Netflix resurrected Lucifer after Fox unwisely dropped the series following its third season and after the fans launched a massive #SaveLucifer social media campaign. The streaming service picked up the smartly written action/comedy/drama/romance/supernatural series and has just announced the fourth season will arrive on May 8, 2019.
The premiere date announcement was accompanied by a short teaser video featuring the show’s central character, Lucifer Morningstar, played by Tom Ellis. In the video, Lucifer rises from a swimming pool, naked chest glistening.
In addition to Tom Ellis, the cast of season four includes Lauren German as Detective Chloe Decker, Kevin Alejandro as Detective Dan Espinoza, D.B. Woodside as Amenadiel, Lesley-Ann Brandt as Maze, Aimee Garcia as Ella Lopez, and Rachael Harris as Dr. Linda Martin. Lucifer newcomers for the upcoming season include Inbar Lavi as Eve and Graham McTavish as Father Kinley.
Lucifer is produced for Netflix by Jerry Bruckheimer Television in association with Warner Bros. Television. Season four was executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Joe Henderson, Ildy Modrovich, Sheri Elwood and KristieAnne Reed. The sexy series is based on characters created by Neil Gaiman (who provided the voice of God in season three), Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for Vertigo. The series was developed for television by Tom Kapinos.
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On May 8, 2019, all hell breaks loose (again!) when Netflix premieres Season 4 of Lucifer, the cult-favorite, fantasy comedy-drama about fallen angel and ex-Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar, a Los Angeles nightclub owner who expertly deploys his devil-may-care attitude while moonlighting as an LAPD consultant.
Reeling from the aftermath of Chloe seeing his devil face, Lucifer faces a new challenge: Eve, the original sinner herself, is back. Does she want revenge for when he tempted her out of Eden oh so many years ago… or something else entirely?
Zachary Quinto as Charlie Manx in ‘NOS4A2’ season 1 episode 3 (Photo Credit: Zach Dilgard / AMC)
Joe Hill looks exactly like his father, Stephen King. Joe’s wearing a bushy beard at the moment, but we’ve seen Stephen with the scruff too. Joe is also hilarious, so maybe he should have a career in comedy. At least for now he uses his macabre humor in books like NOS4A2.
NOS4A2 is coming to television courtesy of executive producer Jami O’Brien. Zachary Quinto plays Hill’s vampire Charlie Manx, and young Vic McQueen (Ashleigh Cummings) is discovering her psychic powers. NOS4A2 will premiere June 2, 2019 on AMC and Hill and O’Brien gave a press conference at WonderCon to preview the series adaptation.
Were there any visual images you had in your mind you wanted to keep from the book?
Jami O’Brien: “Obviously the bridge we wanted to be pretty spectacular because it’s pretty spectacular in the book.”
Joe Hill: “I love the bridge.”
Jami O’Brien: “The bridge is miraculous, I think. So that was probably the biggest challenge for production to make sure that we got right.
It’s interesting, the bridge is actually, there were three pieces of the bridge that are practical and a lot of it, the interior of it, which this is a testament to our VFX team, is VFX. I was like, ‘You guys aren’t gonna get any props for this because no one’s going to know because that’s how good it is.’ That’s why I’m telling you all.
The bridge was a big one and then in terms of Charlie Manx, that was a collaboration between the book, myself, Zach, our first block director Kari Spogland and Joel Harlow who did the special effects makeup. And the big conversation that we had about it early on, and the conversation that Joe and I had had, is that Charlie Manx is a man first and foremost. So he’s not actually a vampire in the way that we typically think about vampires. He doesn’t have pointy ears. He’s not nonhuman.”
Joe Hill: “He’s not upset by garlic.”
Jami O’Brien: “He can go out in the sun. So anything that looks horrific about him really comes from being 135 years old.”
Joe Hill: “I suspect his breath is not very good. Now, Zach’s breath is great but I think because the 19th century hygiene thing, the only reason when he was a kid, the only reason Charlie Manx would’ve gone to a dentist was for an amputation. They didn’t really.”
Jami O’Brien: “So the teeth are bad.”
Joe Hill: “They’re real bad.”
Jami O’Brien: “But they’re not fangs. They’re 19th century 135-year-old man teeth.”
Joe Hill: “I think one of Charlie’s biggest advantages over the heroes is he does have 135 years of experience. He’s good at not getting caught. He’s good at getting away with it.”
What made you to do a TV series vs. a movie?
Joe Hill: “Well, I think you respond to who’s got the passion. Who connects with the material and feels like they can do something exciting. So in some ways, the format is almost secondary. I do think that we’re living in this really remarkable period of television and genre television.
And so much of horror depends on empathy. So much of it depends on compassion. The way great horror works is you fall in love with some characters and then you see them put through the ringer, put through the meat grinder, sometimes literally. On TV, you have 10 hours to fall in love with a character. You have so much more to explore whereas in a movie, you really only got a few minutes to start to care about someone before you’ve moved on to Leatherface. So I kinda like that we have a little more room to breathe in a TV show. I think that that’s special. And of course, we’re in this era when we can take risks in TV like you couldn’t even imagine taking 10 years ago.”
