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This post contains spoilers for Hulu's "Under the Bridge."

Rebecca Godfrey's "Under the Bridge" explores the real-life murder of Reena Virk, a 14-year-old who was viciously beaten and eventually killed by her classmates in British Columbia in 1997. It would be insulting to call this true-crime book an accurate or compelling retelling of the horrific crime, as Godfrey lingers as little as possible on Reena herself. We learn next to nothing about Reena's interiority except for the prejudiced perceptions of her perpetrators, who are consistently romanticized. Godfrey even goes as far as to paint these girls as broken, misunderstood teens, establishing an unnerving thread of sympathy for them throughout. It is a deeply disturbing book, not because of the details of the gut-wrenching tragedy but because Reena is an afterthought in her own story, never delved into beyond the fact that she was murdered.

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The best in independent film and new television shows were honored at the 2025 Independent Spirit Awards and we have the full winners list here.

Anora and I Saw the TV Glow led the film nominations with five nods each while Shogun led the television nominations with five nods as well.

In the end, Anora and Baby Reindeer led their respective categories with three wins each!

Make sure to check out the recap of every celeb who attended the event and take a look at our Best Dressed list as well.

Keep reading to find out more…

Scroll down for the full list of winners…

Best Feature

Anora – Winner

Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

I Saw the TV Glow

Producers: Ali Herting, Sam Intili, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, Sarah Winshall

Nickel Boys

Producers: Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine

Sing Sing

Producers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Monique Walton...

The 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards — the top awards event for the independent film and television community — were handed out on Saturday from the beach in Santa Monica, Calif.

The ceremony, hosted by Saturday Night Live vet Aidy Bryant for the second year in the row, was streamed live on the IMDb and Film Independent YouTube channels at 5 pm Et, and across other social platforms.

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The 40th annual Independent Spirit Awards took place in Santa Monica on Feb. 22, with Aidy Bryant as host for the second year in a row.

“Anora” was the biggest winner of the day, being named best feature while Sean Baker and Mikey Madison took home individual trophies for best director and lead performance. “Baby Reindeer” also won big, with Richard Gadd, Nava Mau and Jessica Gunning clinching the awards for lead, supporting and breakthrough performance, though “Shogun” won best new scripted series. And Sean Wang’s “Dìdi” clinched both awards in the debut film category: best first feature as well as best first first screenplay.

See the full list of winners below.

Best Feature

“Anora” (Winner)

“I Saw the TV Glow”

“Nickel Boys”

“Sing Sing”

“The Substance”

Best First Feature

“Dìdi” (Winner)

“In the Summers”

“Janet Planet”

“The Piano Lesson”

“Problemista”

John Cassavetes Award – Given to the best feature made...

Indie movies are getting the spotlight at the 2025 Independent Spirit Awards and we’re recapping all of the celebs who showed up on the red carpet!

The afternoon awards show is being held on Saturday (February 22) at the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles.

SNL‘s Aidy Bryant is hosting the show for the second year in a row and you can live stream the event on YouTube. Anora and I Saw the TV Glow lead the film nominations with five nods each while Shogun leads the television nominations with five nods as well.

We’ll be keeping track of every celeb in attendance at the event and showing you all of the fashion on the red carpet.

Head inside to see all of the celebs who walked the red carpet…

Keep scrolling to see all of the celebs who walked the red carpet…

Elizabeth Olsen

Fyi: Elizabeth is wearing Erdem.

If it felt like television was completing one era and starting another as 2024 dawned, it’s because it really was. Such critical smashes as Succession, Ted Lasso, The Crown, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Barry, and Reservation Dogs took their final bows in 2023, wrapping up the same year as twin strikes of the WGA and SAG. It consequently felt like the TV world was welcoming a group of fresh faces (along with a few acclaimed returnees) this year.

There may not have been as many out-of-the-gate hits in ’24 as there were in previous years, but there were nonetheless plenty of buzzworthy shows to celebrate, including an exceptional class of limited series — the hottest genre from an awards perspective.

Here is our ranking of the 15 best television/streaming programs of the year:

15. Say Nothing (FX)

This extraordinary limited series adaptation of the nonfiction book by Patrick Radden Keefe spans four decades in the life of Dolours Price,...

The challenge of crafting a list of the best performances of the year never lies in thinking of people who deserve to be on it. It’s always, always in agonizing over which ones to include in the limited slots we have.

That is why, as usual, we’ve restricted ourselves here to shows that aren’t on either of our individual top 10 lists or on our list of favorite episodes (and why we further kept our ourselves to only one actor per show). It’s not that we don’t know how good Andrew Scott on Ripley or Jessica Gunning on Baby Reindeer or the entire casts of Shogun and Somebody Somewhere and My Brilliant Friend are. We do! We just really want to spread the love when we can, given the sheer amount of excellence on display during the past 12 months.

