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Despite strong performances from a stellar cast and potent symbolism offering compelling ideas, Grotesquerie doesnt evolve much past its plodding narrative and scattershot story. The new FX series was created by Ryan Murphy, best known for co-creating American Horror Story for the same network. His latest horror mystery offers a similar feel to the anthology show, as seasoned Detective Lois Tryon (Niecy Nash-Betts) investigates a series of grisly murders in her small town. She soon teams up with a local nun, Sister Megan (Micaela Diamond), after learning the killings have key religious connotations.

Grotesquerie

Cast Warren Sweeney, Scott Anthony Simmons, Ryan Maltz, David St. James, Eve Sigall, Kody Batchelor, Susan Pingleton, Mike Tarnofsky, Quincey White, Joseph Schwartz, Jamie H. Jung, Lynn Downey, Al-Shabazz Jabateh, Jay Alan Christianson, Conrad Bluth, Micaela Diamond, Joshua Bitton, Sarah J. Bartholomew, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Niecy Nash-Betts, Travis Kelce, Raven Goodwin, Price Carson, Tom Virtue, Tessa Ferrer,...

When planets perish, it can take a whole galaxy to save them.

In upcoming series “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as an extraterrestrial who travels to Earth after his home planet dies. He seeks out scientist Justin Falls (Naomie Harris) to save both his world and hers.

Inspired by the Walter Tevis novel of the same name — as well as the David Bowie film — “The Man Who Fell to Earth” will premiere April 24 on Showtime, with the first two episodes airing back to back.

Jimmi Simpson, Rob Delaney, Sonya Cassidy, Joana Ribeiro, Annelle Olaleye, Kate Mulgrew, Clarke Peters, and Bill Nighy also co-star.

Ejiofor, who additionally serves as executive producer, previously told IndieWire that he seeks to represent a wide array of storytelling onscreen.

“I think it’s a very exciting time for diversity in cinema,” Ejiofor said during IndieWire’s 2019 Sundance Studio. “Of course, all...

The film centres on a teenage hustler whose married partner tries to save his life.

Breaking Glass Pictures has licensed rights to Lgbt drama Hooked, religious drama The Revival, and slasher film Rave Party Massacre.

Max Emerson’s Hooked has gone to Tongariro Releasing in Poland and centres on a teenage hustler whose married partner tries to save his life. Laura Austin, Conor Donnally, and Jay Alan Christianson star, and Melissa D. Llewellyn produced.

Yes Movie Channels has picked up Israeli rights to Jennifer Gerber’s The Revival, about a young preacher who befriends a drifter that will have profound...

In today’s film news roundup, Ruby Modine reprises her villain role in the “Happy Death Day” sequel, Passionflix has cast its leads for “Driven,” and Breaking Glass sets a June release for Lgbtq story “Hooked.”

Castings

Ruby Modine has signed on to reprise her role as Lori Spengler in Blumhouse Productions’ thriller sequel “Happy Death Day 2” opposite Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Suraj Sharma, and Sarah Yarkin.

Modine, daughter of Matthew Modine, broke out as part of the cast of Showtime’s “Shameless” in 2016, then scored the role in director Christopher Landon’s “Happy Death Day” as a nursing student at Bayfield University and its campus hospital.

Landon wrote the original script, which he directs. John Baldecchi and Angela Mancuso serve as executive producers. Jason Blum returns as producer with Ryan Turek as co-producer.

“Happy Death Day 2” starts shooting in New Orleans in two weeks. Modine is represented by Gersh.