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NBC has recently added one of the most beloved movies ever made, The Shawshank Redemption, to its Peacock streaming service. This classic 1994 prison drama has long been praised for its powerful story and memorable performances, and now Peacock subscribers can watch it anytime.

The Shawshank Redemption is based on a novella by Stephen King called Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The movie tells the story of Andy Dufresne, played by Tim Robbins, a banker who is sent to Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murder of his wife and her lover—crimes he insists he did not commit.

While in prison, Andy forms a close friendship with Ellis “Red” Redding, a contraband smuggler played by Morgan Freeman. Together, they navigate the harsh realities of prison life. The film also stars Bob Gunton as the corrupt prison warden, Samuel Norton, with strong supporting roles from William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore.

Lukas Gage and Harry Shum Jr are set to star in the upcoming romantic comedy Voicemails for Isabelle!

The actors are among nine new additions to the ensemble cast of the upcoming Netflix movie, which hails from writer/director Leah McKendrick, according to Deadline.

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Voicemails for Isabelle “tells the story of Jill, who copes with her sister’s death by leaving her voicemails chronicling her chaotic life in San Francisco. When the number is unknowingly reassigned, an elusive Austin real estate agent begins receiving the hilariously confessional messages.”

As previously announced, Zoey Deutch will star as Jill alongside Nick Robinson.

Also new to the cast are Nick Offerman, Ciara Bravo, Megan Danso, Toby Sandeman, Leah McKendrick, Spencer Lord and Gil Bellows.

Production is currently underway in Vancouver, Canada.

Voicemails for Isabelle has been in the works for several years. It was previously picked up...

Writer-director Leah McKendrick has rounded out the cast for her Netflix rom-com Voicemails for Isabelle, starring Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson, on which we were first to report earlier this summer.

Newcomers to the ensemble include Nick Offerman (Sovereign), Lukas Gage (Companion), Harry Shum Jr. (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Ciara Bravo (Last Days), Megan Danso, Toby Sandeman (Running Point), McKendrick, Spencer Lord (The Last of Us), and Gil Bellows (Patriot).

The film tells the story of Jill, who copes with her sister’s death by leaving her voicemails chronicling her chaotic life in San Francisco. When the number is unknowingly reassigned, an elusive Austin real estate agent begins receiving the hilariously confessional messages.

Producers on the project include Todd Black, Becky Sanderman, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch for Escape Artists. David Bloomfield is exec producing for Escape Artists.

Offerman is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Gage by WME,...

Zoey Deutch (Set It Up) is returning to her Netflix rom-com roots.

The actor is teaming up with Nick Robinson (Maid) for Voicemails for Isabelle, a new rom-com written and directed by Leah McKendrick (Scrambled).

Voicemails for Isabelle follows Jill (Deutch) as she copes with her sister’s death by leaving her voicemails chronicling her chaotic life in San Francisco. When the number is reassigned without her knowledge, an elusive Austin real estate agent (Robinson) begins receiving the hilariously confessional messages.

Joining the cast alongside Deutch and Robinson are Nick Offerman, Lukas Gage, Harry Shum Jr., Ciara Bravo, Megan Danso (Siren), Toby Sandeman, Spencer Lord (The Last of Us), and Gil Bellows. Writer-director McKendrick will also appear in the film.

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There are few movies as widely beloved as director Frank Darabont's "The Shawshank Redemption." Based on Stephen King's novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption," the 1994 film has been the top-rated movie on IMDb's top 250 list for going on two decades. That's in no small part thanks to the film's stellar cast, which is led by Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne and Morgan Freeman as Red. However, it seems the movie's ensemble could have been even more impressive in retrospect as Brad Pitt, who was one of Hollywood's brightest rising stars in the mid-1990s, very nearly signed on for it.

In a 2019 piece by USA Today celebrating the 25th anniversary of "The Shawshank Redemption," Darabont discussed how he originally cast Pitt in the movie as Tommy, a young punk who's been in and out of prison...

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In his prolific acting career, the globally admired Hollywood actor Brad Pitt has starred in several acclaimed films like Ocean’s Eleven, Fight Club, World War Z, 12 Monkeys, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, to name a few. On the other hand, the Oscar-winning actor could have been part of other highly-rated movies as well.

One such film was Frank Darabont’s cult prison drama The Shawshank Redemption, which was released in 1994 and is considered by many fans to be one of the greatest films ever made. But what exactly happened? Why did Brad Pitt not star in the film? Was he offered a lead role? And who finally played that part? Read on to find out.

Why Brad Pitt Turned Down The Shawshank Redemption?

According to a USA Today report, The Shawshank Redemption director revealed that Brad Pitt could not do...

