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Halsey was "cautiously picky" before deciding to make her major movie debut in Americana.The 30-year-old star features in Tony Tost's modern Western and explained that she "really connected" with the project, which is finally hitting cinemas later this month after being filmed in 2022.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the movie's LA premiere on Sunday (03.08.25), Halsey said: "I'd been waiting a really long time, I'd been really cautiously picky about what I was going to do for my first project for getting into this world, into this space."Tony reached out and he was so personable and so talented and I just really connected with the script and the character. Little did I know we were going to be making it during Covid, which was a crazy experience."The Bad at Love singer - who has son Ender, four, with her ex-partner Alev Aydin - added: "And from...

Halsey has been making the transition from musician to movie star in recent years — including with a breakout role in 2024’s MaXXXine — but the first major project she shot is just now making its way to theaters.

Americana — a modern western from writer-director Tony Tost which follows several people as their lives violently intertwine while fighting over an expensive Native American ghost shirt— was shot in 2022, premiered at SXSW in 2023 and is finally heading to this big screen this month.

“I’d been waiting a really long time, I’d been really cautiously picky about what I was going to do for my first project for getting into this world, into this space,” Halsey told The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s Los Angeles premiere on Sunday. “Tony reached out and he was so personable and so talented and I just really connected with the script and the character. Little...

Sydney Sweeney wears a headband with her dress while attending the premiere of her new movie Americana held at Desert 5 Spot on Sunday night (August 3) in Los Angeles.

The 27-year-old actress was joined on the carpet by her co-stars Halsey, who donned a blue hairdo, and Simon Rex, as well as writer/director Tony Tost.

Here’s a synopsis: A gallery of dynamic characters clash over the possession of a rare Native American artifact in this wildly entertaining modern-day western. After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Paul Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal (Eric Dane) working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer (Rex). Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group (Zahn McClarnon) and a desperate woman...

A story is often only as good as the object everyone wants. In Tony Tost’s Americana, that object is a Lakota Ghost Shirt, an artifact of immense spiritual weight said to protect its wearer from harm. When it is stolen in a violent home invasion, it ceases to be a mere museum piece and becomes a narrative engine, activating the quiet desperation of every character it encounters.

Set against the bleak backdrop of modern South Dakota, the film tracks the shirt’s chaotic journey as it passes through the hands of people who see it not as a sacred relic, but as a solution. For some, it represents a half-million-dollar payday. For others, it is the key to reclaiming a stolen heritage. For one woman, it is simply a ticket to a life she can call her own.

The film’s tension is born from this fundamental conflict: what...

Director Tony Tost reimagines the modern-day American west as a murderous game of cat and mouse in his new film Americana.

Filmed in 2022, Americana had its world premiere at South by Southwest in March 2023, and Lionsgate later acquired the distribution rights. It finally has a theatrical release date of Aug. 15, 2025. Based on early reviews, the crime thriller currently has a 100 percent score at Rotten Tomatoes, with film critics praising its "gallows humor, compelling performances, and a big heart" (IndieWire).

Who's in the cast?

Americana spotlights a talented ensemble including Sydney Sweeney as Penny Jo Poplin, Paul Walter Hauser as Lefty Ledbetter, Halsey as Mandy Starr, Eric Dane as Dillon MacIntosh, Zahn McClarnon as Ghost Eye, Gavin Maddox Bergman as Cal Starr, Simon Rex as Roy Lee Dean, Derek Hinkey as Hank Spears, Toby Huss as Pendleton Duvall, Harriet Sansom Harris as Tish, and Donald Cerrone as Sheriff Cole Pickering.

Halsey...

Actress Sydney Sweeney stars in the new R-rated crime thriller “Americana” written and directed by Tony Tost, opening August 15, 2025 in theaters:

“…when a rare ‘Native American’ artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Paul Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it…

“…putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal (Eric Dane) working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer (Simon Rex).

“Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group (Zahn McClarnon)…

“…and a desperate woman fleeing her mysterious past (Halsey)…”

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When Poker Face season 2 premiered on Peacock in May 2025, there had been a two-and-a-half year wait since the mystery of the week series' debut season. The delay can be traced back to the postponements that occurred in the wake of the dual Hollywood labor strikes, but even without setbacks from strikes, two-year waits have become far too normal in the streaming world.

