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Photos taken from the set of The Boys season 5 show the sinister lengths that Homelander (Antony Starr) will go to quell any resistance by anti-supe protesters. The dark Prime Video superhero series imagines a world where the profession of powered heroes is dominated by corrupt corporations and dangerous and power-hungry narcissistic individuals. The fifth and final season of The Boys will see Homelander finally gain control of the world, as the titular group is divided and imprisoned.

As filming for The Boys season 5 continues, new posts by True_Cabinet_9733 on The Boys subreddit show previously teased plans come to life. The photos depict internment camps being erected in a woodland. Dubbed "Freedom Camp 47," the installation is lathered in a red, white, and blue color scheme.

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What constitutes a horror movie is often a matter of debate, but a good place to begin is by measuring how much a film can instill fear in viewers. Traditionally, though, without some extreme violence, a few jumpscares, or a supernatural presence or setting, a scary movie doesn't just become a horror movie. Unless a viewer feels an extreme physical reaction to a visual, auditory, or conceptual stimulus, a movie doesn't necessarily become a proper horror film.

Often, horror movies are equally creepy and fun, and sometimes, horror comedy movies can be purely hilarious, bordering on not being horror movies at all. Because of its flexible definition, horror is easy to blend with other genres, and similarly, other genres can easily create viewing experiences that closely resemble the experience of watching a horror film. Drama films, especially ones that rely on anxieties and interpersonal dynamics for their dramatic turns,...

On his official X account, Eric Kripke shared a behind-the-scenes image from the set of The Boys season 5. The image shows the creator posing in what appears to be the set for the Vought Headquarters with Chace Crawford, Antony Starr, and Nathan Mitchell in costume as The Deep, Homelander, and Black Noir respectively. His cheeky caption reads "They saved me. They saved me in every way a man can be saved. Feast your eyes on the first [season 5 BTS] pic! " and reveals that the photo was taken by Mitchell. Check it out below:

They saved me. They saved me in every way a man can be saved. Feast your eyes on the first #Season5 #BTS pic! (Photo credit to @itsNateMitchell) #TheBoys @TheBoysTV @PrimeVideo @Sptv @chacecrawford pic.twitter.com/d4qOThDNH7— Eric Kripke (@therealKripke) December 4, 2024

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The Boys season 5 gets a new update, with creator Eric Kripke unveiling an intriguing title for episode 1. First released on Prime Video in 2019, the hit superhero satire has become one of the streamer's most popular offerings. After the release of season 4 earlier this year, which continues Billy Butcher's (Karl Urban) bloody quest for vengeance against Homelander (Antony Starr), The Boys season 5 is confirmed to bring the show to an end, with production getting underway in Toronto this month.

Kripke now takes to X, formerly Twitter, to share an image of the script title page for The Boys season 5, episode 1, revealing the title to be "Fifteen Inches Of Sheer Dynamite." The title page also confirms that episode 1 was penned by Paul Grellong and directed by Phil Sgriccia, both of whom are also executive producers on the show. Kripke's post includes a "#DayOne" hashtag, seemingly confirming that filming is now underway. Check out Kripke's post below:

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The Boys season 5 adds a new actor to its cast, as a Stranger Things star joins as a new Supe. Created by Eric Kripke, Prime Video's hit superhero parody show returned for season 4 earlier this year, continuing Billy Butcher's (Karl Urban) quest for vengeance against Homelander (Antony Starr) and Vought. The Boys season 5 is now confirmed to bring the show to an end, with a roster of both new and old Supes assembling for the final episodes.

Variety now reports that actor Mason Dye has been cast in The Boys season 5 as Bombsight. Though details regarding the character haven't yet been released, Bombsight was mentioned in season 4 as a Supe who appeared in "The Curse of Fu Manchu," a 1950s Vought superhero movie. As for where audiences will have seen Dye previously, the actor recently appeared in Stranger Things season 4 as Jason Carver, a Hawkins High basketball star and supporting antagonist.

Sports movies often have inspirational coaches who lead their teams to victory, but there are also some terrible coaches which span from irresponsible and boorish to homicidal. The best sports movie coaches can be just as inspiring as the athletes, and some movies focus on them rather than the characters on the field. However, some movies, especially sports comedies, have laughably bad coaches instead.

