The Mission: Impossible franchise is pulling off a near-impossible mission powered by terrific reviews, strong word-of-mouth, and a high energy action-heavy script. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, the fifth film of the franchise, pulled in $56 million domestically over its first three days in release. That box office gross puts it in second place overall for a Mission Impossible opening weekend, behind only Mission Impossible II released back in May 2000. Tom Cruise has been all over the globe promoting the film and talking about the incredible stunts (including holding onto the side of a plane as it takes off), and all of those promotional appearances combined with impressive trailers led to MI5 handing Cruise the third best opening weekend of his career.
The latest addition to another film franchise, Vacation, didn’t fare as well. Vacation with Ed Helms as a grown-up Rusty Griswold managed a $21 million opening across its first five days in theaters. Fortunately for Warner Bros and New Line, the R-rated sequel’s budget was only in the $30 million range.
Grace Kelly’s movie career was relatively short. However, she didn’t end up in the unemployment line holding a tin cup. She met and married Prince Rainier III of Monaco and became a Princess. It was a role she played to perfection.
Margaret and John Kelly were not at all surprised when a beautiful little girl arrived on November 12, 1929 in Philadelphia. They were Catholic and planned to add little Grace to the other kids. Dad was a former Olympic Gold Medal winner in rowing, and mom was a coach of women’s athletics at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Kelly was a successful contractor, but sometimes was known as a “brick layer.” The Kelly family was not “rich” in today’s terms, but they had a beautiful 17-room home in Colonial style.
Grace was a quiet little girl who preferred reading to participating in athletic shenanigans with her family. She was taught to be ladylike at all times. She succeeded in becoming a gracious young girl while attending the prestigious Ravenhill Elementary School. Her interest in drama was piqued when she attended the private Steven’s School. Surprisingly, Grace excelled in the drama program and wanted to continue her studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Although her dad was skeptical, he was convinced by mom to let Grace go and try her luck in the Big Apple.
It was 1947 when Grace arrived in New York and just after World War II ended. The big city was bustling with activity and was exciting for the wide-eyed 18 year-old. She was absolutely beautiful with her porcelain skin, green eyes, and Jean Harlow blonde hair. She was immediately accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Having no job yet to help sustain her, she went to the famed Powers Modeling Agency and found work. She was poised, knew how to cross her legs in a ladylike manner, and not stand like a farmer in a field of potatoes. She became a top model and one of the highest paid. Not content to merely be a clothes horse, she dipped her dainty foot into television.
She appeared in two plays at the Bucks County Playhouse in 1949. She was chosen as ‘the most promising personality of the Broadway stage of 1950’ by Theatre World Magazine after her acting in plays The Rockingham Tea Set, Episode, The Mirror of Delusion and The Apple Tree. She was seen in the play The Father by legendary Twentieth Century-Fox film producer Sol C. Siegel. He alerted director Henry Hathaway to test her for a small part in his film Fourteen Hours (1951) starring Paul Douglas and Richard Basehart. She flew out to Hollywood and completed the part of a cool wife in a mere two days. She was 22 at the time. She returned to New York to resume her stage acting.
Grace didn’t have to wait long for another call from Hollywood. Producer/director Stanley Kramer wanted her for the part of a Quaker wife in the now-iconic Western High Noon (1952). Here was a chance to co-star with Gary Cooper, one of the biggest stars in the film business. The film was a huge success and won four Academy Awards®. It catapulted Kelly into an overnight star.
With no other films on the agenda, she returned to New York and appeared in television dramas such as Philco Television Playhouse, Kraft Theatre and other shows beginning back in 1950.
Seemingly incredibly lucky, she got a call from MGM to test for a role of a mousy, but pretty, wife in the major jungle epic Mogambo (1953). It was to star two of MGM’s biggest stars, Clark Gable and Ava Gardner, and was to be shot in Africa. Plus, she was offered a lucrative 7-year contract with the studio. Gardner was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar® and Kelly was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar®, both losing.
