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1923 is a Western crime drama series created by Taylor Sheridan. The Paramount+ series is the second prequel series to the extremely popular Paramount Network series Yellowstone, and it is set in 1923. It follows a generation of the Dutton family as they deal with various conflicts, including Prohibition, drought, and the early stages of the Great Depression. 1923 stars Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Brandon Sklenar, Julia Schlaepfer, Jerome Flynn, Darren Mann, Isabel May, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, Michelle Randolph, and Timothy Dalton. So, if you loved the Western setting, thrilling story, and compelling characters in 1923, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Yellowstone is a neo-Western drama series created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson. The Paramount Network series follows the Dutton family, who own and operate the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch.

Young Werther draws inspiration from the 18th-century novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, yet its adaptation into Toronto’s urban landscape creates an unsettling transformation, reflecting our current era’s obsession with self-deception and impossible yearning.

In Goethe’s original, Werther’s unrequited love symbolizes youthful passion that promises redemption but leads to self-destruction. The film maintains this core narrative, moving through contemporary times with a tragic essence, filtered through a romantic comedy lens.

The film’s opening—playful in its historical reference, even mentioning Beatlemania—initially attracts viewers with a light moment before darker themes emerge.

In Toronto, Werther (Douglas Booth) wanders through a world of self-interest, intensely desiring Charlotte (Alison Pill), a woman committed to another. The modern setting provides minimal relief from his internal struggle, as he moves through the city’s warm atmosphere—a place that hints at fulfillment but never truly provides it.

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“Young Werther” is a new live-action romantic comedy feature, written and directed by José Lourenço, starring Douglas Booth, Alison Pill, Iris Apatow and Patrick J. Adams, now streaming on Prime Video:

“…based on the 1774 novel ‘The Sorrows of Young Werther’ by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a writer falls in love with a woman, but discovers that she's already engaged…”

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Lots of stars showed up at one of the 2025 BAFTAs after parties!

Camila Cabello and new boyfriend Henry Chalhoub were photographed getting into a car after the night out in London, England on Sunday (February 16). The White Lotus couple Leo Woodall and his girlfriend Meghann Fahy were also seen out at the same party, said to be the British Vogue and GQ joint affair.

Other attendees included 2025 Leading Actor BAFTA winner Adrien Brody, Oscar winner Jared Leto, model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Fantastic Four‘s Vanessa Kirby, On Swift Horses‘ Will Poulter, Bridgerton‘s Luke Newton, Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall, Emily in Paris‘ Lucien Laviscount, Game of Thrones‘ Nathalie Emmanuel, Natalie Dormer, and Maisie Williams, married actors Bel Powley and Douglas Booth, and model/actress Adwoa Aboah.

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The actor on making mistakes in the public eye, finding happiness in a lido, and his famous footballer crush

Born in London, Douglas Booth, 32, was cast in the film From Time to Time at 16. In 2010, he played Boy George in the television film Worried About the Boy and the following year he was Pip in a BBC adaptation of Great Expectations. In 2013, he starred as Romeo in Carlo Carlei’s version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet; his other films include Noah, The Riot Club, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Mary Shelley, Shoshana and I’ve Never Wanted Anyone More, which is now available on digital platforms. He is married to the actor Bel Powley and lives in London.

When were you happiest?

Whenever I’m swimming in the lido at London Fields.

Updated with the latest: The Sandman, based on the comics by Neil Gaiman, will end with its second season. This news came following allegations of misconduct and sexual assault against Gaiman, which has resulted in his other projects being paused or canceled. The decision to end the story with Season 2 was made before filming on the second installment began.

“‘The Sandman’ series has always been focused exclusively on Dream’s story, and back in 2022, when we looked at the remaining Dream material from the comics, we knew we only had enough story for one more season,” showrunner Allan Heinberg wrote in a post shared on X. “We are extremely grateful to Netflix for bringing the team all back together and giving us the time and resources to make a faithful adaptation in a way that we hope will surprise and delight the comics’ loyal readers as well as fans of our show.

All good dreams must come to an end sooner or later, and so it goes that a very good Dream is about to come to an end imminently on Netflix. In news that will likely come as a surprise to precisely nobody, today the streaming giant has announced that its dark fantasy epic The Sandman will conclude with the release of its upcoming second season. Officially, the line is that the series is finishing because the story of Tom Sturridge's Morpheus — aka Dream — is coming to its natural end. And while that is doubtless a key factor, much like Prime Video's suddenly cut short Good Omens, it's hard not to assume that the serious and ongoing allegations of sexual misconduct that have been brought against creator Neil Gaiman in recent months have played their part in Netflix's decision to pull the plug. You can read a statement on the...

Netflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” will end with its upcoming second season.

“The Sandman” Season 2 has been a long time coming. The first season debuted in August 2022, and it wasn’t renewed at Netflix until November of that year. At that time, Netflix was also hesitant to label it as a second season at all, choosing instead to say it was “a continuation of ‘The Sandman’ world,” and wouldn’t commit to an episode count. Variety has confirmed the second season of “The Sandman” was intended to be the last prior to filming in 2023.

“‘The Sandman’ series has always been focused exclusively on Dream’s story, and back in 2022, when we looked at the remaining Dream material from the comics, we knew we only had enough story for one more season,” “The Sandman” showrunner Allan Heinberg said in a statement to Variety Friday. “We are extremely...

As the world prepares to see a new He-Man hit the big screen next year, it has been sadly reported that the voice behind the original animated version of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe character, John Erwin, has died aged 88. The actor, who began his career working in adverts in the late 1960s, made a number of other appearances, but for many, it was his role as He-Man that he will be most remembered for. As well as leading the show in the role of He-Man, Erwin also played the monstrously dim-witted Beast Man.

According to PR firm Celebworx, who represented the star, Erwin actually died last month, “around December 20,” of natural causes. The announcement not only drew reactions from many children of the ‘80s, but also Erwin’s costars, Alan Oppenheimer, who voiced Skeletor, and Melendy Britt, who provided the voice of She-Ra. In a...

An 18th-century love triangle relocated to the well-to-do of modern Toronto is big on banter and farce even if real passion is sometimes lacking

Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s 1774 epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther was one of the most influential books of its age, in part responsible for launching the Romantic movement, shaping ideas about the novel itself, and inspiring some of the earliest instances of copycat suicide. These days of course, it doesn’t have anything like the cultural influence that it had in its heyday, eclipsed by Goethe’s later plays, poetry and scientific endeavours. So hurrah for the film-makers behind this sweet Canadian-British co-production for their valiant, quixotic efforts to relaunch Werther for the youth of today. Writer-director José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço resets the book’s love triangle among the well-to-do in modern-day Toronto, turning it into a kind of wan romantic comedy: part Goethe,...

As Terrence Malick and company now enter the sixth year of editing on his Biblical epic The Way of the Wind, 2025 may now finally be time it sees the light of day. After once again placing it highly among our most-anticipated films of the year, we have a few more details on the film, including a potential reason for it being Malick’s longest-ever post-production.

In celebration of his new book The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick, author John Bleasdale has published a fascinating new series on his podcast Writers on Film exploring Malick’s work, including a conversation with his long-time production designer Jack Fisk. While Fisk didn’t work on The Way of the Wind, he did heavy location-scouting for the film starring Géza Röhrig as Jesus, Matthias Schoenaerts as Peter, and Mark Rylance as Satan alongside Ben Kingsley, Joseph Fiennes, Tawfeek Barhom,...

In “Young Werther,” director Jose Avelino Gilles Corbet Lourenco has a tough task. How to distill the eighteenth-century Goethe classic and transpose it into the modern times where the rules of morality and relationships have undergone dramatic shifts? Would the same hero remain a fitting protagonist placed in a much different temporal context? Would his anxieties and desires ring with equal fervor and intensity?

The director must have foreseen a direct, too-faithful adaptation of the text would only spawn a slew of difficulties. What’s needed instead is levity and insouciance galore to pad the repurposing into the modern times. The bleakness of the text is reframed through a lens that has a mix of whimsy and self-awareness. The hero of the film can see to some extent the degree of his folly in his romantic pursuit. He is bullish and seems to know the task of his chasing would always be tricky.

Indie film fans have fallen in love with Young Werther, the bittersweet movie written and directed by José Lourenço. The story of Werther falling head over heels for the already engaged Charlotte is both charming and heartbreaking. But for the man behind the camera, it's a journey that's spanned years as he worked on the script and strove to get the movie made.

In an interview with Cbr, Lourenço speaks about why he was so inspired by The Sorrows of Young Werther, and why he wanted to do a book-to-screen adaptation of the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe novel. He reveals why he wound up directing the movie in addition to writing it. Plus, he reflects on working with Young Werther's talented cast and crew.

Cbr: Young Werther is your feature directorial debut. What made you want to direct the movie, when you were already writing the screenplay? Was that always the plan,...