Are you in the writers room with Jami?
Joe Hill: “Well, no. I read Jami’s pilot script probably, what, about two years ago now. And I thought it was the best single episode of anything I had ever read in my life. She has such a deft touch and reveals so much. It’s not an ironic statement. She has such a deft touch. There were little things she was able to reveal in just like a paragraph or just a line of dialogue. And so then, after I read what you did, I wanted to be careful not to f*ck it up. So I tried not to get underfoot too much and to be available when she had questions, but then otherwise cheer her on to tell her version of the story from the sidelines.”
Jami O’Brien: “It’s funny, I’ll tell a quick story. Joe came to the table read for I think episode two. I remember while we were doing the table read, this was on set in Rhode Island, he had the script and he had a pen in his hand and I was sitting next to him and he kept going… I was like, ‘Oh my God, he hates it. What’s happening?’ Having a panic attack. And then at the end of it, he said, ‘Jami, I just have a couple of thoughts.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, he hates it.’ Then he was like, ‘Here I think it would be great, Charlie Manx has an older way of speaking. Could he, instead of saying my child, say my joy?’ And I was like, yes. Yes, he could do that.”
Joe Hill: “I was drawing smiley faces. This was me drawing little smiley faces in the margins.”
Jami O’Brien: “This is all a way of saying whenever I would hear from Joe, he’s always been super generous and always had great suggestions and we try to incorporate them, unless they come in too late. And then sometimes the horse is out of the barn.”
What was the process of bringing Charlie from paper to screen?
Jami O’Brien: “It really was about working closely with the director, Zach, and our special effects makeup guy, Joel Harlow, and Joe too. I was sending Joe pictures of Manx, again hoping that he’d be like awesome and not like go back to the drawing board which Joel Harlow really is a genius. And so I wasn’t surprised that it was a pretty easy collaboration. He just presented us…he’s, I think, a fan of Joe’s anyway too…so he just immediately was like, ‘Love the book, yes. Sign me up.’ Then the next day was like, ‘Here are five looks. What do you guys think?’
Then it was really about making Zach comfortable and making sure that the makeup was something that wouldn’t obscure his acting. I don’t know, it was a trip.”
Did you want it to be more of a sense of dread than jump scares?
Jami O’Brien: “I think that that sense of dread permeates the whole book. Those are my favorite kinds of scares is the kind of tension of what is on the other end of the bridge? Where does this highway go? What’s waiting for Daniel when he gets out of the car? The book, I say all the time, one of the things I loved about it is it has a great sense of humor and it also unfolds in a way that you’re never ahead of it. As you learn more and more about the characters, for me, the tension is ratcheted up so we wanted to be faithful to that.”
Joe Hill: “For myself, I’m not above a good jump scare. I think there’s plenty of room for that but they are kind of cheap and weak. If someone drops a stack of frying pans behind you, you’re like, ‘Agh!’ But that’s not great horror. That’s just a loud noise.
I think you get more mileage out of suspense, and suspense is about one thing. It’s about taking a character you care about and putting them out on a ledge 10 stories above the street to rescue a cat. And then they’re crawling out to get the cat and they get to it and the cat scratches them in the face. That’s hard to look away from and is a lot more interesting than just someone’s walking down a dark hallway and then the soundtrack goes WAAAAAAAA which of course is going to make you jump but is kind of gimmicky, a little weak.”
Will there be any deviations from the book?
Jami O’Brien: “I’ll speak to that a little bit. I think that where I started from when I set out to adapt this book is a place of loving the book. So my process, just in terms of thinking about it and how we thought about it in the writers room, has always been how can we tell this story and get as much of the book actually into our show as we can?
For those of you who’ve read the book, you know it jumps around in time. We’re in different places. It starts in the present but then goes back to the past which is complicated for a television show, especially if you’re trying to follow a main character, Vic McQueen. So most of the deviations that we’ve made from the book have been about showing more of the book. They’ve all been decisions about how to manage the timelines and manage the characters in such a way that our actors can play them.”
Will we get to see Christmasland?
Jami O’Brien: “Tune in.”
Joe Hill: “Only very good people, very special people get to go to Christmasland, so that’s really more about you.”
How protective were you of these words?
Joe Hill: “Well, I don’t know that I have to be protective of the words. If NOS4A2 comes out, is a huge hit, everyone loves it, it won’t make a single word of my book better. If someone takes a story and makes a bad film out of it, it won’t really make a single word of my book worse. I told my version of this story and one of the reasons I tried not to be too much underfoot with Jami is this is her version of the story.
I think in some ways, there are some themes in the book and some aspects of the characters that she was able to connect with more strongly than I could when I worked on the book. I’m very lucky she wanted to take it on.”
How much of the novel does season one cover?
Jami O’Brien: “About 1/3.”
So three seasons at least?
Jami O’Brien: “Talk to AMC.”
Joe Hill: “I was thinking more six seasons and a movie, but we could start with three seasons.”
Zachary Quinto as Charlie Manx in NOS4A2′ (Photo Credit: Zach Dilgard / AMC)
What was Jami’s take on Joe’s take on vampire mythology?
