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‘The Exorcist’ Season 2: Ben Daniels, Alfonso Herrera and Kurt Egyiawan Interview

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Rebecca Murray
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Ben Daniels, Alfonso Herrera and Kurt Egyiawan from ‘The Exorcist’ at Comic-Con 2017 (Photo © 2017 Fox Broadcasting)

Fox’s The Exorcist season two will find Father Tomas Ortega (Alfonso Herrera) and Marcus Keane (Ben Daniels) teaming up to perform more exorcisms, while Father Bennett (Kurt Egyiawan) works on uncovering conspirators inside the Vatican. During the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, Daniels, Herrera, and Egyiawan sat down for roundtable interviews to provide the scoop on what’s in store for season two of the riveting horror series.

Season two of The Exorcist will premiere on September 29, 2017.

Where do we pick up with season two?

Ben Daniels: “We’re full-on. We start full-on in the middle of the action. It’s six months further down the line and Marcus has been training Tomas to be an exorcist. They’ve been out on the road; they’ve left Chicago. They’ve arrived in Montana, they’re in the middle of an exorcism when we join them and Tomas has become powerful, as powerful as Marcus probably. We’re starting to see a split between them, so that’s how it begins. And it’s very, very rural whereas it was urban in season one. This is out in the open and the new story, the new family, is in a forest.”

Kurt Egyiawan: “And for Bennett, he’s back home in the Vatican. I guess he’s trying to work out just how far this conspiracy goes, just how far in the Church it’s gotten up to. This institution that he’s called home and believes in, he’s a soldier of the Church, whether it’s rotten to the core and what he’s going to do about that.”

Alfonso Herrera: “We start in Montana so Tomas has said goodbye to his life in Chicago, his comfort zone which is his family, his congregation, and his career as a priest. He suddenly realizes that he has a bigger task, he has a bigger purpose. He follows Marcus and Marcus is his teacher. And suddenly Tomas, in his process of becoming an exorcist, he starts to take some risks that aren’t necessary, in Marcus’ perspective. That is going to generate some kind of peculiar friction. That’s going to be very interesting.”

Who’s the new demon you’re fighting?

Ben Daniels: (Laughing) “I can’t tell you that! It might not be just one.”

How do you think your characters have changed going into season two? Marcus started out skeptical so is he more skeptical now?

Ben Daniels: “We do see in this season how his excommunication impacts on him. I think he’s always had the Church as this structure, the only structure in his life, really. And as much as he’s said he’s hated it, he’s kicked against it, it’s not there now so he no longer has his collar and so he’s very rudderless as a human being. We begin to see how that affects him as a human being and consequently his work.”

Kurt Egyiawan: “I think for Bennett it would be, I guess, it’s a case of what do you do about an institution that you call home and the place that’s made you, essentially, and you know is rotten at the core. How do you fix that without running away?”

Alfonso Herrera: “In season one he was resisting the idea of confronting evil. He was taking steps back, and now he assumes it and he wants it all. That is going to generate some consequences.”

Do you feel like bad headlines of the real world Catholic Church have made it easier for audiences to play into the notion that great, old institutions are often not at all what they say?

Kurt Egyiawan: “I think people are always going to be curious about these big institutions that have so much history to them. Whether it’s good press or not, you’re always going to read into conspiracies and what’s going on behind closed doors and in shady corridors. So, I think it’s just great playground, sandpit, for conspiracy and for the audience anyway.”

Will we be seeing any other characters from the first season?

Ben Daniels: “No. We’ve moved completely away from them, but that’s not to say they won’t pop up at some point. (Laughing) I’m covering the bases. We don’t actually know.”

How big of a challenge is tackling a second season?

Alfonso Herrera: “When we received the news that we are going to go to a second season, everything moved so fast. So, we are moving fast, receiving scripts, moving to a different city, so everything right now is a huge and interesting challenge. We are so happy.”

Since you play priests, were you praying there would be a second season?

