Apple TV+ is establishing itself as the main provider of sci-fi series. While its most successful entry in the genre, Severance, is still in post-production, the studio has treated audiences to another incredible story. Dark Matter had all the ingredients for success–- a star-studded cast and the creator of the original bestselling novel as showrunner.
What is Dark Matter About?
A talented physicist who gave up his scientific research for the sake of his family is kidnapped by an unknown person. When Jason comes to his feelings, he sees a crowd of strangers congratulating him on his successful return.
The man realizes that he has found himself in an alternate reality and is now forced to play the role of someone else in order to find his way home.
Dark Matter’s Showrunner is The Original Book Writer (But It Doesn’t Help)
The author, Blake Crouch, who made...
What is Dark Matter About?
A talented physicist who gave up his scientific research for the sake of his family is kidnapped by an unknown person. When Jason comes to his feelings, he sees a crowd of strangers congratulating him on his successful return.
The man realizes that he has found himself in an alternate reality and is now forced to play the role of someone else in order to find his way home.
Dark Matter’s Showrunner is The Original Book Writer (But It Doesn’t Help)
The author, Blake Crouch, who made...
- 5/10/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
Actress Juliette Lewis (“Yellowjackets”) poses for the Warby Parker Summer 2024 eyewear collection, photographed by Paola Kudacki:
Lewis made her film debut in the feature “My Stepmother Is an Alien” (1988). This was followed by bigger parts in “National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation” (1989) and Martin Scorsese's “Cape Fear” (1991), earning her an ‘Oscar’ nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actress’.
Subsequent credits include “Husbands and Wives” (1992), “Kalifornia” (1993), “What's Eating Gilbert Grape” (1993), “Natural Born Killers” (1994), “Strange Days” (1995), and “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1996).
She received an ‘Emmy Award’ nomination for the television film “Hysterical Blindness” (2002), and went on to co-star in the mainstream features “Picture Claire” (2001), “Enough” (2002), “Cold Creek Manor” (2003). “Old School” (2003) and “Starsky & Hutch” (2004).
She started a musical career in 2003, forming the rock band “Juliette and the Licks” and continues to release Since 2009, material as a solo artist.
Her film credits also include “Conviction” (2010), “The Switch” (2010), “August: Osage County” (2013), and “Ma” (2019).
Lewis has worked...
Lewis made her film debut in the feature “My Stepmother Is an Alien” (1988). This was followed by bigger parts in “National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation” (1989) and Martin Scorsese's “Cape Fear” (1991), earning her an ‘Oscar’ nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actress’.
Subsequent credits include “Husbands and Wives” (1992), “Kalifornia” (1993), “What's Eating Gilbert Grape” (1993), “Natural Born Killers” (1994), “Strange Days” (1995), and “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1996).
She received an ‘Emmy Award’ nomination for the television film “Hysterical Blindness” (2002), and went on to co-star in the mainstream features “Picture Claire” (2001), “Enough” (2002), “Cold Creek Manor” (2003). “Old School” (2003) and “Starsky & Hutch” (2004).
She started a musical career in 2003, forming the rock band “Juliette and the Licks” and continues to release Since 2009, material as a solo artist.
Her film credits also include “Conviction” (2010), “The Switch” (2010), “August: Osage County” (2013), and “Ma” (2019).
Lewis has worked...
- 5/8/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
10. Altered Carbon (2018–2020) Fell Flat After S1
For all the cyberpunk connoisseurs, Altered Carbon was a breath of fresh air. A phenomenal setting, compelling characters, and engaging mystery — it had it all. The hype for Season 2 was real, but halfway through, the showrunner changed… Let’s just say that very few people even finished watching the new series.
9. Heroes (2006–2010) Was Gone for Good After S1
When Heroes Season 1 premiered in 2006, it became an instant nationwide cultural phenomenon. Everyone and their grandma were talking about it non-stop, and it felt like the new TV show was there to stay. Indeed, it stayed around for three more seasons, but those were so terrible the audience decided to ignore their existence.
8. Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017) Lost Its Essence After S1
Sleepy Hollow Season 1 got all the creepy fairy tale/legend fans excited. Unfortunately, after hyping the audience up, the show changed a showrunner and went into oblivion.
For all the cyberpunk connoisseurs, Altered Carbon was a breath of fresh air. A phenomenal setting, compelling characters, and engaging mystery — it had it all. The hype for Season 2 was real, but halfway through, the showrunner changed… Let’s just say that very few people even finished watching the new series.
9. Heroes (2006–2010) Was Gone for Good After S1
When Heroes Season 1 premiered in 2006, it became an instant nationwide cultural phenomenon. Everyone and their grandma were talking about it non-stop, and it felt like the new TV show was there to stay. Indeed, it stayed around for three more seasons, but those were so terrible the audience decided to ignore their existence.
8. Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017) Lost Its Essence After S1
Sleepy Hollow Season 1 got all the creepy fairy tale/legend fans excited. Unfortunately, after hyping the audience up, the show changed a showrunner and went into oblivion.
- 4/23/2024
- by dean-black@startefacts.com (Dean Black)
- STartefacts.com
Exclusive: Searchlight has set five more for major roles in its Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet: Boyd Holbrook (The Bikeriders), Scoot McNairy (Argo), Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Will Harrison (Daisy Jones & The Six) and Charlie Tahan (Ozark).
Character details are under wraps. Pic is now in production in New Jersey.
Other new additions include P.J. Byrne (Babylon), Eli Brown (Gossip Girl), Nick Pupo (Halt and Catch Fire), Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Eric Berryman (Atlanta), David Alan Basche (Egg), Joe Tippett (Monarch) and James Austin Johnson (Saturday Night Live).
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation...
Character details are under wraps. Pic is now in production in New Jersey.
Other new additions include P.J. Byrne (Babylon), Eli Brown (Gossip Girl), Nick Pupo (Halt and Catch Fire), Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Eric Berryman (Atlanta), David Alan Basche (Egg), Joe Tippett (Monarch) and James Austin Johnson (Saturday Night Live).
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation...
- 3/25/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Shirley is a biographical movie about the life of Shirley Chisholm movie written and directed by John Ridley starring Regina King.
A schoolteacher, elected to Congress. It was the early 70s, and Shirley Chisholm was also the first African American woman to run for the Presidency of the United States. A woman who ran without any backing, representing the members of the working class, the minorities.
A movie filled with hope, faith, and feminism.
Indeed, more than a racial candidacy, Shirley Chisholm based her campaign on gender politics and minorities, paving the way for a hopeful future.
A film about faith, but above all about clear-cut American politics.
About the movie
Faith, hope, and a lot of political film of good ideas, faith, hope, and political consciousness. A movie with its good ideas well defined (we don’t deny them at any moment) and does everything possible to assert its thesis.
A schoolteacher, elected to Congress. It was the early 70s, and Shirley Chisholm was also the first African American woman to run for the Presidency of the United States. A woman who ran without any backing, representing the members of the working class, the minorities.
A movie filled with hope, faith, and feminism.
Indeed, more than a racial candidacy, Shirley Chisholm based her campaign on gender politics and minorities, paving the way for a hopeful future.
A film about faith, but above all about clear-cut American politics.
About the movie
Faith, hope, and a lot of political film of good ideas, faith, hope, and political consciousness. A movie with its good ideas well defined (we don’t deny them at any moment) and does everything possible to assert its thesis.
- 3/22/2024
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
James “Rhodey” Rhodes is a central character in the MCU—having appeared in eight films to date. The character has also featured in the miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and is poised to be the main focus in Armor Wars, which is in production now. And Don Cheadle is all set to wield the suit of War Machine.