… And even then, if we’re being honest,...

Exclusive: Carly Chaikin (Mr. Robot), Douglas Smith (Big Little Lies), Sean Bridgers (The Magnificent Seven), ajd Chloe Guidry (Under the Bridge) are set to topline Red Camellia, an indie murder mystery from director Tamlin Hall (Holden On), who wrote the script with Spencer Ballou (Late Night). Jam Murphy (Through the Modern Looking Glass) will also feature in the cast.

Marking Hall’s follow-up to the football drama Holden On, starring Matthew Fahey, Red Camellia follows a small-town waitress (Chaikin) who seeks to exonerate her brother (Smith) with a traumatic brain injury when he is arrested for the murder of a small-town sheriff’s (Bridgers) daughter (Guidry).

Max Neace, Kevin Human (Chief of Station), and Nate Lipp (YouTopia) are producing, with production underway in Kentucky.

Perhaps best known for starring opposite Rami Malek on USA Network’s Mr. Robot, Chaikin prior to that starred in ABC’s sitcom Suburgatory,...

Nominations for the 2025 Independent Spirit Awards are in!

The awards show celebrates films budgeted at less than $30 million to produce and must be considered “independent.” There are also TV categories!

For the films, Anora and I Saw the TV Glow got six nominations each. Shogun got the most TV nominations with five total.

The show will take place on Saturday, February 22, 2025, with Aidy Bryant hosting.

Keep reading to find out more…

Scroll down for the full list of nominees…

Best Feature

Anora

Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

I Saw the TV Glow

Producers: Ali Herting, Sam Intili, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, Sarah Winshall

Nickel Boys

Producers: Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine

Sing Sing

Producers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Monique Walton

The Substance

Producers: Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner

Best First Feature

Dìdi

Director/Producer: Sean Wang

Producers: Valerie Bush, Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters...

Nominees for the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards — the premiere awards event for the independent film and television community — were announced on Wednesday morning, and FX’s Shōgun led the TV pack with five total contenders.

It was followed closely by Netflix’s Baby Reindeer and FX’s English Teacher, each of which netted four nods.

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Writer/director Jacquelyn Frohlich’s feature debut “Wayward” strays from being defined by genre — and that’s the whole point.

A road trip drama meets coming-of-age thriller, “Wayward” follows 11-year-old Cleo (Chloe Guidry), who becomes enchanted with the charismatic female hitchhiker (Jessica Sula) whom her mother (Jess Weixler) picks up as they drive to their new home in Los Angeles. When Cleo and the hitchhiker form an unlikely bond, the line between kidnapping and running away becomes dangerously blurred. Will Brittain also stars.

Writer/director Jacquelyn Frohlich makes her feature debut with the film, which premiered at the 2023 Deauville Film Festival. Frequent Duplass Brothers collaborator Ian Michaels produces, with Colleen Camp and Weixler executive producing.

“Childhood can be a treacherous time, and that reality is often avoided in films or over-sentimentalized,” Frohlich said in a press statement. “‘Wayward’ was a quest to make a film where the main voice, the...

"We just drop her off and go..." Abramorama has released the main official trailer for an indie film called Wayward, marking the feature directorial debut of writer / filmmaker Jacquelyn Frohlich. This one first premiered at the 2023 Deauville Film Festival last year, but is only now getting released - starting in a very select number of theaters this fall. Wayward follows eleven-year-old Cleo who becomes enchanted with the charismatic female hitchhiker who her mother picks up as they drive to their new home in Los Angeles from Idaho. When Cleo and the hitchhiker form an unlikely bond, the line between kidnapping and running away becomes dangerously blurred. The mom is played by Jess Weixler, along with Chloe Guidry as Cleo, plus Jessica Sula, Rob Morrow, Will Brittian, and Colleen Camp. An intriguing little story showing both sides of a kidnapping situation, along with this tale of a young girl feeling the...

High atop Los Angeles on Thursday, Variety toasted up-and-comers in show business and music as part of its annual Power of Young Hollywood cover franchise. The class of 2024 included hitmaker Sabrina Carpenter, “SNL” breakout Marcello Hernández and “Stranger Things” supernova Sadie Sink.

The Santa Monica Proper hotel’s rooftop was transformed into a bubblegum confection of pink suede lounge areas, where champagne and Asian fusion hors d’oeuvre were circulated. Digital creators, TikTok stars, power agents and more chatted each other up while a DJ bumped Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar.

A former actor and star of “The Sex Life of the American Teenager,” filmmaker Megan Park showed to accept the Amazon MGM Studios Breakthrough award alongside her leading lady Maisy Stella. The pair delivered a Sundance hit with the comedy “My Old Ass,” about a young girl who collides with an older version of herself.