Jami O’Brien: “I don’t know how to talk about vampires generally, but I can talk about Charlie Manx a little bit. One of the things that I think that I loved in the book and that we really explore in the show is Manx’s connection to The Wraith, his car. The car itself, this sounds kind of cliche, but it’s really true, it is a character in the show and there are moments in the show, just me watching the cuts come in where I’ve thought to myself, ‘You know, the car is just as big of a villain in the show as Manx is, really.'”
Joe Hill: “I kind of hate mustache-twirling villains. I really believe that everyone views themselves as the hero of their own story. I do think in a weird twisted way, you could look at the decisions Charlie has made and see how he would view himself because in his mind, he’s rescuing children from lives of suffering and unhappiness. And then as he takes them to Christmasland, he gradually drains all their hate and regret and sorrow and grief. All that comes out of them and when Charlie is done with them, there’s nothing left but happiness, innocence and teeth.
In a way, when you think about childhood, you think shouldn’t that be enough? Happiness and innocence sounds great. The thing about a kid who is innocent, I think we over-idealize innocence in a lot of ways in our culture because an innocent child will rip the wings off a butterfly and laugh about it, set fire to ants and have no idea that he’s causing another living creature to suffer. It’s our regrets, our sorrows, our guilt that makes us complete functioning human beings. If you can’t feel sorrow and regret, you’re not an angel. You’re a sociopath. Charlie has this vision of saving children and bringing them to a place of complete never-ending happiness. From a certain point of view that does sound heroic but when you get close to it, actually it’s kinda monstrous.”
Jami O’Brien: “And it also allows him to live forever and stay young.”
Joe Hill: “Plus, he’s grafting off their spirits. In some basic way, he’s using them to recharge.”
Any plans for additional books?
Joe Hill: “It could go 30 seasons. By the last season, Vic could be in an electric scooter, cruising through the supermarket. I do kind of feel like all the books, except for The Fireman, sort of take place in the same universe. I sort of articulated an idea of the supernatural in NOS4A2 that I’ve revisited in other stories and will probably continue to revisit in the future. I don’t know about a formal sequel in terms of in print but we did talk about some stuff, some offshoots from the book that we might get into, that if we did get into I would consider canon. Like still, but can’t say too much about it because that’s so far downstream.”
Would you suggest someone read the book first?
Joe Hill: “I think the best thing you could do is you want to get the book and you want to get copies for your friends because you’re going to want to talk about it with them. But then I think the best thing you could do is watch the show as it comes out and then preorder the DVD. The thing is, the show is so fleeting. It’s over and done and you really almost want to be able to explore the scenes frame by frame. So that’s how I would begin. Begin with multiple copies of the book and then move on to multiple copies of the DVD.”
Are there others like Charlie?
Joe Hill: “Wait and see.”
Jami O’Brien: “Tune in.”
Is Vic his nemesis?
Jami O’Brien: “I don’t think that either Vic or Charlie would consider the other one their nemesis. I think that they are both people who have extraordinary gifts that come with costs. And their gifts ultimately put them in conflict. But just from a character standpoint, I don’t think Charlie Manx thinks that Vic McQueen is his nemesis. I think he thinks that she is intriguing and potentially dangerous.
And I think that Vic probably doesn’t see Manx as her nemesis either. I think that she sees him as definitely dangerous and someone she has to deal with.”
Joe Hill: “I feel like Manx feels like there’s one scenario where Vic could actually be of use to him and if she can’t be of use to him, she can be a speedbump.”
Jami O’Brien: “She has an extraordinary gift.”
Is there a meaning to all the overhead shots?
Jami O’Brien: “That was thanks to our director, Kari Scogland, and our director of photography for that episode, Martin Algren. I love those overhead shots because I really think that it sets a mood and gives us a sense of New England.
It’s funny, if you tune in, you’ll see that we come back to those shots as the series progresses and you will see the seasons change. Oddly, they seem to line up, which wasn’t our intention but it was a happy accident, they also seem to line up thematically with what’s going on with Vic in the story.”
Disney’s released a brand new minute and a half trailer for The Lion King, the 2019 remake of the classic blockbuster animated film. The trailer features Mufasa advising his young son on how to be a king and telling his child that he must take his place in the circle of life. Scar makes his menacing presence known, and the trailer ends with Timon and Pumbaa singing “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”
The Lion King‘s cast includes Donald Glover (Atlanta, Solo: A Star Wars Story) as Simba and Beyoncé (Dreamgirls) as Simba’s friend and love interest, Nala. James Earl Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) is Mufasa, Simba’s father. Jones also voiced the role in the 1994 animated film.
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Twelve Years a Slave, Doctor Strange) provides the voice of the film’s villain, Scar. Alfre Woodard (Luke Cage) gives voice to Simba’s mother, Sarabi, and JD McCrary (Tyler Perry’s The Paynes) took on the job of voicing Young Simba. Shahadi Wright Joseph (Broadway’s The Lion King) is the voice of Young Nala.
