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Chicago tiene a The Bear; Nueva York, a Black Rabbit. © Netflix

Netflix ha anunciado la fecha de estreno y ha desvelado las primeras imágenes de su nueva serie limitada Black Rabbit, creada por Zach Baylin y Kate Susman (The Order).

En Black Rabbit, Jake Friedkin es el dueño del restaurante más popular de Nueva York, el Black Rabbit, un restaurante y sala VIP a punto de convertirse en el lugar de moda de Nueva York. Pero cuando deja que su problemático hermano Vince vuelva al negocio familiar, se abren viejas heridas y surgen nuevos peligros que amenazan con destruir todo lo que han construido.

La serie está encabezada por Jason Bateman (Equipaje de mano) y Jude Law (Star Wars: Tripulación perdida). Completan el reparto Cleopatra Coleman, Amaka Okafor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Troy Kotsur, Abbey Lee, Chris Coy, Dagmara Dominczyk, Odessa Young and Robin De Jesus, with Amir Malaklou, Don Harvey, Forrest Weber,...

Netflix has set September 18 for the premiere of Jason Bateman and Jude Law’s new limited series Black Rabbit. The streamer also released some first-look images, which you can see above and below.

Created by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, Black Rabbit is described as a “propulsive thrill ride and character examination about the way an unbreakable bond between two brothers can shatter their world and everything in its orbit.”

Set against the backdrop of New York City’s high-pressure nightlife scene, Black Rabbit centers on two brothers who are pushed to the brink by their duty to family and their pursuit of success. Jake Friedken (Law) is the charismatic owner of Black Rabbit, a restaurant and VIP lounge, poised to become the hottest spot in New York. But when his brother, Vince (Bateman), returns to the business unexpectedly, trouble soon follows; opening the door to old traumas and new...

If you thought the new summer shows coming to Netflix were good, just wait until you see what the streamer has planned for us this fall. There's even more great series coming down the pipeline, and we're not just talking about the likes of Wednesday, Stranger Things, and Nobody Wants This. More of our favorite stars are coming out to play, including two who headline the next limited series hit.

Jason Bateman and Jude Law team up for the new Netflix original drama limited series Black Rabbit, which follows in a long line of limited series hits that have been released throughout the year so far. From Adolescence to Sirens, limited series have continued to burn up Netflix with gripping stories and incredible performances, both of which we will be getting from Black Rabbit this fall.

Black Rabbit release date confirmed for September on Netflix

On June 26, Netflix announced that Black Rabbit premieres on Thursday,...

Jude Law as Jake and Jason Bateman as Vince in ‘Black Rabbit’ (Photo Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025)

Netflix just announced a September 18, 2025 premiere date for the limited series Black Rabbit, set in New York City and starring Jude Law (The Order) and Jason Bateman (Ozark). The premiere date announcement was accompanied by the first batch of photos from the eight-episode series.

Bateman directs the first two episodes and serves as an executive producer along with Jude Law. The cast includes Cleopatra Coleman, Amaka Okafor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Troy Kotsur, Abbey Lee, Chris Coy, Dagmara Dominczyk, Odessa Young, and Robin De Jesus. Amir Malaklou, Don Harvey, Forrest Weber, Francis Benhamou, Gus Birney, John Ales, and Steve Witting fill out the ensemble.

“Set against the backdrop of New York City’s high-pressure nightlife scene, Black Rabbit centers on two brothers who are pushed to the brink by their duty to family and their pursuit of success.

Netflix has announced the premiere date and debuted an official first look at Black Rabbit, the anticipated new limited series. Starring and executive produced by Jude Law and Jason Bateman, the series will premiere globally on September 18.

Set against the backdrop of New York City’s high-pressure nightlife scene, Black Rabbit centers on two brothers who are pushed to the brink by their duty to family and their pursuit of success.

Jake Friedken (Jude Law) is the charismatic owner of Black Rabbit, a restaurant and VIP lounge, poised to become the hottest spot in New York. But when his brother, Vince (Jason Bateman), returns to the business unexpectedly, trouble soon follows, opening the door to old traumas and new dangers that threaten to bring down everything they’ve built.

Black Rabbit is a propulsive thrill ride and character examination about the way an unbreakable bond between two brothers can shatter...

Jude Law and Jason Bateman are brothers in big trouble in the first look at Black Rabbit. The duo will play brothers who get wrapped up in the seamy side of New York City's clubland in the new drama. It was created by Zach Baylin (King Richard) and Kate Susman (The Order). The series will premiere on Netflix on September 18, 2025.