However, should Peacock opt to renew the fan-favorite Natasha Lyonne mystery-comedy for a third season, creator Rian Johnson has seemingly indicated that there won't be as long as a wait in between seasons. Obviously, there are a lot of factors at play that need to come together for Poker Face season 3 to land on our screeners by sometime next year, including a renewal.

Poker Face season 3 isn't confirmed yet, but could still happen

As of July 15, less than a week after the season 2 finale aired on Peacock, the...

[This story contains major spoilers from the season two finale of Poker Face, “The End of the Road.”]

Hopefully, you kept watching after Poker Face nearly ended its second season with a big “To Be Continued.” Creator Rian Johnson was confident viewers would stick with the episode — but he says Peacock was a little nervous.

“I was just giggling in the edit room getting the timing of that exactly right with Natasha,” Johnson, who created, writes and directs on the Natasha Lyonne-starring series, tells The Hollywood Reporter of the finale’s cliffhanger gag. “Peacock was a little nervous. They were like, ‘Do you have to put To Be Continued?’ I was like, ‘I think it will be fine.’ It’s another great harkening back to the commercial break cuts that I grew up with [on TV shows] as a kid. A car would go off the ramp at the Universal backlot, the show would freeze frame and it would be like, ‘How are...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Poker Face” Season 2, Episode 12.

Just as quickly as Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale settled into the bustling metropolis of New York City in “Poker Face,” the Season 2 finale ripped away any shred of normalcy as Charlie headed back on the road again, fearing for her life even more than the first time.

After settling into her Brooklyn crash pad (thanks to Steve Buscemi’s Good Buddy) and developing a friendship with a local named Alex (Patti Harrison), things were looking pretty good for Charlie — that is, until she found out she’s at the center of a plot from notorious assassin the Iguana to find and kill Beatrix Hasp (Rhea Perlman). Charlie and Alex thought they had evaded the Iguana, until Charlie realizes that her friend was actually Iguana all along, who had befriended Charlie so she could lead her to Hasp and kill her.

The Poker Face season 2 finale is titled "The End of the Road". However, it’s hard to imagine the end of the road for Poker Face will be anytime soon.

With Poker Face's 96 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, it’s impossible to think the series won’t be picked up for a season 3. Not only that, but it’s in Peacock’s Top 10 list of TV Shows. Season 2 has had an intense group of A-list stars, so you can only imagine what showrunner Tony Tost has up his sleeves next for the tale of Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne).

This article contains spoilers for the season 2 finale of “Poker Face.”

Diving into the season finale, Charlie and Alex can be seen speeding off in her Baracuda as they figure out their next plan of action. After Charlie turns her cell on, her good friend, Luca (Simon Helberg), calls and reveals she was right again.

Spoilers: This post contains details about the Poker Face, Season 2 finale episode ‘The End of the Road’

With Natasha Lyonne‘s Charlie Cale on the run once again in the Season 2 finale of Poker Face, here’s hoping Patti Harrison‘s Alex isn’t far behind.

Ahead of Thursday’s episode ‘The End of the Road’, the comedian spoke to Deadline about taking on the “dream role” of the mysterious Alex, at first introduced as a quirky friend and potential Watson for the troubled protagonist Charlie’s Sherlock, but revealed in the finale to be the Moriarty of the story.

“I think that was an important part too, is just not that my character be so goofy and silly, ’cause I think they trusted me a lot to imbue it with humor, but that wasn’t my directive going in,” explained Harrison. “I wanted to kind of figure out what...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for “The End of the Road,” Season 2, Episode 12 of “Poker Face,” now streaming on Peacock.

Every episode leading up to the Season 2 finale of “Poker Face” — Rian Johnson’s murder-of-the-week love letter to “Columbo” — has relied on Charlie Cale’s (Natasha Lyonne) unrivaled ability to sniff out lies to solve any mystery.

But in a surprising turn of events in the latest episode, “The End of the Road,” Charlie finds herself outsmarted at her own game by close friend Alex (Patti Harrison), who has been the Iguana killer all along. Alex managed to bypass Charlie’s detection by training herself to swallow all her natural impulses when lying, subverting the template of the show and what fans have come to expect.

Season 2 showrunner Tony Tost explains that the twist was pitched by co-executive producer Laura Deeley in the writers’ room. “She came in with...

This article contains spoilers for season 2 of "Poker Face."

