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There are many streaming services available for audiences to consume, but Netflix remains the most successful. The streaming giant has provided several of the internet's biggest hits, like Stranger Things and Wednesday. Netflix's big-budget productions bring Hollywood production values to the small screen, ensuring viewers do not need to pop into theaters to witness cinematic spectacles. Although its prices have risen, it is showing no signs of slowing down, continuing to pump out an impressive amount of content. However, the most engaging releases on Netflix are not glossy U.S. productions, but rather the imports from other countries. Korean shows like Squid Game and Legends Of The Blue Sea have garnered big fan followings, while programs from Japan like Alice In Borderland and House Of Ninjas have sparked plenty of discussion. The jewel in the crown...

Apple TV+’s upcoming comedy series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson has added Natalie Martinez and Brittany Ishibashi to the cast.

McConaughey and Harrelson, who are close friends in real life, play versions of themselves in the 10-episode series. The official logline describes the series as “a heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around their strange and beautiful bond” which is “tested when their combined families attempt to live together on Matthew’s ranch in Texas.”

Martinez will play Matthew’s wife, Valentina, while Ishibashi plays Woody’s wife, Joy. They join previously announced cast member Holland Taylor, who plays Mac, Matthew’s mother.

Martinez is best known for starring in series such as “Bad Monkey” on Apple TV+, “Ordinary Joe” on NBC, “The I-Land” on Netflix and “Kingdom” on AT&T’s Audience Network. She is repped by UTA, Atlas Artists, the Initiative Group and attorney Hansen, Jacobson, Teller,...

Neville Stafford is in over his head in the Apple TV+ original series Bad Monkey. An adaptation of Carl Hiaasen's acclaimed book, the TV show makes Neville an unexpected ally for disgraced ex-detective Andrew Yancy, after Yancy comes across a severed arm. That grisly find pulls both characters -- and many more -- into a caper full of greed, corruption, romance and dark comedy.

Cbr spoke to actor Ronald Peet, who portrays the charming fisherman Neville, about what interested him in his Bad Monkey character. He also talked about reading the novel that the TV series is based on. Plus, Ronald dished on the experience of sharing scenes with an actual monkey, which is just one of the many quirks of this off-the-wall mystery.

Cbr: What made you want to play Neville Stafford in Bad Monkey? Was there something in particular that you connected with in his character?

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The young version of Mike Franks has gotten his actor for the upcoming NCIS prequel series.

Dubbed NCIS: Origins, the new prequel series is set to arrive on CBS during the 2024-25 television season. It was previously announced that the cast would be led by Austin Stowell as a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the character originally played by Mark Harmon. It was also revealed that the show would bring back the fan favorite character Mike Franks, who was previously portrayed by Muse Watson in the original series; the character was killed off in Season 8. Per Deadline, it's now been reported that Kyle Schmid has boarded NCIS: Origins to play the young Mike Franks.

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CBS’ NCIS: Origins has found its young Mike Franks. Kyle Schmid has been cast as a lead opposite Austin Stowell and Mariel Molino in the CBS Studios-produced Young Gibbs drama, a prequel to the venerable procedural, which has a straight-to-series order for the 2024-2025 broadcast season.

Executive produced and narrated by Mark Harmon, Origins begins in 1991, years prior to the events of NCIS, and chronicles Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ younger years. In the prequel, Gibbs (Stowell) starts his career as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling Nis Camp Pendleton office where he forges his place on a gritty, ragtag team led by NCIS legend Mike Franks (Schmid).

Schmid’s Special Agent Mike Franks is a proud Texan who all but showers in his cowboy boots and sports a perfectly coiffed mustache that’s as thick as his skin. As showcased on NCIS, Franks is a born leader with...

In the sci-fi thriller Black Noise, Alex Pettyfer and his team of mercenaries face a dangerous unknown threat on an isolated island. The trailer reveals that the mysterious sound they encounter drives them to insanity as they battle opposing gunmen and terrifying hallucinations. Pettyfer's previous sci-fi projects, including the Netflix show The I-Land, indicate a trend in his career of starring in sci-fi-driven projects.