Director Alfred Hitchcock was well-known for casting cool blondes in his film such as Martha Hyer, Tippi Hedren, Kim Novak, and Doris Day in his tingling movies. Hitch wanted her to star in his startling mayhem movie Dial M For Murder in 1954. It was to be shot in the then-popular 3D process. Kelly looked even more spectacular in three dimensions.
The now-popular actress was kept busy in 1954. It turned out that she completed five of her famous films all that year. Her next one paired her with handsome William Holden (Golden Boy, Network) in the film adaptation of author James Michener’s The Bridges at Toko-Ri. She played the wife of a Navy jet fighter pilot assigned to Asia. Another hit for her and Paramount Pictures!
Hitchcock called again and wanted her for his next thriller, Rear Window, starring James Stewart, Raymond Burr, Wendell Corey and Judith Evelyn. There was a previous offer to star in On The Waterfront with Marlon Brando, but she turned it down. Actress Eva Marie Saint got the part and an Oscar® as Best Supporting Actress! So, it was off to Hollywood again to work with Hitch and Stewart. Rear Window opened in October 1954 and was a big hit.
Paramount had another great part for Kelly as the wife of an aging alcoholic singer. She would play Georgie in The Country Girl, with singing icon Bing Crosby. It would be the first time she appeared dowdy on screen without glamorous costumes. MGM did not want to loan Kelly out, but she insisted and got her way. She was running neck and neck for an Oscar® with Judy Garland in A Star Is Born. Kelly won and Judy was left out in the cold.
When the French Government called Kelly to ask if she would attend the 1955 Cannes Film Festival where The Country Girl would be shown, she didn’t hesitate. It was there she met Prince Rainier III of Monaco. He was looking for a wife to produce some heirs to save his country from returning to France’s jurisdiction. Kelly’s parents had never approved of any of her previous boyfriends (one of whom was fashion designer Oleg Cassini), so she thought it might be a good idea to settle down and marry the bachelor Prince. (Plans were being made for a future wedding after the Prince announced their engagement in January 1956.)
MGM rushed Kelly into Green Fire (1954), a potboiler filmed in the Colombian jungles. Dashing Stewart Granger played an adventurous emerald hunter and Kelly was a coffee plantation owner. The movie was a real stinker and took a nosedive at the box office.
Her prestige was sufficient enough to weather a bad picture, so she came back to another triumph in To Catch a Thief (1955) with the terminally charming and handsome Cary Grant. Filmed on the French Riviera, Grant played a reformed “cat burglar” and Kelly was his temptress. It was her third and last picture for director Alfred Hitchcock and a great box-office smash.
MGM never could figure out how to cast her, so they bungled again and put her into the costume picture The Swan (1956), set in 1910. She played Princess Alexandra opposite stodgy Alec Guinness and handsome French actor Louis Jourdan. MGM had dusted off an old, moldy Ferenc Molnár Hungarian play and wanted to cash in on Kelly’s new fairytale romance with Prince Rainier. The picture was a flop.
The final picture she made under her MGM contract was the musical High Society (1956) with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm and jazz musician Louis Armstrong. It was a remake of the 1940 comedy The Philadelphia Story with Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart. Kelly played society dame Tracy Lords as first played by Hepburn. The picture was directed by former choreographer Charles Walters and was a sprightly musical of happy songs as sung by the two best singers in Hollywood. The score was written by Cole Porter, one of the best in the business. The film was a huge success.
Grace Kelly left Hollywood and never looked back. She and Prince Rainier had one of the most beautiful weddings ever held. Celebrities from all over the world attended. The ceremony was televised.
Grace Kelly went from being a well-bred girl from Philadelphia to Hollywood to become a movie star and ended up being a Princess. She and Rainier started a family and produced Princess Caroline (1957), Prince Albert (1958 and heir to the throne), and Princess Stephanie (1965).
Despite her fairy-tale life, Princess Grace’s life came to an end in a terrible automobile crash. On September 14, 1982, Princess Grace was driving a car which went over a cliff in her adopted country. She was only 52.
Cowboys, Indians, and infamous figures from the Wild West including Billy the Kid and Jesse James will be the focus of a new series on AMC tentatively titled The West. AMC’s given the docuseries from executive producers Robert Redford, Stephen David, and Laura Michalchyshyn an eight episode order, and the network is targeting a summer 2016 premiere for the series.