After a somewhat hit-or-miss first season, "Poker Face" made a surprising choice in season 2. 

Instead of doubling down on the serialized elements it established in season 1, the series largely wrapped up that storyline quickly and promptly kicked it to the curb, giving Natasha Lyonne's Charlie Cale character the freedom to wander across the country without having to constantly look over her shoulder. The result? The show feels like it came into its own, unburdened by the narrative restrictions of Charlie caught in a web of rival gang families and finally able to focus on the purest version of the how-catch-em formula as she bounces from city to city. Unfortunately, I thought everything kinda falls off a cliff in the last two episodes and seems to set up a third season that feels like it might undo all of that and...

Poker Face Season 2 is coming to an end today on Peacock.

The finale episode is entitled “The End of the Road.” In the episode, while on the run from a notorious hitman, Charlie (Natasha Lyonne) begins to question everything she believed in.

Naturally, fans are on the edge of their seat about whether there will be a renewal for Season 3.

Keep reading to find out more…

Poker Face has not yet been renewed for Season 3, or cancelled by Peacock.

Season 2 showrunner Tony Tost commented on what his dream guest stars would be for a potential Season 3.

“Well, for me personally, Cissy Spacey, who is on my T-shirt… Getting someone like Paul Walter Hauser, Jon Bernthal. There’s a bevy of interesting people to get… Sam Rockwell, Benicio Del Toro would be interesting. Yeah, there are a lot of people, anyone with a very unique perspective on the craft or on life,...

Actress Sydney Sweeney stars in the new R-rated crime thriller “Americana” written and directed by Tony Tost, now opening August 15, 2025 in theaters:

“…when a rare ‘Native American’ artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Paul Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it…

“…putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal (Eric Dane) working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer (Simon Rex).

“ Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group (Zahn McClarnon)…

“…and a desperate woman fleeing her mysterious past (Halsey)…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Sydney Sweeney has collaborated with Baskin-Robbins to create a special summer menu.

The Sweet on Sydney offerings feature what the ice cream chain claims is her go-to order, Sydney’s Signature Scoop (rainbow sherbet with gummy bears on top in a chocolate-dipped waffle cone with sprinkles), as well as Sydney’s Signature Fizz (rainbow sherbet blended with Starry lemon lime soda and topped off with mini gummy bears).

Yum, right?

Unlike her eyebrow-raising recent collaboration with men’s personal hygiene company Dr. Squatch, no, the rainbow sherbet is not infused with her bathwater.

Though that brand partnership seemed aimed at only certain groups of fans, this collaboration can be enjoyed by all.

“Baskin-Robbins has been part of my life for as long as I can remember — it’s where a lot of great memories were made, and I still find myself going back pretty often,” said Sweeney in a release.

Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for “The Big Pump,” Season 2, Episode 10 of “Poker Face,” now streaming on Peacock.

The last time “Poker Face” fans saw Clea DuVall, she played Charlie’s (Natasha Lyonne) estranged sister in the Season 1 finale, which left the future of their relationship uncertain. But in this week’s episode of Season 2, the “Happiest Season” director returns behind the camera for an adrenaline-filled murder mystery set in a gym.

“My approach in working with actors really comes from having the privilege to work with as many incredible directors as I have. I’ve seen so many brilliant, talented directors do things very well, and I’ve also seen less experienced directors do things that didn’t work as well,” DuVall tells Variety. “I can sort of pick and choose what I find helpful, and bring that to the table when working with actors.”

Shot over the course of 10 days,...

During the early part of Tony Tost’s writing career, he was a poet and an academic. He found his way to TV writing thanks to his pal, True Detective co-creator Nic Pizzolatto. He tells us about his journey and offers up advice to aspiring writers on today’s Crew Call podcast.

The Poker Face showrunner gets a written-by credit for Season 2’s episode 5, “Hometown Hero.” Poker Face creator Rian Johnson wanted to set an episode of the Natasha Lyonne-starring slacker clairvoyant series in the world of minor-league baseball.

“Hometown Hero” follows a used-to-be-a-contender 100mph pitcher Russ Waddell (Simon Rex), whose losing streak nearly puts his minor-league team out of business. After he’s given notice by the coach, he bands with his teammates to bet on their losing streak to make an enormous sum of money. A new firecracker pitcher enters the scene. There’s blackmail and murder,...