Alex Pettyfer and his team of mercenaries encounter a deadly hidden threat in the exclusive Black Noise trailer and poster. The sci-fi thriller centers on an elite team of security contractors hired to rescue a VIP from an isolated island estate, only to arrive and find a mostly empty island, save for opposing masked gunmen, and a mysterious siren sound that drives them all to the brink of insanity. Alongside Pettyfer, the cast for Black Noise includes The Island's Jackson Rathbone, Cypher's Eve Mauro, Big Shark's Ashton Leigh,...

“Silence. Darkness.” Those two words appear up front in most of Neil Labute’s stageplays, though his latest feature, “House of Darkness,” opens with a more playful “Once Upon a Time …” The film — Labute’s first in a bumpy seven-year stretch since “Dirty Weekend,” during which the provocateur was abruptly dropped by longtime Off Broadway partner McC Theater — starts out as a standard hookup scenario and twists into edgier, potentially supernatural “Promising Young Woman” territory. Part cautionary tale, part post-#MeToo ghost story, this sly chamber piece uses silence and darkness to its advantage, allowing audiences’ imaginations to fill in the spaces and shadows of an atypical one-night stand.

It’s pretty clear what Hap Jackson (Justin Long) is hoping will follow when he offers Mina Murray a ride home from the local bar. Guys like Hap refer to nights like this as “getting lucky,” though he’s almost certain...

Exclusive: Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns) is in advanced talks and Ron Perlman (Hellboy) and Lin Shaye (Insidious) are attached to star in action director Renny Harlin’s (Cliffhanger) horror-thriller Carrier, scripted by the 10 Cloverfield Lane writing team of Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken.

In Carrier, when a mysterious phenomenon leads to mass chaos, a splintering family escapes to a small island…but their troubles are only beginning.

The movie is among the first projects for Renee Tab and Christopher Tuffin’s recently minted sales firm Sentient Pictures International, which is handling world rights at the virtual EFM, which wraps this week.

Principal photography is slated to commence in fall 2022 in Europe and will be produced by Extraordinary Entertainment’s Harlin and Daljit DJ Parmar, alongside Spi’s Pierre Morel, Renee Tab and Tuffin.

Executive producers will be Michael Yeates, Campbell, Stuecken, Dimiter Nikolov, Andrew Marcus, Andy Schefter and Rob Van Norden.

John Earl Jelks, currently appearing in the HBO Max series Love Life, has joined the previously announced Debra Messing and Enrico Colantoni in the cast of the upcoming Broadway production of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles.

The Roundabout Theatre Company production, which begins previews March 18 and opens April 10, was originally set to debut in spring 2020 but was postponed due to the Covid shutdown. At the time, Andre Braugher was set to co-star with Messing and Colantoni.

The limited engagement of Birthday Candles will run through May 29 at the American Airlines Theatre. Vivienne Benesch directs.

Jelks is known to Broadway audiences for his role in Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Sweat (2017) and his Tony-nominated 2007 performance in August Wilson’s Radio Golf. He had previously appeared in Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean. Other stage work includes Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Head of Passes, co-starring Phylicia Rashad, at the Public Theater Off Broadway and L.

Actress Kate Bosworth ("The I-Land") poses for Grazia (USA) magazine, wearing Saint Laurent, Miu Miu, Bottega Veneta and a whole lot more:

Following minor roles in the features "The Horse Whisperer" (1998) and "Remember the Titans" (2000), Bosworth rose to prominence with her role as a young surfer in the box-office hit "Blue Crush" (2002). 

She also had roles in independent films, playing 'Dawn Schiller' in the true crime film "Wonderland" (2003) and 'Sandra Dee' in the 'Bobby Darin' biographical drama "Beyond the Sea" (2004). 

She portrayed 'Lois Lane' in "Superman Returns" (2006), and had roles in "21" (2008), "Straw Dogs" (2011), "And While We Were Here" (2012), and "Still Alice" (2014). 

She starred in the horror films "Before I Wake" (2016) and "The Domestics" (2018). 

Recently, Bosworth starred as 'Kc' in the Netflix science fiction miniseries "The I-Land".

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Richard Hughes to direct from screenplay by W. Peter Iliff.

Kate Bosworth and rap star 2 Chainz have joined Antonio Banderas on Millennium Media’s noir thriller The Enforcer ahead of a sales launch at the virtual Cannes market.

