"FOREVER" S2 STARTS PRODUCTION IN LOS ANGELES

Adding Three New Faces to The Cast

· Today, Netflix announced that production on the second season of Forever has officially begun in Los Angeles, CA.

· Additionally, Malaika Guttoh is set to join the cast as a series regular with Avery Wills Jr. (Swagger, Shooting Stars) and Tre McBride (Fight for '84) joining as recurring guests.

· Returning series regulars include Lovie Simone, Michael Cooper Jr., Karen Pittman, Wood Harris, and Xosha Roquemore.

· New Casting

o Malaika Guttoh plays Ameena

o Avery Wills Jr. (Swagger, Shooting Stars) plays Jaden

o Tre McBride (Fight for '84) plays Elijah

· Grammy-Award winning Khris Riddick-Tynes' will join as the Executive Music Producer for Season 2 with Kier Lehman returning as Music Supervisor and Original Music by Until Tomorrow

· Forever joins other Netflix productions in Los Angeles including the recent releases of BEEF S2 and Running Point S2; and the upcoming releases of Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, Nobody Wants This S3, A Man on the Inside S3, The Night Agent S4, Leanne S2, The Lincoln Lawyer S5, The Hawk and Animals.

· Creator, Showrunner and Executive Producer Mara Brock Akil says to Tudum.com "Season 2 of Forever is in production and we are home - back in Los Angeles, back inside a love story that keeps revealing itself. This time, through friendship. Because when you're standing at the edge of adulthood, staring into the abyss, it's your real ones you want to run back to. Every choice feels final, even though it's your first time being truly grown. We are thrilled to be back, diving deeper into love's most complicated question-- is forever truly forever?"

· Showrunner/Creator/Executive Producer: Mara Brock Akil

· Executive Producers: Mara Brock Akil, Regina King, Susie Fitzgerald, Reina King, Erika Harrison

· Season 2 Logline: Can exes really be friends? Four years later, Justin and Keisha are doing pretty well post pandemic - new relationships, real jobs and adulting their big dreams - that is...until they run into each other summer 2023.

· Format: 8 episodes

· For more about Forever S2, please visit TUDUM.com

www.netflix.com/forever