Netflix has released the official trailer and poster for the documentary film, Seeing Allred. The documentary examines the life and career of attorney Gloria Allred, delving into her decades-long fight to help women obtain justice. Allred is the founder and president of the Women’s Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund (WERLDEF) and her firm, Allred, Maroko & Goldberg, is respected for working on behalf of victims of sexual assault, rape, and child sexual abuse, as well as battered women cases.
Gloria Allred’s awards include the President’s Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers, the President’s Award for Outstanding Volunteerism, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from The National Trial Lawyers “for her trailblazing role in combating injustice and winning new rights, especially for women and minorities.” Allred’s also been nominated for three Emmys for her appearances on KABC television in Los Angeles.
Sophie Sartain (Mimi and Dona) and Roberta Grossman (Above and Beyond) directed the documentary which features interviews with Gloria Steinem, Don Lemon, Alan Dershowitz, and Gloria Allred’s daughter, Lisa Bloom. Seeing Allred was produced by Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartain, Marta Kauffman (co-creator of Friends and Grace & Frankie), Robbie Rowe Tollin (The Zookeeper’s Wife), and Hannah KS Canter (Grace & Frankie).
Seeing Allred will screen at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival followed by its debut on Netflix on February 9, 2018.
The Plot: As sexual-violence allegations grip the nation, Seeing Allred provides a candid look at one of the most public crusaders against the war on women. Through rare archival footage and revealing interviews with both her supporters and critics, this fascinating biographical portrait examines Gloria Allred’s personal trauma and assesses both her wins and setbacks on high-profile cases against Bill Cosby and Donald Trump.
Seeing Allred is a portrait of a woman everyone thinks they know, at a time when women need her the most.
Poster for the Netflix documentary, ‘Seeing Allred.’
Imelda Staunton and Timothy Spall in ‘Finding Your Feet.’
Winners have been announced for the 29th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) with Richard Loncraine’s romantic comedy Finding Your Feet taking home the Audience Award for best feature film. Finding Your Feet stars Joanna Lumley, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, and David Hayman, and was written by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft.
The 2018 PSIFF ran from January 2 through January 15 and screened 180 films. 77 countries were represented by films at this year’s festival. The Palm Springs Film Festival is considered one of North America’s largest film festivals with more than 135,000 people attending last year’s festival.
Palm Springs Film Festival Winners:
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature:Finding Your Feet (UK), directed by Richard Loncraine. When snooty “Lady” Sandra Abbott discovers that her husband of 40 years has been having an affair, she packs her designer bags and flees to the shabby council flat of her estranged older sister. A sterling British cast give their all in this heartwarming romantic comedy.
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature:Skid Row Marathon (US) directed by Mark Hayes. Judge Craig Mitchell believes in second chances. This inspiring documentary tracks the running club Mitchell founded for the homeless on L.A.’s Skid Row, hoping that through the discipline of running, these men and women who had lost everything, could reclaim a sense of dignity.
FIPRESCI Prize for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:Félicité (Senegal), directed by Alain Gomis. Bursting at the seams with energy, Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis’s Berlin festival prizewinner immerses us in the sights and sounds of Kinshasa while loosely chronicling the day-to-day travails of the eponymous single-mom and nightclub-chanteuse (Congolese singer Véro Tshanda Beya, in an unforgettable performance) at the heart of the film. The film is on the shortlist for the Best Foreign Language Academy Award.
FIPRESCI Prize for the Best Actor in a Foreign Language Film: Nakhane Touré from The Wound (South Africa). South African co-writer/director John Trengove’s balanced drama explores a clandestine relationship between two Xhosa men, set against the backdrop of a traditional coming-of-age ceremony.
FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actress in a Foreign Language Film: Daniela Vega from A Fantastic Woman (Chile). Making a living waiting tables in downtown Santiago while pursuing her dream of becoming an nightclub singer, young transgender woman Marina (Daniela Vega in a stunning debut) finds safety and solace from an often cruel world in her relationship with older divorcee Orlando (Francisco Reyes, Neruda). But when Orlando suffers a violent fall and massive injuries in the last moments of a fatal aneurysm, suspicion falls on Marina, causing her to flee the hospital and the eye of a judgmental city.