Millennium Media is producing and anticipates a strong response from global buyers. Richard Hughes will direct from a script by W. Peter Iliff, whose career credits include Point Break, Patriot Games, and Varsity Blues.

Producing The Enforcer are Rob Van Norden, Yariv Lerner, Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger and Les Weldon of Millennium Media, and Natalie Burn of Born to Burn Films.

Netflix has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to sci-fi drama The Imperfects, starring Italia Ricci, from The Order‘s Dennis Heaton, Shelley Eriksen and Nomadic Pictures.

Written by Heaton and Eriksen, in The Imperfects, after an experimental gene therapy turns them into monsters, three twenty-somethings band together to hunt down the scientist responsible and force him to make them human again.

Cast also includes Morgan Taylor Campbell (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist), Rhianna Jagpal (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before), Iñaki Godoy (Who Killed Sara?), Rhys Nicholson (RuPaul’s Drag Race Downunder), Celina Martin (Other Kingdom), and Kyra Zagorsky (The 100).

Ricci plays Dr. Sydney Burke, a brilliant scientist looking to fix her past mistakes, both professional and ethical, by allying with Abbi, Juan and Tilda to track down the scientist responsible for their grim fates.

Campbell portrays Tilda Weber, the driven lead singer of a...

Exclusive: Michelle Veintimilla (The Baker and the Beauty) and Sebastian Roché (The Man in the High Castle) are set for recurring roles on David E. Kelley’s hit freshman ABC drama series Big Sky. Both will be introduced in the back half of Season 1.

The crime thriller series, created by Big Littles Lies‘ Kelley based on C.J Box’s book, follows private detective Cassie Dewell, played by Kylie Bunbury, and ex-cop Jenny Hoyt, played by Katheryn Winnick, who join forces to search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. But when they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the killer before another woman is taken.

Veintimilla will play Rosie Amaya, the tough as nails daughter of Gil Amaya, the Kleinsasser family’s ranch manager.

Actress, producer and activist Kate Bosworth has signed with APA for representation in all areas.

She was previously at CAA, where she had spent most of last two decades, except for a six-month stint at ICM in 2017.

The multi-hyphenate most recently starred in Lionsgate’s thriller Force of Nature opposite Mel Gibson, and starred and produced the 2019 Netflix mini-series, The I-Land.

Bosworth also recently starred in the 10-episode Western drama Bring on the Dancing Horses for director and husband Michael Polish. The duo both executive produced via their Make Pictures Productions banner. The series tells the story of a hitwoman (Bosworth) who is ...

Actress, producer and activist Kate Bosworth has signed with APA for representation in all areas.

She was previously at CAA, where she had spent most of the last two decades, except for a six-month stint at ICM in 2017.

The multihyphenate most recently starred in Lionsgate’s thriller Force of Nature opposite Mel Gibson and starred in and produced 2019 Netflix miniseries The I-Land.

Bosworth also recently starred in the 10-episode Western drama Bring on the Dancing Horses for director and husband Michael Polish. The duo both executive produced via their Make Pictures Productions banner. The series tells the story of a hitwoman (Bosworth) who is ...

Update 2/25: Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw and Simon Kinberg’s Genre Films have issued a statement about the end of The Twilight Zone series.

We greatly enjoyed our time working on The Twilight Zone — particularly when the real world around us often felt more and more like another dimension. We cherished the opportunity to collaborate with so many talented writers, actors and crewmembers. After 20 unique episodes, we have told the stories that we wanted to tell, and CBS All Access was gracious in their understanding of our decision. It was an honor and a privilege to bring audiences a modern re-imagining of Rod Serling’s iconic creation.

Previous 2/24: The second season of the reboot of The Twilight Zone was submitted for your approval, to borrow the famous phrase of original sci-fi creator Rod Serling. Apparently, there wasn’t enough approval, as the CBS All Access show won’t continue...

Actress Kate Bosworth ("The I-Land") poses for the latest  issue of Grazia (USA) and Grazia (Italy) magazine, wearing Saint Laurent, Miu Miu, Bottega Veneta and a whole lot more:

Following minor roles in the features "The Horse Whisperer" (1998) and "Remember the Titans" (2000), Bosworth rose to prominence with her role as a young surfer in the box-office hit "Blue Crush" (2002). 

