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"Is Brad here? I just really need to see him." Vertical has revealed the official trailer for an indie film titled Griffin in Summer, a coming-of-age comedy about a precocious 14-year-old boy. It reminds me of Wes Anderson's classic Rushmore but with a whole different awakening. Set for release starting later this month. Newcomer Everett Blunck stars as Griffin – the most ambitious playwright of his generation. He's also fourteen years old. When his mom, played by Melanie Lynskey, hires a handsome 25-year-old handyman, Griffin's life and his new play take an inspired turn. The cast includes Owen Teague, Kathryn Newton, and Abby Ryder Fortson. Early reviews state: "A showcase for (Colia's) stellar casting abilities and knack for heartwarming storytelling, Griffin in Summer is a very fine feature directorial debut." The kid in this, Everett Blunck, is also the same kid that stars in The Plague, one of the big...

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Platonic is a comedy series co-created by Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller. The Apple TV+ series follows Sylvia, a middle-aged housewife who reunites with her former best friend, Will. Sylvia soon finds herself trapped in her old ways and a toxic path, which threatens to destroy her relatively happy home life. Platonic stars Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Luke Macfarlane, Tre Hale, Andrew Lopez, and Carla Gallo. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, absurd circumstances, and entertaining characters in Platonic, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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You’re the Worst is a romantic dark comedy-drama series created by Stephen Falk. The FX series follows Jimmy and Gretchen, two self-obsessed young individuals who fall for each other and begin an extremely toxic relationship that might not be good for bot of them.

Nicholas Colia’s feature directorial debut “Griffin in Summer” is aptly getting a summer release. The writer-director helms the indie coming of age story that debuted at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and subsequently won the Founders Award at the festival for best U.S. narrative feature and best screenplay in a U.S. narrative feature. The film also landed a special jury mention for director Colia, who went on to be nominated for the Someone to Watch Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

“Griffin in Summer” centers on an ambitious 14-year-old playwright Griffin Nafly (Everett Blunck) who is determined to self-produce a divorce drama titled “Regrets of Autumn” while living with his mom (Melanie Lynskey). Yet a newfound friendship with Brad (Owen Teague), an older performance artist and handyman, changes Griffin’s plans for stardom. Kathryn Newton and Abby Ryder Fortson co-star.

The IndieWire review credited Colia for infusing the film with “cheeky humor,...

The coming-of-age feature Griffin in Summer has landed a theatrical release in an appropriate season.

Writer-director Nicholas Colia’s film that debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival is set to hit theaters Aug. 29 from Vertical, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. Everett Blunck, Owen Teague, Melanie Lynskey, Abby Ryder Fortson and Kathryn Newton round out the cast.

Griffin in Summer centers on Blunck as ambitious 14-year-old playwright Griffin Nafly, who lives with his mom (Lynskey) and is attempting to self-produce his divorce drama Regrets of Autumn. But things change when Griffin begins a summer friendship with Brad (Teague), a handsome 25-year-old performance artist and handyman.

“I need you to fire the pool boy,” Blunck tells Lynskey in the trailer that is exclusive to The Hollywood Reporter and can be seen below. “He’s making noise. Art comes from a quiet place.”

The movie premiered at last year’s Tribeca Festival,...

Exclusive: Jack Champion (Avatar franchise) has come aboard for a role in Don’t Say Good Luck, the new Netflix comedy from filmmaker Julia Hart (Miss Stevens), sources tell Deadline.

Netflix declined to comment, and character details are under wraps. Champion’s castmates include Melanie Lynskey, Max Greenfield, Stephanie Beatriz, Sunny Sandler, Bebe Neuwirth, and Steve Buscemi.

Written by Laura Hankin, Hart & Jordan Horowitz, the film follows Sophie Birenbaum (Sandler), who is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical — until suddenly she’s living with even more drama at home than on the stage.

Horowitz is producing for Original Headquarters, alongside Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger for Range, and Happy Madison. Michael Roiff and Barry Weissler are serving as executive producers.

Best known for his performance as Spider in Avatar: The Way of Water, a role he’ll reprise in the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash,...

Another cult classic is getting the sequel treatment, twenty-five years after debuting. Coyote Ugly, directed by David McNally and released on August 4, 2000, is reportedly in talks for a follow-up production, as revealed by one of its original stars. The film was not much of a critical success but went on to smash the box office, grossing over $113 million worldwide, and has since developed a loving fan base. It stars Piper Perabo in her breakthrough role, along with Adam Garcia, Melanie Lynskey, John Goodman, Tyra Banks, Maria Bello, Izabella Miko, and Bridget Moynahan.

During a recent visit to The Hollywood Reporter’s suite at San Diego Comic-Con to promote her upcoming spy-thriller series Butterfly, Perabo revealed that there has been “some discussion” about a Coyote Ugly sequel. This comes five years after Banks claimed that she had been lobbying the original production team for a sequel for years. Not to mention,...