In the new images, Law plays Jake Friedken, the owner of Black Rabbit, the successful restaurant and VIP lounge of the title. It's on the verge of becoming the hottest spot in New York when his long-estranged brother, Vince (Bateman) comes back to town, bringing trouble with him. The images show off a grimy side of New York, as well as the contracting looks of the brothers: Law is neat and composed, while Batman is uncharacteristically long-haired and bearded. The series also stars Cleopatra Coleman (Infinity Pool), Amaka Okafor (Bodies...

Chicago has The Bear, and now New York City is getting Black Rabbit.

The anticipated Netflix limited series starring Jason Bateman and Jude Law as reunited brothers that centers on the city’s next hotspot restaurant and lounge (called Black Rabbit) now has a release date. The eight-episode series, also titled Black Rabbit, launches Sept. 18 on Netflix.

Netflix released the first photos (one above, three below) along with the date announcement, previewing Bateman’s new, gritty look for the thriller drama. Bateman and Law executive produce the series, with Bateman also directing.

Jude Law as Jake, owner of Black Rabbit, in the show’s premiere. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025 Vince (Jason Bateman, here with Law as brother Jake) returns to the family business unexpectedly. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025 Black Rabbit centers on the two brothers being pushed to the brink amid the backdrop of NYC’s nightlife scene, per Netflix’s logline.

“Black Rabbit,” Netflix’s upcoming limited series starring Jason Bateman and Jude Law, has set a September premiere date and dropped a first look at the new show.

The new series will premiere Sept. 18 on Netflix, the streamer announced Thursday alongside several first-look images of Bateman and Law as estranged brothers, which you can see below.

Set against the backdrop of New York City’s high-pressure nightlife scene, “Black Rabbit” centers on two brothers who are pushed to the brink by their duty to family and their pursuit of success, per the official logline.

Law stars as Jake Friedken, the charismatic owner of Black Rabbit, a restaurant and VIP lounge, poised to become the hottest spot in New York, whose world turns inside out when his brother, Vince (Bateman) returns to the business unexpectedly. Also returning with Vince are old traumas and new dangers that threaten to bring down everything they have built,...

Hulu has released the official trailer for its latest limited series, “Washington Black,” starring Ernest Kingsley Jr. and Sterling K. Brown The eight-episode series is set to release on July 23 on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.

The series, based on Esi Edugyan’s best selling novel of the same name, follows George Washington “Wash” Black, an 11-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation, whose prodigious scientific mind sets him on a path of unexpected destiny in the 19th century. After an accident forces him to flee, he is thrust into a globe-spanning adventure that challenges and reshapes his understanding of family, freedom and love. As Wash begins to navigate his journey into uncharted lands and impossible odds, he finds the courage to imagine a future beyond the confines of the society he was born into.

Additional cast members for “Washington Black” include Tom Ellis, Rupert Graves,...

[This story contains major spoilers from the penultimate episode of season three of Yellowjackets, “How the Story Ends.”]

Yellowjackets season three has not been for the faint of heart. This season of the hit Showtime series went on a killing spree, both out in the wilderness during the 1996 timeline, as well as in present day with the adult survivors of a plane crash that stranded them for 19 months when they were teenagers.

The most unexpected deaths came in episode four, when Simone Kessell’s Adult Lottie was mysteriously found dead at the bottom of a familiar looking staircase (seen in a vision by Lottie in season one), and in the penultimate episode when Lauren Ambrose’s Van was fatally stabbed in the heart by Adult Melissa (played by guest star Hilary Swank). The finale, which is titled “Full Circle” (written by Ameni Rozsa and directed by co-creator Bart Nickerson), will deliver the long-awaited answer around who killed Lottie Matthews, and viewers will see...

[Editor’s note: The following interview contains spoilers for “Yellowjackets” Season 3 through to Episode 9.]

“Nobody said ‘You’re gonna bite a chunk out of Hillary Swank’s arm’ when they pitched the show to me,” Melanie Lynskey told IndieWire in a recent conversation about “Yellowjackets.” In a season that has seen her character Shauna “finally able to take control of the moment,” that moment in Episode 8 marks a point of no return.

“[In episode 3], I sweep everything off the counter in this fit of rage, but for me the interesting moment was afterwards, the fact that in Shauna’s energy and body, I felt very settled,” Lynskey said. “So it was fun to play all that stuff in Episode 9 … finally she’s able to take control of the moment and to allow herself to feel the rage that’s always present, and then she’s kind of relaxed.”

