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In the golden age of television kicked off in the 2000s, few shows found the level of success that "The Walking Dead" did. Based on writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore's Image Comics series of the same name, the series was adapted for the small screen by AMC with thrilling results. Not only did the show last 11 seasons, airing more than 170 episodes, but it spawned an entire universe of shows that are still going strong to this day.

It all started with that brilliant pilot episode titled "Days Gone Bye," still regarded as one of the best in the history of "The Walking Dead," which sees Andrew Lincoln's Rick Grimes waking up from a coma only to discover that the world has been overrun by zombies. As society crumbled, Rick sat there in his hospital bed. But...

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Csse) has hit something of a wall. The company reported its second quarter 2023 earnings this week, and while total revenue was up year-over-year, it fell well short of Wall Street expectations. The company’s stock price has taken a beating, falling to $0.88 per share in after-hours trading on Monday amidst news that it had absorbed a net loss of $43.7 million during the quarter.

The numbers suggest that Csse is having a tougher time digesting last year's purchase of Redbox than anticipated. Both CEO Bill Rouhana and CFO Jason Meier said during their conference call to discuss the report with analysts and investors that the company planned to “streamline” aspects of its businesses to help boost revenue flows, which means cuts could be coming to its streaming platforms Redbox and Crackle.

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The next chapter of Tommy Egan's story touches down on Starz in a little over a month.

That's right, folks. Power Book IV: Force Season 2 debuts Friday, September 1.

In what the streaming service describes as a "Christmas in July" gift to fans, photos of the fresh episodes have been released.

The decision is a nod to Tommy canceling Christmas for those who cross him.

The photos tease the conflicts on the menu for the latest season of the Power spinoff, showcasing the talented ensemble.

The series stars Joseph Sikora as Tommy Egan, Isaac Keys as Diamond Sampson, Lili Simmons as Claudia Flynn, and Shane Harper as Vic Flynn.

The cast also includes Kris D. Lofton as Jenard Sampson, Carmela Zumbado as Mireya Garcia, Manuel Eduardo Ramirez as Miguel Garcia, Miriam A. Hyman as US Attorney Stacy Marks, and Adrienne Walker as Shanti 'Showstopper' Page.

Rounding out the cast is Anthony Fleming III as Jp,...

Written and directed by Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Joe Lo Truglio, Outpost is currently available to see in theaters and stream On Demand. The psychological horror centers around a woman who takes a job at an outpost in the mountains to escape her abusive relationship. While she believes the change will bring her a sense of peace, the isolation sends Kate on a dangerous downward spiral that threatens the safety of herself and those around her.

Outpost is Lo Truglio's directional debut and stars his real-life partner, Beth Dover. Dover has been featured in several films and television series such as Another Period, American Housewife, and The Oath. However, she is most well-known for her role as Linda Ferguson in Orange is the New Black. Ato Essandoh, Dylan Baker, Becky Ann Baker, Dallas Roberts, Ta'Rea Campbell, Tim Neff, and D.R. Anderson also star.

Related: Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Cast & Character Guide

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The expansion of free streaming services continues unabated. On Wednesday, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Csse) shared some details on its ever-expanding reach and upcoming original programming at the Iab Newfronts in New York. A month after launching a new advertising sales division known as Crackle Connex, Csse reports having an audience of over 80 million monthly active users, up 100% year-over-year.

This rapid expansion was aided by the company acquiring Redbox last May, giving Csse an out-of-home presence, but the majority of the growth comes from the addition of over 160 channels on the company’s free ad-supported streaming TV (Fast) and ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) services.

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Csse also benefited from the addition of Crackle and Redbox buttons on [Vizio Smart TV] remotes, making the free streaming services even easier to access and front-of-mind for viewers. Thanks to new deals with the likes of Crunchyroll, Funimation, Vidgo,...

Exclusive: Blockers actress Geraldine Viswanathan and Joy Ride‘s Meredith Hagner are joining Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon in Nick Stoller’s wedding comedy You’re Cordially Invited, from Amazon Studios.

In the pic, a woman (Witherspoon) who is planning her sister’s (Hagner) perfect wedding and the father (Ferrell) of a young bride-to-be (Viswanathan) discover that they are double -booked for their destination wedding at a remote resort on an island off the Georgia coast. When both parties decide to share the small venue, chaos ensues and disaster awaits.

Cameras will roll in Atlanta in May.

Stoller also wrote the screenplay. Producers are Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum via Gloria Sanchez, Stoller and Conor Welch via Stoller Global Solutions and Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter through their Hello Sunshine. EPs are Ashley Strumwasser from Hello Sunshine and Alex Brown from Gloria Sanchez.

