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Today, BritBox announced the greenlight of new Original series A Taste for Murder. The six-part crime procedural produced by Eagle Eye Drama and in association with ITV Studios, commences filming on location in Croatia and later in Italy. Set amidst the steep cliffs and fast tides of Capri, A Taste for Murder features classic Italian cuisine as the main ingredient to each episode’s central murder mystery, revealing the power of food to foster connection, community, and healing after devastating loss.

Warren Brown (The Responder, Trigger Point, Ten Pound Poms) stars as Dci Joe Mottram, a star detective with the Metropolitan police. After a personal tragedy, he retreats to Capri with his daughter to stay with his Italian in-laws for the summer. Unsure how to face his own grief, let alone help heal his daughter’s broken heart, he quickly becomes immersed in the local murder cases on the island.

BritBox has given the green light to the new Original series A Taste for Murder, a six-part crime procedural produced by Eagle Eye Drama in association with ITV Studios. The series has started filming on location in Croatia and will also shoot in Italy.

Set amidst the cliffs and fast tides of Capri, A Taste for Murder features classic Italian cuisine as the main ingredient in each episode’s central murder mystery, revealing the power of food to foster connection, community, and healing after devastating loss.

Photo Credit: BritBox/Nikola Predovic

Warren Brown stars as Dci Joe Mottram, a star detective with the Metropolitan Police. After a personal tragedy, he retreats to Capri with his daughter to stay with his Italian in-laws for the summer.

Unsure how to face his grief, let alone help heal his daughter’s broken heart, he quickly becomes immersed in the local murder cases on the island.

BritBox International is serving up a crime procedural series using classic Italian cuisine as the basis for each episode’s murder mystery.

A Taste for Murder will star BAFTA-winning Downton Abbey actor Phyllis Logan alongside Warren Brown (The Responder) and Cristiana Dell’Anna (Gomorrah).

Each episode of the series will feature a murder mystery connected in some way to Italian cuisine. Brown is Dci Joe Mottram, a star detective with the Metropolitan police who, after a personal tragedy, retreats to Capri in Italy with his daughter to stay with his Italian in-laws for the summer. Logan is Elena Da Vinale, the witty matriarch of the family, front-of-house manager of the family restaurant, and mother to Dci Joe’s late wife. Gomorrah star Dell’Anna plays Inspector Lara Sarrancino, an ambitious and no-nonsense detective with the State Police in Naples. Beau Gadsdon (The Crown) is Joe’s daughter Angelica.

Rounding out the...

Emile Hirsch has had one of the more interesting careers of the many talented heartthrobs who arose at the turn of the millennium, and he's outlasted most of them. It's been two decades since his very good teen sex comedy, The Girl Next Door, and about 15 years since he won vast acclaim for Into the Wild, which kicked off an run of big films with great directors — Milk (Gus Vant Sant), Speed Racer (the Wachowski sisters), Taking Woodstock (Ang Lee), Killer Joe (William Friedkin), Savages (Oliver Stone), and Prince Avalanche (David Gordon Green) among them.

These days, four or five films are released with Emile Hirsch every single year; in fact, two of them came out on the same day: Prey and State of Consciousness. "We shot it almost three years ago. So I'm prolific, but this one did kind of get bottlenecked with another release," explained Hirsch about State of Consciousness.

Jackie Brown – Picture: Miramax Films

Happy New Year! It’s a great start to the New Year on Netflix, with some great new movies and television shows to binge on.

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John Wick Movie Collection

Films: 3

Genre: Action, Thriller | Runtimes: 101 / 122 / 130 Minutes

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Lance Reddick

One of the most popular action franchises in recent memory, three of the four John Wick memories are now available to stream on Netflix.

John Wick, a former assassin, is grieving over the loss of his wife. To help him through his grief, she bought him a puppy before her death, but after a home invasion results in the death of the dog and...