The colorful cast of animals who help Simba on his journey include John Kani (Captain America: Civil War) as Rafiki and John Oliver (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) as Zazu the hornbill. Seth Rogen (Neighbors) is Pumbaa the warthog and Billy Eichner (American Horror Story) portray’s Pumbaa’s best friend, Timon the meerkat. Florence Kasumba (Emerald City) is Shenzi, Eric André (Man Seeking Woman) is Azizi, and Keegan-Michael Key (Friends From College) is Kamari.
Jon Favreau, director of Disney’s 2016 blockbuster The Jungle Book, directed the photorealistic animated version of The Lion King. Jeff Nathanson wrote the screenplay and Favreau, Jeffrey Silver, and Karen Gilchrist served as producers.
Disney’s The Lion King opens in theaters on July 19, 2019.
Disney’s The Lion King journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub’s arrival. Scar, Mufasa’s brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba’s exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
Staying true to the classic story, director Jon Favreau utilizes pioneering filmmaking techniques to bring the iconic characters to the big screen in a whole new way.
Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia Clark and Lennie James as Morgan Jones in ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ season 5 episode 1 (Photo by Ryan Green / AMC)
AMC brought the entire cast of Fear the Walking Dead to the 2019 WonderCon in Anaheim. That included the surprise return of Rubén Blades and the appearance of series newbie Austin Amelio who’s crossing over from The Walking Dead. Of the original Fear cast, only Colman Domingo and Alycia Debnam-Carey remain.
Alycia Debnam-Carey was paired with Maggie Grace for roundtable interviews about season five of Fear the Walking Dead. The trailer showed fans a few hints about where the new season is headed, but unfortunately the series isn’t returning to AMC’s primetime lineup until June 2, 2019.
What is Alicia up to this season with her signature weapon?
Alycia Debnam-Carey: “I know. She levels up. That’s what happens. She’s been through so much loss in season four. She’s now completely on her own. She has no family remaining and that’s had a huge effect on her. It’s something that hasn’t been resolved, something she’s struggling to work through and how to move forward. […] She becomes like a protector for the group, because I think that’s the only thing she knows how to do that she thinks that’s where she’ll put all her energy. Probably because she’s terrified of losing again but also getting too close to people.
That’s another part of the journey that starts to happen where it’s a much more emotional mental journey of is she able to let people in again? Is there more to life than just this? Can you begin to trust, I guess, in something bigger and better than right here, right now?”
Is there going to be an Alicia-centric episode this season?
Alycia Debnam-Carey: “There’s not so much yet, but there are definitely episodes that are, not in the same way like 410, where that was just like a bottle episode. There are definitely episodes where she’s working through some of these things. Not yet. I can’t speak for the back half.”
Where will Alicia draw her strength from without her mother?
Alycia Debnam-Carey: “Drugs, mostly. (Laughing) I think her mother’s message is really ringing clear, that no one’s gone until they’re gone. This thing is her just trying to build a community like her mother had, trying to fulfill her mother’s wish. That’s still striking a chord with her, but she’s really struggling to ground that and I think it’s Morgan as a character who’s trying to bring her out, to see that there is more and that it can be about reaching out to other people and that there is hope beyond just keeping people physically safe.
So, it’s different. There are a lot of layers of her interpreting how to be strong. There’s an element of her being too, ‘I’m going to be strong. I’m going to be the warrior, the attack dog, like I’ll keep everyone safe.’ But, what she’s just really doing is avoiding really connecting to anyone. So it’s a strength over a weakness that’s probably got an inner strength that we all have. It’s a layered question.”
What’s going on with Grace this season? She was reluctant to connect but we saw connections starting to happen.
Maggie Grace: “Dragged kicking and screaming towards community. Yeah, I think she finds a much more direct sense of community in using the tapes to get to people that need help and potentially build a community around Morgan’s philosophies. I think what’s an interesting side this season is being thrust into context of a much wider world, a new part of The Walking Dead universe”
Can you talk about what was happening in the scene where you’re being knocked around and dragged?
Maggie Grace: “Well, I can because there was this dragging machine where my hands were bound, my legs were bound to the bar. And as the dolly moves, it drags me with it. Basically, I was just bound to the dolly. I don’t know what I ever did to Mike [Satrazemis]. It was a cool shot that Michael came up with that I was happy to do.
There’s a great contest that goes on with Alex in our props department. In the trailer, you can see that I’m doing this to get out of my hands. Actually what is happening, whenever they had the stunt ones, I had to do such crazy things that they’d break so we started actually binding them, as if you’re really properly. I was able to get out of them three times in a row with my feet. Maggie 3, Props 0.”
What’s up with the cat?
Maggie Grace: “It’s the best actor on the show. I feel like that’s a big declaration.”
Alycia Debnam-Carey: “I don’t work with the cat.”
What’s a bigger peril, walkers or the elements?
Maggie Grace: “The environment’s not exactly doing us any favors.”
Alycia Debnam-Carey: “I was going to say, hang on a second, the environment’s not exactly just peachy keen.”
Maggie Grace: “It’s doing its level best to kill us.”