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Sydney Sweeney is one of the hottest and in-demand actresses in the film industry right now. The Euphoria-famed actress has garnered millions of fans due to her acting ability and gorgeous looks, and many of her fans are wondering what’s next for the 27-year-old actress. So, we compiled a list of her upcoming movies and TV shows with their production schedule and other details.

Echo Valley Credit – Apple TV+

Echo Valley is an upcoming thriller drama film directed by Michael Pearce from a screenplay by Brad Ingelsby. The upcoming Apple TV+ film follows Kate Garrett, who works as a horse trainer on her southern Pennsylvania farm. When one night, Kate’s daughter comes home covered in somebody else’s blood, Kate has to decide how far she is willing to go to protect her daughter. Echo Valley stars Julianne Moore,...

Peacock is calling ‘Blsht’ one again. The streamer’s “Poker Face” will once again mark Emmy FYC season by creating a day-long takeover at 13 various Los Angeles burger joins on Saturday, June 7, to celebrate the show.

The Emmy-winning mystery series will offer free “‘Blsht burger and a side of lies” to fans and Emmy voters on June 7 from noon to 6 p.m. Pt. The day is based on Charlie Cale, the character played on “Poker Face” by Natasha Lyonne.

Also, Charlie Cale’s iconic 1968 Plymouth Barracuda will be on display for photo opportunities at Heavy Handed in Studio City.

Here are the restaurants participating in “Blsht Day”:

Heavy Handed; Burgers Never Say Die (Silver Lake); Irv’s Burgers and Og Smash Burger (Glendale).

Menu options include a regular burger or vegetarian option.

Peacock has been busy with its “Poker Face” installations: At the start of May, it held another event in New York,...

Some of the killers in Rian Johnson’s “Poker Face” feel remorse — but not the latest. In an exclusive clip shared with IndieWire from the upcoming Season 2, Episode 6, “Sloppy Joseph,” Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne) faces off with eight-year-old Stephanie Pearce (Eva Jade Halford) — who couldn’t disagree more that it’s lonely at the top.

The clip shows Stephanie confronting Charlie in the bathroom, where Charlie begs her to reconsider what she’s done. “If you keep this up, you’re not gonna have a lot of friends,” Charlie says, hoping to appeal to the child’s need to be liked.

But Stephanie doesn’t need to be liked. What she needs, it would seem, are gold stars — but before laying out her ambitions unequivocally, she puts on a little performance. She turns away from Charlie, seemingly out of shame while she pretends to cry. “Maybe I say I don...

Poker Face proudly harkens back to an older-fashioned style of television show with a mystery of the week. The Peacock show sees Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie travel across the USA and get herself caught up in murderous situations. Her natural talent for spotting a liar helps her work out the murderer, whether she wants to or not.

In the era of big arcs and complicated plots, Poker Face is committed to the classic format. Every episode features a new location, a new cast and everything nearly gets resolved by the end of the episode.

Season 1 of Poker Face had an overarching theme after Charlie got herself in trouble with the Vegas mafia. This lingering plot is resolved in the first three episodes of season 2. The rest of the series is a true week-to-week offering, with Charlie visiting baseball teams, schools, and food delivery services.

Poker Face -- .Whack-a-Mole. Episode 203 --...

The main character of Rian Johnson's acclaimed comedy-drama series, Poker Face, hardly plays a bad hand when solving murder mysteries and snuffing out suspicious characters. However, with questions over whether Charlie Cale gambles too much with her unconventional investigating style, the show's executive producer addresses why she approaches things the way she does.

Speaking with TVLine, showrunner Tony Tost addressed the lingering question of why Charlie regularly puts herself in harm's way, confronting killers and figuring out how they committed crimes with no weapons or protection to back her up. However, Tost equates the approach of Natasha Lyonne's central protagonist to "a dog with a bone," suggesting that while she's taking serious risks, she's unfazed and confident her method works. “I think it’s a feature of her character,” he said. "The metaphor we use is: She’s a dog with a bone. She cares so much about...

We always enjoy watching Charlie Cale crack a case on Poker Face… but we worry for her safety, too.