Piper Perabo says there has been “some discussion” about a sequel to Coyote Ugly.

The actress visited The Hollywood Reporter‘s suite at San Diego Comic-Con to promote her upcoming spy-thriller series Butterfly, alongside castmembers including Daniel Dae Kim, who stars in and executive produces the Prime Video series.

The film, which was released 25 years ago next month, stars Perabo as an aspiring songwriter who moves to New York to pursue her dreams and winds up taking a job at a trendy bar, Coyote Ugly. The cast also includes Adam Garcia, John Goodman, Maria Bello, Izabella Miko, Tyra Banks, Bridget Moynahan and Melanie Lynskey.

THR‘s Tiffany Taylor interviewed Perabo at Comic-Con, noting that there has been talk of a sequel over the years and asked what the status is.

Kim interjected, jokingly, with a suggestion for a title: “Coyote Uglier?” Quipped Perabo: “Coyote-er Ugly?”

Choosing her words very carefully,...

Yellowjackets' Sophie Nélisse knows that her character, Shauna Shipman, may not be every viewer's favorite after the events of season 3, but the star does not seem too phased by the hate. Given that the story centers on teenage girls stranded in the wilderness, some level of animosity is bound to build up between Yellowjackets' characters.

This is exactly what has happened throughout the series so far, but by the end of Yellowjackets season 3, the group is more divided than ever, withShauna taking on the role of antler queen. Unsurprisingly, this position and her part in ensuring that Mari (Alexa Barajas) became the pit girl have set Shauna up as Yellowjackets season 4's villain.

In an interview with ScreenRant's Ash Crossan at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, Sophie Nélisse herself offered insight into what it feels like to play such a controversial character. What's more, the star hinted at what is to...

The director of Netflix's long-awaited Adam Sandler sequel, Happy Gilmore 2, discusses what it was like working with Sandler's two daughters, Sadie and Sunny. Both Sadie, 18, and Sunny, 16, have crucial roles in the latest Sandler comedy, yet only one actually portrays Happy Gilmore's daughter.

Both Sadie and Sunny also starred in Sandler's 2023 Netflix comedy You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah. Kyle Newacheck, who rose to prominence as a co-creator, director, and actor on the Comedy Central classic comedy series Workaholics, recently spoke with People about directing the Sandler family in the highly anticipated Happy Gilmore sequel.

"It was awesome. It's amazing. It is so cool to see them all be creative and to work and gel to tell the story.

"It just makes me excited to see what they're going to come up with in the next 10 years, if they're going to follow their father's footsteps...

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The Institute is a supernatural horror thriller series created by Benjamin Cavell. Based on Stephen King‘s 2019 novel of the same name, the MGM+ series follows Luke Ellis, a genius teen boy who is kidnapped and wakes up in a mysterious institute where he finds other kids with unusual abilities. Luke’s life takes a turn when his life intertwines with a former police officer haunted by his past, who moves to the nearby town. The Institute stars Ben Barnes, Joe Freeman, Simone Miller, Fionn Laird, Hannah Galway, Julian Richings, Robert Joy, Martin Roach, and Mary-Louise Parker. So, if you loved the thrilling mystery, intense drama, and compelling characters in MGM+’s The Institute, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Promised Neverland is a Japanese anime series directed by Mamoru Kanbe.

2025 may be nearly half way through, but in the world of TV the year is still young. As such, even though you may feel like the best TV you'll see this year is already behind us as we've headed down to the severed floor for Severance Season 2, stared at our reflection once again in Charlie Brooker's Netflix series Black Mirror, brought out the billy clubs for Disney+ must-see show Daredevil: Born Again, and had our collective socks knocked off by Philip Barantini's Adolescence, we assure you a veritable streaming smorgasbord still lies ahead of us in the coming months.

Yes, we may have just finished collecting our jaw from the flaw after that Andor Season 2 finale, and yes, the second seasons of both The Last Of Us and Doctor Who may have left our heads spinning, but there's still no shortage of returning favourites, fresh franchise offerings, original programming,...

Both The Institute and Castle Rock are adapted from Stephen King’s work, but the response to each has been very different. That’s right, The Institute kicked off with a decent 78% critics’ review on Rotten Tomatoes but hasn’t connected that well with audiences. On IMDb as well, it currently sits at 6.9/10.

Meanwhile, Hulu’s Castle Rock, on the other hand, has held stronger ground. Both of its seasons are rated between 87 and 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it also has a solid 7.5/10 on IMDb. So, what could be the reason for this gap? Let’s dive deeper to know what Castle Rock did that clicked more with fans and critics.