“We are pleased to partner with Stephen David and AMC for the production of The West, which will transport audiences back to the days of the Wild West to meet the famous outlaws and lawmen that shaped American history and culture,” said executive producer Robert Redford. “This series is an opportunity to revisit an era of memorable events that were part of making the United States what it is today.”
“Whether it was Broken Trail, new episodes of Hell on Wheels or a Saturday movie event, at AMC we love the Western, and we can’t wait to expand our commitment to it with Robert Redford by our side,” stated Charlie Collier, president of AMC and SundanceTV. “We’re looking forward to sharing untold stories of The West as we work closely with Sundance Productions and Stephen David Entertainment, whose unique docudrama style of storytelling has already resonated with AMC viewers through The Making of The Mob. And, of course, we are proud to be extending that series for another season, as we move to the Midwest to tell the story of Al Capone and the Chicago Mob.”
The Plot:
Through Stephen David Entertainment’s unique blend of dramatic scenes, documentary footage and visual effects, The West will transport viewers into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men and chronicle the intimate, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Spanning the years 1865 to 1890, the limited event series will show how, in the aftermath of the Civil War, the opportunity of land transforms the United States into the “land of opportunity” and creates modern America. The West will also feature exclusive interviews with notable names from classic Western films, including James Caan, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris and more.
The CW has moved the 2015 fall premiere dates for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Jane the Virgin up one week. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend will now have its series premiere on Monday, October 12, 2015 at 8pm ET/PT. The season two premiere of Jane the Virgin will immediately follow Crazy Ex-Girlfriend at 9pm. Both shows were originally set for October 19th.
Details on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend:
Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) is a successful, driven, and possibly crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything – her partnership at a prestigious law firm and her upscale apartment in Manhattan – in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in that exotic hotbed of romance and adventure: suburban West Covina, Calif. (it’s only two hours from the beach! Four in traffic).
Details on Jane the Virgin:
When Jane Villanueva (Gina Rodriguez) was a young girl, her grandmother, Alba, convinced her of two things: telenovelas are the highest form of entertainment, and women must protect their virginity at all costs. Now age 23, Jane is a driven young woman studying to become a teacher, nursing a dream to be a writer, and supporting herself with a job at a hot new Miami hotel.
All the years of watching telenovelas with the two women who raised her – her sexy, young-at-heart mother, Xiomara (known as “Xo”), and her still-devout grandmother, Alba – have given Jane a slightly unrealistic view of romance. Although she is determined not to make the same mistake Xo made – becoming an unwed mother at 16 – Jane could not be closer to the two wonderful women who have shaped her life. They are very different people – Xo lives her life as a perpetual teenager, performing at local clubs and always looking for a new man, while Alba makes religion and prayer the focus of her life – but both women consider Jane the center of their universe and love the grounded, compassionate and ambitious young woman she has become.
Despite the conflicting influences of her mother and grandmother, Jane has managed to find a wonderful fiancé: a handsome, hard-working detective named Michael (Brett Dier), who loves her enough to accept her detailed timeline for their future together and even her insistence on “saving herself” until they’re married. All of Jane’s meticulous life plans are turned upside down, however, when she sees her doctor for a routine check-up and is accidentally artificially inseminated with a specimen meant for the patient in the next room. Unbeknownst to her, the specimen belongs to Rafael (Justin Baldoni), a reformed playboy and cancer survivor, who is not only the new owner of the hotel where Jane works but also a former summer crush of hers.
A few weeks later, the unsuspecting Jane is faced with the most important decisions of her life. Will she continue with the pregnancy? How can she explain the situation to her fiancé and family? And what should she do about the wishes of the biological father, Rafael, and his scheming wife Petra? At the same time, Jane’s mother Xo is facing a life-changing decision of her own: after years of letting Jane and Alba believe she didn’t know the identity of Jane’s father, the time has come to admit the truth – Jane’s father is Xo’s former boyfriend Rogelio. Making the situation even more surreal, Rogelio is now a huge telenovela star, and he definitely wants to meet his unsuspecting daughter.