Viswanathan made a big splash in the Universal R-rated teen comedy Blockers,...

Power Book II: Ghost Season 3 is poised to be the most dramatic season in franchise history.

Starz dropped the full-length trailer for the new season Thursday, and it looks like things are more intense than ever.

According to Starz, the new season kicks off with Tariq St. Patrick determined to get his trust, get back to his family, and get out of the game for good.

The emergence of a ruthless new connect interrupts Tariq’s plans to reunite with Tasha and Yaz and puts him, Brayden, and Effie back into business with the Tejadas as they’re challenged to move more weight than ever before.

When Brayden brings Tariq in as an intern at his family’s hedge fund Weston Holdings, the drug business expands beyond Stansfield and the streets onto Wall Street, while Tariq is also shown an alternate, legitimate path to success.

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US documentary filmmaker Kirsten Johnson will direct, with filming commencing at the Berlinale.

Kristen Stewart is to play US writer, philosopher and political activist Susan Sontag in an upcoming feature for UK-Australia production outfit Brouhaha Entertainment, with US filmmaker Kirsten Johnson to direct.

Four chapters in the tumultuous life of the celebrated and controversial 20th century intellectual will be depicted in the drama, which is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Sontag: Her Life by Ben Moser. The feature has the working title of Sontag.

New Yorker Sontag, who passed away in 2004, is known for her widely influential critical works such as Against Interpretation,...

David Yates’ Netflix film The Pain Hustlers has begun rounding out its cast, with Andy Garcia (Father of the Bride), Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek), Jay Duplass (Industry), Brian d’Arcy James (West Side Story) and Chloe Coleman (My Spy) signing on to star alongside Emily Blunt and Chris Evans.

The film billed as tonally similar to The Big Short, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street follows Liza Drake (Blunt), a high-school dropout dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter. Liza lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical startup in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida. Her charm, guts and drive then catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.

Netflix acquired global rights to the film written by Wells Tower for 50M out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival,...

This Tales of the Walking Dead article contains no spoilers.

The bevy of spinoffs announced in the wake of the final season of The Walking Dead has been the subject of everything from excitement to exasperation among audiences. For anyone who checked out with the death of Abraham and Glenn at the onset of season 7, it could seem that the franchise is trying to get blood from a turnip.

For many fans, however, placing a greater emphasis on the ensemble cast while allowing the structural hierarchy of the early seasons to slip away has created a renewed interest in the show. With its newest entry, Tales of the Walking Dead, opening up the franchise in ways that the main series never could, it seems that now more than ever, the sky could be the limit for The Walking Dead.

Premiering Aug. 14, 2022 on AMC (and three days before on AMC+), Tales...

Fox Weather correspondent Nicole Valdes returned to Puerto Rico for a new Fox Weather special reflecting on the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria five years ago and how people have rebuilt since.

In an exclusive clip from the special, “Fox Weather Reports: Ruin and Resurrection: The Fury of Hurricane Maria,” which you can watch above, Valdes, a Puerto Rico native, shares her personal connection to the survivors of the storm, including an interview with her uncle.

The hour-long special, which streams on Fox Weather, sees Valdes taking a deeper look into the rebuilding efforts over the last five years.

“Puerto Rico is in my blood. It’s where I was born, where my family tree is rooted. It’s my culture, my history. Being a part of that community for so many years has always been a gift in my eyes. However, being from there also means having a much...

Netflix’s awards hopefuls Robert Greene’s “Procession” and Alonso Ruizpalacios’ “A Cop Movie” are heading to Manhattan’s Paris Theater as part of its “New Directions in Documentary” series.

Both hybrid features, which are vying for a spot on this year’s Academy Award doc shortlist, will screen alongside previously celebrated form-bending docus in the upcoming series beginning Oct. 15.

Since 2019 Netflix has operated the 571-seat venue, which the streaming company uses year-round for exclusive theatrical engagements, premieres, special events, retrospectives, and filmmaker appearances.

Curated by Paris Theater programmer David Schwartz, the five-day public event will highlight and celebrate docus that combine elements of fiction and non-fiction into the fabric of their storytelling.

“ ‘Procession’ and ‘A Cop Movie’ are exciting and inventive movies that heighten the documentary form,” says Schwartz. “They find innovative ways to explore truth through deeply personal and dramatic subjects. Their work transcends the formulaic with rigorous fidelity to vision,...

Fox’s Our Kind of People expands its cast with the addition of Ginny & Georgia alum Kyle Bary. He will take on a series regular role in the series from writer/executive producer Karin Gist and executive producer Lee Daniels and will act alongside Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut and LeToya Luckett.

