Netflix finally announced the premiere date of season two of Marvel’s Luke Cage. The action-packed drama will return on June 22, 2018 with Mike Colter reprising his role as Luke Cage. The series is based on the popular Marvel comics and airs exclusively on Netflix.
Netflix confirmed the premiere date with a short video featuring Colter as Luke Cage. In the 25 second video, Luke Cage warns, “You can’t burn me. You can’t blast me. And you definitely can’t break me. Want to test me? Step up, I’m right here!”
Four new photos also arrived from the upcoming second season. The new season will consist of 13 original episodes.
In addition to Mike Colter (Extinction), the season two cast includes Simone Missick (Ray Donovan), Alfre Woodard (The Lion King), Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy), Mustafa Shakir (The Deuce), Gabrielle Dennis (Rosewood), and Rosario Dawson (Marvel’s Daredevil). Cheo Hodari Coker (Ray Donovan) is the second season’s showrunner and executive produces with Jim Chory (Marvel’s Jessica Jones) and Marvel’s Head of Television Jeph Loeb. Lucy Liu (Future World) directed the upcoming season’s first episode.
About Marvel’s Luke Cage Season Two: After clearing his name, Luke Cage has become a celebrity on the streets of Harlem with a reputation as bulletproof as his skin. But being so visible has only increased his need to protect the community and find the limits of who he can and can’t save. With the rise of a formidable new foe, Luke is forced to confront the fine line that separates a hero from a villain.
A scene from ‘Marvel’s Luke Cage’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)A scene from Netflix’s action thriller, ‘Marvel’s Luke Cage.’A scene from season four of ‘Marvel’s Luke Cage’ starring Mike Colter (Photo Credit: Netflix)Mike Colter stars in ‘Marvel’s Luke Cage’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
The CW’s iZombie season four episode two featured Liv on an obnoxious wealthy woman’s brains. Liv couldn’t live with herself after refusing to help a desperate mother and so she roped Ravi into a smuggling operation that wound up driving a spike between her and Major. Up next, there’s love in the air after Liv cooks up a brain from a lovestruck young woman.
Season four episode three is titled “Brainless in Seattle, Part 1” and will air on March 12, 2018. Michael Wale directed from a script by Heather V. Regnier.
The cast of season four includes Rose McIver as Olivia “Liv” Moore, Malcolm Goodwin as Clive Babineaux, Rahul Kohli as Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti, Robert Buckley as Major Lilywhite, David Anders as Blaine DeBeers, Aly Michalka as Peyton Charles, and Robert Knepper as Angus McDonough.
The “Brainless in Seattle, Part 1” Plot: LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING, PART 1 — Love is in the air after Liv (Rose McIver) eats the brains of a hopeless romantic, and she can’t stop herself from meddling in Clive’s (Malcolm Goodwin) relationship. Major (Robert Buckley) and Liv continue to try to work through their differences. Meanwhile, Blaine (David Anders) is approached with an interesting offer.
Tom Welling and Tom Ellis in ‘Lucifer’ season 3 episode 16 (Photo by Ray Mickshaw / FOX)
At the end of season three episode 15 of Fox’s Lucifer, Chloe inadvertently gave Lucifer an idea as to how to kill Cain when she told him he can’t rewrite history. Season three episode 16 titled “Infernal Guinea Pig” begins with the sexy Devil laying out his plan to do just that.
Lucifer (Tom Ellis) draws stick figure representations of Cain and Abel, using artistic license to demonstrate how they were always on each other’s nerves. The series of drawings end with Cain becoming the first murderer, but Lucifer wants to go back in time and give Cain a clean slate. Lucifer explains he’s going to fly to Hell, retrieve Abel’s soul, and put it in another body. Thus, Abel’s no longer dead which means Cain never committed murder and won’t be cursed.
Marcus Pierce/Cain (Tom Welling) looks through photos of dead people, trying to pick out a body that will suit Abel. Lucifer stops his perusal of the dead to explain they need someone who just died. Chloe (Lauren German) shows up to report there’s been an explosion and one victim is on the way to the hospital. Lucifer and Cain’s potential newly dead person could be at the hospital.
Dan (Kevin Alejandro) and Chloe work the case while Lucifer heads to the hospital with Marcus.
Dan and Chloe determine the bomb was delivered by a messenger and the messenger was killed. The package was addressed to Alexa Lee, and unfortunately as a movie producer she has a lot of people who would like to see her dead. Bree Garland (Lauren Lapkus), her assistant, would know who’s the most likely killer, but Bree’s in bad shape at the hospital.