Bad coaches in sports movies are often the villains, like Kreese in The Karate Kid or Hung in Shaolin Soccer. They aren't just bad because they're ineffective; they also knowingly endanger the athletes due to their obsessions with winning. Whether they should be fired or arrested, bad coaches can make sports movies much more interesting by raising the stakes and providing compelling villains.

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The Boys season 4 explores Starlight's bullying past with Firecracker. Erin Moriarty discusses how this history adds depth to Starlight's character. Starlight's relationship with her controlling stage mom could also be further explored.

The Boys star Erin Moriarty teases Starlight's dark history with a member of The Seven. With its premiere date just days away, The Boys season 4 welcomes some new supes, including Firecracker, played by The Tick star Valorie Curry. The character does not appear in the comics on which the Emmy-winning Prime Video show is based. But it sounds like she has some bad blood with Moriarty's character Annie January, aka Starlight.

In an interview with Comicbook.com, along with co-stars Karen Fukuhara and Claudia Doumit, Moriarty spoke about Starlight's past of bullying Firecracker and how that could be traced back to Starlight's relationship with her mother. The actor discussed why she loved the bullying revelation and how...

Netflix’s surprise hit psychological dark comedy series Baby Reindeer is surprising people with its cute name and intensely dark story. Created by Richard Gadd, the Netflix series is based on Gadd’s autobiographical one-man show of the same name and it tells Gadd’s experience of being sexually assaulted in his 20s. Baby Reindeer stars Gadd in the lead role with Jessica Gunning, Nava Mau, Tom Goodman-Hill, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Danny Kirrane, Hugh Coles, and Nina Sosanya starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the psychologically thrilling look on obsession and the rawness of the dark comedy in Baby Reindeer you should check out these similar shows next.

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You is a psychological crime thriller series created by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble. Based on a novel series of the same name by Caroline Kepnes, the Netflix series follows the story of Joe Goldberg, a young...

Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, is a watershed thriller for its critique of class, its queer undertones, and its enduring legacy. The novel inspired multiple sequels, as well as several film adaptations, the most significant of which was Anthony Minghella’s Oscar nominated 1999 film of the same name.

Showtime commissioned a series based on the original book from writer/director Steve Zaillian back in 2021, but the project eventually went to Netflix. Now the eight episode limited series is out in full, and the new iteration is more sumptuous, more faithful to the source material, and more queer (from a contemporary perspective) than any other iteration.

All of Us Strangers’ Andrew Scott stars as Tom Ripley, an unassuming man living in a run-down shared housing project in Manhattan in the late 1950s. He doesn’t have a great deal going for him when he’s tracked down by...

Ya disponible el tráiler de “Ripley” de Netflix, basada en la exitosa novela de Patricia Highsmith. © Netflix

Andrew Scott, conocido por su papel en “Fleabag” y “All of Us Strangers”, da vida al astuto estafador en la nueva miniserie de Netflix, un papel que anteriormente fue encarnado por Matt Damon, John Malkovich y Dennis Hopper.

La miniserie está ambientada en Nueva York a comienzos de los años sesenta, donde Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), un estafador en horas bajas, es contratado por un millonario para ir a Italia y convencer a su hijo errante de que vuelva a casa. Tras aceptar el trabajo, Tom se adentra en un complejo mundo de engaños, fraudes y asesinatos.

Además de Scott, la miniserie cuenta con un reparto de lujo que incluye a Dakota Fanning (“La Guerra de los Mundos”) como Marge Sherwood y a Johnny Flynn (“Emma”) como Dickie Greenleaf. También forman parte del elenco Eliot Sumner,...

A new month is here and Plex is back with the latest additions to its library of over 50,000 free-to-stream titles! From the Oscar-winning bio-drama “Spotlight” to the hit Danish crime thriller “Pusher” franchise, there is plenty to keep you entertained as October turns to November.

Check out The Streamable’s top picks for what’s new this month on Plex!

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The 1981 hit John Landis comedy stars David Naughton and Griffin Dunne as a pair of American backpackers who are attacked by a werewolf while travelling in Yorkshire, turning one of them into a werewolf with the next full moon. Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Don McKillip, Frank Oz, Sydney Bromley, and more American and British greats make up the rest of the ensemble.

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An interview with Rhea Seehorn referred to Chuck McGill (Michael McKean) as the villain of Better Call Saul, but the character is far more complex than that. The Breaking Bad spinoff was designed to shed further light on criminal lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) by depicting how Jimmy McGill eventually embraced the Goodman persona. The introduction of Jimmy's brother Chuck added a new dimension to the show that perfectly flipped the premise of its parent show. "Slipping" Jimmy McGill is a former low-level criminal who wants to become an upstanding member of society by becoming a great lawyer like his brother.