Each week on the Natasha Lyonne-led murder mystery (Season 2 is currently streaming on Peacock), the human lie detector played by Lyonne manages to solve a murder and bring the prime suspect to justice. But in doing so, Charlie often puts herself in harm’s way, confronting the killer and explaining how she figured out they did it in great detail… all by herself, without any weapon or backup to protect her. (This week, she came face-to-face with a murderous baseball...

The fifth episode of Poker Face season two brings Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale to the dugout of a minor league baseball team, where she investigates suspected foul play in the death of a player who was killed by a fast ball to the head from a faulty old pitching machine.

Tony Tost, who took over as showrunner for the second season, wrote the episode, “Hometown Hero,” and says it was a world that creator Rian Johnson wanted to play in for the Peacock murder-mystery’s return. The episode also solidifies Poker Face as a true week-to-week offering. After resolving the lingering plot from season one in the third episode (the first three episodes released together at launch), the fourth episode took Charlie down to the Florida Panhandle — for a death involving cocaine and an alligator (starring Gaby Hoffmann and Kumail Nanjiani) — before landing her in this week’s predicament...

Exclusive: Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award winner Paul Walter Hauser has signed with WME for representation.

Hauser is perhaps best known for starring opposite Taron Egerton in Apple TV+’s crime drama Black Bird, for which he received an Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award, in addition to a SAG Award nomination. Most recently, he was seen starring in drama The Luckiest Man in America, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and had a theatrical release via IFC Films in April.

Hauser has quite a packed slate, looking ahead to the rest of the year. First up is Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is slated to hit theaters on July 25. Subsequently, he has Paramount Pictures’ comedy The Naked Gun, revitalizing the classic franchise of the same name, on August 1, and the Western crime thriller Americana on August 22. He stars opposite Sydney Sweeney...

Exclusive: Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale is back on the case in Season 2 of Peacock’s Poker Face, which made a promising return to the streamer earlier this month, per preliminary Nielsen data.

Season 2 launched with three new episodes on May 8, boosting the series to become a Top 5 original title across all of streaming, based on minutes viewed for the week of May 5.

Exact data isn’t available just yet, though it will be in a few weeks when Nielsen releases its streaming report for that interval. Deadline also understands that Season 2 of Poker Face is the No. 2 streaming original based on average audience for the week of May 5.

This is a strong start for the sophomore season of Poker Face, which is still debuting new episodes each Thursday. The series is a mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying.

If you have been watching Poker Face season 2, you might have recognized Charlie’s “Good Buddy.” The man Natasha Lyonne’s amateur sleuth Charlie talks to on her Cb radio is none other than Fargo actor Steve Buscemi.

As Lyonne told TVLine, her and Buscemi go way back as native New Yorkers: “He cut me out of a movie he directed called Animal Factory back in 1998. I played ‘Girlfriend.’ We joke about it to this day.” Lyonne says the team behind the show initially approached Buscemi to direct an episode of Poker Face, and while he was unavailable to work on the sophomore season, “he was available to be Good Buddy.”

Buscemi is one of many famous actors who appear throughout season 2 of Poker Face. Cynthia Erivo, Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, and John Mulaney are just some of the numerous guest stars who will pop up throughout Charlie’s adventures.

Actress Sydney Sweeney stars in the new R-rated crime thriller “Americana” written and directed by Tony Tost, opening August 22, 2025 in theaters:

“…when a rare ‘Native American’ artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Paul Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it…

“…putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal (Eric Dane) working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer (Simon Rex).

“ Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group (Zahn McClarnon)…

“…and a desperate woman fleeing her mysterious past (Halsey)…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

The trailer for Sydney Sweeney‘s new movie has been released!

The 27-year-old Emmy-nominated actress stars alongside Paul Walter Hauser, Halsey, Simon Rex, Eric Dane, and Zahn McClarnon in the new movie Americana from director Tony Tost.

Here’s the synopsis: “A gallery of dynamic characters clash over the possession of a rare Native American artifact in this wildly entertaining modern-day western. After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal (Dane) working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer (Rex). Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group (McClarnon) and a desperate woman fleeing her mysterious past (Halsey).”

Keep reading to find out more…Last week, Apple TV+ debuted the trailer for the upcoming thriller Echo Valley,...

How far will people go to claim a rare relic? “Americana” follows a group of characters in search of a Lakota Ghost Shirt. The film, described as a modern-day western, hails from writer and director Tony Tost. This is Tost’s first feature-length directorial effort, previously writing episodes of “The Terror” and “Longmire.”