We are now in the season of his beloved short story A Christmas Carol, but really, Charles Dickens never goes out of season. One of the 19th-century writer's most popular novels, Great Expectations, has been adapted to the screen many times. Most recently, Steven Knight's miniseries based on the novel came to Hulu in 2023, featuring Olivia Colman as the icon herself, Miss Havisham. However, going back a little more than a decade, the 2012 3-episode miniseries starring Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham, Douglas Booth as Pip, and Vanessa Kirby as Estella ultimately takes the cake as one of the most visually stunning, well-acted Dickens adaptations so far. This iteration of the novel from director Brian Kirk really captures the tone of the novel and has a standout performance from Anderson that is one of the best of her career.

The Sandman fans haven't seen the last of Jenna Coleman's Johanna Constantine. The actor recently confirmed her return for Season 2 of the beloved Netflix series, while also hyping up the next batch of episodes.

Speaking with Screen Rant, Coleman confirmed that she would be back as Constantine for The Sandman Season 2, remarking, "Yeah, I think I'm allowed to say that. I'm pretty sure I am. Well, I was seen on set actually, so yeah, I definitely am. Yeah. Yeah, I'm back in Season 2." The actor then shared that Season 2 is "probably more visually stunning than it was the first year," explaining that the "scale is, I mean, it's so cinematic and so I think it's a very unique show. So yeah, everything that you loved in Season 1 is there and more for sure."

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Young Werther has its share of sadness, but star Alison Pill points out that there's just as much to love about the romance movie. Pill stars as Charlotte, who immediately attracts Werther's attention, yet the bond between them isn't destined to lead to a happy ending. Even so, it has a major impact on both of their lives.

In an interview with Cbr, Star Trek: Picard alum Pill speaks about how she approached the character of Charlotte. She explains what she found to love about the dynamic between Charlotte and Werther. Plus, she spoke about the different relationships Charlotte has with Werther and Albert, and her friendship with writer-director José Lourenço.

Cbr: The character of Charlotte is essentially the center of Young Werther, because if the audience doesn't believe she's important enough to for him to be so devoted to her, the premise of the film falls apart. With that in mind,...

Young Werther is a romance movie for people who love romances -- but also for the skeptics and the brokenhearted. Writer-director José Lourenço's film takes the classic German book The Sorrows of Young Werther and updates it for a modern audience. However, it's not a typical book to screen adaptation thanks to its unique cast, led by Douglas Booth in the title role.

In an interview with Cbr, Booth explained how Werther is essentially a child in a man's body, and why he gravitated toward the character. The Jupiter Ascending alum also spoke about his unique working relationship with Lourenço, as they collaborated to bring the artist's vision to the screen. Plus, find out why he had tremendous fun making the movie.

Cbr: Audiences will recognize you from starring in the western That Dirty Black Bag, or from the space epic Jupiter Ascending. Young Werther is obviously very different from those roles.

The Sorrows of Young Werther took Europe by storm when it first released back in 1774. Now, 250 years later, writer/director José Lourenço has adapted the timeless novel for film with Young Werther, starring Douglas Booth in the title role. Werther is a young aristocrat who falls in love with Charlotte (Alison Pill). The only problem is, she's already engaged to another man (Patrick J. Adams), but Werther won't let such trivialities get in the way of his plan.

Young Werther marks the feature film debut of writer/director José Lourenço, though he's spent years cutting his teeth on short films and music videos. Young Werther distinguishes itself from other rom-coms thanks to its snappy but sophisticated dialogue, delivered with gravitas and grace by its actors, in particular Douglas Booth, who imbues his character with a palpable charm that makes him easy to root for, even if his ultimate plan is less than savory.

Twenty-five years after his epic return to filmmaking with The Thin Red Line, award-winning auteur Terrence Malick is still busy at work with an "endless energy," as one of the stars of his upcoming film recently told MovieWeb. The Way of the Wind is based on selections from the Bible and features a reliably impressive cast, as is the case with all of Malick's features. One of them is rising star Douglas Booth, who recently discussed Malick's unique filmmaking style with us in a new interview.

"He's a very special director. It was a great pleasure to work with him. I can't really say exactly what I was doing in the film because it's top secret, and I respect the way he works and the way he likes to keep things close to his chest," Booth told us, adding:

"But what I can say is he works in a very specific way,...