Ben Daniels: (Laughing) “I was down on my knees, nightly. Yeah, we were really, really hoping because we had such a good time on the first season. I think the end product was great and people really responded to it, after being quite hard. We were here before and people were a little sniffy about it and we, of course, couldn’t say the twist in episode five. So, we wanted people to stick with it. What was amazing is it developed this hardcore group of fans and had amazing press. The online (presence) was fantastic for it. We were just delighted. So, yeah, if it hadn’t come back we’d have been gutted – gutted! – because we had such a good time. The characters were amazing. There was always something fresh to play as actors.”

Alfonso Herrera: “I come from Mexico and we are huge soccer fans and we say that if you have good chemistry and there’s a good atmosphere in the locker rooms, then you can enjoy the game. I think this was the case. We have amazing camaraderie outside the set, behind the cameras. I’m excited because of the story of it and because of the path of the characters, but at the same time I’m very, very excited to share a set with these two. I think we’re going to have a blast and we’re going to have fun.”

Did the three of you really become a team over the first season?

Kurt Egyiawan: “Yes. It’s a great company. Everyone is so warm and so passionate about it.”

How skeptical did you really think people were when you were launching this series? Did you feel that before the show’s premiere?

Ben Daniels: “Oh, you just have to turn on Twitter and type in ‘The Exorcist Fox’ and you would get vitriol. And what was great was seeing that turn around. It was really, really amazing. We just wanted people to watch, enough people for there to be a second season. Fox was really thrilled with it as a product and as you probably know, it sold all over the world. People have responded to it really, really well.

We were really aware that it was a risk. I think any of those big film franchises when you decide to do something with them, either if it’s like a big book that gets turned into a movie or in this case a book and a movie that gets turned into a TV series, people feel a sort of ownership of those very strong storylines. And so it’s like, ‘You can’t mess with this!’ and then people sort of went, ‘Oh, oh, oh! It’s a big sequel to it!’ I think it was handled really sensitively, so it was amazing to see that turn around. But, yes, we did feel it.”

Losing Geena Davis’ character, do you feel like you’ve lost a little bit of the connection to the show’s larger heritage?

Ben Daniels: “No. I think now people have seen that first season and how after people saying, ‘It’s ridiculous. There’s no tie-in. No one is mentioning anything. There’s just a shot of the stairs,’ it obviously did in a much bigger way tie into it. I think people wanted that and they needed that for us to be able to move on and for it to become its own beast, which hopefully it will this season.”

Are Tomas and Marcus hiding from the Church?

Ben Daniels: “I think it’s safe to say that they are. (Laughing) I don’t know if we can tell you that. They are or if they’re not, they do. Well, I think Marcus has been hiding anyway. He slashed someone’s throat in broad daylight.”

Alfonso Herrera: “And I’m just following him.”

Will the storylines intersect between Father Bennett and Marcus this season?

Kurt Egyiawan: “I’m not too sure.”

Ben Daniels: “Yes, they will. I got a piece of information today. I think everything sort of links in together, but it’s a much more expansive universe that we go into. But, yeah, they’ll all link up at some point.”

Watch the full Ben Daniels, Alfonso Herrera, and Kurt Egyiawan The Exorcist interview:

(Interview by Fred Topel. Article by Rebecca Murray.)




‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Unveils a Chilling Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer poster

A24’s released the first trailer and poster for The Killing of a Sacred Deer from writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos. The psychological horror film won the Best Screenplay award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and will open in theaters on October 27, 2017.


The cast is led by Colin Farrell who reunites with his The Lobster director for this suspenseful thriller. The cast also includes Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies), Barry Keoghan (Dunkirk), Raffey Cassidy (Allied), Sunny Suljic (The Unspoken), Bill Camp (The Leftovers), and Alicia Silverstone (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul).

The Plot: Steven (Farrell), an eminent cardiothoracic surgeon is married to Anna (Kidman), a respected ophthalmologist. They are well off and live a happy and healthy family life with their two children, Kim, 14 (Cassidy) and Bob, 12 (Suljic).

 Steven has formed a friendship with Martin (Keoghan), a fatherless 16-year-old boy whom he has taken under his wing. Things take a sinister turn when Steven introduces Martin to his family, gradually throwing their world into turmoil and forcing Steven to make a shocking sacrifice or run the risk of losing everything.





