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In modern-day genre filmmaking, there’s always a pinnacle for all sorts of things. For example, in folk horror, Robert Eggers’ The Witch (2015) is considered the holy grail. Similarly, when it comes to AI robot stories, Alex Garland’s Ex Machina (2013) has become quite the cult hit now. Sure, there are shows like Humans or Black Mirror (I’m specifically referring to the episode Be Right Back here), but the Garland movie is the one that has inspired many similar things afterwards. The reason I brought this up here is that the central idea of Black Eyed Susan seems to come straight from Ex Machina. Yet, it stands on its own simply because it is quite well made in every possible way—the writing is solid, the direction is good, and the acting is on point. However, what elevates the whole thing into a complete experience is the rawness it brings to the table.

With Black Doves, The Day of the Jackal and The Agency all hitting TV screens in the space of a few weeks, premium spy shows feel in vogue.

Jane Featherstone and Joe Barton concur. They are the producer and creator behind Netflix’s Black Doves, which stars Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw as agents who operate amid a whirlwind of secrets.

“It’s back,” Featherstone told Deadline. “Everyone’s making ’em. The world is in a place where you need spies because there are so many barriers and nation state issues it just feels like the time.”

Featherstone, who runs Black Doves maker Sister, said these trends come in circa-25-year cycles, citing Spooks, the hit BBC series she produced in the 2000s. She said she is “definitely” being pitched more spy shows at present but there is room for plenty. Black Doves had a two-season order before it even premiered,...

Richard Gadd, the man behind Netflix’s buzziest spring series Baby Reindeer, is now set to star in the upcoming series he’s co-producing for HBO. The project is a joint collaboration between HBO and the BBC, with Shining Girls’ Jamie Bell co-starring, TVLine has learned.

The six-episode Half Man (formerly titled Lions) will follow a pair of men with a complicated shared past. “When Niall’s (Bell) estranged ‘brother’ Ruben (Gadd) shows up at his wedding, it leads to an explosion of violence that catapults us back through their lives,” reads the official logline. “Spanning almost 40 years from the 1980s to the present day,...

Phil Dunster is reuniting with “Ted Lasso” co-creator Bill Lawrence at HBO.

Dunster has signed on to star alongside Steve Carell in the untitled HBO comedy series written by Lawrence and Matt Tarses that was originally picked up back in May.

The half-hour series has been given a 10 episode order. The official logline states that the single-camera show is “set on a college campus, centering on an author’s complicated relationship with his daughter.” Dunster’s exact character details are being kept under wraps.

Dunster is best known stateside for his role as Jamie Tartt in “Ted Lasso,” which aired for three seasons at Apple TV+. Dunster received an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in a comedy for the series in 2023. His other notable roles include shows like “The Devil’s Hour,” “Strike Back,” and “Humans,” as well as films like “Murder on the Orient Express” and “The Good Liar.

On Tuesday October 1 2024, Nickelodeon broadcasts Monster High!

The Babysitter’s Crypt; Humans In High School Season 2 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of *Monster High*, titled “The Babysitter’s Crypt; Humans In High School,” is set to deliver a fun and exciting adventure for young viewers. In this episode, Cleo and Nefera, known for their stylish and confident personalities, take on the responsibility of babysitting a group of werewolves. This promises to be an entertaining challenge as the sisters navigate the unique needs and playful antics of their furry charges.

As Cleo and Nefera step into their roles as babysitters, they quickly discover that caring for werewolves is not as easy as it seems. The lively and energetic nature of the werewolf kids leads to plenty of humorous situations. The sisters will need to come up with creative solutions to keep the werewolves entertained while also managing their own expectations and sibling dynamics.

Hulu has revealed the new trailer for the eight-part Rivals series, which is based on the celebrated novel by Dame Jilly Cooper and produced by ITV Studios’ Happy Prince. The series will debut on Hulu in the U.S. on October 18, 2024.

Set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England, Rivals delves headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986.

The series stars Alex Hassell as the dashing ex-Olympian, Member of Parliament, and dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black, David Tennant as Lord Tony Baddingham, and Aidan Turner as Declan O’Hara.

Nafessa Williams plays Cameron Cook, Katherine Parkinson portrays Lizzie Vereker, and Bella Maclean plays Taggie O’Hara.

The Rivals series also stars Emily Atack, Catriona Chandler, Oliver Chris, Danny Dyer, Rufus Jones, Lisa McGrillis, Luke Pasqualino, Claire Rushbrook, and Victoria Smurfit.

Rivals is executive produced by Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Alexander Lamb,...