Speaking of the hospital, Lucifer decides he doesn’t want Abel in Bree’s body if she dies because she’s young and Abel would get to live another 80 years. They need someone old. The perfect vessel arrives with the death of an elderly gentlemen just feet away. It turns out he’s 97 and doesn’t have a family.
Lucifer spreads his wings and heads to Hell. He returns in a jiffy, but there’s been a mistake. He dropped Abel’s soul in Bree’s body as she expired at the same time as the old man. Abel is now running around as a young woman so Cain shouldn’t have his curse anymore. However, the mark is still on his arm so their scheme didn’t work.
Lucifer and Cain head off to track down Bree. They need to find her but can’t call Chloe (as Lucifer suggests) because that would mean Cain would have to say they put Abel in Bree’s body which would make no sense to the detective.
Lucifer figures out they need to ask a demon about Abel.
Dan and Chloe go through Alexa’s mail and it turns out there’s one letter that stands out as a potential threat from the killer. The letter writer wants people to read The Z Prophecy, and the same handwriting as the letters is shown on The Z Prophecy’s website.
Charlotte (Tricia Helfer) has a session with Dr. Linda (Rachael Harris) and she reveals she’s trying everything to jog her memory. Linda understands Charlotte has a strong need for control, but Charlotte changes the subject and wants to focus on recovering her lost memories. Linda asks if Charlotte has memories that feel like an endless loop where she’s trapped in her personal hell. Charlotte looks stricken and then walks out of Linda’s office, not willing to follow any of Linda’s suggestions.
Lucifer and Cain pay a visit to Maze (Lesley-Ann Brandt) and she reveals Abel was the first soul in Hell. All the demons learned to torture by torturing him. Maze also reveals Cain was the star of Abel’s Hell loop. She informs them that Abel speaks English and other romance languages. Plus, the demons would rearrange his Hell loop and he would adapt. Maybe he thinks this is just another Hell loop and Maze suggests they think about where Lucifer would go since they’re both horndogs.
Bree struts down the streets and hits up gorgeous women outside a bar.
Chloe and Dan make their way through a forest, and Chloe admits she’s worried about Marcus snagging Lucifer as a partner. She confesses that now that she’s trained Lucifer to be a decent partner, Marcus swooped in and grabbed him. As they talk, a laser dot appears on Dan’s face.
Dan and Chloe put their hands up as Wade (Blake Shields) warns them to leave. After Chloe asks about the messages to Alexa, he admits he wrote them. But he wasn’t threatening her, he wrote her a letter to let her know about the Earth’s magma flow. Her movie The Plunge made a mockery out of a serious issue regarding the magma flow. Wade hated the movie, but he got more Twitter followers after the film debuted so he’s not angry with Alexa.
Abel, in Bree’s body, checks out all the women at the bar. Amenadiel (DB Woodside) arrives and tells Abel he’s a pawn brought to Earth by forces he doesn’t understand. Abel thinks Amenadiel’s hitting on him until he shows him a mirror. Abel’s impressed with her female body and finally understands the weird looks from women.
Guest star Lauren Lapkus and DB Woodside in the “Infernal Guinea Pig” episode (Photo by Ray Mickshaw / FOX)
Amenadiel asks if he knows how this will end and Abel says it always ends with Cain killing him. He can’t avoid that death because it never changes. Amenadiel hands him a gun, suggesting he kill himself to end the cycle.
Meanwhile, Cain and Lucifer are searching strip clubs and not getting any closer to Abel. However, Lucifer has figured out that when they find Abel, he’ll need to kill Cain to end this. Lucifer asks if Cain thinks he’ll go to Heaven or Hell, and Cain declares his conscious is clear.
Spotting some hotties nearby, Lucifer follows them into the same bar Abel, in his Bree body, is checking out.
Back at the station, Chloe and Dan look over what they retrieved from Ward’s place. Somehow he was sort of right about something and there’s a connection between Alexa and the Bolivian drug cartel. There was even a Bolivian contractor who ended up in LA that very morning.
At the bar, Abel shoots the Bolivian contractor just as Lucifer and Cain arrive. She escapes and Amenadiel doesn’t know where she/he went. Amenadiel reminds Lucifer their dad cursed Cain for a reason and thinks Lucifer’s acting recklessly. Amenadiel doesn’t want to remove the cruse and reminds him their dad can still take things from him, things that matter more than his Devil face. Amenadiel is determined to find Abel and send him back to Hell.