Alert: Missing Persons Unit is coming back for season 3, so here’s a quick refresher on what to know about the show!

Premiering on Fox in January 2023, Alert: Missing Persons Unit focuses on the Philadelphia police department’s Missing Persons Unit, which, as the name implies, hunts for missing folks in the city.

The central characters are Captain Nikki Batista (Dania Ramirez) and her ex-husband, Detective Jason Grant (Scott Caan). The two had been married only to break up following the abduction and apparent murder of their son, Keith. They were thus overjoyed when the now-teenage Keith appeared to turn up alive.

Season 1 took various twists and turns before the finale revealed that “Keith” was actually Max, a youth pushed by his criminal mother to pose as Keith to trick Nikki and Jason out of money. Having come to care for them, Max didn’t want to go through with...

Cinderella’s stepsisters mutilating their feet so they can fit into slippers, a heartbroken mermaid taking her own life, Red Riding Hood unknowingly cannibalizing her grandmother — these and other upsetting details tend to be omitted from modernizations of classic fairy tales. This kind of watering-down, often called “Disneyfication” for obvious reasons, may be seen as a problematic practice, but as it happens, the commercial and sterile variants only make their darker counterparts more effective.

One such case is 1997’s Snow White: A Tale of Terror, a most aberrant fairy tale adaptation.

Fairy tales and suchlike are eternal in show business, yet in and after the 1990s they were especially prolific, due in large part to Disney’s enviable success with the model. And it wasn’t just animated adaptations getting the greenlight either; live-action takes were also popular. However, Michael Cohn’s flesh-and-blood treatment of the always-fashionable “Snow White” story...

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Family Law is a Canadian legal drama series created by Susin Nielsen. The Global series follows Abigail Bianchi, a talented lawyer struggling with alcoholism who begins working for her estranged father and two half-siblings in family law. She soon finds herself overwhelmed with the pressures of family law and the dysfunction of her own family. Family Law stars Jewel Staite, Zach Smadu, Genelle Williams, Lauren Holly, and Victor Garber. So, if you loved the familial bonds, legal drama, and compelling characters in Family Law, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Good Fight is a legal political drama series created by Robert King, Michelle King, and Phil Alden Robinson. The CBS series is a standalone sequel series to the popular CBS series The Good Wife, and it follows Diane Lockhart,...

The good news: The Missing Persons Unit will get to continue to solve cases on the Fox drama. Alert: Missing Persons Unit Season 2 certainly called that into question as it progressed, with Nikki (Dania Ramirez) and her team contending with a dirty boss in Inspector Braun (Gil Bellows). Alert: Missing Persons Unit was renewed for its third season just ahead of the finale of its second. But it wasn’t part of Fox’s fall schedule or midseason lineup. So when will it be back? Who will return? Read on for everything we know so far. When is the Alert: Missing Persons Unit Season 3 premiere date? Alert: Missing Persons Unit Season 3 will premiere on Tuesday, March 25, at 9/8c (after The Cleaning Lady‘s fourth season). Its run will air uninterrupted. Where did Alert Season 2 leave off? Nikki, Jason (Scott Caan), Mike (Ryan Broussard), and Kemi (Adeola Role) were able to...

While the average anthology series doesn’t require a proper conclusion to tie up loose ends, it only seemed fitting for the third and most recent revival of The Twilight Zone to seek some sense of finality. After all, the 2019 take never shied away from acknowledging its progenitor, directly or otherwise, and that reverence became a sort of throughline.

In the Jordan Peele–produced and hosted update, tribute to Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone was routinely made via easter eggs, or remake in the case of “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet,” however, Osgood “Oz” Perkins’ episode “You Might Also Like” was something of a sequel to a beloved Serling story. In what ultimately became the finale for Peele’s short-lived show, the director of Longlegs and The Monkey not only brought back iconic characters from the original series, he also offered a considerable glimpse into his own future as both a filmmaker and storyteller.

Exclusive: Fox alums Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Resident) and Megalyn Echikunwoke (Almost Family) are returning to the network in recurring roles opposite Scott Caan and Dania Ramirez in the upcoming second season of its procedural drama Alert: Missing Persons Unit.

Alert: Missing Persons Unit is set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (Mpu). Each episode features a search for a missing person headed by detectives Jason Grant (Caan) and Nikki Batista (Ramirez). Together with the Mpu team, their job is to find the missing or abducted and reunite them with their loved ones.

In Season 2, the Mpu team settle into their new office in headquarters, where Jason and Nikki meet their new boss Inspector Hollis Braun (guest star Gil Bellows), who wants to keep a close eye on the team, particularly the unpredictable Jason Grant. Jason brings his old friend in to help with the case: master hacker...