New Voices New Visions Award:The Charmer (Denmark), directed by Milad Alami. A searing and topical exploration of the immigrant experience shot through with elements of psychological thriller and erotic drama, Milad Alami’s striking feature debut follows an Iranian man’s increasingly desperate attempts to secure citizenship by seducing a string of Danish women.
Honorable Mention for Exceptional Direction: Léa Mysius for Ava (France). Thirteen-year-old Ava’s summer vacation gains a new urgency when she learns she is rapidly going blind. In the face of creeping darkness, she squeezes in all the life she can, rebelling against her mother, stealing a dog, and becoming romantically entangled with a mysterious beach rat, sending her on an unpredictable journey of self-realization.
Schlesinger Award:Brimstone and Glory (US/Mexico), directed by Viktor Jakovleski. Equal parts awe-inspiring and anxiety-inducing, Brimstone and Glory’s chronicle of an annual fireworks extravaganza in Tultepec, Mexico, is a visual, jaw-dropping spectacle like no other documentary before it.
Cine Latino Award:Killing Jesús (Colombia/Argentina), directed by Laura Mora. When university student Paula witnesses her social activist father’s assassination, the inept, uncaring police force drives her to seek justice on her own. But when she finds herself immersed in the killer’s poverty-stricken world she discovers that they might both be victims of the same broken system.
Honorable Mention:A Fantastic Woman (Chile), directed by Sebastián Lelio.
HP Bridging the Borders Award:The Insult (Lebanon), directed by Ziad Doueiri. What should have been a trivial altercation, quickly settled and forgotten, instead propels two men (one a local Christian, the other a Palestinian refugee) to the center of a very public scandal in Lebanon, reopening historical and political wounds on both sides.
ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season five continues with episode eight airing on Friday, January 19, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT. The comic book-inspired dramatic series’ season five episode eight is titled “The Last Day” and was directed by Nina Lopez-Corrado from a script by James C. Oliver and Sharla Oliver. Lopez-Corrado previously directed season four episode 12, “Hot Potato Soup.”
The season five cast includes Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons, Henry Simmons as Agent Alphonso “Mack” MacKenzie, and Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez. Episode eight’s guest stars include Jeff Ward as Deke, Dominic Rains as Kasius, Florence Faivre as Sinara, Joel Stoffer as Enoch, Coy Stewart as Flint, Michael McGrady as Samuel Voss, Tunisha Hubbard as Ava, Willow Hale as Robin Hinton, Ava Kolker as Robin (age 12), Lexy Kolker as Robin (age 7), Jamal Akakpo as comms agent, Michele Tobin as Gretchen, and Dusty Sorg as Mouse.
The “The Last Day” Plot: Coulson and the team discover that the most unexpected person from S.H.I.E.L.D.’s past may hold the key to stopping Earth’s destruction.
Willow Hale, Clark Gregg, and Ming-Na Wen in ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ season 5 episode 8 (Photo by Eric McCandless / ABC)Willow Hale and Joel Stoffer in ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ season 5 episode 8 (Photo by Eric McCandless / ABC)Willow Hale and Clark Gregg in ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ season 5 episode 8 (Photo by Eric McCandless / ABC)Willow Hale in ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ season 5 episode 8 (Photo by Eric McCandless / ABC)Joel Stoffer as Enoch and Willow Hale as Robin Hinton in ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ season 5 episode 8 (Photo by Eric McCandless / ABC)
George Clooney is returning to television as the star of the dramatic limited series Catch-22. Hulu is moving forward with the six-part limited series based on the bestselling, critically acclaimed novel by Joseph Heller. Clooney will not only star in the limited series but will also direct along with Grant Heslov, his partner at Smokehouse Pictures.
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Richard Brown, Steve Golin, Luke Davis, and David Michôd are on board as executive producers. In addition, Michôd and Davis will adapt Heller’s book for the limited series. Catch-22 is set up as a Hulu, Paramount Television, and Anonymous Content production.