Written by Gist inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’s provocative, critically praised book Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class, the series takes place in the aspirational world of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, a historical stronghold where the rich and powerful Black elite have come to play for more than 50 years. Our Kind of People follows strong-willed single mom Angela Vaughn (DaCosta) as she sets out to reclaim her family’s name and make an impact with her revolutionary haircare line that highlights the innate, natural beauty of Black women. But she soon discovers...

CBS has officially announced that Gary Cole will join “NCIS” Season 19, with Katrina Law also set to appear in the upcoming season.

Variety exclusively reported last week that Cole was going to join the long-running CBS drama, with CBS now revealing that Cole will appear in the series regular role of FBI Special Agent Alden Park. No further details on his character are available at this time. It has previously been reported that “NCIS” star Mark Harmon will have a reduced presence in Season 19, but an individual with knowledge of the situation says that Cole’s character is not meant to be a replacement for Harmon’s character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

Law debuted on “NCIS” during the final two episodes of Season 18 as Special Agent Jessica Knight and will now appear in that role as a series regular for Season 19.

Knight is described as a formidable React (Regional Enforcement Action...

CBS’ venerable drama series NCIS is adding two new series regular cast members for the upcoming 19th season, Gary Cole and Katrina Law.

Cole will play a new character, FBI Special Agent Alden Park. Law plays Special Agent Jessica Knight. She was introduced in the last two episodes of Season 18 as a recurring guest star with an option to become a series regular if the show got renewed, which it did. Knight is a formidable React (Regional Enforcement Action Capabilities Training Team) agent who specializes in hostage negotiations and handles daily high-risk operations with skill and precision. Sharp, athletic and tough, she is fiercely tenacious and with a wry sense of humor.

Details about Cole’s character, Special Agent Park, are not being released. He is not replacing Mark Harmon’s Special Agent Gibbs though Cole is expected to help fill the void left by Harmon’s reduced on-screen presence next season.

A sweeping and melancholic first trailer has arrived for Neon’s secret omnibus film project, “The Year of the Everlasting Storm.” Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles an unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to the power of cinema and its storytellers. The seven-segment film is set to debut at the Cannes Film Festival this year (re-opening its doors for an in-person event after last year’s cancelled one), alongside two other Neon titles, “Memoria,” directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (who has a segment in “Everlasting Storm”) and “Titane,” directed by Julia Ducournau.

“The Year of the Everlasting Storm” has been slotted as Special Screening at the Cannes Film Festival this year. (The full lineup for the French festival was just announced on Thursday.) The film features contributions from seven major award-winning directors: Weerasethakul, David Lowery, Laura Poitras, Jafar Panahi,...

"The sun comes up. The sun goes down. We're born, we die... Who am I to question the nature of things?" Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for an intriguing sci-fi series from Iceland titled Katla, co-created by Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur. One year after the violent eruption of the subglacial volcano Katla, the peace and tranquility in the small town of Vik is dramatically disturbed. Out of nowhere, people that disappeared a year ago are now re-appearing covered in ash, seemingly unharmed. How is this possible? Are they really the same people? Only the volcano knows... The cast includes Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð , Íris Tanja Flygenring, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Aliette Opheim, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Sólveig Arnarsdóttir, and Birgitta Birgisdóttir. It looks like a very peculiar and fascinating series filled with awe-inspiring shots of Iceland, taking us deeper into the epic grandeur of volcanoes than ever before. And I like the sci-fi angle...

Ahead of unveiling its fall schedule, The CW has announced pickups for two new dramas.

The series receiving orders to series are All American: Homecoming and Naomi.

Both shows have been thought to be locks throughout the entire development season.

All American has remained a strong performer for the network in its third season.

All American: Homecoming will focus on Geffri Maya's recurring character, Simone Hicks, as well as a new athlete.

Simone is a tennis hopeful, while the new person is an elite baseball player from Chicago.

Together, they will deal with the high stakes of college sports while also navigating the highs, lows, and sexiness of unsupervised early adulthood at college.

All American showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll will executive-produce and write the spinoff, while Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Robbie Rogers, who work on the parent series, will be back to work on the offshoot.

All American: Homecoming...

Idris Elba will fight for his survival against the King of the Jungle in his new movie “Beast,” set for release next summer.

Universal has set an August 19, 2022 release for “Beast,” which is directed by Baltasar Kormákur and finds Elba on a trip to South Africa, only for he and his two teenage daughters to be hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the savanna has but one apex predator.

And it’s got a dope tagline too: Sometimes the rustle in the bushes actually is a monster.

Idris Elba in “Beast” plays Dr. Nate Samuels, a recently widowed husband who returns to South Africa where he first met his wife on a long-planned trip with their daughters to a game reserve. But what begins as a journey of healing jolts into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of blood-thirsty poachers who now...