Season 3, Episode 9 had the “Yellowjackets” team collaborating for a third time with director Ben Semanoff,...

Van Episode 9 Death(Photo Credit –YouTube)

Showtime’s Yellowjackets isn’t just a survival drama, it’s a masterclass in chaos, trauma, and the kind of dark twists that keep fans screaming into the void. Equal parts psychological horror and nostalgic mind trip, the show has made a name for itself by killing off characters just when you’ve fully invested in their pain. And Season 3, Episode 9? It delivered one of the most shocking gut punches yet.

After dodging death for three seasons and surviving some pretty horrifying woodland carnage, Van (played by Lauren Ambrose) finally met her end, and not in the way anyone saw coming. In a brutal twist, it wasn’t nature or fate that took her out, but Melissa (Hilary Swank), whose existence in the adult timeline was only just confirmed. Yes, that’s the Melissa, long thought gone, now back and apparently ready to stab her way into the storyline.

[This story contains major spoilers from the penultimate episode of season three of Yellowjackets, “How the Story Ends.”]

The Yellowjackets are once again saying goodbye to one of their own.

“It’s sort of like a last-in-first-out kind of thing, also with Lottie[‘s death and Simone Kessell],” says Lauren Ambrose when speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about her tragic ending in the penultimate episode of season three, “How the Story Ends.”

Yes, Adult Van’s story ends this episode. It’s an all-too-soon development for the beloved character who will be remembered by those who loved her for both her inherent goodness and for her self-sacrificial way out — to save the love of her life, Taissa (played by Tawny Cypress in present day and Jasmin Savoy Brown in the past). The episode began with a vision of younger Van visiting Adult Van while she’s near death from cancer in the hospital. Teen Van invoked the classic adventure film The Goonies to inspire Adult Van to keep fighting,...

Acclaimed actor Christina Ricci is now among the many stars immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame following a decorated film and TV career. Not only has acting given the Yellowjackets star success and fame, but she credits the industry for saving her from a tumultuous childhood.

Speaking with Variety about her Walk of Fame induction, which she called a "profoundly meaningful" moment in her decades-long career, Ricci opened up about her love for acting and what it did for her professionally and personally. Ricci admitted that becoming a film star gave her renewed purpose after a "not very nice" childhood with a family she didn't feel safe around. Having landed key roles in Mermaids, Casper and The Addams Family as a young actor, she showed she could handle the spotlight from an early age. However, she had to overcome the toxicity of home life to deliver on-screen.

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The following contains spoilers for Yellowjackets Season 3, Episode 4, "12 Angry Girls and 1 Drunk Travis," now streaming on Paramount+ and debuting Sunday, March 1 on Showtime.

Yellowjackets' present storyline features many of the survivors as adults, navigating seemingly normal life while still emotionally burdened by their wrongdoings in the woods. Shauna Shipman experiences the most change from her younger to adult self. And when she begins to unleash her teenage, feral side in the present day, it's her husband Jeff Sadecki and daughter Callie Sadecki that are affected. Jeff remains supportive of Shauna even in her worst moments, while Shauna's relationship with Callie is a bumpier road.

In the Yellowjackets Season 3 premiere, Callie spills pig guts on her high school classmates -- an incident resembling the same rage teenage Shauna had. It's possible that Shauna has unknowingly created a miniature version of herself in Callie, while Jeff is far from the type to...

Yellowjackets made its long-awaited return to Paramount+ with Showtime last week, and Season 3 is already smashing records set by its predecessor. Debuting in 2021, the series tells the tale of a New Jersey high school girls' soccer team that crashed in the Canadian wilderness in 1996, and how – for better or worse – that event helped shape their adult lives 25 years later.

Per Variety, the Season 3 premiere of Yellowjackets amassed over 2 million views across Paramount+ and Showtime last weekend, which is a big increase over the Season 2 premiere back in 2023. According to Paramount Global, the first episode, "It Girl," achieved the series' highest streaming viewership ever, boasting an impressive 58% increase over Season 2's "Friends, Romans, Countrymen."

There are many factors in play as to what went into the huge viewership increase for Yellowjackets Season 3, including the fact that when Season 2 debuted, Showtime was on its own back then before being absorbed into Paramount...

