The final trailer for Paramount Pictures’ A Quiet Place issues the dire warning: If they hear you, they hunt you. The new one-minute trailer reveals new clips leading up to the arrival of the deadly creatures as well as a brief glimpse of one of the actual creatures terrorizing humans in the 2018 horror thriller.
A Quiet Place was directed by John Krasinski, best known for playing Jim Halpert on the long-running half-hour comedy series, The Office. Krasinski’s directing credits include three episodes of The Office as well as the feature films Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) starring Julianne Nicholson and The Hollars (2016) with Sharlto Copley and Anna Kendrick. In addition to directing A Quiet Place, Krasinski also co-wrote the screenplay with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck and stars in the film alongside his wife, Emily Blunt (The Girl on the Train, Sicario, and the upcoming Mary Poppins Returns).
The cast also includes Noah Jupe (Houdini and Doyle, The Night Manager) and Millicent Simmonds (Wonderstruck) as Blunt and Krasinski’s young children. Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller were involved as producers.
Paramount Pictures is launching the film a day earlier than previously planned. Expect to see A Quiet Place arrive in theaters on Thursday, April 5, 2018. The April release date pits it against the comedy film Blockers starring Leslie Mann and John Cena, as well as the thriller Chappaquiddick, based on a true story and starring Jason Clarke as Ted Kennedy and Kate Mara as Mary Jo Kopechne.
The Plot: In the modern horror thriller A Quiet Place, a family of four must navigate their lives in silence after mysterious creatures that hunt by sound threaten their survival. If they hear you, they hunt you.
John Krasinski and Noah Jupe star in ‘A Quiet Place’ from Paramount Pictures.
The CW’s Supernatural season 13 episode 16 scored one of the season’s best ratings. That much-anticipated episode found the Winchesters and Castiel entering the animated world of Scooby Doo and solving a crime with the help of Daphne, Shaggy, Fred, Velma, and Scooby-Doo. More than 2 million viewers tuned in to check out the “ScoobyNatural” episode, up 20% from episode 15.
Up next, season 13 episode 17 titled “The Thing.” Episode 17 was directed by John Showalter from a script by Davy Perez. “The Thing” airs on April 5, 2018.
The season 13 cast includes Jensen Ackles as Dean, Jared Padalecki as Sam, Misha Collins as Castiel, Mark Pellegrino as Lucifer, Alexander Calvert as Jack, and Samantha Smith as Mary Winchester.
“The Thing” Plot: TRUST NO ONE – Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) continue to collect the pieces necessary to open a rift to the other world in order to save their family. Their latest quest leads them to a Men of Letters bunker from the 1920s and a hungry God from another dimension. Meanwhile, Ketch (guest star David Hayden-Jones) makes a shocking decision about Gabriel (guest star Richard Speight Jr.) after an unruly encounter with Asmodeus (guest star Jeffrey Vincent Parise).
The Season 13 Plot: The exciting journey of the Winchester brothers continues as Supernatural enters its thirteenth season. Sam and Dean have encountered every kind of supernatural threat, facing down monsters, demons, and gods. Saving people, hunting things, and keeping the world safe. In the show’s twelfth season, the Winchesters were reunited with their long-dead mother, and joined forces with the British arm of the Men of Letters. But things turned from bad to worse, with the return of Lucifer and the surprising revelation that the Devil is expecting a child. Now, Sam and Dean find themselves facing a creature of almost unimaginable power… one that could save the world… or destroy it.
Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes and Danai Gurira as Michonne in ‘The Walking Dead’ season 8 episode 14 (Photo Credit: Gene Page / AMC)
AMC’s The Walking Dead season eight episode 13 was one of the show’s most frustrating episodes. Logic was thrown out the window, the Hilltoppers wasted hundreds of bullets, and the Saviors were able to infect Hilltoppers without anyone noticing until they’d turned and started eating their friends. Season eight episode 14 was only slightly less frustrating to watch, and this episode it’s due to Jadis’ ridiculous choices.
The episode begins with Jadis (Pollyanna McIntosh) pretending to be dead inside her compound as gunfire is heard close by. She covers Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and then pretends to be dead, fooling the one Savior who passes by her hiding spot. After the fight’s over, she strips out of her bloody clothes and returns to her sparsely decorated bedroom. It’s clean and contains her few belongings. She packs her guns, cries, and then picks up Lucille.
Bat in hand, she opens the storage container where she’s keeping Negan lying down and chained to a moving cart. She pulls him out, using his chains while he asks, “What the sh*t?”
Over at the Hilltop, Ezekiel (Khary Payton) wants Carol (Melissa McBride) to accompany him to find the escapees and Henry. He’s sure the escapees are on their way back to the Sanctuary, and Henry’s probably chasing them. Carol says she needs to stay and help Maggie in case there’s another attack. Ezekiel realizes Carol thinks Henry is dead.