Park said the award was...

The 2024 Variety Power of Young Hollywood Party was filled with so many major stars and emerging talent, including honorees Sabrina Carpenter, Marcello Hernández and Sadie Sink.

The young stars posed with their awards at the event held at Santa Monica Proper Hotel on Thursday (August 8) in Santa Monica, Calif.

The three were featured on separate Variety Power of Young Hollywood covers, as the mag recognizes the annual Young Hollywood Impact list, profiling the top young actors, musicians and creators in the industry.

You can check out highlights from Sabrina‘s cover feature Here, from Marcello‘s feature Here and Sadie‘s highlights Here!

In addition to the three stars above, there were so many other young Hollywood stars in attendance, from actors Joey King and Lukas Gage, to singers Charlotte Lawrence and Lizzy McAlpine, as well as content creators like Jake Shane, Chris Olsen and James Charles.

Keep reading to find out more…...

Welcome to Emmy Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Emmy race — via Slack, of course. This week, less than a week out from nominations, we discuss possible shockers.

Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! We’re back for the final time in Phase 1 before Phase 2 becomes all about how many different ways we can say “Shōgun,” “The Bear” and “Baby Reindeer” are favored to win big in, respectively, the drama, comedy, and limited series categories. I’ll miss these lazy months of informed speculation when I could convince myself that Chloe Guidry and Archie Panjabi are legitimate contenders for Emmy nominations for their striking work on “Under the Bridge.” We made our “final” 2024 Emmy nominations predictions this week and what stood out to me in the aftermath is how little we had in the way of disagreement. It feels...

Cam’s got a very interesting arc,” Lily Gladstone says of her police officer character in Hulu’s “Under the Bridge.”

The eight-part limited series is a true-crime drama adapted from Rebecca Godfrey’s book

about the murder of teenager Reena Virk.

In the series, Riley Keough plays Rebecca, a writer who has come home to Saanich, British

Columbia, to research a book about a group of teenage girls who live at Seven Oaks, a foster home. She learns about Reena (Vritika Gupta), a 14-year-old who has gone missing after a party. Josephine Bell (Chloe Guidry), Dusty Pace (Aiyana Goodfellow), Kelly Ellard (Izzy G.) and Warren Glowatski (Javon Walton) are the last ones to see her alive.

When Reena’s dead body turns up, Cam becomes the lead investigator working the case, which leads to an awkward reunion with Rebecca — and even more unanswered questions.

When the audience first meets Cam,...

2024's best dramas challenge the standard streaming model, bringing new twists and inventive approaches to TV shows. Shows like Baby Reindeer and True Detective have sparked conversations with their unorthodox styles and storytelling. With intense competition in the streaming era, standout dramas like Shgun and Masters of the Air deliver outstanding content.

2024's best dramas have begun to question the limitations of the standard streaming model which has become accepted in the entertainment industry, suggesting that the future of TV dramas could be bright. Audiences may be tiring of the same old drama shows, but 2024 has brought some new inventive twists to the genre. Shows like Baby Reindeer and True Detective have sparked conversations with their unorthodox approaches. This is reminiscent of the heyday of network TV dramas, when shows created a collective cultural moment.

There has been plenty of variation in 2024's best TV dramas, from historical dramas like...

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo gets all of the answers while investigating “Under the Bridge.” The true crime Hulu series follows two women, a cop, and a reporter, who attempt to uncover the truth at the center of a young girl’s murder. The show stars Lily Gladstone, Riley Keough, Vritika Gupta, Chloe Guidry, Izzy G., Javon Walton, and more.

Continue reading ‘Under The Bridge’: Lily Gladstone Dives Into Finale Spoilers, Her Awards Season Experience, & More [Bingeworthy Podcast] at The Playlist.

[This story contains major spoilers from the Under the Bridge finale, “Mercy Alone.”]

The final episode of Under the Bridge saw the complete, real-life events come to light around the night Reena Virk (played by Vritika Gupta in the series) was killed in Saanich, British Columbia by a group of teenagers. She was 14 when she first disappeared in 1997.

The first few minutes of “Mercy Alone,” the eighth episode in Hulu’s true-crime limited series based on Rebecca Godfrey’s 2005 book, begin with Kelly Ellard (Izzy G.) talking explicitly to Josephine (Chloe Guidry) about wanting to break Reena’s bones with a bat, burn her at the stake and bury her alive in the forest. Kelly’s mom, who is in the room, does not even flinch at her daughter threatening to kill someone in such detail.

Following Warren Glowatski’s (Javon Walton) life sentence in the penultimate episode for his partial involvement in Reena’s death, Kelly...