Why Castle Rock’s Stephen King Universe Feels Bigger (and Better) Than The Institute Melanie Lynskey in a still from Castle Rock | Credits: Hulu

Stephen King‘s stories and narratives often exist in the same world, shared towns, recurring names,...

In the early '90s, "The Lord of the Rings" was just that weird cartoon from Ralph Bakshi, the most famous Kate was "heroin chic" supermodel Kate Moss, and Kiwi director Peter Jackson was only really on the radar of gorehounds thanks to his splattery, low-budget horror comedies like "Bad Taste" and "Braindead." That all began to change with the arrival of "Heavenly Creatures" in 1994, a fantastical period drama about a sensational but mostly forgotten true-life crime.

Distributed internationally under the Miramax banner (with "In a World" voiceover master Don Lafontaine doing his thing on the trailer), "Heavenly Creatures" was the first Jackson film you might actually take your mum to watch at the cinema. It also introduced the world to two young unknown actresses, Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey, playing a pair of schoolgirls whose retreat into an imaginary world leads to obsession, insanity, and murder.

"Heavenly Creatures" was...

Who’s keeping us on the edge of our seats again? None other than Rian Johnson, director of Brick, Knives Out, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. He brought his twist-loving mind to Poker Face, Peacock’s retro-style murder mystery series starring Natasha Lyonne as the lie-detecting drifter, Charlie Cale.

Since its 2023 premiere, the show’s witty blend of crime, comedy, and Lyonne’s eccentric charisma has made it a fan favorite. But what happens now? After season 2’s wild finale cliffhanger, in which Charlie and the assassin Iguana plunge off a gorge, when we’ll see season 3 remains a mystery for now.

Where’s the renewal? Not here yet. And why not? That’s the kicker. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Johnson admitted,

We haven’t really started the conversations. If it all makes sense and all comes together, I do love doing the show… but there...

Yellowjackets, thankfully, has been renewed for Season 4, assuring that the show’s biggest cliffhanger (literally) won’t go unaddressed. As always with this supernatural (or is it?) tale of survival told in two timelines, the Yellowjackets Season 3 finale left fans with more questions than answers. TV Insider had Liv Hewson (teen Van) react to Yellowjackets fan theories while the fans wait for the next part of the story to unfold. Yellowjackets follows a girls’ high school soccer team from New Jersey who are stranded for 18 months in the Canadian wilderness after their plane crashes on their way to nationals. The girls, and their assistant coach, struggle to survive physically and mentally, but a cannibalistic hunting ritual slowly becomes their twisted means of survival as more time passes and rescue looks less and less likely. In the present-day timeline, adult survivors of the wilderness continue trying to cope with the trauma...

This article contains spoilers for "Poker Face" season 2.

The season 2 finale of "Poker Face" is titled "The End of the Road," but one can only hope that this won't be our last ride with spunky lie detector detective Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne). As of this writing, "Poker Face" hasn't been renewed yet for a third season. We're crossing our fingers here at /Film, though, because "Poker Face" season 2 was just as delightful a ride as season 1.

"Poker Face" streams on Peacock, but it's purposefully made like classical, pre-streaming TV. Charlie is the only constant character as the series follows her solving a different murder each week in a new location. Like in "Columbo," the first act of each episode shows the killing play out in detail, and in the remaining acts, Charlie comes in and solves it.

Part of the show's hook is its guest stars, and part of it...

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Netflix is the biggest streaming platform in the world, and it can be easily said that it has the best content library when it comes to TV shows and movies. In this article, we are going to list the best of the best shows currently available on the streaming service. We avoided popular titles like Love is Blind and Too Hot To Handle as we are not going to include reality TV shows in this list. Check out the best TV shows you can watch right now on Netflix below.

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Mr. Robot is a psychological thriller drama series created by Sam Esmail. The USA Network series follows Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and vigilante hacker who is recruited into a hacker group trying to bring down the most powerful individuals in the world,...

Looks like Dance Mom will boogie all the way to the Emmy podium.

Julianne Nicholson, who played the joyous (and drug-addicted) character on Hacks Season 4, now leads the Best Comedy Guest Actress race, taking down longtime frontrunner Jamie Lee Curtis for The Bear, who won last year. Nicholson's Dance Mom, aka Mary Alice, was recruited by Paul W. Downs' Jimmy and Megan Stalter's Kayla to appear on Late Night With Deborah Vance as a way for the talk show-within-a-show to gain a younger audience. At first, Jean Smart's Deborah was hesitant to let the untested woman take the stage, until she realized it would annoy Hannah Einbinder's Ava, and then all bets were off.