“Catch-22 is a rare story that has withstood the test of time, not only as a literary masterpiece, but as a story that still resonates in today’s political and social conversation,” said Hulu Chief Content Officer Joel Stillerman. “These are exactly the types of stories we want to be programming at Hulu, and we couldn’t be happier to partner with George Clooney, Paramount TV and this phenomenal group of creatives to bring one of the most well-known books of all time to viewers in a way that has never been seen before.”
The Plot: Based on Joseph Heller’s seminal novel of the same name, Catch-22 is the story of the incomparable, artful dodger, Yossarian, a US Air Force bombardier in World War II who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy, but rather his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to avoid his military assignments, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule which specifies that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers which are real and immediate is the process of a rational mind; a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but a request to be removed from duty is evidence of sanity and therefore makes him ineligible to be relieved from duty.
Although the original novel was published over 50 years ago, Catch-22 has continued to be regarded as the origin story of the geopolitical here-and-now.
AMC’s confirmed the 2018 premiere dates for returning series Fear the Walking Dead and Into the Badlands as well as new shows McMafia (no, it doesn’t have anything to do with a fast food restaurant), The Terror, and AMC Visionaries: James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction. Fear the Walking Dead will kick off season four on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at 10pm ET/PT with new special guest star Lennie James (The Walking Dead). The zombie apocalypse series will then move to the 9pm time slot the following Sunday when Into the Badlands‘ third season makes its debut at 10pm ET/PT, April 22.
McMafia, described as an organized crime thriller, will premiere on Monday, February 26 at 10pm ET/PT. And The Terror from executive producers Ridley Scott, David Kajganich, and Soo Hugh joins AMC’s primetime lineup with a two-hour series premiere on Monday, March 26 at 9pm ET/PT. AMC Visionaries: James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction will air on Mondays at 10pm ET/PT beginning on April 30.
In addition to announcing the early 2018 premiere dates, AMC also released details on the upcoming seasons of Fear the Walking Dead, Into the Badlands, McMafia, The Terror, and AMC Visionaries: James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction.
Dimitri (Aleksey Serebryakov), Alex (James Norton), Oksana (Maria Shukshina), Katya (Faye Marsay) and Rebecca (Juliet Rylance) star in ‘McMafia’ (Photo Credit: BBC / BBC Worldwide / AMC / Cuba Pictures)
McMafia Series Details: AMC’s groundbreaking new international thriller McMafia is an eight-part series created by Hossein Amini (The Snowman, Our Kind of Traitor) and James Watkins (Black Mirror, The Take) and inspired by Misha Glenny’s best-selling book of the same name. The series charts Alex Godman’s (James Norton) journey as he is drawn deeper and deeper into the world of organized crime.
As the English-raised son of Russian exiles with a mafia history, Alex has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of that criminal past, building his own legitimate business and forging a life with his girlfriend Rebecca (Juliet Rylance). But when his family’s past returns to threaten them, Alex is forced to confront his values to protect those he loves. What starts out as a story of survival and revenge becomes an epic tale of a man’s struggle against the lures of corruption in the modern world and in himself. Impressive and intimate, glamorous and gritty, McMafia is both global in scale and forensic in detail.
In addition to Norton and Rylance, the series stars David Strathairn (The Bourne Ultimatum, Good Night, and Good Luck), Faye Marsay (Love Nina, Game of Thrones), Aleksey Serebryakov (The Method, Leviathan) and Maria Shukshina (Yolki 3, Terrorist Ivanona).
Fear the Walking Dead Season 4 Details: In season four of Fear the Walking Dead, we will see the world of Madison Clark (Kim Dickens) and her family through new eyes – the eyes of Morgan Jones (Lennie James), joining the story from the world of The Walking Dead. The characters’ immediate past mixes with an uncertain present of struggle and discovery as they meet new friends, foes and threats. They fight for each other, against each other and against a legion of the dead to somehow build an existence against the crushing pressure of lives coming apart. There will be darkness and light; terror and grace; the heroic, mercenary, and craven, all crashing together towards a new reality for Fear the Walking Dead.