Alycia Debnam-Carey: “There were a couple of environmental factors happening. It’s not like a hurricane. It’s more that we find ourselves in an environment that is…”
Maggie Grace: “Uncharted.”
Alycia Debnam-Carey: “That’s a good way to put it, uncharted and unknown and quite unpredictable for many reasons of which we cannot disclose.”
Isobel, Liz, Max, Michael, and Noah are gathered at the café trying to figure out who could be the alien serial killer as The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico season one episode 11 begins. Isobel (Lily Cowles) does her best to explain how it felt to have the fourth alien controlling her mind. They know whoever it was is super powerful, and they also realize all the killings took place following Ranchero Night at the Wild Pony.
Liz (Jeanine Mason) needs to get back to the lab to work on creating more serum. The rest decide to act like nothing’s happening out of the ordinary so as not to clue the killer in on the fact they’re investigating him. Isobel will host the reopening of the UFO Emporium as planned and the rest will go about their normal daily activities.
Max (Nathan Dean Parsons) returns to the station and joins Jenna ‘Cam’ Cameron (Riley Voelkel) to try and come up with any possible clues to the killer’s identity. Since the Ranchero Night’s clientele is the disenfranchised, the killer must believe they’re easy targets who won’t be missed. As they’re talking, they’re informed Wyatt’s on his way in because he thinks he has information that might be of use.
Max tells Wyatt he doesn’t believe he’s a killer, and Wyatt opens up about what he saw. He claims he saw Carla at the Ranchero Night on Cinco de Mayo. He heard yelling at the delivery door, and he witnessed a Carla having an argument with Maria.
Max and Cam talk quietly away from Wyatt, and Max wonders if maybe someone’s inside Wyatt right now. It doesn’t make sense that Maria is the killer. Cam reminds Max she’s worked with him for a few years and never knew that he’s an alien, so Maria could be a murderer.
Isobel’s at home getting dressed for the gala and at least now she’s able to talk to her husband about how she feels. Noah reminds her they’re stronger together and asks her not to use her powers, concerned it might lead to a blackout and she could be taken over again.
Elsewhere, things are a bit awkward between Michael (Michael Vlamis) and Maria (Heather Hemmens) when they pass each other in the café. Michael tries to convince Maria it’s over with Alex but she’s not having it.
Michael returns to his secret lab and as he picks up his jacket, some kind of chemical overtakes him. He passes out, alone.
Meanwhile, Liz and her dad have a heart-to-heart about Liz’s plans for the future. Liz’s boss decided to move the study to Palo Alto because the hospital pulled funding following what they assumed was a political attack. Liz assures her dad she’s staying put in Roswell and he reminds her she has a different American dream than his and should go to Palo Alto. Liz suggests they explore citizenship for him again.
That evening, the gala attendees are all dressed to impress as they celebrate the UFO Emporium’s grand reopening. Maria’s impressed with Liz’s dress but not impressed with the possibility of Liz leaving town to finish her research in Palo Alto. Maria’s convinced Liz and Max fit together like puzzle pieces.
One important attendee is missing the gala. Max is knocked out while leaving the sheriff’s station with a bouquet of flowers. He wakes up on the floor of his brother’s secret lab (a former fallout shelter), coming to as Michael’s banging on the door. Max has no idea who hit him or how he got to the lab. Michael explains the powder from whatever was in his jacket is coating everything and someone has rendered them powerless. They’re trapped and can’t do a thing to free themselves.
Michael and Max are equally frustrated which leads to a short, heated discussion about aliens. Max then reveals Maria could possibly be the killer. Angry, Michael demands Max look elsewhere, certain Maria couldn’t possibly be the killer. However, he pauses his argument when Max asks if Maria was close enough to him to slip something into his jacket pocket. (She was.)
Max had no idea Michael was into Maria, especially given the fact he’s gay. Michael puts his brother straight, saying, “We are literally aliens. Are you going to hold me to some outdated binary of sexuality? I’m bisexual, Max. It’s not that complicated.”
The small argument transitions into a major one that addresses 20 years-worth of pent-up hurt feelings on Michael’s part. Max and Isobel got the good parents while Michael wound up in foster homes. And then it’s Max’s turn to spill his guts. “You want to talk about burdens? I carry the guilt of that day everywhere. I pushed my own parents away because I’m pissed they didn’t take care of you. You are my family, Michael,” says Max with tears in his eyes. “Everything that happens to you, happens to me. Every beating, every burn, every damn heartbreak. You are never alone!”
Now that they’re opening up, Max wants to know the real story behind Michael’s injured hand. Michael confesses Jesse Manes caught him and Alex together and snapped. Michael didn’t let Max heal it because he wouldn’t have been able to explain having his perfectly good hand back to Alex. Plus, he needed the reminder of what could happen when you believe humanity is good. His scar reminds him hope is a dangerous thing.
After brief speeches by Isobel and Grant Green’s look-alike brother Graham, Liz runs into Cam who’s been trying to reach her sister. Liz thanks Cam for everything she’s doing to keep Max’s secret safe and asks if Cam needs her help with anything. Cam confesses Jesse Manes is using her sister to make her turn over information she’s gathering at work. Cam’s trying to do what’s right, even though it means helping Max over helping her sister.