There's a new Hacks tonight, but I have not yet recovered from Julianne Nicholson dancing to Katy Perry's "Lifetimes" as Dance Mom in last week's episode. pic.twitter.com/SH3OPittFI

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Two-time Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth is among the cast starring in Don't Say Good Luck, a new comedy film for Netflix, Deadline reports. The movie follows high school student Sophie Birenbaum, played by Sunny Sandler, who is preparing to star as the lead in her high school musical. However, she soon realizes that she is facing more drama at home than she is in her show after her mother's cancer unexpectedly returns. Julia Hart will direct the movie from a script she co-wrote with Laura Hankin and Jordan Horowitz, who is also set to executive produce. In addition to Neuwirth and Sandler, Don't Say Good Luck will star Melanie Lynskey, Max Greenfield, Stephanie Beatriz, and Steve Buscemi. Character...

Exclusive: Filmmaker Julia Hart (Miss Stevens) has set the cast for Don’t Say Good Luck, a new comedy for Netflix. Pic will star Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets), Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood), Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Sunny Sandler (You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah), Bebe Neuwirth (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), and Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire).

Written by Laura Hankin, Hart & Jordan Horowitz, the film follows Sophie Birenbaum (Sandler), who is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical — until suddenly she’s living with even more drama at home than on the stage.

Horowitz will produce for Original Headquarters, alongside Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger for Range, and Happy Madison. Michael Roiff and Barry Weissler are EPs.

Prior to Don’t Say Good Luck, Hart has helmed features including the acclaimed dramedy Miss Stevens; genre-bender Fast Color starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw; Prime Video’s crime...

There have been many changes to the Paramount+ subscription since it was first introduced. After all, it was originally called CBS All Access, and then as Paramount took over CBS, the main name was changed.

Well, now there’s another name change, but this time to its top-tier platform. What was once the clunky Paramount+ with Showtime will now change to something a little easier to remember and understand.

In this photo illustration a Showtime logo seen displayed on... | Sopa Images/GettyImages Paramount+ with Showtime will drop the Showtime

The top-tier part of the subscription will drop “with Showtime,” and it will now be known as Paramount+ Premium. The Hollywood Reporter reminds everyone that the Showtime subscription isn’t available by itself anymore. You need to get the whole thing if you want to watch Showtime content such as Yellowjackets and Dexter: Original Sin.

It means that Showtime is now...

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Netflix is ready with an entertainment-packed July this year. While, we are already know all the brilliant films and TV shows that will be leaving Netflix in the upcoming month, we will also see the premiere of many highly anticipated Netflix original movies and TV shows, including the highly anticipated sequels of The Old Guard and Happy Gilmore and a new season of the brilliant fantasy series The Sandman. Just like every month, Netflix is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the seven new movies and shows coming to Netflix in July 2025.

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Yellowjackets is a psychological mystery horror survival thriller series co-created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. Season 2 of the Showtime series continues the story of the girls’ soccer team, who have survived the summer in the wilderness,...

Over the past two months of Emmy campaigning, Gold Derby has spoken with several contenders in all categories. Now with voting underway ahead of the July 15 unveiling of the nominees, we have compiled 16 interviews for stars vying for Best Drama Actress, including: Annaleigh Ashford (Happy Face), Kathy Bates (Matlock), Morfydd Clark (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Tawny Cypress (Yellowjackets), Emma D'Arcy (House of the Dragon), Shanola Hampton (Found), Minha Kim (Pachinko), Ali Larter (Landman), Britt Lower (Severance), Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets), Helen Mirren (1923), Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale), Niecy Nash-Betts (Grotesquerie), Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets), and Carrie Preston (Elsbeth).

Read on for highlights from each interviews and links to watch our full video Q&As.

Annaleigh Ashford (Happy Face)

For the Paramount+ series, Ashford plays Melissa Reed, the daughter of Dennis Quaid's Keith Hunter Jesperson, aka the Happy Face Killer, who's in prison for murdering eight women.

As the first round of Emmy voting comes to a close on June 23, anticipation in Hollywood reaches a boiling point ahead of the 2025 Emmy nominations announcement on July 15. The past year of television has delivered groundbreaking dramas, razor-sharp comedies, and unforgettable performances, leaving one question at the forefront: which of these standout contenders will make the cut? And who might face the dreaded snub?

Gold Derby’s final predictions for the 2025 Emmy nominees showcase a mix of overwhelming favorites and potential long shots ready to shake up the competition. Will Severance hold onto its front-runner status for Best Drama Series, or could The Pitt surge with a surprise wave of nominations? Can Hacks take home Best Comedy Series for the second consecutive year, or will The Studio emerge as a fresh favorite? Check out Gold Derby’s latest predictions across the major categories below, and stay tuned as the Emmy...

Fans usually watch shows based on how good they are, obviously, but when creators make special announcements, it makes them love it even more. From guest appearances to a twist in its plot, maintaining an audience is vital and not easy. Yellowjackets co-creator Ashley Lyle has done an amazing job sharing updates and fun behind-the-scenes news about the series that premiered on Showtime in 2021. In 2023, Lyle revealed that there was a special bonus episode of Yellowjackets, but a year later, she told fans that they'd have to "wait a bit longer" for the treat. They aren't the only ones eager to see the special episode — the show's star, Melanie Lynskey, is too.