‘Once Upon a Time’ Season 7: Andrew J West and Dania Ramirez Interview on Henry and Cinderella’s Relationship

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Rebecca Murray
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Andrew J. West as Henry and Dania Ramirez as Cinderella in ‘Once Upon a Time’ season 7 (ABC/Eike Schroter)

ABC’s season seven of Once Upon a Time will take the show in a new direction, with the addition of new key characters joining just a few of the past seasons’ favorites. Among the newbies joining the world of the fairy tale drama are Andrew J. West and Dania Ramirez who play a grown-up Henry Mills and Cinderella, respectively. Teamed up together at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con for roundtable interviews, West and Ramirez talked about what fans of the popular series can expect when Once Upon a Time season seven premieres on October 6, 2017.

What can you say about the upcoming season?

Andrew J. West: “We can tell you that you’re going to see some characters that you’ve known for six years who are all in new places in their lives and in their particular stories. You’re going to see a version of Henry who has had some adventures, who’s learned some things, who has had some trials and tribulations, and who has been changed in some very significant ways. And we’ll discover through the season whether those changes are more positive or negative. He’s at a turning point in his life.

We also meet some new characters, like Cinderella.”

Dania Ramirez: “Like Cinderella. You know what’s interesting is the last six seasons you met young Henry, and young Henry was the believer. He was the one who was driving the real belief system between all these people. ‘Believe! I believe, you have to believe there are happy endings and we have to get to these happy endings.’ They did get a lot of happy endings by the end of last season. And then his story, he was so busy getting everybody else’s story written and everybody else’s happy ending done and solved that now he needs to go out and find what is his purpose. What is his life like?


He ends up believing at a young age and then growing out of it and getting to a different place. That’s how we start season seven. What’s happened to him between the time that he was sheltered – because he was sheltered all these six seasons by the love of both mothers and other people around him. So now he’s gone out on his own. And sure, as you know, growing up and being alone, leaving your home, you’re going to hit some hardships in life and that’s going to take a different toll on you and a different life. I think that just when you think hope is gone, I do believe that that’s where we are right now after we’ve finished six seasons. Just when you think something is done, there’s a new journey about to begin and that’s where we start. So, he goes out to find his own story and find his own happy ending.

There’s a lot of vibes between Cinderella and Henry. And she’s edgy; she’s a different kind of Cinderella. She’s not a damsel in distress. She’s been through a lot. She’s got this stepmother who’s put her through so much and now we see Cinderella kind of fighting back and saying, ‘Hey, what is my life like? I don’t want to put up with this and now let me find what can I do with me right now.’ That’s where we pick up. What happens to Cinderella after she leaves home? What happens after midnight?”

How has it been for you to take this classic character and see her in a new way?

Dania Ramirez: “Groundbreaking for me on a level of when you grow up, no matter where you’re from and what country you’re from, what ethnicity you’re from, you read fairy tales. You’re hopeful and you feel like you want to believe in something bigger than anything you know. And so I cried the entire day when I found out I was playing Cinderella because never in the realm of any reality did I ever think I was going to get a chance to play this character that was written many, many, many moons ago. But the universal themes of what a fairy tale is, in this particular one – the love story, the pain, the struggle – is something that everyone can relate to. It’s just going to be a different kind of pain, a different kind of set of struggles because of what she’s going through. You can see her as a mother in the real world as well. And that child, Lucy, is now the believer and take us in a different direction.”

More on Once Upon a Time Season 7: Colin O’Donoghue and Robert Carlyle Interview / Lana Parrilla and Gabrielle Anwar Interview

Watch the full Andrew J West and Dania Ramirez Once Upon a Time interview:

(Interview by Alice Balagia. Article by Rebecca Murray.)




‘Gotham’ Season 4: Jessica Lucas Interview on Tabitha’s Relationships with Barbara and Selina

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Rebecca Murray
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Gotham star Jessica Lucas
‘Gotham’ star Jessica Lucas at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con (Photo by Richard Chavez © Showbiz Junkies)

During roundtable interviews at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con, Jessica Lucas was asked if she’s had the chance to interact with any of Gotham season four’s new villains. They’d only shot two episodes before heading to Comic Con, so the answer was no. However, Lucas teased that she assumes Tabitha will have some interactions with Ra’s al Ghul. “I can’t tell you why, but I think probably yeah,” said Lucas, breaking into a huge smile. “But not Scarecrow. That’s in a different world. That’s sort of more the Jim Gordon/GCPD world.”