Though she has always tried to be the responsible good girl who does the right thing, Jane’s normally quiet life has suddenly become as dramatic, complicated and unpredictable as the telenovelas she has always loved.
Truth, the dramatic film based on the “Rathergate” scandal that rocked CBS News back in 2004, will open in LA and New York on October 16, 2015. Sony Pictures Classics just announced the release date and confirmed Truth will receive a wide expansion following its limited release. The cast is led by Cate Blanchett as journalist/producer Mary Mapes and Robert Redford as CBS news anchor Dan Rather.
Topher Grace, Elisabeth Moss, and Dennis Quaid co-star. James Vanderbuilt makes his feature film directorial debut with the film which is based on Mary Mapes’ book, Truth and Duty. Vanderbuilt adapted Mapes’ book for the screen.
The Plot: “The film chronicles the story Mapes and Rather uncovered that a sitting US president [George W. Bush] may have been AWOL from the United States National Guard for over a year during the Vietnam War. When the story blew up in their face, the ensuing scandal ruined Dan Rather’s career, nearly changed a US Presidential election, and almost took down all of CBS News in the process.”
In January 2005 CBS News announced Senior Vice President Betsy West, 60 Minutes Wednesday Executive Producer Josh Howard, and Howard’s deputy, Senior Broadcast Producer Mary Murphy, were asked to resign. Mapes, the producer of the 60 Minutes Wednesday piece, was fired. The erroneous reporting of George W. Bush’s National Guard service was also responsible for ending Dan Rather’s career.
Toby Stephens (as Captain Flint) and Tom Hopper (as Billy Bones) in ‘Black Sails’
Great news for fans of the pirate adventure series Black Sails. Starz has renewed the show for a fourth season. Season three recently wrapped production and will air its 10 new episodes in 2016.
Season four will begin shooting this fall in South Africa.
Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine created the action-adventure series, with Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Chris Symes, and Dan Shotz executive producing. The cast is led by Toby Stephens as Captain Flint with Hannah New as smuggler Eleanor Guthrie, Luke Arnold as John Silver, and Jessica Parker Kennedy playing a young prostitute named Max. Tom Hopper stars as Billy Bones and Zach McGowan is Captain Charles Vane. New to season three is Ray Stevenson who plays one of the most famous pirates in history, Blackbeard.
Black Sails has been averaging 4.5 million viewers over seasons one and two.
A Look Back: The Plot of Season 2
Season two begins where we left off—The Walrus crew is stranded, with an army of Spanish soldiers standing between them and the precious Urca gold. And with their crimes against their brethren no longer a secret, Flint and Silver must join forces in a desperate bid for survival.
Meanwhile, Eleanor Guthrie struggles to maintain her grip on Nassau, as a new breed of pirate arrives in the form of Ned Low, a man for whom violence isn’t just a tool … it’s a pastime. As blood is spilled, and tensions mount, Charles Vane must decide which he values more: Eleanor’s life, or the respect of his men. And unbeknownst to all of them, a prize of immeasurable value has already been smuggled onto the island … one whose discovery will alter the very landscape of their world, and force everyone in Nassau toward the ultimate judgment: are they men, or are they monsters?
Lucy Carless as Mattie Hawkins, Katherine Parkinson as Laura Hawkins, Tom Goodman Hill as Joe Hawkins and Theo Stevenson as Toby Hawkins in ‘Humans’ (Photo Credit: Colin Hutton / Kudos / AMC / C4)
Channel 4, AMC, and Kudos will be bringing the sci-fi series Humans back for a second season. The series, which is based on the Swedish drama Real Humans, has been averaging 2 million viewers on AMC and 4.8 million viewers on Channel 4. Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley write and executive produce the series, with Derek Wax, Chris Fry, Henrik Widman, and Lars Lundström executive producing.
“Humans has proved a huge hit with both audiences and critics alike this summer and we owe a huge debt of gratitude to writers Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley and to the team at Kudos for bringing a truly unmissable show to life,” stated Piers Wenger, Head of Drama at Channel 4. “It also marks a key moment for Channel 4 as we expand our remit for bold and original drama into the international, co-production space. We look forward to working with our partners AMC on series 2 of Humans and to more Synth-related adventures to come.”