Tara (Alanna Masterson) hasn’t gotten sick yet, so it’s clear she won’t turn like the others who were injured. She knows Dwight shot her with a clean arrow, and Daryl (Norman Reedus) wonders why Dwight didn’t tell them what was going to happen if he was truly on their side. Tara believes if she had killed Dwight earlier, she’d be dead now. She doesn’t want Daryl to go after Dwight.
Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) share a quiet moment, and Rick admits he still doesn’t want to read Carl’s letter to Michonne. He also hasn’t read the one Carl wrote to him. Michonne reminds him Carl wrote these letters because he wanted his dad to read them. She attempts to convince Rick to stay and deal with it instead of heading out to find food.
After Michonne leaves the room, Rick takes the letter out of a drawer.
Morgan’s heading out and Carol tells him he doesn’t need to go looking for the escapees. Morgan (Lennie James) claims he has to, and Carol decides she needs to go with him.
Maggie (Lauren Cohan), Rosita (Christian Serratos), Dianne (Kerry Cahill), and Daryl meet about the early warning system. Daryl thinks the Saviors are low on ammunition and that’s why they resorted to hand-to-hand combat. Rosita reminds them the Saviors have Eugene and he can make more bullets.
Negan tries to convince Jadis he didn’t order her people to be killed. He blames it on one of his flunkies, but he’ll own what happened. He apologizes for the murder of her people but believes he can help her get it back. Jadis quiets him by aiming Lucille at his face, stopping just an inch from hitting him.
Carol and Morgan head out through the trees, sticking near the road. Carol finds a partially eaten turnip and knows they’re heading the right way. Morgan thinks he sees Henry up ahead and takes off running, yelling, “Henry!”
It’s not really Henry. Morgan’s having another vision of a dead person telling him he knows what it is and that he was “supposed to.” Morgan agrees that Henry is dead, and Carol admits she’s not looking for Henry. She just came along to watch over Morgan.
Morgan and Carol follow the tracks left by the escapees.
Rick watches over Judith and stares at his old hat that Carl loved so much. He finally can’t take it any longer and heads outside with a gun. He demands to know where the prisoners went, and Alden (Callan McAuliffe) says they probably headed to the Sanctuary. Rick wants to know how Alden would get back to the Sanctuary if he wanted to. Alden describes an old dive bar and Rick takes off. Before he leaves, Alden asks him to please not kill anyone he doesn’t have to. Alden thinks some of the escapees probably didn’t even stop to consider what they were doing before they fled.
Back at the salvage yard, Negan wants to talk and continues to say he had nothing to do with the deaths of her people. Jadis leaves him for a few minutes and he wheels himself over to a nearby bag of guns. (Seriously?! A bag of guns within reach of her prisoner? She thinks Negan gave the order to kill her people, yet she leaves a bag of guns out in the open and accessible to her prisoner.) The bag also contains photos from Jadis’ past and a flare. Jadis was going to use the flare to start a fire in a wheelbarrow and to burn up Lucille.
Negan, now armed but still tied up, tells her he wants to have a chat. “Let the healing begin,” he says, holding a gun in one hand and a lit flare in the other thanks to Jadis being an idiot.
Morgan and Carol continue to follow the trail. They see a walker with Henry’s stick through his chest, and Morgan takes the walker out while Carol watches with tears in her eyes. Carol thinks if they take the other road they may find Henry. She wants Morgan to go with her but he says, “You save people. I watch them die. I have to. I’m supposed to.”
Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier and Lennie James as Morgan Jones in ‘The Walking Dead’ season 8 episode 14 (Photo Credit: Gene Page / AMC)
Carol, crying, reminds him he saved her. She thinks he can still be saved, too. Morgan, now also crying, claims he’s not as strong as her. He also believes what he has to do is kill the escapees. He heads off toward a herd of walkers who, thankfully, don’t see him.
Jadis warns Negan to leave her photos alone. She wants him to move the flare away from the pictures, reminding him he’s already taken everything from her. Negan explains his wife’s name was Lucille and she got him through regular life. Lucille the bat got him through this new life. It’s the last piece of her he has left. (If Jadis doesn’t set Lucille on fire, he won’t burn her photos.)
Jadis decides to go on the offensive, wheeling a zombie over to Negan and hiding behind it as he fires the gun. She jumps on top of his prone body, still strapped to the moving cart, and they tussle over the flare. It falls into a nearby small pool of water just as a helicopter appears overhead. (Because of course there’s water right there. Why should that part of this storyline make sense when the rest doesn’t?)
Jadis gets another flare and waves it in the air, desperately, while crying out, “I’m here.” The helicopter flies away.
Jadis is about to burn Lucille with the flare as Negan begs her not to. He swears he can settle it. Jadis drops the flare and cries.