A state attorney general is in need of some serious help in the February 18 episode of The Irrational. TV Insider can exclusively reveal that Ally McBeal‘s Gil Bellows is guest starring as State Attorney General Michael Ellison, and we have a first look clip at why he’s turned to Rose (Karen David) and her boss Tristan (Adam Rayner) — and they’ve in turn brought in Alec (Jesse L. Martin), who will notice how differently his girlfriend acts around her boss — to figure out who’s responsible for a very serious deep fake video. The clip, which you can watch above, begins with what Michael insists is a deep fake video, of himself saying, “Mass casualty events are voter catnap. The Tyson concert incident put me on the map. What I need is a train derailment, bridge collapse, and I’d win the Senate seat in a landslide.” Rose...

Season 3 of Fox’s Alert: Missing Persons Unit finally has a premiere date after nearly a year of anticipation. Created by John Eisendrath and Jamie Foxx, the procedural last aired on May 14, 2024, with its intense Season 2 finale, which saw Nikki (Dania Ramirez) and Mike's (Ryan Broussard) wedding put on hold when Wayne (Alisha-Marie Ahamed) goes missing on the same day. Jason (Scott Caan) and the Mpu race to locate her and ultimately bring down Inspector Braun (Gil Bellows) and his connection to the car bombing murder.

There are some movies that are so bad that even a cast led by two Hollywood veterans cannot manage to avoid a deadly critical review score. Life on the Line is exactly that kind of movie, but that hasn’t stopped it landing the #1 spot on Tubi this weekend with its true story about the work of electrical linemen attempting to battle the elements during a deadly storm.

Released in 2015, the disaster movie – in all senses of the term – is headed up by John Travolta, who has seen a career filled with incredible highs and some catastrophic lows, with strong support from Sharon Stone, Kate Bosworth, and Devon Sawa. Travolta plays lineman Beau Ginner, who has dedicated his life to maintaining the electrical grid of a Texan town. For those who need the synopsis – brace yourself for this detailed official story description – it reads:

“A Texas lineman and his crew...

Sean Gunn may voice Weasel and G.I. Robot in the animated series Creature Commandos, but regarding live-action, DC fans are going to recognize him as the DC Universe's Maxwell Lord. The character was previously played by Pedro Pascal in 2020's Wonder Woman 1984, although Gunn isn't worried about stepping into the role so soon after Pascal.

During an interview with The Kristian Harloff Show (via X), Gunn opened up about how his take on Maxwell Lord would differ drastically from Pascal's version in WW84. "I can tell you that the one obvious thing is it's me playing the role. It doesn't just mean I'm going to give a different interpretation," the actor started. "Your own body is the vessel for what you're doing, so obviously...no one is gonna confuse me and Pedro Pascal's performance. So we're obviously going to do something different."

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An underrated gem of a horror movie from producer Guillermo del Toro and director André Øvredal will be leaving Netflix by December 31, 2024, and it's definitely worth watching. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark premiered August 9, 2019, and became a worldwide hit, earning nearly $105 million from a $21 million budget.

The film is based on the classic children's series of horror anthology books of the same name by author Alvin Schwartz. Del Toro and Øvredal (Troll Hunter) delivered an instant classic that follows teenager Stella (Zoe Colletti) and her friends after they enter the haunted Bellows family home. The unsuspecting residents of Mill Valley must contend with the terror that's been unleashed.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a respectable 78% critical and 72% audience rating. It also did well enough at the box office to receive a theatrical re-release that October to capitalize on Halloween.

Suits is one of the best legal shows out there, but there are more to enjoy for fans of the series!

Suits has been one of the bigger TV success stories of the last few years. The original series ran on USA Network from 2011 to 2019, a great run that made it a huge rating smash. In 2023, the series hit Netflix and soon rocketed to the top of the viewing charts. That’s led to plans for a new revival series on NBC.

The show rests on the fun of the legal antics combined with great character work, such as the romances and fun banter of the characters. It joins a long list of legal dramas, many of them classic stuff like Law & Order centering on major cases. Yet others are fun in how they have a mix of great characters, sometimes offbeat cases and even some humor. If you’re a fan of Suits,...

Frank Darabonts cinematic masterpiece, The Shawshank Redemption, has etched its place as one of the most beloved movies of all time. Released 30 years ago, it remains iconic and there is good reason for its enduring appeal, two of which are the profound narrative and the stellar performances of Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. In a recent interview with The Guardian newspaper, Robbins revealed the name of an unexpected catalyst who played a vital role in helping The Shawshank Redemption find its audience Ted Turner.

