Hulu’s “Under the Bridge” could be the next big hit in the Best Limited Series category at this year’s Emmys, as this is a category that loves true crime miniseries. This one documents the harrowing murder of Reene Virk as police officers try to solve the case and a writer (Rebecca Godfrey) is drawn into the hidden world of those accused of murdering Virk. The series is based on Godfrey’s own book of the same name with “Daisy Jones & the Six” star Riley Keough, who also produces, portraying her. Meanwhile, “Killers of the Flower Moon” Best Actress Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone features as the police officer investigating the case.
This eight-episode miniseries, like any true crime series, is a tough watch at times but that makes it all the more vital. Meanwhile, the performances of Keough, Gladstone, and the teen-centric cast are all exquisite, as noted by critics.
This eight-episode miniseries, like any true crime series, is a tough watch at times but that makes it all the more vital. Meanwhile, the performances of Keough, Gladstone, and the teen-centric cast are all exquisite, as noted by critics.
- 5/28/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
UK dance rock outfit Emf has confirmed its first US tour dates in more than 30 years.
The shows come at the end of June, including an appearance at Summerfest in Milwaukee, as well as headlining performances in Detroit and Brooklyn. Arriving in support of their fifth studio album, The Beauty and the Chaos (released this past January), the shows mark Emf’s first American dates since 1992.
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Later, from July through October, Emf will hop back across the Atlantic for a handful of dates in the UK and Ireland. Check out the full list of Emf’s upcoming tour dates below.
In a statement, the band said that it’s been “very hard keeping this news a secret.” In terms of what fans can look forward to seeing, they added, “From Emf at these shows, you can expect all the old hits with an added couple of bangers from our new album,...
The shows come at the end of June, including an appearance at Summerfest in Milwaukee, as well as headlining performances in Detroit and Brooklyn. Arriving in support of their fifth studio album, The Beauty and the Chaos (released this past January), the shows mark Emf’s first American dates since 1992.
Get Emf Tickets Here
Later, from July through October, Emf will hop back across the Atlantic for a handful of dates in the UK and Ireland. Check out the full list of Emf’s upcoming tour dates below.
In a statement, the band said that it’s been “very hard keeping this news a secret.” In terms of what fans can look forward to seeing, they added, “From Emf at these shows, you can expect all the old hits with an added couple of bangers from our new album,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
“Baby Reindeer” has quickly become a cultural juggernaut, with viewers swarming to watch this Netflix limited series written and created by Richard Gadd, who also stars. He adapted his Olivier Award-winning play about his years as a struggling comedian when he was stalked and harassed by a woman, played the fabulous Jessica Gunning. The show also depicts his abuse at the hands of an older man who first acted as a mentor. The series is a tough watch at times but always a gripping one. It’s searing television and, as a result, “Baby Reindeer” is one of the most acclaimed shows of the year.
Aramide Tinubu (Variety) declared: “Shocking, hilarious, painful, and devastating, ‘Baby Reindeer’ is a rare gem on television, reminding us of what is possible in the medium.”
David Opie (Empire) observed: “Richard Gadd confronts and processes his real-life trauma in a brave, moving, and often disturbing...
Aramide Tinubu (Variety) declared: “Shocking, hilarious, painful, and devastating, ‘Baby Reindeer’ is a rare gem on television, reminding us of what is possible in the medium.”
David Opie (Empire) observed: “Richard Gadd confronts and processes his real-life trauma in a brave, moving, and often disturbing...
- 5/16/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
True crime genre is getting more and more popular each day and there’s no secret why: gripping stories about things that seem impossible in real life. However, what makes them even more exciting for the viewers is the fact that what is shown on screen has actually happened in reality, and that just makes people lose their minds.
One of the recently released true crime dramas is Netflix’s Baby Reindeer. The miniseries tells the gripping story of the performer Richard Gadd, who at his young age was harassed by a female stalker.
The story is powerful and already got 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, but here we have 5 more jaw-dropping series that follow real-life terrifying stories.
1. When They See Us (2019)
When They See Us is just 3% short of a perfect score, but that means nothing in this case because the series is considered the best true crime of all time.
One of the recently released true crime dramas is Netflix’s Baby Reindeer. The miniseries tells the gripping story of the performer Richard Gadd, who at his young age was harassed by a female stalker.
The story is powerful and already got 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, but here we have 5 more jaw-dropping series that follow real-life terrifying stories.
1. When They See Us (2019)
When They See Us is just 3% short of a perfect score, but that means nothing in this case because the series is considered the best true crime of all time.
- 4/22/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Rachel Bailey)
- STartefacts.com
I am always on the lookout for TV shows that not only entertain but also offer a peek into real-world mysteries! There’s something undeniably captivating about crime dramas based on true events – they hit closer to home, making us question the thin line between fact and fiction. So, get ready to dive headfirst into the thrilling world of crime dramas that draw inspiration from real-life cases. Trust me, this is a rollercoaster ride you won’t want to miss.
1. “Mindhunter” (2017-2019)
Peering into the Minds of Serial Killers
Few series have delved as deeply into the psychology of serial killers as “Mindhunter.” Based on real-life FBI agents who revolutionized criminal profiling, this show takes us on a chilling journey through interviews with infamous murderers. It’s a gripping exploration of the minds that defy comprehension.
Personal Note: The uncanny portrayal of notorious criminals in “Mindhunter” had me questioning the...
1. “Mindhunter” (2017-2019)
Peering into the Minds of Serial Killers
Few series have delved as deeply into the psychology of serial killers as “Mindhunter.” Based on real-life FBI agents who revolutionized criminal profiling, this show takes us on a chilling journey through interviews with infamous murderers. It’s a gripping exploration of the minds that defy comprehension.
Personal Note: The uncanny portrayal of notorious criminals in “Mindhunter” had me questioning the...
- 4/13/2024
- by Pia Vermaak
- buddytv.com
Exclusive: Apple’s Invasion is rounding out its Season 3 cast with Ashton Sanders and Eric Lange who will tackle major recurring roles.
As Deadline revealed this week, Erika Alexander will appear as a series regular in the Simon Kinberg and David Weil-created series. In addition to Alexander, the ensemble also includes Golshifteh Farahani, Shioli Kutsuna, Shamier Anderson, India Brown, Billy Barratt, Azhy Robertson, Tara Moayedi, Enver Gjokaj and Shane Zaza.
Invasion follows an alien invasion through different perspectives around the world. Details regarding the Season 3 storyline and who Sanders and Lange will play are under wraps. The first and second seasons are now streaming globally on Apple TV+.
Produced for Apple TV+ by Boat Rocker, the series is created by Kinberg and Weil, who serve as executive producers alongside Audrey Chon, David Witz, Alik Sakharov, Andrew Baldwin, Dan Dietz and Katie O’Connell Marsh.
As Deadline revealed this week, Erika Alexander will appear as a series regular in the Simon Kinberg and David Weil-created series. In addition to Alexander, the ensemble also includes Golshifteh Farahani, Shioli Kutsuna, Shamier Anderson, India Brown, Billy Barratt, Azhy Robertson, Tara Moayedi, Enver Gjokaj and Shane Zaza.
Invasion follows an alien invasion through different perspectives around the world. Details regarding the Season 3 storyline and who Sanders and Lange will play are under wraps. The first and second seasons are now streaming globally on Apple TV+.
Produced for Apple TV+ by Boat Rocker, the series is created by Kinberg and Weil, who serve as executive producers alongside Audrey Chon, David Witz, Alik Sakharov, Andrew Baldwin, Dan Dietz and Katie O’Connell Marsh.
- 3/29/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
“True Detective” is back with a bang thanks to an electric fourth entry in the franchise from Issa López, who injects the crime series with darkness, humanity, and intrigue. This fourth edition of the HBO hit follows Jodie Foster as a police chief in the fictional town of Ennis, Alaska. She leads an investigation into the disappearance of eight men from a research station. Seasons two and three of “True Detective” weren’t received as rapturously as the first season, starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, but numerous critics have proclaimed that this fourth entry is as good if not better than season one.