Rick heads into the woods and spots walkers. He also comes into contact with Morgan who doesn’t seem to realize it’s Rick in front of him. Morgan admits he’s not right, and Rick seems fine with that. He wants to team up with Morgan to finish off the escapees.
They come across a hand and a foot in the road and the next thing they know, they’re knocked out.
Rick and Morgan come to in the dive bar. The escapees are there and some are in bad shape. Hacking off arms and legs hasn’t saved the disease from spreading, and the healthy ones debate about whether to leave the sick ones behind. Now that they have Rick, they think they will be welcomed back to the Saviors with open arms.
They discuss ditching the dead weight and heading back to the Sanctuary. Rick assures them the Hilltop doctor can help their sick and if they come back, they can become part of the group. He gives them his word that they’ll be accepted into the group. Rick also warns them there’s a herd heading this way, but Jared (Joshua Mikel) tries to take control and tell the others that Rick is lying.
Morgan breaks with Rick and admits he’s there to kill them all. He also assures them the herd is indeed on its way. One of the escapees stops Jared from shooting Rick and then they hear walkers growling. The building is surrounded and the walkers head into it unimpeded. They begin feasting on the injured first while Jared makes a run for it as other escapees free Morgan and Rick. Rick and Morgan join the escapees in killing the walkers and then turn on the remaining escapees.
Morgan hunts Jared, and Jared gets the jump on him when Morgan hallucinates Henry. Morgan’s able to fight him off and pushes him into a room full of walkers where he’s quickly bitten.
One escapee is still struggling for breath and Rick assures him he lied when he said they could all return to the Hilltop and live happily ever after.
Morgan and Rick are the only survivors of the Great Dive Bar Massacre.
Rick reminds Morgan that he saved him all those years ago when he didn’t even know him. He wants to know why and Morgan said he did it because his son was there.
Jadis frees Negan and gives him back Lucille. (I’m about ready to give up on this series.) He wants to know about the helicopter and invites her to come with him back to the Sanctuary. She declines, and he says he’ll swing by some other time to see if she’s changed her mind.
Carol’s by herself in the woods at night and hears Henry yelling for help. A few walkers have him pinned inside a tree trunk and Carol’s able to rescue him. They hug and apologize.
Carol and Henry return to Hilltop and Henry makes a run straight for Ezekiel. They also hug.
Morgan returns to Hilltop and is happy to see Henry. He tells the boy that he killed the man who killed his brother. Henry says, “I’m sorry,” and Morgan tells him not to be.
Morgan sits by himself and cries. (Definitely a lot of waterworks in this episode.)
Jadis unpacks her bag and returns to her room inside a storage container.
Negan drives back to the Sanctuary, picking up someone who looks like crap on the way. He tells the guys at the gate not to let anyone know he’s back.
Rosita and Daryl spy on Eugene’s bullet-making factory. They decide their plan of action is to take out Eugene – not the machines.
Rick’s back in his room, cleaning up after a day of killing walkers and escapees. He opens the drawer once again and removes Carl’s letter. He tells Michonne he loves her and they kiss. She leaves him alone to read the letter. He settles on the bed and stares at himself in the mirror before reading Carl’s last letter.
Hilary Swank as Gail Getty and Brendan Fraser as James Fletcher Chase in ‘Trust’ season 1 episode 2 (Photo Credit: FX)
FX’s season one episode one of the dramatic series Trust ended with John Paul Getty III (‘Paul’) fleeing through a field of sunflowers. Episode two airing April 1, 2018 begins with Martine Zacher (Laura Bellini) and Jutta Winklemann (Sarah Bellini) trying to reach Paul by phone. The pay phone set up at John Paul Getty’s estate (Sutton Place) rings but no one answers.
Martine and Jutta claim Paul’s getting the money he owes from his grandfather, but the people who they owe money to have run out of patience. The girls are being held against their will and while one is being attacked, the other grabs a gun and begins firing. She’s not aiming to kill anyone, just to scare them off.
Brendan Fraser as James Fletcher Chace breaks the fourth wall and speaks to the camera. He recalls pivotal events in recent history, including the Moon Walk. When he gets to 1973, he has nothing good to say. “It was the year that America finally admitted that a billion dollars of firepower could not beat back a bunch of dollar-a-day Commies,” recalls Chace. Student riots, Nixon declaring he wasn’t a crook, and workers went on strike all during that otherwise blasé year. Nothing good came out of ’73 declares Chace, adding it was also the year John Paul Getty III disappeared.
Gail Getty (Hilary Swank) arrives home from a camping trip with Paul’s younger siblings to discover Paul’s been kidnapped.
J. Paul Getty (Donald Sutherland) glances at an article in The Times stating his grandson has been kidnapped. He cares more about the butter being hard than he does about the kidnapping.
