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Filming for Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 started on February 28, 2025. The show is being directed by Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Meera Menon, Clark Johnson, and Logan Coles, using the working title Out the Kitchen 2. Hillary Fyfe Spera is back as the cinematographer from Season 1, along with Jeffrey Waldron, who’s working on some of the new episodes.

In late March, scenes were shot in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, at the set of Josie’s Bar, where Charlie Cox was seen wearing his black Daredevil suit in surfaced set leaks. In early April, actor Wilson Bethel was spotted filming in Chelsea. By mid-May, the filming was halfway done, and it’s expected to wrap up in July.

The latest set video confirms that filming is still underway. In one of the recent leaks, Charlie Cox and Deborah Ann Woll are seen relaxing on set, further confirming that Woll will return to reprise her role.

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The Four Seasons is a comedy-drama miniseries created by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield. Based on the 1981 film of the same name by Alan Alda, the Netflix series revolves around three couples, who are longtime friends and go on a weekend getaway together each season of the year. When one of the couple breaks and the man begins bringing a much younger woman to the getaways, everything gets weird. The Four Seasons stars Tina Fey, Will Forte, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Marco Calvani, Erka Henningsen, Colman Domingo, and Steve Carell. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, biting drama, and compelling characters in The Four Seasons, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Friends from College is a comedy-drama series created by Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller. The Netflix...

What Do We Know About the Upcoming season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again? More than you may think. The Disney+ series recently concluded its shocking and brutal first season with fans rabidly awaiting the next new chapter in Matt Murdock’s rebirth. From plot, casting news, and more, let’s dive in and take a look at what is coming up in season two of Daredevil: Born Again.

Where will season 2 pick up?

At the end of the first season, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) fully embraced his Daredevil persona as Wilson Fisk instituted martial law in New York City and imprisoned all of his opponents. With the city under his control and The Punisher in a cage, Matt Murdock will lead an uprising and raise an army to fight back against the Mayor. The return of Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) aligns with Matt’s quest. At the same time, his girlfriend,...

The gritty streets of Hell’s Kitchen are calling us back with ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2. After a strong first season that brought Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a darker edge, I’m eager to see where this next chapter takes us. The show has already proven it can balance intense action with deep character moments, and the early buzz around Season 2 suggests it’s aiming even higher.

We’re diving into a world where vigilantes clash with crime lords, and the stakes feel personal. With filming underway and familiar faces returning, this season promises to keep us glued to our screens. Let’s break down what we know about the release, trailer, plot, cast, and a bit more to get you ready for what’s coming.

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 Release Date

The exact release date for ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 hasn’t been pinned down yet,...

The pace is picking up with studio wide release A Minecraft Movie booming and plenty of indie fare to fill out behind from Neon’s Hell of a Summer and IFC Films’ The Luckiest Man in America to Fathom’s next installment of The Chosen and expansions of The Friend from Bleecker Street and Gkids’ re-release of Princess Mononoke.

CinemaCon, the biggest annual gathering of theater owners and studios, wrapped last night in Las Vegas. Exhibitors’ tempers were strained by a sour first quarter at the box office and there was an explosion of talk around longer theatrical windows which will for sure remain an ongoing conversation. That said, Q1 is behind us so here’s to hoping for a sustained period of more movies — many highlighted in Vegas — and higher-grossing movies to lift all boats.

Neon opens Hell Of A Summer on 1,255 screens after Thursday previews and early shows took in $215k.

Mass school shootings feel as inherent to the mid-American landscape as SUVs and fundamentalist Christianity. Michael Shannon’s feature-length directorial debut, Eric Larue, adapted by Brett Neveu from his 2002 play of the same name, attempts to capture just how little the social infrastructure of a small town in the United States can do for those affected by such spectacles of violence. But while Eric Larue features a strong performance from Judy Greer, its portrait of this swath of the U.S. is essentially a patchwork of broad strokes that rarely feel like they’re bringing that world to credible life.

Disaffected and listless in the indeterminate period since her son, Eric (Nation Sage Henrikson), shot and killed three of his classmates, Janice (Greer) begins venturing back into the world in small ways. She returns to her job at a hardware store and opens up a dialogue with her pastor, Steve...

Cameras are still rolling on the second season of Marvel Television's Daredevil: Born Again, and we now have word on a new addition to the cast of the Disney+ series.

Set photos have already revealed that Annie Parisse will appear in an undisclosed role (all we know is that her character is detained by Kingpin's anti-vigilante task force), and Deadline is reporting that Lily Taylor will be joining her.

