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Conventional horror movies centered around werewolves often go heavy on special effects, showcasing the transformation from man to wolf and its subsequent uncontrollable slaughter. But the transformative aspect and dual nature of werewolves provide fertile ground for metaphor beyond their primal, animalistic urge to eviscerate everything in their path.

Out this week is The Beast Within, a werewolf movie with a fairy tale twist, framing its horror story from the perspective of a young girl discovering the truth about her afflicted father.

It’s the unconventional approach to werewolf lore that inspires this week’s streaming picks: five unconventional werewolf horror movies that defy easy categorization and use lycanthropy to explore historical horrors, the growing pains of youth, or simply loneliness.

Here’s where you can stream them this week.

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Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Swan Song, the ballet-themed documentary that will open Lincoln Center’s 52nd Dance on Camera Festival Friday evening.

The film – a Dogwoof, Visitor Media, Mercury Films, and Quiet Ghost production, directed and co-written by Chelsea McMullan – premiered last September at the Toronto International Film Festival. Greenwich plans to release Swan Song in theaters in the fall.

“Swan Song immerses viewers inside one of the world’s leading ballet companies as it mounts a legacy-defining new production of Swan Lake, directed by ballet icon Karen Kain on the eve of her retirement,” notes a description of the film. “The verité-driven feature documentary closely follows Kain and a group of young dancers drawn from the National Ballet of Canada’s ranks, weaving Swan Lake’s dramatic creation process with intimate scenes from the subjects’ personal lives as they push toward one of...

“Scream” star Neve Campbell has boarded the Toronto Film Festival-bound documentary “Swan Song,” about the National Ballet of Canada, as an executive producer.

Campbell, who is Canadian, is expected to attend Toronto in support of the film, which follows the ballet company as it mounts a new production of “Swan Lake” directed by ballet icon Karen Kain on the eve of her retirement.

The documentary will screen as part of the festival’s Special Presentations program. TIFF announced its official lineup on Monday, promising an array of world premiere titles despite the SAG-AFTRA actors strike, which will likely impede its red carpets.

“Swan Song” is directed by Chelsea McMullan, who wrote the film with producer Sean O’Neill. Distributed in Canada by Blue Ice Docs, with international sales handled by Dogwoof, the documentary will be released theatrically in Canada on Sept. 22. The project was developed with CBC and will air as...

While Shanola Hampton is most known for her role on Shameless, the actress played a small but important part in the crime drama Criminal Minds. The hit police procedural crime drama centers around the Behavioral Analysis Unit (Bau), a specialized FBI team who profiles criminals. Criminal Minds ran for 15 seasons from 2005 to 2020 on CBS before it was revived for a sixteenth season, titled Criminal Minds: Evolution, on streaming service Paramount+. Like most long-running shows the drama has gone through multiple cast changes like when Shemar Moore left Criminal Minds in season 11 and stopped playing Agent Derek Morgan.

Some of the recurring and guest characters that appear on Criminal Minds are the family members and romantic partners of the main Bau team. Because of the dangerous nature of their work, the agents in the Bau often have complicated personal lives. Not only does Criminal Minds show the emotional complexities the agents...

Lingo is Lingone — but only for the time being.

CBS has announced that the RuPaul Charles-hosted game show will be replaced on Wednesday nights at 9/8c with drama series reruns, starting with FBI: Most Wanted on March 22.

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The Company You Keep – ABC Winter TCA Press Tour panels featured in-person Q&As with the stars and executive producers of new and returning series on Wednesday, Jan. 11. (ABC) Milo Ventimiglia (Executive Producer) After six heart-wrenching seasons on This Is Us, Milo Ventimiglia didn’t waste any time at all getting back on television. He’s now starring in the drama The Company You Keep, a project he’d agreed to even before he’d shot his last scene on “This Is Us.” Why was Ventimiglia so eager to rush into a new production? He told us he was really impressed by what creator Julia Cohen had put together, and he didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to make the show.(Click on the media bar below to hear Milo Ventimiglia) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Milo_Vent_Company_YouKepp_.mp3 The Company You Keep airs Sundays at 10/9c on ABC,...

The Company You (ABC/Scott Everett White) Milo Ventimiglia Milo Ventimiglia fans will have no trouble separating his new role on The Company You Keep from his last TV role, as Jack Pearson on This Is Us. On The Company You Keep, he plays a con man — one who comes from a family of swindlers — who falls for an undercover CIA agent. There’s drama, there’s intrigue, there’s romance, and Ventimiglia says he thinks all of those elements add up to a show that’s just plain fun to watch. (Click on the media bar below to hear Milo Ventimiglia) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Milo_Audience_Comoany_.mp3 The Company You Keep airs Sunday nights on ABC, and episodes start streaming the following day on Hulu.