David Tennant (Good Omens) and Alex Hassell (Cowboy Bebop) are bitter Rivals in the new trailer for an eight-part TV adaptation of the 1988 Dame Jilly Cooper novel, which is set for release Friday, Oct. 18 on Hulu.

Set against the backdrop of the drama, excess and shocking antics of the social elite of 1980s England, Rivals stars Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black, an ex-Olympian and Member of Parliament who is described as “an incorrigible rake, and dangerously charismatic.”

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Sunny is a dark sci-fi comedy series created by Katie Robbins. Based on the 2018 novel titled The Dark Manual by author Colin O’Sullivan, the Apple TV+ series follows the story of Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan as her husband and son suddenly disappear in a plane crash. Soon after she is given a domestic robot by the robotic company her husband worked at. Then, Suzie finds herself embroiled in a dangerous mystery surrounding her husband’s death. Sunny stars Rashida Jones in the lead role with Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, annie the clumsy, and Judy Ongg starring in supporting roles. So, if you love the dark tone, goofy comedy, and neon visuals in Sunny, here are some similar shows you could watch next.

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Devs is a sci-fi mystery thriller series created, written, and directed by Alex Garland. The FX...

Though AMC has had some popular scripted series that have run for years, many others have been cancelled after just one season. How is the current crop of shows doing? Which will be cancelled or renewed? We'll have to wait and see.

Scripted AMC Network shows listed: 61st Street, Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches, The Beast Must Die, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, Dark Winds, Dietland, A Discovery of Witches, Dispatches from Elsewhere, Fear the Walking Dead, Feed the Beast, Halt and Catch Fire, Hell on Wheels, Humans, Into the Badlands, Kevin Can F**k Himself, Killing Eve, Lodge 49, Low Winter Sun, Lucky Hank, Mad Men, McMafia, The Night Manager, NOS4A2, Parish, Preacher, The Son, Soulmates, Tales of the Walking Dead, The Terror, Turn: Washington's Spies, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, The Walking Dead: Dead City,...

David Tennant (Good Omens) and Alex Hassell (Cowboy Bebop) are bitter Rivals in the first teaser trailer for an eight-part TV adaptation of the 1988 Dame Jilly Cooper novel, which is set to drop later this year on Hulu in the U.S. (and on Disney+ internationally).

Set against the backdrop of the drama, excess and shocking antics of the social elite of 1980s England, Rivals stars Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black, an ex-Olympian and Member of Parliament who is described as “an incorrigible rake, and dangerously charismatic.”

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Hulu will exclusively premiere The Killing Kind on Tuesday, May 14. The series is a six-episode adaptation of the thriller novel by acclaimed author Jane Casey.

Nobody understands the dark gap between justice and the law better than Ingrid Lewis. As a successful lawyer, Ingrid is used to dealing with tricky clients, but no one rivals John Webster.

Charming, good-looking, successful, and clever. Webster was accused of coercive control by an ex-girlfriend, and in court, Ingrid successfully defended him, winning the case.

Following the trial, Ingrid got close to Webster, too close, and when she tried to exit the relationship, he turned on her, and her world imploded. Now, just when she is rebuilding her life, he suddenly reappears and tells her that someone is out to kill her and only he can protect her.

Fueled by a need to find out the truth and locked in a game of ‘cat and mouse,...

Magic: The Gathering and manga fans, get ready to combine your powers, this time for a new release that's on the way from Viz Media. The publisher announced plans to bring writer Katsura Ise and illustrator Takuma Yakota's Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated. A Magic: The Gathering Manga to North America in fall 2024, complete with an exclusive card. Related: Hatsune Miku is On the Cards for Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair Set Known in Japan as Subete no Jinrui o Hakai suru. Sorera wa Saisei Dekinai. , the series has been running in Monthly Shonen Ace magazine since November 2018. Synopsis: Seems like in everything he does, geeky Tokigawa Middle School student Hajime Kano always comes in second place behind popular honor student Emi Sawatari. But when Hajime takes a trip to a new game store he’s been hearing about, their rivalry takes an unexpected turn. Welcome to the...

Financial Times columnist and football writer, Financial Times columnist and football writer, Simon Kuper, and Mehreen Khan, Economics Editor at The Times of London are to host a new football podcast. Heroes & Humans, brought to life by the newly created media venture studio Immaterial, will provide in-depth audio-biographies from the world of football including Kylian Mbappé, Mo Salah, Roman Abramovich, Megan Rapinoe, Hakan Şükür and Sir Alex Ferguson., Economics Editor at The Times of London are to host a new football podcast. Heroes & Humans, brought to life by the newly created media venture studio Immaterial, will provide in-depth audio-biographies from the world of football including Kylian Mbappé, Mo Salah, Roman Abramovich, Megan Rapinoe, Hakan Şükür and Sir Alex Ferguson.