Lucas also discussed Tabitha’s relationships with Barbara and Selina in our Comic Con interview. Gotham season four is set to premiere on Thursday, September 21, 2017.

Tabitha is going to mentor Selina this season. Have you done any of those scenes yet?

Jessica Lucas: “We’re just starting to establish that storyline. When we pick up with season four it’s been three months. Three months have passed and so the assumption is that that relationship has already been developing in between the seasons. And so we pick up and she’s teaching her, but they have a very sort of – they’re fun with each other but she’s also really hard on Selina (Camren Bicondova), I would say. She’s not really that maternal by nature. She has a hard time expressing her emotions in a way that isn’t harsh, I think. And so that’s kind of their dynamic. It’s like big sister/little sister, maybe almost like dad and daughter, you know? There’s quite a toughness there as well as a teaching relationship.”

So being a mentor won’t soften Tabitha?

Jessica Lucas: “Not yet. Not yet, but we’ll see.”

Is there any hope of a reconciliation between Tabitha and Barbara because it wasn’t looking good in the season three finale?

Jessica Lucas: “Well, Barbara (Erin Richards) killed Butch so… And, Tabitha thinks that Barbara’s dead and clearly, as you know by seeing her here today she’s not, so that will be equally shocking and upsetting for Tabitha. But Tabitha is in this world and she has no allies; she has no friends and so it will be a question of maybe I need to trust this person again just to really survive in Gotham. Barbara has a really strong pull over Tabitha, so I think it’s going to be hard for her to just wipe her hands. I’m sure that relationship will evolve into something new.”


Will Ed Nygma’s return affect Tabitha?

Jessica Lucas: “We haven’t really explored that yet. I mean, she’ll still always hold a grudge against him because he cut off her hand. I think they’re probably going to be in very different worlds this year and Nygma’s going to be a part of a different group in The Narrows, and Tabitha’s going to be with Selina and Barbara. I don’t know that they’ll interact much. We’ll have to see. I’m not sure what the writers have in store yet.”

Will there be a lot of different storylines that mean you won’t get to connect with characters you normally would have worked with?

Jessica Lucas: “Yeah, I think Gotham and that world always operates that way in a sense. I didn’t realize this but on the panel John (Stephens) had talked a lot about different families that are going to exist within the world of Gotham this season. I don’t know. I’m not sure what they have in mind. They always are really smart and clever about finding ways to make the characters interact in unexpected ways. So, I’m sure that will still happen as well.”

Are you glad Tabitha’s getting even more involved in the action?

Jessica Lucas: “Yes. I mean, the idea was always to evolve her into Tigress and I don’t know when that’s going to happen or if that’s still the plan. I’m not sure. I think it is. So, I assume whenever that happens that she’ll be much more involved in the stunts and now that she’s teaching Selina.”

More on Gotham Season 4: Erin Richards Interview / Cory Michael Smith Interview

Watch the full Jessica Lucas Gotham interview:





‘The 100’ Season 5: Lindsey Morgan Interview on Raven’s Relationships

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Rebecca Murray
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The CW’s The 100 cast was once again a huge draw at the San Diego Comic Con and with the end of season four setting up a six year leap forward for the upcoming fifth season, there were a lot of questions about where the show’s heading. In our roundtable interview at Comic Con, Lindsey Morgan provided a little sneak peek into what’s in store for the series and for Raven in particular when the show returns to The CW’s primetime lineup.

Where do we pick up with Raven emotionally?

Lindsey Morgan: “You know, it was a lot. The finale was so high intense. In the nick of time they got away, at the cost of sacrificing Clarke (Eliza Taylor). And Clarke basically killed herself to save her friends, and I think that weighs very heavily on Raven because they are only in that predicament because they came and saved her, because Raven made a call and was like, ‘Hey, just kidding. I don’t want to die anymore. Can you guys come pick me up?’ They’re like, ‘Sure thing, babe, be there in five,’ and then they were stuck.