Before the Kevin Spacey scandal shook Hollywood and the mass media at large, the Oscar-winning actor had at least a few projects filmed and in the can. The most infamous of these is simple titled Gore, a Netflix film that may never see the light of day and cost the streamer roughly $40 million dollars after they decided to shelve the movie when allegations were levied against Spacey. The actor plays the eponymous Gore Vidal, a renowned American writer who died in 2012, and the film is said to chronicle a particular summer in Italy where Vidal takes a young man under his wing and teaches him lessons about life, love, and more.

The young man is played by Douglas Booth, who has kept busy with a number of other projects since Gore. MovieWeb spoke to Booth during his press blitz for his new film Young Werther, in which he plays the...

Star Trek: Picard fans hope the beloved eponymous character will "live long and prosper" beyond the three seasons of television that concluded last year. Alongside the timeless Patrick Stewart, the series featured an impressive cast that included Canadian actress Alison Pill, who played the beloved Dr. Agnes Jurati (as Trekkies are well aware). When it came time to tune into the third season's epic finale, however, Jurati was nowhere to be seen, despite fans' hopes that she would be brought back in some capacity. What happened? MovieWeb was fortunate enough to catch up with Pill recently, while the Scott Pilgrim star was promoting her exciting new rom-com Young Werther — and Pill weighed in on the Picard finale as well.

"I remember those discussions early on, and then, I think, as the scripts were written, they realized it was just too full," Pill told us in reflecting on what transpired behind the scenes.

Celebrated comedian and actress Mae Martin is changing the game in comedy and expanding beyond her standup talents into high-caliber television. Following Netflix's acclaimed Feel Good, her next highly anticipated project for the streamer is a miniseries called Wayward, which is "set in a bucolic town with secrets that are anything but pretty," according to Netflix. In addition to Martin, the cast features other big names such as Toni Collette (Juror No. 2) and Patrick J. Adams (Suits). The latter actor recently spoke to MovieWeb leading up to the release of his new film Young Werther and took the time to share about Wayward and Mae's talents.

"I have not yet even been told what I'm allowed to say or not, so I'll be very careful. But I will say Mae's a genius. And my time on that set, while pretty short, was wonderful," Adams told us. "It's an incredible group of people,...

It's all about nabbing the rights in Hollywood, isn't it? If you follow the headlines offered by the trades, you're constantly learning which hit novel has just been scooped up by a major studio or filmmaker for adaptation to the big screen. These days, it's usually concerning a more recent bestseller, but there remain myriad centuries-old works that have yet to be translated into the cinematic medium, or reinterpreted for the modern era. It doesn't even matter if a work has been adapted before. For instance, The Sorrows of Young Werther was made into several forgotten, foreign-language titles, including a German period drama back in 1976, but that's a far cry from the new film Young Werther, a modernized rom-com spin on the Romantic classic.

Filmmaker José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço's film is a clever, heartfelt, upbeat, and downright funny reimagining of the source material. MovieWeb recently caught up with...

A literary classic gets revived with Young Werther, based on the 1774 novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The film takes the basic outline of the original story and updates it for modern sensibilities. Douglas Booth stars as the title character, a wealthy young man of the the leisure class who falls in love with Charlotte, played by Alison Pill. The only problem: she's already engaged to another man (Patrick J. Adams). Undeterred, Werther decides to embark on a misguided quest to steal Charlotte's heart.

Alison Pill is best known to genre fans for her roles in classic pop culture franchises such as Star Trek and Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. She also notably appeared in Bong Joon Ho's Snowpiercer and had a small, but pivotal, role in M. Night Shyamalan's latest film, Trap. In Young Werther, she gets to play an object of romantic lust, but doesn't play...

A literary classic gets a 21st-century coat of paint with Young Werther, based on the 1774 novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. The film loosely follows the plot of the book, but has been updated to reflect 2024 sensibilities. Douglas Booth (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) stars as the title character, an aristocratic young fop who falls in love with a young woman. The only problem is that she's already engaged to be married to a pretty great guy. Thus, Werther embarks on a quest to win his beloved's heart, whether she's interested or not.

While an inherently unlikable figure on a less-than-righteous mission, Young Werther is nonetheless an endearing story thanks to the script by writer-director José Lourenço and a winning performance by Booth, who imbues the character with an old-timey charm, quick wit, and good-natured harmlessness, even when trying to steal a woman from her fiancé.

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Arguably one of the most insufferable protagonists in literature is the title figure in Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s “The Sorrows of Young Werther” — a martyr to unrequited love who ultimately commits suicide. The author soon distanced himself from this early work, despite the fame it brought him. No doubt that was largely because the fuel it provided for the subsequent Romantic movement (which he disdained) proved so flammable; there arose real-life cases of copycat self-annihilation amongst readers who fancied themselves as theatrically bereft as his hero.