Gail calls her ex-husband, Paul’s father John Paul Getty Jr. (Michael Esper). She informs him of the ransom note and that the kidnappers are threatening to kill their son. However, the note doesn’t say how much they want. Her ex suggests they just sit tight and see what happens. Gail, irritated, calls J. Paul Getty when Jr. does nothing.
Next we learn that Sutton Place is being fortified due to Paul’s kidnapping. John Paul Getty Jr drives through the security checkpoint, angry they’ve asked for his ID. When he arrives at the house, J. Paul Getty advises him to never just barge through or he’ll be shot.
J. Paul wonders why John Paul Getty Jr. isn’t already in Rome looking for his son. Jr reminds him he’s wanted by the police there and isn’t allowed to go to Italy.
As they meet with Chace, the senior Getty thanks his son for warning him about Paul’s drug use. Of course, if John Paul Getty Jr hadn’t told his father about the magazine spread, Paul would have had the money to repay his debts and the kidnapping wouldn’t have happened.
Chace learns that Paul needed $6,000 and that the Getty patriarch didn’t give it to him. Instead, he kicked him out of the house after learning about the magazine article.
Bullimore (Silas Carson) confirms he was the last person in the house to speak with Paul, and that Paul told him he owed money to the mafia. J. Paul Getty isn’t happy about the possible mafia involvement and sends Chace off to Rome to learn the truth.
J. Paul warns his two other sons to get bodyguards and hunker down. They’re all in danger.
Fletcher Chace arrives in Rome, flashing money at the hotel. He’s a big tipper and asks one of the bellboys about the mafia. After slipping him a $100 bill, he tells the bellboy to spread the word around that he’s looking to speak with a member of the mafia.
Chace’s next stop is at the police station where he questions the inspector about the lack of effort being put into finding John Paul Getty III. The inspector believes most kidnappings are resolved without violence. He informs Chace the ransom note was brought in by the twins, Martine and Jutta. The inspector doesn’t know if the note is in Paul’s handwriting, but he thinks the boy will be released unharmed after negotiations are complete. He also thinks the negotiations will go better without police involvement.
Chace sets the wheels in motion on the streets while Gail continues to receive hoax calls from fake kidnappers.
Chace and Gail finally meet, and he informs her he’s been sent by J. Paul Getty. Gail’s boyfriend fills in the blanks on Paul’s personal life, including his drinking and drug use.
Gail takes Chace to Paul’s place which is messy and covered with Paul’s drawing. Gail describes Paul as 16, headstrong, and with a father who doesn’t care about him. Paul was living with Martine and Jutta, and although Gail didn’t approve, she kept quiet. She tells Chace that John Paul Getty Jr hasn’t talked to Paul in six months.
While Gail and Chace are looking through Paul’s place, Martine and Jutta arrive home. Martine gives Gail a hug and Chace immediately asks about the kidnap note. Martine explains they found the note in bed in the evening. Jutta wants to know why Chace is grilling them, and he explains he’s trying to figure out when they found the note so he can determine when it was left and who left it.
Chace thinks the fact there wasn’t a random demand is strange.
The bellhop places a business card from Ristorante Sabatini into Chace’s boots outside his hotel room. Chace follows his only real lead and questions the restaurant’s manager, Bertolini. He glances around the place and sees Paul’s drawings on the walls. Bertolini doesn’t want to talk about Paul, so Chace takes a seat and orders a meal.
Chace hangs out all day until it’s time for the restaurant to close. Bertolini realizes Chace isn’t going away without information so he finally agrees to answer a few questions. Bertolini explains that when Paul didn’t have money for his bill, he would agree to take one of Paul’s paintings. He also admits Paul owed lots of people money, and that if Paul was still around he’d kidnap him himself.
Chace pulls out a huge wad of cash wanting to pay off Paul’s debt. It’s not enough and so he keeps adding more to the pile. Bertolini had suggested Paul was in Morocco or America, but Chace has Paul’s passport and knows the kid’s still somewhere near Rome.
Chace tells Bertolini he’s heard he’s one of the men who runs Rome. Bertolini laughs and claims the people who run Rome don’t run restaurants. Chace explains he’s simply there to pay off Paul’s debts quickly and retrieve Paul. He leaves a case full of money behind when he exits the restaurant.
The bellhop visits Chace, delivering a package of playing cards and revealing someone wants to meet with him at 8pm. Chace calls J. Paul Getty to advise him there’s a deal in the works. He also suggests all members of the Getty family be rounded up once Paul is released. He doesn’t want the police to ask any questions.
Gail and her children board a private jet, and Gail’s overjoyed to tell her three children that Paul will be joining them soon. She’s been assured Chace knows who took Paul and he’s gone to retrieve her son.