She also had roles in independent films, playing 'Dawn Schiller' in the true crime film "Wonderland" (2003) and 'Sandra Dee' in the 'Bobby Darin' biographical drama "Beyond the Sea" (2004). 

She portrayed 'Lois Lane' in "Superman Returns" (2006), and had roles in "21" (2008), "Straw Dogs" (2011), "And While We Were Here" (2012), and "Still Alice" (2014). 

She starred in the horror films "Before I Wake" (2016) and "The Domestics" (2018). 

Recently, Bosworth starred as 'Kc' in the Netflix science fiction miniseries "The I-Land".

Click the images to enlarge... ...

Exclusive: Ted Levine has joined the cast of David E. Kelley’s hit freshman ABC drama series Big Sky as a new series regular. Additionally, Kyle Schmid has been tapped for a recurring role. Both will make their debut on the show later this season.

The crime thriller series, created by Big Littles Lies‘ Kelley based on C.J Box’s book, follows private detective Cassie Dewell, played by Kylie Bunbury, and ex-cop Jenny Hoyt, played by Katheryn Winnick, who join forces to search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. But when they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the killer before another woman is taken.

Levine will play Horst Kleinsasser. Horst has run...

In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix has announced the premiere date for “Social Distance,” and Showtime has revealed the premiere date for “Moonbase 8.”

Renewals

Shaftesbury announced “Departure” has been renewed for a second season and started production in Toronto, ahead of the first season launching on Peacock in the U.S. Archie Panjabi and Christopher Plummer will return to lead the show, joined by Kris Holden-Ried, Mark Rendall, Jason O’Mara, Karen Leblanc, Kelly McCormack, Wendy Crewson, Dion Johnstone and Donal Logue. The show is co-produced by Shaftesbury and Deadpan Pictures in association with Corus Entertainment, Starlings Television and Red Arrow Studios International.

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Showtime announced “Moonbase 8,” starring Tim Heidecker and John C. Reilly, will premiere Nov. 8 at 11 p.m. The sci-fi comedy follows astronauts who train to qualify for their first lunar mission. But their plans change when a series of events forces the astronauts to question their mental sanity.

ReFrame has unveiled the TV and streaming shows from the 2019-2020 season that have earned the coveted ReFrame Stamp. The shows on the list have demonstrated success in gender-balanced hiring based on an in-depth analysis of IMDbPro data on the 100 most popular scripted shows.

The coalition, which was founded by Women In Film Los Angeles and Sundance Institute looks to increase the number of women of all backgrounds working in film, TV and media. As the TV and film industry moves towards inclusivity on all fronts, ReFrame keeps tabs on the progress of industry, awarding a ReFrame Stamp to productions that hire female-identifying people in four out of eight critical areas of their production, including writer, director, showrunner, producer, lead, season regulars, department heads and crew — bonus points are awarded to content that has women of color in key positions.

“We are excited to see a significant 57% increase in the...

Can I offer you a nice Mel Gibson taking on thieves during a hurricane movie in this trying time? Lionsgate has dropped the first trailer for Force Of Nature, an action thriller which stars Kate Bosworth (The I-Land), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood), and Mel Gibson (Dragged Across Concrete). When a category 5 hurricane forces many to leave their homes, Dr. Troy (Bosworth) requests…...

Fourteen more stars have been added to the cast of Season 2 of Jordan Peele’s “Twilight Zone” reboot at CBS All Access, including Kylie Bunbury, Sky Ferreira, Topher Grace, David Krumholtz, Greta Lee, Thomas Lennon, Natalie Martinez, Brandon Jay McLaren, Gretchen Mol, Paula Newsome, Tawny Newsome, Jurnee Smollett, Paul F. Tompkins and Damon Wayans Jr.

These new additions to the upcoming 10-episode season, which is set to premiere this summer on the streaming service, join a lineup that includes Billy Porter, Joel McHale, Tony Hale, Morena Baccarin, Colman Domingo, Ethan Embry, Jenna Elfman, Tavi Gevinson, Abbie Hern, Gillian Jacobs, Sophia Macy, Chris Meloni, Jimmi Simpson and Daniel Sunjata.