The Bolivian cartel hitman was trying to kill Bree, and Marcus needs to report it to Chloe.
Back at the station, Chloe takes the news well. She’s not even mad they lost Bree but reminds them to clue her in first if they’re going to lose a witness.
Chloe now believes Bree was actually the target, not Alexa. Marcus heads out to find Bree while Lucifer pairs up with Chloe to talk to Alexa. Alexa can’t believe Bree is still alive after suffering fatal internal injuries and claims to be happy she’ll have her assistant back. She can’t function without her. She also says that Bree dealt with the investors, including the Bolivians.
Bree installed a biometric lock on the file cabinet and Alexa can’t get in to retrieve the financial records Chloe wants to look over.
Back at the station, the team figures out Bree was embezzling and that’s why she was the target. Chloe’s still mad Lucifer picked Marcus over her and gives Dan and Lucifer a lecture about loyalty.
Cain meets up with Maze and gets her to help find Abel by saying Amenadiel doesn’t want them to find her. She’s all in, dropping her bounty hunting case to help. She knows Abel would be after food or boobs. Just then Abel arrives at Lucifer’s and shoots Cain before he can react.
Abel does a happy dance over slaying Cain but is immediately shocked to discover he’s not dead. Cain’s still cursed and Abel begs for Cain to deliver a quick death. Maze explains this isn’t a torture and they aren’t in Hell. Abel’s out of Hell and alive.
Lucifer and Cain meet up to discuss Plan C, which doesn’t actually exist.
Bree’s at the police station to keep her safe from the Bolivians. Charlotte and Chloe interrogate her and Bree’s really interested in getting with these women. She’ll share whatever she needs to because she wants to “lay” with each of them. She also reveals she’ll do anything to escape where she’s been.
Amenadiel thinks he’s tracked down Abel but it’s actually a trap set up by Maze to keep him out of Lucifer’s way. They go at it, even though Amenadiel says he doesn’t want to fight.
Dan calls Chloe to let her know Alexa retrieved Bree’s stuff, including her cell phone, from the hospital which is suspicious. Chloe walks Bree through the studio where she works, but Bree doesn’t recognize the place. That doesn’t matter since she still has the same fingerprints so she can open the file cabinet. Dan, Chloe, Lucifer, and Marcus realize the Bolivians were working with Alexa, not Bree, but Bree found out and the cartel tried to pay her off.
Dan wonders why Alexa sent them straight to the place where they’d find proof. Chloe figures out too late that if Bree opens the cabinet, it will explode. Bree puts her finger on the pad and the drawer opens, revealing the bomb. Chloe holds Bree’s hand in place to keep it from going off.
Dan and Marcus tell Chloe over the phone to get out of there, but Chloe won’t leave. Lucifer also wants Chloe to leave and Dan tells her to think about Trixie. Marcus gives Chloe instructions for defusing the bomb, but Lucifer’s furious she won’t get out. Chloe says she’s choosing to be there and tells him he can leave, but he refuses saying he’s her partner. Lucifer takes over holding Bree’s hand on the pad while Chloe disarms the bomb. It works, and Bree is free.
Maze and Amenadiel continue their fighting, and Amenadiel admits he doesn’t understand why Maze is so angry about him and Linda. He reminds her she dumped him, but she’s upset about the sneaking around and the lies. He explains they were trying to protect her, but Maze screams that she doesn’t need protecting. She punches him, but he doesn’t react. She yells at him that it’s no fun if he doesn’t fight back. “It’s about as much fun as watching you break Linda’s heart, I’d say,” replies Amenadiel. She marches off, angry, telling him he ruined even this.
Outside the building, Chloe tells Lucifer they lifted Alexa’s print from the bomb. The cartel was using her films to launder money and Bree was attempting to expose that. Then Chloe thanks Lucifer for staying with her, saying she couldn’t have done it without him. “Without me you wouldn’t have been in danger in the first place,” says Lucifer quietly after Chloe walks away.
Charlotte returns to Dr. Linda’s, ready to trust her this time. She’s scared about doing it, but the Hell loop is even scarier. Charlotte confesses she wakes up, smells the coffee, and sees a man walking into her house. That person shoots her family as she smiles. The man who does it should be in jail but she got him off, and she doesn’t move as her family’s murdered. She’s the reason he’s free. She wakes up every morning like that, but each day it’s someone else who walks in and shoots her family. It’s always someone she set free. All she does is smile each time it happens and die inside again as it happens over and over. She doesn’t know how to stay out of that place but she’s trying her best. Linda tells her it’s a very brave start.