The Equalizer 3 has been released on video-on-demand after earning $186 million at the box office, making it a modest success compared to previous installments. The digital release of The Equalizer 3 took place without any prior announcement from Sony Pictures and is now available for purchase on various platforms. Despite being the lowest-grossing film in the action trilogy, The Equalizer 3 received positive reviews from critics, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 75%.

The Equalizer 3 is now available on video-on-demand after the threequel grossed $186 million at the box office. Released in theaters on September 1, the third and final installment in the action trilogy, directed once again by Antoine Fuqua, finds Denzel Washington's Robert McCall retiring to Southern Italy, where he must help his new friends break free from the control of the Camorra. The Equalizer 3 cast reunites Washington with his Man on Fire co-star Dakota Fanning and also includes Eugenio Mastrandrea,...

The Equalizer 3 director Antoine Fuqua confirms star Denzel Washington almost had a more romantic subplot in the action thriller but opted to drop the idea.

Speaking with NME, Fuqua revealed there were flirtatious scenes featuring Washington's vigilante character, Robert McCall, and local cafe owner Aminah (Gaia Scodellaro) while frequenting southern Italy. However, Fuqua cut these scenes as he felt the romantic development was a "betrayal" to McCall's late wife while also getting lukewarm feedback in test screenings when those scenes were shown.

Related: Antoine Fuqua Reveals The Equalizer 3 Had a 'Whole Different Ending'

“There was more [to Robert and Aminah’s relationship in the script], but the audience didn’t want to see Robert McCall in love… We did a test screening and they really felt like it was a betrayal of the wife, you know, so we decided to pull that back," he said.

In the original The Equalizer installment, it's revealed McCall faked...

Plot: After being badly injured, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) is nursed back to health by the friendly inhabitants of a town in Southern Italy. When he discovers the Sicilian Mafia is terrorizing them, he does what he does best…

Review: I absolutely love the Equalizer movies. It seems no one is making straight-forward action thrillers nowadays other than Antoine Fuqua, who’s become the greatest master of the genre since the late Tony Scott. His movies are taut, efficient and packed with gruesome, R-rated action. They know precisely what they are, and if this is the final Equalizer film, it perfectly closes out the only big-screen trilogy of Denzel Washington’s career.

Robert McCall is a perfect character for Denzel. At seventy years old, Washington has the right mix of righteous anger, world-weariness and kindness to do the character justice. One thing I always loved about the franchise was how...

This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being reviewed here wouldn't exist. This article also contains major spoilers for "The Equalizer 3."The original 1985 TV series "The Equalizer," starring Edward Woodward, was part of a notable trend in television from the '70s and '80s. Multiple shows at the time were about dangerous, mysterious, lawless drifters who traveled from town to town seeking out justice and applying violence where it might be needed. The trend included shows like "Kung Fu," "Then Came Bronson," "The A-Team," "The Incredible Hulk," and a little later, "Renegade." Robert McCall was an ex-military man who had a talent for finding people in distress and helping them — violently — as the situation required.

In 2014, filmmaker Antoine Fuqua adapted "The Equalizer" to the big screen, casting Denzel Washington in the role of Robert McCall.

Nobody can threaten someone quietly better than Denzel Washington.

Oh, our man can pump up the volume when he needs to, in terms of letting people know he’s bringing the pain — our ears are still ringing from his “King Kong ain’t got shit on me!” taunt from Training Day. But when he lowers his voice to a basso profundo rumble and he fixes that dead-eyed stare on someone, the one that suggests the unflappable, untouchable Teflon Denzel has officially entered the building, and issues some sort of oh-you’ve-stepped-in-it-now promise of bodily harm?...

Carnage in Sicily: A winery overturned, its workers bloodied and brutalized lying dead on the floor. It’s hard to tell if it’s Merlot or viscera pouring across the pricy marble. The vineyard’s owner snakes wends his way through the carnage, down the stone stairs to the basement, where one man sits waiting for him. This is Robert McCall (Denzel Washington), and he’s got a bone to pick. He sets his watch, he does his job, and he leaves the property in a mess of bodies.

