{"id":15076,"date":"2022-04-28T15:50:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T13:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=15076"},"modified":"2022-04-28T15:50:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T13:50:22","slug":"the-old-man-coming-soon-to-disney-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/04\/28\/the-old-man-coming-soon-to-disney-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Old Man” Coming Soon To Disney+ South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Disney+ announced FX\u2019s \u201cThe Old Man,\u201d the riveting new drama starring Jeff Bridges, will be coming soon to Disney+ under the Star banner in South Africa. The series will premiere with the first two episodes of its seven-episode season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, \u201cThe Old Man\u201d centers on \u201cDan Chase\u201d (Jeff Bridges), who absconded from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid since. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE OLD MAN — Pictured: Jeff Bridges as Dan Chase.
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With Dan Chase flushed out of hiding, the\u00a0FBI\u2019s Assistant Director for Counterintelligence \u201cHarold Harper\u201d (John Lithgow) is called on to hunt him down because of his complicated past with the rogue fugitive. Working alongside Harper is his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 \u201cAngela Adams\u201d (Alia Shawkat) and CIA Special Agent \u201cRaymond Waters\u201d (E.J. Bonilla). When Chase proves to be more difficult to apprehend than the authorities expected, \u201cJulian Carson\u201d (Gbenga Akinnagbe),\u00a0a highly trained special ops contractor, is sent to pursue him as well. While on the run, Chase rents a room from \u201cZoe McDonald\u201d (Amy Brenneman) who draws on\u00a0reserves she never knew she had in order to survive the day when she learns the truth about her new tenant. Bill Heck, Leem Lubany and Pej Vahdat also star in the drama series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE OLD MAN — Pictured: Gbenga Akinnagbe as Julian.
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Teleplay and created for television by Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robert Levine, \u201cThe Old Man\u201d is executive produced by Warren Littlefield, Steinberg, Dan Shotz, Levine, Jeff Bridges, David Schiff and Jon Watts, who also directed the first two episodes. The series is produced by 20th<\/sup>Television in association with The Littlefield Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robust parental controls ensure that Disney+ remains a suitable viewing experience for everyone in the family. Subscribers can set access limits on mature content and create PIN-protected profiles alongside the already existing Kids Profiles to give parents and guardians peace of mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Disney+ announced FX\u2019s \u201cThe Old Man,\u201d the riveting new drama starring Jeff Bridges, will be coming soon to Disney+ under the Star banner in South Africa. The series will premiere with the first two episodes of its seven-episode season. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, \u201cThe Old Man\u201d centers on \u201cDan… Continue reading “The Old Man” Coming Soon To Disney+ South Africa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[263],"class_list":["post-15076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online","tag-disney-2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}