Katie Rife (IGN) opined: “‘True Detective: Night Country’ is the best season of the series since the original. The horror sequences are especially good, and creator Issa López thoughtfully engages with the Alaska location without sacrificing the intrigue of a good detective story.”
Brian Tallerico (Roger Ebert...
Katie Rife (IGN) opined: “‘True Detective: Night Country’ is the best season of the series since the original. The horror sequences are especially good, and creator Issa López thoughtfully engages with the Alaska location without sacrificing the intrigue of a good detective story.”
Brian Tallerico (Roger Ebert...
- 3/27/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Fan-favorite actor Jake Gyllenhaal, once touted for the role of Batman, has opened up about the excitement of portraying the iconic Dark Knight. It’s unlikely to happen any time soon, but his comments on this particular character hint at his possible future in the DC universe.
Jake Gyllenhaal in Prisoners
For many fans, Gyllenhaal has long been the top choice to don the mantle of the Caped Crusader. Now, as the Road House star himself expressed his interest of playing such an iconic role, in acknowledgment of his legacy, fans are hopeful and excited to see him play that character in the foreseeable future.
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Currently, Robert Pattinson is playing the Elseworlds Batman, and Michael Keaton could likely return in a brief cameo in the Dcu.
Jake Gyllenhaal in Prisoners
For many fans, Gyllenhaal has long been the top choice to don the mantle of the Caped Crusader. Now, as the Road House star himself expressed his interest of playing such an iconic role, in acknowledgment of his legacy, fans are hopeful and excited to see him play that character in the foreseeable future.
Suggested“Anybody feels they can be an actor nowadays”: Jake Gyllenhaal’s Cold Words While Promoting ‘Life’ Has Fans Naming Him as Rebecca Ferguson’s Offender
Currently, Robert Pattinson is playing the Elseworlds Batman, and Michael Keaton could likely return in a brief cameo in the Dcu.
- 3/19/2024
- by Prantik Prabal Roy
- FandomWire
Christopher Nolan has already unlocked a big achievement in his career by winning his first Academy Award on Sunday night. By winning his award in the Best Director category for his work in Oppenheimer (2023), he has solidified his position in the filmmaking world yet again. Given this significant achievement, many would think that he might just be busy celebrating the feat but he seems already back in action.
Christopher Nolan on Wednesday’s ‘Late Show
According to a recent report, Nolan seems to have indulged himself in a new project, which is creating quite a buzz on the Internet, given that it’s only been a day after his first Oscar win.
Christopher Nolan is Reportedly Working on a New Project Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer
The 53-year-old filmmaker is already a renowned personality in the cinematic world due to his impeccable projects such as Memento, The Dark Knight trilogy, and Inception.
Christopher Nolan on Wednesday’s ‘Late Show
According to a recent report, Nolan seems to have indulged himself in a new project, which is creating quite a buzz on the Internet, given that it’s only been a day after his first Oscar win.
Christopher Nolan is Reportedly Working on a New Project Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer
The 53-year-old filmmaker is already a renowned personality in the cinematic world due to his impeccable projects such as Memento, The Dark Knight trilogy, and Inception.
- 3/13/2024
- by Priya Sharma
- FandomWire
An upcoming Netflix/BBC limited series about real-life tragedy has added some well-known stars to its cast.
According to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, Patrick J. Adams, Merritt Wever, and Connor Swindells are the latest actors to join the cast of Lockerbie.
The six-part series will center around the December 1988 terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 from Frankfurt to Detroit.
The flight was bombed 38 minutes after take-off, exploding over Lockerbie, Scotland, and killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members.
“It was the worst-ever terror attack on British soil and the first major one on U.S. citizens,” Netflix and the BBC explained in a press release.
The outlets went on to reveal that the series will center around the attack and the ensuing investigation, a collaborative effort between American and Scottish intelligence agencies.
“The six-part series is based on the real events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the joint Scottish-u.
According to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, Patrick J. Adams, Merritt Wever, and Connor Swindells are the latest actors to join the cast of Lockerbie.
The six-part series will center around the December 1988 terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 from Frankfurt to Detroit.
The flight was bombed 38 minutes after take-off, exploding over Lockerbie, Scotland, and killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members.
“It was the worst-ever terror attack on British soil and the first major one on U.S. citizens,” Netflix and the BBC explained in a press release.
The outlets went on to reveal that the series will center around the attack and the ensuing investigation, a collaborative effort between American and Scottish intelligence agencies.
“The six-part series is based on the real events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the joint Scottish-u.
- 3/5/2024
- by Tyler Johnson
- TVfanatic
Suits’ Patrick J. Adams and Unbelievable’s Merritt Wever are confirmed to star in BBC and Netflix’s Lockerbie series. Filming is now underway in Scotland on the six-episode series based on the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight.
Connor Swindells (Sas Rogue Heroes), Peter Mullan (Ozark), Tony Curran (Mary & George), Eddie Marsan (Ridley Road), Lauren Lyle (Vigil), Andrew Rothney (The Undeclared War), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey), Parker Sawyers (Spy/Master), James Harkness (The Sixth Commandment), Khalid Laith (Cobra), and Amanda Drew (Wolf) were also just announced as starring in the drama.
“On 21 December 1988, flight Pan Am 103 was en route from Heathrow to JFK when a bomb exploded in its hold over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people, including 43 British citizens and 190 Americans. It was the worst-ever terror attack on British soil and the first major one on US citizens,” reads BBC and Netflix’s synopsis. “Lockerbie will focus...
Connor Swindells (Sas Rogue Heroes), Peter Mullan (Ozark), Tony Curran (Mary & George), Eddie Marsan (Ridley Road), Lauren Lyle (Vigil), Andrew Rothney (The Undeclared War), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey), Parker Sawyers (Spy/Master), James Harkness (The Sixth Commandment), Khalid Laith (Cobra), and Amanda Drew (Wolf) were also just announced as starring in the drama.
“On 21 December 1988, flight Pan Am 103 was en route from Heathrow to JFK when a bomb exploded in its hold over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people, including 43 British citizens and 190 Americans. It was the worst-ever terror attack on British soil and the first major one on US citizens,” reads BBC and Netflix’s synopsis. “Lockerbie will focus...
- 3/5/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Suits star Patrick J. Adams, Connor Swindells (Sex Education, Sas Rogue Heroes), Merritt Wever (Unbelievable, Godless) and Eddie Marsan (Ridley Road, The Pact) are part of the the cast of the upcoming six-episode series Lockerbie, about the December 1988 terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103, for the BBC and Netflix.
Further castmembers unveiled Tuesday include Peter Mullan (Ozark, Payback), Tony Curran (Mary & George, Mayflies), Lauren Lyle (Karen Pirie, Vigil), Andrew Rothney (The Undeclared War, Traces), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey, Guilt), Parker Sawyers (Spy/Master, P-Valley), James Harkness (The Sixth Commandment, The Victim), Khalid Laith (Vigil, Cobra) and Amanda Drew (The Gold, Wolf).
The BBC and Netflix didn’t detail what roles each castmember will play, but said that filming on the show, described as a “factual drama” made by ITV Studios banner World Productions, has begun in Scotland.
“The six-part series is based on the real events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the joint Scottish-u.
Further castmembers unveiled Tuesday include Peter Mullan (Ozark, Payback), Tony Curran (Mary & George, Mayflies), Lauren Lyle (Karen Pirie, Vigil), Andrew Rothney (The Undeclared War, Traces), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey, Guilt), Parker Sawyers (Spy/Master, P-Valley), James Harkness (The Sixth Commandment, The Victim), Khalid Laith (Vigil, Cobra) and Amanda Drew (The Gold, Wolf).