Saudi’s Joy Awards Honors Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Costner & More

The likes of Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Costner and Mark Wahlberg were honored at Saudi Arabia’s Joy Awards 2024 on Saturday. Jean Reno, Eva Longoria, Salman Khan, Martin Lawrence, Quincy Jones, Alia Bhatt, Georgina Rodriguez, Anthony Anderson, Sam Worthington and Paul Anderson were also either celebrated or in attendance in Riyadh, along with the likes directors Zach Schneider and Doug Liman, and global sports stars Tyson Fury, John Cena and Francis Ngannou. The awards are part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 program and recognize major names in music, cinema, television, sports, and more from the Arab world. Hopkins, Costner and Jones were among several recipients of Lifetime Achievement honors, while industry awards went to Bollywood star Bhatt, Schneider and Bad Boys actor Martin Lawrence among others. Mbc Group, the Middle East’s largest broadcast and media firm, co-hosts the awards, which...

Get ready for a new month at BritBox! While the British streamer is only adding a handful of new titles this month ahead of more additions in February like Sir Lenny Henry’s “Three Little Birds,” its new picks, which includes psychological thriller mini-series “The Ex-Wife” and Season 2 of a popular Scottish crime series, are not to be missed.

Find out what’s coming to BritBox in January!

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Initially released on Paramount+ in the United States, the psychological thriller based on Jess Ryder’s novel of the same name and adapted by “Downton” Abbey actor Catherine Steadman follows Tasha, a young woman living an idyllic life with a perfect house, a loving husband, and a beautiful daughter. However, her husband’s ex-wife will not leave their family alone, intent on staying in the picture,...

Big Thief have shared a remastered reissue of their 2016 debut album Masterpiece, out now via 4Ad.

When Big Thief released Masterpiece in 2016, they seemingly became indie rock royalty overnight. The Brooklyn-based band recorded the album in July 2015 at a makeshift studio in an old lakehouse with producer Andrew Sarlo and engineer James Krivchenia, the latter of whom would go on to become Big Thief’s full-time drummer.

Though its title could be used to describe the quality of the record itself, vocalist Adrianne Lenker says Masterpiece refers to “the masterpiece of existence, which is always folding into itself, people attempting to connect, to both shake themselves awake and to shake off the numbness of certain points in their life. The interpretations might be impressionistic or surrealistic, but they’re grounded in simple things.”

In additional Big Thief news, the band has also unveiled an official karaoke YouTube channel so that...

Unveiling a raft of international shows at Mipcom, Newen Connect’s managing director Rodolphe Buet said the distribution arm of the TF1-owned company is seeing its business model go through “drastic changes” as it now plays a more central role in financing content.

In the next two years, Buet said roughly 70% of Newen Connect’s revenues will stem from content it pre-finances and/or co-produces, rather than licensing deals.

“We use to be gap deficit-ers, bringing minimum guarantees against rights for international. We’re now at the center of the equation, co-producing or co-financing to speed up the process of production,” said Buet, citing collaborations with in-house and third-party producers, alongside ongoing partnerships with TF1, Sweden’s TV4 and CMore, Germany’s Zdf and Amazon, among others.

Buet says partners have become “extremely conservative” in recent years and are on the lookout for existing IPs to limit risk. New players,...

The Signal Awards, celebrating the world’s best podcasts, today announced the Winners for its second annual honors. Some of the world’s most influential, entertaining and informative voices are taking top prizes, including Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Eva Longoria, Kit Harington, Kevin Hart, Hoda Kotb, Doja Cat, QuestLove, Jill Scott, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ashley Johnson, Jon Stewart, Ed Helms, Snoop Dogg, Björk, Steve Yeun, Kevin Pang and Miranda Keeling. Notable podcasts such as HBO’s The Last of Us Podcast, The Slowdown, Netflix is a Daily Joke, Operation: Tradebom, And That’s Why We Drink, Growing Up Powerful and She's a 10 Times 5 are also receiving Gold Awards for exceptional work.

“2023 was a huge year for podcasts, as worldwide listenership continued to skyrocket and new trends emerged,” said Signal Awards managing director Deondric Royster. “The winners of the second annual Signal Awards represent the best of the industry: those who are pushing boundaries,...

Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Jon Stewart, Kevin Hart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Helms and Snoop Dogg are among the big names to win the second annual Signal Awards, celebrating the world’s best podcasts, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal exclusively.

Obama’s The Light Podcast, Hart’s Gold Minds, Louis-Dreyfus’ Wiser Than Me and Helms’ Snafu all won multiple awards, with Winfrey winning best guest — individual episode for her appearance on Obama’s podcast. The Light also won in advice and how to — limited series and specials, both the main award and listener’s choice.