We live in an era where streaming platforms dominate our viewing habits. It has changed the landscape for movies drastically, because now, algorithms decide which movie will be a blockbuster and gain widespread recognition. In his interview, Robbins reflected on these challenges and candidly acknowledged that his 1994 movie would not have found the same level of success had it been released today.

Were at 30 years now [on from] Shawshank Redemption.

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Whether media fans know it or not, they have been enjoying the timbre of Clancy Brown's trademark voice for decades. From live-action movies and television to animated classics and even video game voice-overs, viewers would be hard-pressed not to have consumed some sort of content with the performer.

In many ways, all of Brown's performances are iconic. Each demonstrated the talent and prowess the actor brings to his roles. But there are a few, of course, that stick out the most. Whether it be due to the waves his works made in pop culture or the performances themselves, there are some of Brown's roles that stand out from the rest.

Clancy Brown Gained a Reputation for Reprehensible Characters From Shawshank Redemption

The real villain in The Shawshank Redemption was the prison industrial complex, but it had a lot of help from Captain Hadley.

Every movie adaptation of a book has to make a few changes, and these changes can often be beneficial. It seems as though it's become common practice for fans of a book to lament the changes that filmmakers make. It's much less common for people to highlight the times when a movie improves upon its source material, although this happens more frequently than people might think.

Some of the best book adaptations do much more than recreate the story as faithfully as possible. While directors and actors can add their own distinct flair, some movies benefit from fundamental changes to the books. Altering characters, cutting unnecessary subplots and changing the ending can all improve an adaptation. Making such drastic changes risks angering the fans of the book, but if it pays off, it can be a huge improvement.

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1994 was a heck of a year for movies. From Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump, to The Lion King and The Crow, audiences were as the kids like to say eating well at the theater. However, there was one film that seemingly came out of nowhere to surprise everyone whose legacy still lives on to this day, as is evident by a recent Rotten Tomatoes fan poll that just crowned The Shawshank Redemption as the best movie of 1994.

Based on the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, the Frank Darabont picture beat out some hefty competition in the poll to take the top spot, including Whoopi Goldbergs Corinna, Corinna, the coming of age dramedy Reality Bites, Wes Cravens New Nightmare, Jim Carreys The Mask, Disneys The Lion King, and finally, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. With 9,403 votes cast in the finals, Shawshank took down the seminal crime film...

The Shawshank Redemption remains a cinematic classic 30 years after its theatrical release. Director Frank Darabont credited the film's enduring success to critical acclaim and mounting support from audiences.

Director Frank Darabont said the critical praise boosted The Shawshank Redemption's eventual success. Initially snubbed at the box office, the film only gained a following (via word of mouth) after earning multiple nods at the Oscars. "Its initial release wasn't that successful," he told The Daily Beast. "In fact, I wouldn't even call it a success. It was kind of a marginal failure in 1994 yet it became the most rented video of 1995. I think that was for a number of reasons, primarily because it was nominated for seven Academy Awards." That turnaround has since fueled the film's appeal to audiences. "We didn't win a stinking award but it really piqued people's interest," he added.

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Long before he brought the world of The Walking Dead to screens, Frank Darabont was establishing himself as one of the best Stephen King adaptation directors, particularly with The Shawshank Redemption. The 1994 prison drama was Darabont's second adaptation of a King story, preceded by his short film directorial debut with The Woman in the Room. He would go on to continue this trend with fellow prison drama The Green Mile and 2007's The Mist, both of which are certainly excellent movies, though they still didn't surpass The Shawshank Redemption.

The Shawshank Redemption

Director Frank DarabontRelease Date October 14, 1994Studio(s) Columbia PicturesDistributor(s) Columbia PicturesWriters Frank Darabont, Stephen KingCast James Whitmore, Clancy Brown, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Mark Rolston, William Sadler, Gil Bellows, Tim RobbinsRating RRuntime 142 minutesGenres DramaBudget $25 million Buy on Apple TV+Rent on Apple TV+Buy on Apple TV+Rent on Apple TV+Buy on Apple TV+Rent on...

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Shawshank Redemption, select cast and crew members will converge in Ohio as part of a special panel to celebrate the legacy of the Oscar-winning film.

Per Richland Source, the panel will be moderated by Ben Mankiewicz, host of Turner Classic Movies, and will include director Frank Darabont, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Gil Bellows, and Mark Rolston. The panel is set to take place on Aug. 9, at 6:30 pm at the Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield, Ohio. The legendary film will also be screened after the panel discussion. The panel is the centerpiece of a three-day event celebrating the movie, but there is more for fans to enjoy from Aug. 9-11. Fans will be able to visit many of the filming locations seen in the movie while driving on The Shawshank Trail.