Don Cheadle as James Rhodes in a still from The Falcon And The Winter Soldier
Terrence Howard was supposed to keep playing War Machine in the Marvel movies, but he got replaced by Cheadle in Iron Man 2. It was partly due to decrease in pay. The actor didn’t get along well with Robert Downey Jr., which also added to the tension.
Suggested“This is objectively meaner than anything Scorsese has said”: Robert Downey Jr. ‘Trashing’ Iron Man Yet Again After BAFTA Win Upsets Fans Terrence Howard’s...
Don Cheadle as James Rhodes in a still from The Falcon And The Winter Soldier
Terrence Howard was supposed to keep playing War Machine in the Marvel movies, but he got replaced by Cheadle in Iron Man 2. It was partly due to decrease in pay. The actor didn’t get along well with Robert Downey Jr., which also added to the tension.
Suggested“This is objectively meaner than anything Scorsese has said”: Robert Downey Jr. ‘Trashing’ Iron Man Yet Again After BAFTA Win Upsets Fans Terrence Howard’s...
- 2/19/2024
- by Shreya Jha
- FandomWire
In 2015, Fox debuted a science-fiction mystery series called "Wayward Pines" starring Matt Dillon as U.S. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke who is sent to investigate the mysterious disappearance of two fellow agents in a small town in Idaho. After getting in a car accident, he awakens to discover he cannot leave Wayward Pines, nor can he contact anyone outside of the town. He quickly learns that one of the missing agents is dead, while the other, his ex-partner Kate (Carla Gugino) has simply settled down and started a new life in the town.
If that wasn't odd enough, Wayward Pines is boxed in by an electric fence and run by Sheriff Arnold Pope (Terrence Howard), who punishes any attempts to flee the city with a public execution known as a "reckoning." If this sounds like David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" by way of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," you're not far off.
If that wasn't odd enough, Wayward Pines is boxed in by an electric fence and run by Sheriff Arnold Pope (Terrence Howard), who punishes any attempts to flee the city with a public execution known as a "reckoning." If this sounds like David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" by way of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," you're not far off.
- 2/16/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Fresh off the well received wrestling drama The Iron Claw and soon to be seen in the comedy Ricky Stanicky, Zac Efron has now signed on to star in the thriller Famous for director Jody Hill – and he’ll be playing dual roles in the film, which is based on a novel by Blake Crouch!
Scripted by Chad Hodge, who created the short-lived, Crouch-inspired TV series Wayward Pines back in 2015, Famous has the following synopsis: Lance Dunkquist has one asset that’s about to change his life – he has the face of a movie star. And not just any movie star – Lance is the spitting image of a Hollywood icon, James Jansen. Lance is about to travel to Los Angeles to make his dream come true. Lance is going to be famous, no matter what it takes… The film aims to be a “provocative and highly entertaining Los Angeles-set thriller...
Scripted by Chad Hodge, who created the short-lived, Crouch-inspired TV series Wayward Pines back in 2015, Famous has the following synopsis: Lance Dunkquist has one asset that’s about to change his life – he has the face of a movie star. And not just any movie star – Lance is the spitting image of a Hollywood icon, James Jansen. Lance is about to travel to Los Angeles to make his dream come true. Lance is going to be famous, no matter what it takes… The film aims to be a “provocative and highly entertaining Los Angeles-set thriller...
- 2/8/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Here is another hot package set to hit the European Film Market next week as Deadline is hearing Zac Efron is attached to star in Famous with Jody Hill directing and Sam Esmail producing. Black Bear will introduce Famous to international buyers at the upcoming EFM with with CAA Media Finance and WME Independent representing the U.S. rights.
Efron will star in dual roles, playing both overzealous fan, Lance Dunkquist, and Hollywood heartthrob, James Jansen. The film is based on the acclaimed novel by New York Times bestselling author Blake Crouch and is adapted for the screen by Chad Hodge, who also adapted Crouch’s Wayward Pines trilogy into a series. Esmail will produce along with his producing partner Chad Hamilton through their Esmail Corp. banner. Esmail Corp.’s Nick Krishnamurthy will also exec produce.
The story follows Lance Dunkquist, who has one asset that’s about to...
Efron will star in dual roles, playing both overzealous fan, Lance Dunkquist, and Hollywood heartthrob, James Jansen. The film is based on the acclaimed novel by New York Times bestselling author Blake Crouch and is adapted for the screen by Chad Hodge, who also adapted Crouch’s Wayward Pines trilogy into a series. Esmail will produce along with his producing partner Chad Hamilton through their Esmail Corp. banner. Esmail Corp.’s Nick Krishnamurthy will also exec produce.
The story follows Lance Dunkquist, who has one asset that’s about to...
- 2/8/2024
- by Justin Kroll and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Samantha Bee is joining director Nazrin Choudhury and producer Sara McFarlane as Executive Producer on the film campaign for the Oscar-qualifying short film Red, White and Blue, which stars Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect).
Per the official synopsis, Red, White and Blue tells the moving story of Rachel, a single parent in a precarious position forced to cross state lines in search of a necessary abortion. As we learn more about Rachel and the series of events that led to this journey, we learn a heartbreaking truth which means her life will never be the same again.
Snow stars as Rachel, alongside Juliet Donenfeld (Better Call Saul). The short qualified to be considered for the 2024 Academy Awards after winning the Grand Jury Award for Best Live Action Short at Edmonton International Film Festival. The film also won the Industry Choice Award at Dances With Films: NY.
Red, White and Blue is written,...
Per the official synopsis, Red, White and Blue tells the moving story of Rachel, a single parent in a precarious position forced to cross state lines in search of a necessary abortion. As we learn more about Rachel and the series of events that led to this journey, we learn a heartbreaking truth which means her life will never be the same again.
Snow stars as Rachel, alongside Juliet Donenfeld (Better Call Saul). The short qualified to be considered for the 2024 Academy Awards after winning the Grand Jury Award for Best Live Action Short at Edmonton International Film Festival. The film also won the Industry Choice Award at Dances With Films: NY.
Red, White and Blue is written,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The hotly-anticipated Saw X arrives in theaters on September 29, and Bloody Disgusting is excited to announce that Saw X – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is also on the way.
Featuring original music by Saw mainstay Charlie Clouser, Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack digitally on September 29, and we’ve got the first single for you today.
You can listen to “Blood Board” below, available Digitally on September 22!
Clouser, who built upon his already iconic reputation as a musician (Nine Inch Nails), and producer, as the composer of the first Saw films, returns with a crushing musical backdrop to the latest installment of the extreme franchise.
Lakeshore previews, “The score is unusually multi-faceted with Clouser providing warmer, more benevolent themes corresponding with John Kramer’s journey from his past.”
Looking for a Halloween costume this year? Pick up the Billy mask now!
Clouser tells us, “My score for Saw X goes to...
Featuring original music by Saw mainstay Charlie Clouser, Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack digitally on September 29, and we’ve got the first single for you today.
You can listen to “Blood Board” below, available Digitally on September 22!
Clouser, who built upon his already iconic reputation as a musician (Nine Inch Nails), and producer, as the composer of the first Saw films, returns with a crushing musical backdrop to the latest installment of the extreme franchise.
Lakeshore previews, “The score is unusually multi-faceted with Clouser providing warmer, more benevolent themes corresponding with John Kramer’s journey from his past.”
Looking for a Halloween costume this year? Pick up the Billy mask now!
Clouser tells us, “My score for Saw X goes to...