“Americana” was well received after its world premiere during 2023’s SXSW and Tost himself drew praise.

Continue reading ‘Americana’ Trailer: Sydney Sweeney & Paul Walter Hauser-Led Modern Day Crime Western Arrives In August at The Playlist.

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Thursday’s Poker Face.

There are plenty of guest stars this season on Poker Face — but one of them, we didn’t see coming. (Or hear, anyway.)

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This week on Natasha Lyonne’s Peacock murder mystery, Charlie started chatting with a stranger she dubbed...

Sydney Sweeney is an aspiring country singer who concocts a risky scheme to get some cash in the trailer for Americana.

Writer-director Tony Tost’s crime feature hits theaters Aug. 22 from Lionsgate after premiering at SXSW in 2023. Paul Walter Hauser, Halsey, Eric Dane, Zahn McClarnon and Simon Rex also star in the contemporary Western movie.

Americana centers on a number of people whose paths intersect as they try to track down a rare Native American artifact known as a “ghost shirt.”

“I got a really dumb idea I’d like to run by you,” Sweeney tells Hauser in the trailer. “I think something bad is going down.”

Later, as violence ensues, Halsey exclaims, “Right now, I’m apparently in the middle of a goddamn murder spree.”

Tost, who serves as the showrunner for the Peacock series Poker Face, marks his feature directorial debut with the film that he helmed from his own script.

Lionsgate has launched a new trailer for the Sydney Sweeney and Paul Walter Hauser-led ‘Americana.’

A gallery of dynamic characters clash over the possession of a rare Native American artifact in this wildly entertaining modern-day western. After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sydney Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Paul Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal (Eric Dane) working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer (Simon Rex). Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group (Zahn McClarnon) and a desperate woman fleeing her mysterious past (Halsey).

Written and directed by Tony Tost, the cast includes Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Halsey, Simon Rex, with Eric Dane, and Zahn McClarnon.

Also in trailers – “When you think of me, you should think of fire…...

Lionsgate brings you a new interconnected crime comedy with an all-star cast. Americana is the new film from Tony Tost, who both writes and directs. The new trailer has dropped, and among the critics’ raves, it’s being hailed as “a breath of fresh air” and is “like an early Tarantino film.” Lionsgate produces the film along with Bron Studios and Alex Saks for his Saks Pictures Company. It’s also made in association with Rhea Films and Hercules Film Fund / Creative Wealth Media.

The cast for Americana includes Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Halsey, Simon Rex, with Eric Dane, and Zahn McClarnon.

The official synopsis reads, “A gallery of dynamic characters clash over the possession of a rare Native American artifact in this wildly entertaining modern-day western. After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sydney Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military...

"All I want is the artifact!" And everyone else wants money. Lionsgate has revealed an official trailer for an indie ensemble comedy film called Americana, from writer / director Tony Tost making his feature debut. This originally premiered in 2023 at the SXSW Film Festival, but it never played anywhere else after that fest and has been waiting for release ever since. Lionsgate will finally drop this one in theaters in August this summer. When a rare Lakota Ghost Shirt falls onto the black market in a small South Dakota town, the lives of local outsiders & outcasts violently intertwine. Some seek fortune and some seek personal freedom, while others simply want to return the artifact to its proper tribal home. The film's cast features Sydney Sweeney as a shy waitress, Paul Walter Hauser as a military vet, Halsey, Simon Rex as an antiquities dealer, Eric Dane as a ruthless criminal, and Zahn McClarnon...

Lionsgate has shared the official trailer and poster for the crime thriller neo-western Americana, which will open in theaters on August 22.

With a runtime of 107 minutes, the film has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association for violence, language throughout, and some sexual references.

A gallery of dynamic characters clash over the possession of a rare Native American artifact in this wildly entertaining modern-day western.

After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sydney Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Paul Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal (Eric Dane) working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer (Simon Rex).

Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group (Zahn McClarnon) and a desperate woman fleeing her mysterious past (Halsey).

Written and directed by Tony Tost, Americana was produced by Alex Saks.

Here comes some Americana.

Lionsgate has unveiled trailer for the modern day Western starring Sydney Sweeney and Paul Walter Hauser, which opens August 22.

Tony Tost’s Americana follows a gallery of dynamic characters as they clash over the possession of a rare Native American artifact. After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer. Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group and a desperate woman fleeing her mysterious past.

