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"For All Mankind" season 4 takes place in 2003 and introduces new characters as Mars becomes a frontier town for the international space program's asteroid mining project. Actors like Joel Kinnaman and Wrenn Schmidt rely on prosthetics and gray wigs to continue playing their characters, Ed Baldwin and Margo Madison, in the new season. The new season will also explore the aftermath of the devastating Johnson Space Center bombing and the struggles for survival on Mars for the remaining astronauts.

For All Mankind season 4 sets a course for 2003 as the alternative history drama begins the 21st century with a mixture of old faces and new characters. With each season taking place in a different decade, viewers have watched as the core original characters have given their lives in pursuit of broadening humanity's horizons. With only a handful of the original For All Mankind characters still active in season 4, actors like Joel Kinnaman...

Vera Cherny is set for a recurring role on the fourth season of USA Network’s Queen of the South, from Fox 21 TV Studios and Universal Content Productions.

Starring Alice Braga, Queen of the South is based on the bestselling book La Reina del Sur by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. It tells the powerful story of Teresa Mendoza (Braga), a woman who is forced to run from the Mexican cartel and seek refuge in America. In Season 3, Teresa struck out on her own, determined to build a new empire for herself. But as enemies old and new closed in, she realized that being queen would require more work — and more sacrifice — than she ever imagined.

Cherny will play Oksana Volkova, a tough-as-nails, woman of big appetites and no apologies. She has close ties to the Russian mob in New York and controls the distribution of molly in Atlanta. Since escaping prison in Chechnya,...

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Americans” Season 6, Episode 9, “Jennings, Elizabeth.”]

It’s happening, people! This is not a drill: At the end of “Jennings, Elizabeth,” the title character gets a call from her husband, packs a go bag for the road, and she’s on the run!

After a tense hour packed with close calls — decisions that, had they gone the other way, would’ve ensured the Jennings’ capture instead of merely triggering their flight — the penultimate episode of the series started the countdown clock that will end next Wednesday night: Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth (Keri Russell) are ready to skip town, but who do they tell and who will come with them? Paige (Holly Taylor) is livid with her mother and might resist packing up with her parents right now. Henry’s (Keidrich Sellati) school might be too far away.

And what about Stan (Noah Emmerich)? His theory has been rebutted at every turn,...

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Americans” Season 6, Episode 4, “Mr. and Mrs. Teacup.”]

Who thought a montage involving Paige making out and Philip line dancing could be so heartbreaking?

Thus is the power of “The Americans,” as showrunners Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg almost simultaneously doled out pleasure and pain in a bone-chilling fourth episode. Philip (Matthew Rhys) clung to his simple pleasures while he could, retreating to his favorite country bar to kick off his boots with coworkers before snacking on potato chips over a pile of mounting bills. Paige’s (Holly Taylor) date turned from a fun night out to a professional conflict as she stared at her sleeping beau’s valuable ID badge. And then there’s Elizabeth (Keri Russell): so close to getting what she needs, only to be left with nothing yet again.

She’s tired, and we’re scared. Much like joy and sorrow are contradictory emotions, each...

Network: Crackle. Episodes: Ongoing (hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: September 6, 2016 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Martin Freeman, Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi, Otmara Marrero, Wayne Knight, Aaron Yoo, Ron Perlman, Addison Timlin, Kristen Ariza, Fredrick Bam Scott, Vera Cherny, Jared Wofford, Jevon White, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Jenny Gago. TV show description: From creator Ben Ketai, the StartUp TV show tells the story of the emergence of GenCoin, a new cryptocurrency. While alternative digital money is already a controversial idea, GenCoin also has the dubious distinction of germinating on the "wrong side of the tracks," thanks to three unknowns who are hardly typical tech engineers. The drama centers on FBI agent Phil Rask (Freeman). Jaded and...

The actor’s Elysium Bandini Studios produced the projects in association with Los Angeles film schools.

Cinedigm Corp. has acquired all North American rights to The Heyday Of The Insensitive Bastards and Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman Of La Mancha, produced by James Franco, Jennifer Howell and Vince Jolivette’s Elysium Bandini Studios.

The Heyday Of The Insensitive Bastards was produced in conjunction with UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television and stars Franco, Tyler Labine, Kate Mara, Jim Parrack, Natalie Portman, Rico Rodriguez, Abigail Spencer, Amber Tamblyn, Thomas Mann and Kristen Wiig.

The film has a unique structure comprised of a series of vignettes that run the whole gamut of emotions as the film delves into universal themes of memory, longing and loss.

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman Of La Mancha was produced in conjunction with USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and was written and directed by students in Franco’s USC graduate...

"The Americans" is back for a third season. I had interviewed producers Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields, as well as co-star Holly Taylor, and I have a review of the season premiere coming up just as soon as we go get a non-beer... "So it's all been bullshit — everything you've said to me." -Philip On the one hand, "Est Men" is so superficially similar to the last year's premiere that one might wonder if Weisberg and Fields felt the only way to avoid disappointing people who loved season 2 was to duplicate it. Once again, we open with a brutal action sequence in which one of our two leads barely escapes arrest or worse (with Elizabeth making short work of Agent Gaad and another fed), and we close with the shocking murder of a Kgb asset (Annalise, who makes the mistake of telling Yousaf too much in a place with no...