We don't have a name for Taylor's character just yet, but she is believed to be playing "a political foe for Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk." As previously reported, Matthew Lillard is also on board.

Two episodes of Born Again aired this week, and the second saw Matt Murdock (finally) suit up as Daredevil again to track down and take out the serial killer known as Muse.

Earlier today, Disney+ shared two new posters featuring previously-released artwork of the...

Marvel Television is finally giving Charlie Cox's Daredevil suit the Dd chest emblem. New set photos from Daredevil: Born Again have emerged, revealing the new black suit that the Man Without Fear will don in the upcoming Season 2.

Shared on X by MCU Report, the six Born Again Season 2 set photos feature Cox's Matt Murdock in a variety of positions while suited up in the new black Daredevil suit. However, a closer look at the set photos seems to reveal that the Season 2 suit is actually the current red Daredevil suit spray-painted black, as bits of red can be seen poking through the black. The Dd chest emblem is also the same color red as the suit Murdock can be seen wearing in Season 1 of the Disney+ continuation. Check out the Season 2 set photos below.

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The nine episode first season of the Marvel series Daredevil: Born Again just made its premiere on Disney+ earlier this month (you can read our review Here), but season 2 of the show already started filming at the end of February. We previously heard that Deborah Ann Woll would be back as Matt Murdock’s friend and law office partner Karen Page in Daredevil: Born Again season 2, and now Woll has been spotted on set, in character, hanging out with Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock. Also spotted on set were members of the Anti-Vigilante Task Force, who were giving a character played by Annie Parisse (Law & Order) a hard time. The images can be seen in the embeds below.

Although the initial plan was to rework some elements and make Daredevil: Born Again stand separate from the Netflix Daredevil series (despite sharing some cast members), the show underwent a creative...

Exciting news for fans of Daredevil: Born Again! Some new photos from the set of season 2 have recently surfaced online, revealing that a new cast member will be joining the show.

The series has been filming for a few weeks now, and so far we’ve seen plenty of stuff, leaked propaganda posters glorifying Fisk’s anti-vigilante efforts and Karen sporting a cheap-looking red wig.

New leaked images however tease a new crew member as actress Annie Parisse—known for her roles in Law and Order, Monster in Law, and How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days—can be seen in a dramatic moment where she’s being detained by Kingpin’s anti-vigilante task force (Avtf).

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Um novo ângulo mais amplo da FORÇA-tarefa: Antivigilantes ontem no sets da Season 2 de #DaredevilBornAgain

A personagem da atriz Annie Parisse aparece aparentemente sendo presa! pic.twitter.com/BYiDDNc0YV...

Cameras have been rolling on the second seasoon of Marvel's Darededvil: Born Again for a few weeks at this stage, and while we haven't seen anything too spoiler-y so far, the set photos being shared online are starting to get a little more revealing.

There will be spoilers from this point on.

These latest set snaps reveal that Annie Parisse has joined the cast for season 2, and it looks like her character is going to find herself on Mayor Wilson Fisk's bad side.

Though we have no idea if Parisse will play an established Marvel Comics character, these photos show her being detained by the Kingpin's anti-vigilante task force (The Avtf). A previous rumor claimed that season 2 of Born Again will focus on the Man Without Fear assembling his own team to combat Kingpin's forces, so Parisse might well be playing a member of Murdock's new crew.

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Not every movie needs to be Citizen Kane. Sometimes audiences need something light and fluffy so they can forget their worries and just come out of the theater with a smile. That's the statement Kate Hudson has made in defense of her romantic comedy run, which may have generated solid box office but was met with less than favorable reactions from critics. In defending her rom-com run, Hudson wants to remind critics that they weren't trying to win awards.

During a chat with Entertainment Weekly, Hudson spoke about the negative reviews some of her romantic comedies endured despite them being more warmly received by moviegoers. Films such as How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (42 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) and the trifecta of Fools Gold, Bride Wars and Something Borrowed (15 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) became a staple of Hudson's career...despite the displeasure some critics had watching them. Coming...

“Eric Larue” is a new live-action psychological drama feature, directed by actor Michael Shannon, starring Judy Greer, Alexander Skarsgard, Alison Pill, Tracy Letts, Paul Sparks and Annie Parisse, opening April 4, 2025 in theaters:

‘…’Janice’ tries to cope with the fallout after her psycho son commits a horrific crime against three of his high school classmates.

“Struggling and moving through life as if in a haze, she is unable to let go of her guilt, anger and frustration.