Halsey, Simon Rex, Eric Dane and Zahn McClarnon star alongside Sweeney.

The movie is produced by Bron Studios and Saks Pictures Company in association with Rhea Films and Hercules Film Fund / Creative Wealth Media. EPs are Aaron L. Gilbert,...

A little over two years since its debut at SXSW, the first trailer for the star-studded Americanais finally here courtesy of Lionsgate. The feature directorial debut of Tony Tost brings Grammy-nominated pop star Halsey to the big screen for the first time in a violent South Dakota spin on a heist thriller centered around a highly coveted Native American artifact. When said artifact falls onto the black market, outsiders and outcasts, including a small-town woman and her son, a quirky waitress, and a military veteran, collide in a desperate dash to claim it for their own ambitions. The first footage follows Halsey's character Mandy Starr on a "murder spree" as they snatch the treasure for themselves and immediately place a target on their back.

Before ever meeting the long-suffering Starr, viewers are first introduced to the lonesome cowboy Lefty Ledbetter and hopeful Nashville star Penny Jo Poplin, played by Paul Walter Hauser and Sydney Sweeney,...

Sydney Sweeney and Paul Walter Hauser are an unlikely Bonnie and Clyde for crime thriller “Americana.”

The ensemble film, which premiered at SXSW, is set in South Dakota, where small-town diner waitress Penny Jo Poplin (Sweeney) dreams of becoming the next Dolly Parton — she just has to get to Nashville first, though. Enter fellow local outcast, rancher Lefty Ledbetter (Hauser), who just might have the funds to get out of town…if the theft of a coveted Indigenous Lakota ghost shirt goes through.

The official synopsis reads: “A gallery of dynamic characters clash over the possession of a rare Native American artifact in this wildly entertaining modern-day western. After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal (Eric Dane) working on behalf...

This article is part of ScreenRant's Exclusive Summer 2025 Movie Preview. Keep an eye out for the full feature this week!

ScreenRant can exclusively reveal a new image from Americana. The upcoming multi-genre moviecenters around a group of people whose lives unexpectedly intertwine when a rare Lakota Ghost t-shirt falls onto the black market in a tiny South Dakota town. The movie was written and directed by Tony Tost. The Americanacast includes Paul Walter Hauser, Sydney Sweeney, Eric Dane, Halsey, Simon Rex, Toby Huss, Zahn McClarnon, Harriet Sansom Harris, Derek Hinkey, Joe Adler, and Tost himself.

As part of the Exclusive Summer 2025 Movie Preview, ScreenRant can exclusively reveal a new image from Americana. The image shows Hauser sitting in a truck, wearing a cowboy hat. He clutches the steering wheel and looks off to the side, seemingly suspicious. He is the only one in the shot, so it is unclear what he is looking at.

The 33 ⅓ audiobook series is coming to Spotify. Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that the streaming platform will add more than 50 music books to the platform from the series, with some featuring additional commentary and introductions from Spotify editors. The titles arrive tomorrow, May 13.

Among the books to be added to the platform are ones on the Beatles’ Let It Be, AC/DC’s Highway to Hell, Pink Floyd’s The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Nirvana’s In Utero, and Radiohead’s Ok Computer, as well as titles about Janet Jackson,...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Poker Face” Season 2, Episode 3.

Any “Poker Face” fan would have expected the second installment of the Rian Johnson-created series to play out in a similar way to last season: Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale travels across the country in her Plymouth Barracuda solving murders before the finale sees her come face-to-face with the current antagonist.

But, instead, “Poker Face” threw out the rule book and eliminated the threat looming over Charlie from mob boss Beatrix Hasp (Rhea Perlman) in just the third episode of the season with an FBI string gone wrong that puts Beatrix into witness protection and Charlie without a hit on her head.

“When we started talking about different options of a … through-line, I don’t think any of them really excited us creatively,” showrunner Tony Tost told TheWrap. “We’re under that assumption that you have this big bad...

[This story contains spoilers from the three-episode premiere of Poker Face season two.]

Poker Face is back and after watching the first three episodes of season two, you may be wondering if creator-writer-director Rian Johnson just resolved the show’s over-arching hook.