Related 'This Is So Easy': The Shawshank Redemption Star Finally Explains Famous Plot...

More than four years have gone by since it was announced that director André Øvredal and producer Guillermo del Toro were re-teaming for a sequel to their cinematic adaptation of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series of books. Last year, Øvredal confirmed that Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2 was still in the works and a script has been written, the project had just been slowed down by the pandemic, the making of his Dracula movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter, and the Hollywood strikes. We heard in December that writers/producers Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman were fighting to get the sequel made… but now they have given a disappointing update to the folks at Collider: the sequel has stalled.

The screenplay for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2 has been written by the first film’s writers Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman,...

A sequel to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark continues to languish in development hell. While a screenplay has been finished, the writers don't know any more than the fans at this point about when the movie will be made.

Directed by Andr vredal, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was based on the iconic book series of the same name by writer Alvin Schwartz and illustrator Stephen Gammell. Dan and Kevin Hageman wrote the screenplay for the feature film adaptation, which presented an original story while utilizing some of the characters and tales from the books. Per Collider, the Hagemans revealed the current status of the sequel, confirming that they'd finished and turned in their screenplay. From that point, the two are just as much "in the dark" as the fans, using part of the movie's title to make the point.

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Eric is a six-part psychological thriller miniseries created by Abi Morgan. The Netflix series is set in 1980s New York and it follows the story of Vincent, a puppeteer whose 9-year-old son goes missing. While trying to find his son Vincent struggles with substance abuse and his erratic behavior cuts him off from his friends and family. Soon, he becomes convinced that he will be reunited with Edgar with the help of a seven-foot-tall puppet named Eric, his son created right before he went missing. Eric stars Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role with Ivan Morris, Gaby Hoffmann, McKinley Belcher III, Roberta Colindrez, Jeff Hephner, Wade Allain-Marcus, Mark Gillis, Dan Fogler, and Clarke Peters starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the fantastical elements and crime drama aspects of Netflix’s Eric here are some similar shows you could watch next.

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Nikki and Jason's relationship has gotten even more complicated in the second season of the Alert: Missing Persons Unit TV show on Fox. As we all know, Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Alert is cancelled or renewed for season three. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the second season episodes of Alert here. *Status Update Below.

A Fox police procedural drama series, the Alert: Missing Persons Unit TV show stars Scott Caan, Dania Ramirez, Adeola Role, Ryan Broussard, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed, with Gil Bellows, Fivel Stewart, and Petey Gibson recurring. The story revolves around the personnel and investigations of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (Mpu). The unit is...

Last year, Alert: Missing Persons Unit was one of Fox's lowest-rated drama series to be renewed for 2023-24. The network co-produces the series so that likely helped secure the renewal but if the numbers don't improve, this year could be the end. Will Alert: Mpu be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.

A police procedural drama series, the Alert: Missing Persons Unit TV show stars Scott Caan, Dania Ramirez, Adeola Role, Ryan Broussard, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed, with Gil Bellows, Fivel Stewart, and Petey Gibson recurring. The story revolves around the personnel and investigations of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (Mpu). The unit is headed by Nikki Batista (Ramirez), whose marriage to Jason Grant (Caan) deteriorated after their son Keith went missing. Six years later, while Jason’s working as a private investigator, Nikki...

Nikki, Jason, and their team will be back on the trail of missing people for the 2024-25 season. Fox has renewed Alert: Missing Persons Unit for a third year. The second season of ten episodes wraps on Tuesday night.

A police procedural drama series, the Alert: Missing Persons Unit TV show stars Scott Caan, Dania Ramirez, Adeola Role, Ryan Broussard, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed, with Gil Bellows, Fivel Stewart, and Petey Gibson recurring. The story revolves around the personnel and investigations of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (Mpu). The unit is headed by Nikki Batista (Ramirez), whose marriage to Jason Grant (Caan) deteriorated after their son Keith went missing. Six years later, while Jason’s working as a private investigator, Nikki recruits him to join the unit. They work alongside a team of highly skilled individuals. Mike Sherman...

Fox will keep its Missing Persons Unit on the job for another season.

The network has renewed the drama series Alert: Missing Persons Unit for a third season in 2024-25. The series will remain in production after season two wraps, which will bank episodes leading into next season and potentially serve as a hedge against a possible IATSE strike in the summer.

Alert is one of just two dramas Fox has aired in 2023-24 as the network relied heavily on its unscripted and animated rosters, which weren’t affected by last year’s dual strikes. Fox has yet to make a call on the other drama, The Cleaning Lady.