Gold Minds won in the interview or talk show — shows category alongside Wiser Than Me, with the Hartbeat offering also winning in the comedy — shows category and Louis-Dreyfus’ Lemonada podcast winning for best hosts — shows.

Winfrey shares her best guest prize with Ashley Johnson from HBO’s The Last of Us, another multiple-award winning podcast, and...

Lila Rawlings, head of creative: film and TV at “Roma” filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron’s U.K.-based outfit Esperanto Filmoj, is joining British independent production company Motive Pictures as an executive producer.

Rawlings’ remit at Motive will encompass both TV and film projects as the company scales its team in the wake of its first wave of productions, including the Ruth Wilson drama “The Woman in the Wall” for BBC and Showtime.

At Esperanto, Rawlings oversaw a slate of projects with Sarah Solemani, Jack Thorne and Charlize Theron and served as executive producer on “The Shepherd,” one in a series of films financed by Disney, directed by Iain Softley and starring John Travolta. Previously, Rawlings was executive producer at Left Bank Pictures where she was responsible for several projects, including “Sitting in Limbo,” a BAFTA- winning drama for BBC One and “Electric Dreams” for Amazon, Sony TV and Channel 4.

When Croatian-born TV exec Sanja Božić-Ljubičić set out to establish a television market in her corner of the world a decade ago, she had always felt the Balkan region had been overlooked on the global content map.

“The Balkan region was always somewhat neglected,” she tells Deadline. “But Croatia always seemed like a romantic little resort” which she thought would be an “ideal location for a boutique event” for top global executives.

Indeed, the romantic and picturesque country, which lies entirely on the Adriatic Sea and was the first of the former Yugoslavia countries to join the European Union, is a beautiful setting. But crucially, says Božić-Ljubičić, who also runs local pay-tv and SVoD service Pickbox as well as media service provider Mediatranslations, she felt she was well-placed to create something that would align foreign industry professionals with local talent.

“I thought I could do better than some of the...

Though AMC has had some popular scripted series that have run for years, many others have been cancelled after just one season. How is the current crop of shows doing? Which will be cancelled or renewed? We'll have to wait and see.

Scripted AMC Network shows listed: 61st Street, Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches, The Beast Must Die, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, Dark Winds, Dietland, A Discovery of Witches, Dispatches from Elsewhere, Fear the Walking Dead, Feed the Beast, Halt and Catch Fire, Hell on Wheels, Humans, Into the Badlands, Kevin Can F**k Himself, Killing Eve, Lodge 49, Low Winter Sun, Lucky Hank, Mad Men, McMafia, The Night Manager, NOS4A2, Preacher, The Son, Soulmates, Tales of the Walking Dead, The Terror, Turn: Washington's Spies, The Walking Dead, and The Walking Dead: World Beyond.

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Something hysterical is coming Julie Bowen‘s way, and it’s not a good thing.

The Modern Family vet will star in Hysteria!, a new coming-of-age thriller series from Peacock. Following a group of teenagers in the ’80s, the show will dive into America’s past with mass frenzy, through the lens of satanic panic.

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The UK owes many of its proudest creations to other countries. Our national dish is chicken tikka masala, the Romans gave us everything from plumbing to underfloor heating, and let’s not even get started on the Royal family.

So it should come as no surprise that some top UK TV shows are based on original series from around the world. Some of these are obvious, like Drag Race UK and Law & Order being imported from the US, or The Masked Singer originating in South Korea, but some UK remakes are less up front about their international origins.

Hullraisers

Lucy Beaumont developed this Hull-based sitcom about the lives of three hilarious, bawdy and chaotic women, which debuted on Channel 4 in spring 2022 and has already been commissioned for a second series. But despite being a gorgeous and all-too-rare depiction of working-class British wit, Hullraisers is actually based on an Israeli sitcom called Little Mom,...

Diederick Santer, chief creative officer at streamer BritBox International, has stepped down from his role.

He joined just 18 months ago from Kudos with the mandate of curating a slate of top shows. Among the programs he has overseen are “Stonehouse,” which features “Succession’s” Matthew MacFadyen and is set to launch next week, and the upcoming Cary Grant biopic “Archie,” which stars Jason Isaacs.

Santer, who reported into BritBox CEO Reemah Sakaan, was also tasked with overseeing global programming, across all genres and international markets, including commissions and acquisitions, outside of the U.K.

According to Santer’s LinkedIn, he stepped down earlier this month, moving from his full-time creative role to a part-time executive role. Sources tell Variety that he is set to stay on at BritBox International to help executive produce and manage a handful of shows until the end of February.