This is the third entry in director Antoine Fuqua and writer Richard Wenk’s version of the 1980s television show ‘The Equalizer’ (and not to be confused with the 2021 television reboot starring Queen Latifah). The first two ‘Equalizer’ films were drab, dire affairs: Washington’s McCall, like his TV predecessor, was a retired intelligence eager to seek a quiet intellectual life,...

In Antoine Fuqua's 2018 film "The Equalizer 2," Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) spent just as much time engaging in civic rebuilding activities as he did slashing criminal throats. He scrubbed graffiti off of the walls of his Boston tenement, read Proust, and handed a reading list -- including Ta-Nehisii Coates' "Between the World and Me" and W.E.B. DuBois' "The Souls of Black Folk" -- to a neighboring at-risk teen (Ashton Sanders from "Moonlight"). It was a film just as much about righteous indignation as it was about kicking ass and cathartic murder. It was an action film for the Trump era, depicting a strictly moral assassin attacking wealthy white frat bros (one gets his neck cut open by the sharpened edge of his own credit card). 

Fuqua's and Washington's 2023 follow-up "The Equalizer 3," purportedly the final film in the series, takes a simpler tack. McCall's superheroism...

Denzel Washington returns as Robert McCall in The Equalizer 3, showcasing his iconic and creative weapon choices. This latest trailer shows McCall doesn't need a gun to take on his enemies, with him using a poker, wine bottle, and simply his hands to dispatch his foes. With a star-studded cast and anticipation at a fever pitch, audiences can look forward to Washington's show-stopping performance as McCall one final time.

A new promo for Antoine Fuqua's The Equalizer 3 teases Denzel Washington getting creative with his choice of weapons. Loosely based on the 1980s CBS series, the popular vigilante flicks follow Robert McCall, a retired United States Marine who helps protect and avenge the oppressed. Over the last few years, The Equalizer franchise has produced a couple of the most lauded and successful action films, with star Denzel Washington, in particular, providing show-stopping performances. The franchise is set to...

Denzel Washington returns as Robert McCall in The Equalizer 3, taking on the Italian mafia in one final mission. The teaser trailer offers a glimpse of McCall's action-packed adventure, promising an exciting and thrilling conclusion to the series. Fans can expect intense action and a more personal mission as McCall protects his new friends from local crime lords in Italy. #TheEqualizer3

Denzel Washington is back in action as Robert McCall in a new trailer for The Equalizer 3, which sees him threatening the Italian mafia. After two successful outings, Washington is set to return as the retired government assassin for one final mission. Directed once again by Antoine Fuqua, The Equalizer 3 sees McCall living in relative peace in Italy before returning to his violent ways to protect his new friends from local crime lords.

Ahead of The Equalizer 3's release date, the Sony Pictures Twitter account has...

The latest teaser trailer for the upcoming action flick The Equalizer 3 finds Denzel Washington return as Robert McCall and take his fight to the Mafia. Released courtesy of Sony Pictures, The Equalizer 3 is all set for release in September, with the latest teaser promising that the threequel will be the final chapter in the popular action franchise. You can check out the newly released teaser for The Equalizer 3 below.

Denzel Washington is back as Robert McCall in #TheEqualizer3 – witness the final chapter exclusively in movie theaters September 1. pic.twitter.com/lKGa5OGYPA — Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) July 31, 2023

Not only dos The Equalizer 3 see Academy Award winner and acting icon return to once again put his very particular set of skills to good use, but the sequel will also see the actor reunite with his Man on Fire co-star Dakota Fanning. Hollywood icon Denzel Washington is back in...

The Equalizer 3 is a film starring Denzel Washington. With Dakota Fanning, Gaia Scodellaro and David Denman.

Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia.