Chace shows up at the meeting at 8pm as instructed and is told the mafia are not holding Paul. They return his briefcase with the cash and Chace hands it back, calling it a “loss leader.” The men he’s meeting with reiterate that they’ve asked all the companies they do business with and no one has Paul. However, if that changes Chace will be notified.
Chace boards the plane to let Gail know he was unable to get Paul back.
Brendan Fraser as James Fletcher Chase and Luca Tanganelli as Marcello in ‘Trust’ season 1 episode 2 (Photo Credit: FX)
The next day, Chace meets with street artist Marcello (Luca Tanganelli). Chace informs him he’s capable of killing a man with a pencil. Marcello reveals where he’s been for the last few days and that Paul was supposed to be with him, but he never showed up. He wants to know if Chace has any news on Paul’s whereabouts.
Chace has run out of patience and demands Marcello write down every place Paul went during the last two weeks. As Marcello makes a list, Chace reads Paul’s journals which include a story about a kidnapping. Paul also had a ticket stub to Travels with My Aunt among his journals.
Chace begins tracing Paul’s steps, asking random people if they’ve seen Paul. He finally strikes pay dirt when he enters the Treetops nightclub. (Treetops is where Paul danced and bought a waitress a drink immediately prior to his kidnapping.)
The waitress informs Chace she saw Paul before he went missing.
Chace meets with Gail and calls Paul “creative.” He shows off Paul’s journal in which it appears Paul was writing a movie. He then tells her Travels with My Aunt has a fake kidnapping scene as does the film Paul was writing in his journal. Gail can’t believe it and says it’s bullsh*t.
Chace proceeds to show Gail the bullet he dug out of the wall where Paul was staying. Plus, there’s a newspaper article from yesterday and he believes it shows the twins Martine and Jutta as being unconcerned about Paul’s whereabouts. He’s also learned from the police that ransom notes are always sent to a television station or the newspaper and are never just left on a bed.
Gail remains certain her son wouldn’t do this, but Chace is equally sure Paul staged this kidnapping. He points out that the ransom note reads: “Since Thursday I have been in the hands of kidnappers.” Paul was seen at Treetops two days later, buying the waitress a drink before leaving in a hurry.
Chace further explains the waitress only works on the weekends because she’s in college so she couldn’t have the days wrong. Chace tries to convince Gail that Paul did this to himself, but Gail has a hard time accepting it. Chace suggests that when Paul turns up, Gail needs to “whoop his ass” for what he put her through.
Chace reports in to J. Paul Getty, explaining this was a hoax. J. Paul says he has three sons, 15 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren. “That’s enough to keep a kidnapper in business for the rest of time,” says the senior Getty. He wants to nip this kidnapping thing in the bud immediately.
Gail traces Paul’s steps the night he went missing.
John Paul Getty Jr. is at a bar making small talk with a woman when his father comes on television. J. Paul Getty informs the world he will not be paying one cent of ransom money. He will not be negotiating with any kidnappers now or at any point in the future.
Gail stands in front of the fountain in the exact place her son stood when he was taken away. A street artist (a man posing as a statue) reveals he saw her son, “the golden hippie,” get taken away by two men on a Saturday night. They put a sack on Paul’s head, threw him in the back of the car, and then drove away. She begs him to tell the police what he saw.
Gail returns home and throws out her boyfriend, blaming him for the fact Paul didn’t feel comfortable staying in her house.
Brendan Fraser as Chace breaks the fourth wall again to discuss life as a rich man. He’s come to the conclusion that a rich life is just as messed up as a poor life; it’s just a different kind of messed up.
The final scene is a brief glimpse of John Paul Getty III (Harris Dickinson) chained up and hooded in a cell.
Holly Hunter in ‘Here and Now’ episode 7 (Photo by Ali Paige Goldstein/HBO)
The HBO dramatic series Here and Now finishes up its first season run with three new episodes airing in April 2018. The one-hour drama comes from Alan Ball (True Blood, Six Feet Under), with Ball, Peter Macdissi (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks), and David Knoller (Big Love) executive producing.
Here and Now stars Holly Hunter and Tim Robbins. The cast includes Jerrika Hinton (Grey’s Anatomy), Daniel Zovatto (Don’t Breathe), Raymond Lee (Mozart in the Jungle), Sosie Bacon (The Closer), Andy Bean (Power), Joe Williamson (Looking), and Peter Macdissi (Six Feet Under).
The Season 1 Plot: On the surface, the Bayer-Boatwrights of Portland, Ore. are the model of a progressive, multiracial family. Greg is a respected philosophy professor and author; his wife, Audrey, is a former therapist turned conflict-resolution consultant for middle and high schools. Greg and Audrey have three adopted children, Ashley, Duc and Ramon, and a biological daughter, Kristen. But as Audrey prepares for Greg’s 60th birthday party, deep cracks begin to appear in the domestic façade, threatening to upend their very way of life, and they are eventually forced to take Ramon to Dr. Farid Shokrani, a Muslim psychiatrist with demons of his own.