Peele, who narrates the series, will also write the episode, “Downtime,” which features Baccarin, Domingo and Hale.

Also Read: Billy Porter, Joel McHale and Tony Hale Among 14 Cast in 'Twilight Zone' Season 2

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The second season of the CBS All Access anthology reboot of The Twilight Zone has added a robust list of cast members that will travel through another dimension…a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A dimension called The Twilight Zone.

Added to the 10-episode sophomore season of Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg’s reimagining of the classic sci-fi series is Kylie Bunbury, Sky Ferreira, Topher Grace, David Krumholtz, Thomas Lennon, Natalie Martinez, Gretchen Mol, Paula Newsome, Jurnee Smollett, Damon Wayans Jr., among others.

Some highlights for the newly announced slate of actors include the episode titled “Ovation” which is directed by Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) and written by Emily C. Chang and Sara Amini. The episode is stacked with Ferreira, Smollett-Bell as well as Tawny Newsome, Paul F. Tompkins and Thomas Lennon.

Charlie Barnett and Natalie Martinez have joined the cast of the NBC pilot “Ordinary Joe,” Variety has learned.

James Wolk was previously announced as the series lead. The drama explores the three parallel lives of Joe Kimbrough (Wolk) after he makes a pivotal choice at a crossroads in his life. The series asks the question of how different life might look if you made your decision based on love, loyalty or passion.

Martinez will star as Amy, described as a bright and caring woman who forms an immediate connection with Joe. Barnett will play Eric Payne, one of Joe’s closest friends. The roles reunite the pair, as both Martinez and Barnett starred in the ABC series “Secrets and Lies.”

Barnett recently starred in the Emmy-nominated Netflix series “Russian Doll,” with his other recent appearances on television including “Tales of the City,” “Arrow” and “You.” He is also known for...

Natalie Martinez (The Crossing) is set as the female lead opposite titular star James Wolk in the NBC drama pilot Ordinary Joe. Charlie Barnett (Chicago Fire) will co-star in the pilot, from Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner, Matt Reeves, his 6th & Idaho banner and 20th Century Fox TV. Adam Davidson (I’m Dying Up Here) has come onboard to direct.

Written by Friend and Lerner, Ordinary Joe explores the three parallel lives of the show’s main character Joe Kimbrough (Wolk) after he makes a pivotal choice at a crossroads in his life. The series asks the question of how different life might look if you made your decision based on love, loyalty or passion. The choices he makes upon graduation from college change the trajectory of his life and the results of his decisions are seen in parallel time.

Martinez will play Amy, a bright and caring woman who forms an...

It doesn’t take a sixth sense to realize that Amazon is looking to send “Goliath” off with a bang.

The Billy Bob Thornton-led legal drama has added a trio of players for its upcoming fourth and final season, Variety has learned exclusively. The three in question are Haley Joel Osment in a recurring role, and “Hunger Games” star Jena Malone and recent “Billions” alumna Clara Chen as series regulars.

News of their casting comes roughly four months after “Goliath” was picked up for a season 4 swan song by Amazon. The final season will see Billy McBride (Thornton) taking on a case that tackles a timely global crisis impacting an entire generation.

Osment, who recently guest starred on Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method” and will next appear in the final season of Hulu’s “Future Man,” joins the cast Dylan Zax. Dylan is described as the weakest link in...

Den of Geek Staff Jan 10, 2020

Essential Star Trek stories to watch pre-Picard, prototypes from CES 2020, 3D printing and lunar colonies, plus more from today's Link Tank!

This year's CES is full of cutting edge innovations. Check out some amazing prototypes the event showcased.

"CES is a time for the tech industry to dream big and set the stage for the future. Sometimes that future is only a few months away, while other times it's more like a sci-fi fever dream many years out. Here we're focusing primarily on the latter, bringing you the coolest, craziest prototypes we saw at the show this year. CES 2020 Bug Art Sure, a lot of these products will probably never be available to buy. But they may give us a glimpse at what's in store for consumer technology in the years to come."

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Netflix has unveiled its most popular titles internationally with true-crime doc The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann topping the UK list and Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston comedy Murder Mystery leading in Australia.

In India, Bollywood romantic drama Kabir Singh was the most popular release, while the second season of gritty Indian crime drama, Sacred Games, topped the series list. There are also lists for France and Germany (below).