However, there were many stumbling blocks on Jimmy's road to redemption, and the high standards of his brother Chuck were one of these stumbling blocks. That didn't necessarily make Chuck the villain of Better Call Saul as Rhea Seehorn suggested in her interview on The Rich Eisen Show. As...

Criminal Minds has featured many celebrity guest stars over the years, including Evan Peters, who appeared in an episode in season 5. The show follows FBI agents who work for the Behavior Analysis Unit and have a special talent for figuring out why serial killers and kidnappers act the way that they do. As with many procedural shows, new one-off characters are introduced each week, and many of those roles have been filled by well-known actors or newcomers who later became famous. The popularity of Criminal Minds has resulted in over 16 fast-paced seasons and a recent revival, Criminal Minds: Evolution.

Evan Peters is known for American Horror Story, where he's played numerous unnerving characters. His Criminal Minds appearance aired in 2010, one year before he began his breakout work on Ryan Murphy's dark anthology series. Since then, Peters has played Quicksilver in the X-Men movie franchise, the titular lead in...

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When Better Call Saul’s final season kicked off in April, fans were immediately taken by surprise when the season six premiere did not start with the life and times of Cinnabon manager Gene Takovic. Prior to season six, every season of Saul began with Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman living on the lam as Gene in Omaha, Nebraska, but courtesy of writer Alison Tatlock and director Michelle MacLaren’s episode “Nippy,” viewers have now experienced their first full episode in the post-Breaking Bad timeline. Monday night’s black-and-white episode also confirmed the fact that Gene’s adventures have been taking place roughly five weeks after Walter White (Bryan Cranston) massacred the last of his enemies in Breaking Bad’s series finale.

According to Tatlock, delaying the Gene story until the second half of season six felt like...

The 40th anniversary screening of Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” at the upcoming TCM Film Festival will be a full-blown reunion.

The Turner Classic Movies Film Festival announced on Wednesday that actors Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas are confirmed to appear alongside Spielberg and producer Kathleen Kennedy at the screening, which will be held on the opening night of the festival on April 21.

In keeping with this year’s festival theme “All Together Now: Back to the Big Screen,” director Michael Schultz and stars Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, and Steven Williams will introduce their seminal coming-of-age dramedy “Cooley High” (1975), about a group of teens in Chicago preparing for life after high school. In addition, stars Kevin Bacon, Paul Reiser, Steve Guttenberg and Tim Daly will celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Diner” (1982).

The festival runs from April 21 through April 24 in Hollywood, with TCM Primetime host Ben Mankiewicz...

A series of avoidable outcomes drive Dr. Shaun Murphy to his breaking point during Monday’s The Good Doctor — the last new episode until spring 2022.

Let us begin with Dr. Glassman. During the fall finale, the hospital’s figurehead president meets with a realtor. He intends to sell his house and move to Montana — that is, until first wife Ilana (played by The Boys‘ Ann Cusack) shows up at his doorstep and asks that he oversee her current husband’s life-threatening case. What is believed to be Lewy Body Dementia is found to be a tumor pressing on her husband’s carotid artery,...

The Good Doctor is digging further into Dr. Aaron Glassman’s (Richard Schiff) past, as viewers will soon meet his ex-wife Ilana Reeves, played by none other than The Boys actress Ann Cusack. TV Insider has learned that Cusack will guest star in the Monday, November 22 episode, the show’s winter finale. What brings Ilana onto the canvas? She reaches out to her ex for his expertise in order to help her ailing current husband. However, Aaron is apprehensive to lend aid because he doesn’t want to cause his former spouse any additional pain. ABC/Jeff Weddell And Dr. Glassman already has plenty on his plate, including his ongoing divorce from Debbie (Sheila Kelly), as well as not being active at the hospital. Cusack, the sister of John and Joan Cusack, most recently appeared on The Boys as Starlight’s (Erin Moriarty) mother, Donna January. Some of her other TV credits include Castle Rock,...

Mr. Mercedes may have a fourth season after all. The series, which is based on a trilogy of works by Stephen King, has been picked up by Peacock. Seasons one and two will arrive on the streaming service next month while season three will arrive at a later date.