Raven felt a huge responsibility to save everybody because they already sacrificed themselves for her. So, they made it to space and she is giving everything she can to payback Clarke and make sure what she thinks is her death not to be in vain, and to thank all of her friends for what they did for her. It’s a lot. It’s a lot!”

It’s always a lot for her.

Lindsey Morgan: (Laughing) “It’s always so much.”


Can you talk about Raven and Murphy? Jason Rothenberg said they will have an interesting dynamic.

Lindsey Morgan: “Oh, did he? You know, I think Raven and Murphy… Murphy’s one of my favorite characters, period, and I love working with Richard (Harmon) because, I don’t know, he just makes me want to be better than him because he’s so good. Like, he just makes me. I want to play with him because he brings out the best in me, so I really love the way we play off of each other and our dynamic. But I also like how complex our relationship is, Murphy and Raven. We went from utter hating to a weird understanding and forgiveness, and almost friendship in the end. Raven has a soft spot for Emori too, and that’s Murphy’s girlfriend so it’s going to be very interesting to see where they go from here and what happens. They’re either hating each other or loving each other – it’s going to be very interesting.”

Of the people who went to the Ark, who are you excited for Raven to have developed a relationship with?

Lindsey Morgan: “Echo. Echo and Emori. You know what? I really got to know Luisa (D’Oliveria) this year and she’s so cool. And Tasya (Teles)…me and Tasya lived together for a month in LA. That was so fun. She’s one of my best friends now. I just think their characters are so cool because Raven doesn’t have a lot of interaction with the Grounders. She never did. She’s always doing space stuff, so I think her getting to experience them and them getting to experience her – they’re such from different worlds – is going to be really cool.”

More on The 100 Season 5:

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‘The 100’ star Lindsey Morgan at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con (Photo by Richard Chavez © Showbiz Junkies)




‘Supernatural’ Season 13: Jared Padalecki Interview on an Optimistic Sam

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Rebecca Murray
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Supernatural star Jared Padalecki
‘Supernatural’ star Jared Padalecki at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con (Photo by Richard Chavez © Showbiz Junkies)

When The CW’s popular long-running series, Supernatural, returns for season 13, it will be with Sam (Jared Padalecki) dealing with Jack and Dean (Jensen Ackles) wanting nothing to do with Lucifer’s son. The Winchester brothers will also be coming to terms with the aftermath of season 12’s heartbreaking finale. During our roundtable interview at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con, Padalecki discussed what’s going on with the brothers and how he’ll feel when Supernatural ultimately comes to an end.

At the end of last season, Dean said he had to be Sam’s mother and father as well as his brother. Does Sam realize this and how does he feel about it?

Jared Padalecki: “Sam does realize it. Sam and Dean love each other as much as two human beings can love each other, truly. That also means they’re going to hate each other sometimes and piss each other off. It’s forgiven, right, between Sam and Dean. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t things that Sam wouldn’t say, ‘Man, that was not okay. That wasn’t cool.’ But I don’t think Dean would pull a card, like, ‘But I used to be your dad!’ It’s not really that relationship. It’s like, ‘What have you done for me lately?’ And I think to a large degree, Sam’s done similar things for Dean, being there for Dean when Dean needed him. He might not have been Dean’s dad, but he’s certainly been his brother. He’s certainly been his friend. He’s certainly been honest sometimes when Dean wasn’t being honest with himself or was acting out. So, they are there for each other as they can be.

I know Sam realizes it; I know Dean realizes it. They’re the kind of guys that are probably more concerned with the task at hand – unfortunately they always have a big task at hand it seems like these days – than chatting about it. But I don’t think Sam or Dean doubt how much the other one loves him.”

How is Sam handling all the deaths at the end of the last season?