It's been almost two years since YellowjacketsSeason 2 dropped, and now the long-awaited third season is finally here. The popular survival thriller series first premiered back in November 2021, following the drama-filled events after a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness leaves a high school girls' soccer team to fend for themselves. While the plane-crash premise has been done over and over again on the small screen, the show's split timeline between the girls' stranded past and trying to live with themselves 25 years after they've been rescued has made it a memorable hit among viewers and critics alike.

Now, as Season 3 kicks off, the stakes have never been higher as they keep fighting to survive while descending further into madness. Here's everything we know so far about the Yellowjackets Season 3 release schedule, how to watch it, and what else is in store for its characters.

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Yellowjacketsstar Samantha Hanratty promises fans that the "death toll here is not good" when it comes to the series' third season.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Hanratty was vocal about the ever-increasing death toll that the recently-released third season of Yellowjackets will be bringing to the small screen. "Not just one death, not just two deaths - the death toll here is not good," Hanratty explained. "You guys are not going to be well."

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Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, Yellowjackets premiered on Showtime back in November 2021. The series plays out across two eras, and follows both the teenage members of the series' eponymous high school girls' soccer team and their adult...

Yellowjackets has cemented itself as must-watch TV over the course of its first two critically-acclaimed seasons. This is partly due to its writers’ willingness to kill off major characters in shocking fashion – but that doesn't necessarily mean they’re gone for good.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, series creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson discussed the events of Season 2 –which included cannibalism, and the death of one of the show's main characters. Interestingly, they have not had many opportunities to do so, since upon Yellowjackets' Season 2 release, the Writer's Guild of America went on strike. This caught Lyle and Nickerson on the first day of their Season 3 writers' room, which had to stop immediately, but it also meant that they couldn't engage in promotion of the series. "It was a strange experience to have to quietly watch on the sidelines," explained Lyle.

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Yellowjackets made its long awaited return to Paramount+ with Showtime today, dropping the first two episodes of Season 3 titled "It Girl" and "Dislocation." After a nearly two-year wait, we finally get to see the fallout of that shocking death in the Season 2 finale, and how it affects the grown up cast going forward. That being said, there's still plenty more to learn from their past, and as the reviews begin to pour in, the question becomes: Was the long wait for Yellowjackets Season 3 worth it?

"Showtime's Yellowjackets returns with more answers, fewer cast members, and fresh dynamics that make it a bloody good start to Season 3," says Megan McLachlan from The Contending. Indeed, there are fewer characters, but there's also the appearance of some new ones this season, like Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank, and Joel McHale, who bring a nice amount of star power to the series following the exit...

Showtime's acclaimed supernatural mystery series Yellowjacketsis finally premiering its long-awaited third season on February 14th, its returning tale of wilderness spirits and cannibalism perfectly timed for Valentine's Day date night. The series, which stars beloved actors like Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, and Sophie Thatcher, has been off the air for nearly two years, with production delayed after the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. With such a long gap between seasons, viewers who watched the series week-to-week could be forgiven for needing a refresher on where the story left off. Here's everything to remember before the show returns next week.

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Upon its premiere on ABC in September 2004, Lost became an instant success. In no time at all, the show was met with praise from critics and audiences. Widely considered one of the greatest shows of all time, it has garnered a massive fan following over the past two decades and continues to impress viewers who have discovered the series on streaming services such as Netflix. While there were plenty of fans who were inevitably disappointed with how the series concluded after its sixth season, its legacy and impact remain. The series was nominated for numerous awards during its six-year stint and won many, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2005 and a Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Drama in 2006.

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Yellowjackets has quietly been gaining steam since it premiered on Showtime in 2021. Not being on one of the bigger premium networks or streaming services, the thriller drama has largely flown under the radar, though it has received awards season recognition. The plot has been compared to other shows, movies, and even real-life situations, telling the story of a group of teenagers who become stranded on an island in 1996. Now, 25 years later, they are still dealing with the aftermath of what they experienced and the trauma they have endured since being rescued.

The story in every episode is divided into flashbacks of the time when the ladies were desperately trying to survive in the wilderness and the present day as they deal with their fractured lives. But...

We're less than two weeks away from the highly-anticipated premiere of Yellowjackets Season 3, but before we get there, co-showrunner Jonathan Lisco is explaining why one of the series' pivotal characters had to die at the end of last season. If you'll recall, the explosive Season 2 finale saw Lisa (Nicole Maines) with a shotgun trained on Juliette Lewis' character of Natalie during Lottie's ritual in the woods. When Misty (Christina Ricci) tries to save the day by injecting Lisa with phenobarbital, Nat jumped in the way and took the shot instead, sacrificing herself and dying.