The CW’s “All American” pilot spinoff starring Geffri Maya, “All American: Homecoming,” has added half a dozen new cast members: Peyton Alex Smith, Kelly Jenrette, Cory Hardrict, Sylvester Powell, Netta Walker and Camille Hyde.

“All American: Homecoming,” executive produced and written by “All American” showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll, takes place against the backdrop of the Hbcu experience, and will see Maya reprise her role as Simone Hicks.

According to the network, the spinoff “follows a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills and an elite baseball player from Chicago as they contend with the high stakes of college sports, while also navigating the highs, lows and sexiness of unsupervised early adulthood at a prestigious Historically Black College.”

Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, David Madden and Robbie Rogers are also executive producing the pilot, which will air as an episode in the current third season of “All American.” Berlanti Productions is producing...

Grammy-nominated actress and singer Christina Milian has been tapped for the lead role originated by the late Naya Rivera in the new installment of Starz’s Step Up drama series. Milian will portray Collette in the series, which hails from creator and executive producer Holly Sorensen, Starz and Lionsgate Television. The series began filming in Atlanta this month. Starz will air the first two seasons of the series, which originally aired on YouTube with Rivera as Collette, beginning Friday, March 5 across all platforms.

In addition to Milian, Ne-Yo returns in his co-starring role as Sage Odom, along with returning series regulars Faizon Love (Uncle Al), Jade Chynoweth (Odalie), Carlito Olivero (Davis), Terrence Green (Rigo), Eric Graise (King), and Kendra Oyesanya (Poppy) and previously announced Tricia Helfer (Erin) who joins the cast in a series regular role.

“I am so excited to join the Step Up family,” said Milian.

Starz’s Step Up TV series is moving forward following last year’s tragic passing of its leading lady Naya Rivera.

The Lionsgate TV production, after consulting with the family of its late star, has enlisted Christina Milian to replace Rivera in the scripted series. The Soundtrack and The Oath alum will take over the part of Collette, previously played by Rivera in the first two seasons of the YouTube-turned-Starz update on the feature film of the same name.

“Naya’s death was a terrible loss to our world that we will, frankly, never stop mourning,” Step Up ...

Starz’s Step Up TV series is moving forward following last year’s tragic passing of its leading lady Naya Rivera.

The Lionsgate TV production, after consulting with the family of its late star, has enlisted Christina Milian to replace Rivera in the scripted series. The Soundtrack and The Oath alum will take over the part of Collette, previously played by Rivera in the first two seasons of the YouTube-turned-Starz update on the feature film of the same name.

“Naya’s death was a terrible loss to our world that we will, frankly, never stop mourning,” Step Up ...

Baltasar Kormakur and his banner, Rvk Studios, are teaming up with Icelandic author Olaf Olafsson on the film adaptation of the writer’s bestselling novel “Touching” (“Snerting”).

Olafsson, a former executive VP at Time Warner, is a prolific and critically acclaimed author whose books – notably “Absolution,” “The Journey Home,” “The Sacrament” and “One Station Away” – have been published around the world being translated into more than 20 languages.

Set amid the 2020 pandemic, “Touching” – a working title for the movie – is described as a sensual and thrilling love story unfolding across the globe and woven into historical events. The novel, which ranked as Iceland’s best-selling book of 2020, takes place in today’s Reykjavík and Tokyo, and in London in the 1960s.

Olafsson is currently adapting the story into a screenplay. Kormakur will produce via his outfit Rvk Studios and will direct the film, which is now in advanced development. Production is...

It’s that time of the month where we can give you a look ahead at what Sky Cinema has planned for the coming weeks, and since it doesn’t look like many of us are going very far, hopefully some of these upcoming movies will help to keep us busy during lockdown.

Without further ado, he’s what Sky Cinema has lined up for us…

Premieres

The 24th – 2nd February

BlacKkKlansman and Da 5 Bloods writer Kevin Willmott brings us the story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and delves into the the Houston Riot of 1917.

Weathering With You – 3rd February

In this acclaimed animated film, impressionable young Hodaka meets the conflicted Hina, who can control the weather. It’s really touching, funny and wonderful, and also a perfect movie for fans of Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name.

Bull – 4th February

Bull, which was a hit at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival,...

The Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) will be an online-only event for its fourth edition, which will take place later this month.

The Festival originally intended to be an in-person event and even announced its selection for the event, which was initially scheduled to take place in December, 2020. However, Covid regulations in Malaysia were made stricter in November, which caused cinemas countrywide to close down and made the event impossible. With the regulations showing no signs of easing yet, organisers have been forced to move the event into the digital space and make it an online-only event.