Alert stars Scott Caan and Dania Ramirez as Philadelphia detectives who head the city’s missing persons unit and work to find missing or abducted people and reunite them with loved ones. Adeola Role, Ryan Broussard and Alisha-Marie Ahamed also star...

Alert: Missing Persons Unit will continue to report for duty, now that Fox has renewed the procedural for Season 3. An episode count has not yet been determined.

The news comes four days ahead of Alert: Mpu‘s Season 2 finale, airing Tuesday, May 14 (at 9/8c). TVLine’s Renewal/Cancellation scorecard has thusly been updated.

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Season-to-date, Alert: Mpu has been averaging...

“Alert: Missing Persons Unit” has been renewed for a third season at Fox.

The series is a producedural drama set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit, with each episode featuring a search for a missing person headed by detectives Jason Grant (Scott Caan) and Nikki Batista (Dania Ramirez), a former couple whose marriage ended after the disappearance of their son.

Along with Caan and Ramirez, the cast includes Ryan Broussard as Mike Sherman, Adeola Role as Kemi Adebayo, Petey Gibson as C, Gil Bellows as Hollis Braun and Alisha-Marie Ahamed as Wayne Pascal.

Season 2 of “Alert: Missing Persons Unit” is averaging 3.9 multiplatform viewers according to most current data combined from Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers and Fox’s own streaming numbers. That marks a 233% increase from the show’s Live + Same Day performance recorded by Nielsen, indicating that most of the show’s viewership happens on a delay.

Exclusive: Fox has given a Season 3 pickup to Alert: Missing Persons Unit. The renewal of the procedural drama, starring Scott Caan and Dania Ramirez, has been expected.

To make filming more cost-efficient for series producers Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment, Alert will remain in continuous production, segueing from the abbreviated-by-the-strikes second season to Season 3, whose episode count is still Tbd, I hear. There is an additional benefit to filming Seasons 2 and 3 back-to-back — Fox will have fresh episodes of the series in case production is disrupted by an IATSE strike this summer.

There is no word yet on Fox’s other outstanding drama series, The Cleaning Lady. As Deadline has reported, it also is looking good for renewal.

Alert: Missing Persons Unit is set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (Mpu). Each episode features a search for a missing person headed by detectives Jason Grant (Caan) and...

One of the stars of The Shawshank Redemption has addressed what has often been described by fans as a glaring plot hole. Tim Robbins, who starred in the movie alongside Morgan Freeman, says that it's not a plot hole at all and actually has a very "easy" explanation.

Inspired by a Stephen King story, The Shawshank Redemption stars Robbins and Freeman as inmates at a maximum security prison. Robbins' character, Andy Dufresne, successfully escapes through a tunnel that was dug out of his cell that he'd kept hidden by hanging a poster. Some fans have questioned how the poster stayed on the wall after Andy's escape, and this was even asked by Freeman when the actors reunited at the TCM Film Festival.

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Not even death can slow Chucky in “There Will Be Blood,” the penultimate episode of “Chucky” Season 3. With the killer receiving a mortal blow in the last episode, Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif) can now take full advantage of the White House’s bizarre supernatural purgatory, leaving him free to continue his current reign of terror as a ghost. While that spells trouble for Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur), Devon (Bjorgvin Arnarson), and Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind), it makes for an outrageously satisfying bloodbath heading into next week’s finale.

“There Will Be Blood” covers a lot of ground in short order, with Charles Lee Ray confronting his maker over his failures before he can continue his current path of destruction. Lexy, Jake, and Devon continue their desperate bid to find Lexy’s sister, which means seeking answers from the afterlife. They’re in luck, considering Warren Pryce (Gil Bellows) enlists...

Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins’ The Shawshank Redemption is undoubtedly one of the best films released in 1994, the same year when Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump were released. While the latter two managed to nab some Oscars, The Shawshank Redemption shockingly went empty-handed, but, it hasn’t undermined its reputation of being one of the best films of that decade.

Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption

The inspiring and heartwarming prison drama told the story of one man’s resilience and eventual freedom from being put into prison despite claims of innocence. The ending of the film saw the emotional reunion of Freeman and Robbins’ characters. It seems the original treatment of the film was slightly different, one which Freeman was vehemently against.

Morgan Freeman Protested Against The Shawshank Redemption‘s Original Ending

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The story threads converge in “Panic Room,” the sixth episode of “Chucky“ Season 3. In the previous episode, a death row-bound Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) demanded that a dying Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) “go down in a blaze of glory and take as many with you on your way out.” Considering the last episode also ended with the gruesome eye gouging of President James Collins (Devon Sawa), “Panic Room” plunges the White House into chaos and terror as Chucky lays the groundwork for his most ambitious plan yet.