Speaking with SFX (via Games Radar) recently, Lisco explained that, like in the real world, actions have consequences, and as such, it would be a disservice to the fans if Yellowjackets' phenomenal cast remained intact without repercussions over the course of the series. "If the show is about trauma and the consequences of what they went through,...

Spoilers for Yellowjackets Season 2 ahead.

One of the co-showrunners of Yellowjackets recently doubled down on the show's shocking season 2 death. The show's third season will debut later this month with new actors joining the cast.

The second season of Yellowjackets ended with a shocking twist when the adult version of Natalie "Nat" Scatorccio (played by Juliette Lewis) was killed. Yellowjackets co-showrunner Jonathan Lisco recently gave an interview to SFX magazine reported by GamesRadar where he doubled down on the decision to kill off one of the main characters in the series. "There can't be consequences if you're not going to have what they went through affect some of our seminal characters," he said.

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Review: The first season of The Old Man was a unique take on the espionage drama, pitting the great Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow opposite one another despite not sharing the screen until the final episode. Truncated by Bridges’ cancer diagnosis and recovery along with a bout of Covid, the first season of The Old Man concluded with three episodes less than originally intended. Still, the series presented two of our best acting talents, complemented by solid performances from Alia Shawkat and Amy Brenneman, as the series set up an even more exciting sophomore run.

What Do We Know About the upcoming second season of the Paramount+ series Tulsa King? More than you may think. The Taylor Sheridan series has been one of the most successful projects from the Yellowstone creator that does not feature the Dutton Family. With a second season greenlit almost as soon as the first episode debuted, everyone has been wondering what is coming from the show’s sophomore run. So, let’s dive in and take a look at what Sylvester Stallone and his crime crew will be coming up with this year.

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The first season of Tulsa King was overseen by Terence Winter, best known as the creator of Boardwalk Empire and a main writer and executive producer on The Sopranos. He wrote the screenplay for The Wolf of Wall Street and developed Tulsa King alongside Taylor Sheridan ahead of this season. Winter...

Morgan Spector has joined the upcoming Netflix limited series “Black Rabbit,” Variety has confirmed.

Spector will appear in the series alongside leads Jason Bateman and Jude Law and previously announced cast members: Cleopatra Coleman, Amaka Okafor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Troy Kotsur, Abbey Lee, Chris Coy, Dagmara Dominczyk, Odessa Young and Robin De Jesus, with Amir Malaklou, Don Harvey, Forrest Weber, Francis Benhamou , Gus Birney, John Ales, and Steve Witting.

The official logline for the series states that it follows “the owner of a New York City hotspot (Law) who allows his turbulent brother (Bateman) back in his life, only to realize he’s opened the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built.”

Spector will play Campbell, described as “a high powered lawyer.”

Spector currently stars in the HBO period drama “The Gilded Age,” which was renewed for a third season in December. He is also...

Exclusive: Morgan Spector (The Gilded Age) is joining the cast of Black Rabbit, the upcoming limited series from showrunners and executive producers Zach Baylin and Kate Susman.

Spector will play Campbell, a high powered lawyer. He will star opposite Jason Bateman, Jude Law, Cleopatra Coleman, Amaka Okafor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Troy Kotsur, Abbey Lee, Chris Coy, Dagmara Dominczyk, Odessa Young and Robin De Jesus, with Amir Malaklou, Don Harvey, Forrest Weber, Francis Benhamou , Gus Birney, John Ales and Steve Witting.

Created and written by Baylin and Susman, Black Rabbit follows the owner of a New York City hotspot (Law) who allows his problematic brother (Bateman) back into his life, opening up the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built.

Executive producers are Bateman and Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films; Law and Ben Jackson’s Riff Raff Entertainment; Baylin and Susman’s Youngblood Pictures; Andrew Hinderaker,...

Laura Linney, Ben Semanoff and Justin Kurzel have all signed on to direct multiple episodes of the upcoming Netflix limited series “Black Rabbit.”

The trio will each direct two episodes of the series, which was picked up at Netflix in March. It will mark a reunion for Linney and “Black Rabbit” co-lead Jason Bateman, who previously starred as Wendy and Marty Byrde in the Netflix crime drama “Ozark” for four seasons. Semanoff also directed episodes of “Ozark.” Jude Law will also star in “Black Rabbit.” Law, Kurzel, and “Black Rabbit” co-creator Zach Baylin have also collaborated on the upcoming true crime film “The Order.”