The festival is now scheduled to be held from January 15th-21st on the streaming platform Mubi. The audiences in Malaysia can stream the selection free of cost by taking advantage of Mubi’s extended 30-days free trial subscription. Joanne Goh, the festival chairperson, together with actor Bront Palarae made the announcement at the 4th MIFFest Gala Night.

The fourth edition of the Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) is now set to be held later this month as an online-only event.

The festival was originally scheduled to take place as an in-person event in December and got as far as announcing its selection. However, Malaysia’s coronavirus control measures were increased at the beginning of November, causing cinemas across much of the country to close.

Miffest organizers said in November that they hoped to be still able to put on a real-world festival in January when cinemas reopened. But with the virus still hitting cinema operations that is no longer a viable option.

Instead, the festival will now be held Jan. 15-21, playing out on streaming platform Mubi. Audiences in Malaysia can stream the selection free of charge through an extended 30-day trial subscription to Mubi.

The announcement was made by Joanne Goh, the festival chairperson, together with...

Even though the parameters of the Christmas movie are pretty well established at this point, the merits of more unconventional titles like Die Hard, Batman Returns and Gremlins still find themselves being debated on an annual basis. Most people seem to be in agreement that the Christmas film needs to involve the festive season as either a backdrop or major plot point while incorporating themes of family and togetherness, but what exactly is a Thanksgiving movie?

Is it a pic where the holiday is integral to the narrative like Ike Barinholtz’ directorial debut The Oath? Does it have to specifically involve turkeys in some way like the animated Free Birds? Or the annual Macy’s parade as seen in Ben Stiller’s forgotten Tower Heist? Perhaps one single scene set around the Thanksgiving table is enough to fit the criteria, as appears to be the case with Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man.

There are few directorial debuts as sui generis as Kirsten Johnson’s Cameraperson. A kind of experimental documentary, its premise was simple: it collected unused fragments from her long and storied career as a cinematographer, mostly for non-fiction works, among them Citizen Four, Fahrenheit 9/11, The Oath, and more. There was no story, there was no clear mission statement or theme, and the viewer was left to intuit meaning between the fragments arranged seemingly at random. And it was a success, quickly ushered into the Criterion Collection and taking her from a name among non-fiction auteurs to a name auteur herself. […]...

There are few directorial debuts as sui generis as Kirsten Johnson’s Cameraperson. A kind of experimental documentary, its premise was simple: it collected unused fragments from her long and storied career as a cinematographer, mostly for non-fiction works, among them Citizen Four, Fahrenheit 9/11, The Oath, and more. There was no story, there was no clear mission statement or theme, and the viewer was left to intuit meaning between the fragments arranged seemingly at random. And it was a success, quickly ushered into the Criterion Collection and taking her from a name among non-fiction auteurs to a name auteur herself. […]...

The actor/comedian/writer/director joins us to talk about some of the objectively bad movies he loves.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Explorers (1985)

Chinatown (1974)

Suicide Squad (2016)

The Oath (2018)

The Last Movie Star (2018)

Tango and Cash (1989)

The Thing (1982)

Runaway Train (1985)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Conrack (1974)

Volcano (1997)

Dante’s Peak (1997)

Earthquake (1974)

It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Independence Day (1996)

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Road House (1989)

Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

The Greatest Showman (2017)

West Side Story (1961)

Chicago (2002)

The Producers (1967)

Outbreak (1995)

Volunteers (1985)

Splash (1984)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Tropic Thunder (2008)

Philadelphia (1993)

Bachelor Party (1984)

Con Air (1997)

Bad Boys (1995)

The Rock (1996)

Mandy (2018)

Out For Justice (1991)

Once Upon A Time In America (1984)

Goodfellas (1990)

Paths of Glory (1957)

Hard To Kill (1991)

Above The Law (1988)

Under Siege (1992)

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)

The Asian Connection (2016)

Contract To Kill (2016)

The Perfect Weapon (2016)

Sniper: Special Ops (2016)

The Glimmer Man (1996)

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Contagion (2011)

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Expect to see more of Erica Sinclair around Hawkings in the future. Priah Ferguson, who plays the sister of Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) on Stranger Things, has been upped to series regular for its upcoming fourth season, sources tell Deadline. Netflix would not comment.

Ferguson had a minor guest role in a few Season 2 episodes but was more prominent in the series’ third run.

At the end of 1985-set Season 3, Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder) is seen taking her sons and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) out of the Indiana town to start a new life. There is a jump in geography in the final scene, which takes place in the far eastern end of the Ussr, where guards are feeding a prisoner to an imprisoned Demogorgon, but “not the American.” That American was widely assumed to be Jim Hopper (David Harbour) and a teaser video for Season 4 suggests that it was.

