Ambition, power, and apocalypse converge in Paradise, Hulu’s 2025 political thriller series, shot in Los Angeles under the original title Paradise City.
Premise & Cast
Sterling K. Brown stars, joined by Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, James Marsden, and others. The show imagines a near-future United States destabilized by fractured politics, climate events, and geopolitical threats. Brown plays into it: caught between public duty and private pain.
From inception, Paradise was built in L.A. Production began in February 2024. Shooting in L.A. wasn’t just convenience it was intentional: the city’s infrastructure, crew base, and iconography would anchor the show’s themes in a place many take as the entertainment capital.
Style & Stakes
The series mixes procedural tension with high-stakes political intrigue. Episodes sometimes shift into survival territory. With its layered narrative, it throttles between interpersonal drama and national collapse.
Its visuals carry L.A.’s duality: skyline shots, smog-saturated air, concrete highways, neglected neighborhoods. The contrast between power centers and forgotten ground plays into the show’s core idea: what happens when the center fractures.
Renewed for Season 2 quickly, it’s clear Paradise struck a chord. For Los Angeles, it’s a prestige series that wears its location instead of hiding it.