The three seasons of the dramatic series initially aired on AT&T Audience Network. The series has been in limbo since Audience ceased operations in the spring. While Peacock has not renewed Mr. Mercedes for a fourth season, it's favorable that the streaming service has picked up the existing seasons.

Revolving around a retired detective who's plagued by a serial killer, Mr. Mercedes stars Harry Treadway, Brendan Gleeson, Kelly Lynch, Jharrel Jerome, Mary-Louise Parker, Holland Taylor, Justine Lupe, Breeda Wool, Scott Lawrence, Ann Cusack, Jack Huston, Tessa Ferrer, Maximiliano Hernández, and Nancy Travis.

Mr. Mercedes has found a new home in NBCUniversal’s recently launched premium streaming platform, Peacock.

The move to Peacock yields a new lease on life for Mr. Mercedes, the Stephen King adaptation crime series, which started life in 2017 as a broadcast offering on the AT&T-owned, DirecTV-exclusive Audience Network, only to be left derelict with an uncertain future after the channel’s dissolution this past January. With the move—announced on Sept. 21, King’s birthday, of all days—Mr. Mercedes Seasons 1 and 2 will be bingeable on Peacock starting on October 15. That premiere will eventually be followed by the show’s most recent outing, 2019’s Season 3, which will arrive on a date to be announced.

The series, which operates under a prolific creator/showrunner in David E. Kelley, adapts King’s novel trilogy—2014’s Mr. Mercedes, 2015’s Finders Keepers and 2016’s End of Watch—into a serialized format. The...

Updated: The first three seasons of “Mr. Mercedes” have been acquired by Peacock.

The show previously aired on Audience Network but that network was shut down by AT&T in January, leaving the show’s remaining scripted shows in limbo. “Mr. Mercedes” aired its third season late last year, with the series having received strong critical acclaim throughout its run.

As part of the deal, Seasons 1 and 2 of “Mr. Mercedes” will stream exclusively on Peacock. Both of those seasons will debut on Oct. 15 on the streamer, while the premiere date for Season 3 is yet to be determined.

Based on the New York Times Best-Selling Bill Hodges trilogy by Stephen King, “Mr. Mercedes” follows a retired detective (Brendan Gleeson) who is tormented by a serial killer (Harry Treadaway) through a series of letters and e-mails, causing him to set out on a dangerous and potentially felonious crusade to protect his loved ones and himself.

“Mr. Mercedes” moved to Peacock Monday, where its first two seasons will stream following the shutdown of the show’s original home at AT&T Audience Network.

Coming to Peacock on Oct. 15, the series is based on the best-selling Bill Hodges trilogy by Stephen King, and “follows a retired detective who is tormented by a serial killer through a series of letters and e-mails, causing him to set out on a dangerous and potentially felonious crusade to protect his loved ones and himself.”

The series aired its third season last fall but has not been renewed since Audience Network officially bit the dust and rolled into a promo channel for HBO Max earlier this year. Reps for Peacock confirmed there are plans to air Season 3 at a later date, but did not disclose whether the series will be renewed for a fourth season.

“Mr. Mercedes” stars Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway,...

Peacock has acquired crime-thriller drama series Mr. Mercedes, from David E. Kelley based on Stephen King’s bestselling Bill Hodges trilogy.

The first two seasons will premiere exclusively on the NBCUniversal streaming service on Thursday, October 15, with a premiere date for Season 3 Tbd. The announcement came Monday, on King’s birthday.

The fate of the series, which previously aired on AT&T Audience Network, had been in limbo since Audience announced in the spring that it was ceasing operations and transitioning into a preview channel for the WarnerMedia streaming service HBO Max, which is also owned by AT&T.

Mr. Mercedes follows a retired detective who is tormented by a serial killer through a series of letters and e-mails, causing him to set out on a dangerous and potentially felonious crusade to protect his loved ones and himself.

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John Cusack has been an onscreen staple for almost forty years as a beloved actor, producer, and screenwriter. The son of filmmaker and actor Dick Cusack and brother to actresses Joan and Ann Cusack, John and his family have certainly made their mark on American, and indeed global, cinema and television.

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From beloved romantic comedies to action thrillers to heartwarming biopics to horror, Cusack is a true acting renaissance man. Averaging several films a year, as well as having a series regular role on the upcoming web television series Utopia, audiences have surely not seen the last of him. Here are the best John Cusack movies ranked by their IMDb scores.

Updated by Kristy Ambrose on December 1st, 2020: John Cusack's resume just keeps getting longer, and movie fans couldn't be more pleased. This is an actor...

What's next for Mr. Mercedes? At&T Audience just announced the TV show's third season will premiere in September.

Based on the novel by Stephen King, the crime drama centers on a deranged murderer and his provocation of a retired police officer. The cast includes Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Kelly Lynch, Holland Taylor, Jharrel Jerome, Mary-Louise Parker, Justine Lupe, Breeda Wool, Scott Lawrence, Robert Stanton, and Ann Cusack.

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Batter up, hear that call — the time has come, for one and all, to yell about how “A League of Their Own,” directed by Penny Marshall, is the best sports movie of all time. Penny Marshall’s fourth film, after great movies like “Awakenings” and “Big,” has an ease to its execution that proves reminiscent of the world’s greatest sports heroes — so good it doesn’t seem that hard.

Except, of course, it was hard — Marshall and writers Kim Wilson & Kelly Candaele (story) and Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel (screenplay) took on a period piece with a massive ensemble that had to deliver both thrilling baseball sequences as well as the subtle, powerful message about just what women are capable of.

Based on the true story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (with the necessary alterations for the sake of fiction), “League” moves briskly through the introduction of rival...

The case continues for Mr. Mercedes. At&T Audience Network just announced they've renewed the TV show for a third season.

Based on the novel by Stephen King, the crime drama centers on a deranged murderer and his provocation of a retired police officer. The cast includes Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Kelly Lynch, Holland Taylor, Jharrel Jerome, Mary-Louise Parker, Justine Lupe, Breeda Wool, Scott Lawrence, Robert Stanton, and Ann Cusack.

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Looking for a break from the sweltering July temperatures? You’re in luck: Hulu’s Castle Rock is now available to stream, and it’s bound to give you goosebumps.

Set in the titular (but fictional) town where Stephen King has based many of his published works, Castle Rock weaves together different locations and characters from King’s greatest hits, using them to set the stage for a new mystery in this Maine locale.

The horror-drama’s first three episodes landed on Hulu Wednesday morning; before you tell us your thoughts on the show, let’s break down what happened in the series premiere:

First,...

The letters that spell out Castle Rock – Hulu’s attempt to do the same kind of anthology-miniseries tribute act for Stephen King that FX’s Fargo does for the Coen brothers – are made up of pages cut out of many iconic King novels. The cast for the first season (which debuts on July 25) includes Sissy Spacek and Bill Skarsgard, who have played two of the five most famous King characters ever (respectively, Carrie from Carrie and Pennywise from It), as well as a healthy dose of other alums from other...

Mr Mercedes is finally heading to the UK with the At&T Audience Network series debuting on Starz’s digital channel.

The Stephen King adaptation, which was written by David E. Kelly, will launch on Starzplay, which is available via Amazon’s Prime Video Channels service. The first season of the show has launched immediately on the platform, while the second season, which will launch in the U.S. on August 23, will launch soon after its bow.

Produced by Sonar Entertainment, summer series Mr. Mercedes follows Brady Hartsfield, played by Harrry Treadaway, a demented killer who taunts a retired police detective Bill Hodges, played by Brendan Gleeson, with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he is able to strike again.

Kelly Lynch, Jharrel Jerome, Scott Lawrence, Robert Stanton, Breeda Wool, Justine Lupe...

Mr. Mercedes has some new company. Deadline reports Tessa Ferrer has joined season two of the At&T Audience Network TV show.Based on the novel by Stephen King, the hardboiled detective drama centers on a deranged murderer and his provocation of a retired police officer. The cast includes Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Kelly Lynch, Holland Taylor, Jharrel Jerome, Mary-Louise Parker, Justine Lupe, Breeda Wool, Scott Lawrence, Robert Stanton, and Ann Cusack.Read More…...

Mr. Mercedes isn't retiring anytime soon. Deadline reports Audience Network has renewed the TV show for a second season.Based on the book by Stephen King, the crime drama centers on a deranged murderer and his provocation of a retired police officer. The cast includes Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Kelly Lynch, Holland Taylor, Jharrel Jerome, Mary-Louise Parker, Justine Lupe, Breeda Wool, Scott Lawrence, Robert Stanton, and Ann Cusack.Read More…...