Greg (Tim Robbins) and Audrey (Holly Hunter) adopted three children from different countries and backgrounds in an effort to create a family that reflects the multicultural potential of the country. The Colombian-born Ramon (Daniel Zovatto), who’s starting a relationship with Henry (Andy Bean), a barista, begins therapy with Dr. Farid Shokrani (Peter Macdissi) after hallucinogenic encounters with the numbers “11:11.” Duc (Raymond Lee), adopted from Vietnam, enjoys the fruits of a lucrative career as a “motivational architect,” but his celibacy troubles the family.
Liberian-born Ashley (Jerrika Hinton), who runs a retail-fashion business, begins to struggle with her identity as an African-American woman in modern-day America and is finding more and more reason to shake up her marriage with her husband, Malcolm (Joe Williamson). And Kristen (Sosie Bacon), the youngest child at 17, chafes at her banal life and heritage, especially compared to her more exotic siblings.
Here and Now April 2018 Episodes:
Episode #8: “Yes”
Debut date: SUNDAY, APRIL 1 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Rebuffed by Ramon (Daniel Zovatto), Farid (Peter Macdissi) finds his growing obsessions disrupting his career and his marriage. After Audrey (Holly Hunter) turns the tables on her husband, Greg (Tim Robbins), he makes a vivid point about life’s meaning during a lecture. Ramon and Duc (Raymond Lee) turn to Carmen (Fernanda Andrade) for clarity during difficult times. Ashley (Jerrika Hinton) is unsettled by a boutique interloper. Kristen (Sosie Bacon) and Navid (Marwan Salama) plot their revenge on Madison (Madeline Bertani) and her pals.
Written by Nancy Oliver; directed by Janicza Bravo.
Episode #9: “Dream Logic”
Debut date: SUNDAY, APRIL 8 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Greg (Tim Robbins) and Audrey (Holly Hunter) uncover unpleasant truths about Ramon’s (Daniel Zovatto) adoption. Kristen (Sosie Bacon) and Navid (Marwan Salama) embrace their rare connection, but pay a price. Audrey has second thoughts about Steve (Tim DeKay) after his true intentions are exposed. Ashley (Jerrika Hinton) considers a lucrative business offer as the chasm between her, Malcolm (Joe Williamson) and Hailey (Avynn Crowder-Jones) widens. The family celebrates a landmark birthday with cold pizza and honesty.
Written by Charles Yu; directed by Minkie Spiro.
Episode #10: “It’s Here” (season finale)
Debut date: SUNDAY, APRIL 15 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Ramon (Daniel Zovatto) goes missing after a disturbing family incident. Audrey (Holly Hunter) clashes with Steve (Tim DeKay) during and after a morning talk show. Ashley (Jerrika Hinton) and Malcolm (Joe Williamson) weigh the pros and cons of a corporate future. Farid’s (Peter Macdissi) guilt drives him to extremes, damaging his family ties. Greg (Tim Robbins) gets enlightenment during a visit with Audrey’s brother Ike (Ted Levine). A cataclysmic event shakes the family to its core.
Written by Alan Ball; directed by Jeremy Podeswa.
The CW has changed its premiere date for The Originals and bumped other shows around to accommodate the new time slot. The network’s remaining vampire series, The Originals, will now premiere on April 18, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT. Moving The Originals to the new Wednesday time slot means Life Sentence will shift its air dates to Fridays for the remaining new episodes of its first season. The shift to Fridays will begin on April 27, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT.
The Originals‘ season five will premiere after the “Carrie The Musical” episode of Riverdale.
The Originals new premiere date will also affect Jane the Virgin‘s season finale. The final episode of season four will now air during its normally scheduled time slot, Fridays at 9pm ET/PT. Dynasty‘s season one finale moves to Friday, May 11, 2018 at 8pm ET/PT.
The CW Midseason Schedule:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
8:00-9:00 PM RIVERDALE (“CARRIE The Musical”)
9:00-10:00 PM THE ORIGINALS (Season Premiere)
FRIDAY, APRIL 20
8:00-9:00 PM DYNASTY (New Episode)
9:00-10:00 PM JANE THE VIRGIN (Season Finale)
FRIDAY, APRIL 27
8:00-9:00 PM DYNASTY (New Episode)
9:00-10:00 PM LIFE SENTENCE (New Night)
FRIDAY, MAY 11
8:00-9:00 PM DYNASTY (Season Finale)
9:00-10:00 PM LIFE SENTENCE (New Episode)
The Originals Season 5 Plot: The final season of The Originals begins seven years after the core members of the Mikaelson family – Klaus (Joseph Morgan), Elijah (Daniel Gillies), Rebekah (guest star Claire Holt) and Kol (guest star Nathaniel Buzolic) — each absorb a quarter of the Hollow’s dark energy and flee New Orleans in order to keep both their beloved city and young Hope (guest star Summer Fontana) safe.