“While her husband has found refuge at a new church, Janice finds it hard to seek solace in her faith despite her pastor’s pleas to heal her wounds…”

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Judy Greer and Alexander Skarsgård play the unthinkable: Parents whose teenage son is a school shooter. And leave it to fellow masterful actor Michael Shannon to usher onscreen the adaptation of the acclaimed 2002 play, simply titled “Eric Larue” to reference the unseen killer, as his directorial debut.

“Eric Larue” follows two parents who, in the aftermath of their son murdering his three classmates, seek solace in rival religious congregations.

The official synopsis reads: “Janice (Greer) is coping with the fallout after her son murders three of his high school classmates. Struggling and moving through life as if in a haze, she is unable to let go of her anger and frustration. While her husband (Skarsgård) has found refuge at a new church, Janice finds it hard to seek solace in her faith despite her pastor’s pleas to heal her wounds by meeting with the mothers of her son’s victims.

Grief comes in many forms; sometimes, it can drive survivors apart instead of bringing them together. In Michael Shannon‘s directorial debut, Eric Larue, Judy Greer, and Alexander Skarsgård experience firsthand the damage loss can inflict on two people struggling to survive an overwhelming tragedy. Today, Magnolia Pictures debuted a trailer and poster for Eric Larue, highlighting the cast’s sturring performances and Shannon’s talent behind the camera.

It was written by Brett Neveu and based on his 2002 play, which used the same name. Eric Larue follows two parents who, in the aftermath of a shocking crime at the hands of their son, seek solace in rival religious congregations. The film world premiered at the Tribeca Festival and also stars Alexander Skarsgård, Alison Pill, Tracy Letts, Paul Sparks, and Annie Parisse. Magnolia has North American rights and will release the film in theaters on April 4. Eric Larue also comes...

Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) is expressing himself in Collider’s exclusive first-look at the trailer for Three Birthdays. Transporting audiences back to the grooviest and most self-expressive decade of them all — the 1970s — filmmaker and co-writer, Jane Weinstock, uses her latest film as an avenue to explore one family’s attempt to embrace the counterculture with open arms and let their freak flags fly. Joining Radnor as his on-screen wife and daughter, respectively, are Annie Parisse (As the World Turns) and Nuala Cleary (The Crowded Room). Ahead of its January 24 opening at The Village East in New York City, Collider is thrilled to debut the film’s trailer, which invites audiences to explore complex family dynamics and the idea of revolution both at home and within the self.

Annie Parisse had the shortest run as an Ada on Law & Order, playing Alexandra Borgia in 33 episodes of the Og series. Parisse earlier played another role in a 2002 episode, Attorney Client, before landing the regular role. Not only was her run on the show cut short, but she had one of the most brutal endings for a Law & Order main character.

Annie Parisse in the title card of Law & Order | Credits: NBC

It was one of those moments that broke even the tough Da Jack McCoy. Over her short stint at the Da’s office, she grew close with McCoy. Borgia was a determined attorney, with the sharp skills to get the suspects to confess to their crimes. She was replaced by Alana De La Garza’s Connie Rubriosa.

While audiences were left traumatized, Annie Parisse had no regrets about her Law & Order exit Annie Parisse as Alexandra Borgia in...

What shows and documentaries were the best on Netflix? The streaming giant remains one of the top platforms for go-to shows and documentaries. Shows that have enticed the audience over the years have brought excitement and interest for everyone to watch.

During the holidays, this is the best opportunity to watch these Netflix shows and documentaries over again.

These are following shows that can have everyone’s interest over again and reminiscing the audience caught and some who missed out:

Binge watching the Netflix shows (again) is a perfect way to spend the Christmas holidayNarcos

Narcos goes back to the days of the notorious drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar. It follows the DEA agents Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook) and Javier Pena (Pedro Pascal), who attempt to infiltrate and disrupt Escobar’s (Wagner Moura) drug empire in order to capture him.

The show is inspired by true events that took place in Colombia.

Kate Hudson reveals that both her and co-star Matthew McConaughey are open to making a sequel to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. The romantic comedy came out in 2003, but the actress is constantly asked if there are any plans for Andie (Hudson) and Ben (McConaughey) to return for a big-screen follow-up one of the funniest scenes has to be seeing Ben get knocked out by another moviegoer at a screening of Sleepless in Seattle. Hudson dished on the matter in a brand-new interview with Andy Cohen during an appearance on the Watch What Happens Live podcast. At the 6:45 mark, Cohen asks about a sequel, and Hudson replies:

I think theyre always thinking about that. And it would just all that matters would be the script, and if Matthew and I were like into the script [] I think were both totally open, but it just never has happened.

Kate Hudson discusses the sequel chances for How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. The 2003 rom-com starred Hudson alongside Matthew McConaughey. Hudson is open to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 2 if the script is right.

Kate Hudson discusses the potential for a sequel to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. The 2003 movie stars Hudson alongside Matthew McConaughey, the latter of whom plays a man named Benjamin Barry, who works as an advertising executive and has the hubris to believe that he can make a woman fall in love with him in only 10 days. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days was directed by Donald Petrie, and in addition to Hudson and McConaughey, features a leading cast including Adam Goldberg, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Parisse, Thomas Lennon, and Michael Michele.

Speaking with Watch What Happens Live (via Deadline), Hudson discusses the possibility of making a sequel...

A month away from potentially receiving his first Emmy nomination, Michael Shannon is branching out into directing with “Eric Larue,” Brett Neveu’s adaptation of his own 2002 play. Following a mother seeking some semblance of normalcy in a town rocked by the horrific act of violence perpetrated by her son against three classmates, the movie just premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival to significant acclaim for its leading lady, veteran character actor Judy Greer. Considering the subject, comparisons to “We Need to Talk About Kevin” and “Mass” are unsurprising.

Alexander Skarsgård co-stars as Greer’s born-again husband, and Paul Sparks (with whom Shannon has worked on “Boardwalk Empire” and “Waco”), Alison Pill (“The Newsroom”), Tracy Letts (“Lady Bird”), Annie Parisse (“The Following”), Kate Arrington (“George & Tammy”) and Nation Sage Henrikson (“Shameless”) comprise the rest of the main cast. David Rooney (The Hollywood Reporter) calls the acting “uncommonly strong across...

Premiering Saturday night in the Tribeca Film Festival’s Spotlight Narrative category, Eric Larue is an intense and devastating account of the after effects of a school shooting, but the focus is almost entirely on the parents of that boy who shot and killed three male classmates and is now in prison. Adapted by Brett Neveu from his own 2002 stage play, it has taken on new weight in the two decades since it was first presented at Chicago’s Red Orchid Theatre in light of the seemingly endless numbers of school shootings and the fact that the number one cause for deaths of young people is now by gun. But for his feature film directorial debut actor Michael Shannon was most interested in looking at the effects of this traumatic life-changing incident from the point of view of the parents, those of the kids killed, and particularly the pair of...

An ensemble of gifted actors effectively play against type in Michael Shannon’s quietly powerful directing debut, none more so than Judy Greer, outwardly numbed by sorrow but raw inside as a mother whose son shot and killed three high school classmates. While the subject matter inevitably invites comparison with Mass, that well-received 2021 chamber piece — also a first feature by an actor, Fran Kranz — kept its focus tight on two sets of parents on either side of a similar tragedy. Eric Larue casts a wider gaze, taking in the broader community and the religious leaders fumbling or manipulating the conversation about healing.

Shannon’s deep roots in Chicago theater are evident in his choice of material and his success at assembling a first-rate cast — uncommonly strong across the board for a modestly scaled indie like this.

The script was adapted by Brett Neveu from his play of the same name,...

Our projected identities—and the constant performance inherent in presenting ourselves—fuel the surrealist philosophy of Ted Schaefer’s Giving Birth to a Butterfly. The filmmaker’s directorial debut, from a script he co-wrote with author Patrick Lawler, delves into a psychedelic psychology of what truly constitutes “the self” (very fitting for a collaborative duo who met through a mutual therapist). Giving Birth to a Butterfly largely consists of a roadtrip odyssey shared by Diana (Annie Parisse), a pharmacist stuck in an unfulfilling marriage to aspiring chef Daryl (Paul Sparks), and Marlene (Gus Birney), a heavily pregnant young woman who’s dating Diana’s son Drew […]

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Our projected identities—and the constant performance inherent in presenting ourselves—fuel the surrealist philosophy of Ted Schaefer’s Giving Birth to a Butterfly. The filmmaker’s directorial debut, from a script he co-wrote with author Patrick Lawler, delves into a psychedelic psychology of what truly constitutes “the self” (very fitting for a collaborative duo who met through a mutual therapist). Giving Birth to a Butterfly largely consists of a roadtrip odyssey shared by Diana (Annie Parisse), a pharmacist stuck in an unfulfilling marriage to aspiring chef Daryl (Paul Sparks), and Marlene (Gus Birney), a heavily pregnant young woman who’s dating Diana’s son Drew […]

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Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Chez Jolie Coiffure (Rosine Mbakam)

A vérité vignette of a small, expat-owned hair salon in Brussels’ African Quarter. Award-winning Cameroonian filmmaker Rosine Mbakam’s sophomore feature explores displacement, resilience, and the small economies migrants build to temper ties to their homelands, through mid-braid gossip and humble confessions.