Lynskey plays the adult Shauna Sadecki (Sophie Nélisse is the teenage version of the character), and during an interview with EW's The Awardist Podcast, revealed that her husband, Jason Ritter, filmed an episode of the series that hasn't aired.

Fans still love Two And a Half Men after all these years!

The hit CBS sitcom starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Ashton Kutcher, Holland Taylor, Melanie Lynskey, Marin Hinkle, and Conchata Ferrell first premiered on September 22, 2003.

After 12 seasons, Two And a Half Men came to an end on February 19, 2015.

The cast of the hit show has gone on to achieve incredible things in their own careers, and have amassed an impressive amount of money.

We’ve gathered all of the main cast members of Two And a Half Men, and ranked them from lowest to highest estimated net worth.

If you didn’t know, Two And a Half Men is available for streaming on Peacock!

Click through the slideshow to find out who the richest Two And a Half Men cast member is…...

The key races for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards couldn’t be more different.

The comedy categories appear to be heading for another showdown between The Bear — once again prompting an obligatory “Is it a drama or a comedy?” debate — and Hacks, with several returning shows still in the mix while the drama fields, which Shōgun dominated last year, are wide open.

While voters can, and in many cases should, absolutely go back to prior favorites like The White Lotus, Severance and The Last of Us, the THR television critics have recommendations on some familiar and some quirky and offbeat ways to fill out ballots.

Voting for the nomination round closes on Monday, June 23, with nominations announced on Tuesday, July 15. The 2025 Emmys will air on CBS and Paramount+ on Sept. 14, with Nate Bargatze serving as host.

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After Max’s Hacks upset The Bear in this race last Emmys,...

Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey has shared a disappointing update on her husband's missing bonus episode, which was originally filmed during season 2. During production on season 2 of the thriller series, a standalone episode starring Jason Ritter was filmed. While it's unclear who he was playing on the cast of Yellowjackets, the episode was originally meant to air prior to the start of season 3. However, as of writing, the episode has yet to be released, and there is no concrete information as to when it might come out.

Speaking with The Awardistpodcast (via Entertainment Weekly), Lynskey, who plays adult Shauna, brought up Ritter's viral TikTok video "the arugula's gone bad," leading to a conversation about his lost Yellowjackets episode. He'd filmed the video in Vancouver while there for the episode, which she referred to as "lost to time," implying its fate remains up in the air. Although she didn't concretely say...

Melanie Lynskey is revealing the Yellowjackets moment that had her fearing for her life during filming!

The 48-year-old actress appeared on the Thursday (June 19) episode of The Awardist podcast and revealed that one specific scene she filmed with co-star Christina Ricci had the two of them seriously terrified.

Keep reading to find out more…

During a season 3 episode of the show, Melanie‘s character, Shauna, loses control of her van as the breaks go out. This automotive disaster causes the car to drive wildly through a park as her and her passenger, Christina‘s Misty, are helpless to stop it. According to Melanie, the terror they showed in the scene wasn’t all acting.

“I think the only thing that made us stop laughing was the fact that we were actually fearing for our lives,” Melanie said on the podcast but went on to share that the two of them...

Coyote Ugly took a beating from critics when it first hit theaters in the summer of 2000, but over time, the comedy-drama found new life as a cult favorite, thanks to the fans who embraced its feel-good charm and iconic soundtrack. In a time when revivals and sequels to beloved classics are all the rage, it’s somewhat surprising that Coyote Ugly hasn’t yet gotten the same treatment, especially withTyra Banks, one of its stars, championing the idea for years. That, however, might soon change as a recent update from producer Jerry Bruckheimer teases that we might be headed for another wild night at the legendary bar.

Bruckheimer has lately been out and about promoting his recent production effort with Warner Bros. — F1, a high-octane racing film starring Brad Pitt. One of those promotion rounds saw him catch up with ScreenRant for a brief chat, where the outlet stole the...

Another season of one of TV’s most acclaimed horror series is heading to Netflix. Yes, we're talking about Showtime’s hit, Yellowjackets. But don’t expect the newest season. That one remains exclusive to Paramount+, at least for now. It'll be the show's second season, which features one of the show's most shocking and heartbreaking deaths.

Back in October 2024, Netflix added the first season of the popular horror show to its platform. Now, the streaming giant has secured the streaming rights for another season. It has set the Yellowjackets season 2 release date for Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

(L-r): Nuha Jes Izman as Teen Crystal, Samantha Hanratty as Teen Misty, Alexa Barajas as Teen Mari, Sophie Nélisse as Teen Shauna, Courtney Eaton as Teen Lottie, Nia Sondaya as Teen Akilah, Sophie Thatcher as Teen Natalie, Jasmin Savoy Brown as Teen Taissa, Steven Krueger as Ben Scott, and Liv Hewson as Teen...