The BBC and Netflix didn’t detail what roles each castmember will play, but said that filming on the show, described as a “factual drama” made by ITV Studios banner World Productions, has begun in Scotland.
“The six-part series is based on the real events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the joint Scottish-u.
- 3/5/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Upcoming directing and producing projects are expanding Toni Collette’s creative horizons, according to the Australian actress speaking at Qumra this weekend.
She will soon star in A French Pursuit, a comedy feature directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Collette will produce the film through her Vocab Films company, alongside UK producer Christopher Simon’s New Sparta Films.
“Meeting the production team we’re working with in France, casting people – it’s stuff you don’t get to do as an actor, it’s incredibly satisfying,” said Collette, speaking in Doha where she gave a masterclass to emerging filmmakers and attending industry...
She will soon star in A French Pursuit, a comedy feature directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Collette will produce the film through her Vocab Films company, alongside UK producer Christopher Simon’s New Sparta Films.
“Meeting the production team we’re working with in France, casting people – it’s stuff you don’t get to do as an actor, it’s incredibly satisfying,” said Collette, speaking in Doha where she gave a masterclass to emerging filmmakers and attending industry...
- 3/4/2024
- ScreenDaily
Comic book author Brian Michael Bendis has set a first-look deal with Amazon is already developing three TV series under the new pact based on his previous works: “Jinx,” “Murder Inc.” and “Pearl.”
“Jinx” is a crime-ridden love story unfolding on a high stakes treasure hunt, per Amazon’s series description. Our players are: Jinx Alameda, a bounty hunter at the top of her game who’s tired of her grimy life; Goldfish, a charming con man and wanted felon who falls head over heels for Jinx; and Columbia, Goldfish’s loose-cannon partner, who has big criminal dreams. Their paths join when they’re pulled into a search for missing mob money — a payout so big that it lures them away from the familiar streets of Cleveland, into a dangerous, unpredictable misadventure that will change the course of their lives.
“Jinx” is executive produced by Bendis along with showrunners Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon.
“Jinx” is a crime-ridden love story unfolding on a high stakes treasure hunt, per Amazon’s series description. Our players are: Jinx Alameda, a bounty hunter at the top of her game who’s tired of her grimy life; Goldfish, a charming con man and wanted felon who falls head over heels for Jinx; and Columbia, Goldfish’s loose-cannon partner, who has big criminal dreams. Their paths join when they’re pulled into a search for missing mob money — a payout so big that it lures them away from the familiar streets of Cleveland, into a dangerous, unpredictable misadventure that will change the course of their lives.
“Jinx” is executive produced by Bendis along with showrunners Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon.
- 2/27/2024
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Tori Kelly will embrace self-reflection on her fifth album.
On Friday, the pop-r&b singer released the introspective single “High Water,” as she announced her fifth album, Tori. It’s her first album under her record deal with Epic, and it’s out April 5.
The new song was written after she faced a health emergency as she was releasing her EP Tori (Yes, similar name to the album) in July last year. “My hope is that [‘high water’] will uplift others in whatever they might be going through and encourage them to keep going,...
On Friday, the pop-r&b singer released the introspective single “High Water,” as she announced her fifth album, Tori. It’s her first album under her record deal with Epic, and it’s out April 5.
The new song was written after she faced a health emergency as she was releasing her EP Tori (Yes, similar name to the album) in July last year. “My hope is that [‘high water’] will uplift others in whatever they might be going through and encourage them to keep going,...
- 2/9/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
The reviews – or at least one of them – are in for Taylor Swift’s upcoming album The Tortured Poets Department, though the critic might be just a little biased.
“I have heard some of it,” said Kansas City Chiefs tight end (and Swift’s boyfriend) Travis Kelce at the pre-Super Bowl press event in Las Vegas last night. “It is unbelievable. I can’t wait for her to shake up the world when it finally drops.”
Kelce was not in the audience when Swift won her fourth Album of the Year Grammy Award Sunday night, but he did watch from afar.
“I was fortunate enough that we landed right in Las Vegas just in time for me to turn on my phone and catch her winning her 13th award and announcing the new album,” Kelce said at the presser. “And then obviously the big one at the end, winning Album...
“I have heard some of it,” said Kansas City Chiefs tight end (and Swift’s boyfriend) Travis Kelce at the pre-Super Bowl press event in Las Vegas last night. “It is unbelievable. I can’t wait for her to shake up the world when it finally drops.”
Kelce was not in the audience when Swift won her fourth Album of the Year Grammy Award Sunday night, but he did watch from afar.
“I was fortunate enough that we landed right in Las Vegas just in time for me to turn on my phone and catch her winning her 13th award and announcing the new album,” Kelce said at the presser. “And then obviously the big one at the end, winning Album...
- 2/6/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
This article addresses the real life events behind American Nightmare and Unbelievable.
A young woman is assaulted by a brazen home invader. The police don’t believe the crime occurred and accuse the woman of lying for attention. Later on, the home invader strikes again, confirming that the story was true all along.
The above summary describes the real life experience of Denise Huskins as recounted in Netflix’s latest docuseries, American Nightmare. In 2015, Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn were attacked and drugged in their home by an intruder. Denise would then be kidnapped by the masked man, raped by him twice, and released back home to a world where police just couldn’t buy her version of events, true as they were.
It just so happens that the above summary also describes 2019 Netflix miniseries Unbelievable. And that’s why it needs to be added to your queue the...
A young woman is assaulted by a brazen home invader. The police don’t believe the crime occurred and accuse the woman of lying for attention. Later on, the home invader strikes again, confirming that the story was true all along.
The above summary describes the real life experience of Denise Huskins as recounted in Netflix’s latest docuseries, American Nightmare. In 2015, Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn were attacked and drugged in their home by an intruder. Denise would then be kidnapped by the masked man, raped by him twice, and released back home to a world where police just couldn’t buy her version of events, true as they were.
It just so happens that the above summary also describes 2019 Netflix miniseries Unbelievable. And that’s why it needs to be added to your queue the...
- 1/23/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick) has joined HBO’s breakout hit The Last of Us. She is one three major cast additions for the upcoming second season of the post-apocalyptic drama, based on the video game of the same name developed by Naughty Dog for PlayStation. Dever will play the most prominent new Season 2 character, Abby, joining series’ stars Pedro Pascal, who plays Joel, and Bella Ramsey, who is Ellie.
When it was revealed that The Last of Us‘ second season will be based on the 2020 The Last of Us Part II, fans’ attention immediately focused on Abby, one of the game’s two playable central characters alongside Ellie.
Dever’s name emerged as the frontrunner for the role soon after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike in November. She eventually closed a deal with HBO, which is co-producing the series with Sony Pictures Television.
Dever’s Abby is a skilled soldier...
When it was revealed that The Last of Us‘ second season will be based on the 2020 The Last of Us Part II, fans’ attention immediately focused on Abby, one of the game’s two playable central characters alongside Ellie.
Dever’s name emerged as the frontrunner for the role soon after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike in November. She eventually closed a deal with HBO, which is co-producing the series with Sony Pictures Television.
Dever’s Abby is a skilled soldier...
- 1/9/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Last of Us” Season 2 has officially cast Kaitlyn Dever, Variety has learned.
Dever joins the hit HBO show in the role of Abby, who is described as “a skilled soldier whose black-and-white view of the world is challenged as she seeks vengeance for those she loved.”
“Our casting process for season two has been identical to season one: we look for world-class actors who embody the souls of the characters in the source material,” said series co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. “Nothing matters more than talent, and we’re thrilled to have an acclaimed performer like Kaitlyn join Pedro, Bella and the rest of our family.”