Where to Stream: Le Cinéma Club

Giving Birth to a Butterfly (Theodore Schaefer)

We meet Diana Dent (Annie Parisse) readying matching wedding gowns soon revealed as not her own. She’s mending them to sell online—a necessity considering her bull-headed and controlling husband Daryl (Paul Sparks) is hell-bent on putting their life savings towards a dream of creating his own restaurant. That means no money for Drew (Owen Campbell) or Danielle’s (Rachel Resheff) college.

The original Law & Order debuted in 1990; since then, the franchise has grown into a massive crime-fighting universe comprised of numerous shows. Although each series has its main cast, they bring in reoccurring characters and one-off disposable characters for every single episode.

Related: The 10 Best Officers In The Law & Order Franchise

Some Law & Order series have run for more than 20 seasons and many of these shows have hundreds of episodes in their catalog. With the sheer volume of content this crime-fighting universe pumps out, many familiar actors have actually taken on the burden of playing more than one character throughout the franchise.

Dominic Fumusa

Dominic Fumusa may be more recognizable from his role as Ray Conlin in Homeland but Fumusa has made several appearances on three different Law & Order shows. While he never played a main or reoccurring character, Fumusa is no stranger to Law & Order's sets.

In fact,...

If directors David Lynch and Darren Aronofsky went on a road trip through working class America to meet a long-lost cousin, surely filmmaker Theodore Schaefer would come along for the ride. That’s the vibe you get when watching Giving Birth to a Butterfly, Schaefer’s moving, sometimes haunting, yet thoroughly intriguing debut feature. Shot on pastel 16mm, this film drips with achiness as it follows a mysterious road trip taken by two relative strangers whose lives are brought together by chance.

If you’re into surreal, fantasy-like outings in the vein of Twin Peaks, or even one of those alt-universe Riverdale seasons, Giving Birth to a Butterfly should do the trick. What works in Schaefer’s favor, however, is that he grounds his story, which was co-written with screenwriter Patrick Lawler, in something relatable: a family surviving economic hardship and layers of unexpressed emotions.

The film stars Annie Parisse...

If anyone is complaining that Hollywood has "run out of ideas" and that everything is a remake or sequel, they'd do well to research a small but burgeoning new crop of post-digital indie films that tap into the dread, anxieties, and sometimes comical surreality of our present age. These movies are often a little creepy, boldly ambiguous, a bit hazy, and a potent antidote to mainstream cinema. Embracing 16mm film, unique aspect ratios like 1.2:1, shorter runtimes, and small stories, these independent films couldn't be more different than the bloated three-hour-long CGI spectacles in theaters.

In the past two years, Enys Men, Funny Pages, Falcon Lake, Tahara, Skinamarink, and We're All Going to the World's Fair have exemplified this new post-digital style, and one of the producers of that latter title, the surprisingly successful World's Fair film, has now added to the movement with his own film. Theodore Schaefer's debut feature film,...

"I got scammed, Marlene, that's why we're doing this." Cinedigm has revealed a trailer for an experimental indie film titled Giving Birth to a Butterfly, marking the feature directorial debut of Theodore Schaefer. It first premiered in 2021 at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, and is finally getting a proper release after waiting a few years - it's streaming on Fandor this May. "Pure weirdo magic. Like Donnie Darko meets Twin Peaks." After having her identity stolen, a woman, and her son's pregnant girlfriend, bond together on a surreal journey as they attempt to track down the perpetrators. Described by The Austin Chronicle as “a strange and fragile story of family, identity, and the unlikely directions of a search for self," Giving Birth to a Butterfly "mixes melancholy and anxiety with a Lynchian touch" and "takes place in a parallel universe that looks and acts like suburbia, just ever so slightly off.

One of the highlights we caught at Fantasia International Film Festival in 2021 now has a home and it’s arriving sooner than expected. Theodore Schaefer’s debut feature Giving Birth to a Butterfly has been picked up by Cinedigm, who will release it in select theaters beginning May 1 before premiering on Fandor on May 16. The Lynchian fantasy tale, shot on 16mm, follows Annie Parisse as a suburban mom whose identity gets stolen. She begins to bond with her son’s pregnant girlfriend (Gus Birney) when they take a dreamlike, visually immersive road-trip journey to track down the perpetrators. Ahead of the release, we’re pleased to exclusively debut the trailer.

