"THE WATCHER" SEASON TWO TO BEGIN PRODUCTION, WITH NAOMI WATTS & BOBBY CANNAVALE RETURNING

Margo Martindale and Isabel Gravitt Will Also Reprise Their Roles in The Hit Netflix Series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan

· Today, Netflix announced that production will begin this Fall in New York on the highly-anticipated season two of THE WATCHER.

· Season one stars Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Margo Martindale, and Isabel Gravitt will return and reprise their respective roles of Nora Brannock, Dean Brannock, Maureen ("Mo"), and Ellie Brannock.

· Season one followed the Brannock family who moved into what was supposed to be their suburban dream home, and quickly became a living hell. Ominous letters from someone calling themself "The Watcher" were just the beginning as the neighborhood's sinister secrets came spilling out.

· Created by: Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan

· Showrunner: Ian Brennan

· Executive Producers: Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Crystle Roberson Dorsey (EP/Director), Nissa Diederich, Karl Frankenfield, Scott Robertson, Todd Kubrak, Tanase Popa, Naomi Watts, Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman, Eric Newman & Bryan Unkeless

· The Watcher Season 1 spent 5 weeks on the Global Top 10 English TV list and hit the Top 10 in more than 90 countries.

· Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's true-crime anthology series, Monster, is one of Netflix's biggest franchises with over 320M views across seasons. The first installment, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, remains Netflix's 7th most popular series of all time, and all four installments of Monster have reached #1 on the Global Top 10. The fourth installment, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, has held the #1 spot on the Global Top 10 English TV list since its premiere on September 17, already earning 26.6M views and reaching the Top 10 in 92 countries to date.

· Netflix drama series are having a standout year, led by breakout hits His & Hers, which earned 98.2M views in its first 91 days, and Harlan Coben's I Will Find You, currently ranked #5 on the Most Popular list of all time. Season 2 of the anthology series BEEF led all limited series with 16 Emmy nominations, securing first-time nominations for Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, and Youn Yuh-jung. Coming later this year are two highly anticipated dramas: East of Eden starring Florence Pugh, and The Altruists starring Julia Garner. The upcoming slate of prestige series includes Rabbit, Rabbit (Adam Driver), Trigger Point (Joel Edgerton), Kennedy (Michael Fassbender), So Far Gone (Mark Bomback), The Roman (Martin Scorsese), and The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey (Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen).