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Poker Face returned to the small screen with a second season last week, and we got three new episodes of the show. We learned that Charlie was on the run from Beatrix’s henchmen and saw her efforts to escape their clutches bring her to the quintuplets, Amber, Delia, Cece, Bebe, and Felicity. After solving the murder of Felicity and putting a stop to the scam that Amber was running, Charlie moved on to another case, which involved the murder of Greta at the hands of her husband, Fred. She barely made it out of there alive, only to be caught in the middle of an FBI operation being run by Luca to catch Beatrix and a counter-fbi operation being run by Beatrix to weed out the rat on her team. Eventually, Charlie found out that Beatrix’s husband, Jeffrey, was the rat, and Luca’s friend and colleague, Danny,...

Like Jigsaw says, “I want to play a game,” we are playing a game, but this time, it’s going to be a lot less bloody (or not). Let’s rank all the Saw movies from worst to best, and no, you cannot back out. Ever since Saw burst onto the horror scene in 2004, James Wan and Leigh Whannell’s twisted creation has been messing with our heads (and stomachs).

What started as a low-budget indie horror flick became one of the most iconic (and goriest) horror franchises of all time. At the heart of it all? John Kramer, aka Jigsaw—the mastermind who doesn’t kill people but forces them to fight for survival in the most horrifying ways imaginable.

Now, nearly two decades and ten movies later, the Saw franchise has done it all, from jump scares, timeline gymnastics, and unexpected apprentices to traps that make you rethink...

Frank Grillo has spent years carving out a niche as one of Hollywood’s most reliable tough guys, and Mr-9: Do or Die is a Bangladeshi breakout that could well be one of his best. Now it is doing no harm to his reputation with a blistering run into the Starz streaming chart, with action fans jumping into the gunfire-ridden story of international intrigue and espionage.

Adapted from a popular novel series featuring the “Bangladeshi James Bond”, Mr-9: Do or Die follows a secret agent code-named Masud Rana (Abm Sumon). Grillo plays the illusive antagonist who is masterminding some deadly arms deals that government officials want to shut down. The plot sees Rana being enlisted to take down the bloodsoaked reign of Grillo’s Roman Rains and his ruthless businessman brother Ricci (Matt Passmore) in a race across the world.

While Grillo has been a constant presence in several by-the-book...

Jigsaw continues the legacy of John Kramer (Tobin Bell) after his death but with two major twists, as is tradition in the Saw saga. Seven years after the supposed “final chapter” of the Saw saga with Saw 3D, an eighth installment arrived to shake up what the audience thought they knew about John Kramer and his whole history as the Jigsaw killer. Directed by the Spierig Brothers, Jigsaw introduces viewers to a new group of “players” in Jigsaw’s twisted games, all of them chosen as they have some dark confessions to make.

Parallel to the game, Jigsaw follows the efforts of Detectives Brad Halloran (Callum Keith Rennie) and Keith Hunt (Clé Bennett) to find the copycat Jigsaw killer that has started this new game, as Kramer died in Saw III. Working with Halloran and Hunt is pathologist Logan Nelson (Matt Passmore) and his assistant Eleanor Bonneville (Hannah Emily Anderson...

Of all the historic Hollywood horror franchises, one in particular has maintained its relevance better than the rest. While people still remember The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Child's Play, and The Nightmare on Elm Street, they aren't flocking to the theaters year after year to see the new installment. With an entire company of dedicated filmmakers aiding its growth, James Wan and Leigh Whannell's baby is about to reach adulthood. 21 years into the Saw franchise, and the series is as relevant as it has ever been. If the success of the previous installment is any indication, it seems like it won't be stopping anytime soon.

Fresh off the wild success of Saw X, critically and financially, the team at Twisted Pictures hopes to deliver another satisfying entry. The eleventh entry in the Saw franchise, Saw XI, is currently slated for a 2025 release, but what other information about the highly-anticipated sequel is out there?...

A supernatural case brings Jensen Ackles’ Russell Shaw back into the fold during Sunday’s Tracker. How appropriate.

When Colter suddenly disappears during his search for Scott Palmer, a missing father tracking unidentified aerial phenomena (Uap), Reenie recruits Russell to find his brother and return him to safety. He tracks Colter to a Department of Defense black site, where he’s being held by an unnamed government official (played by The Glades’ Matt Passmore). After he breaks him out, Russell tells Colter that he was “close by, cleaning up a mess.” He’s working for “private contractors again” — but that...

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Murder in a Small Town is a mystery crime drama series created by Ian Weir. Based on The Alberg and Cassandra Mysteries novel series by author L.R. Wright, the Fox series is set in the small idyllic town of Gibsons and it follows the story of the new police chief Karl Alberg after he leaves the city and comes to town to get some peace of mind and find a new partner, but he is soon confronted with various crimes that he has to solve with the help of his team. Murder in a Small Town stars Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk in the lead roles with James Cromwell, Stana Katic, Mya Lowe, and Aaron Douglas starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the murder mysteries, complex relationships, and compelling characters in Murder in a Small Town...

Quick Links Jigsaw Is Initially Presented as a Sequel Jigsaw Is Actually a Prequel What Does the Future of the Saw Franchise Look Like?

The chronological legacy of the Saw franchise has only become increasingly convoluted over its now 11-film span. The turning point came after the Spierig Brothers released Jigsaw in 2017. Jigsaw was a surprise to many fans, who assumed the franchise had been axed following the critical failure of 2010s Saw 3D, and it quickly established itself as the most confusing entry to pin down in the franchise's timeline. This is mainly due to discrepancies concerning the Jigsaw killer, John Kramer, played by Tobin Bell's true date of death, with the timeline established in 2004's Saw contradicted by the date of death allotted to Kramer's mortician tag.

Jigsaw's plot, like its predecessors, follows a relatively simple path. The Jigsaw killer places a group of people in various...

Jigsaw's timeline twist revealed Kramer's first apprentice, creating confusion. Final Destination 5 did the timeline twist better, making it more impactful and with a purpose in the franchise. Saw II and Saw IV also played with timelines, but Jigsaw's twist was just to shock viewers.

As is tradition in the Saw saga, Jigsaw had a plot twist that led to another, one of them a timeline twist, and if you liked that one, this $157.9 million horror movie is a must-watch. The Saw saga seemed to have reached its end in 2010 with Saw 3D, also known as The Final Chapter, and though it gave a surprising but satisfying end to the franchise, it was brought back to life seven years later with Jigsaw. Directed by the Spierig Brothers, Jigsaw is set a decade after John Kramers (Tobin Bell) death.

Jigsaw sees the start of a new game with five new players,...

Eleanor escaped the barn at the end of Jigsaw, and never learned Logan was the copycat killer. Eleanor's final scene hints at her being picked up by Logan or Detective Hunt. A surprise character could have been Dr. Gordon, Kramer's other alive apprentice.

Jigsaw had a couple of plot twists that added to John Kramers backstory, but it missed one final twist reveal as it never revealed who picked Eleanor Bonneville (Hannah Emily Anderson) up at the end. The Saw saga seemed to have come to an end in 2010 with Saw 3D, also known as The Final Chapter, but the franchise had a lot more to tell. The saga came back to life seven years later with Jigsaw, directed by the Spierig Brothers, and set after the events of Saw 3D and a decade after Kramers death.

Jigsaw follows a new game with five victims, but as Kramer is dead,...

Warning: major spoilers for 2017s Jigsaw.

There are many (though some subtle) hints throughout Jigsaw about its double timeline. The players never acknowledged they were in a Jigsaw "game" and didn't recognize Billy. Anna and Ryan didn't question John Kramer's appearance, even though he was supposedly dead.

Jigsaw revived the Saw saga when it had supposedly reached its end, and as is now expected in any Saw movie, it has a twist ending that leads to another twist reveal, but there were clues to this throughout the whole movie. The Saw franchise arrived to revive the gore genre with the story of John Kramer (Tobin Bell), who put others in life-threatening situations as tests of their will to live and to teach them a lesson about all their crimes and questionable actions. Kramers legacy seemed to have ended with Saw 3D, but the franchise came back to life seven years later with Jigsaw.

Jigsaw's plot and inventive death contraptions make it unique in the Saw franchise. The 2017 installment has a divided Rotten Tomatoes score, critiqued for a laughable plot and obvious twist ending. The film's twist relies on plot holes and reuses mechanics from previous installments, leaving fans hoping for improvements in future films.

Warning: This article contains spoilers about the 2017 Jigsaw movie and the Saw franchise.The franchise Saw has it all to please horror fans everywhere: a creepy puppet mascot, a twisted genius pulling the strings, and, of course, some of the most grizzly and inventive character deaths in the genre. But what makes it truly unique and successful is its indefinitely repeatable plot formula: one or several people stuck in a room must do something horrible to make it out alive or suffer a graphic death. And since Jigsaw, the mastermind, does not choose his victims by chance, they...

Stars: Abm Sumon, Frank Grillo, Matt Passmore, Michael Jai White, Niko Foster, Oleg Prudius, Kelly Greyson | Written by Asif Akbar, Nazim Ud Daula, Abdul Aziz | Directed by Asif Akbar

Mr-9: Do or Die is based on the first of a long-running series of mostly ghost-written novels chronicling the adventures of Masud Rana, Bangladesh’s answer to James Bond. Somewhat surprisingly given there are 500 or so novels in the franchise, this is only the second attempt at bringing them to the screen, the first being Masud Rana in 1974. Fifty years later, will the world be more receptive to the Bangladeshi Bond?

The film certainly starts on a familiar note with Rana running unnoticed across wide open lawns in broad daylight without being noticed. Despite his best efforts and his leaving a trail of bodies behind him, his target gets away and the two agents he was supposed to rescued are killed.

A&e canceled The Glades after its fourth season, leaving the storyline unresolved and frustrating viewers. The planned fifth season would have focused on investigating Jim's shooting, with twists and suspects to keep viewers engaged. While the chances of a revival are slim, there is still hope for The Glades to return after a long hiatus, as other shows have done.

The fourth season of A&e’s crime drama may have ended on a cliffhanger in 2013, but The Glades season 5 isn’t likely. The Glades focused on Chicago cop Jim Longworth (Jigsaw’s Matt Passmore), who leaves the Windy City after being wrongfully accused of having an affair with his boss’s wife and takes a job as a detective with the state police in the sleepy Florida Everglades town of Palm Glade. Although Jim is expecting a slower pace of life, he soon finds out there’s more criminal...

The director of Saw X shared his thoughts on the lack of connections to previous movies, including Jigsaw and Spiral.

One of the most beloved aspects of the Saw franchise, on top of its intricate death traps, is its complicated, convoluted continuity that weaves throughout nearly every single installment.

One of the biggest open ends in the franchise is Matt Passmore’s Logan, who was revealed in Jigsaw to have been one of John Kramer’s first accomplices. With Saw X taking place between Saw I and Saw II, in theory, he’d still be an active part of John Kramer’s games.

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When James Wan and Leigh Whannell unleashed the first Saw in 2004, you might’ve thought the franchise was all about grisly murders and psychological nonsense. But if you still hold true to that opinion, then you have not been paying attention to the backstory and police procedural that accompanied the carnage. With each entry, the Saw franchise embraced flashbacks, flash-forwards, and flash-sideways, becoming more convoluted than that other 2000s phenomenon, Lost.

And now that Saw X is in theaters, you realize that you don’t understand the story at all. How can there be a 10th movie when John Kramer died in Saw III? Didn’t Jigsaw reboot the series in 2017? Did anyone actually see Spiral: From the Book of Saw?

Den of Geek readers, your attention to the bloody fun parts of Saw has left you unprepared.

Kevin Greutert, director of Saw X, believes there is no obvious new direction for the franchise, but still expects more Saw movies in the future. The Saw franchise has been successful at the box office, and Saw X will continue the story by taking place between the first two movies. Potential future storylines could explore the cliffhanger endings of The Final Chapter and Spiral, introducing new characters and deviating from the franchise's formula.

As he makes his way back to the helm for the series, Saw X's Kevin Greutert has confusing thoughts on the horror franchise's future. Greutert, who previously edited the first five Saw movies, 2017's Jigsaw and directed the sixth and seventh installments, returns for the latest chapter in the James Wan and Leigh Whannell-created franchise and bringing veteran stars Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith with him. Saw X will be taking a step back in...

Director Kevin Greutert reveals that Saw X will present Jigsaw in a new light, framing him as the "hero" of the movie. Saw X will focus more on John Kramer as a human rather than as Jigsaw, exploring his fears and personal story. The placement of Saw X between the first two movies and putting Jigsaw in the protagonist's seat marks it as an important installment that could shape the future of the franchise.

With nearly two decades of deaths to his name, director Kevin Greutert explains how Saw X will put Jigsaw in a new light for audiences. Greutert returns to the franchise after a six-year hiatus, having previously been the editor of the first five Saw movies, the director of the sixth and seventh installments and editor on 2017's revival Jigsaw. He's bringing with him Tobin Bell, similarly absent from 2021's Spiral, as John Kramer, who crafts his...

Exclusive: Frank Grillo action film Mr-9: Do or Die has struck a North American distribution deal with Canadian outfit Swapna Scarecrow.

Swapna is due to release the film in 150 screens in U.S. and Canada on August 25, the same day it will be released in Bangladesh by Jaaz Multimedia. Above and below are first look images from the film.

The project was shot in Bangladesh and the U.S. and co-stars Bangladeshi actor Abm Sumon. Also starring are Michael Jai White, Sakshi Pradhan, Matt Passmore and Niko Foster.

LA-based sales company Premiere Entertainment world sales. Producers are Chasing Butterflies Pictures, Jaaz Multimedia, The Film Post, Al Bravo Films and Mr-9 Films.

Based on the popular Bangladeshi spy novel series Masud Rana, the film charts the story of spy Mr-9, a skilled and veteran spy with a muddled past. He is chosen to join forces with an elite group of international agents.

Over a decade after he was last seen in the horror series, Cary Elwes has addressed his potential Saw franchise return. Elwes starred in the original Saw movie as Dr. Lawrence Gordon, the oncologist who diagnosed John Kramer's terminal cancer and was thrown into Jigsaw's game for his apathetic personality and infidelity towards his wife. Having cut his foot off to escape, Gordon's fate was left unknown until 2010's Saw 3D: The Final Chapter, in which he was revealed to have survived and recruited to be a Jigsaw apprentice.

While speaking exclusively with Screen Rant to discuss the sports biopic Sweetwater, Cary Elwes opened up about his potential Saw franchise return. The original movie's actor shared a fairly neutral response to the idea of reprising his role as former Jigsaw victim-turned-apprentice Dr. Lawrence Gordon, congratulating the filmmakers behind the franchise on its continued success, but confirming he has no current involvement.

Scott Bakula won’t be (quantum) leaping his way back onto NBC’s primetime lineup: The network has passed on Bakula’s ranch drama Unbroken, TVLine has learned.

The Yellowstone-esque drama was to have starred Bakula (NCIS: New Orleans, Quantum Leap) as retired rodeo champion and current rancher Ash Holleran in a story about “three dynastic ranch families on the central coast of California [that] make love and war in a passionate struggle to survive, ultimately setting the stage for a group of fiercely determined young women to win big for all at the National Championship of Rodeo,” per the official synopsis.

NBC has ordered the drama “Found” to series, Variety has learned. In addition, the network is passing on its pilots “Blank Slate” and “Unbroken.”

“Found” hails from writer and executive producer Nkechi Okoro Carroll with Shanola Hampton set for the lead role. The show is built around the fact that, in any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. Public relations specialist Gabi Mosley (Hampton) — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.

The show also stars Brett Dalton, Gabrielle Walsh, Arlen Escarpeta, Karan Oberoi, with Kelli Williams, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar.

“Getting to put...

Exclusive: Cara Santana (Vida) has signed on to star alongside Marcia Gay Harden, Halston Sage, Andrew Richardson and Aidan Quinn in Annette Haywood-Carter’s indie comedy Daughter of the Bride (w/t) for MarVista Entertainment and Particular Crowd.

The film currently in production centers on Diane (Harden) and Kate (Sage) — mother and daughter and inseparable friends, whose lives are turned upside down when mom announces her engagement to a mystery man (Quinn) that she’s been dating for only a few weeks. In a series of comical events, Kate must come to terms with letting her mother be happy with someone else while she navigates her own love life and career aspirations. Kate subconsciously tries to sabotage the wedding plans, despite officiating the ceremony, and unexpectedly meets a mystery man (Richardson) of her own that seems too good to be true.

Karen Bloch Morse wrote the script. The film is...

Exclusive: Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight), Abm Sumon (Dhoka) and Matt Passmore (Jigsaw) are among cast joining Frank Grillo (Captain America) in Asif Akbar’s spy thriller Mr-9, which is now underway.

Grillo’s son Remy Grillo will make his acting feature debut on the project which is shooting in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Also starring will be Sakshi Pradhan (Poison), Niko Foster (Army Of One), Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots), Oleg Prudius (Wolf Warrior 2), Jackie Siegel (The Queen of Versailles), Anisur Rahman Milon (The Last Thakur) and Shahidul Alam Sachchu.

Writer-director Asif Akbar’s spy action-thriller is based on the popular Masud Rana novels written by late novelist Qazi Anwar Hussain. Plot details are being kept under wraps but we understand Grillo will play the nemesis of secret agent Rana — code name Mr-9 — of the Bangladesh Counter Intelligence Agency.

Bangladeshi actor Abm Sumon will be the...

Exclusive: Samantha Mathis and Norm Lewis and are set as series regulars opposite Matt Passmore and Floriana Lima in Blank Slate, NBC’s drama pilot from Dean Georgaris, John Fox, Davis Entertainment and Universal Television.

Created by Georgaris and Fox, written by Georgaris and to be directed by Richard Shepard, Blank Slate draws some parallels to Davis Entertainment’s long-running NBC series The Blacklist. In Blank Slate, Special Agent Alexander McCoy (Passmore) is a legend in law enforcement, the agent we all hope is out there, the agent we’d all like to be. The only issue is — he doesn’t actually exist. He’s a ghost, a phantom. So what happens when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge but with an agenda nobody will see coming?

Mathis will play Dr. Sylvia Matthews, the team’s forensic psychologist.

Exclusive: Abhi Sinha is set as a series regular opposite Matt Passmore and Floriana Lima in Blank Slate, NBC’s drama pilot from Dean Georgaris, John Fox, Davis Entertainment and Universal Television.

Created by Georgaris and Fox, written by Georgaris and to be directed by Richard Shepard, Blank Slate draws some parallels to Davis Entertainment’s long-running NBC series The Blacklist. In Blank Slate, Special Agent Alexander McCoy (Passmore) is a legend in law enforcement, the agent we all hope is out there, the agent we’d all like to be. The only issue is — he doesn’t actually exist. He’s a ghost, a phantom. So what happens when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge but with an agenda nobody will see coming?

Sinha will play Cornelius Kepler, the tech specialist on Maya’s Homeland Security team...

Luke Mitchell is headed back to The CW, with a godly recurring role on The Originals spinoff Legacies.

The actor will make his debut in this Thursday’s episode as Ken, “a malevolent god who has returned to take down Hope, the world’s only tribrid, and reclaim his title as the world’s most powerful being,” our sister site Deadline reports.

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Exclusive: Dave Annable is set as a lead opposite Matt Passmore and Floriana Lima in Blank Slate, NBC’s drama pilot from Dean Georgaris, John Fox, Davis Entertainment and Universal Television.

Created by Georgaris and Fox, written by Georgaris and to be directed by Richard Shepard, Blank Slate draws some parallels to Davis Entertainment’s long-running NBC series The Blacklist. In Blank Slate, Special Agent Alexander McCoy (Passmore) is a legend in law enforcement, the agent we all hope is out there, the agent we’d all like to be. The only issue is — he doesn’t actually exist. He’s a ghost, a phantom. So what happens when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge but with an agenda nobody will see coming?

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Annable will play Chris Logan, a congressional candidate and husband to Homeland Security Agent Maya Logan.

Victoria Pedretti has booked her first post-you role: The actress has joined Hulu’s upcoming series Saint X, our sister site Variety reports.

Adapted by Leila Gerstein (The Handmaid’s Tale, Hart of Dixie) from Alexis Schaitkin’s novel of the same name, the psychological drama explores “how a young woman’s mysterious death during an idyllic Caribbean vacation creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth,” per Variety.

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NBC‘s upcoming drama pilot Blank Slate from Dean Georgaris and John Fox has cast 13 Reasons Why actor Matt Passmore and A Million Little Things star Floriana Lima in lead roles. As reported by Deadline, Passmore is set to star as Special Agent Alexander McCoy, while Lima will play Maya Logan, the seasoned head of a team of Homeland Security agents. The series comes from Universal Television and Davis Entertainment, the production company behind the long-running NBC series The Blacklist. The story centers on Passmore’s Agent McCoy, a legend in law enforcement who doesn’t actually exist; he’s a ghost, a phantom. The FBI is then turned upside down when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge. But McCoy has his own agenda, which nobody will see coming. Passmore is best known for his lead role as...

Exclusive: Matt Passmore (The Glades) and Floriana Lima (A Million Little Things) are set as the leads of Blank Slate, NBC’s drama pilot from Dean Georgaris, John Fox, Davis Entertainment and Universal Television.

Created by Georgaris and Fox, written by Georgaris and to be directed by Richard Shepard, Blank Slate draws some parallels to Davis Entertainment’s long-running NBC series The Blacklist. In Blank Slate, Special Agent Alexander McCoy (Passmore) is a legend in law enforcement, the agent we all hope is out there, the agent we’d all like to be. The only issue is — he doesn’t actually exist. He’s a ghost, a phantom. So what happens when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge but with an agenda nobody will see coming?

2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders

Lima plays Maya Logan, the seasoned head of...

Younger‘s sixth season ended with a big ol’ question for Liza Miller, and it looks like the show will throw a few more curveballs her way before the series wraps.

Paramount+ on Tuesday released the official trailer for Younger‘s seventh and final outing, which picks up shortly after Charles asked Liza to marry him at Diana’s wedding. But as Lauren (and Josh… and the audience) want to know, “Did she say yes? Are they engaged?!”

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The second season of Sarah Kendall’s comedy Frayed is currently filming in Sydney for the ABC/Sky Studios UK, with Hamish Michael, Jane Hall and Emma Harvie joining the regular cast.

The next instalment will find Sammy (Kendall) and her kids, having made it out of Australia, living in a tiny London flat while she frantically tries to prove that her lawyer, Rufus (Robert Webb), stole her house. Barely able to make ends meet working in ‘exhaust management’ (she’s a secretary in a muffler repair shop), Sammy is desperate to find a way to reclaim her opulent London life. She must also keep her kids far away from Australia and the truth about what happened to their neighbour.

Meanwhile back down under in Newcastle, an ambitious cop heads up the missing persons case and simply does not believe Sammy’s neighbour would just disappear.

With Jim (Ben Mingay...

Army Of One opens with…a detective about to retire, but deciding (for reasons) to storm into a house allegedly containing a bunch of psychopathic murderers at dead of night. We can guess how that will end (even if the outcome is not actually shown). But it leaves partner Dillon (Matt Passmore) seriously injured. So, convalescing, Dillon heads off into what (to my UK eye) looks suspiciously like redneck country. Or Bible Belt. I dunno: are those the same thing?

At any rate, they have preachers, an accent that approximates to what I believe is often referred to as “deep south” – and families that appear to consist of at least a dozen children.

He is accompanied by wife, Brenner (Ellen Holman). Unfortunately for them, our pair of lovebirds take shelter during a downpour in what the film’s blurb describes as a 'Cartel compound'. Personally, I’d call it a safe house.

Stars: Ellen Hollman, Matt Passmore, Stephen Dunlevy, Geraldine Singer | Written by David Dittlinger, Ellen Hollman, Mary Ann Barnes, Stephen Durham | Directed by Stephen Durham

No, this is not me revisiting that bonkers Nicolas Cage Flick from a couple of years back… This Army of One features Ellen Hollman, a superstar bad-ass leading lady in waiting!

Sometimes a simple premise, executed very well, can get you most of the way. There is no simpler movie concept than a family member going out for revenge for a murdered loved one. If there is then please do correct me but I feel like these stories have been done to death. It is only every once in a while that something like Taken, Death Wish or Law Abiding Citizen comes along and revitalizes things and then we are back to square one when, for the following years, everything is a carbon copy.

So how...

"Thought you were dead..." Uncork'd has released an official trailer for an indie action film titled Army of One, featuring "rising action star" Ellen Hollman (who has a role in the upcoming The Matrix 4) as "1st Lieutenant Brenner Baker of the Army's 75th Ranger Division". Not to be confused with the Nicolas Cage comedy also called Army of One from a few years back. While out hiking, Special Forces Ranger Brenner Baker stumbles onto a Cartel's compound. Her husband's killed and she's left for dead. The Cartel made two mistakes, killed her husband and left her alive. They won't live to make another – now she's coming after them. The cast also includes Matt Passmore, Geraldine Singer, Gary Kasper, and Cam Bowen. This is pure jingoism action filmmaking with the added benefit of watching a badass woman take down bad guys. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Stephen Durham's Army of One,...

When a character returns to the place of their childhood after an extended time away, those stories tend to build to epiphany. Faced with what’s been missing from their life, our hero resolves to change their ways and learn from those they once overlooked. To its benefit, “Frayed,” the latest HBO Max summer import, doesn’t really have that moment. Instead, the series (which aired in Australia and the U.K. late last year), finds both comedy and drama in the more gradual idea that returning from a long time away can raise as many questions as it answers.

For “Frayed,” that starts with Sammy Cooper (Sarah Kendall), a London socialite whose life gets flipped when her wealthy husband is found dead. As details of his compromising situation start to surface and his estate is frozen, Sammy (who’s been going by Simone in an attempt to better ingratiate...

Yesterday we got our first full look at Spiral: From the Book of Saw. The movie seems to be an interesting take on the Saw franchise, combining the grisly and sadistic mutilation games that the series is known for with a Se7en inspired detective story. This twist comes courtesy of actor and comedian Chris Rock, who reportedly came up with the concept and got this new production moving.

As we saw in the trailer, Rock will play a detective investigating a grisly series of murders targeting police officers. Common to all the crime scenes is an ominous red spiral, immediately familiar to horror fans as being from the cheeks of Jigsaw’s puppet Billy. Your first reaction is to naturally suspect that Jigsaw is back and taking out his murderous desires on the police. The thing is, though, Jigsaw – at least the original one, played by Tobin Bell – is definitely dead.

ABC will not be braving the Bermuda Triangle after all.

Commissioned nearly eight months ago, the pilot for the sci-fi drama Triangle has been officially passed on by the network, our sister site Deadline reports, following a late, international shoot and special effects work that took post-production into late August.

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Penned by Jon Feldman (Blood & Oil,...

‘Frayed.’

Merman Television and Guesswork Television’s comedy Frayed created by and starring Sarah Kendall will premiere on the ABC and iview on Wednesday October 16 at 9.10 pm.

The UK-based Australian comedian plays Simone Cooper, a fabulously wealthy London housewife who in 1988 is forced to return to her Newcastle hometown after her husband has a fatal attack during sex with a prostitute.

Broke, homeless and a social outcast, back home with her children she must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years earlier.

The ensemble cast includes Kerry Armstrong as Simone’s mother, Ben Mingay as her brother Jim, Doris Younane as Jim’s partner Bev, Matt Passmore as Dan, Simone’s high school sweetheart whom she left behind in Newcastle 20 years earlier, Diane Morgan and Robert Webb.

Nicole O’Donohue is the producer and the directors are Jennifer Leacey and Shaun Wilson.

It's never too late to reinvent yourself, and family is what you make of it.

Family Pictures is the third movie in the Jane Green sequence, and not only has Lifetime struck gold with their book-to-screen series but with this particular author.

She has 20 books and 17 bestsellers, and at this rate, Lifetime could make a movie about every last one of them and hold our undivided attention. They need to get on that expeditiously!

There are common themes of found family, second chances, finding and reinventing yourself, pursuing your dreams, and an unmistakable love letter to womanhood. In other words, they had me at hello and kept me with delicious drama and noteworthy actresses.

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Family Pictures gave us a double dose of those with Elisabeth Röhm and Justina Machado.

And Matt Passmore's smarmy Mark should've thought twice...

The final Jane Green book-to-screen feature is coming to Lifetime Saturday, June 29.

Matt Passmore, who you know from Satisfaction and The Glades, stars as a husband torn between two women and two worlds. He's not the greatest guy!

We had a chance to talk with Matt about his role in the movie, the joys of playing a troubled guy, and his ABC pilot, Triangle. Get all the details about those topics and more with our interview, below.

I have to tell you, it's so weird hearing your real voice. I never hear that here in America.

It's always a nice compliment, actually, when people ... they either take a step back, or they're like, "Wait, what?" Which is great, because if you can pick up that I was Australian from Australia, then I ain't doing my job very well. So it's always a nice feeling when someone goes, "Wait, what the hell?...

If you enjoy television, then you're a fan of Elisabeth Röhm. She has worked on some of the most iconic series and entertained viewers with her nuanced portrayals of characters for years.

On Saturday, June 29, she's taking on Jane Green's Family Pictures starring opposite Justina Machado, each one portraying a wife very wronged by their husband, but also individually flawed.

As Maggie, Röhm gets to play a well-to-do character who has taken an easy route through life thanks to her wealthy husband (played by Matt Passmore), but she's also had her head in the sand. 

We had a chance to talk with Röhm about the fun she had working opposite Machado, Passmore, and kicking the trope out of her character on Family Pictures.

What did you think of the Family Picture script when you first read it?

I have to say I loved it because it was a really different departure for me.

As we all know good and well by this point in time, The Longest Yard and Grown Ups star Chris Rock is teaming with Twisted Pictures for yet another reimagining of the Saw franchise with a new, currently untitled entry which will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. This new Saw Reboot is all set to be unleashed by Lionsgate into a theater near you in October 2020, and today we have word via Bousman over on Twitter that this Saw reboot will begin shooting next week!

Director Darren Lynn Bousman tweets.

"Start shooting the new Saw film in just a few days. Something I never thought I'd be typing again! Gotta be honest. No one is ready for the insanity about to bleed out on screen!"

This new Saw movie comes to us from a story written by Chris Rock, which he is adapting into a screenplay along with Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg.

This summer, Lifetime brings your favorite novels to life over three consecutive weekends in June.

Joining previously announced Book to Screen titles, Pride & Prejudice Atlanta premiering June 1 and Adriana Trigiani's Very Valentine on June 8, the Book to Screen summer movie series continues with three Jane Green titles.

Tempting Fate, starring Alyssa Milano (Insatiable), also marks executive producer Kim Raver’s (Grey’s Anatomy) directorial debut, premieres on Saturday, June 15 at 8Pm Et/Pt.

To Have and To Hold, starring Erika Christensen (Parenthood) debuts on Saturday, June 22 at 8Pm Et/Pt and Family Pictures, starring Justina Machado (One Day at a Time) and Elisabeth Röhm (Law & Order), airs on Saturday, June 29 at 8 Pm Et/Pt.

Lifetime's Book to Screen series will continue later this summer with five V.C. Andrews titles, based on the Casteel Family novels.

Based on Jane Green’s New York Times best-selling novel of the same name,...

Exclusive: After a lengthy search, Australian actress Pallavi Sharda (Pulse) has been tapped as the female lead opposite Mike Vogel in ABC drama pilot Triangle, from Jon Harmon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz’s Random Hill and ABC Studios.

Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione and directed by McG, Triangle poses the question, what if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.

Sharda will play Alex, David’s (Vogel) girlfriend who is trying to connect with his teen daughter Natalie (Sarah Catherine Hook). Matt Passmore, Edwin Hodge, Mallory Jansen, Lorenzo Richelmy, Amit Shah and Diana Bermudez co-star

Feldman,...

Exclusive: Italian actor Lorenzo Richelmy, who played the title role in the Netflix series Marco Polo, is returning to American television with a lead role opposite Mike Vogel in Triangle, ABC’s drama pilot from Jon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz’s Random Hill and ABC Studios.

Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione and directed by McG, Triangle poses the question: What if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.

Lorenzo will play Ham, one of the residents of the Triangle, a former pirate and a rogue who is skeptical of newcomers.

Triangle has assembled a formidable core...

Exclusive: Former Satisfaction and The Glades star Matt Passmore is set for a lead role opposite Mike Vogel in Triangle, ABC’s drama pilot from Jon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz’s Random Hill and ABC Studios.

Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione and directed by McG, Triangle poses the question: What if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.

Passmore will play Liam, a dark, rash and complicated member of the land’s ruling family.

Feldman, Gwartz and Postiglione executive produce the pilot, which will be filmed in New Zealand. Edwin Hodge and Mallory Jansen also co-star.

(L-r) Kevin Whyte, Lisa Wang and Todd Abbott accepting Spa’s Comedy Television Production of the Year award for ‘Please Like Me’ s2.

The screen industry needs to stop cutting writers’ fees and to do a lot better in providing career paths for writers, according to Guesswork Television MD Kevin Whyte.

Chiming with the concerns of the Australian Writers’ Guild and Cjz executives Nick Murray and Matt Campbell, Whyte tells If: “Working out how we can make Australia an attractive and lucrative place to be a television writer, which means we put stories and ideas first and foremost, is critically important.

“The struggling artist cliché is wearing a bit thin. The industry should focus on creating career paths, not just so people stay but to entice people in into the industry.

“I am not saying there is an easy solution but as our budgets come under more and more pressure...

Exclusive: Lifetime has its leads for a pair of movies based on Jane Green novels. The cable net said today that Justina Machado, Elisabeth Röhm and Matt Passmore will star in Family Pictures and Erika Christensen, Antonio Cupo, Andy Favreau and Carmel Amit are set for To Have and to Hold.

Both movies premiere next year, along with another based on Green’s Tempting Fate, which will star Alyssa Milano.

Family Pictures stars Machado (Jane the Virgin) and Sylvie and Röhm (Law & Order) as Maggie, strangers living on opposite coasts, leading very similar lives with husbands that travel for work too much and daughters about to leave the nest. But when their daughters befriend each other on a college tour, they soon discover a shocking secret that threatens to tear both families apart. Passmore’s (Jigsaw) role was not specified.

Manu Boyer is directing from a script by Ilene Rosenzweig.