Sakaan will step in to cover...

In the new documentary Good Night Oppy, the Mars Opportunity rover becomes the scrappy robot that could: an instrument platform that trundles across a rusty landscape millions of miles away, searching for alien life signs, and outlasts its own projected existence by almost 15 years.

But none of the affection that audiences feel for this unsinkable machine would exist if not for Opportunity’s people — “our human-being characters,” as director Ryan White fondly called the celebrated mission’s engineers, scientists and programmers. Without them, “it is just a box of bolts and wires,” he said at Deadline’s Contenders Documentary event that also featured the film’s Oscar-winning sound designer, Mark Mangini, and Emmy-winning composer, Blake Neely.

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In theaters now in limited release and streaming on Prime Video, the film from Amblin Entertainment and Amazon Studios is narrated by Angela Bassett and was...

“The Crown” producer Left Bank Pictures has promoted Sian McWilliams to the position of creative director.

She will take up her new position on Jan. 1.

McWilliams is currently an executive producer at the production company, where she has worked on a slate of shows including “Without Sin,” starring Vicky McLure, for U.K. broadcaster ITV and, for Netflix, “The Fuck It Bucket” which is set to feature Stephen Fry.

She has previously worked on “Call the Midwife,” “Humans” and “Mr Selfridge.”

As creative director, McWilliams will be charged with overseeing Left Bank’s slate, developing new projects, talent and partnerships and expanding the production company’s relationships with streamers and broadcasters.

Left Bank has been owned by Sony Pictures Television since 2012.

“I am thrilled Sian has accepted the role of Left Bank’s new creative director,” said Andy Harries, chief executive of Left Bank Pictures. “Sian embodies all the essential...

One of Amazon Prime’s most recent releases, The Devil’s Hour premiered on 28th October, and is a twisty, high-concept thriller that will keep you guessing all the way through its six episodes.

The series is written by Tom Moran, and comes from the team behind Sherlock and Dracula, including former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat. The plot centres on a troubled woman who wakes up every night at 3.33am – the so-called devil’s hour – and sees terrifying visions, which get her caught up in a series of brutal murders and a disappearance from many years ago.

The show boasts an impressive lineup of acting talent – so let’s meet the cast of The Devil’s Hour:

Peter Capaldi as Gideon Shepherd

Capaldi plays the reclusive Gideon, an apparently murderous obsessive on a mission, and a mysterious, enigmatic figure. We’ve recently rounded up Peter Capaldi’s best roles, but...

Viola Prettejohn to star in ‘Never Let Me Go’ (Photo Credit: Aaron Crossman)

Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel Never Let Me Go is being adapted at FX, with the network confirming they’ve given the adaptation a series order. Melissa Iqbal is on board as the showrunner and executive producer. In addition, Iqbal wrote the pilot which executive producer Marc Munden will direct.

Author Kazuo Ishiguro, Alex Garland Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, and Maria Fleischer of DNA Productions are also involved as executive producers. Garland adapted Ishiguro’s novel for the 2010 feature film directed by Mark Romanek and starring Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield.

“Never Let Me Go is a modern science fiction classic that Melissa Iqbal and the creative team have brilliantly adapted for FX as a drama exploring timely and unsettling themes on life and the ethics of technology,” stated Gina Balian, President, FX Entertainment. “We...

Six-time Primetime Emmy award-winner Frank Doelger, whose credits include “Game of Thrones,” “The Swarm,” “John Adams” and “Rome,” and Intaglio Films, a joint venture between Beta Film and Zdf Studios, have started production on surveillance drama thriller “Concordia,” set in an experimental utopian community.

Zdf, Mbc, France Télévisions and Hulu Japan have signed up as partners for the six-part series, shot in English and directed by Barbara Eder. Doelger helms as executive producer and showrunner, alongside the executive producers Ute Leonhardt, Rafferty Thwaites, Jan Wünschmann and Robert Franke. Shooting takes place at various locations in Rome, Northern Italy, and Leipzig in Germany.

The world of “Concordia,” created by Mike Walden and Nicholas Racz, is powered by AI to ensure a freer, fairer, and more humane society. As the community approaches its 20th anniversary, cities around the world are lined up to replicate its success. Then the secret behind its creation...

Veteran media executive Fotini Paraskakis is launching Empire of Arkadia, an Asia-focused content company. The firm expects to unveil its debut slate in time for MIPCOM later this month.

Paraskakis is joined in the venture by Japanese media executive Shigeko (Cindy) Chino and former Discovery Apac and Emea president, Arthur Bastings.