Abel thanks Cain for saving his life. Cain’s still got the mark, and Abel realizes Cain is in a kind of hell, too. They say they’re sorry, but they still need some space and can’t be in each other’s company.
Abel walks away as Lucifer arrives. Lucifer tells Cain he wants to dissolve their alliance because it puts Chloe in danger. If Chloe died, it would have been his fault. He always keeps his word, but breaking this deal is the easiest decision he’s made.
Cain says as long as Abel’s alive, he still has hope. They watch as Abel’s almost hit by one car and breathe a sigh of relief when he’s safe. That only lasts a few secrets as he walks into the path of an ambulance and is killed.
Syfy’s delving into Superman’s backstory with the new series Krypton. The show’s based on DC characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and has David S. Goyer (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, The Dark Knight Trilogy) writing and executive producing, with Cameron Welsh executive producing and serving as showrunner.
Cameron Cuffe leads the cast as Seg-El. The cast also includes Georgina Campbell, Elliot Cowan, Ann Ogbomo, Aaron Pierre, Rasmus Hardiker, Wallis Day, Blake Ritson, Ian McElhinney, Shaun Sipos, and Colin Salmon.
During the San Diego Comic-Con, series star Cameron Cuffe explained where we’ll catch up with his character at the start of the first season. “My character, Seyg-El, is the eventual grandfather of Superman. He is the scion of the once great House of El that was once at the very top of Kryptonian society. Through no fault of his own, it has been stripped of its rank and sent to the very bottom,” said Cuffe.
Essentially, he’s left for dead. So when we meet him, he’s been growing up in a very, very harsh environment where he has to struggle to survive. And so the elements of this legacy that’s out there and this sense of whatever it was that his family stood for, he’s sort of very isolated from, he’s very separate from. What’s real for him, and the stakes for him, is just making sure he gets through another day. That’s where we meet him at the beginning of our story.”
Krypton will air on Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT. The series is set to premiere on March 21, 2018.
The Plot: What if Superman never existed? Set two generations before the destruction of Superman’s home planet, Krypton follows Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe), the legendary Man of Steel’s grandfather, who is faced with a life and death conflict – save his home planet or let it be destroyed in order to restore the fate of his future grandson. With Krypton’s leadership in disarray and the House of El ostracized, Seg finds himself in a difficult position. He must redeem his family’s honor and protect the ones he loves while being challenged by familiar DC characters Brainiac (Blake Ritson) and Earthly time-traveler Adam Strange (Shaun Sipos).
Cameron Cuffe as Seg-El and Georgina Campbell as Lyta-Zod in ‘Krypton’ (Photo by Gavin Bond/Syfy)Cameron Cuffe as Seg-El (Photo by: Gavin Bond/Syfy)Shaun Sipos as Adam Strange in ‘Krypton’ (Photo by: Gavin Bond/Syfy)Georgina Campbell as Lyta-Zod (Photo by: Gavin Bond/Syfy)Cameron Cuffe as Seg-El (Photo by: Gavin Bond/Syfy)Wallis Day as Nyssa-Vex (Photo by: Gavin Bond/Syfy)Cameron Cuffe as Seg-El and Ian McElhinney as Val-El (Photo by: Gavin Bond/Syfy)Shaun Sipos as Adam Strange and Cameron Cuffe as Seg-El (Photo by: Gavin Bond/Syfy)
E! News has released a new video clip from the upcoming fourth season of The Royals. The clip is from episode one and stars Elizabeth Hurley as Queen Helena and Max Brown as King Robert. E! provided a transcript of the short clip which finds Queen Helena learning the truth about her Lord Chamberlain.
“My first official moment as king is being shoved in the back by my horned-up vitriolic mother,” says Robert.
“I don’t care if you’re crowned the goddamn Queen of Sheba, you don’t fire my Lord Chamberlain!” yells Queen Helena.
“He was a liability,” insists Robert.
“We were discreet,” answers the Queen, describing their fling.
“No, you were discreet,” replies Robert. “He was shopping a tell-all about his time in the queen’s bedroom.”
“That can’t be true,” Helena says in disbelief.
“I think the sample was Christmas, it was called ‘Jiggy Pudding,'” says Robert.
“Good god. I should have seen it,” says. “There was a version of me that would have never let that happen.”