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Denzel Washington is stepping into some familiar shoes for his new project. The 68-year-old reprises his role as the justice-driven Robert McCall for “The Equalizer 3”, the final entry in the film adaptation of the ’80s television series of the same name.

“The Equalizer” films star Washington as a retired U.S. Marine and former Dia officer, whose desire to dole out justice in his own way and help those being oppressed often pulls him back into dangerous missions. The first premiered in theaters in 2014 and the second in 2018.

“It’s unfinished business,” Washington tells Et when asked what inspired his return to the film series at 2023’s CinemaCon. “You know, the doormen in my building in New York, they love this guy. I talk to them about other films [and] they’re like, ‘Oh yeah, ‘Fences’, yeah, good movie. But when is the next [‘Equalizer’?]’ I’m like, ‘Why do you love him?...

Denzel Washington is back for one more round as the justice-driven Robert McCall in “The Equalizer 3”. On Tuesday, Sony Pictures released the first trailer for the upcoming film, which marks the final entry of the Antoine Fuqua-directed franchise.

Rebooted from the ’80s television series of the same name, “The Equalizer” films star Washington as a retired U.S. Marine and former Dia officer, whose desire to dole out justice in his own way and help those being oppressed often pulls him back into dangerous missions. The first premiered in theaters in 2014 and the second in 2018.

Read More: First Look At Chloe Moretz and Denzel Washington In 'The Equalizer'

“Equalizer 3” has a similar plot as its predecessors, following Washington’s McCall as he struggles to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed.

As you'll likely have seen by now thanks to the first trailer, Denzel Washington's Robert McCall is back back back for the third – and apparently — final chapter of the Equalizer movies.

This latest outing for the government assassin-turned-doer-of-good-deeds (even if he often still resorts to violence to get the job done) finds McCall on Italy's picturesque Amalfi Coast, though plans for a relatively more relaxing time are soon scuppered when locals ask for his help to deal with a powerful criminal element.

Naturally, we took the opportunity to speak to returning Equalizer director Antoine Fuqua about why he chose to set the new movie outside the US, the main man's headspace, new danger and an old friend…

Mambo Italiano

More usually found stalking around Massachusetts, the third Equalizer sees Robert McCall instead hanging out at Italian cafes on the Amalfi coast. So is this Fuqua, Denzel Washington and co.

Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington returns for one final outing as Robert McCall in Columbia Pictures’ The Equalizer 3. The third film of the action franchise’s intense official trailer shows the former government assassin is just as lethal now as he was when Washington first played him in the 2014 film.

The third and final film reunites Washington with his Man on Fire co-star Dakota Fanning nearly 20 years after they made that action movie together.

Antoine Fuqua directed The Equalizer, The Equalizer 2, and returns to direct The Equalizer 3. Richard Wenk, screenwriter of the first two films, also returns. Fuqua, Washington, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, Clayton Townsend, Alex Siskin, and Tony Eldridge produce, with David Bloomfield, Tarak Ben Ammar, and Andy Mitchell executive producing.

‘The Equalizer 3’ stars Gaia Scodellaro, Denzel Washington, and Dakota Fanning. (Photo by: Stefano Cristiiano Montesi)

The Equalizer 3 Plot:

Since giving up his life as a government assassin,...

Don’t mess with Denzel Washington.

The Oscar winner is back as former CIA agent Robert McCall in “The Equalizer 3,” helmed by Antoine Fuqua. The third film in the franchise follows Robert (Washington) as he relocates to Italy in hopes to forget his past. Of course, danger follows Robert everywhere, and the ex-assassin cannot truly escape his killer instincts.

According to the film’s official synopsis, Robert McCall (Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia.

The film marks a “Man on Fire” reunion for Washington and co-star Dakota Fanning,...