“Tapping into a nervous dream logic that still resembles the mad world we exist in, Giving Birth to a Butterfly is one of the most cine-literate American debuts I’ve seen in a while,” said Aaron Hillis, Director of Programming for Cinedigm.

Limited theatrical release planned for May.

Cinedigm has acquired North American rights to Fantasia International Film Festival road movie Giving Birth To A Butterfly, which marks the feature directorial debut of Theodore Schaefer who produced Berlinale selection The Adults.

Annie Parisse plays a woman whose identity gets stolen and bonds with her son’s pregnant girlfriend (Gus Birney) as they search for the perpetrators on a dreamlike road trip. Paul Sparks, Owen Campbell, Jessica Pimentel, and Judith Roberts round out the key cast.

Cinedigm plans a limited US theatrical release in May ahead of a digital release on its indie...

Jane Fonda went down memory lane on The Drew Barrymore Show remembering films from her acting career. When an image of the 2005 rom-com Monster-in-Law came up, Fonda recalled the infamous slap scene opposite Jennifer Lopez that left her with an injury.

“The thing that comes to mind right away is we have a slapping scene – I slap her, she slaps me…,” Fonda recalled. “Well Jennifer, as per Jennifer, she had this enormous diamond ring and so when she slapped me one of the times it cut open across my eye – my eyebrow.”

Fonda continued, “And she’s never apologized.”

Monster-in-Law was directed by Robert Luketic and written by Anya Kochoff about aspiring fashion designer Charlie (Lopez) who has to face her mother-in-law played by Fonda who will do anything to ruin her relationship with her son. The film marked Fonda’s return to the movies after a 15-year absence since...

Judy Greer, Paul Sparks, Alison Pill, Tracy Letts, Annie Parisse, Kate Arrington and Alexander Skarsgard are set to star in the adaptation of Eric Larue, with Michael Shannon making his directorial debut on the film that is currently in production.

Written by Brett Neveu, the film is based on Neveu’s play of the same name and follows the mother of a 17-year-old boy, who shot and killed three of his classmates. As she faces a meeting of the mothers of the other boys, and a long-delayed visit to her son in prison, the story becomes not about the violence but about what we choose to think and do in order to survive trauma.

The film is produced by Sarah Green from Brace Cove Productions, Karl Hartman from Big Indie Pictures, and Jina Panebianco from CaliWood Pictures. Jeff Nichols, R. Wesley Sierk III, Byron Wetzel, Meghan Schumacher, Declan Baldwin and John D.

Exclusive: Josh Radnor (Hunters), Annie Parisse (Friends from College) and Nuala Cleary (The Crowded Room) will topline the period drama Three Birthdays from writer-director Jane Weinstock (The Moment), which has wrapped production. Other actors set for the pic include Jasmine Batchelor (New Amsterdam), Uly Schlesinger (Generation), Gus Birney (Shining Vale), Guy Burnet (Oppenheimer), Annie McNamara (Severance) and Dolly Wells (Doll & Em).

In the indie set in 1970, Radnor and Parisse star as college professor parents to a rebellious 16-year-old played by Cleary. Against the backdrop of the sexual revolution and increasingly violent demonstrations against the war in Vietnam, each member of this nuclear family struggles to reconcile the political with the personal. The film’s producers are Andrea Miller, Chris Collins and James Welling.

Radnor is an actor and filmmaker who currently stars opposite Al Pacino in the Amazon series Hunters, from executive producer Jordan Peele. He is otherwise best known...

“Law & Order” is bringing back yet another familiar face. While NBC previously announced that Sam Waterston and Anthony Anderson will both be reprising their roles of D.A. Jack McCoy and Detective Kevin Bernard, respectively, they aren’t the only ones stepping back into the courtroom — and the list of possible guest stars is endless.

“One of the wonderful things about doing a television show in New York like this with really juicy parts for visitors is that there’s this extraordinary pool of talent of New York actors. So, the hope and expectation is that there will be a wonderful surprise every week,” Waterston tells Variety, before hinting at one of those surprises. “There is a person coming back in the first show, one of my favorite people on Earth. I’m not allowed to tell who that is, but you’ll be glad when you see her.