- 9/21/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Greta Jiehan Lee is an American actress who is primarily known for her distinct role starring as Maxine in the Netflix comedy/drama television series Russian Doll and for her role as Stella Bak in the second season of the Apple TV drama series The Morning Show. Earlier this year, she went on to gain even broader recognition for her captivating role as Nora in the romance/drama film Past Lives.
Greta Lee Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Lee was born on March 7, 1983 (Greta Lee age: 40) in Los Angeles, California. Her parents both originally from Korea. She has one sister, Sharon Lee.
While studying at Harvard-Westlake School, Lee discovered her passion for the performing arts. After graduating from high school, Lee attended Northwestern University, where she studied communication and theater. She then relocated to New York City in order to pursue her acting career.
Greta Lee Biography: Career
In...
Greta Lee Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Lee was born on March 7, 1983 (Greta Lee age: 40) in Los Angeles, California. Her parents both originally from Korea. She has one sister, Sharon Lee.
While studying at Harvard-Westlake School, Lee discovered her passion for the performing arts. After graduating from high school, Lee attended Northwestern University, where she studied communication and theater. She then relocated to New York City in order to pursue her acting career.
Greta Lee Biography: Career
In...
- 8/9/2023
- by Trevor Hanuka
- Uinterview
Exclusive: Madison Iseman (Jumanji franchise), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), Antonia Desplat (Shantaram) and Charlie Tahan (Ozark) have signed on to star alongside Stranger Things‘ Jamie Campbell Bower in Chuck Russell’s remake of the ’80s supernatural horror Witchboard, which is now in production in Montreal.
The new film watches as recovering drug addict Emily (Iseman), her fiancé Christian (Dominguez) and a group of their friends open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. A darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once used to summon spirits, with Christian then seeking help for Emily from occult expert Alexander Babtiste. Babtiste, however, has secrets of his own, knowing the fateful bloodlines that binds them all to the Witchboard. A modern coven of White Witches, a masked ball at Babtiste’s mansion, and the legacy of Naga Soth, the Queen of Witches,...
The new film watches as recovering drug addict Emily (Iseman), her fiancé Christian (Dominguez) and a group of their friends open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. A darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once used to summon spirits, with Christian then seeking help for Emily from occult expert Alexander Babtiste. Babtiste, however, has secrets of his own, knowing the fateful bloodlines that binds them all to the Witchboard. A modern coven of White Witches, a masked ball at Babtiste’s mansion, and the legacy of Naga Soth, the Queen of Witches,...
- 5/1/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A new report reveals major turmoil inside Lumon Industries.
According to Puck News, Season 2 of Apple TV+’s Emmy-nominated drama Severance is facing significant delays in the wake of a falling out between co-showrunners Dan Erickson and Mark Friedman.
More from TVLineRebecca Ferguson Compares Silo Antihero to Mission: Impossible and Dune Roles: 'She's Very Broken'Severance EP Ben Stiller Pushes Back on Season 2 Delay Chatter, Insists 'No One's Going to the Break Room'Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne Navigate Platonic Friendship, Midlife Crises in Apple TV+ Comedy -- Watch Trailer
All told, Erickson, a first-time series creator who wrote the pilot episode,...
According to Puck News, Season 2 of Apple TV+’s Emmy-nominated drama Severance is facing significant delays in the wake of a falling out between co-showrunners Dan Erickson and Mark Friedman.
More from TVLineRebecca Ferguson Compares Silo Antihero to Mission: Impossible and Dune Roles: 'She's Very Broken'Severance EP Ben Stiller Pushes Back on Season 2 Delay Chatter, Insists 'No One's Going to the Break Room'Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne Navigate Platonic Friendship, Midlife Crises in Apple TV+ Comedy -- Watch Trailer
All told, Erickson, a first-time series creator who wrote the pilot episode,...
- 4/28/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
One of the first big names to join Apple TV+ after the streaming service launched in late 2019 was M. Night Shyamalan. "Servant" premiered later that month, teaming Shyamalan — the newly minted showrunner — with creator Tony Basgallop for a spooky psychological horror series that was initially envisioned to be a 60-episode story (via The Hollywood Reporter). When all is said and done, "Servant" will come up a bit short on its original plan, as it wraps up with a total of 40 episodes. But as its fourth and final season unfolds and looks toward its series finale in March, "Servant" is still ending on its terms. That's something of a rarity for a TV show these days, let alone one on streaming.
Shyamalan understands that very well. Before "Servant," he had dipped his toe in the TV waters as executive producer and pilot episode director for "Wayward Pines." Designed to run for three reasons,...
Shyamalan understands that very well. Before "Servant," he had dipped his toe in the TV waters as executive producer and pilot episode director for "Wayward Pines." Designed to run for three reasons,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Sundance is kicking into high gear in Park City, Utah this week, and as it does, the rest of the world is getting a first look at the lineup as trailers for a few of the films included in the festival begin to drop. Among them is "Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out," a family-friendly movie with a title that's both a total mouthful and immediately intriguing.
"Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out" is set to premiere at the festival as one of a small handful of films in the kid-friendly section, but it doesn't look so much like a kids' movie as it does like a sweet coming-of-age indie film with a sci-fi twist. The trailer opens with a bespectacled boy stargazing with his dad (Will Forte), who tells him that an alien family could be out there looking at them right now.
"Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out" is set to premiere at the festival as one of a small handful of films in the kid-friendly section, but it doesn't look so much like a kids' movie as it does like a sweet coming-of-age indie film with a sci-fi twist. The trailer opens with a bespectacled boy stargazing with his dad (Will Forte), who tells him that an alien family could be out there looking at them right now.
- 1/21/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Horror director Ti West came up through the world of micro-budget filmmaking. His early efforts were bankrolled by the likes of Larry Fessenden. He was also involved in the mumblecore movement thanks to a friendship with Joe Swanberg: They've even acted in each other's movies.
He has directed episodes of television shows as varied as "The Resident" and "Wayward Pines," and he has helmed short segments of modern classic anthology films such as "V/H/S" and "The ABCs of Death." In other words, West's directing sensibility is everywhere, never more so than in 2022, when he released two interconnected hits through A24, "X" and "Pearl."
His feature efforts reveal him to be a chameleon, the rare director who can work in many different horror registers. He makes straightforward slashers, slow-burn atmospheric chillers, films full of blood and guts, and movies where his characters are trapped in situations choked by unimaginable tension.
He has directed episodes of television shows as varied as "The Resident" and "Wayward Pines," and he has helmed short segments of modern classic anthology films such as "V/H/S" and "The ABCs of Death." In other words, West's directing sensibility is everywhere, never more so than in 2022, when he released two interconnected hits through A24, "X" and "Pearl."
His feature efforts reveal him to be a chameleon, the rare director who can work in many different horror registers. He makes straightforward slashers, slow-burn atmospheric chillers, films full of blood and guts, and movies where his characters are trapped in situations choked by unimaginable tension.
- 12/25/2022
- by Eric Langberg
- Slash Film
Manny Jacinto is going to another good place: the Star Wars spinoff universe.
The Good Place alum has been cast in The Acolyte, our sister site Variety reports.
More from TVLineStar Wars Series The Acolyte Casts Squid Game's Lee Jung-jaeStar Wars Series The Acolyte Casts Jodie Turner-Smith in Mystery RoleAndor Delayed: Disney+ Announces New Premiere Date for Rogue One Prequel -- Plus, Watch Full Trailer
The Acolyte is a Star Wars mystery-thriller set about a century before The Phantom Menace, in the final days of the High Republic era. Per the initial description, the series will unearth “a galaxy...
The Good Place alum has been cast in The Acolyte, our sister site Variety reports.