In between doling out Oscar-worthy performances and making Shakespearean monologues feel like something you haven't heard a thousand times before, Denzel Washington has spent the past two decades cracking skulls and taking names, going back to at least "Man on Fire." In fact, he's been doing it so long, his co-star in Tony Scott's sublime 2004 action-thriller, Dakota Fanning, had the chance to go off and grow up into a fully-fledged adult actor. That noise you just heard was the sound of millions of Millennials popping the vertebrae in their backs as they abruptly jerked upright, crying out in terror.

Washington and Fanning are now in the process of reuniting for "The Equalizer 3." The vigilante movie franchise is based on the 1980s series of the same name, which was also re-imagined as a TV show starring Queen Latifah in 2021. Both reboots retain the basic setup of the original show,...

The first epic poster for The Equalizer 3 has been released, teasing Denzel's Washington's upcoming Italian adventure as Robert McCall, which will be his last. Washington first played McCall in 2014's The Equalizer, director Antoine Fuqua's loose film adaptation of the 1980s TV show of the same name. After a sequel in 2018, Washington is slated to re-team with Fuqua for a third film, which will transport the action out of the U.S. and into Italy.

Now, ahead of The Equalizer 3's release date this September, Sony Pictures has unveiled the first poster for the upcoming film, confirming that it will be Washington's "Final Chapter" in the franchise. Check out the new poster below:

Justice knows no borders. Denzel Washington is back as Robert McCall in the final chapter of The Equalizer. #TheEqualizer3, exclusively in movie theaters this Fall. New Trailer Tomorrow. ⌚️ pic.twitter.com/49dSqZEB6m...

Denzel Washington is slated to return in The Equalizer 3, and a new synopsis teases that he'll have his hands full facing off against the Italian mafia. Loosely based on a 1980s TV show of the same name, 2014's The Equalizer introduced audiences to Washington's Robert McCall, a retired intelligence offer who uses his violent skills to protect a young prostitute. Washington returned for a sequel in 2018, and it was confirmed in early 2022 that he would re-team with franchise director Antoine Fuqua for a third installment due out later this year.

The Equalizer 3's release date is still about 6 months away, but an official synopsis for the film released by Collider now teases the film's new setting in Southern Italy. While short on specifics, the synopsis makes clear that McCall's main new enemy in the film will be the Italian mafia. Check out the film's synopsis below:

Since...

Exclusive: Sony has rounded out its cast for The Equalizer 3, with Eugenio Mastrandrea (From Scratch), Remo Girone (Ford v Ferrari), Sonia Ammar (Scream), Daniele Perrone (Baaria), Andrea Scarduzio (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One) and Andrea Dodero (Blocco 181) signing on for roles.

The actors join an ensemble led by Denzel Washington which also includes Dakota Fanning, and Gaia Scodellaro, as previously announced.

While the film’s plot is being kept under wraps, it’s the third in an action series centered on Washington’s vigilante Robert McCall, from director Antoine Fuqua. The first released in 2014 earned over 194M worldwide, spurring a 2018 sequel that grossed over 190M worldwide.

Slated for release in theaters on September 1, 2023, The Equalizer 3 was written by Richard Wenk. Producers include Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Washington, Fuqua, Clayton Townsend, Alex Siskin, Steve Tisch, Tony Eldridge and Michael Sloan.

Mastrandrea can currently be seen opposite Zoe Saldana...

Italian paramilitary police raided hotel rooms used by employees of a catering company on “The Equalizer 3” on the Amalfi coast and arrested two caterers after seizing more than 100 grams of cocaine on Tuesday, according to local media.

Italian newspaper Il Giornale reported that Carabinieri cops broke into hotel rooms in the seaside resort of Maiori used by the “Equalizer 3” caterers after the head of the film’s catering service suddenly died of a heart attack on Monday evening. Several small packages of cocaine were subsequently found in the man’s clothing, raising suspicions that there could be more drugs on the production’s premises.

The police search yielded 120 grams of cocaine and led to two other members of the film’s catering vendor being placed under house arrest in the hotel on alleged drug dealing charges. A third employee of the catering company was found in possession of a...

Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning reunite in the first The Equalizer 3 photos as filming begins. Denzel Washington launched a new movie franchise in 2014 when he partnered up with director Antoine Fuqua for The Equalizer. His debut as Robert McCall was met with mixed reviews, but the film made nearly 200 million worldwide for Sony Pictures. The studio took its time developing Denzel Washington's first sequel, as The Equalizer 2 released four years later to a very similar reception critically and financially. The franchise play for Denzel Washington and Antonie Fuqua is officially continuing with The Equalizer 3, which has a September 2023 release date.

During the development of the threequel, one of the most exciting updates came in regard to who would appear alongside Denzel. It was announced that Dakota Fanning joined The Equalizer 3 cast, but the role she will play has not been revealed. The excitement that came from Dakota...

Guns are about to be a’blazin’ on the Amalfi Coast, as filming is officially underway for The Equalizer 3. A series of photos released today reveals all the main players in the film: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, and Gaia Scodellaro, along with the franchise director, Antoine Fuqua. While production has kept us up to date when it comes to casting announcements, a major detail has been missing from all the information drops: a plot. And, if you thought that today’s photos would give us something more in the way of a storyline, you’d be dead wrong. While it’s exciting to see the film’s stars and director smiling and gathered together, no one’s striking a pose in character, leaving us with only one answer in a sea of questions surrounding the third film in Fuqua’s trilogy.

The cast for Antoine Fuqua‘s The Equalizer 3 is growing stronger with addition. According to Deadline, That Dirty Black Bag and Promises star Gaia Scodellaro is joining Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning for the upcoming sequel. The project is from Sony Pictures and has a script by Richard Wenk. Todd Black of Escape Artists, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch produce alongside Washington and Fuqua.

Everyone is keeping the plot of The Equalizer 3 under wraps, though we know it will feature the return of Washington’s Robert McCall. The original film, released in 2014, focuses on a man who believes he’s put the past behind him but can’t stand by when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters. A sequel was released in 2018, featuring McCall going on a rampage to serve unflinching justice for someone he loves.

Born in Naples, Italy, Scodellaro appeared...

Exclusive: Gaia Scodellaro is set to join Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning in Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer 3 for Sony Pictures. Written by Richard Wenk, the film will being produced by Escape Artists’ Academy Award nominee Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch as well as Washington, and Fuqua.

While the plot is being kept under wraps, the film is the third film in The Equalizer series, directed by Fuqua and starring Washington. The first film earned over 194 million worldwide, leading to a sequel, which grossed over 190 million worldwide.

The pic will be released in theaters on Sept. 1, 2023.

Scodellaro has starred in the critically acclaimed NBC/Sky series You Me and the Apocalypse, opposite Rob Lowe, Megan Mullally, Jenna Fischer, Mathew Baynton, and Pauline Quirk, feature film Promises, opposite Pierfrancesco Favino, and most recently in AMC’s Spaghetti Western series That Dirty Black Bag with an ensemble cast led by Dominic Cooper,...

"All this is Andròn - the quest for the contenders." The first trailer has debuted for an interesting sci-fi film called Andròn - The Black Labyrinth, or just Andron. It's about a dark, claustrophobic maze being run by Alec Baldwin, who broadcasts the fights of the various contenders hoping to survive. This seems like some weird mash-up of Cube and The Hunger Games, with a dose of The Maze Runner because of course. The ensemble cast includes Michelle Ryan, Danny Glover, Leo Howard, Gale Harold, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Gaia Scodellaro and Margareth Madè. There are some cool moments in this (the opening looks great) but I'm not sure if it'll be any good, especially with such a low IMDb rating. Fire it up. Here's the first trailer for Francesco Cinquemani's Andròn - The Black Labyrinth, found on YouTube: A group of people are plunged into a dark, claustrophobic maze, where they must fight to survive,...

