has just moved to Los Angeles to establish a life close to her only remaining family, her Aunt Denise, when she gets pulled back in time to the 19th century in the Antebellum South.

Cast

• Mallori Johnson as Dana James
• Micah Stock as Kevin Franklin
• Ryan Kwanten as Thomas Weylin
• Gayle Rankin as Margaret Weylin
• David Alexander Kaplan as Rufus Weylin
• Austin Smith as Luke
• Sophia Brown as Sarah
• Sheria Irving as Olivia
• Eisa Davis as Denise

Episodes

Production and release

In March 2021, FX Productions announced that it had obtained the rights to adapt Octavia Butler's 1979 novel Kindred into a television series developed by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.^[1] Janicza Bravo directed the pilot episode, and Mallori Johnson was cast in the lead role to make her acting debut.^[2] The rest of the main cast was revealed in September 2021, adding Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and David Alexander Kaplan.^[3]

After producing the television pilot, FX ordered the show to a full series in January 2022.^[4] Filming took place in June 2022 in Rome, Georgia,^[5][6] and Twin Shadow provided the score for the series, making his television scoring debut.^[7]

Kindred was released on December 13, 2022 on Hulu.^[8]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 63% of 27 critic reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Mallori Johnson acquits herself impressively in a difficult role, but the rest of this ambitious adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's seminal novel is less successful in pulling off its tricky tonal balance."^[9] On Metacritic, the limited series received a score of 62 based on reviews from 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[10]