In the interim, Vincent (Yusuf Gatewood) and Josh (Steven Krueger) preside over a Big Easy almost devoid of conflict, while Hayley (Phoebe Tonkin) and Freya (Riley Voelkel) watch Hope (Danielle Rose Russell) grow into a teenager, eventually opting to send her to the Salvatore School so that Caroline (guest star Candice King) can keep an eye on her. With Marcel (Charles Michael Davis) following Rebekah out of town and Elijah stripped of his memory, the danger seems to be contained… until a sudden tragedy forces the siblings to return home. As the Mickaelsons return to New Orleans, bringing the pieces of a centuries old evil with them, it becomes clear that the closing chapter of this family saga will be as bloody and emotional as ever.
Paramount Network’s first scripted dramatic series Yellowstone will premiere on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT. The new series comes from Taylor Sheridan, the Oscar nominated screenwriter of Hell or High Water. Sheridan writes and directs season one of Yellowstone which will have a 10 episode run.
Oscar-winning director Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) stars in the lead role, marking his first starring role in a TV series/miniseries since 2012’s Hatfields & McCoys. The cast also includes Wes Bentley, Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes, Cole Hauser, Kelsey Asbille, Dave Annable, Danny Huston, Gil Birmingham, Jefferson White, Gretchen Mol, Jill Hennessey, Patrick St. Esprit, Ian Bohen, and Denim Richards.
John and Art Linson (Sons of Anarchy, Fight Club, Heat) serve as executive producers.
The Plot: Kevin Costner stars as John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States, under constant attack by those it borders — land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park. It is an intense study of a violent world far from media scrutiny — where land grabs make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world’s largest oil and lumber corporations. Where drinking water poisoned by fracking wells and unsolved murders are not news: they are a consequence of living in the new frontier. It is the best and worst of America seen through the eyes of a family that represents both.
Kevin Costner stars in ‘Yellowstone’ (Photo Credit: Kevin Lynch for Paramount Network)Wes Bentley and Kelly Reilly star in ‘Yellowstone’ (Photo Credit: Paramount Network)Luke Grimes and Kelsey Asbille star in ‘Yellowstone’ (Photo Credit: Paramount Network)Cole Hauser and Jefferson White star in ‘Yellowstone’ (Photo Credit: Paramount Network)Kevin Costner as John Dutton in ‘Yellowstone’ (Photo Credit: Paramount Network)Luke Grimes stars in the dramatic series, ‘Yellowstone’ (Photo Credit: Paramount Network)
Are you ready for a genuinely fun time at a movie theater? Looking for something that doesn’t require anything of you other than that you relax, tune out the world, and just enjoy what’s on the screen? Ready Player One perfectly fits the bill and lives up to the high expectations established following its premiere screening at SXSW. Ready Player One is a two-hour joyful pop culture celebration, a non-stop but not exhausting visual extravaganza that feels fresh and old-school at the same time.
Steven Spielberg taps into something incredibly special with this feature film adaptation of Ernest Cline’s popular novel. The PG-13 action adventure sprinkles so many pop culture references throughout its 140-minute running time that it’s impossible to catch them all in one viewing. In fact, one of the most enjoyable elements of watching it in a packed theater is hearing members of the audience react to recognizable characters/creatures when they pop up unexpectedly.
The film is set in 2045 and puts forth a future in which everyone escapes from the real world’s problems of poverty and overpopulation by entering the OASIS, a virtual world where you can be anyone and do anything. Wade Watts/Parzival (Tye Sheridan) and his friends (who he hasn’t met in the real world) are obsessed with winning a contest set up by OASIS creator James Halliday (Mark Rylance). Prior to his death, Halliday created a treasure hunt within OASIS in which participants must search for three hidden keys. Whoever wins the challenge will be rewarded with control over Halliday’s fortune and over the OASIS.
Wade cruises the OASIS in a Back to the Future DeLorean. There are multiple references to John Hughes and Robert Zemeckis, and even a T-Rex from Spielberg’s Jurassic Park shows up in all its CGI glory. King Kong, a gremlin (or maybe two), and characters from popular video games (including HALO) are part of what can only be described as a cinematic geekfest. Plus, The Shining is well represented in one of the film’s most memorable scenes. What’s crazy is that when the film’s over, you’ll forget at least half of who you recognized and your memories won’t match your movie date’s.