Created by Matt and Ross Duffer,...

Priah Ferguson has been promoted to series regular on the upcoming fourth season of “Stranger Things,” Variety has learned exclusively from sources.

Ferguson began on the Netflix show as a guest star, appearing in four episodes of the second season, before moving up to a recurring role in Season 3. She has received critical praise for her role as Erica Sinclair, the little sister of main cast member Caleb McLaughlin’s character Lucas. She featured prominently in a storyline in Season 3 that saw her work closely with series stars Gaten Matarazzo and Joe Keery as well as series newcomer Maya Hawke.

Netflix declined to comment.

In addition to “Stranger Things,” Ferguson’s other credits include shows such as “Atlanta” at FX, “Daytime Divas” at Vhi, and the PBS Civil War drama “Mercy Street.” She also guest starred on the NBC legal drama “Bluff City Law.” On the film side, she had...

Kwame Patterson (The Oath) is set for a major recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of FX’s Snowfall. Created by John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, the third season was set in the summer of 1984, with crack cocaine spreading like wildfire through South Central Los Angeles, continuing its path of destruction and changing the culture forever. Patterson will play the role of Lurp. Details are not being revealed. Patterson can next be seen in a major supporting role in Millennium feature The Outpost opposite, Orlando Bloom, Scott Eastwood and Caleb Landry Jones set for premiere at SXSW. Patterson recurred heavily on Ray Donovan and The Wire, as well as FX miniseries American Crime Story. His other work includes The Oath for Crackle and a series regular role in TNT pilot Monsters of God. Patterson is repped by Luber Roklin Entertainment and Global Artists Agency.

Jenna Rosenow (Neighbours...

“Power” may have come to an end this weekend after six season, but like the hashtag said on the teaser that accompanied the series finale, #PowerNeverEnds, and so it is that Starz has released the full main cast for the show’s first spinoff, “Power Book II: Ghost.”

Newcomers to the “Power” universe include Daniel Bellomy (“The Real Mvp: The Wanda Durrant Story”) as “Ezekiel ‘Zeke’ Cross”; Paige Hurd as “Lauren,” Melanie Liburd as “Caridad ‘Carrie’ Milgram,” Justin McManus (“Star”) as “Jabari Reynolds,” Woody McClain as “Cane Tejada,” Lovell Adams-Gray as “Dru Tejada,” and Latoya Tonedeo (“The Oath”) as “Diana Tejada.”

They join fellow “Power” newcomers Mary J. Blige and Cliff “Method Man” Smith, and returning “Power” mainstays Michael Rainey Jr. as Tariq St. Patrick, Shane Johnson as Cooper Saxe, and Naturi Naughton as Tasha St. Patrick. Other returning “Power” cast are Gianni Paolo as Brayden, Tariq’s roommate, and...

Hildur Guðnadóttir has had a historic few weeks.

It began Sunday, January 4th, when the Icelandic composer became the first solo woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Original Score for Joker; it continued the Tuesday after that, when she picked up two prizes — one for Joker, one for her music for TV show Chernobyl — at the inaugural Society of Composer & Lyricists’ awards; and it culminated today when she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score.

Amid everything, though, Guðnadóttir had to accompany her husband to the doctor,...

Don Kaye Jan 2, 2020

Star Trek's John Cho delves into supernatural horror for the first time with this reboot of the Japanese/American franchise.

The Grudge is one of the strangest franchises in horror film history: the series encompasses nine Japanese films (starting with the original direct-to-video Ju-On back in 2000) and now four American ones. The newest, simply titled The Grudge, is the 13th overall and deals like the others with the central premise of the entire series: if someone dies in a rage, that rage lingers as a kind of supernatural virus that can infect and destroy anyone who comes in contact with it.

A sort of reboot/sequel, The Grudge is directed and written by Nicolas Pesce, who has created a buzz on the horror scene with his first two features, The Eyes of My Mother (2016) and Piercing (2018). Pesce’s take on The Grudge is the first of...

Pearson is saying goodbye to the Windy City: USA Network has cancelled the Suits spinoff after just one season, TVLine has learned.

The offshoot followed Gina Torres’ disbarred lawyer Jessica Pearson as she became involved in the dirty world of Chicago politics, taking on the role of right-hand fixer for the city’s mayor (Homeland‘s Morgan Spector). The cast also included Simon Kassianides (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) as a cop/the mayor’s driver, Bethany Joy Lenz (One Tree Hill) as ambitious city attorney Keri Allen, Chantel Riley (Wynonna Earp) as Jessica’s cousin Angela, Isabel Arraiza (The Oath...