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In the 18 years since he made his TV acting debut on the Disney Channel series “Phil of the Future,” Evan Peters has appeared in a recurring or regular capacity on seven more shows, including nine installments of the anthology series “American Horror Story.” Now, he has at last succeeded in capturing the attention of his peers in the Screen Actors Guild with his performance on the HBO limited series “Mare of Easttown,” which just won him an Emmy last September. If he ends up taking home the Best TV Movie/Mini Actor prize, he will be the seventh actor to win it on his first-ever SAG bid and the first since Kevin Costner (“Hatfields & McCoys”) nine years ago.

Peters’s challengers in this contest are Murray Bartlett (“The White Lotus”), Oscar Isaac (“Scenes from a Marriage”), Michael Keaton (“Dopesick”), and Ewan McGregor (“Halston”). Like Peters, both Bartlett and Isaac are SAG newcomers.

Ewan McGregor has been singled out for the first time at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The actor is nominated for his performance in “Halston” as the eponymous fashion designer, marking his first individual bid with SAG-AFTRA. McGregor is also coming off his first Emmy win last September, laying claim to Best Limited Series Actor, with numerous additional nominations at other award shows. In order to win at SAG, however, he will have to defeat some tough competition.

Other SAG nominees in Best TV Movie/Mini Actor include Murray Bartlett (“The White Lotus”), Oscar Isaac (“Scenes from a Marriage”), Michael Keaton (“Dopesick”), and Evan Peters (“Mare of Easttown”). Bartlett, Isaac, and Peters are all making their SAG debuts, none of them even scoring an ensemble bid in the past. Peters, like McGregor, won an Emmy for his performance in the supporting actor category. Keaton has the biggest SAG...

Michael Keaton might own the record for most film ensemble wins at the Screen Actors Guild Awards with three, but the once and future Batman is still looking for his first individual win across both film and television. It could come this year, though, as he’s been nominated for Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actor for his excellent turn as Dr. Samuel Finnix, a doctor in a Virginia mining town, in Hulu’s heartbreaking limited series “Dopesick.” The show, which was inspired by Beth Macy’s nonfiction book “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America,” tells the harrowing story of the opioid epidemic that crippled America, offering a raw but empathetic look at the men and women most affected by the crisis.

This is Keaton’s third individual nomination and second for TV. He was previously nominated in 2008 for his performance in the TNT miniseries “The Company.

Oscar Isaac has been one of the hottest actors of the past decade, starring in a number of acclaimed films and box office smashes. But it is only now that the actor is getting recognition from the Screen Actors Guild, for his soul-bearing performance in the HBO limited series “Scenes from a Marriage.” Isaac’s delicate work opposite Jessica Chastain landed him a nomination in Best TV Movie/Mini Actor at this year’s SAG Awards, where he stands a chance of winning on his first try.

Isaac is joined by two other first-timers in TV Movie/Mini Actor, both from HBO miniseries of their own — Murray Bartlett (“The White Lotus”) and Evan Peters (“Mare of Easttown”). The other two nominees have a decent SAG history including Ewan McGregor (“Halston”), who scores his first individual recognition after three ensemble bids for “Little Voice” (1998), “Moulin Rouge!” (2001), and “August: Osage County” (2013). Michael Keaton...

Amidst the chaos of the flawed, self-involved characters on “The White Lotus,” Murray Bartlett‘s Armond emerges as a steadying anchor. This isn’t to say Armond isn’t flawed himself — a formerly drug-addicted hotel manager who is driven to use again after dealing with this bunch — but Bartlett delivers a charismatic, relatable performance that resonates with anyone who has worked with the public. Now, the longtime actor has finally been recognized by his peers at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where he is nominated in the category of Best TV Movie/Mini Actor.

Bartlett is not the only first-time SAG nominee in his category. Oscar Isaac (“Scenes from a Marriage”) and Evan Peters (“Mare of Easttown”) join Bartlett as rookies, with Peters coming off an Emmy win for his performance. Fellow Emmy winner Ewan McGregor was also singled out for the first time by the Screen Actors Guild for...

Michael Keaton already has three SAG Awards on his mantel, but he has yet to win for an individual performance. Instead, his trophies all came for being in the winning film ensembles of “Birdman,” “Spotlight” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” Might Keaton’s poignant performance in “Dopesick” finally be his ticket to an individual victory? His co-nominees at the Screen Actors Guild are Evan Peters (“Mare of Easttown”), Murray Bartlett (“The White Lotus”), Ewan McGregor (“Halston”) and Oscar Isaac (“Scenes from a Marriage”). Read on for my four reasons why I think Keaton should make room in his trophy case for his starring role in the Hulu limited series.