With the success of "The Hunger Games" and "The Maze Runner" franchises, there's inevitable low-budget films trying to copy that style - one of which is Italian filmmaker Francesco Cinquemani's UK sci-fi film "Andron - The Black Labyrinth". Today, the trailer for it has dropped.

Alec Baldwin is the President Snow of this particular film, one in which a group of people are plunged into a dark, claustrophobic maze, where they must fight to survive as the outside world watches. Michelle Ryan, Danny Glover, Leo Howard, Gale Harold, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Gaia Scodellaro and Margareth Made also star in the film which hasn't set a release date as yet.

From Monday, May 2nd we won't be here anymore; we'll be at our shiny new site, Theplaylist.Net. Update your bookmarks, and be sure to sign up for our newsletter for a shot at winning an iPad. "Andròn" apparently was on the festival circuit last year, but this is the first I'm hearing of its existence. But at any rate, the sci-fi movie now has a trailer and the compelling point of interest is Alec Baldwin, who takes a starring role in the kind of genre movie he doesn't generally do. Read More: The 25 Best Sci-Fi Films Of The 21st Century So Far Michelle Ryan, Gale Morgan Harold III, Skin, Leo Howard, Antonia Campbell Hughes, Jon Kortajarena, Mauro Conte, Korlan Madi, Alex Martin, Gaia Scodellaro, Elettra Mallaby, Clara Pasieka and Danny Glover are the other players in this ensemble, with the movie essentially playing out like a full-length version of...

Tonight marks the end of the first season of You, Me and the Apocalypse on NBC. Is the Thursday night series coming back? Would you watch season two?

A dramatic comedy, You, Me and the Apocalypse revolves around the last days of mankind. It's discovered that a comet is on a collision course with earth in 34 days and an unexpected chain of events is set in motion. The cast includes Mathew Baynton, Joel Fry, Pauline Quirke, Jenna Fischer, Kyle Soller, Rob Lowe, Gaia Scodellaro, Paterson Joseph, Megan Mullally, Diana Rigg, and Fabian McCallum.

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Network: NBC

Episodes: One (hour)

Seasons: 10

TV show dates: January 28, 2016 -- March 31, 2016

Series status: Cancelled/ended

Performers include: Mathew Baynton, Joel Fry, Pauline Quirke, Jenna Fischer, Kyle Soller, Rob Lowe, Gaia Scodellaro, Paterson Joseph, Megan Mullally, Diana Rigg, and Fabian McCallum.

TV show description:      

This dramedy TV series revolves around the last days of mankind. When word gets out that a comet is on a collision course with Earth, an unexpected chain of events is set in motion. What will people do in the 34 days they have left?

Against a backdrop of apocalyptic chaos, an eclectic group of seemingly unconnected characters from around the world begin to intersect in unexpected ways. They each cope with the impending end of the world in his or her own bizarre way.

Though it seems like You, Me and the Apocalypse is a mini-series, NBC seems to have gone out of their way to call it a regular series. Could there be a second season of this UK-produced TV show? How will it do in the ratings? Could it be cancelled by the peacock network and pulled before all of the 10 episodes have aired? Stay tuned.

A dramatic comedy, You, Me and the Apocalypse revolves around the last days of mankind. It's discovered that a comet is on a collision course with earth in 34 days and an unexpected chain of events is set in motion. The cast includes Mathew Baynton, Joel Fry, Pauline Quirke, Jenna Fischer, Kyle Soller, Rob Lowe, Gaia Scodellaro, Paterson Joseph, Megan Mullally, Diana Rigg, and Fabian McCallum.

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It’s a rough state of affairs when news of the Earth’s impending destruction isn’t the worst thing that happens to you in a given day, yet that’s where the members of You, Me and the Apocalypse‘s doomsday bunch are at the outset of NBC’s new comedy.