Exclusive: Odelya Halevi (Good Trouble) has been tapped as a series regular on NBC’s revival of Law & Order. She will play Assistant District Attorney Samantha Maroun in the 21st season of Dick Wolf’s venerable crime drama, which premieres Feb. 24 as part of a Law & Order Thursday lineup.

Israeli-born Halevi joins a long tradition of female ADAs on Law & Order that includes such actors as Jill Hennessy, Carey Lowell, Angie Harmon, Elisabeth Röhm, Annie Parisse, and, most recently, Alana de la Garza, who is currently a series regular on another Dick Wolf series, FBI.

Halevi joins fellow new Law & Order main cast additions, Jeffrey Donovan, who plays an NYPD detective, Hugh Dancy, who also plays an Assistant District Attorney, and Camryn Manheim, who portrays Lt. Kate Dixon.

Law & Order alum Anthony Anderson is reprising his role as Detective Kevin Bernard. Sam Waterston has been in...

Giving Birth To A Butterfly Photo: Fantasia International Film Festival

It is, without doubt, one of the most unusual films at 2021’s Fantasia International Film Festival, and one that viewers won’t forget in a hurry. Following Diana (Annie Parisse), a woman who, upon realising she has been the victim of an internet scam, embarks on a road trip with her son’s girlfriend which takes her to some very strange places, Giving Birth To A Butterfly has a distinctive look, a quirky sense of humour and a surprising amount of philosophical weight. After I bumped into director Theodore Schaeffer (generally known as Ted) at a karaoke night at the festival, we agreed to do an interview so that he could talk about how this strange beast originally emerged from its chrysalis.

“My writing partner Patrick Lawler and I have been working together now for eight years, and we have a lot of scripts,...

We meet Diana Dent (Annie Parisse) readying matching wedding gowns soon revealed as not her own. She’s mending them to sell online—a necessity considering her bull-headed and controlling husband Daryl (Paul Sparks) is hell-bent on putting their life savings towards a dream of creating his own restaurant. That means no money for Drew (Owen Campbell) or Danielle’s (Rachel Resheff) college. No money to stop working extra hours at the pharmacy. No money for anything besides his selfish need to break free of a constrained life as if he’s the only one struggling to come up for air. So Diana looks to liquidate what she can while hiding the act in the knowledge that Daryl would inevitably find a way to make her feel bad about doing it.

Director Theodore Schaefer and co-writer Patrick Lawler ensure that we recognize the relatable mixture of melancholy and anxiety. They...

There’s a three legged white deer ornament on the windowsill in Marlene’s mother’s house. Is it broken? Was it made wrong? Perhaps it’s just different.

Diana (Annie Parisse) wiill later tell Marlene (Gus Birney) about a time when she was driving in a snowstorm and saw a white deer running beside her, keeping pace with her car. It’s a tale imbued with a kind of spiritual insight which seems unlikely for a respectable middle aged housewife whose entire existence is constrained by square format, but perhaps it speaks to something within her that usually goes unseen. Unexpected things happen when Marlene enters her life because despite the best efforts of other family members, there are now forces at work that cannot be tidily overcome. It’s as if a leg has been pulled away from beneath her, leaving her permanently off kilter. Perhaps the leg was never there at all,...

Starring Annie Parisse and Gus Birney (“Dickinson”), Theodore Schaefer’s “Giving Birth to a Butterfly,” one of the buzz titles at August’s Fantasia Intl. Film Festival, has released a first clip ahead of the film’s world premiere in Fantasia Underground section on Aug. 9.

Produced by Daryl Freimark, “Giving Birth to a Butterfly,” is executive produced by Hannah Dweck for Dweck Productions and by Benjamin Wiessner, who is additionally handling sales for Vanishing Angle.

Written by Schaefer and Patrick Lawler, the feature debut underscores how new generation of highly cine-literate filmmakers blend multiple styles not only over the course of a film but in single scenes.

In “Giving Birth to a Butterfly,” Diana Dent, a put-upon housewife and mother of two, married to a feckless husband, suffers credit card fraud from a company which is registered at an address a full-day’s drive from where Diana lives.

Diana drops...

1973: Suzanne Rogers debuted as Maggie on Days of our Lives.

1996: Days' John & Kristen learned she had lost their baby.

2001: As the World Turns' Carly was rescued from quicksand.

2009: One Life to Live's Clint refused to be on reality television."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1973: Suzanne Rogers debuted as Maggie Simmons in Days of our Lives. In the episode, amnesiac Mickey Horton (John Clarke) stumbled onto Maggie's farm. Rogers, a former Radio City Music Hall Rockette, won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1979 for her work on Days. She is the longest running cast member...