Few beyond academics now are likely to recall the huge cultural impact the book had a quarter-millennium ago. Still, you needn’t be savvy to that historical footnote to enjoy the new “Young Werther” — though it does help. “Based on the smash hit 1774 novel of tragic romance,” as opening onscreen text announces, Jose Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenco’s debut feature is a confident, clever update.

Young Werther is a new romantic comedy based on the classic smash hit novel of tragic romance, albeit with a modern spin. One of the year's funniest movies, its characters are complex and the dialogue is incredibly rich.

Taking on the title role of Werther in this engrossing adaptation of the 1774 novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, is Douglas Booth.

Many of you will know him best for his roles in Jupiter Ascending, The Dirt, and Great Expectations; however, the English actor is about to break into the world of comic book adaptations with season 2 of Netflix's The Sandman. 

Booth will play Cluracan, a courtier in the court of the Queen of Faerie and the brother to Nuala, who was given to Dream as a gift from his queen. Often drunk, and with a propensity to offend others even when sober, he nevertheless has...

"Cool story, man." The 2010 cult-classic film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is chock-full of one-liners and beloved, riotous characters, including the gloriously deadpan Kim. The drummer and ex-girlfriend to Scott is played to perfection by Alison Pill, helping to bring to life the delicious ensemble first laid out in Bryan Lee O'Malley's iconic graphic-novel series. The creator was then heavily involved in Edgar Wright's acclaimed film adaptation — and next came the highly anticipated anime series on Netflix. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off has been perceived to be a one-and-done sort of project, but, of course, we're itching for more. MovieWeb was fortunate to catch up with Pill, who had reunited with her film co-stars for the animated show, to gather any additional insight into the thrilling franchise's future. She told us:

"I haven't heard about anything more recently. We have this email chain with all of our cast on it,...

It's tempting to immediately judge Young Werther by its first 10-15 minutes, but if you hold out a little longer, the true movie will reveal itself. Based on the 1774 novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, the rougher edges of the book are sanded down and given a 21st-century sheen through the adaptation written and directed by José Lourenço. Though it was no easy task, Lourenço takes a rather dark and nihilistic story from Goethe and makes it plucky, bright, and an encouraging addition to the rom-com genre.

Young Werther follows the story of a passionate young novelist who, while on an errand in the city, encounters Charlotte. Despite her commitment to her fiancé Albert, Werther becomes entangled in an emotional affair with Charlotte, leading to a complex triangle of emotions and evolving relationships.

Release Date September 6, 2024Runtime 101 minutesGenres Drama, Romance, ComedyCast Liam Ma, Laurie Murdoch, Iris Apatow,...

Young Werther is a new romantic comedy based on the classic smash hit novel of tragic romance, albeit with a modern spin. One of the year's funniest movies, its characters are complex and the dialogue is incredibly rich.

Among the movie's leads is Patrick J. Adams (Suits). As the fiancé of the woman Werther hopes to make his own, the actor shakes off the expected rom-com tropes and delivers a stellar performance. Of course, we're sure many of you will also know Adams for his brief but memorable role as the Arrowverse's Hourman in Legends of Tomorrow. 

A member of the Justice Society of America, he was killed by the Reverse-Flash in relatively short order. However, the role was still one that meant a lot to Adams. 

"Oh yes, my one comic book adventure! How do I look back at that? It was so quick," he admits. "I was...

"Werther!" Read the name, remember it, learn to love it. Or hate it? Nah, we're guessing you won't exactly detest the eponymous antihero by the end of Young Werther, Lionsgate's new rom-com offering. For starters, it's a star-making turn for lovable English lad Douglas Booth. Remember his name, too, because you'll be seeing him in other notable works down the line.

In the meantime, soak up his flawless American accent alongside the equally adorable Alison Pill (The Newsroom) and the deadpan funny Patrick J. Adams (Suits) for a peppy, oftentimes purposefully irreverent end result that was written for the screen and directed by José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço. The cinematic fun all builds to an ending that romantic-comedy lovers might see as a betrayal, but they may not have heard of the novel.

A Romance Dating Back to the 1700s

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It was couples night out at the 2024 British Film Independent Awards held at The Roundhouse on Sunday (December 8) in London.

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, and fairly newlyweds Jack Lowden and Saoirse Ronan were among the celebs who were in attendance at the annual awards show, celebrating British independent films.

The big winner of the night was Michael‘s musical comedy Kneecap, which picked up several awards.