“I took care of it. I was trying to protect you. I’m sorry,” answers Robert, apologizing to his mom. “Why does everyone suspect the worst from me?”
“Well, I can’t speak for everyone else but I suspect the worst of you because I taught you everything you know,” the Queen replies. “Sorry I shoved you.”
The Royals season four will premiere on E! on Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 10pm ET/PT. The new season will consist of 10 one-hour episodes starring Elizabeth Hurley, Max Brown, Jake Maskall, Tom Austen, Alexandra Park, and William Moseley.
The Plot: Season four involves unexpected twists and intriguing complexities, revealing the intricacies faced by royals trying to maintain high-profile relationships under scrutiny, and continuing to shine a light on the anarchy in the monarchy.
The fourth season of The Royals picks up after the charming, potentially duplicitous, Prince Robert (Brown) is crowned King of England. Prince Liam (Moseley) and his recently dethroned uncle Cyrus (Maskall) form an unlikely alliance, Queen Helena (Hurley) struggles to control her unruly brood as she figures out her role in the palace. And, after a heated on again-off again relationship, bodyguard Jasper (Austen) tries to capture Princess Eleanor’s (Park) heart one more time just as they are about to face their biggest obstacle yet. The series also stars Genevieve Gaunt as Wilhelmina.
Poster for ‘The Royals’ Season 4 (Photo by: E! Entertainment)
Netflix has officially confirmed Black Mirror has been renewed for season five. The streaming service made the announcement, stating, “Patience is a virtue, but rest easy knowing there is more Black Mirror on the way.”
Season four starred Jesse Plemons, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jimmi Simpson, Cristin Milioti, Aldis Hodge, Maxine Peake, Andrea Riseborough, Letitia Wright, and Michaela Coel. The series’ fourth season attracted veteran directors including Jodie Foster (Home for the Holidays), Toby Haynes (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell), John Hillcoat (Lawless, The Road), Colm McCarthy (Peaky Blinders), Tim Van Patten (Boardwalk Empire), and David Slade (American Gods, Hannibal).
Charlie Brooker created the award-winning series and serves as writer and executive producer. Annabel Jones is also on board as an executive producer. Netflix has not revealed any details on season five and the renewal announcement did not include the upcoming season’s premiere date. Season four was released on December 29, 2017.
The addictive anthology series was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, winning in the Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Charlie Brooker) and Outstanding Television Movie categories. The series was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award (Bryce Dallas Howard) and won a Producers Guild Award in the Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television category.
The Black Mirror Plot:Black Mirror is an anthology series that taps into our collective unease with the modern world, with each stand-alone episode a sharp, suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia leading to an unforgettable – and sometimes unsettling – conclusion. Without questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of our lives; in every home; on every desk; in every palm – a plasma screen; a monitor; a Smartphone – a Black Mirror reflecting our 21st Century existence back at us.
Danai Gurira as Michonne and Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes in ‘The Walking Dead’ season 8 episode 10 (Photo Credit: Gene Page / AMC)
AMC’s The Walking Dead season eight episode 10 was divided up into different intersecting stories. Each segment featured the action from the character’s point of view, with Michonne, Negan, Simon, Enid, Jadis, and Rick in the spotlight. Airing on March 4, 2018 opposite the Oscars, episode 10 is titled “The Lost and the Plunderers.”
Michonne
The episode opens with Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) by Carl’s freshly covered grave. Michonne takes down walkers as Rick has a final moment next to his dead son’s grave. She then heads to Alexandria’s gate, kills more walkers, and eventually pulls the gate to a close even though Alexandria is deserted. Returning to their home, she finds Carl and Judith’s handprints on the porch and allows herself a very brief moment to be emotional.
Inside, Rick loads up supplies. Together they pack up a van, but Michonne won’t let a structure Carl used to sit on burn. She grabs a fire extinguisher and Rick does the same. As they fight the fire, they’re surrounded by walkers. Fortunately, they kill their way back to the van. They couldn’t stop the structure from burning and are forced to leave Alexandria to the walkers.
Rick wonders if Carl wanted them to stop fighting Negan and the Saviors. Michonne asks if Rick wants to read Carl’s letters, but he doesn’t…not yet. Michonne notices Carl wrote a letter to Negan, and Rick changes the subject and says he has to talk to Jadis. He thinks they’ll be a target of Negan’s now since they joined him to attack the Sanctuary. He believes they need Jadis’ people, the Scavengers (or the Heapsters, as Negan calls them), and their weapons.