More from TVLineStar Wars Series The Acolyte Casts Squid Game's Lee Jung-jaeStar Wars Series The Acolyte Casts Jodie Turner-Smith in Mystery RoleAndor Delayed: Disney+ Announces New Premiere Date for Rogue One Prequel -- Plus, Watch Full Trailer
The Acolyte is a Star Wars mystery-thriller set about a century before The Phantom Menace, in the final days of the High Republic era. Per the initial description, the series will unearth “a galaxy...
- 9/15/2022
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Carla Gugino is the latest addition to the increasingly stacked cast of HBO Max’s The Girls on the Bus.
Hailing from executive producers/writers Amy Chozick and Julie Plec and inspired by a chapter in Chozick’s book Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns and One Intact Glass Ceiling, The Girls on the Bus stars Supergirl alum Melissa Benoist as Sadie McCarthy, a journalist who romanticizes the original “Boys on the Bus” and thus scrapped her whole life for her own shot at covering a presidential campaign for the paper of record.
More from TVLineHarley Quinn Renewed for Season 4 at HBO Max,...
Hailing from executive producers/writers Amy Chozick and Julie Plec and inspired by a chapter in Chozick’s book Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns and One Intact Glass Ceiling, The Girls on the Bus stars Supergirl alum Melissa Benoist as Sadie McCarthy, a journalist who romanticizes the original “Boys on the Bus” and thus scrapped her whole life for her own shot at covering a presidential campaign for the paper of record.
More from TVLineHarley Quinn Renewed for Season 4 at HBO Max,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Fans of Wayward Pines will be excited to learn that another twisty, sci-fi novel by author Blake Crouch is being adapted as a television series, this time starring Academy Award-winner Jennifer Connelly for Apple TV+. Dark Matter is a nine-episode series that tells the story of a scientist who is sent to a parallel universe and witnesses another version of his life play out, all because he made a decision years ago that change the course of his reality. The physicist in the show will be played by Joel Edgerton, and now Connelly has been added as Jason Dessen’s wife, Daniela. According to the synopsis: “The series will follow Jason Dessen (Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to...
- 8/29/2022
- TV Insider
Jennifer Connelly is set to star opposite Joel Edgerton in the Apple series adaptation of the Blake Crouch novel “Dark Matter,” Variety has learned.
The nine-episode series was ordered at Apple in March. It will follow Jason Dessen (Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of mind-bending realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.
Connelly will star as Daniela, Jason’s wife.
This marks one of few television roles Connelly has held throughout her career. She currently stars in the TNT series “Snowpiercer,” which is set to...
The nine-episode series was ordered at Apple in March. It will follow Jason Dessen (Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of mind-bending realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.
Connelly will star as Daniela, Jason’s wife.
This marks one of few television roles Connelly has held throughout her career. She currently stars in the TNT series “Snowpiercer,” which is set to...
- 8/29/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The Producers Guild said Tuesday that it has elected Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line its new presidents, after the pair ran unopposed to replace outgoing toppers Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher, who had served in the role since 2018.
The vote was held during the PGA’s annual membership meeting.
“As proud members of the PGA for over 20 years, it’s a great privilege to serve as presidents. Gail and Lucy’s excellent leadership has grown and strengthened the guild, and we will build on their progress,” Allain and De Line said. “Along with Susan Sprung and her team, we will continue to educate the industry on the role of the producer, support producers’ efforts for fair and commensurate compensation and benefits, welcome and encourage a more diverse membership, and endeavor to attain broader healthcare coverage while educating members on the current benefits and opportunities available to them.”
Allain, a...
The vote was held during the PGA’s annual membership meeting.
“As proud members of the PGA for over 20 years, it’s a great privilege to serve as presidents. Gail and Lucy’s excellent leadership has grown and strengthened the guild, and we will build on their progress,” Allain and De Line said. “Along with Susan Sprung and her team, we will continue to educate the industry on the role of the producer, support producers’ efforts for fair and commensurate compensation and benefits, welcome and encourage a more diverse membership, and endeavor to attain broader healthcare coverage while educating members on the current benefits and opportunities available to them.”
Allain, a...
- 8/24/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has elected new presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line. The pair ran unopposed to assume the roles from Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher, who have served as the presidents of the organization since 2018, and their appointment was announced during the Guild’s annual memberships meeting.
Allain and De Line reacted to the news via a press statement, saying “As proud members of the PGA for over twenty years, it’s a great privilege to serve as Presidents. Gail and Lucy’s excellent leadership has grown and strengthened the Guild, and we will build on their progress.”
They added, “Along with [National Executive Director] Susan Sprung and her team, we will continue to educate the industry on the role of the producer, support producers’ efforts for fair and commensurate compensation and benefits, welcome and encourage a more diverse membership, and endeavor to attain broader healthcare coverage while...
Allain and De Line reacted to the news via a press statement, saying “As proud members of the PGA for over twenty years, it’s a great privilege to serve as Presidents. Gail and Lucy’s excellent leadership has grown and strengthened the Guild, and we will build on their progress.”
They added, “Along with [National Executive Director] Susan Sprung and her team, we will continue to educate the industry on the role of the producer, support producers’ efforts for fair and commensurate compensation and benefits, welcome and encourage a more diverse membership, and endeavor to attain broader healthcare coverage while...
- 8/24/2022
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Carla Gugino has become a genre regular, largely thanks to Mike Flanagan. Her credits include The Unborn, Wayward Pines, Elizabeth Harvest, and the Flanagan projects Gerald’s Game, The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Now Deadline reports that Gugino has joined the cast of another genre project, the horror comedy Lisa Frankenstein, which Zelda Williams is directing from a screenplay by Diablo Cody.
Williams is making her feature directorial debut with this film, which is set in 1989. Coming to us from Focus Features, the movie will show us what happens when
an unpopular high schooler accidentally re-animates a handsome Victorian corpse during a lightning storm and starts to rebuild him into the man of her dreams using the broken tanning bed in her garage.
Gugino joins the previously announced stars Kathryn Newton (Freaky) and Cole Sprouse (Riverdale...
Williams is making her feature directorial debut with this film, which is set in 1989. Coming to us from Focus Features, the movie will show us what happens when
an unpopular high schooler accidentally re-animates a handsome Victorian corpse during a lightning storm and starts to rebuild him into the man of her dreams using the broken tanning bed in her garage.
Gugino joins the previously announced stars Kathryn Newton (Freaky) and Cole Sprouse (Riverdale...
- 8/12/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Following the record-breaking release of the two final episodes of Stranger Things’ Season 4, creators Matt & Ross Duffer have formed Upside Down Pictures and recommitted to Netflix with several new projects. To run Upside Down, they’ve hired Hilary Leavitt, a vet of BBC America and MRC who most recently ran her own Hulu-based Blazer banner. Series she helped develop include Orphan Black, Ozark, The Great and Shining Girls.
Borrowing the company name from their juggernaut series, The Duffers will continue to lean into the formula that has been a propulsive force in Stranger Things. The brothers said the new company will be guided by the goal to create the kind of stories that inspired them growing up, “stories that take place at that beautiful crossroads where the ordinary meets the extraordinary, where big spectacle co-exists with intimate character work, where heart wins out over cynicism.”
While their first...
Borrowing the company name from their juggernaut series, The Duffers will continue to lean into the formula that has been a propulsive force in Stranger Things. The brothers said the new company will be guided by the goal to create the kind of stories that inspired them growing up, “stories that take place at that beautiful crossroads where the ordinary meets the extraordinary, where big spectacle co-exists with intimate character work, where heart wins out over cynicism.”