The official logline for the series states that it follows “the owner of a New York City hotspot (Law) who allows his turbulent brother (Bateman) back in his life, only to realize he’s opened the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built.

Laura Linney (Ozark), Ben Semanoff (Ozark) and Justin Kurzel (Macbeth) round out the director lineup for Netflix’s upcoming limited series Black Rabbit, starring and executive produced by Jude Law and Jason Bateman, the streamer announced Thursday. Each is slated to helm two episodes of the 8-episode series, which hails from Bateman and Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films, Law and Ben Jackson’s Riff Raff Entertainment, Zach Baylin and Kate Susman’s Youngblood Pictures and Automatik Entertainment.

Black Rabbit marks a reunion for Bateman and Linney, who previously worked together on Netflix’s Emmy-winning series Ozark as co-stars, producers and directors, as well as with Semanoff, who also directed. It also reunites Kurzel with Law and Baylin, who star in and wrote, respectively, the upcoming true crime thriller, The Order.

As previously announced, Bateman will direct the first two episodes. Linney will direct episodes 3 and 4; Semanoff episodes 5 and 6 and Kurzel...

Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” has officially submitted 18 actors for Emmys consideration, and as part of the show’s campaign, the network has released several FYC posters for each character.

Melanie Lynskey, who earned a nomination last year for playing Shauna, will be joined by Tawny Cypress (Taissa), Juliette Lewis (Natalie) and Sophie Nélisse, who plays the teen version of Shauna, in outstanding lead actress.

Christina Ricci (Misty), Samantha Hanratty (Teen Misty), Courtney Eaton (Teen Lottie), Jasmin Savoy Brown (Teen Taissa), Lauren Ambrose (Adult Van), Sophie Thatcher (Teen Nat) and Simone Kessell (Adult Lottie) are among those vying for outstanding supporting actress. Both Eaton and Kessell are among the Aapi contenders. Should Kessell be recognized for her portrayal of Adult Lottie, she would be the first Pacific Islander to receive a nod in that category. Meanwhile, Kevin Alves (Teen Travis), Steven Krueger (Coach Ben), Elijah Wood (Walter) and Warren Kole (Jeff) will...

Warning: Spoilers for “Yellowjackets” season 2, episode five, “Two Truths and a Lie,” directed by Ben Semanoff and written by Katherine Kearns & Sarah L. Thompson.

When it comes to describing young Misty Quigley, the overly zealous equipment manager on the high school soccer team, Samantha Hanratty says that “a lot of her stuff is extra.” The 27-year-old breakout star adds, “She can be a very heightened human.” And what goes down at the halfway point of Yellowjackets season 2 is an example of just that, with Hanratty revealing she was “quite giddy” when she read the script for “Two Truths and a Lie,” aware of where things were headed for Misty since the beginning of the season.

During episode five, things are starting to get even more desperate for the young survivors in the past timeline. While the girls fight over what to do with Javi (Luciano Leroux), who was miraculously found...

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Yellowjackets” Season 2 Episode 5, “Two Truths and a Lie.”]

Faith can be an interesting thing. In religion, it offers many people comfort and purpose; an explanation for how the world works and a framework with which to live a meaningful life.

Then there is the other kind of faith: Trust. Where religious faith is mostly internal, trusting a person, idea, or institution depends as much on the recipient as on the believer. When you lose faith in someone, it’s because of something they did.

Both types of faith feature prominently in “Yellowjackets” Season 2, Episode 5, “Two Truths and a Lie,” written by Sarah L. Thompson and Katherine Kearns and directed by Ben Semanoff. As storylines explore the companionship and community based on trust, the title invokes a secret third thing: trust betrayed, and its dire consequences in this series. In the wilderness, Lottie (Courtney) Eaton leads the teens in something that...

[This story contains major spoilers from the second episode in Yellowjackets‘ season two, “Edible Complex.”]

The Yellowjackets stars who play the teen cast on the hit Showtime series have had to do some dark things out in the wilderness. But many of them weren’t quite prepared for the reactions they would have when filming the shocking feast scenes in the second episode of season two.

“I have a pretty tough stomach, and we’ve done some weird things on the show, but I will say this season got me,” says Courtney Eaton, who plays young Lottie. “I almost threw up on set one of the days we were eating Jackie.”

And, she’s not the only one.

The second episode, titled “Edible Complex,” brought the show’s cannibalism storyline to fruition when the Yellowjackets survivors, who have been stranded since their plane crash in the show’s 1996 timeline, ate the body of their dead teammate Jackie (played by Ella Purnell). Purnell reprised her one-season...