Tye Sheridan does a terrific job of leading the talented cast that includes Mark Rylance, Olivia Cooke as Art3mis/Samantha, Lena Waithe as Aech/Helen, Philip Zhao as Sho, Win Morisaki as Daito, Simon Pegg as Ogden Morrow, and TJ Miller as I-R0k. Ben Mendelsohn handles the role of Sorrento, the film’s main villain, and refrains from playing him as a mustache-twirling bad guy, which he easily could have been given the exaggerated sci-fi world in which the character exists.
Ready Player One’s like waking up on Christmas morning to find all your favorite toys from years gone by, many of which you’d all but forgotten, gathered together and just waiting to be played with. It’s amazing that Ready Player One is able to play to all age groups and both sexes. Not all references and characters will mean something to every audience member, but it doesn’t matter because if you don’t catch something others in the audience are reacting to, the next scene will probably include something relatable to your age group.
There’s a surprising amount of heart to Ready Player One, but the film doesn’t hit you over the head with its message. Instead, it’s more concerned with entertaining the audience and keeps the story on a more surface level as far as character development is concerned. It doesn’t really delve into why the OASIS exists and why it’s become so important to the Earth’s population.
Despite the fact the story is all fluff and no filling, Ready Player One is the kind of pure popcorn entertainment we need in this crazy world. Escapism at its best, Ready Player One is fine family entertainment and a film that deserves to be seen with your fellow geeks on a gigantic screen.
GRADE: A-
Release Date: March 29, 2018
Running Time: 140 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action violence, bloody images, some suggestive material, partial nudity and language
CBS just announced Shawn Mendes will be James Corden’s guest for a special week-long “residency” on The Late Late Show. Shawn Mendes will be joining James Corden for the week of Monday, June 4, 2018 through Thursday, June 7, 2018.
The Late Late Show with James Corden airs at 12:37am ET/PT.
Per CBS’s official announcement, Mendes will be performing new songs off of his upcoming album. He’ll also be teaming up with Corden for other segments during The Late Late Show. The announcement was accompanied by a two-minute video. (See above.)
More on Shawn Mendes, Courtesy of CBS:
“Shawn Mendes recently released the new tracks ‘In My Blood’ and ‘Lost in Japan’ from his highly anticipated third album. Both tracks have soared to the #1 and #2 spots on the overall iTunes chart in the U.S., amassing over 54 million global combined audio and video streams, and holding the #1 and #2 spots on Spotify’s ‘New Music Friday’ playlist. They are the first new songs released by Mendes since his 3x Platinum hit, ‘There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back,’ in April 2017. That track scored Mendes his second #1 single on Top 40 radio and on Billboard’s Pop Songs chart, joining 7x Platinum single ‘Stitches.’
Throughout his career, Mendes has achieved two #1 album debuts, Handwritten (2015) and Illuminate (2016); two platinum albums; and seven consecutive platinum and multi-platinum singles. Worldwide, he has sold over 10 million albums and 100 million singles, and he has amassed over 11 billion song streams and four billion YouTube views. Mendes has completed two sold-out world tours with over one million tickets sold. In February 2018, ROI Influencer Media recognized Mendes as the #1 Most Influential Artist and #1 Most Influential Teen across all social media platforms.”
Principal photography has begun on James Gunn and the H Collective’s as-yet-untitled horror film. With filming now underway, the complete main cast list has been announced, with four actors joining the film’s previously announced star, Elizabeth Banks.
Jackson Dunn (Shameless), David Denman, (13 Hours, Power Rangers), Meredith Hagner (Search Party, Younger), and Matt Jones (Mom, Home) are now on board the project which has James Gunn and his Troll Court Entertainment producing. David Yarovesky is directing from a script by Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn.
The H Collective is financing the horror film.
The horror thriller marks the reunion of James Gunn and Elizabeth Banks. Banks starred in Gunn’s directorial debut, the 2006 critically acclaimed R-rated horror comedy, Slither. Gunn also wrote the Slither script. Nathan Fillion, Gregg Henry, Michael Rooker, and Brenda James also starred in Gunn’s first feature film as director.
James Gunn’s additional directing credits include Super, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. He’s also on board to direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 starring Chris Pratt.
Elizabeth Banks recently starred in Pitch Perfect 3, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, and Power Rangers. Banks’ credits also include The Hunger Games films, the first two Pitch Perfect movies, Love & Mercy, Walk of Shame, and People Like Us.
Jackson Dunn has appeared in Legendary Dudas, GLOW, and Get Shorty. David Denman’s filmography includes Outcast, Logan Lucky, The Gift, Parenthood, and The Office.
Meredith Hagner’s credits include Ingrid Goes West, Royal Pains, Veep, A Gift Wrapped Christmas, Men at Work, Lights Out, and As the World Turns. Matt Jones’ lengthy list of credits includes Lets’s Get Physical, The Layover, A Bad Idea Gone Wrong, Sanjay and Craig, Breaking Bad, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, and Red State.