"I took a bite from Hilary Swank, and it was delicious," says Melanie Lynskey. "It was mashed up strawberries and sugar."

That’s how Lynskey summed up one of the most memorable scenes from Season 3 of Yellowjackets at a recent panel at the Newport Beach TV Festival, where the cast received the award for Outstanding Drama Ensemble. Lynskey, who plays adult Shauna on the Showtime drama, was joined by Christina Ricci (adult Misty) and Samantha Hanratty (teen Misty) for a Q&a moderated by Gold Derby’s editor-in-chief.

The cast also discussed the one question they would ask the showrunners, the deaths that shocked them the most, and who’s going to be left standing at the end. Listen to the full Q&a on Awards Magnet below.

SEEHow 'Yellowjackets' brought the shocking 'Pit Girl' hunt to life in Season 3

Lynskey admitted she wasn’t interested in the...

All eyes are on Jacobson Moore's senior lawyers, Matty (Kathy Bates) and Olympia (Skye P. Marshall), as Matlock gears up for Season 2. Still, there are some huge developments on the horizon for junior lawyers, Sarah (Leah Lewis) and Billy (David Del Rio). Following some cliffhanger discoveries at the end of the season, the characters will grapple with the implications of these developments in their lives. For Billy, it's the realization that he's about to become a father, and for Sarah, it's the potential loss of her job. Sarah skipped protocol and took on a client by herself, exposing the firm to significant risk. "You can’t take a case in a giant law firm without going through the proper channels…. it’s a fireable offense, so that’s what’s at stake," series showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman told TVLine. Sarah's workplace nemesis, Simone (Andrea Londo), is determined to expose her,...

For playing a detective tasked with solving a White House murder and a housewife burdened with a past of dark secrets, Uzo Aduba and Melanie Lynskey leaned into comedic moments in their drama series, “The Residence” and “Yellowjackets,” more than one might imagine.

“It’s just honesty … I do like being able to find moments of levity in dramatic situations or something that feels real that can also be funny,” Lynskey told Aduba during a new installment of TheWrap’s long-form video series Visionaries, noting that “Yellowjackets” finds a welcome blend of drama and comedy.

For Aduba, who notably won an Emmy in both the comedy and drama categories for playing Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren in “Orange Is the New Black,” finding the comedic beats in “The Residence” wasn’t tricky, and she relished the show’s fast pace.

“I think of the comedy as it just … moves so fast...

Twenty-five years after its release, But I’m a Cheerleader still raises spirits for fans of the cult queer comedy. Jamie Babbit marked her feature directorial debut with the project that stars Natasha Lyonne as Megan, a high school cheerleader sent to conversion-therapy camp when her loved ones suspect that she’s a lesbian.

The filmmaker hatched the idea after reading an article about gay rehabilitation centers and recruited Brian Wayne Peterson to write the script. Babbit cast Clea Duvall (who starred in her short film Sleeping Beauties) as Megan’s love interest. Rosario Dawson was among those considered for the lead, but the part went to Lyonne, who led 1998’s Slums of Beverly Hills and asked about Cheerleader after seeing the script in friend Duvall’s car. Rounding out the cast were Bud Cort, Melanie Lynskey and Michelle Williams.

Babbit remembers when RuPaul expressed interest in the film. “Ru was...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about The Chi, Poker Face, the Tony Awards and more!

1 | Even though The Chi’s Christian was only around for a little while, were you as devastated as we were to hear that he’d died?

2 | When Walking Dead Universe badass Norman Reedus showed up in the spinoff movie From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, did you expect/hope he’d have a bigger, more action-packed role? ▲

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Forget Clickers — the real terror for The Last of Us fans is seeing their favorite episodes ranked low on best-of lists.

Based on the beloved video game, HBO's zombie apocalypse drama follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as they struggle to survive in a world full of zombie-like creatures who were transformed after a mass fungal infection. To date, 16 episodes have aired — nine in Season 1 (2023) and seven in Season 2 (2025) — and a third season has been ordered. While most of the episodes wowed viewers, some had fans reaching for their remotes. Scroll through our gallery below to see The Last of Us episodes ranked worst to best.

Some of the human characters Joel and Ellie meet along the way include Tommy (Gabriel Luna), Joel's younger brother; Tess (Anna Torv), Joel's initial partner; Riley (Storm Reid), Ellie's childhood best friend; Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett), gay survivalists who...

It’s gutsy to go from a heist episode to a con episode. Yet Poker Face does just that with “The Sleezy Georgian,” the latest episode to pit Charlie (Natasha Lyonne) against some high-minded foes. John Cho, Melanie Lynskey, GaTa, and a fun ensemble support the fun little caper.