This article contains spoilers for the Under The Bridge series finale.

Hulu’s Under the Bridge, which is based on Rebecca Godfrey’s (portrayed by Riley Keough) book, tells the real-life story of the 1997 murder/killing of 14-year-old Reena Virk (portrayed by Vritika Gupta). The cast, led by Lily Gladstone and Keough, does an extraordinary job handling the subject matter respectfully while all giving remarkable performances.

To get some more insight into the adaptation, Den of Geek spoke with showrunner/executive producer Quinn Shephard and executive producer Samir Mehta about how they approached Kelly’s (played by Izzy G.) trial and the show’s last scene.

The Missing Pieces

The final episode opens with some early scenes from episode one, leading to a new moment with Kelly and Josephine (Chloe Guidry) on the phone with the former threatening to “break [Reena’s] bones with a bat and burn her at the stake,...

“It was a really fun experience for us, and 100 percent we would all go play at the Troubadour if someone wanted us to,” Riley Keough — who stars as Daisy Jones in Amazon Prime’s “Daisy Jones & The Six” miniseries based off the book of the same name — told Jess Cagle and Julia Cunningham during an exclusive interview on Radio Andy.

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Back in January, ahead of the Emmy Awards, Riley had shared a snippet of rehearsal video on Instagram where she, Sam Claflin, and the rest of the TV show’s band were preparing for what looked like live concert performances. Unfortunately, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes put that on an indefinite pause.

“Things kept coming up and we couldn’t do it, and then I think just enough time passed and the awards season ended and it just felt...

Sixteen-year-old Chloe Guidry (who turns 17 in June) caught the acting bug when she was six and has been working off and on professionally ever since while at the same time attending regular school as a (mostly) full-time student in her native Crowley, Louisiana. But her work in the eight-part Hulu true crime limited series “Under the Bridge” that premiered April 17 was a decidedly different experience for her, marking the first time she was involved in a project shooting outside the country and having to attend high school online for five months.

“It’s definitely been the most growing experience for me,” she emphasizes. “Going to a different country is really hard to do, especially when it’s your first time. It can be so lonely.” But she loved the experience of “getting to step into someone else’s shoes and experience someone else’s life. I love the psychological aspect...

Your browser does not support the video tag. Screen Rant presents a clip from Under the Bridge episode 4. The series aims to add context to the murder of Reena Virk by exploring her social dynamics and family relationships. Under the Bridge delivers a chilling story that emotionally connects viewers with Virk and brings awareness to her tragic story.

The true crime series Under the Bridge continues its dramatization of the 1997 murder of 14-year-old Reena Virk, and Screen Rant has a clip from the shows fourth episode. The show shares its title with a bestselling book by the late Rebecca Godfrey, who underwent an exhaustive research process in the name of telling Virks story. The show also dramatizes that process, with Godfrey (played by Riley Keough) serving as one of the shows central characters alongside Lily Gladstones Officer Cam Bentland.

Screen Rant is happy to present a clip from Under the Bridge...

Ready to make your 2024 Emmy predictions for Best TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress? First, take a look through our photo gallery showcasing the likeliest potential nominees. Currently battling it out for first place are potential Emmy newcomers Jessica Gunning (“Baby Reindeer”), Kali Reis (“True Detective: Night Country”), and Jennifer Jason Leigh (“Fargo”).

Leigh would follow Allison Tolman (2014) and Jean Smart (2016) as the third woman to represent “Fargo” in this category. The show has yet to win any acting Emmys but was awarded the Best Limited Series prize on its initial outing.

Seeking her record eighth nomination in this category is Kathy Bates (“The Great Lillian Hall”), who took the gold on her fifth bid for “American Horror Story: Coven” (2014).

The subset of contenders who previously vied for the corresponding lead award includes Gillian Anderson (“Scoop”), Riley Keough (“Under the Bridge”), Diane Lane (“Feud: Capote vs. The Swans”), and Lili Taylor (“Manhunt”).

Frontrunners

Jessica Gunning,...

Lily Gladstone still gets nervous!

The Killers of the Flower Moon actress revealed that she was “terrified” of working with a few surprising actors while on the set of her Hulu limited series Under the Bridge.

The show is based on the true story of the 1997 murder of teen Reena Virk by her classmates, and Lily plays cop Cam Bentland, a composite character representing the local police working on the case.

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Many of her scenes are with the young actors playing the teens in Reena’s circle: Chloe Guidry, Izzy G., Aiyana Goodfellow and Javon “Wanna” Walton.

“Each one of those kids, when I was blessed enough to be in the scenes with them, they upped my performance,” she explained to People.

“Walking out of working with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, the scene partners that have terrified me the most in the...

Warning: Spoilers for Under The Bridge!