While their first...
- 7/6/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Like most television series, Stranger Things underwent a long creative process before it finally hit Netflix. As series creators Ross and Matt Duffer pitched their project to various networks and studios, it took a different shape, meeting the trends of the time. And in the mid-2000s, when they began work on the project that eventually became Stranger Things, studios were all about found footage. With movies like The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity making big profits from small investments, studios were much more interested in found footage projects, especially from untested creators like the Duffers.
Describing the origins of the show to Variety, the Duffers said the first inklings for the show came from a movie idea about the Montauk Project, a purported government program involving children with Esp and a monster. “We love conspiracy theories,” admitted Matt, and the project “was something we hadn’t seen on screen before.
Describing the origins of the show to Variety, the Duffers said the first inklings for the show came from a movie idea about the Montauk Project, a purported government program involving children with Esp and a monster. “We love conspiracy theories,” admitted Matt, and the project “was something we hadn’t seen on screen before.
- 6/30/2022
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
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American actor Matt Dillon, whose career has ranged from gritty independent cinema with Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore Cowboy (1989) through the blockbuster comedy of the Farrelly brothers’ There’s Something About Mary (1998) to the European auteur cinema of Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built (2018) and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Nimic (2019), will be honored with the lifetime achievement award at the 2022 Locarno International Film Festival.
Dillon will receive his award in Locarno on August 4. The festival will pay tribute to the versatile actor with a screening of Drugstore Cowboy and City of Ghosts, Dillon’s 2002 directorial debut. Dillon will also participate in a Q&a with the Locarno audience Friday, Aug. 5.
Since his film debut at age 14, in Jonathan Kaplan’s cult classic Over the Edge (1979), Dillon has carved out a unique career moving seamlessly between the indie cinema of Gus Van Sant and...
American actor Matt Dillon, whose career has ranged from gritty independent cinema with Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore Cowboy (1989) through the blockbuster comedy of the Farrelly brothers’ There’s Something About Mary (1998) to the European auteur cinema of Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built (2018) and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Nimic (2019), will be honored with the lifetime achievement award at the 2022 Locarno International Film Festival.
Dillon will receive his award in Locarno on August 4. The festival will pay tribute to the versatile actor with a screening of Drugstore Cowboy and City of Ghosts, Dillon’s 2002 directorial debut. Dillon will also participate in a Q&a with the Locarno audience Friday, Aug. 5.
Since his film debut at age 14, in Jonathan Kaplan’s cult classic Over the Edge (1979), Dillon has carved out a unique career moving seamlessly between the indie cinema of Gus Van Sant and...
- 6/21/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Locarno Film Festival will be honoring Matt Dillon with a lifetime achievement award, a mini-retro of his films, and an onstage chat.
Dillon’s career as an actor and director will be celebrated by the Swiss fest dedicated to indie cinema during a ceremony on Aug. 4 in the 8,000-seat Piazza Grande outdoor screening venue, followed by an onstage conversation the next day.
Tribute screenings will comprise Gus Van Sant’s “Drugstore Cowboy” (1989) featuring Dillon’s powerful performance as a “dope fiend,” as he calls himself, who steals pharmaceuticals in Portland drugstores, and “City of Ghosts” (2003) which Dillon co-wrote, directed, and starred in alongside James Caan, Gerard Depardieu, and Stellan Skarsgård.
Locarno in a statement praised Dillon for having been able to “navigate numerous cinematic territories” starting from his debut at 14 in Jonathan Kaplan’s teen rebellion drama “Over the Edge,” segueing to his work with Francis Ford Coppola who...
Dillon’s career as an actor and director will be celebrated by the Swiss fest dedicated to indie cinema during a ceremony on Aug. 4 in the 8,000-seat Piazza Grande outdoor screening venue, followed by an onstage conversation the next day.
Tribute screenings will comprise Gus Van Sant’s “Drugstore Cowboy” (1989) featuring Dillon’s powerful performance as a “dope fiend,” as he calls himself, who steals pharmaceuticals in Portland drugstores, and “City of Ghosts” (2003) which Dillon co-wrote, directed, and starred in alongside James Caan, Gerard Depardieu, and Stellan Skarsgård.
Locarno in a statement praised Dillon for having been able to “navigate numerous cinematic territories” starting from his debut at 14 in Jonathan Kaplan’s teen rebellion drama “Over the Edge,” segueing to his work with Francis Ford Coppola who...
- 6/21/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Supernatural ran for 15 years and is the longest continuously running American science fiction and fantasy show in history (pipped only by Doctor Who 1966-1989 in the UK). It has a devoted fanbase and has produced novels, graphic novels, a short web-series, and a Japanese anime adaptation. Surely, then, the show is a perfect jumping-off point for a spin-off series? That’s a no-brainer, right?
Except that there have been two previous attempts at a Supernatural spin-off, both getting a pilot episode aired during the show itself, neither of which were picked up by the network. Now, Dean Winchester himself, Jensen Ackles, is producing another attempt, with the first season of The Winchesters due to air on the CW this autumn. So, what does this one need to do to succeed where the two earlier attempts have failed?
The Winchesters already has a series order, so it’s well ahead of the previous two efforts,...
Except that there have been two previous attempts at a Supernatural spin-off, both getting a pilot episode aired during the show itself, neither of which were picked up by the network. Now, Dean Winchester himself, Jensen Ackles, is producing another attempt, with the first season of The Winchesters due to air on the CW this autumn. So, what does this one need to do to succeed where the two earlier attempts have failed?
The Winchesters already has a series order, so it’s well ahead of the previous two efforts,...
- 5/31/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Apple is adapting the Blake Crouch novel “Dark Matter” as a series with Joel Edgerton set to star, Variety has learned.
The nine-episode series will follow Jason Dessen (Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of mind-bending realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.
Crouch is adapting the book for the screen and will also serve as executive producer and showrunner. Edgerton will executive produce in addition to starring. Matt Tolmach and David Manpearl of Matt Tolmach Productions will also executive. Louis Leterrier will direct the first four episodes.
The nine-episode series will follow Jason Dessen (Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of mind-bending realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.
Crouch is adapting the book for the screen and will also serve as executive producer and showrunner. Edgerton will executive produce in addition to starring. Matt Tolmach and David Manpearl of Matt Tolmach Productions will also executive. Louis Leterrier will direct the first four episodes.
- 3/29/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Ti West was so eager to get back to directing movies that, a few weeks before shooting his new one, he wrote another one in quarantine and shot it in secret. That was “Pearl,” the prequel to “X,” which A24 releases this week. “X,” a ’70s-set slasher movie that marks the genre filmmaker’s first feature in seven years, premiered at SXSW over the weekend with a surprise teaser for “Pearl” that announced the next chapter in a very unexpected new franchise, and West told IndieWire he had a possible third movie on the way.
“I’m trying to build a world out of all this, like people do these days,” he said in an interview ahead of the SXSW announcement. “You can’t make a slasher movie without a bunch of sequels.”
With “X,” West follows the experiences of a young amateur filmmaking team shooting a porn movie in rural Texas,...
“I’m trying to build a world out of all this, like people do these days,” he said in an interview ahead of the SXSW announcement. “You can’t make a slasher movie without a bunch of sequels.”
With “X,” West follows the experiences of a young amateur filmmaking team shooting a porn movie in rural Texas,...