Dever’s past TV credits include shows like “Last Man Standing,” “Justified,””Unbelievable,” and “Dopesick.” On the film side, she has starred in features such as “Booksmart,” “Rosaline,” “Next Goal Wins,” and “No One Will Save You,” the last of which she also executive produced.
Dever joins the hit HBO show in the role of Abby, who is described as “a skilled soldier whose black-and-white view of the world is challenged as she seeks vengeance for those she loved.”
“Our casting process for season two has been identical to season one: we look for world-class actors who embody the souls of the characters in the source material,” said series co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. “Nothing matters more than talent, and we’re thrilled to have an acclaimed performer like Kaitlyn join Pedro, Bella and the rest of our family.”
Dever’s past TV credits include shows like “Last Man Standing,” “Justified,””Unbelievable,” and “Dopesick.” On the film side, she has starred in features such as “Booksmart,” “Rosaline,” “Next Goal Wins,” and “No One Will Save You,” the last of which she also executive produced.
- 1/9/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
“The Last of Us” Season 2 has found its Abby.
The fan-favorite character, a conflicted soldier embroiled in conflict between her own post-apocalyptic militia and a religious cult, will be played by Kaitlyn Dever. Production is set to begin in February, with filming on the critically revered and Daytime Emmy-winning show previously postponed due to the since-ended strikes.
In Naughty Dog’s “The Last of Us Part II,” released for PlayStation 4 in January 2020, Abby is as much a co-lead of the game as the original’s star, Ellie (played by Bella Ramsey in the series). Throughout the game, players alternate between Ellie and Abby’s points of view in fighting off humans infected by Cordyceps as well as their fellow survivors left in the United States. “Part II” takes players from rural Wyoming to a dystopian Seattle.
No spoilers, but the sequel game finds Ellie and Abby on a collision course...
The fan-favorite character, a conflicted soldier embroiled in conflict between her own post-apocalyptic militia and a religious cult, will be played by Kaitlyn Dever. Production is set to begin in February, with filming on the critically revered and Daytime Emmy-winning show previously postponed due to the since-ended strikes.
In Naughty Dog’s “The Last of Us Part II,” released for PlayStation 4 in January 2020, Abby is as much a co-lead of the game as the original’s star, Ellie (played by Bella Ramsey in the series). Throughout the game, players alternate between Ellie and Abby’s points of view in fighting off humans infected by Cordyceps as well as their fellow survivors left in the United States. “Part II” takes players from rural Wyoming to a dystopian Seattle.
No spoilers, but the sequel game finds Ellie and Abby on a collision course...
- 1/9/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Now The Last of Us fans have a face to put to a very important name.
Kaitlyn Dever has been cast as Abby in Season 2 of the HBO drama, TVLine has learned.
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Per the character’s official description, Abby is “a skilled soldier whose black-and-white view of the world...
Kaitlyn Dever has been cast as Abby in Season 2 of the HBO drama, TVLine has learned.
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Per the character’s official description, Abby is “a skilled soldier whose black-and-white view of the world...
- 1/9/2024
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
As she nears the end of her run in Broadway’s Sweeney Todd, Annaleigh Ashford has nabbed another bloody good gig.
The B Positive star will lead Happy Face, a Paramount+ drama about the daughter of a convicted serial killer. The series is based on the true story of Melissa Moore, who was 15 when she learned her father was a murderer known as “Happy Face.” Moore chronicled her story in the autobiography Shattered Silence and iHeartPodcasts’ Happy Face podcast.
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The B Positive star will lead Happy Face, a Paramount+ drama about the daughter of a convicted serial killer. The series is based on the true story of Melissa Moore, who was 15 when she learned her father was a murderer known as “Happy Face.” Moore chronicled her story in the autobiography Shattered Silence and iHeartPodcasts’ Happy Face podcast.
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- 1/8/2024
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Prepare for a wild ride into the world of eccentric creations with “The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd.” In its upcoming episode, “Outlandish Inventions,” airing at 10:03 Pm on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, on History, viewers are in for a treat as the show delves into the realm of unconventional and sometimes downright bizarre inventions.
Dan Aykroyd, the charismatic host, takes the audience on a journey through history’s most outlandish inventions. From a full-body gas mask for babies to the whimsical concept of Smell-o-Vision, the episode explores the ingenuity, or perhaps the absurdity, behind these creations. Get ready to be entertained by a robot powered by eating slugs, inflatable airplanes, and even hidden cameras embedded in contact lenses.
“The UnBelievable” promises an amusing and insightful look at the lengths people have gone to bring their imaginative ideas to life. Join Aykroyd as he unravels the stories behind these inventions, leaving viewers amused,...
Dan Aykroyd, the charismatic host, takes the audience on a journey through history’s most outlandish inventions. From a full-body gas mask for babies to the whimsical concept of Smell-o-Vision, the episode explores the ingenuity, or perhaps the absurdity, behind these creations. Get ready to be entertained by a robot powered by eating slugs, inflatable airplanes, and even hidden cameras embedded in contact lenses.
“The UnBelievable” promises an amusing and insightful look at the lengths people have gone to bring their imaginative ideas to life. Join Aykroyd as he unravels the stories behind these inventions, leaving viewers amused,...
- 12/26/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Netflix is boosting its Australian slate with a limited drama series titled Apple Cider Vinegar, which tells the story of a notorious scam in the health and wellness industry. Produced with Australia’s See-Saw Films and Picking Scabs, the show will be directed by Jeffrey Walker (The Artful Dodger, Modern Family) and co-star star Kaitlyn Dever, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Aisha Dee.
The series is created by award-winning Australian writer Samantha Strauss (Nine Perfect Strangers), who is scripting the show with Anya Beyersdorf and Angela Betzien.
The series is inspired by the real-life story of disgraced Australian wellness influencer Belle Gibson, who built a massive social media following by claiming that she was successfully overcoming a terminal brain cancer diagnosis via healthy eating and other wellness remedies.
Netflix’s summary for the project reads: “Apple Cider Vinegar takes place at the birth of social media and follows two young Women – Belle...
The series is created by award-winning Australian writer Samantha Strauss (Nine Perfect Strangers), who is scripting the show with Anya Beyersdorf and Angela Betzien.
The series is inspired by the real-life story of disgraced Australian wellness influencer Belle Gibson, who built a massive social media following by claiming that she was successfully overcoming a terminal brain cancer diagnosis via healthy eating and other wellness remedies.
Netflix’s summary for the project reads: “Apple Cider Vinegar takes place at the birth of social media and follows two young Women – Belle...
- 12/14/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
My Brilliant Friend executive producer Jennifer Schuur is staying at HBO.
Schuur has renewed her overall deal with the premium cable outlet, which has been her home since 2019. The renewed deal will run through the end of 2024, during which time she’ll continue to develop and produce projects for HBO.
“I deeply value my relationships with the people at HBO who support artists, as well as programming that has made us all think, feel, and want more for decades,” Schuur said in a statement. “I feel very lucky to be at HBO and I cannot wait to see what this next chapter has in store for all of us.”
In addition to My Brilliant Friend, which will wrap after its upcoming fourth season, Schuur was co-showrunner and an executive producer of HBO’s revival of In Treatment in 2021. She is currently adapting Valentine, Elizabeth Wetmore’s best-selling novel about a...
Schuur has renewed her overall deal with the premium cable outlet, which has been her home since 2019. The renewed deal will run through the end of 2024, during which time she’ll continue to develop and produce projects for HBO.
“I deeply value my relationships with the people at HBO who support artists, as well as programming that has made us all think, feel, and want more for decades,” Schuur said in a statement. “I feel very lucky to be at HBO and I cannot wait to see what this next chapter has in store for all of us.”
In addition to My Brilliant Friend, which will wrap after its upcoming fourth season, Schuur was co-showrunner and an executive producer of HBO’s revival of In Treatment in 2021. She is currently adapting Valentine, Elizabeth Wetmore’s best-selling novel about a...