Keep reading to find out more…

Also stepping out were winners Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley and Sophie Okonedo, as well as Aisling Bea, Sean Baker, Maria Bakalova, Douglas Booth, Ellie Bamber, Samantha Quan, Mikey Madison, Alex Coco, Katy O’Brian, Ben Hardy, Adam Pearson, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Joseph Quinn, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Martin Freeman and Rachel Benaissa, Indira Varma, James Norton, Connor Swindells and Lauren Lyle.

Not only did Marianne win Best Lead Performance for Hard Truths at the BIFAs, but she also won...

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Margaret Qualley is one of the most talented and brilliant young actresses working in Hollywood right now. Born to actress Andie MacDowell, the actress, model, and dancer trained as a ballet dancer in her youth. She made her acting debut in 2013 with Gia Coppola‘s film Palo Alto. She recently starred in the hit satirical body horror film The Substance alongside Demi Moore. So, if you also love Qualley’s performances, here are the 10 best movies and TV shows starring Margaret Qualley.

10. My Salinger Year (AMC+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – IFC Films

My Salinger Year is a drama film written and directed by Philippe Falardeau. Based on the memoir of the same name by Joanna Rakoff, the 2020 film follows Joanna Rakoff, an aspiring writer working for literary agent Phyllis Westberg, as she receives some impactful personal advice from reclusive author J.D. Salinger.

Even though we're already with an eye on 2025, there are still some releases that we should be excited about in December. One of them is Young Werther, a rom-com that stars Alison Pill (Trap) and Douglas Booth (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) as a couple that falls deeply in love but... one of them is engaged. It's a recipe for drama and we're here for it. Luckily for Collider readers, we can bring you an exclusive sneak peek that we're unveiling in this article. The movie is set to premiere on December 13.

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Douglas Booth discusses starring in a modern update to Goethe's classic novel, 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' with Alison Pill. He delves into working with Pill previously on The Pillars of the Earth and what the great auteur Terrence Malick is like as a director. 'Young Werther' hits theaters, digital and on demand Dec. 13, 2024, from Lionsgate.

Romantic comedy and Toronto premiere Young Werther has landed a slew of international deals for the UK’s Mister Smith Entertainment.

It has sold to Signature Entertainment (UK-Ireland), Transmission Films (Australia/New Zealand), Front Row Filmed Entertainment (Middle East), Angel Films (Scandinavia), A-One Media (Cis), Playarte Pictures (Brazil), Blitz Film (Ex-Yugoslavia), Green Light Films (Ukraine), The Film Group (Greece), Nos Lusomundo (Portugal) and Anuvu (airlines).

As previously announced, the film will release in the US on December 13 via Grindstone Entertainment, in a deal negotiated by CAA Media Finance.

The feature directorial debut of Canadian filmmaker José Avelino Gilles Corbett stars Douglas Booth,...

"If you really care for her, then move on..." Meet Werther. Lionsgate has unveiled an official trailer for a fresh indie romantic comedy called Young Werther, which is the feature directorial debut of filmmaker José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço. This Canadian production premiered at the 2024 Toronto Film Fest and earned some good buzz there. It's already set for a December release on VOD in the US if anyone wants to hang out with Werther. The film is a clever contemporary adaptation of Goethe's smash hit 1774 novel of tragic romance. Set in Toronto, Douglas Booth stars as Werther - a wealthy young man who instantly falls for a woman named Charlotte, co-starring Alison Pill. "He falls more in love with her as they spend time together. She’s introverted, loves to read, and has been the main caretaker of her siblings since the deaths of their parents. A small snag to their union,...

The MCU is gearing up to introduce the Mutants, something we’ve known since Disney acquired Fox. While you could argue that the Mutants have already made a few brief appearances, the X-Men themselves haven’t yet entered the MCU.

Although their full debut is still some time away, Marvel has promised a major introduction in the future.

Even though we don’t know all the details, it’s clear that Feige and Marvel are taking their time to get it right. The X-Men’s arrival in the MCU will be a major moment and will shape the franchise for years to come.

Given the importance of this debut, fans are understandably anxious about who Marvel will cast. With an already-established X-Men universe, comparisons between the old and new casts are inevitable.

Although we don’t have any official casting news yet, a Reddit user, Time-Classroom-2442, has shared their own...

The MCU will soon welcome the Mutants. This is nothing new, of course, as we have known this since Disney acquired Fox. You may argue that the Mutants have already made multiple appearances in the MCU, but the X-Men haven’t. Although it will take some time for them to do so, we have been promised a significant debut in the future.