Under The Bridge is a true crime miniseries based on the tragic 1997 murder of Reena Virk in British Columbia. The show explores the violence and rage simmering in the youth involved, delving into their backstories and circumstances. Cast members reflect on their experiences working on the show and the importance of treating others with kindness.

Hulu's Under The Bridge is a true crime miniseries that takes place in British Columbia and follows the tragic 1997 murder of Reena Virk, whom fellow teenagers murdered after an aggressive bout of bullying. Showrunners Quinn Shephard and Samir Mehta based their adaptation on Rebecca Godfrey's book of the same name but also took inspiration from Manjit Virk's memoir about his daughter.

While Riley Keough and Lily Gladstone lead the Under The Bridge cast, spearheading the murder investigation as the book's author and a cop respectively, several teenagers make up the ensemble.

It’s a Hollywood cliche you have to hire the nicest actors to play the meanest people, and on “Under the Bridge” a group of struggling, lonely teens committing violent crimes certainly qualifies.

Unlike other shows about teens, where the cast is pushing 30, the kids on Hulu’s miniseries all are played by actors aged 12 to 16. This created a few challenges during production, due to the dark true-life plot, which centers on small-town British Columbia and the kids who assault and kill their classmate Reena Virk one night, and then basically all cover for each other while the case unfolds.

We wanted to “[give] them permission to explore the cruelty of their characters,” creator Quinn Shephard said to IndieWire. In Episode 2, “The John Gotti of Seven Oaks,” a few of the teen characters explain how their ultimate goal is to become girlfriends for NY gangsters like John Gotti, and viewers get...

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Sometimes, a true-crime drama comes along that simply stops you in your tracks. Hulu’s Under the Bridge is one of them. Based on acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey’s true-crime book, the miniseries tracks the events surrounding the disappearance and murder of teenager Reena Virk in November 1997 in British Columbia.

Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Riley Keough headline the story, playing a cop (Cam) and an author (Rebecca) respectively. The former childhood friends are shaken by the disappearance of Virk, played with exceptional nuance by newcomer Vritika Gupta. Chloe Guidry, Javon “Wanna” Walton (Euphoria), Izzy G., and Aiyana Goodfellow portray the teens suspected of foul play. Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) and Ezra Faroque Khan also star, playing Reena’s parents.

“I just wanted to tell the story of Reena Virk, and I wanted the whole Virk family to feel justice from this,...

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If you recall how invigorating it was to be swept away in such compelling true-crime dramas like The Staircase and Under the Banner Of Heaven, then set your sights on Under the Bridge. The new Hulu miniseries starring Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & the Six) is based on author Rebecca Godfrey’s true-crime book about 14-year-old Reena Virk, who was found dead in 1997, eight days after she never returned home from a night out with friends.

Virk’s death, and the way this miniseries captures the events surrounding it, forces one to pause — the girl was surrounded and beaten by a group of teenagers. Vritika Gupta delivers a mesmerizing performance here as Reena in a masterful showcase that deals with race issues and the universal need for belonging. That the story arrives during Emmy nomination...

True crime is getting more and more entertaining by the day and I don’t if that’s a good thing or a bad one. We have another brilliant true crime drama series, Under the Bridge, created by Quinn Shephard. Based on a 2005 book of the same name by Rebecca Godfrey, the Hulu series is set in 1997 and it follows the murder case of a 14-year-old girl which we see through the eyes of local police officer Cam Bentland and the author Godfrey. Under the Bridge stars Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough in the lead roles with Virtika Gupta, Chloe Guidry, Javon “Wanna” Walton, and Izzy G starring in supporting roles. So, if you love the thrilling and dreadful story of Under the Bridge, here are some other shows that have similar tone and story elements that you should check out next.

Under the Banner of Heaven (Hulu) Credit – FX...

Under the Bridge is a true crime drama miniseries created by Quinn Shephard. Based on a 1997 non-fiction novel of the same name by Rebecca Godfrey, the Hulu series follows the murder case of a 14-year-old girl Reena Virk who went to join a party with her friends but never returned home. We see this horrifying story through the eyes of the author Godfrey and a local police official Cam Bentland.

Under the Bridge is a dark drama that has some unexpected twists and turns and the creators have done a wonderful job of getting the tone and ambience right for this horrifying true story that will have you glued to your screens. So, if you have signed up for this tale of murder here are the dates on which this case will unfold.

Under the Bridge – Episode Guide (When Will The New Episodes Air?) Credit – Hulu

Under the Bridge consists of eight episodes in total.

How does a fight between a group of teenagers result in murder?

Hulu’s new true-crime series “Under the Bridge,” based on the late Rebecca Godfrey’s non-fiction book, portrays the before and after of 14-year-old Reena Virk’s brutal murder. The first two episodes, released on April 17, show the timeline of events leading up to Virk’s death and the investigation that took place.