- 12/13/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The first Floodlight Summit will take place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 in Cartagena, Colombia. The event, curated and organized by Philippa Kowarsky and Alesia Weston, is a one-of-a-kind pilot for a long-term alliance that seeks to connect investigative journalists and their reporting with the film and television industry.
The event has been established by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (Occrp) and the Gabo Foundation as part of both institutions’ public interest focus. It will attempt “to nurture a symbiotic relationship between investigative journalism and fiction filmmaking that will result in storytelling that entertains, educates, and inspires,” according to a press statement. “Investigative journalists can help adapt their extensive reporting about organized crime and corruption into new formats to reach more audiences while filmmakers can pull from a wealth of content and expertise across subjects to inform their projects.”
Writer-director Rodrigo García, Gabo Foundation board member and son of author Gabriel García Marquez,...
The event has been established by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (Occrp) and the Gabo Foundation as part of both institutions’ public interest focus. It will attempt “to nurture a symbiotic relationship between investigative journalism and fiction filmmaking that will result in storytelling that entertains, educates, and inspires,” according to a press statement. “Investigative journalists can help adapt their extensive reporting about organized crime and corruption into new formats to reach more audiences while filmmakers can pull from a wealth of content and expertise across subjects to inform their projects.”
Writer-director Rodrigo García, Gabo Foundation board member and son of author Gabriel García Marquez,...
- 11/27/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Why isn't every genre fan talking about Brian Duffield? He served as the screenwriter of fan-favorite hits like "The Babysitter," "Underwater," "Love and Monsters," and the new Netflix animated series, "Skull Island." He also made his directorial feature debut with the explosively emotional "Spontaneous," which I will fully admit was my #1 film of 2020. Now, Duffield is back with the alien invasion film "No One Will Save You," featuring "Booksmart," "Rosaline," and "Unbelievable" star, Kaitlyn Dever. The film is yet another homerun for Duffield, but the story differs from his usual snappy dialogue and witty banter, as Dever's character, Brynn, isn't one for talking.
/Films own Ethan Anderton recently had the chance to chat with Duffield about the film and learned what led to a story with minimal dialogue. Turns out, it was kind of an accident. "There's a moment in the movie where Kaitlyn's character goes for help, and it doesn't go well,...
/Films own Ethan Anderton recently had the chance to chat with Duffield about the film and learned what led to a story with minimal dialogue. Turns out, it was kind of an accident. "There's a moment in the movie where Kaitlyn's character goes for help, and it doesn't go well,...
- 9/24/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
The new film No One Will Save You has quite a unique title and a captivating concept to back it up as well. Revolving around Brynn Adams, the quiet young adult in the movie, the film surprises us after turning into an alien invasion plot. The film, which at first seems to be about Brynn’s everyday life in a small town, shows us how she fares in her lonely existence when the others have cast her out. The reason behind her exiled existence isn’t quite clear, but as the story progresses, it becomes clear that it is tied to an incident concerning her friend Maude Collins. Amidst her growing seclusion, the aliens arrive with a mission of their own. The movie focuses primarily on Brynn’s character, played skillfully by Kaitlyn Dever. She is a great actress in the making, having shown her talent with performances in films such as Booksmart,...
- 9/23/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
America has a history of obsession with alien invasions. The myriad fantasies revolving around the aliens’ appearance, their motive for arriving on earth, and even their mode of sexual reproduction all preoccupy people’s minds. As time has passed, this particular preoccupation has subsided, but not entirely. The current preoccupation is with mental health. Healthy living is now a mysterious topic. What exactly is it, and how does one change themselves in order to live a healthy life? Everyone seems to be battling anxiety or trying to resolve past traumas. Where do aliens fit in all of this? No One Will Save You, the new film by writer-director Brian Duffield might just have the answer. It stars Kaitlyn Dever as the protagonist, Brynn Adams, who suffers from social anxiety. She gets the shock of a lifetime when she finds an alien has invaded her secluded home.
Brynn Adams seems to be an old-school girl.
Brynn Adams seems to be an old-school girl.
- 9/22/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
A young woman fights back against an alien invasion in a film that works best when keeping it simple but crashes with a baffling third act
It’s rural America v malevolent alien invaders once again in a film that could be crudely renamed A Quieter Place, an almost wordless thriller that makes John Krasinski’s monster hit seem like an Aaron Sorkin joint in comparison. In No One Will Save You, the lack of dialogue isn’t as embedded within the story – these aliens are not triggered by sound – which often leaves the decision bordering on gimmicky but in its finest stretches, it works best as a challenge, for the writer-director Brian Duffield and especially for its lead Kaitlyn Dever.
The Booksmart star, who also made an indelible impression as a sexual assault survivor in Netflix’s Unbelievable, plays a young woman whose solitary life in a country home...
It’s rural America v malevolent alien invaders once again in a film that could be crudely renamed A Quieter Place, an almost wordless thriller that makes John Krasinski’s monster hit seem like an Aaron Sorkin joint in comparison. In No One Will Save You, the lack of dialogue isn’t as embedded within the story – these aliens are not triggered by sound – which often leaves the decision bordering on gimmicky but in its finest stretches, it works best as a challenge, for the writer-director Brian Duffield and especially for its lead Kaitlyn Dever.
The Booksmart star, who also made an indelible impression as a sexual assault survivor in Netflix’s Unbelievable, plays a young woman whose solitary life in a country home...
- 9/22/2023
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
For the first time since “The United States of Tara,” Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson is heading back to television in a significant capacity with “Lessons in Chemistry.” The Apple TV+ limited series based on the novel of the same name by Bonnie Garmus debuts on October 13.
On Thursday, Apple TV+ released the first official trailer for the new series, which was developed by Lee Eisenberg (“WeCrashed”).
Here’s the logline:
Set in the early 1950s, Lessons in Chemistry follows Elizabeth Zott (played by Larson), whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a patriarchal society. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives — and the men who are suddenly listening — a lot more than recipes.
Watch the trailer here:
Larson leads the cast that includes Lewis Pullman,...
On Thursday, Apple TV+ released the first official trailer for the new series, which was developed by Lee Eisenberg (“WeCrashed”).
Here’s the logline:
Set in the early 1950s, Lessons in Chemistry follows Elizabeth Zott (played by Larson), whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a patriarchal society. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives — and the men who are suddenly listening — a lot more than recipes.
Watch the trailer here:
Larson leads the cast that includes Lewis Pullman,...
- 9/14/2023
- by Caillou Pettis and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Brie Larson has delivered countless phenomenal performances throughout her career, but something tells us we're getting her finest work on Lessons in Chemistry.
Apple TV+ shared the official trailer for the highly-anticipated limited series on Thursday morning, showing Larson as Elizabeth Zott.
Zott is a scientist whose life is upended when, on the cusp of discovering something great, a patriarchal society puts her career on hold.
You can tell from the official trailer that this has a profound effect on Elizabeth because the first half focuses on her trying to make a significant breakthrough.
Hearing that everything you've worked for is being taken away from you must be one of the worst feelings in the world, and just when Elizabeth is trying to bounce back following the controversial decision, she gets quite the offer.
She's offered the job as a host of a TV cooking show, and while she's apprehensive at first,...
Apple TV+ shared the official trailer for the highly-anticipated limited series on Thursday morning, showing Larson as Elizabeth Zott.
Zott is a scientist whose life is upended when, on the cusp of discovering something great, a patriarchal society puts her career on hold.
You can tell from the official trailer that this has a profound effect on Elizabeth because the first half focuses on her trying to make a significant breakthrough.
Hearing that everything you've worked for is being taken away from you must be one of the worst feelings in the world, and just when Elizabeth is trying to bounce back following the controversial decision, she gets quite the offer.
She's offered the job as a host of a TV cooking show, and while she's apprehensive at first,...