The trio describe Empire of Arkadia’s mission as bringing Asian-inspired stories, in both scripted and non-scripted sectors, to the international stage. They will lead with “forwarding-thinking stories that speak to younger generations.”

“This is the perfect time to launch a company focusing on content for future generations; it really is an exciting and transformational period in the content industry,” said Paraskakis in a prepared statement. “We will bring the best upcoming creators and Asian inspired stories with highest international appeal to market, fully focusing on fulfilling demands for Gen Z content, stories that speak to audiences worldwide and...

Immaculately coiffed women in flirty ‘50s frocks wave their handsome husbands goodbye as the men drive off to work in their color-coordinated cars. The women then retreat back to their stylish and spacious show homes with a skip and a song to clean and cook, or sometimes they meet the other gals to shop or lounge by the pool in the sun. It’s heaven. It’s utopia. It’s obviously not real.

Olivia Wilde’s sophomore effort as director, after her confident and joyful debut Booksmart, veers into mystery terrority. If you think you can guess where the story is going, well… you probably can but that doesn’t stop you from enjoying the ride.

Florence Pugh is gorgeous and captivating as Alice, young wife to Harry Styles’ Jack. The two are wildly in love and spend what time Jack isn’t at work making out and partying with...

Exclusive: Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds), Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix franchise), Isabelle Fuhrman (The Novice) and Liana Liberato (To the Bone) have signed on to star in Justine Bateman’s upcoming feature Face, based on her 2021 bestseller, Face: One Square Foot of Skin.

The film penned by Bateman consists of 14 vignettes, both comedic and dramatic, which look at women’s faces getting older, and why that makes people angry. While much of society appears to assume that women’s faces are somehow broken and need to be fixed, Face reveals some of the many ways in which women, and those around them, allow this idea to take root at all.

Parker will play Tanya, an actress balancing her need to use her face for her job and the pressure to not move it at all, with Moss as Mrs. Foster, a kindergarten teacher whose young students remind her of the magical functionality of the face.

He Stranger In Our Bed, starring Samantha Bond (Die Another Day, Tomorrow Never Dies), Emily Berrington (Humans, 24: Live Another Day), Ben Lloyd-Hughes (Divergent, Me Before You), and Joseph Marcell (The Fresh Prince Of Bel-air). Based on the USA Today bestselling novel by Samantha Lee Howe (who also penned the script), the film hits theaters August 26. Distributor: TriCoast Worldwide Theatrical/VOD/DVD Release Date: August 26, 2022 Director: Giles …

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Season 2 of CBS’ FBI: International will welcome a new character played by Eva-Jane Willis following the departure of series lead Christine Paul. Season 2 premieres on September 20 at 9 pm Et/Pt as part of All-fbi Tuesdays on CBS.

Willis will portray Megan “Smitty” Garretson, a street-wise Europol agent with an extensive undercover background who is embedded with The Fly Team and liaises with each host country they inhabit.

Smitty is taking over for Paul’s character Katrin Jaeger who will be enjoying her promotion as the head of all Western Europe for Europol off-camera with the Season 1 finale “Crestfallen” serving as her final appearance—for now. Deadline understands the door remains open for Katrin to pop back in as a guest star in the future though there are currently no plans set as of yet.

Willis is also set to star in the upcoming Amazon thriller The Power in the role of Sister Bianca.

The adaptation of T.M. Logan’s novel “The Holiday” has an exclusive trailer and a U.S. release date as it announces a raft of sales.

The four-part limited drama – about “a dream family vacation that quickly turns into a nightmare” – will bow on Spectrum in the U.S. on June 20.

It stars Jill Halfpenny (“Humans”), Owen McDonnell (“Killing Eve”), Lara McDonnel (“Belfast”), and Aidan McArdle (“The Trial of Christine Keeler”). Rounding out the cast are Siobhan Hewlett (“Sherlock”), Liv Mjönes (“Hostage”), Andrew Macklin (“Doctor Who”), Cat Simmons (“Killing Eve”), Milly McCann (“Herself”), Aidan McCann (“Red Rock”) and newcomer Shaun O’Callaghan Wade.

“The Holiday,” which was shot in Malta, tells the story of a family who set off on an idyllic break, joined by some old friends. Things quickly begin to unravel, however, when Kate (Halfpenny) realizes her husband is having an affair with one of the them. “Tensions run...

To celebrate the home entertainment release of the nail-biting terrifying thriller Shark Bait, we have a copy of the DVD up for grabs courtesy of Altitude!

Shark Bait is being released on DVD, on altitude.film and other digital platforms from 6th June.