Jared Padalecki: “It’s a funny role reversal. Where Sam is usually the one who wants to talk it out or verbalize, this year I think Sam is sort of overwhelmed with Jack or what Jack might mean. I think Dean’s resigned on Jack. He’s like, ‘Jack’s evil. Jack’s going to be evil and it’s only a matter of time before I put a bullet in his head.’ Where Sam is like, ‘No, we have to nurture him.’ I think Sam sees a lot of himself in Jack. Sam was meant to do evil things as well. He had demon blood in him before he was one-year-old. So, I think Sam might wonder a little bit if that’s the way Dean feels about him still, you know? And so Sam is sitting here and Sam really hasn’t dealt with mom, Cas, even Crowley, and we’re not real sure about Rowena, obviously, but it seems like we’ve got to figure out what to do about Jack and Dean’s like, ‘No, we don’t. We need to kill him and figure out about mom, whatever.’ But you kind of see Sam pushing his feelings down a little bit and we’ll see it all blow up eventually.”

It sounds like Sam is sort of the optimist this season. Does it feel good to play him that way?

Jared Padalecki: (Laughing) “It does. Yes…yes. But I also think, and I’m sure you know this as well, that he’s hiding some things in his optimism. I think he’s really making the decision – and good on him – but I think he’s not dealing with some things that he needs to deal with.”


It’s a little bit of a defense?

Jared Padalecki: “Yes, I think so. And, we’ll see. I know there are some things he needs to deal with which if there wasn’t anything he needed to deal with he’d be a weirdo, because he’s done a lot in 13 years. But, yeah, it is fun to see him as an optimist.”

What will you eventually miss the most after Supernatural’s over?

Jared Padalecki: “It’s going to be like a season of waterworks. Like when you walk into Comic Con and they say, ‘Presenting our blah blah blah and final season,’ and looking out there – man, I get kind of choked up. Jensen did mention, we did an interview for something on Friday, and he mentioned he had a dream about how the show ends and he told the dream. I remember the day he came to set and he kind of seemed shook up. I was like, ‘Something with the kids?’ and I left him alone for a second. Finally, when we had time to talk about it, I was like, ‘Dude, are you all right?’ He was like, ‘Man, I had this dream.’ I was like, ‘Do you want to tell me about it?’ and he told me the dream. He was kind of shaking it off, it really affected him.

But, it’s going to be really difficult. It’s going to be really, really difficult. I love these guys. I feel very close to Sam. I still make sacrifices for Sam. It’s no longer – not that it ever was – but it’s not a situation where I better keep turning the money wheel as long as it’s there. I’ve worked my ass off for 18 years and been successful enough I don’t need to work anymore if I don’t want to. I love these characters. I don’t love being away from my family. I don’t love saying bye to Gen and Tom. ‘Hey, I’ll see you in a couple weeks, guys.’ I don’t love that. I love this (the Supernatural) family. I love the Supernatural cast and crew. I love Sam Winchester. I love Dean Winchester. And, it’s going to be hard to lose those. Luckily, in our Supernatural universe we’ve all created together, things can always happen. I don’t think it will ever be, ‘Good-bye.’ I think I’ll say, ‘See you later,’ even if it is good-bye.”

Watch the full Jared Padalecki Supernatural interview:





Patrick Dempsey Will Star in ‘The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair’ Series

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Rebecca Murray
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The cast of ‘The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair’ (Photo Courtesy of MGM Television)

Grey’s Anatomy‘s Patrick Dempsey will return to series TV with a starring role in The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, based on Joël Dicker’s bestselling novel. The series, which is a MGM Television, Eagle Pictures and Barbary Films production, has also set Ben Schnetzer, Damon Wayans Jr, and Virginia Madsen in starring roles. Seven Years in Tibet‘s Jean-Jacques Annaud is on board to direct all 10 episodes of EPIX’s dramatic series.

Filming is currently underway in Montreal. Masters of Sex writers Lyn Greene and Richard Levine wrote multiple episodes of the series and executive producer along with director Annaud, Tarak Ben Ammar, and Fabio Conversi.

“Joël Dicker’s exquisite thriller, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, has captivated a worldwide audience with its complicated tale of love and lies. I am thrilled that this first class ensemble cast led by Patrick Dempsey and the incomparable director Jean-Jacques Annaud, get to bring a provocative page-turner to life,” stated Steve Stark, MGM’s President, Television Production & Development.