Warren Pryce (Gil Bellows) continues to reveal his true colors, giving First Lady Charlotte Collins (Lara Jean Chorostecki) no room to grieve, let alone process what’s happened, before he enlists a clean-up crew to cover up the President’s death. Charlotte attempts to shield her children from the truth, even as she can barely hold it together, but finds herself plagued by...

Jason puts his life on the line to find a missing woman on Fox’s Alert: Missing Persons Unit season two episode seven. “@Kyra” will air on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Scott Caan stars as Jason Grant and Dania Ramirez is Nikki Batista. Ryan Broussard plays Mike Sherman, Adeola Role is Kemi Adebayo, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed is Wayne Pascal.

“@Kyra” Plot: A popular travel influencer goes missing and the Mpu race to find her as a hurricane rages and a state of emergency is declared. Mike and Wayne get closer as Helen connects with someone unexpectedly in the aftermath of Nikki’s bachelorette party.

Scott Cann with guest stars Alessandro Miro and Daniel Jacobsen in ‘Alert’ season 2 episode 7 (Photo by Katie Yu © 2024 Fox Media LLC.)

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Alert: Missing Persons Unit is a procedural drama set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit...

The back half of Don Mancini’s “Chucky“ Season 3 has finally arrived, which means the metaphorical training wheels are off. The first half of the season introduced new slaying grounds for the killer Good Guy doll, thrusting Chucky into the White House with its complicated tenants. Episode 5, “Death Becomes Her,” wastes no time addressing Episode 4’s massive dangling threads while barreling toward what’s sure to be an unpredictable battle for control.

The Halloween bloodbath at the end of Episode 4 did poor President James Collins (Devon Sawa) no favors, both for his career and declining mental health. Mistaking a disguised Chucky (Brad Dourif) for his deceased son Joseph has left him deeply troubled and convinced he’s haunted. First Lady Charlotte Collins (Lara Jean Chorostecki) is left to pick up the pieces while navigating her guilt, which is made worse by tricky CIA agent Warren Pryce (Gil Bellows).

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A case from Mike’s past has his attention on Fox’s Alert: Missing Persons Unit season two episode six. “Jedidiah & Lucy” will air on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Scott Caan stars as Jason Grant and Dania Ramirez is Nikki Batista. Ryan Broussard plays Mike Sherman, Adeola Role is Kemi Adebayo, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed is Wayne Pascal.

“Jedidiah & Lucy” Plot: Mike is taken back to his first unsolved case when the remains of an Amish man surface seven years after his murder. After he reconnects with the man’s family, the wife of the man mysteriously goes missing, prompting a massive search and disclosing a web of deceit.

Ryan Broussard and Scott Caan in the “Jedidiah and Lucy” episode of ‘Alert: Missing Persons Unit'(Photo by Katie Yu © 2024 Fox Media LLC)

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Alert: Missing Persons Unit is a procedural drama set in the...

Being a neighborhood watch captain is dangerous work, according to Fox’s Alert: Missing Persons Unit season two episode five’s teaser. “Ms. Patty” will air on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Scott Caan stars as Jason Grant and Dania Ramirez is Nikki Batista. Ryan Broussard plays Mike Sherman, Adeola Role is Kemi Adebayo, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed is Wayne Pascal.

“Ms. Patty” Plot: The Mpu searches for a kidnapped tough-as-nails neighborhood watch captain. Jason enlists Wayne’s help investigating the car bombing. Mike is concerned Nikki is keeping secrets from him.

Dania Ramirez and Scott Caan in ‘Alert: Missing Persons Unit’ season 2 episode 5 (Photo by Katie Yu © 2024 Fox Media LLC)

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Alert: Missing Persons Unit is a procedural drama set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (Mpu). Each episode features a heart-pounding, life-or-death search for a missing person headed by detectives Jason Grant and Nikki Batista.

Unthinkable, starring Samuel L. Jackson, has gained newfound popularity on Netflix with its controversial themes and intense scenes of torture. Despite mixed reviews, the movie's bold approach to its divisive topic and strong performances have attracted viewers to its resurgence. The controversial subject matter of Unthinkable raises questions about the ethics of torture and the idea that the end justifies the means in political crises.

Samuel L. Jackson's thriller Unthinkable has recently received renewed interest since hitting Netflix. Directed by Gregor Johnson and penned by British screenwriter and stuntman Peter Woodward, the movie stars Jackson with Michael Sheen, Brandon Routh, and Carrie-Anne Moss in supporting roles. The plot revolves around the torture of an American Muslim and bomb expert who has planted explosives in three US cities. Although the movie was praised for its dramatic weight, it attracted controversy due to its subject matter and scenes of torture and violence.