The streamer hasn’t officially revealed the methodology, but the list is thought to have been based on the number of accounts in each country that have watched at least two minutes of a title during its first 28 days on Netflix this year. For series, only the most popular season is counted and for shows and movies that have been released recently, the rankings are based on 28-day projections derived from the initial sampling.

Murder Mystery, which was directed by Kyle Newacheck...

CBS All Access and director Josh Boone’s upcoming 10-episode limited series adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand will be headed our way in 2020. And today we’ve learned via Variety that Natalie Martinez (The I-Land) will guest star. This new The Stand‘s killer […]

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In today’s TV news roundup, Natalie Martinez will guest star in CBS All Access’ “The Stand,” and USA announces the third season premiere date of “The Sinner.”

Casting

Natalie Martinez (“The I-Land”) will guest star in CBS All Access‘ adaptation of “The Stand,“ based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, Variety has exclusively learned. Martinez began her career as the spokesmodel for Jennifer Lopez’s (“Hustlers”) fashion line and has since gone on to star in “Self/less” opposite Ryan Reynolds and Warner Bros. “Reminiscence,” which is currently filming.

Karen Fukuhara (“Suicide Squad”), Deon Cole (“Black-ish”), Coy Stewart (“Are We There Yet”), Sydney Mikayla (“The Gabby Douglas Story”) and Dee Bradley Baker (“American Dad”) have been cast in Dreamworks‘ Netflix original series “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts,“ premiering Jan. 14. The animated series follows a young girl thrust into adventure on the surface of a fantastical post-apocalyptic Earth.

Exclusive: Natalie Martinez (The I-Land), Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker), Genesis Rodriguez (Man on the Ledge) and Keilani Arellanes (Euphoria) have joined Kiefer Sutherland and Boyd Holbrook in Quibi’s The Fugitive, a new take on the 1993 Harrison Ford film that was based on the 1960s TV series. The new project hails from Scorpion creator Nick Santora, Thunder Road Films, 3 Arts Entertainment and Warner Bros. TV.

Written by Santora, The Fugitive centers on Mike Russo (Holbrook), a blue-collar worker who just wants to make sure his wife and 10-year-old daughter are safe when a bomb rips through the Los Angeles subway train he’s riding on. But the faulty evidence on the ground and “tweet now, confirm later” journalism paint a nightmarish picture: it looks to all the world that Mike was responsible for the heinous act. Wrongfully — and very publicly — accused, Mike must prove his innocence by uncovering the real perpetrator,...

Exclusive: Angela Sarafyan (Westworld), Natalie Martinez (Death Race), Oscar nominee Marina De Tavira (Roma), and Cliff Curtis (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw) have been added to the cast of Reminiscence, the sci-fi thriller being helmed by Westworld Ep Lisa Joy in her first directorial outing. The group joins previously announced stars Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandie Newton, and Daniel Wu.

The Warner Bros film is a mind bending noir love story set in the dystopic near future of a nighttime, super heated flooded global warmed Miami.

Joy wrote the screenplay and will produce with her Kilter Film partner Jonathan Nolan, along with Michael De Luca and Aaron Ryder. Athena Wickham and Elishia Holmes are exec producers. The film is a co-production of Kilter Films, Michael De Luca Productions and FilmNation Entertainment.

Sarafyan will next be seen in the December installment of Hulu’s Into The Dark, a monthly horror anthology series from Blumhouse Television.

Lois and Clark are rising, with the news that Erica Durance will join Smallville co-star Tom Welling in the Arrowverse‘s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover.

TVLine has learned that Durance is on board to reprise her role as Lois Lane, guest-starring in multiple episodes of the five-part event. As mentioned with Thursday’s announcement that Tom Welling will play Clark Kent in the crossover, viewers will see where these characters are almost 10 years after Smallville ended.

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Lois and Clark are rising, with the news that Erica Durance will join Smallville co-star Tom Welling in the Arrowverse‘s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover.

TVLine has learned that Durance is on board to reprise her role as Lois Lane, guest-starring in multiple episodes of the five-part event. As mentioned with Thursday’s announcement that Tom Welling will play Clark Kent in the crossover, viewers will see where these characters are almost 10 years after Smallville ended.