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He makes you cry

For audiences who grew up watching Keaton as “Batman,” “Beetlejuice” and “Mr. Mom,” the idea that he would one day have them in tears playing a country doctor who...

Michael Keaton is known for many things. Not only has he played a superhero, a supervillain and a devious poltergeist during his career, but he’s also the only person in history to win three film ensemble Screen Actors Guild Awards. Now he’s looking to add to his haul by potentially taking home his first individual SAG Award for his dramatic turn on Hulu’s “Dopesick.”

The limited series, which was inspired by Beth Macy’s nonfiction book “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America,” was written by Danny Strong. It tells the harrowing story of the opioid epidemic that has crippled America, painting an empathetic portrait of the men and women most affected by it while documenting the crimes of Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin. Keaton portrays Dr. Samuel Finnix, a small-town doctor in a Virginia mining town who both prescribes the drugs to...

Neve Campbell will reprise her role as Sidney Prescott in Paramount-Spyglass’ relaunch of Scream.

She joins previously announced Scream gang David Arquette and Courteney Cox as Dewey Riley and Gale Weathers, and new cast members Jack Quaid, Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega. Production is planned to shoot in Wilmington, North Carolina for a Jan. 14, 2022 theatrical release.

Radio Silence said, “We’re pinching ourselves! It’s hard to express how much the character Sidney Prescott shaped our love of movies and to have the chance to work with Neve is truly a dream come true. It just wouldn’t be a ‘Scream’ movie without Neve and we’re so excited and honored to join her in Woodsboro.”

Campbell said, “After spending time speaking with Radio Silence, they have shown such love, respect and admiration for Wes Craven and all that he’s created in the ‘Scream’ franchise. I am beyond excited...

Hulu is moving ahead with Dopesick, an 8-episode limited series focused on America’s opioid crisis, brandishing promising marquee names in headliner Michael Keaton, Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson, Emmy-winning writer/showrunner Danny Strong and veteran Emmy-winning producer Warren Littlefield.

The series, a production of Fox 21 Television Studios eyed for 2021, adapts author Beth Macy’s 2018 journalistic book, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America. Hulu’s series, like the book, will focus on the ordeal of a Virginia mining town, with Keaton starring as Samuel Finnix, who’s described as “an old-school doctor who approaches his practice with kindness and compassion, but finds himself embroiled in Big Pharma’s deadly secret.” Yet, the series will also intersect “unsparing yet deeply human portraits” of families affected by the pill-pushing encroachment of monolithic companies, all while attempting to shine “a hopeful light” for the future. As Bert Salke, President,...

Birdman‘s Michael Keaton is flocking to Hulu. The Academy Award nominee is set to executive-produce and star in Dopesick, a limited series based on the bestselling book of the same name by Beth Macy.

The eight-episode adaptation will be penned by Danny Strong (Empire, Game Change) and directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man). Warren Littlefield (The Handmaid’s Tale) is an Ep.

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Dopesick is described as “an ambitious, harrowing...

Hulu has given a straight-to-series order to Dopesick, an eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book, with Michael Keaton attached to star and executive produce. Barry Levinson is set to direct the project which hails from Empire co-creator/exec producer Danny Strong, The Handmaid’s Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield and Fox 21 Television Studios.

Written by Strong and slated to premiere in 2021, Dopesick is described as an ambitious, harrowing, and compelling look into the epicenter of America’s struggle with Opioid addiction. It takes viewers from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of “one percenter” Big Pharma Manhattan. The unsparing yet deeply human portraits of the various affected families and their intersecting stories hold up a mirror to where America is right now, while shining a hopeful light on the heroes battling the worst drug epidemic in American history.

Barry Jenkins has kept busy in quarantine, as IndieWire learned during an Instagram live discussion with the Oscar-winning “Moonlight” filmmaker last month. He’s been sheltering with his partner, fellow filmmaker Lulu Wang, and continuing work on “The Underground Railroad” series as best he can remotely. He’s also busily devouring movies, just like the rest of us, and the filmmaker recently shared eight movies he recommends streaming during quarantine with The Atlantic’s David Sims.

Among his picks is Steven Soderbergh’s science-fiction film “Solaris,” adapted from the Stanislaw Lem novel, currently streaming on Starz. The misunderstood, 2002 romantic drama follows George Clooney as a psychologist who gets more than he bargained for when he’s sent to outer space.

“Though it’s a sci-fi movie, it’s about these very simple human emotions between Chris [Clooney] and his wife, Rheya [Natascha McElhone],” Jenkins said. “In one moment, I’m thinking...