Isobel interrupts and jokes she’s ready to kill her brother for not showing up. Cam realizes neither Liz nor Isobel know she and Max received info that makes Maria a person of interest now. Liz is positive Maria wouldn’t kill anyone, but Isobel thinks it makes sense. Isobel got ill when she tried to influence Maria, which isn’t a normal reaction she has from delving into human brains. Plus, Isobel wound up in the desert unaware of how she got there after reaching into Maria’s head.
Liz can’t wrap her head around the idea of Maria as a suspect, but she also can’t come up with anything that proves it’s impossible. Isobel says Maria had motive, opportunity, and a weird alien force field around her brain. Liz remains unconvinced.
Liz catches up with Maria in the restroom and asks if they can bail on the gala. She wants some girl time away from Cam and Isobel, and requests Maria watch her purse while she goes into a stall to adjust her dress.
Maria looks through Liz’s purse and finds the serum. She takes it, puts it in her purse, and leaves. Liz immediately discovers the serum’s missing and finds Isobel and Cam. Fortunately, the serum was a fake. Isobel wants the real serum to take down Maria, but Liz believes Maria’s simply possessed by the killer. The fact Maria said something nice about Isobel in the restroom proves she’s not herself.
Liz thinks Maria was drugged and wants to take her glass of champagne home to test it. However, Cam’s wearing date rape detecting nail polish. She dips her finger in Maria’s drink and there’s a reaction. Maria was definitely drugged.
They finally locate Maria and she’s passed out from the drug. Unfortunately, she must have given the syringe to the killer before passing out. Liz and Cam also realize Max and Michael aren’t responding to phone calls or texts. Liz figures out they’re in a dead zone and knows right where that might be.
Liz, still in her gorgeous gown, attaches a chain to Michael’s trailer and uses a truck to pull it sideways, exposing the door to the fallout shelter. She’s got oil smeared all over her face after opening the door, but Max is stunned by her beauty, nevertheless.
Max, Michael, and Liz make it to the gala and agree Michael can watch over Maria while Max and Liz join the party and act like nothing happened.
Liz and Max discuss their relationship while they dance. She explains he makes her feel like she’s teetering on the edge, forcing him to agree that if she screws up and takes off again, he’ll follow her. “Don’t let me go that easily again, okay?” she asks. Max agrees. They kiss and then Liz’s dad steals his daughter for the next dance. Her dad agrees it’s time to try for citizenship again and indicates Noah’s going to help him. Noah volunteers on Ranchero Night, giving legal advice to the disenfranchised.
Maria’s come to and Max questions her about her argument with his murder victim, Carla. She admits she saw her leaving with someone she shouldn’t be with and tried to stop her. It turns out the man who should have been off-limits was Isobel’s husband, Noah.
Max and Liz piece together the clues, including the fact Noah’s the one who suggested Liz go to Grant Green’s warehouse the night she was attacked. Noah also told Max to lay off Wyatt. Still, neither are convinced Noah’s the killer but realize there’s a way to find out.
Noah (Karan Oberoi) and Isobel are dancing when Max asks to steal a dance with his sister. Max asks Isobel if she’s ever gotten into Noah’s head and she can’t believe he’s suggesting Noah’s the killer. She then realizes Noah’s the one who made her promise not to use her powers. She agrees to get into his mind, deserting her brother on the dance floor.
While Isobel and Max are dancing, Liz races out of the gala. She finds the shirt she was wearing during the attack on the lab and rips off a sleeve. The blood on it is Noah’s and she examines it under a microscope.
Isobel enters Noah’s head and asks him questions. It’s going okay until Isobel realizes Noah isn’t answering the actual questions she’s asking. He’s telling her he’ll protect her and that he’s been connected to her since the first time he heard her voice. But, he’s not saying he loves her. She asks if he loved Rosa and he admits he always has and always will. Noah warns his wife he’s in control. Isobel tells him Max won’t let him get away with this, but Noah assures her Max will – if she tells him to.
Isobel returns to Max and says she got in Noah’s head and he’s not the killer. As she walks away, Liz calls with the news Noah’s an alien. Max chases Isobel down and he knows she’s not herself. Isobel punches him repeatedly in the face and he doesn’t hit back, unable to hit his sister. She knocks him to the ground and then pulls his own gun on him as Max says he’s going to destroy Noah. Luckily, Cam arrives and Isobel flees before shooting her brother in the face.
Isobel joins Noah in their car and he smiles, telling her it’s time to go home. Liz has been hiding in the backseat and she injects the serum into Noah’s neck. She runs off but Noah is able to stop her mid-stride. He’s controlling her body and she demands he let go of her. His hand lights up bright red as he places it on her shoulder. She screams in pain but is unable to move away or protect herself.
Suddenly his hand returns to normal. Noah’s shocked and Liz realizes the serum worked. She gets in one punch before Max races up and knocks out Noah. Isobel, free of Noah’s power, joins them to look down on Noah’s unconscious body.