Commenting on the renewal, AMC and Sundance TV President of Original Programming and Development Joel Stillerman said, “We’re so pleased to announce a second season of Humans and extend our terrific partnership with Channel 4, Kudos and the stellar cast, crew and writers Sam and Jonathan. As one of the year’s top new cable series, Humans has been embraced by fans and critics across the U.S. and UK. We’re looking forward to continuing this very captivating story and further exploring the show’s parallel, Synth-filled world that hits so disturbingly close to home.”
The Plot:
Set in a parallel present, the series explores what happens when the lines between humans and machines are blurred. The series will return for eight brand new episodes, with production starting next year.
The first series tapped into society’s preoccupation with and mistrust of advancing technology and artificial intelligence. What does it mean to be human? Can the very traits through which we define humanity (love, trust, loyalty, friendship, sacrifice) be taught? What really is family? Exploring humans’ inherent fear of the unknown and the possible implications of granting machines consciousness, the final episode will leave viewers on a thrilling cliff-hanger – will the synth family come together and find a way to create sentience in others like them?
Fox’s Minority Report will premiere on September 21, 2015 with Stark Sands and Meagan Good in starring roles. The sci-fi series picks up after the events from 2002’s Minority Report with Tom Cruise and features Sands as Dash, a precog who is driven to stop crimes before they happen. Good plays Police Detective Lara Vega who teams up with Dash to prevent the murders in Dash’s visions from actually taking place.
Teamed up for roundtable interviews at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con, Sands and Good talked about the show’s technology and how the series fits in with the blockbuster directed by Steven Spielberg.
Asked if Dash will have any control over his visions, Sands replied, “He has a limited ability to control them. What I mean is when it’s murder, it overcomes him and he has to literally find somewhere to hide so that people don’t wonder why this guy’s having a convulsion. But little things throughout the day, little things like somebody dropping a tray of silverware or which elevator is going to open, he gets a little twitch and he knows that’s going to happen. So, it’s all things that are in proximity to him, and there are moments on the show where I have to revisit my visions in order to continue the journey and solve the crime. So, there’s a little bit of control.”
The series is set in 2065 which means they had to envision new advances in technology used by law enforcement and by the population in general.
“We have a lot of really interesting things. Like on the smaller side, there was a selfie drone which is actually something that’s being created right now where you’ll see in the show it comes off the kid’s wrist, it goes up in the air, and takes pictures – like selfie pictures of all these kids. So, that’s something that’s being created,” said Good. “We also have something that Mr. Spielberg came up with called a smart gun and that gun actually runs your information and makes a choice about what kind of bullets or if it’s going to use the air gun.”
“Depending on the target it’s looking at and if it’s a threat or not,” added Sands.
“Right. If that person has a record, all that stuff. So there’s a lot of really interesting things,” said Good.
“It’s exciting for us. We’re learning it as we go. All we’ve shot so far is the pilot and it’s exciting to know that we have the opportunity as a show to predict the future from a standpoint of science and not fantasy. All of the things they’re inventing for the show are based on science. They are feasible inventions that may not happen next year but they very much could happen in 50 years,” explained Sands.
“What was really interesting was with Tom Cruise doing the whole visual thing there [demonstrates sliding hands through the air], that literally is an iPhone. That is literally what you’re doing,” said Good.
“The story is if you’ve seen the movie Tom Cruise swiping all those windows and Steve Jobs saw the film and said, ‘I’m going to use that. Let’s make that real.’ That’s how we have swiping on our phones. So, it’s pretty neat to know that there’s a legacy of being innovative and predicting the future, if you will,” said Sands.
The original film was a box office success back in 2002 and retains a 90% fresh rating on RottenTomatoes. So, how does the TV series fit in in the world created by the film?