Neve Campbell is in final negotiations to join Jimi Mistry and Kristin Kreuk in the Indian epic Partition. Myriad Pictures and Sepia Films are co-producing the film, which will shoot on location in May. Campbell will play the passionate but lonely Margaret Stilwell, a woman who helps Gian Singh (Mistry), who resigns from the British Indian Army to live a quiet life in his village in northern India. His world is thrown into turmoil when he falls in love with a 17-year-old girl (Kreuk) who is traumatized by the events that separate her from her family as India is divided into two countries. Vic Sarin directs from a script he co-wrote with Patricia Finn. Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar are composing the score. Campbell's recent credits include Blind Horizon, The Company and When Will I Be Loved. Campbell is repped by ICM.

Neve Campbell will star in the lead female role opposite Ron Livingston in the indie Relative Strangers, being produced by Danny DeVito. The project, directed by Greg Glienna, centers on an uptight professional (Livingston) who sets out to meet his biological parents only to discover that they are from the wrong side of the trailer park. Campbell plays the fiancee of Livingston's character. Other casting is expected to be announced shortly. Producing the film are DeVito, Brian Etting, Ram Bergman and Josh Etting. Glienna penned the screenplay along with Peter Stass. Campbell, repped by ICM, Forster Entertainment and attorney Steve Younger, is coming off positive reviews for her starring turn in the festival feature When Will I Be Loved for helmer James Toback. Her other recent credits include Robert Altman's The Company.

American film editor Geraldine Peroni died at her New York home on Tuesday after reportedly committing suicide. She was 51. The city's medical examiner's office ruled the movie maker - who frequently worked with director Robert Altman - had killed herself, however her family are disputing that finding. Peroni was due to edit the new Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal film Brokeback Mountain later this year. Peroni worked on eight Altman films, including Vincent And Theo, Dr T And The Women and The Company. Altman says, "Her death is a big loss. She made my work so easy. She reads me better than anybody had ever read me, and, consequently, she did the work; I didn't have to. So it was a wonderful situation. But those things don't last." During her 20 year film career, she was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA award for The Player.

Film babe Neve Campbell lost thousands of dollars on her new film The Company to ensure her fellow cast members received their wages. The Party Of Five actress stars and produces the Robert Altman-directed ballet movie, which also stars Spider-Man hunk James Franco and A Clockwork Orange actor Malcolm McDowell. Neve moans, "I'm in the red on this movie. I made nothing, and halfway through, I had to give up my paycheck so the dancers could get paid." And Neve adds the only time she has managed to make big bucks is from the final Scream movie. Neve explains, "Scream 3 is probably the only time I'll make that money. I won't make that kind of cash. It's so the opposite."...

Neve Campbell is gearing up for a starring turn as the silent-film star-turned-elusive actress Louise Brooks. Campbell has purchased Peter Nickowitz and Bill Oliver's screenplay Lulu as a starring vehicle for herself. The script tells the life story of Brooks, who was born in 1906 in Kansas. She went on to star in more than two dozen films, most notably Pandora's Box, A Girl in Every Port and Beggars of Life. Known for her strong-willed ways -- and her trendsetting bobbed hair -- Brooks then moved to Germany, where she starred in several German productions. It was in Europe that she became a recluse, hiding away from the public eye until she was rediscovered in her later years after she was given a typewriter that she used to write a series of essays about her life. The beginning of Campbell's project finds Brooks in her solitude and then traces back the story of her life. It is known that Campbell has wanted to do a film about Brooks for many years. She will now be looking for a director and financier. Campbell is repped by ICM, manager Arlene Forster at her Forster Entertainment and attorney Steve Younger at Manatt, Phelps and Phillips. She next stars in Robert Altman's The Company, which she produced based on her own original idea. Campbell's other upcoming projects include Blind Horizon, with Val Kilmer, Churchill: The Hollywood Years, with Christian Slater, and James Toback's When Will I Be Loved. The writers are repped by attorney Eric Brooks at Bloom, Hergott & Diemer.

Malcolm McDowell has signed on to star opposite Jim Caviezel in Stroke of Genius, the indie biopic of legendary golfer Bobby Jones. McDowell will play sportswriter O.B. Keeler, who discovered Jones and became one of the golf prodigy's most trusted friends. Written and directed by Rowdy Herrington, Stroke is being produced by Kim Dawson and Rick Eldridge through their North Carolina-based BJ Films banner in association with Culver City-based Dean River Prods. Tom Crow is serving as consulting producer. Production begins this month in Scotland and Atlanta. Stroke marks the latest project in a busy schedule for McDowell these days. He stars in the upcoming Robert Altman film The Company, which will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and next appears opposite Clive Owen in the Paramount Classics thriller I'll Sleep When I'm Dead. McDowell also appears in the upcoming Disney adventure Hidalgo. McDowell recently signed with Tammy Rosen and Melanie Greene at the Personal Management Co. and is repped by Paradigm.