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Regina (Melanie Lynskey) arrives at a hotel bar, where she spots Alec (John Chu) sitting alone at a table. She sits beside him and asks about his meal, which elicits a short response. He receives a package from a passerby and places it in his bag. They make small talk, order drinks, and Alec receives another package. He tells Regina they’re just work papers.

Regina pushes him about his job, which he admits is being a luxury travel agent.

Talk about a fashion emergency.

It’s not easy dressing teenage girls under the best of circumstances — add in a plane crash in the wilderness, brutal winters, a devastating fire, and some mild cannibalism, and you’ve got to do some pretty creative costume work.

Such is the challenge faced by Yellowjackets costume designer Marie Schley, an Emmy winner for her work on Transparent. Even in its third season, Schley says her job has actually gotten easier, as she’s able to collaborate with the actors who’ve come to fully embody their characters — that is, the ones who’ve survived.

Here, she talks with Liv Hewson, who plays teen Van (and who uses they/them pronouns), about their favorite costumes, the one look that defined their character, and what they took from the set.

See'i was terrified — she has an Oscar for "Million Dollar Baby"': Melanie Lynskey on...

Welcome to Pour One Out! In this series, IndieWire celebrates some of our favorite characters on TV that have come to the end of their run this season, with the stars that played them.

[Editor’s note: The following interview contains spoilers for “Yellowjackets.”]

For Steven Krueger, “Yellowjackets” was “kind of a mindfuck.” The actor spent three seasons playing TV’s unluckiest soccer coach before a bout of sudden-death overtime forced Coach Ben to hang up his crutches in Season 3. Speaking with IndieWire amid a heated Emmys race, Krueger reflected on his bizarre experience making the show — a brain-twisting challenge he still considers a personal best.

“Everybody asks me all the time, ‘Did you get to keep your head?’ That really is the universal first thing that everybody wants to know,” said Krueger. “The answer, of course, is no, I did not — nor would I want to.”

“The first time I saw it, my very first instinct was, ‘This...

We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2025 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 12 to June 23, with the official Emmy nominations announced Tuesday, July 15. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 18 and ends the night of August 27. The 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 14, and air live on CBS at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.

The State of the Race

One of the reasons why “Matlock” star Kathy Bates seems to be in such a good position to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, besides having been recognized for her performance at several of the winter awards shows, with wins at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, is that her show is only in its first season.

Fox crime drama series "The Cleaning Lady" aired its season 4 finale on June 3, 2025. The series' fans didn't have long to savor the episode or guess what would come next, because mere days later, on June 6, Fox canceled the series, citing low ratings. 

In fact, ratings for "The Cleaning Lady" had been declining consistently. The first season generally enjoyed around three million viewers (give or take) per episode back in 2022, while by the fourth season, it was down to one million. It's possible that the decline just has to do with fewer people watching all network TV, but the end result is the same.

Created by Miranda Kwok, "The Cleaning Lady" is a remake of an Argentine TV series, "La Chica que Limpia" (Spanish for "The Cleaning Lady"). The series starred Elodie Yung as Thony De La Rosa, a Cambodian-Filipino surgeon living in Las Vegas. On an expired visa and with an ill young son,...

Coming off their acclaimed turn as Ellie in the second season of HBO's The Last of Us, Bella Ramsey is reportedly being eyed for a Marvel Studios role.

Though this should only be viewed as a rumor for the time being, scooper Mttsh is claiming that Marvel is interested in signing Ramsey for a "big role" in an upcoming project. This obviously covers a lot of ground and even more potential characters, and it's entirely possible that Kevin Feige and co. simply have the highly in-demand actor on their radar.

Ramsey might well have taken a meeting (or two), but Marvel meets with a lot of talent, often without any specific role in mind.

That said, there are some major MCU movies on the horizon, and  - assuming this is accurate - we can't help but wonder if Ramsey might be in line for a role in the upcoming X-Men reboot.

In Season 3 of “Yellowjackets,” Shauna (played as an adult by Melanie Lynskey) went completely off the rails. Fans were fine with a show about cannibalism but not with a main character who was paranoid, violent and out of control. The ferocity of their feedback surprised cast and crew.

During a new installment of How She Did It, presented by Paramount+, Lynskey and Ashley Lyle, the Emmy-nominated drama’s co-creator and co-showrunner, broke down the shockingly brutal fight in Episode 8 between Lynskey and guest star Hilary Swank.

The Paramount+ with Showtime series, which was recently renewed for Season 4, is about a high school girls’ soccer team that crashes in the Canadian wilderness and turn feral as they struggle to survive. An older cast plays the troubled survivors as adults, for whom the past is never really past.