Riverdale‘s KJ Apa and The Fosters‘ Maia Mitchell lead the cast of the 2019 romantic comedy, The Last Summer, which has just unveiled its first official trailer. The rom-com which focuses on friends preparing to transition from high school to adulthood will kick off the summer season early by premiering on May 3, 2019 on Netflix.
In addition to K.J. Apa and Maia Mitchell, the cast includes Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Jacob Latimore (The CHI, Collateral Beauty), Halston Sage (Paper Towns, Before I Fall), Sosie Bacon (13 Reasons Why), Gage Golightly (Red Oaks, Ten Days in the Valley), Wolfgang Novogratz (Grown-ish), Jacob McCarthy (A.P. Bio), Mario Revolori (Sierra Burgess is a Loser), and Gabrielle Anwar (Burn Notice).
Bill Bindley (The Nut Job) wrote, directed, and produced The Last Summer, and Scott Bindley co-wrote the film. Mike Karz (Blended, Valentine’s Day) and Wayne Rice (Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve) served as producers. The behind the scenes team includes production designer Freddy Waff, costume designer Carla Shivener, and editor William Hoy.
The Last Summer Plot:
“Featuring several intersecting stories, The Last Summer follows a group of recent high school graduates as they navigate their way through their final summer before taking off for college. As the youths wrestle with love lost and found, form friendships in unexpected circumstances, and take greater control in their relationships with parents, they ultimately decide who they will be and what they will do as they stand on the precipice of adulthood.”
Poster for ‘The Last Summer’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Fox’s The Resident season two edges closer to its season finale with episode 20 airing on Monday, April 15, 2019 at 8pm ET/PT. The episode titled “If Not Now, When?” features guest stars Paxton Singleton, John Billingsley, Vinessa Antoine, and Kamal Bolden.
The season two cast includes Matt Czuchry as Conrad Hawkins, Bruce Greenwood as Dr. Randolph Bell, Emily VanCamp as Nicolette, and Manish Dayal as Devon Pravesh. Shaunette Renée Wilson is Mina Okafor, Malcolm-Jamal Warner is Dr. AJ Austin, Jane Leeves is Dr. Kit Voss, and Glenn Morshower plays Marshall Winthrop.
The “If Not Now, When?” Plot: Devon grows concerned when a mother’s complaints go unaddressed after her delivery, and pushes Bell to take drastic measures. Conrad is faced with breaking the news to Nic regarding Jessie’s worsening condition. Meanwhile, The Raptor, Mina and Kit spring into action when a mother and son enter the ER with devastating injuries.
The Season 2 Plot:
Season two finds star resident Dr. Conrad Hawkins continuing to make difficult calls in the best interests of his patients. But, having rekindled a romantic relationship with nurse Nicolette “Nic” Nevins, the two now must face unresolved issues from their past. Conrad’s father, Marshall Winthrop, has taken over as head of Chastain, and comes into direct conflict with the hospital’s newly minted CEO, Dr. Randolph Bell.
Meanwhile, Dr. Mina Okafor continues to work with her larger-than-life mentor, Dr. AJ Austin. However, the skills of new ortho surgeon Dr. Kitt Voss could lead Mina on a different path. First-year resident Dr. Devon Pravesh becomes intrigued by new medical device rep Julian Booth, whose presence at the hospital will upend business as usual for everyone there.
The 100‘s Richard Harmon and Sachin Sahel were teamed up for interviews at the 2019 WonderCon in Anaheim. Richard Harmon stars as John Murphy and Sachin Sahel plays Dr. Eric Jackson in the popular sci-fi drama which will return to The CW’s primetime lineup on April 30, 2019. The sixth season will find the survivors attempting to create a community on a new world. Episode one of season six is titled “Sanctum,” the planet that will provide the group shelter after Earth was made uninhabitable.
During roundtable interviews, Harmon and Sahel discussed their characters, Murphy’s relationships with Clarke and Jordan, and actors who’ve come and gone from the series.
Murphy’s described as the cockroach of The 100. How would you describe your character?
Sachin Sahel: “I would say he’s the owl.”
Richard Harmon: “Whoooo.”
Sachin Sahel: “Yeah, he makes that noise a lot. but like he’s always kind of searching and trying to figure out what’s going on and trying to be a voice of wisdom for a reason. So, I feel like he’s sitting on his perch just watching and trying to take it all in and hopefully find a cockroach to squish.”
How was the fan reaction to the screening of the season six premiere?
Richard Harmon: “It was positive.”
Sachin Sahel: “I think it was great. It was fun to watch it on a big screen with all those people. You’re like watching the premiere of a movie with people laughing at the screen, people applauding.”
Will there be a lot more Murphy and Clarke scenes with Murphy not forgiving her for the events in season five?
Richard Harmon: “I think Murphy’s trust is something once broken that is not easy to get back. I mean, he breaks people’s trust all the time so it’s a little hypocritical of him. But, yeah, I think that’s going to be a relationship that they’re going to need work on. And it’s not just her, it’s Murphy as well without giving too much away. There’s some really, really interesting new dynamics between Murphy and Clarke that you wouldn’t expect. It’s a lot of fun.”