Michonne and Rick arrive at Jadis’ place and are immediately trapped inside. The Scavengers have been slaughtered and are now walkers, advancing on the trapped Michonne and Rick.
Negan
Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) tells his people the Hilltop is covered and he wants his people to find the Alexandrians. He realizes the Alexandrians had an escape plan and knows Carl played him. Simon (Steven Ogg) asks about Gavin, but Negan isn’t worried. (He should be!) Negan orders Simon to put aside his anger at the Heapsters. He’s only allowed to take one out – just one – and Negan believes the rest will fall in line. Simon, however, wants to kill them all. He doesn’t think the garbage rats understand what’s going on. He wants to wipe everyone out and move elsewhere. Negan’s increasingly angry at Simon for believing they should cut their losses and move on, and for questioning his orders. Negan is sure that after he kills Rick, everything will return to normal.
Simon and Negan are interrupted by three Saviors delivering the coffin from Hilltop. Maggie’s message “We have 38 more. Stand down” is written across the top. Dean’s inside and he’s a walker, so Negan takes him out using a nail gun. Simon is even more certain they need to kill everyone at Hilltop at this point, thinking they can’t let Hilltop and the others get away with this. Negan yells, “You will do your job!” and stands by his command to keep everyone except for one person alive.
Enid
Enid (Katelyn Nacon) and Aaron (Ross Marquand) have been taken captive by the Oceansiders and are locked up after killing Natania. As they sit handcuffed, their fate is being debated. After the Oceansiders leave, Aaron assures Enid they’ll get out of there. Enid thinks Natania made it so she had to kill her, and she realizes she’d do it again because it was necessary.
The Oceansiders return and the group and its leader have decided they’ll take Enid and Aaron to the beach. Enid warns them that if they executive her, her people will come looking for them. They will be wiped out. Enid argues that if they let them go, they’ll keep fighting the Saviors and the Oceansiders can stay hidden.
Cyndie decides letting Enid and Aaron go will be their only contribution to the cause. She sets them free with the warning not to return.
After Cyndie and her people leave, Aaron tells Enid to go to the car and head back. He reveals he’s going to stay there and try and convince them to fight. He also wants Enid to warn Maggie not to come to Oceanside. Enid makes Aaron promise she’ll see him again. They hug, well aware this could be their final time seeing each other.
Aaron waits in the woods outside Oceanside.
Simon
Simon leaves his meeting with Negan angry. He gathers his large, well-armed group to head to the landfill. There, he and his people confront Jadis, demanding an apology. She doesn’t give it. He reminds her that Negan’s aware she had a side deal with Rick. Jadis finally lies and says she didn’t have a deal with Rick; she delivered Rick to Negan.
Simon, furious, calls BS on that. He struggles to get himself back under control to inform her that Negan doesn’t want to punish them if they go back to the established deal. However, Simon and his people will take their guns and ammunition. Simon says they need the weapons, but the Scavengers don’t want to give them up.
Simon assures the group that if they ever need guns, the Saviors will provide them. Jadis agrees. The Saviors disarm the Scavengers and then Simon finally asks the key question, “Why the dump?” Jadis calls it their place and Simon asks about the helicopter pad and solar panels. She continues to say it was just a dump before the apocalypse. Simon knows differently.
He asks again for an apology. Jadis admits there’s remorse but doesn’t apologize, and two of her people are immediately shot. She punches Simon in the face and screams, “There is remorse, you son of a bitch!” Simon replies, “I don’t think you mean that.”
Simon gives the order and the Scavengers are slaughtered, exactly the opposite of Negan’s orders.
Back at the Saviors’ compound, Negan asks if Simon got it done. Negan confirms they haven’t heard from Gavin as he looks over the weapons. Negan asks how it went and Simon says it was a standard message and delivery. “Showed ‘em and told ‘em.”
As they’re talking, Negan’s informed Rick is on the walkie-talkie.
Steven Ogg as Simon and Pollyanna McIntosh as Jadis in ‘The Walking Dead’ season 8 episode 10 (Photo Credit: Gene Page / AMC)
Jadis
Rick and Michonne fight their way through the now-dead Scavengers but they’re outnumbered. They scramble up the garbage pile only to find Jadis still alive sitting on a mound of garbage. When they ask how to get out, she claims the only way is through the main entrance. She’s speaking normally (not with the weird cadence of the Scavengers) and recalls coming to this dump before the zombie apocalypse to find things to paint on. After the zombies, she thought they could create something new there. Her people did, becoming something different in every way.