- 9/14/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The new trailer for No One Will Save You, from writer/filmmaker Brian Duffield (Spontaneous, Love and Monsters), has arrived this morning ahead of its Hulu premiere on September 22. And it looks absolutely intense.
Starring Kaitlyn Dever, the sci-fi psychological thriller plunges an anxiety-ridden homebody into a nonstop nightmare when aliens invade her home. The trailer teases a variety of alien invaders, including perhaps a few of the human variety, with the scares bolstered by a chillingly effective sound design.
Bloody Disgusting exclusively spoke with Duffield ahead of the trailer’s debut to learn what audiences can expect, from the movie’s tone to the aliens themselves.
“The trailer’s not far off from the movie. It is aggressive and tense, and there are moments of levity, but they’re few and far between. It’s a pretty lean and mean movie,” Duffield tells Bloody Disgusting of how accurately the trailer captures his film.
Starring Kaitlyn Dever, the sci-fi psychological thriller plunges an anxiety-ridden homebody into a nonstop nightmare when aliens invade her home. The trailer teases a variety of alien invaders, including perhaps a few of the human variety, with the scares bolstered by a chillingly effective sound design.
Bloody Disgusting exclusively spoke with Duffield ahead of the trailer’s debut to learn what audiences can expect, from the movie’s tone to the aliens themselves.
“The trailer’s not far off from the movie. It is aggressive and tense, and there are moments of levity, but they’re few and far between. It’s a pretty lean and mean movie,” Duffield tells Bloody Disgusting of how accurately the trailer captures his film.
- 9/5/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Longtime Justified fans nearly got another blast from Raylan Givens’ storied past when watching FX’s City Primeval limited series. (Full Justified: City Primeval spoilers follow!)
To recap that which co-showrunner Michael Dinner shared with TVLine earlier this week: The original intention was to do a straight adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s crime novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, with Detroit police detective Raymond Cruz at the center. But when franchise lead Timothy Olyphant got to mulling a City Primeval series with feature film director Quentin Tarantino, while on the set of Once Upon a time in Hollywood, they...
To recap that which co-showrunner Michael Dinner shared with TVLine earlier this week: The original intention was to do a straight adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s crime novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, with Detroit police detective Raymond Cruz at the center. But when franchise lead Timothy Olyphant got to mulling a City Primeval series with feature film director Quentin Tarantino, while on the set of Once Upon a time in Hollywood, they...
- 8/31/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Editor’s Note: This interview was coordinated with Taffy Brodesser-Akner directly, in accordance with the rules of the Writers Guild of America strike, which began on May 2.
Welcome to It’s a Hit! In this series, IndieWire speaks to creators and showrunners behind a few of our favorite television programs about the moment they realized their show was breaking big.
Creator and showrunner Taffy Brodesser-Akner jokingly compared her FX limited series “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” an adaptation of her own novel, to “The Ring”: “You show it to someone and they have one week to live or they die if they don’t pass it on.”
While her 2019 literary debut — about an NYC doctor losing contact with his assiduous ex-wife and his journalist friend bearing witness to his co-parenting emergency — was a New York Times bestseller, she described its success as more of a slow burn that mirrored how...
Welcome to It’s a Hit! In this series, IndieWire speaks to creators and showrunners behind a few of our favorite television programs about the moment they realized their show was breaking big.
Creator and showrunner Taffy Brodesser-Akner jokingly compared her FX limited series “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” an adaptation of her own novel, to “The Ring”: “You show it to someone and they have one week to live or they die if they don’t pass it on.”
While her 2019 literary debut — about an NYC doctor losing contact with his assiduous ex-wife and his journalist friend bearing witness to his co-parenting emergency — was a New York Times bestseller, she described its success as more of a slow burn that mirrored how...
- 8/22/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Taffy Brodesser-Akner is not going to pretend she wasn’t awake for the Emmy nomination announcement on July 12. “I was sitting there and watching it like a stock ticker,” she says. Brodesser-Akner was rewarded for her attention: The novelist and journalist’s first foray into television, FX/Hulu’s adaptation of her book Fleishman Is in Trouble, is nominated for seven awards, including outstanding limited or anthology series, lead actress for Lizzy Caplan and supporting actress for Claire Danes. Fleishman begins by following the newly single life of Upper East Side hepatologist Toby Fleishman (Jesse Eisenberg) after he and his wife, Rachel (Danes), split up. Over the course of the eight episodes — narrated by Toby’s friend Libby (Caplan) — the audience starts to understand the deep wounds of this relationship and the malaise of early middle age. Brodesser-Akner, having also earned an individual Emmy nominee for writing, spoke to THR...
- 8/16/2023
- by Esther Zuckerman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Seven TV casting directors will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2023 Emmy Awards nominees. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Monday, August 14, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Denton Davidson and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Synopsis: Follows a group of teachers brought together in one of the worst public schools in the country, simply because they love teaching.
Bio: Wendy O’Brien is an Emmy winner for “Abbott Elementary” and is now nominated again for that show and “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Synopsis: Follows a group of teachers brought together in one of the worst public schools in the country, simply because they love teaching.
Bio: Wendy O’Brien is an Emmy winner for “Abbott Elementary” and is now nominated again for that show and “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
- 8/4/2023
- by Chris Beachum and Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Premier Insight and Spurgeon’s College London Launch New Series ‘Spurgeon Sermons: Official Podcast’
Together in partnership with Spurgeon’s College London, Premier Insight has released a new podcast series in honor of renowned 19th Century English preacher and college founder, Charles Spurgeon.
Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Spurgeon (1834-1892) was known for making complex Bible passages and theological ideas accessible to anybody. In 1861, he established the Metropolitan Tabernacle at the Elephant and Castle in London as a large, independent Reformed Baptist church. It was the best attended non-conformist church of its day. The goal of the podcast, Spurgeon Sermons is to not only honor Charles Spurgeon and his legacy, but to also encourage and inspire listeners all around the world.
American pastor Rick Warren hosts each episode, introducing the sermons, which are delivered by the late actor Paul Burbridge. “The teachings of Charles Spurgeon have had a personal impact on my life in a profound way and I’m confident they...
Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Spurgeon (1834-1892) was known for making complex Bible passages and theological ideas accessible to anybody. In 1861, he established the Metropolitan Tabernacle at the Elephant and Castle in London as a large, independent Reformed Baptist church. It was the best attended non-conformist church of its day. The goal of the podcast, Spurgeon Sermons is to not only honor Charles Spurgeon and his legacy, but to also encourage and inspire listeners all around the world.
American pastor Rick Warren hosts each episode, introducing the sermons, which are delivered by the late actor Paul Burbridge. “The teachings of Charles Spurgeon have had a personal impact on my life in a profound way and I’m confident they...
- 7/31/2023
- Podnews.net
Four simultaneous protests occurred in New York City on Friday, the first day of the SAG-AFTRA strike, with Writers Guild, IATSE, local Democratic Socialists of America members and more from other unions joining in on the picket lines and similar protests occurring in Los Angeles.
Amid beating, hot sun and spurts of rain, picketers rallied in front of the Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery Offices near Union Square, Amazon and HBO in Hudson Yards, Paramount in Times Square and NBCUniversal at 30 Rock.
Among the hundreds that walked the New York picket lines Friday were Ted Lasso’s Jason Sudeikis, Survival of the Thickest’s Peppermint and Sagan Chen, Numb3rs’ David Krumholtz, Grounded for Life’s Kevin Corrigan, Severance stars Zach Cherry and Jen Tullock, as well as Runaway’s actors Ariela Barer and Clarissa Thibeaux.
At Netflix/Wbd alone, picketers saw a brief, but early police presence as officers...
Amid beating, hot sun and spurts of rain, picketers rallied in front of the Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery Offices near Union Square, Amazon and HBO in Hudson Yards, Paramount in Times Square and NBCUniversal at 30 Rock.