Sachin Sahel: “That’s how it should be done…be foreboding.”
Murphy and Jordan have a relationship this season where he’s kind of like Uncle Murphy. How do you describe it?
Richard Harmon: “I think it’s an interesting relationship between him and Jordan because it’s hard for Murphy to look at him because he reminds him so much of his dad and his mom, specifically his dad. I think that’s a relationship that Murphy will miss is him and Monty, even though he never would have said it to Monty’s face. I think he had a lot of love for him and respect for him. So, I think he’s protective of Jordan in a different way than like let’s say Clarke is with Madi.
It’s different for him. He wants to see him do good. He wants to see him have fun. He wants to see him be his own man, but at the same time I think it’s hard for Murphy to just look at him. It’s hard.”
This season Jordan’s the new kid and everything is new to him. Will there be some kind of hazing?
Richard Harmon: “I think it’s awesome to see. It will be so great to have Jordan there because seeing a brand-new world through our eyes will be interesting, seeing it through his eyes is something completely different. I think he sees things so differently than the rest of us.”
We’ve lost so many characters over the years. Are there any you really miss?
Sachin Sahel: “I say Mike Beach.”
Richard Harmon: “It’s the actors, really, mostly. I mean Alycia (Debnam-Carey) was so freaking good too. That was a loss. William Miller, that’s one I felt bad. Ontari (played by Rhiannon Fish).”
Sachin Sahel: “Ontari. Yeah, she was great. I always liked Murphy and Ontari’s relationship.”
Richard Harmon: “I think that could have been explored further, actually. That’s legitimate because that was like the dark side of him from season one. She could bring out that whereas Emori brings out like the good in him. I would’ve wanted to see those two sides fight outside and inside him more. I think that would’ve been super juicy. I mean, you only have 42 minutes an episode.”
Sachin Sahel: “If that was the 44th minute, my eyes would be peeled.”
Richard Harmon: “Thanks, bud.”
Sachin Sahel: “You’re welcome, man. Ontari and Murphy was the jam.”
Princess Diana (EMMA CORRIN) in ‘The Crown’ season 4 (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Emma Corrin has been cast as Lady Diana Spencer in the fourth season of The Crown. Corrin’s best known for guest starring in ITV 1s Grantchester and has a key role in Warner Bros/EPIX’s Pennyworth, based on the DC Comics character Alfred Pennyworth. Corrin will play Esme in the action series, which stars Jack Bannon (The Imitation Game, Ripper Street) as as a young Alfred Pennyworth, the Wayne family butler and mentor to Bruce Wayne/Batman.
“Beyond excited and honoured to be joining The Crown for its fourth season. I have been glued to the show since the first episode and to think I’m now joining this incredibly talented acting family is just surreal. Princess Diana was an icon, and her effect on the world remains profound and inspiring. To be given the chance to explore her through Peter Morgan’s writing is the most exceptional opportunity, and I will strive to do her justice!” stated Corrin.
The Crown series creator Peter Morgan said, “Emma is a brilliant talent who immediately captivated us when she came in for the part of Diana Spencer. As well as having the innocence and beauty of a young Diana, she also has, in abundance, the range and complexity to portray an extraordinary woman who went from anonymous teenager to becoming the most iconic woman of her generation.”
Emma Corrin will next be seen in Misbehavior. The historical drama, which marks Corrin’s feature film debut, is set in the ’70s and “follows the story of a group of women from the Women’s Liberation Movement seeking to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition.” Corrin is playing Miss South Africa in the movie starring Keira Knightley, Keeley Hawes , Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Suki Waterhouse. Misbehavior‘s director Philippa Lowthorpe also directed two episodes of The Crown in season two.
Netflix will premiere The Crown season three later this year.
Netflix has set a June 7, 2019 premiere date for their new limited original series Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City. The premiere date announcement arrived along with a teaser trailer, poster, and a batch of photos from the series.
Tales of the City is based on the critically acclaimed novels by Armistead Maupin and stars three-time Oscar nominee Laura Linney (The Savages, Kinsey, You Can Count on Me), Oscar nominee Ellen Page (Juno), and Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck).
Lauren Morelli (Orange is the New Black) guided the limited series as showrunner. Morelli also executive produced with director Alan Poul, Armistead Maupin, series star Laura Linney, Andrew Stearn, Liza Chasin, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner.
About Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City:
“Inspired by the books of Armistead Maupin, Netflix Original Limited Series Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City begins a new chapter in the beloved story. Mary Ann (Laura Linney) returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter Shawna (Ellen Page) and ex-husband Brian (Paul Gross), twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career.
Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann is quickly drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal (Olympia Dukakis), her chosen family and a new generation of queer young residents living at 28 Barbary Lane.”
Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis star in ‘Armistead Maupin’s Tales Of The City’ (Photo by Nino Munoz / Netflix)Laura Linney stars in ‘Armistead Maupin’s Tales Of The City’ (Photo by Credit: Netflix)A scene from season 1 of ‘Armistead Maupin’s Tales Of The City’ (Photo by Credit: Netflix)Olympia Dukakis stars in the Netflix Original Series.