- 3/14/2022
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Sci-fi author Blake Crouch is no stranger to the industry. His "Wayward Pines" trilogy was adapted into a series that was executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan, his novel "Good Behavior" became a TV series on TNT starring Michelle Dockery ("Downton Abbey"), and his runaway hit "Recursion" was picked up by Netflix via Shonda Rhimes and Matt Reeves, so it's no surprise that his upcoming novel already has a deal locked and loaded. If you haven't read any of his work yet, now is a good time to crunch down on some delicious sci-fi. You'll be getting into him right before he hits peak non-sci-fi fan popularity, so...
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- 2/11/2022
- by Kaylee Dugan
- Slash Film
Two of the executive producers of "Lost," Jack Bender and Jeff Pinkner, are reuniting with Harold Perrineau — who played the castaway Michael on the show — for the new Epix series, "From." The premise of "From" sounds similar to "Wayward Pines" in that it "is set in a nightmarish Midwestern town, where no one can ever leave and terrifying creatures prowl after sunset." That's the description via The Wrap, which was recently at a Television Critics Association panel where Bender and Pinkner spoke about "From," and how it will seek to apply the lessons they learned from "Lost" to...
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- 2/7/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Sp Releasing has acquired worldwide rights to the psychological thriller Nightshade, starring Lou Ferrigno Jr. (S.W.A.T.), Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers) and Jason Patric (Wayward Pines), with plans to release it in theaters across North America and on VOD platforms on January 4.
The film directed by Landon Williams watches as a homicide detective (Ferrigno Jr.) on the hunt for a serial killer experiences a series of disturbing dreams, which lead him to seek hypnotherapy and the aid of a psychiatrist (Meyer). The treatment reveals undeniable parallels between his nightmares and the murders, setting him into a tailspin of paranoia and distrust.
Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager), B.J. Britt (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), James Duval (Donnie Darko), Kenzie Dalton (Driven) and Jaime Gallagher (Pandemic) also star in the pic from Primitive Mind Productions, Audacious Dreamer Productions and Blue Bow Tie Productions. Williams, Ferrigno Jr. and Gallagher produced alongside Sarah Smith-Williams,...
The film directed by Landon Williams watches as a homicide detective (Ferrigno Jr.) on the hunt for a serial killer experiences a series of disturbing dreams, which lead him to seek hypnotherapy and the aid of a psychiatrist (Meyer). The treatment reveals undeniable parallels between his nightmares and the murders, setting him into a tailspin of paranoia and distrust.
Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager), B.J. Britt (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), James Duval (Donnie Darko), Kenzie Dalton (Driven) and Jaime Gallagher (Pandemic) also star in the pic from Primitive Mind Productions, Audacious Dreamer Productions and Blue Bow Tie Productions. Williams, Ferrigno Jr. and Gallagher produced alongside Sarah Smith-Williams,...
- 12/30/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Malcolm Goodwin has been tapped to lead The Great Wall of Warren, an indie dramedy from writer-director Victor Hawks, which also stars Kirby Bliss Blanton (Project X), Vanessa Curry (Behind The Trees), William “Big Sleeps” Stewart (Coffee & Kareem), Ester Tania Jiron (Anniversary), Dax Rey (Swan Song), Jackie Burns (Power Book II) and Yolonda Williams (Robocop).
The film picks up two days before the lockdown of 2020 and finds Warren Grant (Goodwin) living his best Hollywood life, filling his days with frivolity and booze. Two days later, the world shuts down, and he soon realizes how his lifestyle had put him on an island of loneliness, with the damaged 12-year-old inside emerging. Without the distractions of the world, he is left with nothing but time to confront his loneliness and starts to spiral, deciding that the best way to combat it is to...
The film picks up two days before the lockdown of 2020 and finds Warren Grant (Goodwin) living his best Hollywood life, filling his days with frivolity and booze. Two days later, the world shuts down, and he soon realizes how his lifestyle had put him on an island of loneliness, with the damaged 12-year-old inside emerging. Without the distractions of the world, he is left with nothing but time to confront his loneliness and starts to spiral, deciding that the best way to combat it is to...
- 12/8/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Spike Einbinder (Los Espookys), Greta Lee (The Morning Show), Laith Nakli (Ramy), Larry Owens (High Maintenance), Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet), RZA (Wu-Tang: An American Saga), James Scully (You), and Greta Titelman (Search Party) have joined the cast of the untitled film that four-time Emmy nominee Julio Torres is directing for A24, in his feature debut.
The film’s plot is being kept under wraps. Torres is directing from his own screenplay and also co-stars with Oscar winner Tilda Swinton.
Emma Stone and Dave McCary’s Fruit Tree is producing alongside A24, with the latter handling the film’s worldwide distribution.
Einbinder has appeared on the TV side in Los Espookys (the HBO series Torres created with Fred Armisen and Ana Fabrega), High Maintenance and Horace and Pete. They’ll next appear in the final season of HBO Max’s Search Party.
Lee’s TV credits include HouseBroken,...
The film’s plot is being kept under wraps. Torres is directing from his own screenplay and also co-stars with Oscar winner Tilda Swinton.
Emma Stone and Dave McCary’s Fruit Tree is producing alongside A24, with the latter handling the film’s worldwide distribution.
Einbinder has appeared on the TV side in Los Espookys (the HBO series Torres created with Fred Armisen and Ana Fabrega), High Maintenance and Horace and Pete. They’ll next appear in the final season of HBO Max’s Search Party.
Lee’s TV credits include HouseBroken,...
- 11/11/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Patricia Arquette-led Apple comedy series “High Desert” has added six new cast members, Variety has learned.
Matt Dillon, Rupert Friend, Weruche Opia (“I May Destroy You”), Brad Garrett, Bernadette Peters and Christine Taylor will all star alongside Arquette in the half-hour series.
The series follows Peggy (Arquette), an addict, who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California. She makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator. It was originally ordered at Apple in September 2020.
Dillon will play Denny, Peggy’s ex, and an undeniably charming parolee and a relentless operator. Friend will play Guru Bob, a local ex-anchorman, who, after a trauma, rebrands himself as a mystic desert personality. Opia stars as Carol, Peggy’s closest friend — the bored fiancé of an ER doctor, and a permissive new...
Matt Dillon, Rupert Friend, Weruche Opia (“I May Destroy You”), Brad Garrett, Bernadette Peters and Christine Taylor will all star alongside Arquette in the half-hour series.
The series follows Peggy (Arquette), an addict, who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California. She makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator. It was originally ordered at Apple in September 2020.
Dillon will play Denny, Peggy’s ex, and an undeniably charming parolee and a relentless operator. Friend will play Guru Bob, a local ex-anchorman, who, after a trauma, rebrands himself as a mystic desert personality. Opia stars as Carol, Peggy’s closest friend — the bored fiancé of an ER doctor, and a permissive new...
- 11/2/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
There’s something about the cast that Ben Stiller has assembled for High Desert, the Apple TV+ comedy he is exec-producing, now that Matt Dillon has joined the mix.
Created and written by Nancy Fichman (Nurse Jackie), Katie Ford (the Miss Congeniality films) and Jennifer Hoppe (Grace and Frankie), High Desert follows Peggy (played by Patricia Arquette), an addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, Calif. To that end, Peggy decided to become a private investigator.
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Created and written by Nancy Fichman (Nurse Jackie), Katie Ford (the Miss Congeniality films) and Jennifer Hoppe (Grace and Frankie), High Desert follows Peggy (played by Patricia Arquette), an addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, Calif. To that end, Peggy decided to become a private investigator.
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- 11/2/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Apple TV+’s comedy series High Desert is adding to its cast. Matt Dillon, Rupert Friend, Weruche Opia, Brad Garrett, Bernadette Peters and Christine Taylor will star opposite Patricia Arquette in the half-hour series, which is exec produced by Ben Stiller and directed by Jay Roach.