When she was first offered the chance to work on “Joker,” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir wondered if she was “really the right person to score a superhero movie,” since nothing in her filmography bore any resemblance to previous “Batman” movies. But when she read the script, which touches upon “subjects that are so much deeper and quite current,” she realized she was indeed a perfect fit. Watch our exclusive video interview with Guðnadóttir above.

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In the hands of director and co-writer Todd Phillips, the DC super villain is portrayed as a sad, deranged young comic named Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), whose isolation and resentment lead to a life of crime. For Guðnadóttir, “it was definitely not a superhero movie.” Rather, it was “a story about the emotional landscape and turbulence of someone who’s been grossly mistreated,” so she was interested in exploring the “inner journey of this character,...

Exclusive: The Oath‘s Cory Hardrict has been cast in a recurring role opposite Alex Russell in Season 3 of CBS’ hit police drama series S.W.A.T., starring Shemar Moore.

Hardrict will play Nate, foster brother to Jim Street (Russell). Nate is Jim’s estranged brother who reconnects with Street when a case brings them back together. His character will be introduced in Wednesday’s episode.

Inspired by the 1970s television series and 2003 feature film, S.W.A.T. stars Moore as the locally born-and-raised sergeant tasked with running a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles.

Jay Harrington, Lina Esco, Kenny Johnson, David Lim and Patrick St. Esprit also star.

S.W.A.T. is produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with CBS Television Studios. Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, Shawn Ryan, Justin Lin, Neal Moritz, Marney Hochman, Pavun Shetty, Allison Cross, Craig Gore, Billy Gierhart and Andy Dettman executive produce.

The sci-fi TV series has been co-created by Baltasar Kormákur and Sigurjón Kjartansson for Rvk Studios. Award-winning Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur has announced via nordicfilmandtvnews.com the pre-production of the country’s first Netflix Original series, entitled Katla. The project, co-created with Sigurjón Kjartansson, will start principal photography in spring next year, and casting is already under way. The eight-episode sci-fi thriller series, penned in its entirety by crime writer and playwright Lilja Sigurðardóttir, screenwriter Davíð Már Stefánsson and show-runner Kjartansson, is set in Vik, a remote seafront village devastated by the eruption of a sub-glacial volcano, called Katla. One year later, the few remaining people manage to provide the necessary community service, and despite its magnificent location, the area turns out to be somewhat apocalyptic. Mysterious elements that had been hidden, frozen into the glacier from prehistoric times, start to emerge, with consequences no one could...

Laura Poitras became a rock star of the documentary world with 2014’s Oscar-winning “Citizenfour,” an explosive and definitive account of the Edward Snowden story that brought Poitras’ investigative filmmaking to a global audience. Since then, she has completed just one feature, the Julian Assange portrait “Risk,” but supported countless others as the co-creator and executive producer behind Field of Vision, the documentary film unit designed to support investigative filmmaking on a wavelength similar to her own.

Now, she’s ready to return to her filmmaking full time. Poitras is stepping down from her leadership position at Field of Vision to focus on her next feature, though will remain onboard at parent company First Look Media. Charlotte Cook, who co-founded the project with Poitras and filmmaker A.J. Schnack in 2015, will continue to lead the organization.

“In the last year, I felt like that Field of Vision established itself in the documentary field,...

Ryan Kwanten.

Ryan Kwanten has joined the regular cast of Them: Covenant, the first season of an Amazon Studios horror anthology set in the Us in 1953.

Deborah Ayorinde and Ashley Thomas play the leads, African American couple Henry and Lucky Emory, who decide to move their family from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood.

Their home on a seemingly idyllic street becomes ground zero where malevolent forces both real and supernatural threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.

Kwanten will play George Bell, a Korean War veteran who is the neighbourhood milkman, described as a “Southern California dreamboat.”

The cast includes Shahadi Wright Joseph as Ruby Lee Emory, an intelligent, studious 14-year-old who is the apple of her father’s eye, Melody Hurd as the fiercely independent 6-year-old Gracie Emory, and Alison Pill as Betty Wendell, whose suburban life is interrupted by the arrival of the Emory family.

The Amazon horror anthology “Them” is building out its main cast.

Variety has learned exclusively that seven new cast members have been added to the first season of the series, which is titled “Them: Covenant.” Shahadi Wright Joseph, Alison Pill, Ryan Kwanten, Melody Hurd, Javier Botet, and Percy Hynes White have all been cast as series regulars, while Derek Phillips has been cast in a recurring role. They join previously announced leads Deborah Ayorinde and Ashley Thomas.

“Them: Covenant” is set in 1953 and centers on Henry and Lucky Emory (Ayorinde and Thomas), who decide to move their family from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood. The family’s home on a tree-lined, seemingly idyllic street becomes ground zero where malevolent forces both real and supernatural threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.