Into the Badlands Season Three Details: Season three of Into the Badlands finds Sunny (Daniel Wu of Tomb Raider) living off the grid, doing his best to provide for his infant son, Henry, in the wake of Veil’s death. It is only when Henry contracts a mysterious illness that Sunny must join forces with Bajie (Nick Frost of Shaun of the Dead) and journey back into the Badlands, where The Widow (Emily Beecham of Daphne) and Baron Chau (Eleanor Matsuura of Wonder Woman) are entrenched in a drawn-out war that has destabilized the entire region. No longer supported by Tilda (Ally Ioannides of Parenthood) or Waldo (Stephen Lang of Avatar), The Widow must find new allies in Lydia (Orla Brady of Fringe) and in Nathaniel Moon (Sherman Augustus of Westworld) – the former regent who lost his hand to Sunny and Bajie in season two. But when a mysterious nomadic leader called Pilgrim (Babou Ceesay of Guerilla) arrives in the Badlands on a mission to restore Azra and usher in a new era of “peace,” old enemies must band together to defend the Badlands.
The series also stars Aramis Knight (Enders Game) as M.K., Lorraine Toussaint (Orange is the New Black) as Cressida, Ella-Rae Smith (Clique) as Nix, Lewis Tan (Iron Fist) as Gaius, and Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones) as Castor.
Ciarán Hinds as John Franklin and Tobias Menzies as James Fitzjames in ‘The Terror’ season 1 episode 1 (Photo Credit: Aidan Monaghan/AMC)
The Terror Series Details: Inspired by a true story, The Terror centers on the Royal Navy’s perilous voyage into uncharted territory as the crew attempts to discover the Northwest Passage. Faced with treacherous conditions, limited resources, dwindling hope and fear of the unknown, the crew is pushed to the brink of extinction. Frozen, isolated and stuck at the end of the earth, The Terror highlights all that can go wrong when a group of men, desperate to survive, struggle not only with the elements, but with each other.
The ten-episode series stars Jared Harris (The Crown, Mad Men) as Captain Francis Crozier, Tobias Menzies (Outlander) as Captain James Fitzjames, Ciaran Hinds (Game of Thrones) as Sir John Franklin, Paul Ready (Cuffs) as Dr. Harry Goodsir, Adam Nagaitis (Suffragette) as Cornelius Hickey, Nive Nielsen (The New World) as Lady Silence, and Ian Hart (Neverland) as Thomas Blanky.
AMC Visionaries: James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction Series Details:AMC Visionaries: James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction is a uniquely intimate, insiders’ look at the origins of the genre that has become a cornerstone of popular culture. Throughout each episode of the six-part television series, Academy(R) Award-winning writer, director and producer James Cameron explores science fiction’s roots, futuristic vision and our fascination with its ideas through interviews with A-list storytellers, stars and others whose careers have defined the field, including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Will Smith and Sigourney Weaver, among many others.
Cameron takes us on a journey of discovery and exploration, helping us understand where science fiction’s ideas came from – and where they’re taking us. AMC Visionaries: James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction is executive produced by Cameron, Maria Wilhelm and Ken Druckerman and Banks Tarver of Left/Right TV. The series is co-executive produced by showrunner Jeff Cooperman and Mike Mezaros.
Villanelle (Jodie Comer) and Eve (Sandra Oh) in ‘Killing Eve’ (Photo Credit: BBC America)
BBC America has set an April 8, 2018 premiere date for the dramatic series Killing Eve. The thriller will air on Sundays at 8pm ET/PT and stars The White Princess‘ Jodie Comer and Grey’s Anatomy‘s Sandra Oh.
In addition to announcing the original series’ premiere date, BBC America unveiled the first five official photos from season one.
Killing Eve was written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) and is based on the novellas by Luke Jennings. Waller-Bridge serves as executive producer and showrunner, with Sally Woodward Gentle and Lee Morris also executive producing.
“In Killing Eve, a genius bunch of women behind and in front of the camera transcend the predictable with this funny and heart-stopping twisted cat and mouse thriller. From creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge – with remarkable performances from Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer – Killing Eve stands out in a sea of scripted stories as refreshingly entertaining and great fun,” said Sarah Barnett, BBCA President.