The show, created by Quinn Shephard, tells the story of the events that unfolded through the lens of Godfrey (Riley Keough), a journalist who grew up in Victoria and was working on a novel about teenage girls in her hometown when she found out about the murder, and Cam Bentland (Lily Gladstone), a local police officer who investigated and solved the case.

Godfrey told Interview Magazine in 2019 how she became involved in the show. “I was living in New York City. This would’ve been in the late 90s,...

Under the Bridge on Hulu delves into teenage murder & peer pressure in the real-life story of Reena Virk's tragic death. The miniseries offers a sensitive portrayal of the murder, and its aftermath, & examines peer pressure that motivates teens to kill. The cast's performances in Under the Bridge have received high praise for being faithful to the characters in this haunting true-crime story.

This article contains potential spoilers for Under the Bridge.

This article contains mention of graphic violence and murder.

Hulu's Under the Bridge delves into the dark world of peer pressure and teenage murder. The miniseries looks at the true story of the murder of Reena Virk, a 14-year-old Canadian girl who was attacked and murdered by a group of teenagers whom she initially tried to befriend. Adapted from the best-selling book by Rebecca Godfrey, the miniseries depicts the murder, and its aftermath, and also examines peer pressure in...

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Starring alongside great actors like Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough in a riveting Hulu drama is a career highlight for any up-and-coming star. Gladstone has been riding a wave of success generated by her award-winning turn in Killers of the Flower Moon. Keough stood out in Daisy Jones & the Six and currently stars in Sasquatch Sunset. However, for young actors Vritika Gupta and Aiyana Goodfellow, Gladstone and Keough comprise just one of many unforgettable moments that went into creating the new miniseries Under the Bridge.

The other is the deeply moving subject. Based on bestselling author Rebecca Godfrey’s true-crime book, the 1997 British Columbia-set drama tracks the true story of 14-year-old Reena Virk (played by Gupta), who never returned home after attending her friends’ party. Virk was found dead eight days later—after she was surrounded and beaten by a group of teenagers under a bridge.

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Under the Bridge Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2.] Hulu’s true-crime drama Under the Bridge brings to life the real-life story of Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta), a teen girl who was murdered in the ’90s and almost every one of her peers is currently a suspect as the limited drama series unfolds. But some are more suspicious than others as tough-girl Josephine “Jo” Bell (Chloe Guidry) projects as mob boss-aura proclaiming herself the “John Gotti of Seven Oaks,” the boarding house for wayward teen girls. Meanwhile, is there more to Warren Glowatski (Javon “Wanna” Walton)? It’s quite clear that Reena’s pal Dusty (Aiyana Goodfellow) is cracking under pressure as investigator Cam Bentland (Lily Gladstone) seeks answers surrounding the crime. Bettina Strauss/Hulu And yet, not everything is as it appears, allowing for the mystery to unfold little by little. When it came time to take on these roles, the teens at...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Challengers, Abigail, Under the Bridge and Coachella.

PaleyFest

The annual TV festival kicked off on April 12 and runs through the 21st, with events for The Morning Show, Loki, Young Sheldon, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Late Night with Seth Meyers and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Nestor Carbonell, Nicole Beharie, Tig Notaro, Jennifer Aniston, moderator Kara Swisher, Reese Witherspoon, Karen Pittman and Mark Duplass for The Morning Show event Zoe Perry, Raegan Revord, Montana Jordan, Iain Armitage, Annie Potts, Emily Osment and Lance Barber at the Young Sheldon event Andy Samberg and Seth Meyers for the Late Night with Seth Meyers panel Judd Apatow, Jeff Schaffer, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Larry David, Susie Essman and J.B. Smoove at the Curb Your Enthusiasm event.

Breakthrough Prize

Stars including Jessica Chastain, Glenn Close,...

Reena Virk's murder sparked a national panic about teen violence, portrayed without judgment in the miniseries. The "Bic girls" of Seven Oaks are seen as disposable, like a Bic lighter, by the town and cops. Under the Bridge explores how society discards women, perpetuating cycles of violence in a haunting true crime story.

The first episode of Hulu's Under the Bridge miniseries introduces not just Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta), the Canadian teenager who was brutally murdered in 1997, but a group of tight-knit teens from the town's Seven Oaks foster home. Helmed by ringleader Josephine Bell (Chloe Guidry), the Seven Oaks teens refer to themselves as "Bic girls" while sharing stories and cigarettes with Rebecca Godfrey (Riley Keough), a wayward writer who finds a renewed interest in the culture of her hometown. Based on the book of the same name by the real-life Godfrey, Under the Bridge is a haunting investigation.