Joseph had a breakout year in 2019, starring in both Jordan Peele’s “Us” and the remake of “The Lion King.

If you’ve seen a Sean Bean movie or television series over the last decade then chances are high you’ve watched a Sean Bean character die. The actor’s career is full of characters who have not survived to the end of the story, so much so that a 2011 YouTube compilation of Sean Bean character deaths went viral with nearly 2 million views. In a new interview with The Sun, Bean said his infamous history of dying onscreen has changed the way he considers agreeing to a film or television role. The actor has started turning down roles in which his character will die, but not out of an ego-driven desire for more screen time.

“I’ve turned down stuff. I’ve said, ‘They know my character’s going to die because I’m in it!’” Bean told The Sun. “I just had to cut that out and start surviving,...

The Maze Runner‘s Aml Ameen has boarded Susan DeRose’s drama, Charming the Hearts of Men, with Kelsey Grammer, Anna Friel, and Sean Astin. It’s said to be a fictional account inspired by true events. The story is about a woman who struggles to find gainful employment at the time of the Civil Rights movement and her only skill is her “charm.” Richard T Lewis is producing the project which is currently filming in Georgia. Ameen, last seen in Idris Elba’s directorial debut film, Yardie, will play Walter, the Congressman’s (Grammer) chauffeur and confidant. He’s repped by UTA, Link Management, The Artist’s Partnership in the UK, and attorney Dave Feldman.

Matty Cardarople has been cast in American Cherry, a romance thriller from writer/director Marcella Cytrynowicz. Sarah May Sommers stars in the film which follows a teenage girl...

Exclusive: Law & Order alumna Elisabeth Röhm has signed with Buchwald.

Röhm spent five seasons on Dick Wolf’s flagship series Law & Order portraying Serena Southerlyn. She then moved on to star in such notable projects as the WB’s Angel, TNT’s The Last Ship, Lifetime’s The Client List; The Oath, opposite Sean Bean; and Stalker, opposite Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q for CBS. She also had major arcs on hit series such as Will Arnett’s Flaked for Netflix and the CW’s Jane The Virgin.

Röhm recently wrapped production on the Lifetime feature Family Pictures and will next be seen in Lionsgate’s Roger Ailes biopic Fair And Balanced, directed by Jay Roach, as well as Ted Melfi’s The Starling, opposite Melissa McCarthy.

Additional film credits include David O. Russell’s American Hustle and Joy; The Tribes of Palos Verdes, opposite Jennifer Garner; Trafficked with Ashley Judd; and Going Under,...

Behind-the-scenes featurettes have long enumerated the many obstacles any movie or TV show has had to overcome to reach the theater or TV screen. But few films faced hardships as severe as those overcome by “Driven,” the real-life hero-to-zero story of automaker John DeLorean (played by Lee Pace) and his misadventures with ex-con pilot-turned-FBI informant Jim Hoffman (Jason Sudeikis). Directed by Nick Hamm, “Driven” was in its first days of principal photography in Puerto Rico in September 2017 when Hurricane Maria was bearing down on the island.

Line producer René Besson grew up in South Florida and has survived a few hurricanes in his day, even getting the Jason Statham action vehicle “Homefront” through 2012’s Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana. Familiar with the trajectories of weather patterns, he was closely watching Maria’s progress the night before landfall on the Caribbean isle.

“There was no question that this was going to hit,...

Here is a wrap up of all the news you need to know from Wednesday, August 14, 2019.

Katrina Law is making her way to Hawaii Five-0.

The Arrow veteran has copped a series regular role on the tenth season of the veteran CBS drama series.

The actress is on board as Quinn Liu, a former Staff Sergeant with Army Cid who was demoted for insubordination.

Quinn comes into contact with the team during a case involving veterans, and despite a troubling beginning, the team quickly recognizes her as an asset.

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“We are thrilled to have Katrina join the [cast],” says showrunner Peter M. Lenkov of the casting.

“She dazzles as Quinn, the team’s newest recruit, and viewers are going to love seeing how she first encounters McGarrett and Danny (played by Scott Caan). If you know the show well, you’ll be feeling some déjà vu.

CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 has set its sights on Katrina Law, adding the Arrow alum to its Season 10 cast as a series regular.

TVLine has learned that Law will play Quinn Liu, a former Staff Sergeant with Army Cid who was recently demoted for insubordination. After an explosive collision with Five-0 during a case involving veterans, Quinn becomes a loyal ally to the team. Sharp-tongued in several languages, she has a deep understanding of military culture, a mysterious past and a deft ability to match wits with McGarrett (played by Alex O’Loughlin).

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