Rick blames her for what happened. He then creates a shield so he can make a run for it. Jadis wants to come with Rick and Michonne, but Rick says no. “I’m done with her games. She can’t help us anyway.”
Rick and Michonne work their way through the walkers until they reach the blocked entryway. Jadis follows them begging to be allowed to get out. Rick shoots at her and soon her own zombie people head her way.
Shortly thereafter, a blooded Jadis pounds the ground with a metal rod, bringing the walkers closer. When they arrive behind a chain, she starts up a grinder and they willingly walk into it as they try to reach her. She watches, nearly overcome with emotion, as her people are transformed into bloody mush.
She watches her friends be torn to shreds while having flashbacks of their deaths at the hands of the Saviors.
A little later she gets up from resting and uncovers a file cabinet. She retrieves a box labeled applesauce and eats from the can, lost in thought.
Rick
Rick and Michonne leave the Scavengers and he admits he shot over Jadis’ head. He didn’t want to kill her. “I just wanted her gone,” said Rick. Michonne reveals it reminds her of what Carl was talking about – that they have a choice. Rick pulls over because he needs a second to collect himself. He thumbs through Carl’s letters picks up a walkie-talkie, and leaves the van.
Rick unfolds Negan’s letter and reads it. He then reaches out to Negan via walkie-talkie. Negan responds and asks if he wants a face-to-face. He lets Negan know Carl is dead and that he wrote a letter to him. Rick says the letters ask both he and Negan to stop fighting and for there to be peace. “But it’s too late for that. Even if we wanted a deal now, it doesn’t matter. I’m gonna kill you,” says Rick.
Negan wants to know how Carl died, asking if the grenades or the fire killed him. Rick says Carl went out to help someone and got bit. Negan, obviously upset, “God damn it. Sh*t. I am sorry. You know, I wanted him to be part of things. I had plans. That kid was the future,” says Negan.
Rick replies, “The only future is one where you’re dead.”
Negan claims Carl is dead because Rick couldn’t leave things well enough alone. He puts Carl’s death squarely on Rick’s shoulders. He wasn’t there to stop his son from doing something stupid, blaming Rick for setting this course.
Negan claims he is the answer; he stops people from dying. He asks Rick not to let his horrible decisions cause the deaths of more of his people. Negan feels horrible about Carl’s death but thinks Rick failed as a leader and a father. He tells him to give up because he’s already lost.
Netflix chose to debut a short teaser trailer for the upcoming season of House of Cards during the 90th Academy Awards which aired live on ABC on March 4, 2018. The 45 second teaser trailer shows a bustling West Wing and ends with a shot of Robin Wright as President Claire Underwood. President Underwood is seated behind her desk in the Oval Office facing the window. She swivels her chair to face the office, rises, and declares, “We’re just getting started.”
Emmy Award winner Robin Wright leads a cast that includes Michael Kelly (The Long Road Home), Diane Lane (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), Greg Kinnear (Same Kind of Different as Me), Jayne Atkinson (Criminal Minds), Patricia Clarkson (the Maze Runner trilogy), Cody Fern (The Assassination of Gianni Versace), Constance Zimmer (UnREAL), Derek Cecil (Banshee), Campbell Scott (Royal Pains), and Boris McGiver (Boardwalk Empire). The eight-episode sixth season will be the critically acclaimed series’ final season.
The final season of House of Cards is executive produced by Melissa James Gibson, Frank Pugliese, Robin Wright, David Fincher, Joshua Donen, Dana Brunetti, Eric Roth, Michael Dobbs, and Andrew Davies. Gibson and Pugliese serve as showrunners. The award-winning political drama was created by Beau Willimon.
Over its previous five seasons, House of Cards has earned 53 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations. The series made history as the first original online series to pick up an Emmy win (David Fincher for Outstanding Director for a Drama Series). It also won Emmys for Original Dramatic Score, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Reg E. Cathey), Outstanding Cinematography, Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series, and Outstanding Sound Mixing.
House of Cards has also earned six Golden Globe nominations, winning in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama (Kevin Spacey) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama (Robin Wright) categories. In addition, it earned 11 Screen Actors Guild nominations, winning twice. Kevin Spacey earned SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series in 2015 and 2016.
Disney debuted a super short teaser for Mary Poppins Returns during the 2018 Oscars and then dropped the first full teaser trailer online. The studio also released two new photos from the film along with a teaser poster featuring a close-up of the film’s star, Emily Blunt.