Arquette plays Peggy, an addict who decides to make a new start by becoming a private investigator after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California.
Crash and Wayward Pines star Dillon will play Denny, Peggy’s ex, an undeniably charming parolee and a relentless operator. Homeland’s Friend will play Guru Bob, a local ex-anchorman, who, after a trauma, rebrands himself as a mystic desert personality. I May Destroy You’s Opia stars as Carol, Peggy’s closest friend, the bored fiancé of an ER doctor and a permissive new stepmother — who...
Arquette plays Peggy, an addict who decides to make a new start by becoming a private investigator after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California.
Crash and Wayward Pines star Dillon will play Denny, Peggy’s ex, an undeniably charming parolee and a relentless operator. Homeland’s Friend will play Guru Bob, a local ex-anchorman, who, after a trauma, rebrands himself as a mystic desert personality. I May Destroy You’s Opia stars as Carol, Peggy’s closest friend, the bored fiancé of an ER doctor and a permissive new stepmother — who...
- 11/2/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ quickly drew the eyes of horror aficionados when M. Night Shyamalan’s “Servant” premiered on the streaming service in 2019. Fans won’t have to wait much longer for the show’s return: Apple unveiled the official teaser and the release date for Season 3 on Friday.
Per Apple, “Servant,” which is executive produced by Shyamalan, follows a Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home. Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free and Rupert Grint reprise their roles from earlier seasons, with new addition Sunita Mani.
The 10-episode Season 3 of “Servant” will debut January 21, 2022, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday.
“Servant” is created and executive produced by Tony Basgallop. He executive produces alongside Shyamalan, Jason Blumenthal, Todd Black, Steve Tisch, Ashwin Rajan, and Taylor Latham. Season 3 directors include Shyamalan,...
Per Apple, “Servant,” which is executive produced by Shyamalan, follows a Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home. Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free and Rupert Grint reprise their roles from earlier seasons, with new addition Sunita Mani.
The 10-episode Season 3 of “Servant” will debut January 21, 2022, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday.
“Servant” is created and executive produced by Tony Basgallop. He executive produces alongside Shyamalan, Jason Blumenthal, Todd Black, Steve Tisch, Ashwin Rajan, and Taylor Latham. Season 3 directors include Shyamalan,...
- 10/29/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Sarah Jeffery (The CW’s Charmed), Emmy nominee Jane Adams (Hacks), Jake Weber (Those Who Wish Me Dead) and Balthazar Getty (Twin Peaks) will star in Year of the Fox, the latest feature from award-winning director Megan Griffiths, which has wrapped production in the state of Washington.
The film written by Eliza Flug is a fictionalized depiction of teenage experiences and personal encounters she had while growing up in Aspen, Colorado, during the last of its utopian heyday. Set in 1997, it tells the story of 17-year-old Ivy (Jeffery), who was adopted as an infant into a wealthy and notable Aspen family and is now navigating the fallout of her parents’ bitter divorce.
Ivy’s mother, Paulene (Adams), prepares to relocate to her native Seattle, taking Ivy with her. But Ivy’s influential and controlling father, Huxley (Weber), pulls Ivy ever closer by inviting...
The film written by Eliza Flug is a fictionalized depiction of teenage experiences and personal encounters she had while growing up in Aspen, Colorado, during the last of its utopian heyday. Set in 1997, it tells the story of 17-year-old Ivy (Jeffery), who was adopted as an infant into a wealthy and notable Aspen family and is now navigating the fallout of her parents’ bitter divorce.
Ivy’s mother, Paulene (Adams), prepares to relocate to her native Seattle, taking Ivy with her. But Ivy’s influential and controlling father, Huxley (Weber), pulls Ivy ever closer by inviting...
- 10/21/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Avenue has acquired North American rights to The System, a newly announced film starring Tyrese Gibson (Fast & Furious franchise), Terrence Howard (Crash), Jeremy Piven (Entourage), and Lil Yachty (Long Shot).
The action-thriller picked up by Highland Film Group’s domestic distribution arm centers on a former marine (Gibson) who is recruited by authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison, following a drug bust. After discovering an underground fight ring, he has to fight to stay alive, and to take down the corrupt system.
Dallas Jackson (Netflix’s Thriller) wrote and directed the film, which was shot in Jackson, Mississippi.
Gibson produced it with Bryan Lord (Willy’s Wonderland) and Petr Jakl (Best Sellers). The project’s EPs are Martin J. Barab, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Gardy Craig and Highland Film Group’s Arianne Fraser, Delphine Perrier, JJ Caruth and Caleb Ward.
“Bryan Lord and Dallas Jackson...
The action-thriller picked up by Highland Film Group’s domestic distribution arm centers on a former marine (Gibson) who is recruited by authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison, following a drug bust. After discovering an underground fight ring, he has to fight to stay alive, and to take down the corrupt system.
Dallas Jackson (Netflix’s Thriller) wrote and directed the film, which was shot in Jackson, Mississippi.
Gibson produced it with Bryan Lord (Willy’s Wonderland) and Petr Jakl (Best Sellers). The project’s EPs are Martin J. Barab, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Gardy Craig and Highland Film Group’s Arianne Fraser, Delphine Perrier, JJ Caruth and Caleb Ward.
“Bryan Lord and Dallas Jackson...
- 8/26/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
This article contains spoilers for Dark City (1998).
Back in the late 90s, UK cinemas were still running an annual promotion where you got to see as many recently-released films as you liked for the tidy sum of £1 each. The promotion was usually only set up for one day, so movie buffs used to plan that day with extreme dedication. You had to line up the screening times just right to make sure no film overlapped, but if you had nerves of steel and a butt lining to match? Yeah, you could squeak through five major releases for £5 and feel insufferably smug about it.
Alex Proyas’ Dark City was one of the movies caught in the net of that promotion in 1998, and I remember being bowled over by how surprisingly weird it was. Clearly influenced by Metropolis, Brazil, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro’s The City of Lost Children, the...
Back in the late 90s, UK cinemas were still running an annual promotion where you got to see as many recently-released films as you liked for the tidy sum of £1 each. The promotion was usually only set up for one day, so movie buffs used to plan that day with extreme dedication. You had to line up the screening times just right to make sure no film overlapped, but if you had nerves of steel and a butt lining to match? Yeah, you could squeak through five major releases for £5 and feel insufferably smug about it.
Alex Proyas’ Dark City was one of the movies caught in the net of that promotion in 1998, and I remember being bowled over by how surprisingly weird it was. Clearly influenced by Metropolis, Brazil, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro’s The City of Lost Children, the...
- 8/13/2021
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Chicago – Happy Birthday on August 6th, 2021, to the King of the Creepy Thriller, M. Night Shyamalan. The bold-faced-name director just released his 14th feature film, ”Old”, and has had a career of thrilling and perplexing audiences with his odd and mysterious films. He is 51 years young.
Manoj Nelliyatu “M. Night” Shyamalan was born in India, and emigrated to the United States at only six weeks old. He graduated from New York University School of the Arts in the early 1990s, where he adopted the “M. Night” moniker. After the student film “Prayer with Anger,” his first studio distributed film was “Wide Awake” (1998).
M. Night Shyamalan, Chicago circa 2015
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
His next film was the sensation “The Sixth Sense” (1999), followed in order from 2000-2008 with “Unbreakable,” “Signs,” “The Village,” “Lady in the Water” and “The Happening.” After a setback with the big budget...