Among the hundreds that walked the New York picket lines Friday were Ted Lasso’s Jason Sudeikis, Survival of the Thickest’s Peppermint and Sagan Chen, Numb3rs’ David Krumholtz, Grounded for Life’s Kevin Corrigan, Severance stars Zach Cherry and Jen Tullock, as well as Runaway’s actors Ariela Barer and Clarissa Thibeaux.
At Netflix/Wbd alone, picketers saw a brief, but early police presence as officers...
- 7/14/2023
- by Caitlin Huston and Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Daniel Zolghadri (Y2K), Shane Paul McGhie (Poker Face), Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World) and Michael Imperioli (The White Lotus) are attached to star in Last Days of Basic Cable, a new film from renowned, rising director Max Winkler (Flower).
Written by Adam Wilson and Justin Taylor, the indie set toward the end of the 1990s watches as four twenty-somethings navigate romance and life in a small New England college town. Zolghadri will play aspiring writer Aaron, with McGhie as his roommate Jason, Barden as Jason’s girlfriend Jessica, and Imperioli as Bob, a drugged out taxi driver who befriends Aaron.
Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger will produce the film via their Bona Fide Productions banner. No word yet on when production might kick off.
Best known for his starring role in the A24 coming-of-age film Funny Pages, produced by Josh and Benny Safdie,...
Written by Adam Wilson and Justin Taylor, the indie set toward the end of the 1990s watches as four twenty-somethings navigate romance and life in a small New England college town. Zolghadri will play aspiring writer Aaron, with McGhie as his roommate Jason, Barden as Jason’s girlfriend Jessica, and Imperioli as Bob, a drugged out taxi driver who befriends Aaron.
Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger will produce the film via their Bona Fide Productions banner. No word yet on when production might kick off.
Best known for his starring role in the A24 coming-of-age film Funny Pages, produced by Josh and Benny Safdie,...
- 6/14/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Dale Dickey (A Love Song), Margot Bingham (The Walking Dead), Mo Brings Plenty (Yellowstone) and Tosin Morohunfola (Run The World) have been tapped for recurring roles in Taylor Sheridan’s anthology series Lawmen: Bass Reeves (fka Bass Reeves), exec produced by and starring David Oyelowo. Lawmen: Bass Reeves is created for television by Chad Feehan who also serves as showrunner.
The Paramount+ series, which is currently filming in Texas, will bring the legendary lawmen and outlaws of the wild west to life. Reeves, known as the greatest frontier hero in American history, worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded.
Dickey will play Widow Dolliver, an old woman who has seen it all, and who does not waste time suffering fools.
Bingham will play Sara Jumper, a black Seminole Native American whom Bass...
The Paramount+ series, which is currently filming in Texas, will bring the legendary lawmen and outlaws of the wild west to life. Reeves, known as the greatest frontier hero in American history, worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded.
Dickey will play Widow Dolliver, an old woman who has seen it all, and who does not waste time suffering fools.
Bingham will play Sara Jumper, a black Seminole Native American whom Bass...
- 6/6/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Film analysisWhile ‘Dahaad’ places a serial killer before us in the end, the series is also an audit of our systemic prejudice which it suggests is the real killer.TwitterIn Dahaad, whenever her mother brings up marriage talk, Sub-Inspector Anjali Bhaati (Sonakshi Sinha) evades the conversation. Anjali is posted in rural Rajasthan’s Mandawa police station, and it is through her that the Amazon Prime series based on the infamous serial killer Cyanide Mohan unfolds. In a particular scene, when Anjali’s mother lays photographs of prospective grooms before her, she responds with pictures of the female victims of a killer who she is trying to track. This angry outburst comes after three long days of investigating the killer who targets unmarried women from marginalised communities, preying on their vulnerabilities. Anjali fumes at her mother, explaining how such pressure to marry pushes women to leave their homes with the first...
- 5/23/2023
- by AkchayaaR
- The News Minute
Apple TV+ unveiled the first teaser trailer for the upcoming drama series “Lessons in Chemistry,” produced by and starring Academy Award-winner Brie Larson.
Adapted from the fictional, best-selling debut novel by author, science editor and copywriter Bonnie Garmus, the show will debut on the streamer this coming fall.
“You’re one of the smartest people in this lab,” Lewis Pullman’s character says to Larson’s Elizabeth Zott in the beginning of the trailer.
“Lessons in Chemistry” follows the story of Zott (played by Larson), whose dream of being a scientist hits hurdles in a patriarchal society when she becomes pregnant and gets fired from her lab. She accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives – and the men who are suddenly listening – a lot more than recipes.
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Apple Shares First Look at ‘Lessons in Chemistry...
Adapted from the fictional, best-selling debut novel by author, science editor and copywriter Bonnie Garmus, the show will debut on the streamer this coming fall.
“You’re one of the smartest people in this lab,” Lewis Pullman’s character says to Larson’s Elizabeth Zott in the beginning of the trailer.
“Lessons in Chemistry” follows the story of Zott (played by Larson), whose dream of being a scientist hits hurdles in a patriarchal society when she becomes pregnant and gets fired from her lab. She accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives – and the men who are suddenly listening – a lot more than recipes.
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Apple Shares First Look at ‘Lessons in Chemistry...
- 4/20/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Brie Larson is the brilliant Elizabeth Zott in Apple TV+’s highly-anticipated series “Lessons in Chemistry.”
Adapted from Bonnie Garmus’ viral BookTok novel of the same name, “Lessons in Chemistry” stars Larson as Elizabeth, a scientist whose dreams of running a lab are put on hold by a patriarchal 1950s society. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives, and the men who are suddenly listening, a lot more than recipes.
Lewis Pullman, Aja Naomi King, Stephanie Koenig, Kevin Sussman, Patrick Walker, and Thomas Mann also star.
Oscar winner Larson executive produces the series along with Academy Award-nominated Susannah Grant (“Unbelievable”). Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan executive produce for Aggregate Films, which produces the series for Apple Studios. Natalie Sandy executive produces through Piece of Work Entertainment alongside...
Adapted from Bonnie Garmus’ viral BookTok novel of the same name, “Lessons in Chemistry” stars Larson as Elizabeth, a scientist whose dreams of running a lab are put on hold by a patriarchal 1950s society. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives, and the men who are suddenly listening, a lot more than recipes.
Lewis Pullman, Aja Naomi King, Stephanie Koenig, Kevin Sussman, Patrick Walker, and Thomas Mann also star.
Oscar winner Larson executive produces the series along with Academy Award-nominated Susannah Grant (“Unbelievable”). Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan executive produce for Aggregate Films, which produces the series for Apple Studios. Natalie Sandy executive produces through Piece of Work Entertainment alongside...
- 4/20/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
No one is having as much fun as Toni Collette.
The Golden Globe, SAG Award, and Emmy winner leads mob boss comedy “Mafia Mamma” from director Catherine Hardwicke, marking a reunion since their 2015 film “Miss You Already.” A spoof cross between “Under the Tuscan Sun” and “The Godfather” with a dash of an “In Her Shoes” makeover, “Mafia Mamma” puts Collette in the driver’s seat — not that she needed any permission.
“The experience of making it was the most joyous of my career,” Collette told IndieWire during a recent interview. “It was one of the best experiences of my life.”
The script was sent to Collette during the Covid lockdown, and she immediately thought of Hardwicke. “It just made me laugh so much. I just thought, ‘Man, if this can do this for me at this time, I want to bring this to life.’ I had such a special...
The Golden Globe, SAG Award, and Emmy winner leads mob boss comedy “Mafia Mamma” from director Catherine Hardwicke, marking a reunion since their 2015 film “Miss You Already.” A spoof cross between “Under the Tuscan Sun” and “The Godfather” with a dash of an “In Her Shoes” makeover, “Mafia Mamma” puts Collette in the driver’s seat — not that she needed any permission.