The one minute 35 second trailer declares: “In a place we hold dear where wonder once lived but soon from above a new story begins.” The teaser trailer introduces the world of Mary Poppins and shows Lin-Manuel Miranda flying a kite and then spotting the beloved nanny as she floats down from the sky.
Rob Marshall (Chicago) directed from a screenplay by David Magee, based on PL Travers’ The Mary Poppins Stories. In addition to Emily Blunt, the cast includes Lin-Manuel Miranda as Jack, Ben Whishaw as Michael Banks, Emily Mortimer as Jane Banks, Julie Walters as Ellen, Colin Firth as William Weatherall Wilkins, Meryl Streep as Topsy. Original Mary Poppins star Dick Van Dyke returns to PL Travers’ world as Mr. Dawes Jr, “the retired chairman of the bank now run by Firth’s character.”
Angela Lansbury plays the Balloon Lady and Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, and newcomer Joel Dawson play the Banks’ children. Rob Marshall, John DeLuca, and Marc Platt produce, with Callum McDougall executive producing. The film’s music is by Marc Shaiman who co-wrote the songs with Scott Wittman.
The Plot: The film is set in 1930s depression-era London (the time period of the original novels) and is drawn from the wealth of material in PL Travers’ additional seven books. In the story, Michael (Whishaw) and Jane (Mortimer) are now grown up, with Michael, his three children and their housekeeper, Ellen (Walters), living on Cherry Tree Lane. After Michael suffers a personal loss, the enigmatic nanny Mary Poppins (Blunt) re-enters the lives of the Banks family, and, along with the optimistic street lamplighter Jack (Miranda), uses her unique magical skills to help the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives. Mary Poppins also introduces the children to a new assortment of colorful and whimsical characters, including her eccentric cousin, Topsy (Streep).
Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) returns to the Banks’ home in Disney’s original musical, ‘Mary Poppins Returns, a sequel to the 1964 ‘Mary Poppins.’ (Photo Credit: Disney)Lin-Manuel Miranda stars as Jack in Disney’s original musical ‘Mary Poppins Returns.’
Marvel’s Black Panther continues to light the box office on fire, retaining its hold on the top of the chart for the third weekend in a row. The critically acclaimed comic book-inspired action drama has passed the $500 million mark, joining the exclusive list of films to pass that milestone and entering the Top 10 chart just behind #9’s Beauty and the Beast. By the end of Black Panther‘s theatrical run, it will likely be challenging The Avengers ($623 million), Jurassic World ($652 million) and Titanic ($659 million) for a spot in the top 5 all-time domestic box office performers.
Finishing in second place, Fox’s spy thriller Red Sparrow rang up $17 million over its first three days in release. The R-rated drama is based Jason Matthews’ novel which Justin Haythe (A Cure for Wellness) adapted for the screen. Jennifer Lawrence reunited with her Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence to play a dancer forced into becoming a spy. Critics have been split on the film and it currently stands at 51% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences were kinder, giving it a B according to Cinemascore.
The weekend’s other newcomer, Death Wish, settled for a third place finish. Starring Bruce Willis, the action thriller earned a B+ average from audiences but failed to connect with critics who overwhelming voted it a rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Up next: Disney will be releasing the much-anticipated A Wrinkle in Time starring Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Mindy Kaling on March 9, 2018. Gringo with Charlize Theron, The Hurricane Heist starring Ryan Kwanten, and the horror sequel, Strangers: Prey at Night, are also set to enter theaters on March 9th.
The Black Panther Plot:Black Panther follows T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) who, after the events of Captain America: Civil War, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his place as King. However, when an old enemy reappears on the radar, T’Challa’s mettle as King and Black Panther is tested when he is drawn into a conflict that puts the entire fate of Wakanda and the world at risk.
Red Sparrow Plot: Dominika Egorova is many things. A devoted daughter determined to protect her mother at all costs. A prima ballerina whose ferocity has pushed her body and mind to the absolute limit. A master of seductive and manipulative combat.
When she suffers a career-ending injury, Dominika and her mother are facing a bleak and uncertain future. That is why she finds herself manipulated into becoming the newest recruit for Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people like her to use their bodies and minds as weapons. After enduring the perverse and sadistic training process, she emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow the program has ever produced. Dominika must now reconcile the person she was with the power she now commands, with her own life and everyone she cares about at risk, including an American CIA agent who tries to convince her he is the only person she can trust.
Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton in ‘Red Sparrow’ (Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox)