The first season of the murder-mystery-of-the-week show starring writer-director Natasha Lyonne introduced Lyonne’s detective protagonist, Charlie Cale, as a fugitive with an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying, which helps her solve murders that she stumbles upon. As she hit the road in her Plymouth Barracuda trying to outrun the mob boss trying to kill her (played by Ron Perlman) and his henchman (Benjamin Bratt), she solved a new murder mystery each episode. The season functioned in a standalone format, but had an over-arching big bad tying it all together, and the cliffhanger season one finale put new mob boss Beatrix Hasp (Rhea Perlman) on Charlie’s trail.

That finale set up a second...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Poker Face season 2, episode 3.Poker Face showrunner Tony Tost discusses a potential season 3 and the show's future following season 2, episode 3's mob twist. The second season of the Natasha Lyonne-headlined comedic procedural sees Charlie continue her run from the mob, but it's not long before the past catches up to her. In episode 3, Beatrix Hasp (Rhea Perlman) returns, bringing Charlie into a hostile situation. The human lie detector helps solve the mystery behind Beatrix's husband's death and finally finds herself free.

In an interview with ScreenRant, Tost discusses Charlie's future now that she doesn't have to run anymore. The showrunner teases that season 2 is going to further explore whether Charlie can live a normal life, and the verdict will affect what her journey in season 3 and beyond looks like. Read his comments below:

I can't speak for Rian, I can only speak on this season,...

It’s no doubt that “Knives Out” director Rian Johnson has a jam-packed schedule — but production on his latest projects, “Knives Out 3” and “Poker Face” Season 2, coincided exactly, creating a conflict that he said was “more stressful” than last time around.

“This time was more stressful because … the two production periods lined up with each other, whereas with the last one, I was in post-production on ‘Glass Onion’ when we were in the writers’ room for ‘Poker Face,’ so I could just go back and forth in our office between the edit and ‘Poker Face,'” Johnson told TheWrap.

However, “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” which is slated to debut later in 2025, was shooting in London while the sophomore season of “Poker Face” was filming in New York. While series creator, EP, writer and director Johnson said he was “just as involved” with Season 2 during the writers’ room and production,...

Poker Face season 2 showrunner Tony Tost explains Steve Buscemi's character and the dynamic he shares with Charlie. Created by Rian Johnson, the Peacock crime comedy show stars Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a woman with the ability to detect when others are lying who travels from place to place, investigating crimes. In Poker Face season 2, which has been met with positive reviews since its three-episode premiere on May 8, Buscemi plays a voice-only role as a trucker known only as "Good Buddy," who Charlie speaks with over the Cb radio in her car.

In a recent interview with ScreenRant, Tost dives deeper into Good Buddy and his role in the larger Poker Face season 2, confirming that the character won't end up being a major part of any storyline moving forward. Instead, the showrunner explains, viewers should think of Good Buddy as more of a reassuring constant in Charlie's life. Check...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for the first three episodes of Poker Face Season 2.

Finally, Charlie Cale can stop running for a bit.

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Poker Face returned for Season 2 on Peacock this Thursday with a three-episode premiere, and in Episode 3, Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie came face-to-face with mob boss Beatrix...

Peacock's Poker Face is all about its famous weekly guest stars, and its showrunner knows exactly who he would want to include in a hypothetical Season 3.

Poker Face follows Natasha Lyonne's Charlie Cale, a former gambler who has an uncanny natural ability to see when anyone is lying, to an almost supernatural extent. After getting herself in trouble, Charlie's on the run from the law, where, as she travels across the country, she solves consistent murders (played by a variety of guest stars) that would otherwise go unchecked without someone with her abilities to notice them.

Tony Tost, showrunner for Poker Face Season 2, sat down with The Direct's Russ Milheim to discuss the series and how these new weekly mysteries have evolved from Season 1.

Read full article on The Direct.

Plot: Poker Face is a mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.

Review: While Rian Johnson revived the whodunit on the big screen with Knives Out and the Netflix sequel Glass Onion, his charmingly retro small-screen series Poker Face has truly proven its worth in the tried-and-true genre. Echoing classic shows like Columbo and The Rockford Files, Poker Face‘s first season centered on Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne), who solved mysteries while on the run from gangsters looking to kill her. The overarching narrative of the first season was engaging, but the standalone mysteries boasting famous guest stars turned Poker Face into must-watch programming. After a two-year wait, Poker Face is back with another ten mysteries,...