Chucky might not survive the second half of his USA & Syfy series.

After leading his own series of Child's Play movies, the titular killer doll moved over to the small screen with the hit TV series Chucky. The third season was split into two parts, with the second half set to drop on USA & Syfy on April 10, 2024. To tease the new episodes, Syfy has released an all-new trailer for Season 3 Part 2, showcasing a dying, elderly Chucky who struggles with losing the taste for killing. His imminent death is also addressed by the other characters, with Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) refusing to believe that Chucky won't "come back" this time, while others are sure that this is the end. In any case, Chucky wants to go out with a bang, revealing his desire to go "for the nukes." The new trailer can be viewed below.

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A missing teenage girl gets the team’s attention on Fox’s Alert: Missing Persons Unit season two episode four. “Maya” is set to air on March 26, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Scott Caan stars as Jason Grant and Dania Ramirez is Nikki Batista. Ryan Broussard plays Mike Sherman, Adeola Role is Kemi Adebayo, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed is Wayne Pascal.

“Maya” Plot: The Mpu searches for a homeless female teen that disappeared after running away from home and living in Philly’s Gayborhood. Kemi is hit especially hard as the team races to find and rescue the missing teen. Jason and Nikki spar over his continued investigation into the car bombing.

Scott Caan and Ryan Broussard in ‘Alert: Missing Persons Unit’ season 2 episode 4 (Photo by Katie Yu © 2024 Fox Media LLC)

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Alert: Missing Persons Unit is a procedural drama set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing...

The team’s called in to search for a missing at-risk pregnant woman on Fox’s Alert: Missing Persons Unit season two episode three. “Gemma & Isabel” will air on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Scott Caan stars as Jason Grant and Dania Ramirez is Nikki Batista. Ryan Broussard plays Mike Sherman, Adeola Role is Kemi Adebayo, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed is Wayne Pascal.

“Gemma & Isabel” Plot: A young pregnant woman goes missing one day before her emergency c-section, and the adopting mother turns to the Mpu to locate her before the baby’s life is risked. Meanwhile, Jason digs deeper into the car bombing case and meets a disapproving Braun.

Ryan Broussard and Scott Caan in ‘Alert: Missing Persons Unit’ season 2 episode 3 (Photo by Katie Yu © 2024 Fox Media LLC)

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Alert: Missing Persons Unit is a procedural drama set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing...

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What's This TV Show About?

A police procedural drama series airing on the Fox television network, the Alert: Missing Persons Unit TV show stars Scott Caan, Dania Ramirez, Adeola Role, Ryan Broussard, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed, with Gil Bellows, Fivel Stewart, and Petey Gibson recurring. The story revolves around the personnel and investigations of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (Mpu). The unit is headed...

A fan of founding father Benjamin Franklin is the center of events on Fox’s Alert: Missing Persons Unit season two episode two. “Benjamin Franklin” will air on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Scott Caan stars as Jason Grant and Dania Ramirez is Nikki Batista. Ryan Broussard plays Mike Sherman, Adeola Role is Kemi Adebayo, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed is Wayne Pascal.

“Benjamin Franklin” Plot: The Mpu searches for a Benjamin Franklin aficionado after he suspiciously disappears during one of his city tours. Meanwhile, a new forensic scientist is hired (guest star Diana Bang) and the team attempts to manage her overeager working style. Jason and Mike try to bond as new partners.

Ryan Broussard and Dania Ramirez in ‘Alert: Missing Persons Unit’ season 2 episode 2 (Photo by Katie Yu © 2024 Fox Media LLC)

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Alert: Missing Persons Unit is a procedural drama set in the Philadelphia Police Department...

There’s a new boss in town in Alert: Missing Persons Unit Season 2, and as TV Insider’s exclusive sneak peek with a first look at Gil Bellows as Inspector Hollis Braun shows, he’s not a fan of one of the members of Nikki’s (Dania Ramirez) team. In the clip from the Season 2 premiere (airing March 5), Braun introduces himself to Nikki. “Disregard the mustache, I lost a bet,” he says. “It’s very Commissioner Gordon,” she tells him. Quickly, their conversation turns to the work. He knows that “Mpu’s closure rate is excellent, truly stellar. But the Jason Grant situation—I know you two have history, but he’s a lawsuit waiting to happen,” Braun says of Scott Caan‘s character. “Jason Grant is also the best cop in Philly,” Nikki argues. “My team, all of us, we focus on getting the job done.” Watch the full...