Network: Audience. Episodes: Ongoing (hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: August 9, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Kelly Lynch, Holland Taylor, Jharrel Jerome, Mary-Louise Parker, Justine Lupe, Breeda Wool, Scott Lawrence, Robert Stanton, and Ann Cusack. TV show description: An adaptation of the Stephen King novel, the Mr. Mercedes TV show comes from executive producers King, David E. Kelly, and Jack Bender. This hardboiled detective drama centers on a deranged murderer and his provocation of a retired police officer.Although he was once a respected police detective, Bill Hodges (Gleeson) had been spending his retirement drinking beer, hollering at neighborhood children, and caring for his pet tortoise. Now that...

Before Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes comes to life on the small screen on At&T's Audience Network this August, it will have a presence at San Diego Comic-Con, including at Wired Café's Fan Brunch, and to celebrate, we've been provided with a pair of tickets to the brunch to give away to one lucky Daily Dead reader.

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Prize Details: (1) Winner will receive:

(2) tickets to the Fan Brunch on Friday, July 21st from 10:00am–11:30am at the Wired Café at the Omni Hotel in San Diego, California. The brunch will include food, an open bar, and a special screening of exclusive content.

How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject "Mr. Mercedes Fan Brunch Contest". Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on Wednesday, July 19th. This contest...

Brady Hartsfield lives to kill, and Detective Bill Hodges is driven to stop him in Mr. Mercedes, the At&T Audience Network series based on Stephen King's book of the same name. Following the unveiling of the first promo video back in May, a new teaser video for the series has now surfaced ahead of its August 9th premiere.

You can check out the new teaser video below, as well as the previous press release with full details, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for more coverage of Mr. Mercedes.

From the Previous Press Release: El Segundo, Calif., May 11, 2017 -- The new At&T* Audience Network original series from Sonar Entertainment, "Mr. Mercedes," is premiering Wednesday, Aug. 9 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt. Watch it exclusively on Audience Network through Directv, At&T U-verse, and Directv Now.

"Mr. Mercedes" is based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King. David E. Kelley ("Big Little Lies,...

At&T has announced its new Mr. Mercedes TV series will premiere on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 8:00pm Et/Pt on the At&T Audience Network. The new detective drama is David E. Kelley's TV show adaptation of the Stephen King novel. Kelley and Lost veteran Jack Bender directed several episodes of Mr. Mercedes and executive produce with King, Mary Bowen, and Wyck Godfrey. The cast includes Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Kelly Lynch, Jharrel Jerome, Scott Lawrence, Robert Stanton, Breeda Wool, Justine Lupe, Ann Cusack, Mary Louise-Parker, and Holland Taylor. Read More…...

Yet another Stephen King novel is set to get the TV treatment. While folks may be more dead set on seeing some of Stephen King’s older work — like It, The Dark Tower, Firestarter, or The Mist — on the big and small screen, we can’t forget that the dude’s been writing pretty great novels in recent years as well. Most recently, King’s put out a trilogy of hard-boiled detective novels. The stories started with Mr. Mercedes, continued with Finder Keepers, and concluded with End of Watch.

We’ve known for some time that the first book would be adapted for the small screen, but after being announced, back-burnered, and then brought back to the fold, it became easy to lose track over what the actual status of the project was. Now, Audience Network has announced that the 10-episode limited series has a premiere date of Wednesday, August...

Brady Hartsfield lives to kill, and he promises to strike again in Mr. Mercedes, an upcoming series based on Stephen King's book of the same name (the first entry in a trilogy). The series will be released on the At&T Audience Network from Sonar Entertainment this summer, with an official premiere date and image revealed.

Mr. Mercedes will premiere on Wednesday, August 9th on the At&T Audience Network. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more details, and check out an image of Harry Treadaway as Brady Hartsfield and a promo video for the series below:

Press Release: El Segundo, Calif., May 11, 2017 -- The new At&T* Audience Network original series from Sonar Entertainment, "Mr. Mercedes," is premiering Wednesday, Aug. 9 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt. Watch it exclusively on Audience Network through Directv, At&T U-verse, and Directv Now.

"Mr. Mercedes" is based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King.

Need to catch up? Check out our previous Better Call Saul recap here.

Better Call Saul shelved all the drug-trade stuff this week and went full-on courtroom drama, building to a climactic brother-vs.-brother showdown between Jimmy and Chuck.