The Plot: BBCA’s Killing Eve centers on two women; Eve is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade MI5 security officer whose desk-bound job doesn’t fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle is a mercurial, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. Killing Eve topples the typical spy-action thriller as these two fiercely intelligent women, equally obsessed with each other, go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse.
Co-starring in the series alongside Oh and Comer are Fiona Shaw (the Harry Potter film franchise, True Blood), who plays Carolyn, a lead MI6 agent, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Downward Dog) as Elena, Eve’s assistant. The cast also includes Kim Bodnia (The Bridge), David Haig (Penny Dreadful), Sean Delaney, and Owen McDonnell (My Mother and Other Strangers).
Jodie Comer as Villanelle in ‘Killing Eve.’ (Photo Credit: BBC America)Sandra Oh as Eve in ‘Killing Eve’ (Photo by Nick Briggs / BBC America)Konstantin (Kim Bodnia) and Villanelle (Jodie Comer) – Photo Credit: BBC AmericaSandra Oh as Eve in ‘Killing Eve’ (Photo by Sophie Mutevelian / BBC America)
AMC confirmed the zombie apocalypse drama The Walking Dead has been renewed for a ninth season. The network also announced Angela Kang, a The Walking Dead writer since 2011, has been promoted to executive producer and showrunner for the upcoming ninth sesason. Kang’s taking over for showrunner Scott M. Gimple who will now be the Chief Content Officer in charge of The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, and other potential Dead platforms.
The Walking Dead is cable’s highest rated series and ranked as the #1 show on television for the last six seasons, according to AMC. Season nine will debut sometime in late 2018.
“This is an enormously important day for the entire The Walking Dead television universe. We are proud to acknowledge Angela’s significant contribution to the series and to set a clear path forward for a ninth season under her direction. Further, with gratitude and admiration, we also recognize Scott’s broad impact on, and leadership of, the content that fuels our TWD universe. Together, we will dream bigger and more broadly than ever before,” stated Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios. “I know I speak for Angela, Scott and everyone at AMC when I say thanks most of all to the fans and the many talented people who have helped AMC play Dead.”
“The Walking Dead is a special show which started in an entirely different era of TV, and continues, in this new era, to confidently take chances to tell compelling stories that excite audiences and make them deeply connect with its characters, adapting Robert Kirkman’s brilliant comic book,” Gimple said. “As the show closes in on its tenth year, I’m honored to keep working with the talented, dedicated people behind and in front of the camera to make it all it can be, while expanding the world of The Walking Dead with new narratives like Fear the Walking Dead and a whole host of truly cool stories ahead. Angela is a big part of the heart and soul of The Walking Dead, and I’m thrilled to help facilitate her vision of the show’s next era.”
“I am beyond thrilled to be stepping into this new role with The Walking Dead. Working on this series and having the opportunity to adapt Robert Kirkman’s amazing comic has been a fangirl dream come true for me,” said Kang. “I’m excited to continue working with Scott and the wonderfully supportive folks at AMC, and can’t wait to share the next chapter of the story with our fans next fall.”
The second half of season eight of The Walking Dead is set to premiere on February 25, 2018. The cast includes Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Alanna Masterson, Josh McDermitt, Seth Gilliam, Ross Marquand, Khary Payton, Tom Payne, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Austin Amelio, and Lennie James.
Fox’s Lucifer teased its midseason three return by airing just one new episode (Episode 11 “City of Angels?”) on January 1, 2018 and then going on another short break. Season three returns, again, with another new episode on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 8pm ET/PT. Season three episode 12 titled “All About Her” is the first episode since it was revealed Marcus Pierce is actually Cain. (Episode 11 didn’t count since it was a flashback.)
Season three stars Tom Ellis as Lucifer, Lauren German as Chloe, DB Woodside as Amenadiel, Lesley-Ann Brandt as Maze, Kevin Alejandro as Dan, Scarlett Estevez as Trixie, Rachael Harris as Linda Martin, Tricia Helfer as Charlotte, Aimee Garcia as Ella, and Tom Welling as Marcus Pierce/Cain. The season three episode 12 guest cast includes Kate Beahan (Law & Order True Crime, Devious Maids) as Justine Doble.