Now, even if we are unaware of all the specifics, we are confident that Feige and Marvel want to do this correctly because the X-Men’s MCU debut will be significant and will influence the franchise for years to come.

With that in mind, it’s easy to see why fans are anxious about Marvel’s casting choices. The X-Men already have an established fictional universe, so comparisons with the MCU version are inevitable. While we still have no idea who will be cast, Reddit user Time-Classroom-2442 has...

After portraying Jesse Custer in the hit supernatural fantasy series Preacher from 2016 to 2019, English actor Dominic Cooper elevated his acting chops in the AMC+ original series That Dirty Black Bag, a must-see TV Western that debuted in 2022. A throwback Spaghetti Western with resounding violence, That Dirty Black Bag spotlights the intense rivalry between hardened bounty hunter Red Bill (Douglas Booth) and town Sheriff Arthur McCoy (Cooper) as they vie for dominance in a village overrun by bandits.

In addition to being shot on location in Spain and Italy, That Dirty Black Bag has drawn critical acclaim for its authentic performances and heartfelt homage to classic Spaghetti Westerns made by Sergio Leone and Sergio Corbucci. For Preacher fans, Dominic Cooper shows a much different side of his performative skills, giving another compelling leading turn that proves he is one of the most well-rounded actors of his generation. Here's why Preacher fans...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethes classic gets a splash of modern charm and humor in Young Werther, where two unlikely individuals fall in love under the most serendipitous circumstances in lively Toronto. When hopeless romantic Werther (Douglas Booth) makes a quick detour before departing for his European adventure, little does he know that hell meet the bookish and introverted Charlotte (Alison Pill). But as luck plays out, Charlotte is engaged to the impossibly likable Albert (Patrick J. Adams). Stuck in a romantic pursuit of awkward sorts, as it turns out, Charlotte is wrestling with the idea of spending her entire life married to her fianc.

The Sandman season 2 cast brings back most of the major characters from the first season, while adding some important new names and faces to continue the Neil Gaiman storyline into its next chapter. Originally released in 1996, The Sandman comics told the story of Morpheus, also known as Dream, the ruler of the Dreaming. As one of the Endless, Dream is the being responsible for bringing dreams and nightmares into the minds of humans the true figure behind the folk tales of the Sandman. However, when a wizard captures him, he ends up imprisoned for 70 years, eventually escaping to find his entire realm has fallen to ruins.

The first season of the Netflix adaptation saw Morpheus reclaiming the dreams and nightmares that escaped to the real world, including the Corinthian, who became a serial killer. The story of Sandman season 2 will encompass The Seasons of Mists, which is one of the...

Netflix revealed a behind-the-scenes first look on Thursday of Season 2 of “The Sandman,” the ongoing adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s DC graphic novel series, as part of the streamer’s Geeked Week promotional efforts. The season will involve the “Season of Mists” storyline from the comics, in which Lucifer (Gwendoline Christie) abdicates control of Hell and presents Morpheus, aka Dream (Tom Sturridge), with the key to its gates, causing many immortals to try to convince Morpheus to give the key to them.

The behind the scenes featurette provides a first look at one of those contingents: the Norse gods Thor (Laurence O’Fuarain), Loki (Freddie Fox) and Odin (Clive Russell), who attend what executive producer and showrunner Allan Heinberg calls a “banquet” that Dream throws “for all the visiting deities and gods and fairies.”

The featurette also teases the introduction of Dream’s other siblings: Destiny (Adrian Lester), Delirium (Esmé Creed-Miles...

Iris Apatow has signed with Sugar23 for representation following a highly competitive pursuit.

Next up, Apatow stars alongside Douglas Booth and Alison Pill in Young Werther, an adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Classic The Sorrows of Young Werther for director José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço, which premiered at TIFF 2024.

Apatow is currently in production on the upcoming women-led survivalist action thriller Ballerina Overdrive. Apatow stars opposite Uma Thurman, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, and Maddie Ziegler in the 87North and Gulfstream Pictures production.

An in-demand young talent, Apatow’s previous film work includes Judd Apatow’s Netflix film, The Bubble, opposite Karen Gillan, Fred Armisen, Keegan-Michael Key, and Leslie Mann; Sausage Party, This Is 40; Funny People; Knocked Up and the short film Vodka, which debuted at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.

On the series side, Apatow can be see starring alongside Rob Lowe and Sian Clifford in Netflix’s...