Welcome to Emmy Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Emmy race — via Slack, of course. This week, we revisit the packed limited series race, which has seen three new contenders premiere in the last three weeks.

Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! We’ve circled back to what is arguably the most competitive Emmys category this year: limited series. It feels like as good a time as any to return to my favorite race – particularly with “Shōgun” and Anna Sawai dominating the discourse, as well as the premiere of our dark horse favorite “Under the Bridge.” We talked about both shows this week with our voices, and I must say, it feels heartening — dare I type, Siri pay “Vindicated” – to have been so right about “Shōgun.” We both loved that show way back in February and the response has been off the charts.

Following Under the Bridge's debut on Hulu, fans are flocking to learn more about leading actress Chloe Guidry.

Based on the true story told in 2005's Under the Bridge book, this series centers on a 14-year-old girl who goes missing after meeting her friends at a party, leading to a massive cover-up by those involved.

Alongside Oscar-nominee Lily Gladstone, Chloe Guidry embodies the role of Josephine Bell, something of a frenemy to Reena (the story's main character). She even plans the attack on Reena and invites her to the party where her life ends.

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Will “Under the Bridge” go over big with voters? Did Anna Sawai just lock up the Emmy? Gold Derby editors and Experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to discuss Hulu’s new limited series, the penultimate episode of “Shōgun” and more.

Based on Rebecca Godfrey‘s book of the same name, “Under the Bridge,” which premiered with two episodes on Wednesday, tells the true story of Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta), a 14-year-old who was assaulted by a group of teens, mostly girls, and then murdered in a small town in British Columbia, Canada, in 1997. Riley Keough plays Godfrey, who died of lung cancer in 2022, a week after the show was announced, and Lily Gladstone plays a detective. Both are campaigning in supporting, which on the surface seems like category fraud, but we explain why this is the correct placement for both and how the teen cast members — which includes Chloe Guidry,...

Update: Soon after this story was published, a source reached out to Variety to confirm that “Daisy Jones and the Six” will not be getting a Season 2 because “it was always planned as a limited series.”

Despite the success of “Daisy Jones & the Six,” star Riley Keough says the band isn’t getting back together anytime soon.

Despite fans hoping — and demanding — a second season of the Prime Video miniseries adaptation of Tara Jenkin Reid’s best-selling novel, Keough tells me, “I would love to but I don’t know if it’s in the cards…I haven’t heard anything.”

The series followed Daisy Jones (Keough) and her bandmates as they make their way through the Los Angeles music scene of the 1970s. The series premiered just over a year ago to positive reviews. Keough and Morrone earned Emmy nominations as did the show for outstanding limited or anthology series.

Plot: based on acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey’s book about the 1997 true story of fourteen-year-old Reena Virk who went to join friends at a party and never returned home. Through the eyes of Godfrey and a local police officer, the series takes us into the hidden world of the young girls accused of the murder — revealing startling truths about the unlikely killer.

Review: While crime exists worldwide, North America’s glut of true crime stories is centered on the United States. We often take for granted that our neighbors in the Great White North are more than America’s nice neighbors or denizens of the Fifty-First State. Canada is a massive country with its own good and bad, with crimes just as heinous as anything we see in America. While the events depicted in Under The Bridge are not as scary as serial killer tales, the story it retells is every bit as disturbing.

The new Hulu series Under the Bridge is infuriating. That’s not to say the series is not well done or crafted—in fact, far from it. This is bold storytelling that challenges the viewer to rethink their misconceptions. The result is appointment-viewing television that, by the end of the series, showcases some uncommonly powerful performances.

No, it’s infuriating because of what transpires from “actual” events. It’s tragic and horrific, and words cannot adequately describe the atrocities that occurred in the small, picturesque seaside town in British Columbia, Alberta, Canada. Under the Bridge is where the key players wish the story stayed, never seeing the light of day.

Under the Bridge follows the heartbreaking story of Reena Virk (newcomer Vritika Gupta), a 14-year-old high school student in Saanich. Born in a proud East Indian and devout Jehovah’s Witness family, Reena is rebelling against her tight-knit community. Reena...

Deep into Hulu’s Under the Bridge, author Rebecca Godfrey (Riley Keough) defends the focus of her latest manuscript. “People can do horrible things, and that doesn’t make them inherently evil,” she insists. As she sees it, her book is simply challenging the reader to consider that an individual’s humanity is not defined by their worst deed.

It’s a big ask considering the subject in question has been charged with murder — but potentially a worthy one too, not least because the accused is just a teenager. Unfortunately, it’s also one Under the Bridge does not actually have the nerve to tackle head-on. Despite some moving performances (particularly from its young cast), the writing ultimately proves too vague and too muddled in its messaging to shed new light on much of anything.