We start off with a scene-setting flashback: Chuck prepares an elaborate gourmet dinner by lantern light after Jimmy ominously warns him, “The bigger the lie, the harder it is to crawl out.” (And he should know.) The big lie here is Chuck’s condition: He’s invited over his ex-wife Rebecca for dinner, but makes up a story about his electricity...

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It’s the trial we’ve been waiting for, because Chuck (Michael McKean) is on a mission: To get Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) disbarred. Not suspended, but disbarred. The episode is, therefore, largely devoted to Jimmy’s hearing before the New Mexico Bar Association — the testimony of Howard Hamlin, followed by the playing of the fateful tape, and then Chuck’s own turn on the stand.

This has a number of repercussions, because Jimmy’s got a plan that (like so many of his plans) involve factors outside of the legal system. First off, it’s the arrival of Rebecca (Ann Cusack) to throw Chuck off his game — then there’s hiring Huell (yes, “Breaking Bad’s” Huell!) to plant a secret battery on Chuck’s body (something to which Jimmy...

Michael Nouri is turning the page in his career.

The Damages alum is set to play Penthouse founder Bob Guccione Sr. in Discovery Channel’s forthcoming ‘Unabomber’ series Manifesto, TVLine has learned exclusively. Guccione famously offered to publish the manifesto written by Ted “Unabomber” Kaczynski (played by Paul Bettany).

Additionally, Ben Weber (Secret Life of the American Teenager) has joined the cast of the Greg Yaitanes-helmed project as Andy Genelli, the former head of the Unabomomber Task Force.

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* Former CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric is returning to the network...

Following the recent news that Mary-Louise Parker has joined the cast of Sonar Entertainment’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes, the complete core cast for the At&T Audience Network series has now been announced with production on the show underway in South Carolina.

Mr. Mercedes will debut sometime this year on DirecTV’s Audience Network. We have the official press release with the full core cast list below, and we’ll be sure to keep you updated on this series as more information is revealed.

Press Release: El Segundo, Calif., Jan. 30, 2017 — At&T* Audience Network has cast for its new original series, “Mr. Mercedes.” The new series from Sonar Entertainment will premiere 10 hour-long episodes, which are currently in production in Charleston, South Carolina.

TV veterans David E. Kelley (“Boston Legal,” “Ally McBeal,” “The Practice”) has written the adaptation, while Jack Bender (“Lost,” “Under the Dome,” “Game of Thrones”) will direct.

Casting is set for At&T Audience Network’s upcoming new drama series “Mr. Mercedes”. Brendan Gleeson (pictured in Harry Potter) leads as Detective Bill Hodges, along with Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful) as Brady Hartsfield. Jharrel Jerome (Moonlight) is cast as Jerome Robinson, Scott Lawrence (Avatar) as Detective Peter Dixon, Robert Stanton (Mercury Rising) as Anthony “Robi” Frobisher, and Ann Cusack […]...

The story didn’t end with the Miracle in the Hudson – hero pilot Sully Sullenberger is tried by an investigative committee. Clint Eastwood’s film examines and re-examines the 2.5 minutes, as the bureaucrats make the case that 155 passengers were unnecessarily put at risk.

Sully

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD

Warner Brothers Home Video

2016 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 96 min. / Street Date December 20, 2016 / 35.99

Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhardt, Laura Linney, Jamey Sheridan, Mike O’Malley, Anna Gunn, Ann Cusack, Christopher Curry.

Cinematography Tom Stern

Film Editor Blu Murray

Original Music Christian Jacob, Tierney Sutton Band

Written by Todd Komarnicki from a book by Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow.

Produced by Clint Eastwood, Frank Marshall, Tim Moore, Allyn Stewart

Directed by Clint Eastwood

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

In this year’s Sully Clint Eastwood found what I like to call an unbreakable story. This one poses a tricky narrative challenge — the only action content in...

MaryAnn’s quick take… The ultimate anti-disaster movie. A supremely gripping and powerfully emotional film about, paradoxically, what happens when everything works as it should. I’m “biast” (pro): I remember that day vividly…

I’m “biast” (con): …but I worried about how it would be dramatized

I have not read the source material

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

I was still living in New York in January 2009 when Chesley Sullenberger landed a commercial airliner full of passengers on the Hudson River.

Landed a commercial airliner on the Hudson River.

Not in. On.