This edge-of-your-seat nerve-shredder, from the producers of 47 Metres Down, Attack The Block and Boss Level, sees a group of spring-breakers being terrorised by a fearsome predator off the coast of Mexico. Director James Nunn delivers an adrenaline rush of a film packed with seriously intense set pieces, with a taut, twisting script from Nick Saltrese (who wrote the acclaimed and award-winning prison boxing film A Prayer Before Dawn). We dare you to watch it with your toes on the floor!

The fantastic cast includes Holly Earl (from the TV series Humans), Catherine Hannay (Doctors), and Malachi Pullar-Latchman (soon to be seen as D’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers), who discover,...

Six top TV costume designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, May 25, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 6:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.

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Black-ish (ABC)

Synopsis: A couple struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.

Bio: Michelle R. Cole was an eight-time Emmy nominee for “Black-ish” and “In Living Color.” Other projects have included “Martin,...

FX is developing a series based on the 2010 Searchlight Pictures film “Never Let Me Go,” Variety has learned. Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich, who served as producers on the original film, will executive produce the series.

Adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel of the same name, “Never Let Me Go” was directed by Mark Romanek from a screenplay by Alex Garland. The cast included Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield. The film follows Kathy (Mulligan), Ruth (Knightley) and Tommy (Garfield), who meet as childhood friends at an English boarding school called Hailsham and learn that they are clones, created to serve as organ donors in a “breakthrough” medical plan to help extend the human lifespan. Together, the three navigate love, friendships and art while preparing for their inevitable deaths.

“Never Let Me Go” was received positively by critics, with Variety praising the cast for their commitment to the material,...

BAFTA-nominated I Hate Suzie star Leila Farzad and Broadchurch’s Andrew Buchan are to lead BBC One’s Better, the latest drama from prolific Chernobyl producer Sister.

Farzad, who was BAFTA-nominated for her role in Billie Piper and Lucy Prebble’s dramedy, will play Di Lou Slack, a quick-witted policewoman whose success lies on a foundation of deceit and corruption.

Buchan, who is also penning Sister drama Passenger for ITV, plays Col McHugh, a charming businessman and property developer who heads a citywide drug trafficking gang.

The show from Humans scribes Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent tells of the pair’s bond set in a world where they have created their own version of “right” and “wrong.”

Farzad called it a “a brilliant fresh take on the morality tale,” adding: “I am excited to have the opportunity to play Lou Slack, the vehicle through which we explore the multivalent layers of good and bad.

A24 has made two splashy international hires in the shape of BBC executives Rose Garnett and Piers Wenger who will join the ambitious U.S. distributor and producer to oversee their growing international film and TV slate.

Wenger is currently Director of BBC Drama, where he has overseen series including I May Destroy You, Bodyguard, A Very English Scandal, His Dark Materials, Normal People and Small Axe (both in close collaboration with Garnett). Previously he was Head of Drama at Channel 4 where he commissioned Humans, National Treasure, Southcliffe and The End of The F**cking World.

Garnett currently serves as Director of BBC Film where she has overseen a slate of titles including The Power of The Dog, Souvenir 1 and 2, The Nest, and Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always. Prior to that, she was at Film4 where she shepherded award-winners The Favourite, Room, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri and American Honey.

A24, the indie studio behind “Moonlight” and “Lady Bird,” has tapped BBC executives Rose Garnett and Piers Wenger to oversee its international film and TV slate.

The appointments are a major coup for A24 — and a heavy loss for the BBC — given Garnett and Wenger are the go-to execs in the U.K. for film and scripted television, respectively, anywhere the Beeb is concerned.

Garnett most recently served as director of BBC Film, where she has overseen a slate of movies including “The Power of the Dog,” “The Nest” and “Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always.” Prior to that, she worked at Film4 where she helped produce the likes of “The Favourite,” “Room” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri.”

Wenger served as director of BBC Drama, where he has overseen such hit television series as “I May Destroy You,” “Bodyguard,” “A Very English Scandal” and “Normal People.” Previously he was head of...

Do you know what The Last Kingdom needed? More characters with names that look like an unlucky hand at Scrabble. Or at least, somebody must have thought so because that’s who’s joining the existing gang for the action-adventure’s final season before the saga ends with film Seven Kings Must Die. Below, meet Rognvaldr, Eadgifu, Vibeke, Cynlaef, plus the newly aged-up versions of existing characters Aelfweard, Aethelstan, Aelfwynn and more.

But first, to get us all in the mood for the new 10-episode run, all of which arrives on Netflix on the 9th of March, here’s a link to the season five trailer, and below is the official synopsis:

“Years have passed since the events of the last season, and King Edward is still forging ahead with his ambitions to unite the Saxon Kingdoms to fulfil his late father’s dream. Although a long-standing peace between Danes and Saxons now exists,...