“The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair was the ideal project for my first American television venture. It is a rich and nuanced novel set in a small New-England town and has all the elements for a classic mystery. Having MGM, Tarak and Fabio as my partners has given me the ability to assemble a formidable cast and a talented crew. Their enthusiasm for Harry Quebert is equal to my own,” added Annaud.

The Plot and Characters: The suspenseful dramatic series stars Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominated actor Patrick Dempsey in the title role as Harry Quebert, a literary icon who suddenly finds himself indicted for murder after the body of a young girl is found buried on his property. Marcus Goldman, a successful young novelist who has been mentored by Harry Quebert, will be played by Ben Schnetzer.

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair takes place in coastal Maine and focuses on Marcus Goldman who is visiting Harry Quebert’s home to find a cure for his writer’s block as his publisher’s deadline looms. Marcus’ plans are suddenly upended when Harry is sensationally implicated in the cold-case murder of Nola Kellergan, a fifteen-year-old girl who has been missing for many years. Damon Wayans Jr. will play Sgt. Perry Gahalowood, a Maine State Police investigator who is investigating the death of Kellergan. Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen plays Tamara Quinn, Jenny Quinn’s mother and the owner of a local diner who learns of a secret about Quebert.

The cast also includes Kristine Froseth, a newcomer who plays Nola Kellergan, the teenage girl who captivates Harry Quebert and becomes his muse. Colm Feore is the wealthy and inscrutable Elijah Stern, one of the most powerful men in New England who’s spent his life atoning for a secret past. Josh Close plays Luther Caleb, Elijah Stern’s right hand man who suffers from disfiguring scars caused by a horrific attack that happened in his past. Matt Frewer is on board as Reverend Kellergan, Nola’s eccentric father.

Connor Price is Young Travis Dawn, a rookie cop who falls love with Jenny Quinn, a former prom queen played by Tessa Mossey in her teenage years and by Victoria Clark in her adult years. Craig Eldridge plays the elder Travis Dawn who has risen in the ranks to become chief of police. Kurt Fuller is Police Chief Gareth Pratt who originally ran the investigation into Nola’s disappearance, but is now retired. Don Harvey plays Bobbo Quinn, Tamara Quinn’s husband. Felicia Shulman will play Maggie Pratt, Chief Gareth Pratt’s wife and the town busybody. And Wayne Knight is Benjamin Roth, Harry’s high-priced, high-pressure attorney.




‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ Debuts a Teaser Trailer with Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler

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Rebecca Murray
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Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler in Netflix’s ‘The Meyerowitz Stories.’

Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) from writer/director Noah Baumbach ahead of the film’s North American debut at the New York Film Festival. The Meyerowitz Stories had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival where the majority of critics awarded it positive reviews. For those who can’t catch it at a festival, Netflix has set an October 13, 2017 limited theatrical release timed with its premiere on the streaming service.

The cast includes Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Marvel, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Grace Van Patten, Adam Driver, Candice Bergen, Judd Hirsch, and Rebecca Miller. Scott Rudin, Baumbach, Lila Yacoub, and Eli Bush served as producers.

The Plot: From writer/director Noah Baumbach, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is the emotional, and comic intergenerational tale of adult siblings (Sandler, Stiller, and Marvel) contending with the long shadow their strong-willed father (Hoffman) has cast over their lives.





First Look: ‘Molly’s Game’ Trailer Starring Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba

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Rebecca Murray
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Molly's Game stars Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba
Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba star in ‘Molly’s Game’ (Photo Credit: STXfilms)

Aaron Sorkin makes his directorial debut with Molly’s Game, inspired by true events. STXfilms has released the first trailer for the dramatic film starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O’Dowd, and Bill Camp. Sorkin also wrote the film, with Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, and Matt Jackson producing.

Molly’s Game is heading to theaters on November 22, 2017.

The Plot: Molly’s Game is based on the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned that there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led us to believe.