Netflix's The Sandman recently wrapped up filming on its second season and is now in post-production. The show will have a big presence at Geeked Week later this month, where we can expect a sneak peek at the new batch of episodes. In the meantime, Douglas Booth (Cluracan) has been singing the show's praises, saying it's "gone up a level" from season 1.

The high praise from Booth comes as a huge relief to Sandman fans. The previous few months have been a struggle for fans who've been keeping track of the production. While no specific details have been revealed, leaked photos from filming suggest that the show is being filmed through to its conclusion. We've seen scenes being filmed fromThe Kindly Ones, the endgame of the comics. In a reported 12 episodes, the show is cramming a crazy amount of story into season 2.

Douglas Booth's Cluracan will be one of...

According to one of The Sandmans newest cast members, the world of Netflixs hit fantasy is set to expand exponentially. Continuing the story of Tom Sturridges Dream and his fellow Endless, The Sandman season 2 is set to introduce several new cast members, including Game of Thrones alum Jack Gleeson as the mischievous Puck and Douglas Booth (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) as the drunken fairy Cluracan. Other additions to The Sandman cast include Steve Coogan, Indya Moore, Ann Skelly, Ruairi O'Connor, Freddie Fox, Laurence O'Fuarain, Adrian Lester, Barry Sloane, Esm Creed-Miles and Clive Russell.

Speaking with Collider, Booth spoke about his fun new fairy character and his onscreen sister Nuala, played by Skelly. Admitting that the secrecy surrounding the project prevents him from revealing too much about The Sandman season 2, the actor did suggest that the shows intricate world-building has levelled up from season 1. Booth also praised series lead Sturridge,...

Incoming The Sandman star Douglas Booth gives fans a promising update about the series' upcoming second season.

Speaking to Collider, Booth discussed some minor details regarding his character, the Cluracan, which may have major implications for where the second season of Netflix's The Sandman is headed. "So, I play the Cluracan, and he's a really fun character to play," Booth said. "I had so much fun with him. Ann Skelly was brilliant as Nuala. There's not much I can say because I've never been on a project where they're so secretive, and they make you sign so many things. But what I can tell you is the world-building is brilliant. It's gone up a level even from series one. And all the additional cast is fantastic. Tom [Sturridge] is brilliant."

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Fans of The Sandman have been eagerly waiting for the new season of the fantasy series for two years now, which means that at this point we're all thirsty for information. Netflix has been keeping news of the new episodes which the streamer is reluctant to label "Season 2" under lock and key, but fortunately for Collider readers, we've been able to get new cast member Douglas Booth (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) to reveal some exciting details about the new batch of episodes. During the interview at the Toronto International Film Festival, in which he was promoting his new movie Young Wrether, Booth was kind enough to dedicate a couple of minutes to The Sandman. He stressed to Collider's Steve Weintraub that he's not allowed to spill the beans, but he did hint at what may be one of the main storylines from the upcoming episodes:...

Paramount+’s limited series JonBenét Ramsey (w/t), from MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, has tapped Emily Mitchell (The Apprentice) for its title role, also bringing aboard Garrett Hedlund (Tulsa King), Alison Pill (Trap) and Owen Teague (The Friend) for parts.

Mitchell’s JonBenét is a girl from an affluent family and child beauty queen, whose murder is at the heart of the story. Hedlund plays Detective Steve Thomas, a seasoned detective who is brought onto the JonBenét case, with Pill as Boulder, Colorado police detective Linda Arndt, who along with partner Detective Trujillo, is first on the scene after JonBenét Ramsey is reported missing/kidnapped. Teague plays Jeff Shapiro, a cocky, risk-taking reporter for the Globe tabloid.

As previously announced, Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen lead the cast as JonBenét’s parents, Patsy and John. Others aboard include Shea Whigham, who plays District Attorney Alex Hunter, an acquaintance of the Ramsey family,...

Wildling Pictures has optioned Samantha M. Bailey’s psychological thriller “Woman on the Edge” for series adaptation.

The Toronto-based film and television production company is set to produce the series with Little Mama Media

“In a split second, Morgan Kincaid’s life changes forever,” reads the logline. “She’s on her way home from work when a complete stranger begs her to take her baby, then places the infant in her arms. Before Morgan can stop her, the distraught mother jumps in front of an oncoming train.”

“In complete shock and totally unaware of how the woman knew her name, the police take Morgan in for questioning. She soon learns that the woman who jumped was Nicole Markham, prominent CEO of the athletic brand Breathe. She also learns that no witness can corroborate her version of events, which means she has just become a murder suspect. To prove her innocence,...