In a moment, we’ll want to know what you thought of the premiere of the series (which has already aired in the United Kingdom). But first, a brief recap:

The hour opens just as a giant asteroid is about to make impact with our planet in what...

Five episodes were provided prior to broadcast.

It’s hard to go in blind to any television show nowadays, with all of the coverage, behind-the-scenes, and spoiler chat that seem to be the cornerstone of marketing campaigns for any series with a hashtag and Twitter account. When you get that rare opportunity, having no idea what you’re about to get yourself into, it’s exciting not knowing what’s coming your way. This surprised, in-the-dark feeling is thematically apt given the subject matter of You, Me and the Apocalypse – humanity has 34 days to live thanks to an eight-mile-long comet hurtling towards the planet that’ll bring along a few earthquakes, tidal waves, acid fog, and essentially wipe the microbial floor with our remains.

Thanks to NBC’s weird-in-retrospect marketing, I went into the British-American series with the preconceived notion that You, Me and the Apocalypse was a quirky half-hour...

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Have you heard the one about the priest, the convicts, and the apocalypse? You will, soon. NBC's new You, Me and the Apocalypse TV series premieres Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 8:00pm Et/Pt. The network has released a handful of videos, including promos and the official series trailer. Watch them, below.

A UK dramedy import, You, Me and the Apocalypse stars: Rob Lowe, Gaia Scodellaro, Jenna Fischer, Megan Mullally, Mathew Baynton, Joel Fry, Paterson Joseph, Pauline Quirke, and Kyle Stoller.

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2016 is going to be a bitchin’ year for science fiction and fantasy television shows. Not only for new shows hitting your screen but returning favorites! Here are some of our favorites that we are looking forward to over the next twelve months:

Mid Season Premieres:

“iZombie” (January 12, The CW)

Our darling but reluctant zombie Liv has broken up with Major for what feels like the billionth time (poor Major amiright?), the mob boss and Max Rager company are still on the loose, and the zombie cure is pretty much dead (get it??). Things aren’t looking good for our protags.

“The Walking Dead” (February 14, AMC)

The zombie horde is in Alexandria and the town that could have been home is about to be destroyed (Again). Guess who is about to come to make an entrance? Highly anticipated villain of the comic book series, Negan, it scheduled make his appearance in...

Rob Lowe and Pauline Quirke, together at last! Sky One's You, Me And The Apocalypse has that and plenty more to recommend it…

The original title of Sky/NBC’s new comedy drama was sacrificed to the gods of transatlantic appeal. Apparently Us audiences aren’t familiar enough with English boroughs just off the M4 for Apocalypse Slough to work (Apocalypse Slu-ff? Slo-oo?), hence the change to something more generic.

Thankfully, that seems to have been the only thing flattened in translation, because title aside, You, Me And The Apocalypse is a blast. Pun intended.

Mat Baynton (Horrible Histories, The Wrong Mans) is likeable as ever in the role of Slough bank manager Jamie Winton, the routine-loving straight man to his feckless, hedonistic housemate, Dave (Joel Fry). Yes, it’s a bit in debt to Peep Show, but these two soon have much more to worry about than Mark and Jez ever did.

As it closes in on its second consecutive season-long victory in the key adult 18-49 demographic, NBC unveils a new 2015-16 primetime schedule that combines popular returning series, edge-of-your-seat new dramas, inventive new comedies and season nine of the Emmy Award-winning musical competition series The Voice. NBC is on track to win the traditional September-to-May primetime season in adults 18-49 for the second year in a row after having gone the prior 10 years without an 18-49 win. Through 32 completed weeks of the season, NBC also ranks #1 or tied for #1 among the Big 4 networks in adults and men 18-34 and men and women 18-49.

In total viewers, NBC is running #2 for the season and within 7% of its year-ago Olympics-boosted average (8.8 million vs. 9.5 million), making this season and last NBC's two top-scoring seasons in total viewers since 2006-07. NBC has won the last three November sweeps in adults 18-49, as well as...