‘Arrow’ Season 6: Willa Holland Interview on Thea’s Strength and Independence

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‘Arrow’ stars Willa Holland and Echo Kellum at the Warner Bros. booth at Comic-Con 2017 (Photo © 2017 WBEI)

Willa Holland kicked off our roundtable interview at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con by admitting there wasn’t much she could actually disclose about season six of The CW’s Arrow. Season five’s cliffhanger left open the possibility of multiple character deaths (or severe injuries), and Holland of course steered clear of anything that could possibly be considered a spoiler. “It’s a difficult situation, I’m quite sure. I understand. I’ve been on the fans’ side too and I know what it’s like being on the edge and not knowing what’s going on. And, you know, I have zero else that I can say on that subject,” teased Holland when asked about having to keep everything about the new season secret.

Arrow season six is set to premiere on October 12, 2017.

Can we assume because you’re here Thea is alive?

Willa Holland: “See, don’t assume that. That’s the thing though. We’re pulling a Walking Dead right now where they did the same one season where everyone was kind of up in the air about who was going to die – and it was clear that it was going to be somebody. But, you can’t let anybody have any indication on who that is so everyone has to be here. Don’t read into this, by any means. This is not the answer.”

Thea’s made some peace about her family’s past and her parents, so how will that affect her if she does move forward?

Willa Holland: “You know, I really hope that she just continues taking herself into more strong, independent areas of her life rather than succumbing to kind of the amount of turmoil that she’s been under. She’s done a very good job, I think, of inevitably taking all the struggle and the torment and everything that she’s kind of been through and channeling that into something positive. Or, at least trying to. I really hope that she continuously does that and doesn’t succumb to any kind of negative things.

My favorite part about her is that she always has evolved and taken things very strongly and independently as a woman, rather than dependently. She’s never really become dependent on any certain person or thing, really. For a second it was Roy but even there she found her own independence. So, I think it’s really important the fact that she’s at least one of the strong, independent female characters in the show. My biggest hope for her is that she always stays that way.”


What can you say about where are feelings are regarding Malcolm at this point?

Willa Holland: “You know, it’s definitely a funny thing because personally on my personal side I’m obsessed with John Barrowman, so it makes me really biased even when it comes to thinking about the Malcolm Merlyn/Thea relationship. It’s hard for me to separate the amazingness of John Barrowman from the evil things that have been written on the page about Malcolm Merlyn. So, I’ve always had really high hopes about their relationship.

I think that Thea definitely has realized over the years how…it might annoy her a little bit how much she’s realized how he can affect her, especially after realizing after a very short period of time that he was her father. She’s only known about two or three years. She grew up her whole life thinking one thing, and then kind of found out a different situation. It’s hard enough for her to take that information and then to also know that she went from one seemingly kind of not the best father in the world – she knew that her dad had done some pretty shady things already. She loved her father but she already had some kind of indication that things weren’t as peachy keen as mother and father put it out there to be. But then also to find out that this guy was just a whole other bag of evil. She definitely didn’t realize how much it was going to affect her, their relationship.”

Is there anyone you hope Thea has more scenes with or even in the past wished you’d shared more scenes with over the seasons?

Willa Holland: “I’ve always hoped that she’d be a lot nicer to Rick Gonzalez’ character. That’s something that I really want to happen. And, let’s see, more Felicity time, more hanging out with Echo (Kellum) and David (Ramsey). I mean, I miss everybody in the bunker, totally. It’s not like I don’t want to be down there; it’s just circumstance. Things happen and you know it makes sense here and there, blah, blah, blah, so… Who knows? I got nothing for you when it comes to season six. (Laughing) I can’t allude to any future things, just hopes and dreams.”

Thea has a taste of the political life after helping Oliver. Is that something she would do well at if she chose to pursue politics?

Willa Holland: “I mean, I think she did an okay job until all the blackmailing, backstabbing, and the being kind of real evil and not cool about things. Again, like I said, I really enjoy seeing her in strong, independent sections of her life. Like in the beginning of that role that she was taking on, she was really taking charge of everything and running everything for Oliver. She was getting it done pretty well, I think, up until she started realizing the ins and the outs of real government. It’s not like that’s not the way it actually goes! So, who could blame her, really? It’s just that she was kind of maybe leaning further right than I would like Thea to actually be in reality. (Laughing) Let’s hope that she goes to some liberal camps or something. Who knows?! Maybe she listens to Bernie Sanders talk.”

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