Hilary Swank and Melanie Lynskey in “Yellowjackets.” (Kailey Schwerman/Paramount+ with Showtime)

In Season...

On June 5, the IndieWire Honors Spring 2025 ceremony will celebrate the creators and stars responsible for some of the most impressive and engaging work of this TV season. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, IndieWire Honors is a celebration of the creators, artisans, and performers behind television well worth toasting. In the days leading up to the event, IndieWire is showcasing their work with new interviews and tributes from their peers.

Ahead, Lyonne’s long-time best friend Melanie Lynskey tells IndieWire about the many qualities that set our Maverick Award apart, both as a performer and as a pal.

There’s a moment when Melanie Lynskey talks about Natasha Lyonne that kind of says it all.

“If she chooses you, you’re going to be her friend,” she said. “That’s just it.”

For more than 20 years, Lyonne and Lynskey have been ride-or-dies bonded by weird nights, great scripts,...

Hollywood star Elijah Wood, who played the role of Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, gained confidence in the film’s success after learning that Peter Jackson was helming the project as its director. And the source of this confidence was Jackson’s 1994 film, Heavenly Creatures.

The biographical film, which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, follows two girls’ obsessive friendship and shared fantasy world as it spirals out of control, ultimately resulting in tragedy.

Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures sparked Elijah Wood’s confidence in The Lord of the Rings

Elijah Wood has reflected on how confident he felt that The Lord of the Rings adaptation was in the right hands with Peter Jackson when he first heard about it in 1997.

Related: From Frodo to Hobo: Elijah Wood’s Drastic Transformation for New Peter Dinklage Superhero Movie Will Scar Lord of the Rings Fans...

Season 4 picks up after a record-breaking finale — and no one’s walking away clean.

The cannibal cult chaos isn’t over just yet – “Yellowjackets” is coming back for Season 4 on Paramount+ with Showtime, and the rescue is finally in sight (maybe). After a record-breaking third season full of mind games, pit traps, and emotional body blows, the show’s headed into its wildest chapter yet. We’ve got dead girls talking, survivors unraveling, and a whole lot of questions left in the snow. Here’s everything you need to know about “Yellowjackets” Season 4.

Everything you need to know about ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 4:

When will new episodes air?

What is ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 4 about?

Who’s been cast in ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 4?

What happened at the end of ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3?

How can you watch previous seasons of ‘Yellowjackets’?

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Peacock is calling ‘Blsht’ one again. The streamer’s “Poker Face” will once again mark Emmy FYC season by creating a day-long takeover at 13 various Los Angeles burger joins on Saturday, June 7, to celebrate the show.

The Emmy-winning mystery series will offer free “‘Blsht burger and a side of lies” to fans and Emmy voters on June 7 from noon to 6 p.m. Pt. The day is based on Charlie Cale, the character played on “Poker Face” by Natasha Lyonne.

Also, Charlie Cale’s iconic 1968 Plymouth Barracuda will be on display for photo opportunities at Heavy Handed in Studio City.

Here are the restaurants participating in “Blsht Day”:

Heavy Handed; Burgers Never Say Die (Silver Lake); Irv’s Burgers and Og Smash Burger (Glendale).

Menu options include a regular burger or vegetarian option.

Peacock has been busy with its “Poker Face” installations: At the start of May, it held another event in New York,...

The critically acclaimed mystery series Poker Face, created by Rian Johnson, returns with its highly anticipated second season on Peacock. Starring Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a woman with an uncanny ability to detect lies, the show continues its unique “case-of-the-week” format, blending suspense with dark comedy. Season 2 promises more thrilling adventures, a host of intriguing guest stars, and deeper dives into Charlie’s complex world. In this article, we will explain everything that you need to know about Poker Face Season 2, including its release schedule, plot developments, and cast details.

What Is Poker Face About?

Poker Face follows Charlie Cale, a casino worker with an extraordinary ability to discern lies. After a series of events forces her to flee, Charlie embarks on a cross-country journey, encountering a new mystery and set of characters in each episode. Her lie-detecting skill becomes both a tool and a curse as she navigates...

Fans of Kathy Bates’s Matlock series, as well as FBI: Most Wanted, may get to see a familiar face crop up on the series. FBI: Most Wanted recently finished its run on CBS, leaving the actors involved open for other projects.

One of these actors is Edwin Hodge, who played Special Agent Ray Cannon from season 4 until the show’s finale in season 6. Before the series ended, he told a fellow agent, Nina Chase (Shantel VanSanten), that he and his wife were expecting a baby together. This was a nice way to cap off Hodge’s time with the series, and another series is already looking to sweep him up.

In response to a question from TVLine, showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman discussed wanting to cast two guest stars who are familiar to two of the stars of the series, Jason Ritter and Skye P. Marshall.

Hodge is married to Marshall,...