And almost everyone walked away unhurt. A bit cold and wet. One flight attendant got a nasty cut on her leg. We didn’t know that at the time. All we knew was that a goddamn plane had landed on the river and everything was fine.

It almost sounds like that...

Yesterday, I got the chance to finally take a look at Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks’ collaboration Sully. The film is quite good, showcasing both heavyweights at peak skill. This week could have been a pretty barren one, but Sully saves it, just like he did all of the passengers on his plane. In depicting the Miracle on the Hudson, Eastwood could have fallen back on his lazier tendencies, while Hanks could have coasted on his likability, but neither do. This is a high effort and tight work that represents one of Eastwood’s best directorial outings to date. Frankly, it’s a must see and a definite Academy Award contender. Once again, in case you don’t know by now, Sully is a biopic about Captain Chesley Sullenberger (Tom Hanks), the pilot who became a national hero. We all learned about Captain Sullenberger, or Sully, after he glided his...

Later this week, Clint Eastwood will unleash a new film into the world in Sully, which debuted a few days ago at the Telluride Film Festival. Early word is very solid, suggesting a potential awards player this year. I’ll be writing about that movie shortly, but for now, I want to look at Eastwood’s career to date, both as an actor as well as a filmmaker. Eastwood is a unique one, that’s for sure. In just a day or two I’ll be back with a straight Sully piece, but right now, it’s more or less just going to be a look at Eastwood and what he’s done so far. Enjoy! In case you don’t know, Sully is a biopic about Captain Chesley Sullenberger (Tom Hanks), the pilot who became a national hero. We all learned about Captain Sullenberger, or Sully, after he glided...

The Bentonville Film Festival capped off its second annual event this past weekend with a softball game, featuring many members of a team that filmgoers know well: The Rockford Peaches from "A League of Their Own."

Arkansas Online reported that the Peaches reunion was spearheaded by Geena Davis, who played catcher Dottie Hinson in the 1992 flick about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Davis, who co-founded the film festival in 2015 to highlight female and diverse filmmakers, gathered her former castmates on Sunday at Arkansas's Arvest Ballpark for a spirited game to celebrate the festival's wrap -- and stir up some friendly competition, too.

Cast members from In A League of Their Own with Gina Casey, an original Peaches player kicking off the 2016 Reunion Game!

A photo posted by Bentonville Film Festival ❤️ (@bfffestival) on May 8, 2016 at 12:44pm Pdt

Aside from Davis, other Peaches teammates in attendance included actresses Patti Pelton...

“It’s like he was born without the gene for it.”

‘Rebecca’ is a slow burn, an episode in which as much attention is paid to the lighting around Chuck as to the scramble faced by Kim and Jimmy in their respective legal purgatories or to Mike’s dawning realization that half measures leave loose ends. The eponymous Rebecca(a charming Ann Cusack) is Chuck’s wife, introduced in the opening flashback and quickly won over by Jimmy’s charms at a dinner which, for Chuck, is next to unendurable. The resentment seething beneath Chuck’s genial exterior appears bone-deep, souring his domestic joy when, after the meal’s end, he attempts to joke around like Jimmy does and sees his own efforts fall flat. Chuck is a man who can’t abide conflict when he feels he’s in the right, whose proposed solution to his wife’s nebulous...

A review of tonight's Better Call Saul coming up just as soon as I do the Carol Burnett thing with my ear... "You don't save me. I save me." -Kim What an oddly structured show Better Call Saul can be at times. Throughout the series, Jimmy and Mike rarely interact — or do it briefly, as happens here when Jimmy expresses concern about Mike's battered face — and are moving through stories with completely different tones, usually featuring different characters (though both of them have run afoul of Tuco and Nacho at some point), and at times feeling like different genres. Their lives and stories are destined to become far more entwined, but at the moment, Jimmy's in a legal dramedy and Mike's not only in a hard-boiled crime show, but one that for now has much more of a direction connection to Breaking Bad. Saul is far from the...

[Whispers] Is ABC’s Castle on a bit of a roll…?

Season 8 resumed last week with a musically frothy episode that also highlighted the faux feud between “estranged” marrieds Rick and Kate. That was followed by a special (if missed/little-watched) Sunday outing that served up a twisty case and measurable Caskett goodness.

Then, this Monday — the third new episode in eight days — delivered arguably the best guest star (Spartacus‘ Nick Tarabay) since “The Nose” while also bringing back Rick’s stepmother for a first meeting that was surprisingly moving.

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