“The experience of making it was the most joyous of my career,” Collette told IndieWire during a recent interview. “It was one of the best experiences of my life.”
The script was sent to Collette during the Covid lockdown, and she immediately thought of Hardwicke. “It just made me laugh so much. I just thought, ‘Man, if this can do this for me at this time, I want to bring this to life.’ I had such a special...
- 4/13/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers from “Love,” the finale of the limited series “Tiny Beautiful Things,” now streaming on Hulu.
Hulu’s “Tiny Beautiful Things” ends on a serene note, with a hospital bed in the middle of a horse pasture and a single spoken word: “love.”
The moment is one of the few shared between Kathryn Hahn and Merritt Wever in the limited series, which is based on author Cheryl Strayed’s life and her time writing an advice column called “Dear Sugar.”
Wever plays Frankie, the free-spirited mother of Hahn’s character Clare, who (like Strayed’s mother) dies suddenly of lung cancer at the age of 45. The story primarily takes place in the present day as a grown-up Clare (played by Hahn) grapples with the trauma of having lost her mother, while Wever’s character exists in flashbacks to the 1990s when Clare was in her...
Hulu’s “Tiny Beautiful Things” ends on a serene note, with a hospital bed in the middle of a horse pasture and a single spoken word: “love.”
The moment is one of the few shared between Kathryn Hahn and Merritt Wever in the limited series, which is based on author Cheryl Strayed’s life and her time writing an advice column called “Dear Sugar.”
Wever plays Frankie, the free-spirited mother of Hahn’s character Clare, who (like Strayed’s mother) dies suddenly of lung cancer at the age of 45. The story primarily takes place in the present day as a grown-up Clare (played by Hahn) grapples with the trauma of having lost her mother, while Wever’s character exists in flashbacks to the 1990s when Clare was in her...
- 4/8/2023
- by Hunter Ingram
- Variety Film + TV
Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald are heading to Ireland for the second season of the thriller series The Tourist.
The first season, which aired on the BBC in January 2022, became the most-watched drama of the year in the U.K. and won three Golden Nymphs awards at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
The new six-part thriller, commissioned by the BBC in association with Stan and Zdf, was created and written by Jack and Harry Williams and produced by award-winning Two Brothers Pictures (Baptiste, The Missing, Fleabag) in association with All3Media International. Shooting is set to start this spring.
A year on from their adventure in the Australian Outback, the new series follows Dornan (Belfast, The Fall, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar), who also serves as executive producer, and Macdonald (Unbelievable, Dumplin’, Patti Cake$), who reprise their roles as Elliot and Helen as they travel to Ireland together.
Deciding...
The first season, which aired on the BBC in January 2022, became the most-watched drama of the year in the U.K. and won three Golden Nymphs awards at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
The new six-part thriller, commissioned by the BBC in association with Stan and Zdf, was created and written by Jack and Harry Williams and produced by award-winning Two Brothers Pictures (Baptiste, The Missing, Fleabag) in association with All3Media International. Shooting is set to start this spring.
A year on from their adventure in the Australian Outback, the new series follows Dornan (Belfast, The Fall, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar), who also serves as executive producer, and Macdonald (Unbelievable, Dumplin’, Patti Cake$), who reprise their roles as Elliot and Helen as they travel to Ireland together.
Deciding...
- 2/28/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
HBO’s prestige show of 2023 was almost released in an entirely different way, with a very different cast. The Last of Us was originally planned as an adaptation for film. The known choices for the major roles were different from the critically-acclaimed HBO series that viewers are enjoying now.
This second take on the adventures of protagonists Ellie Williams and Joel Miller — after the original video game — aimed to condense the story into just one film. Elated by the announcement of the upcoming movie, fans came up with a few popular choices for the leads. And they may have been closer to the mark than they realized.
Fans picked Kaitlyn Dever as an early favorite to play Ellie in ‘The Last of Us’
Actor Kaitlyn Dever was one of the top choices that fans of The Last of Us coalesced around after the zombie apocalypse film was announced in 2014. Dever...
This second take on the adventures of protagonists Ellie Williams and Joel Miller — after the original video game — aimed to condense the story into just one film. Elated by the announcement of the upcoming movie, fans came up with a few popular choices for the leads. And they may have been closer to the mark than they realized.
Fans picked Kaitlyn Dever as an early favorite to play Ellie in ‘The Last of Us’
Actor Kaitlyn Dever was one of the top choices that fans of The Last of Us coalesced around after the zombie apocalypse film was announced in 2014. Dever...
- 2/17/2023
- by Agustin Mojica
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dermot Mulroney, Shane Paul McGhie and Kim Coates will be joining Tubi’s actioner “The Getback” alongside the previously-announced Theo Rossi.
Rossi leads the film as Mal Cooper, a bounty hunter who must retrieve a con artist criminal accountant and keep him alive. Upon finding the criminal, the two have to work together to escape cops and mercenaries on a mission to kill them.
Mulroney is joining the film as Chief Joe Milazzo, Cooper’s ex-employer. His credits include “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “August: Osage County,” “Young Guns” and the upcoming horror film “Scream VI.”
McGhie is also part of “The Getback” ensemble, having acted previously with Rossi in the film “American Skin.” McGhie has also worked on “Deputy,” “What Men Want” and “Unbelievable.”
Coates is joining the cast after having played opposite Rossi in “Sons of Anarchy.” Coates is also featured in “Bad Blood,” “Goon,” “Godless” and the upcoming mini-series “White House Plumbers.
Rossi leads the film as Mal Cooper, a bounty hunter who must retrieve a con artist criminal accountant and keep him alive. Upon finding the criminal, the two have to work together to escape cops and mercenaries on a mission to kill them.
Mulroney is joining the film as Chief Joe Milazzo, Cooper’s ex-employer. His credits include “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “August: Osage County,” “Young Guns” and the upcoming horror film “Scream VI.”
McGhie is also part of “The Getback” ensemble, having acted previously with Rossi in the film “American Skin.” McGhie has also worked on “Deputy,” “What Men Want” and “Unbelievable.”
Coates is joining the cast after having played opposite Rossi in “Sons of Anarchy.” Coates is also featured in “Bad Blood,” “Goon,” “Godless” and the upcoming mini-series “White House Plumbers.
- 2/15/2023
- by Julia MacCary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: We hear that Sarah Rothschild, the writer of the Netflix movie Sleepover, will be writing the latest draft of Disney/Imagine/Free Association’s Splash remake.
Deadline first told you about the remake back in 2016 with the 22 Jump Street and Inherent Vice actress attached.
The original Splash in 1984 was a huge hit for Disney at a near 70M stateside, the first of its adult-demo features released at the time under its Touchstone label, and the first major hit for director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer which led to the creation of their Imagine in November 1985. The original starred Tom Hanks and Darryl Hanna as a man and a mermaid, respectively, who fall in love after being reunited years after she saved his life as a boy. Marja-Lewis Ryan wrote an earlier draft of the Splash remake.
Rothschild, an award-winning screenwriter, recently adapted The Love Hypothesis for MRC...
Deadline first told you about the remake back in 2016 with the 22 Jump Street and Inherent Vice actress attached.
The original Splash in 1984 was a huge hit for Disney at a near 70M stateside, the first of its adult-demo features released at the time under its Touchstone label, and the first major hit for director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer which led to the creation of their Imagine in November 1985. The original starred Tom Hanks and Darryl Hanna as a man and a mermaid, respectively, who fall in love after being reunited years after she saved his life as a boy. Marja-Lewis Ryan wrote an earlier draft of the Splash remake.
Rothschild, an award-winning screenwriter, recently adapted The Love Hypothesis for MRC...
- 2/8/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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