Netflix has set a January 2023 premiere date for ‘Kaleidoscope‘ (previously known as ‘Jigsaw’), a heist drama with an intriguing non-linear story-telling idea, where viewers can choose to watch episodes in their own unique order.
Spanning 25 years, the all-new anthology series follows a crew of masterful thieves and their attempt to crack a seemingly unbreakable vault for the biggest payday in history. Guarded by the world’s most powerful corporate security team, and with law enforcement on the case, every episode reveals a piece of an elaborate puzzle of corruption, greed, vengeance, scheming, loyalties and betrayals. How did the crew of thieves plan it? Who gets away with it? Who can be trusted?
Loosely inspired by the real-life story where seventy billion dollars in bonds went missing in downtown Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy, ‘Kaleidoscope’ consists of eight episodes spanning from 24 years before the heist to 6 months after.
The compelling crime anthology series takes a non-linear approach to storytelling, building intrigue and suspense uniquely, with Netflix members each having a different immersive viewing experience. Some members may start with certain episodes (like episodes “Yellow” or “Green”), then move deeper into their own personal viewing order with varying episodes (“Blue” or “Violet” or “Orange,” followed by “Red” or “Pink”) until the epic “White: The Heist” story finale.
All viewers will eventually see all episodes, but the order in which they watch the episodes will affect their viewpoint on the story, the characters, and the questions and answers at the heart of the heist. How will you experience the colours of Kaleidoscope?
Episode titles include:
- “Yellow: 6 Weeks Before The Heist”
- “Green: 7 Years Before the Heist”
- “Blue: 5 Days Before the Heist”
- “Violet: 24 Years Before the Heist”
- “Orange: 3 Weeks Before the Heist”
- “Red: The Morning After the Heist”
- “Pink: 6 Months After”
- “White: The Heist” the epic story finale.
The series stars Giancarlo Esposito (‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Better Call Saul’), Paz Vega (‘Rambo: Last Blood’, ‘The OA’), Rufus Sewell (‘The Man in the High Castle’), Tati Gabrielle (‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’, ‘YOU’), Peter Mark Kendall (‘The Americans’), Rosaline Elbay (‘Ramy’), Jai Courtney (‘Suicide Squad’) and Niousha Noor (‘Here and Now’).
Eric Garcia (‘Anonymous Rex’, ‘Repo Men’, ‘Strange But True’) is Creator, Showrunner, EP and Writer. Evan Endicott, Josh Stoddard, Ning Zhou, Kalen Egan, Kate Barnow and Garrett Lerner also write on the drama. Other exec producers include Russell Fine; Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Justin Levy with Automatik Entertainment; Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Jordan Sheehan and Clayton Krueger with Scott Free Productions; and Garrett Lerner. Russell Fine, Everardo Gout, Mairzee Almas and Robert Townsend direct the series.
‘Kaleidoscope‘ Season 1 premieres Sunday, 1st January 2023 on Netflix UK and worldwide.