Manoj Nelliyatu “M. Night” Shyamalan was born in India, and emigrated to the United States at only six weeks old. He graduated from New York University School of the Arts in the early 1990s, where he adopted the “M. Night” moniker. After the student film “Prayer with Anger,” his first studio distributed film was “Wide Awake” (1998).
M. Night Shyamalan, Chicago circa 2015
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
His next film was the sensation “The Sixth Sense” (1999), followed in order from 2000-2008 with “Unbreakable,” “Signs,” “The Village,” “Lady in the Water” and “The Happening.” After a setback with the big budget...
- 8/6/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The ever-growing roster of Stephen King adaptations is expanding with “Chapelwaite,” Epix’s upcoming series adaptation of the horror author’s “Jerusalem’s Lot.” Epix released the trailer for the series, which stars Oscar winner Adrien Brody and “Schitt’s Creek” favorite Emily Hampshire. The horror series is set to premiere on August 22.
Per Epix, the series is set in the 1850s and follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody), who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations.
Hampshire plays Rebecca Morgan, an ambitious young woman who left Preacher’s Corners to attend Mount Holyoke College and has returned home with an advance to write a story for Atlantic Magazine.
Per Epix, the series is set in the 1850s and follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody), who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations.
Hampshire plays Rebecca Morgan, an ambitious young woman who left Preacher’s Corners to attend Mount Holyoke College and has returned home with an advance to write a story for Atlantic Magazine.
- 7/8/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Television’s TriStar is adapting Laurie Fabiano’s bestselling 2010 historical novel Elizabeth Street for television, with Edoardo Ponti (The Life Ahead) attached to direct and executive produce. Tyler Hisel has written a pilot for the project, based on Fabiano’s own great-grandmother’s epic struggles.
Elizabeth Street is set in New York’s Little Italy at the dawn of the 20th century. It follows Giovanna Pontillo, an Italian immigrant reeling in the wake of personal tragedy. Arriving in America, her survival and success on the streets of Old New York soon draws the unwanted attention of the notorious Black Hand, the earliest form of the Italian-American Mafia. As the stakes grow higher, Giovanna desperately fights to save what is important above all else – family.
“Elizabeth Street brings together everything that inspires me: the journey of a strong female protagonist who faces insurmountable odds to bring justice to her family,...
Elizabeth Street is set in New York’s Little Italy at the dawn of the 20th century. It follows Giovanna Pontillo, an Italian immigrant reeling in the wake of personal tragedy. Arriving in America, her survival and success on the streets of Old New York soon draws the unwanted attention of the notorious Black Hand, the earliest form of the Italian-American Mafia. As the stakes grow higher, Giovanna desperately fights to save what is important above all else – family.
“Elizabeth Street brings together everything that inspires me: the journey of a strong female protagonist who faces insurmountable odds to bring justice to her family,...
- 5/20/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Mumbai, March 25 (Ians) Actress Nimrat Kaur, who has been part of international projects such as "Homeland" and "Wayward Pines", says that due to her involvement outside Bollywood, she doesn't get a lot of films to choose from in India.
However, the actress adds that she has never had to remind anyone of who she is.
"I am not in circulation as I might have liked to be regularly. I may not get to choose from a big spectrum of parts which otherwise I would have got. But it has never come to a point where I have to remind people about who I am," Nimrat told Ians.
She adds that she might not be offered the kind of roles that she wants, but that's the "price" she has to pay for a career abroad.
"They might not offer me exactly what I am looking for, but that's part and parcel of life.
However, the actress adds that she has never had to remind anyone of who she is.
"I am not in circulation as I might have liked to be regularly. I may not get to choose from a big spectrum of parts which otherwise I would have got. But it has never come to a point where I have to remind people about who I am," Nimrat told Ians.
She adds that she might not be offered the kind of roles that she wants, but that's the "price" she has to pay for a career abroad.
"They might not offer me exactly what I am looking for, but that's part and parcel of life.
- 3/25/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
"What you need is a do-over - grab those '40s and let's dip!" FilmRise Releasing has debuted an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Drunk Bus, starring Charlie Tahan. This originally premiered at the San Diego Film Festival last year, and just stopped by the Cinequest Film Festival this month. A directionless, young campus bus driver and a punk rock, Samoan security guard named Pineapple form an unlikely kinship as they navigate the unpredictable late shift shit show known as the "drunk bus." Together, they break out of their endless loop of small town life and into a world of uncertainty, excitement and incredibly poor decision-making. This co-stars Tahan and Pineapple Tangaroa, Kara Hayward, Zach Cherry, Sarah Mezzanotte, Dave Hill, Tonatiuh Elizarraraz, and Will Forte. Inspired by one of the director's real experiences as a campus bus driver, and the actual security guard that worked with him, who...
- 3/25/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A holiday-themed romantic comedy centered on gay men is coming to Netflix from Michael Mayer, the Tony Award-winning director of the Broadway sensation “Spring Awakening.”
In a genre that has seen increased calls for inclusion, the ensemble project “Single All the Way” boasts beloved actors of pop culture sensations past and a pedigreed filmmaking team.
Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers and Luke MacFarlane will serve as leads, with supporting turns from Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Robertson, Jennifer Coolidge and Kathy Najimy.
Desperate to avoid his family’s judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter (Urie) convinces his best friend Nick (Chambers) to join him for the holidays and pretend that they’re now in a relationship. But when Peter’s mother sets him up on a blind date with her handsome trainer James (MacFarlane), the plan goes awry.
Mayer, whose credits also include NBC’s “Smash,” will direct from a script by...
In a genre that has seen increased calls for inclusion, the ensemble project “Single All the Way” boasts beloved actors of pop culture sensations past and a pedigreed filmmaking team.
Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers and Luke MacFarlane will serve as leads, with supporting turns from Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Robertson, Jennifer Coolidge and Kathy Najimy.
Desperate to avoid his family’s judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter (Urie) convinces his best friend Nick (Chambers) to join him for the holidays and pretend that they’re now in a relationship. But when Peter’s mother sets him up on a blind date with her handsome trainer James (MacFarlane), the plan goes awry.
Mayer, whose credits also include NBC’s “Smash,” will direct from a script by...
- 3/23/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: iZombie alum Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald (Scream) and Chris Webster (Most Dangerous Game) have been tapped as series regulars opposite Alan Ritchson in the upcoming Amazon original series Jack Reacher, based on the character from Lee Child’s international bestselling books.
Ritchson stars as the title character in the series, produced by Amazon Studios, Skydance Television and Paramount Television Studios. The first season, written, exec produced and showrun by Nick Santora, is based on the first Jack Reacher novel, The Killing Floor, which is set in Georgia.
Goodwin will star as Chief Detective Oscar Finlay, a Harvard-educated, tweed suit-wearing Northerner who recently relocated to the small town of Margrave to take a job in the Margrave Police Department.
Fitzgerald stars as Roscoe Conklin, who was born and raised in Margrave and is a smart and proud officer in the Margrave Pd. She is resilient and is intimidated by nothing and no one.
Ritchson stars as the title character in the series, produced by Amazon Studios, Skydance Television and Paramount Television Studios. The first season, written, exec produced and showrun by Nick Santora, is based on the first Jack Reacher novel, The Killing Floor, which is set in Georgia.
Goodwin will star as Chief Detective Oscar Finlay, a Harvard-educated, tweed suit-wearing Northerner who recently relocated to the small town of Margrave to take a job in the Margrave Police Department.
Fitzgerald stars as Roscoe Conklin, who was born and raised in Margrave and is a smart and proud officer in the Margrave Pd. She is resilient and is intimidated by nothing and no one.
- 3/22/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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