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The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards are almost here, TV fans, which means we're about to find out once and for all whether Game of Thrones' most divisive season will earn another crown for Best Drama Series or not -- judging by the double-digit wins the series notched at the Creative Arts Emmys, it's a

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Here's why recycling carbon dioxide as fuel can lead to zero-emissions flight travel.

"Air travel may be a convenient way to see the world, but its growing carbon footprint has given some travelers pause in recent years. A creative new solution could help reduce the environmental impact of air travel, though."

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Here's why Britta Perry deserved better than the later seasons of NBC's Community.

"Community, a show with the highest of highs and lowest of lows, had a great ensemble of characters, but none were torpedoed quite as badly as Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs). Britta began the show as a snarky, earnest feminist and ended it as the butt of nearly every joke. To coin one of the many in jokes from the show, they Britta’d Britta.

Because I made it through the first 10 minutes of Netflix's new limited series The I-Land, I endeavored to make it through the first episode. Because I made it through the first episode, I endeavored to make it through all seven episodes. Because I made it through all seven episodes, I'm writing a review of The I-Land. To paraphrase J. Robert Oppenheimer paraphrasing the Bhagavad Gita: Now I am become the sunk cost fallacy, the destroyer of free time. Eventually I'm going to have to write a book about The I-Land.

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Forget Disney Plus, it's shows like The I-Land that will be Netflix's downfall. If Netflix wants to blow a bunch of cash on constant content and not make a profit from it, it's going to need to come up with shows better than The I-Land if it ever wants to get in the black.

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We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Power, Succession, Ninja Warrior, BH90210, The I-Land and more!

1 | Who would have thought that Elite‘s Valerio would turn out to be the most decent human being on the show?

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Are you trying to forget the first season of The I-Land TV show on Netflix? Usually, the Nielsen ratings play a big role in determining whether TV shows are cancelled or renewed. Netflix and other streaming platforms, however, collect their own data. Still, many viewers are frustrated their opinions weren't considered, before it's decided that shows like The I-Land won't get a second season. If you've been watching this TV series, we'd love to know how you feel about the first (and only) season of The I-Land. We invite you to rate the episodes for us here.

A Netflix sci-fi thriller, The I-Land stars Kate Bosworth, Natalie Martinez, Ronald Peet, Kyle Schmid, Gilles Geary, Sibylla Deen, Anthony Lee Medina, Kota Eberhardt, Michelle Veintimilla and Alex Pettyfer. The series follows a group of 10 people who wake up on a treacherous island. With no memory of who they are or...

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Streaming on the Netflix paid subscription platform, The I-Land stars Kate Bosworth, Natalie Martinez, Ronald Peet, Kyle Schmid, Gilles Geary, Sibylla Deen, Anthony Lee Medina, Kota Eberhardt, Michelle Veintimilla and Alex Pettyfer. A science fiction thriller series, The I-Land follows a group of 10 people who wake up on a treacherous island. With no memory of who they are or how they got there, the castaways set off on a trek to...

Network: Netflix

Episodes: Seven (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: September 12, 2019

Series status: Ended (miniseries)

Performers include: Kate Bosworth, Natalie Martinez, Ronald Peet, Kyle Schmid, Gilles Geary, Sibylla Deen, Anthony Lee Medina, Kota Eberhardt, Michelle Veintimilla and Alex Pettyfer.

TV show description:

A science-fiction thriller series, The I-Land follows a group of 10 people who wake up on a treacherous island. With no memory of who they are or how they got there, the castaways set off on a trek to try to find a way back home -- wherever that is.

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Take a look at the new science fiction miniseries "The I-Land", starring Kate Bosworth, streaming September 12, 2019 on Netflix:

"...ten people wake up on a treacherous island with no memory of who they are or how they got there.

"They soon discover this world is not as it seems. Faced with the island's extreme psychological and physical challenges, they must rise to their better selves..."

Cast also includes Natalie Martinez, Alex Pettyfer, Kyle Schmid, Gilles Geary, Clara Wong, Michelle Veintimilla, Kota Eberhardt, Sibylla Deen, Ronald Peet, Anthony Lee Medina and Keilyn Durrel Jones.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The I-Land"...

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