The “All About Her” Plot: After Lt. Pierce’s true identity is revealed, Lucifer tries to figure out his motives. In order to earn Chloe’s assistance in his investigation of Pierce, Lucifer goes above and beyond to help her solve the murder of a professional surfer. Meanwhile, Amenadiel deals with a personal health issue in the all-new “All About Her” episode of Lucifer.
Lauren German as Chloe Decker and Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar in ‘Lucifer’ season 3 episode 12 (Photo Credit: Fox)Lauren German in the “All About Her” episode of ‘Lucifer’ (Photo Credit: Fox)Tom Welling as Lt. Marcus Pierce in ‘Lucifer’ season 3 episode 12 (Photo Credit: FOX)Lauren German and Tom Ellis in a scene from ‘Lucifer’ season 3 episode 12 airing January 22, 2018. (Photo Credit: Fox)Tom Ellis in the “All About Her” episode of ‘Lucifer’ (Photo Credit: Fox)
A scene from season two of Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’
Hulu’s critically acclaimed, award-winning dystopian series The Handmaid’s Tale has just unveiled the first three photos from the upcoming second season. The dark and disturbing series is based on Margaret Atwood’s bestselling novel and is created, written by, and executive produced by Bruce Miller. Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Ilene Chaiken, and Elisabeth Moss also serve as executive producers on the riveting drama.
The cast of the binge-worthy series is led by Elisabeth Moss and includes Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, Alexis Bledel, Ann Dowd, Max Minghella, Madeline Brewer, O-T Fagbenle, and Amanda Brugel. Season two will premiere on Hulu in April 2018.
The series was nominated for 13 Emmys and won eight including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Elisabeth Moss), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Ann Dowd), Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Reed Morano), Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Bruce Miller), Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Alexis Bledel), and Outstanding Drama Series.
In addition, The Handmaid’s Tale season one earned three Golden Globe nominations, winning in the Best Television Series – Drama and Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama (Elisabeth Moss) categories. Members of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association also chose to honor the drama with three Critics’ Choice Awards nominations resulting in three wins in the Best Actress in a Drama Series (Elisabeth Moss), Best Drama Series, and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Ann Dowd) categories.
The Season 2 Plot: The Emmy-winning drama series returns with a second season shaped by Offred’s pregnancy and her ongoing fight to free her future child from the dystopian horrors of Gilead. “Gilead is within you” is a favorite saying of Aunt Lydia. In Season Two, Offred and all our characters will fight against – or succumb to – this dark truth.
Elisabeth Moss stars in season two of Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’A scene from season two of Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’
Starz and Lionsgate are developing a dramatic series based on the popular John Wick film franchise. The Continental takes place within the universe of the film’s John Wick (played by Keanu Reeves), with the action focusing on the Continental Hotel which is central to the assassins’ world in the film series.
“This series is truly unlike anything else on TV,” said Starz President & CEO Chris Albrecht. “The Continental promises to include the thunderous fight sequences and intensely staged shootouts between professional assassins and their targets that fans have come to expect in the John Wick movie franchise as well as introducing some new, darkly compelling characters who inhabit this underground world.”
Keanu Reeves will be involved with the series as an executive producer, and it’s possible he’ll show up in an episode. Chris Collins (Sons of Anarchy, The Wire, The Man in the High Castle) is on board as the series’ writer and showrunner. Collins, Basil Iwanyk (the John Wick film franchise, The Town, Sicario), Chad Stahelski (John Wick co-director and John Wick: Chapter 2 director), John Wick franchise screenwriter Derek Kolstad, and David Leitch (John Wick co-director, Deadpool 2) are also on board as executive producers. In addition, Stahelski is confired to direct the premiere episode.
The Plot: Chris Collins expands the universe in the series by focusing on the Continental Hotel and those who find refuge under its roof. Set in a hyper-real version of Los Angeles, the series maintains the urgency of the action along with the dry humor from the John Wick movies. Drawing upon the collaborative efforts of Lionsgate’s film, television and Starz platforms, The Continental continues the growth of a franchise that has already generated two hit films that have grossed nearly $300 million at the worldwide box office and a successful virtual reality mobile game.