Warning: Spoilers for “Yellowjackets’ season 2, episode 2, “Edible Complex,” written by Jonathan Lisco and directed by Ben Semanoff. The young stars — Jasmin Savoy Brown, Kevin Alves and others — break down what happened in the past timeline while speaking to Et’s Deidre Behar about the Showtime series.

Following a satisfying start to “Yellowjackets” season 2, which not only brought back Jackie (Ella Purnell) but also saw Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) eating her late best friend’s ear, the second episode took things even further as the series made good on a promise first teased in the season 1 premiere.

In the present, Tai (Tawny Cypress) navigates her uneasy relationship with her estranged wife, Simone (Rukiya Bernard), Nat (Juliette Lewis) finds herself trying to understand what’s going on with Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) cult, and Misty (Christina Ricci) starts getting messages from fellow citizen detective Walter (Elijah Wood).

But it’s in the past...

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Yellowjackets” Season 2 Episode 2, “Edible Complex.”]

Female friendships are complicated.

On ‘Yellowjackets,” Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) loves, envies, and resents best friend Jackie (Ella Purnell) right until her untimely death while stranded in the Canadian Rockies. She goes on to marry Jackie’s boyfriend, hold on to her old soccer uniform, and during a moment of hunger, fascination, and overwhelming guilt during the Season 2 premiere — why not all three? — ate Jackie’s ear.

Unfortunately, things only get murkier.

In Episode 2, “Edible Complex,” written by showrunners Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, and Jonathan Lisco and directed by Ben Semanoff, the hallucinated Dead Jackie bit starts to grow stale (no pun intended). That’s not an indictment of the storyline but a testament to its efficacy; in the show timeline, this has been going on for Two Months — two months of Shauna rearranging her dead friend’s limbs, writing her fake journal, and getting into...

Ever since the Yellowjackets pilot premiered, bookended by nightmarish sequences of its central characters ritualistically hunting and eating one of their own soccer teammates, a central question has hung over the show: when and why the hell did these seemingly ordinary teenage girls descend into gruesome cannibalism?

It’s one of the many mysteries of the Showtime series, which unfolds across two timelines: one in which a plane crash leaves the show’s titular high school soccer team stranded in the wilderness for 18 months in the late ‘90s; and another in the present-day,...

When I first saw Yellowjackets' first episode of season 1, I was blown away by the story, cast ensemble, and the show's ability to dazzle with just one episode. Season 2, and especially its first and second episodes, masterfully prepare you for what appears to be the hungrier, gorier, and most shocking season of Yellowjackets yet.

The action picks up some time after the season 1’s conclusion. Two months have passed since Misty gave all the survivors psychedelic mushrooms, two months since Jackie (Ella Purnell) froze to death. As Daisy von Scherler Mayer and Rich Monahan's "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" begins, it’s evident how two months without civilization has already affected a soccer team. Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) and Travis (Kevin Alves) try to forage for food, others prepare it while Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) struggles to accept her best friend's brutal death. At the same time, in the present, the survivors of...

Plot: Follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi, after he is released from prison after 25 years and is unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a crew from a group of unlikely characters to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.

Review: Paramount loves Taylor Sheridan. With Yellowstone consistently ranking as one of the most watched shows on television, Sheridan’s creative output has expanded with sequels, prequels, and spin-offs of the Montana-set drama along with separate projects like Mayor of Kingstown starring Jeremy Renner. Sheridan’s latest project is Tulsa King, a unique twist on gangster stories led by Sylvester Stallone in his first small-screen leading role. With a heavy dose of inspiration from...

The identity of snarky gossiper Simon Kelleher’s killer in season one was identified at the conclusion of Peacock’s One of Us is Lying season one. And, mini-spoiler alert, the gang took care of that problem (Rip Jake) but wound up creating a new one. Which, of course, leads us to season two.

The two-minute season two trailer reveals the Murder Club members will be tormented by “Simon Says” and forced into doing his/her bidding or else their involvement in Jake’s “disappearance” will be exposed. The trailer suggests the club should keep their friends close, but their secrets even closer.

Season two is set to premiere on October 20, 2022, however, New York Comic Con attendees were treated to a preview of the first episode along with a Q&a with the show’s stars. Showrunner/writer/executive producer Erica Saleh joined Marianly Tejada (“Bronwyn”), Chibuikem Uche (“Cooper”), Annalisa Cochrane...