Julia Stiles is going to be a mother of two! On Thursday, Nov. 18, the Save the Last Dance actress attended the premiere of her upcoming movie, Humans, where she debuted her baby bump. The 40-year-old actress cradled her stomach in a black turtleneck dress, which highlighted the star's glowing skin. Julia's rep later confirmed to E! News that she's pregnant and expecting her second child with husband Preston J. Cook early next year. The actress hasn't discussed her pregnancy on social media, though she sparked some speculation when she promoted the podcast Dear Doula on her Instagram in October. Julia captioned a brief teaser, "Omg this is so great....

Continuing with the fall series of Contenders Film events that have already taken place in London and Los Angeles and including this weekend’s virtual International and Documentary presentations, Deadline is bringing an in-person Contenders event back to New York — but with a twist.

Like Los Angele and London it will be hybrid on Saturday, December 4 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Et live, and also presented virtually between 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Et. It also will be in a brand new venue, the spectacular Museum of the Moving Image in Queens.

The Contenders events, which started over a decade ago, are designed to give AMPAS, BAFTA and guild members an overview of this year’s awards-season films.

Studios participating for Contenders Film: New York include A24 with The Humans and Zola; Amazon Studios with A Hero, The Tender Bar and Being the Ricardos; Apple Original Films...

Exclusive: FX is developing The Bobby Love Story, a one-hour drama starring and executive produced by Octavia Spencer, from writer Shalisha Francis-Feusner (Seven Seconds), Kerry Washington’s Simpson Street Productions and ABC Signature, where Spencer and her Orit Entertainment and Washington and Simpson Street are under deals.

Written and executive produced by Francis-Feusner, who also serves as showrunner, The Bobby Love Story is a dramatic true account of an escaped convict, Bobby Love, and his wife of 35+ years, Cheryl Love, who never knew his secret. Bobby Love and Cheryl Love serve as executive producers alongside Girls co-showrunner Jenni Konner.

The Loves’ story was featured in a 2020 multi-part series on Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York blog where it went viral and led to a 10-way bidding war for the rights.

As a Black child in the Jim Crow South, Bobby Love found himself in legal trouble before his 14th birthday.

Netflix is expanding its To All the Boys franchise with a series order for the YA spinoff Xo, Kitty.

Anna Cathcart reprises her movie role as Lara Jean Covey’s younger sister, Kitty Song Covey, who “thinks she knows everything there is to know about love” as a teen matchmaker, per the official synopsis. “But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she’ll soon realize that relationships are a lot more complicated when it’s your own heart on the line.”

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The Toronto Film Festival has confirmed one case of Covid-19 among attendees at a Sept. 11 press conference at Roy Thomson Hall.

“Because of the strictly enforced Covid protocols in place at all TIFF venues, this case is low risk. You may however, still wish to get tested for Covid-19,” Laura Ryan, vp of visitor experience at TIFF, said in an email to festival attendees obtained by The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday.

The individual who tested positive for Covid-19 also attended press & industry screenings for The Humans, Dune and Bergman Island at the Scotiabank Theatre last weekend. The festival in ...

Everything is wrong in The Humans, Stephen Karam’s adaptation of his Tony-winning play. Set entirely in a New York apartment building, Karam’s one-act play transitions to film with one big hook: it’s an intimate drama conceived as a horror film, monsters and ghosts replaced by the rot of a family unit shaken up by a world that’s getting harder to endure. It’s a confident gamble, especially for a first-time director; confidence can only take it so far.

It’s Thanksgiving, and young couple Bridgid (Beanie Feldstein) and Richard (Steven Yeun) are moving into their new Chinatown apartment with the help of Bridgid’s family: parents Erik (Richard Jenkins) and Deirdre (Jayne Houdyshell), sister Aimee (Amy Schumer), and Alzheimer’s-afflicted grandmother Fiona (June Squibb). All seems well and friendly between everyone, but as the day goes on and dinner approaches, cracks begin showing—past resentments, unresolved...

Exclusive: Alana Boden (I Am Elizabeth Smart) is joining Nathalie Emmanuel and Garret Hedlund (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) in Screen Gems’ horror thriller The Bride.

While the film is said to be inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, details on its plot and the role Boden is playing are being kept under wraps.

Jessica M. Thompson (The Light of the Moon) is directing from an original script by Blair Butler. Emile Gladstone (The Curse of La Llorona) is producing.

Boden recently wrapped shooting the A&e/Lifetime Mow series Flowers in the Attic: The Origins. She also recently shot a supporting role in Ruben Fleischer’s Sony feature Uncharted, which stars Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, as well as a recurring role in the Sky series Domina.

In 2017, she was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for Best Actress...