1984: Charles Shaughnessy debuted as Shane Donovan on Days.

1990: Another World's Frankie and Cass married.

2003: Guiding Light's Ben Reade died.

2008: Molly Burnett made her first appearance as Melanie on Days."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1967: On Another World, Pat (Susan Trustman) admitted to Mary (Virginia Dwyer) that she had kissed Mike Bauer (Gary Pillar) in the park before he left Bay City.

1967: On Dark Shadows, Julia hypnotized Maggie, who then forgot everything that happened while she was missing.

1979: On Another World,...

1970: A World Apart and The Best of Everything premiered on ABC.

Another World spinoff Somerset premiered on NBC.

Dark Shadows' Maggie found a mysterious note."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1970: Daytime soap opera A World Apart premiered on ABC. The show was created by Katherine L. Phillips, Irna Phillips' daughter, and combined Irna's own life story with examples of the generation gap. Susan Sarandon and Matthew Cowles were siblings Patrice and Chris Kahlman, adopted children of soap opera writer Better Kahlman (played by...

Off Broadway’s Manhattan Theatre Club has completed casting for Donald Margulies’ plan Long Lost for production this summer, Hereditary‘s Alex Wolff joining a roster that also includes Kelly AuCoin (Billions), Annie Parisse (Friends from College) and Lee Tergesen (Oz).

Long Lost will reunite playwright Margulies with director Dan Sullivan. The two previously collaborated on Margulies’ The Country House, Brooklyn Boy, the Tony Award-nominated Time Stands Still, the Pulitzer Prize finalist Sight Unseen, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends.

Long Lost begins previews Tuesday, May 14 at Mtc’s New York City Center Stage 1, with an opening night of June 4. The casting was announced today by artistic director Lynne Meadow and executive producer Barry Grove.

Mtc describes Long Lost as “a funny, unsettling, ultimately moving play about the limits of compassion and filial obligation. When troubled Billy appears out-of-the-blue in his estranged brother David’s Wall Street office, he...

Apparently, Friends From College has been canceled by Netflix, meaning it won't be returning for a third season anytime soon. Womp, womp.

The dark comedy follows a seriously f*cked up group of adult friends as they navigate life together in New York City. Although the characters are ones you love to hate, rather than straight-up love, the news that we won't get resolutions to relationships between Ethan (Keegan-Michael Key) and Sam (Annie Parisse), as well as Ethan and Lisa (Cobie Smulders), the latter of whom appears to be pregnant with her ex-husband's baby in the season two finale, "The Wedding," is a bummer. The last episode of the second season is full of other cliffhangers regarding the fate of Lisa and Nick's relationship, as well as whether or not Ethan will return to Sam after ditching her and their romantic trip to Paris so he can accompany Lisa to the gynecologist.

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A Netflix comedy, Friends From College stars Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Annie Parisse, Fred Savage, Nat Faxon, Jae Suh Park, and Billy Eichner. It centers on a group of friends, who bonded at Harvard University, nearly 20 years ago. The series explores how professional and personal growth and upheaval can affect friendships. As their lives change,...

Network: Netflix.

Episodes: 16 (half-hour).

Seasons: Two.

TV show dates: July 14, 2017 — January 11, 2019.

Series status: Cancelled.

Performers include: Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Annie Parisse, Fred Savage, Nat Faxon, Jae Suh Park, Billy Eichner, Kate McKinnon, Greg Germann, Ike Barinholtz, and Seth Rogen.

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An adult comedy from creators and Harvard alumni, Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco, the Friends from College TV show centers on a New York City group of friends, who first bonded at Harvard University, nearly 20 years ago. The series explores how professional and personal growth and upheaval can affect friendships.

As their lives change, these friends from college begin to wonder what -- if anything --...

It looks like Netflix is done being friendly. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming service has cancelled Friends from College after two seasons.

The comedy series centers on a New York City group of friends who first bonded at Harvard University nearly 20 years ago. The cast includes Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Annie Parisse, Fred Savage, Nat Faxon, Jae Suh Park, Billy Eichner, Kate McKinnon, Greg Germann, Ike Barinholtz, and Seth Rogen.

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The big news from Netflix yesterday was the cancellation of Jessica Jones and The Punisher, bringing an end to Marvel shows on the streaming service. But it wasn’t the only Netflix original that got the axe. Netflix announced that the comedy series Friends from College starring Keegan-Michael Key, Fred Savage, Cobie Smulders, Nat Faxon, Annie Parisse, […]

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