While Laura Linney could finally nab her first Emmy for playing Wendy Byrde on “Ozark,” there is another way she can be rewarded for the Netflix drama this year: as the director of the fourth and final season’s 11th episode, “Pound of Flesh and Still Kickin’.” If submitted for this effort, her directorial debut, Linney could pull off a victory in a similar fashion to her co-star and onscreen hubby Jason Bateman, who still hasn’t earned an acting Emmy for the show but won directing when no one expected it in 2019.

Bateman was all the way down in sixth place in our odds when he won for the Season 2 opener, “Reparations.” But in retrospect, we shouldn’t have underestimated the eventual champ, who had built a ton of goodwill as one of the show’s stars, executive producers and main directors. By that point, he had directed six...

“My goal is for the audience member never ever to think about the construct of what they’re watching,” says Benjamin Semanoff in his exclusive interview with Gold Derby about directing and camera-operating for “Ozark” (watch the video above). He continues, “I want them never to realize that there was a human behind the camera at all. I want them almost to be hypnotized into a fantasy world, so when I watch good camerawork, I often realize that it was good because 10 minutes later, I go, ‘Oh my god, I have totally forgotten that I’m watching a television show’.” Semanoff muses further, “The movement of the camera, which again, is a very conscious, deliberate, thought-out process on set, should only be to support what’s happening or the perspective of the character you’re trying to connect with — and leaving things off camera is super interesting.”

SEEour video interview with “Ozark” editor Cindy Mollo.

Most single-shot sequences, aren’t. What you’d swear are single takes are actually seamless edits — but that doesn’t dilute their mind-bending power. Even better: one-take action sequences like the third-act corker in “Atomic Blonde,” which sees Charlize Theron battling scads of baddies in a longform, long-take sequence designed to look like a single shot.

David Deitch’s film is filled with heart-pounding action scenes (Theron cracked multiple teeth while filming the Cold War-set Berlin spy thriller), but it’s that big final battle that action fans will remember. And while “Atomic Blonde” feels fresh, the sequence takes plenty of cues from single-shots that have come before.

Read More‘Atomic Blonde’ Review: Charlize Theron Kicks Ass In Cold War Action-Thriller — SXSW 2017

Fans of both Theron and single-shot sequences can get a small taste of the ass-kicking to come in “Atomic Blonde” (for the really curious, the single-shot segment plays out mostly on the stairs,...

Bruce MacCallum, a veteran camera operator and longtime union activist, died Monday in Los Angeles, the International Cinematographers Guild announced. He was 70.

MacCallum served as a camera assistant and operator for more than 40 years, with credits including All That Jazz (1979), Witness (1985), Heartburn (1986), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), I Am Legend (2007), Julie & Julia (2009), The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Winter's Tale (2014) and Broadway's Hamilton.

He was the recipient of the Camera Operator Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013 and was nominated for the 2017 Camera Operator of the Year Award in Television for his work (along with Ben Semanoff) on HBO's The Night Of. He...

Creed continues to be a box office success and a favorite with audiences and critics. Globally Ryan Coogler’s film has passed the $100 million mark since its initial opening this fall.

The film reunites Coogler with his Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan as the son of Apollo Creed, and explores a new chapter in the Rocky story, starring Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone in his iconic role.

For the director, there was no question that Creed would be set in Philadelphia, where it all began. And for the filmmakers, there was no doubt that principal photography would be accomplished there as well. In order to bridge the two films artistically, Coogler brought together the talented creative team of costume designers Emma Potter (“Song One”) and Antoinette Messam (“Orphan”) and his “Fruitvale Station” team: editors Michael P. Shawver and Claudia Castello; production designer Hannah Beachler; and composer Ludwig Goransson.

To...

There's a ton of great moments in Ryan Coogler's "Rocky" spin-off film "Creed," but the most jaw-dropping takes place right in the middle of the film - the first professional boxing match of Adonis (Michael B. Jordan).

The entire boxing match, with multiple rounds, is seemingly presented in one single take. The camera is right in the fight throughout, ducking and weaving right up close between the two opponents and will then drift to the trainers yelling instructions or Adonis' girlfriend in the crowd yelling support.

You can see just a sample of the sequence below, the entire scene runs for several minutes in the final film.

New details about the scene have been revealed in a new interview that Coogler and Jordan have given to Buzzfeed. The pair reveal that the scene was done in one shot and deliberately so with Coogler purposefully not shooting cutaways. Thirteen takes...