Creator Quinn Shephard has based her eight-episode miniseries on the book of the same title by the real-life Godfrey,...

Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough share a sweet embrace while hitting the carpet at the premiere of their new limited series Under the Bridge held at DGA Theater Complex on Monday evening (April 15) in Los Angeles.

The ladies were also joined at the event by co-stars Matt Craven, Vritika Gupta, Chloe Guidry, Javon “Wanna” Walton, Izzy G, Anoop Desai, Ella Dixon and Isabella Leon.

Under the Bridge is based on the true-crime book of the same name by Rebecca Godfrey, and tells the true story of 14-year old Reena Virk (Gupta) who went to join friends at a party and never returned home. Through the eyes of Godfrey (Keough) and a local police officer (Gladstone), the series takes us into the hidden world of the young girls accused of the murder — revealing startling insights about the unlikely killer.

The first two episodes of the series debut This Wednesday (April 17) on Hulu,...

Hulu has announced its submissions for the Primetime Emmy Awards for the upcoming crime drama “Under the Bridge.”

Stars Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough will both be submitted for Emmy consideration in supporting actress in a limited series or TV movie, it was revealed to Variety exclusively. The two stars will be vying for one of seven possible slots against possible contenders such as Sandra Oh from “The Sympathizer,” Kali Reis from “True Detective: Night Country” and multiple women from FX’s “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans,” notably Diane Lane.

“Under the Bridge” is an adaptation of Rebecca Godfrey’s gripping book, delving into the true story of 14-year-old Reena Virk, a teen who didn’t return home after attending a party in 1997. The series unfolds through the perspectives of Godfrey (portrayed by Keough) and a local police officer (played by Gladstone), exposing the world of her peers who were implicated in the case.

Hulu optioned Rebecca Godfrey’s Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk back in 2022, and the limited series based on the bestseller is finally set to stream this month. Emmy nominee Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & The Six) stars as the late author of the 2005 true crime novel, and Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) stars as a small town police officer intimately involved in the investigation.

“Under the Bridge is based on acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey’s book about the 1997 true story of fourteen-year-old Reena Virk (Gupta) who went to join friends at a party and never returned home,” reads Hulu’s synopsis. “Through the eyes of Godfrey (Keough) and a local police officer (Gladstone), the series takes us into the hidden world of the young girls accused of the murder — revealing startling truths about the unlikely killer.”

Author Rebecca Godfrey passed...

April is shaping up to be a huge month at Hulu! Catch the premiere of the Hulu Original series “Under the Bridge,” starring recent Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Riley Keough, and Vritika Gupta and based on the book of the same name by Rebecca Godfrey chronicling the 1997 murder of Reena Virk. The streamer will also host the premieres of multiple major FX projects, including the second half of Ryan Murphy’s latest “American Horror Story” installment, “American Horror Story: Delicate,” starring Emma Roberts, Kim Kardashian, Cara Delevingne, and more. The end of April will also bring the premiere of the new limited international spy series “The Veil,” starring Elisabeth Moss and Yumna Marwan

Whether you’re looking for a new “Real Housewives” spinoff or a best-selling manga adaptation, check out everything coming to Hulu this month, including The Streamable’s top picks available throughout April!

On April 17th, the first two episodes of the eight-episode true crime series Under the Bridge will be available to watch through the Hulu streaming service. With that date just three weeks away, a trailer for Under the Bridge has made its way online, and you can check it out in the embed above. Following the two episode premiere, the remaining six episodes of the show will be released one-by-one on a weekly basis, with the last one reaching Hulu on May 29th.

Based on the best-selling true-crime book Under the Bridge by the late Rebecca Godfrey, the series was adapted for screen by Quinn Shephard. Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & The Six) and Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) star alongside Vritika Gupta (Launchpad).

Here’s the synopsis: Under the Bridge is based on acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey’s book about the 1997 true story of fourteen-year-old Reena Virk (Vritika...

Lily Gladstone is getting sent down “Under the Bridge” to see about this murder.

Gladstone is following up her Academy Award-nominated breakout performance in “Killers of the Flower Moon” with “Under the Bridge,” a Hulu limited series premiering April 17. Hulu released a trailer for the gloomy true crime drama on Monday.

The trailer, with its eerie score, dark dialogue about missing and murdered young women, and focus on an uneasy partnership between two investigators, feels like it could be part of the “True Detective” universe. Gladstone plays a local cop haunted by the unsolved murder of a teenage girl, and Riley Keough (who also serves as executive producer) plays a journalist writing a book on the case.

Here’s the official synopsis from Hulu: “‘Under the Bridge’ is based on acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey’s book about the 1997 true story of fourteen-year-old Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta) who went to join...