“You know when I saw it and it was pilot season and I was auditioning for the pilots I was auditioning for, I saw this and I thought, ‘That’s really cool.’ And I was really excited found out that it wasn’t just a reboot, it wasn’t just a reimagining following the same character you knew from the movie – and it’s not something completely different. It follows the background characters, which I always loved. And so I would say it’s a sequel and more of a spinoff, in a way,” explained Sands. “I’m really excited to be part of it. And even just to be able to audition for it was a thrill.”
Watch the full interview with Stark Sands and Meagan Good on Minority Report:
Danielle Campbell (Photo by Richard Chavez / Showbiz Junkies)
The Originals‘ Danielle Campbell believes season three of The CW series will be the show’s best season yet, and that’s mostly due to the fact the storylines have moved on from their Vampire Diaries origins. Season three of The Originals will premiere on October 8, 2015 and with it, according to Campbell, comes a fresh start.
“I think that the Mikaelsons now think they had a calm couple of months,” explained Campbell during our roundtable interview at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con. “They’ve had no trouble other than the ones that they made for themselves, and I think this season they’re bringing in new evils. They’re bringing in the new bads. There’s multiples; there’s not just one, so there’s going to be multiple battles that they’re fighting. I just think that this is such a fresh season. It’s going to keep it really fresh and new. It’s hotter. It’s more exciting. There’s lot of action. There’s just so much going on and all the storylines are so in-depth now, it’s going to be a really exciting season.”
Campbell also told us she couldn’t be happier with her character Davina’s arc and how she’s evolved over the seasons.
“I think it’s really cool. I think Davina has grown so much and I think this season is really kind of showing her as an adult for the first time. She’s now taken on this leadership role; she’s basically queen of the witches. She is going to be battling with how to balance fighting for what she believes in but then also what’s best for her people,” said Campbell. “She took this role because she believes that the witches have been held back for so long. They’ve been always pushed to the side or they’ve been pushed around by anyone who was in the leading spot.
I think Davina is the only person who’s not afraid of the Mikaelsons. She’s not afraid to fight for what she cares about, and right now that’s her people. I think that’s something that’s going to really drive her into doing some good, some crazy, and some exciting [things].”
Does that mean Davina will be seeing a little more screen time in season three? “I think it would be cool,” answered Campbell. “She’s definitely tied into the Mikaelsons now far more than she was before. She is a power source that the other witches aren’t going to have. You know, she’s going to be fighting the battles alongside the Mikaelsons just because she’ll never be able to leave that. Her family’s tied to New Orleans just like the Mikaelsons are. I think no matter what’s happening, she’s always going to be intertwined with them in some way.”
Campbell’s really pleased with the way the writers have chosen to allow Davina to mature and come into herself. “Playing on a TV show – I’ve done film mostly in the past and being on the show where you get to follow the arcs of the characters you experience everything the character is going through so I feel personally, as Davina, I feel like she has grown so much. She went from the scared girl in the closet fearing for her life to now enforcing so much destruction.
Whether it’s good or bad, she’s going to continue to grow because she’s still young and she’s still taking on everything for the first time,” said Campbell. “But I think at the end of the day, I think she’s grown so much. She’s been through so much. At the end of the day she’s someone who cares about people and the people she cares about she’s willing to fight for until the end. I really admire that about her character.”
You can see for yourself by watching the interview video that it’s obvious Campbell loves her The Originals character. “I do! I do, and it’s been fun for me. Everyone else who’s playing their characters, they got to inherit it just as I have Davina. But I think now also I’ve grown up like Davina has. I’ve grown up on the show with these people, and Davina you’ve seen her go from this scared 16 year old girl to now this leader who is in a position of power and strength. It’s been a transition for me as well. That’s why I have such a close bond to my character.”
Julia Ormond has come on board Syfy’s Incorporated, executive produced by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Todd, and showrunner Ted Humphrey. The series was created by David and Alex Pastor, who wrote and will direct the pilot, and is described as a “futuristic espionage thriller.”
Ormond joins the previously announced cast members Sean Teale, Georgina Haig, and Eddie Ramos in the project, and filming is expected to begin sometime later this year.
The Plot:
Set in a future where companies have seemingly unlimited power, Incorporated centers around Ben Larson (Teale), a young executive who risks everything to infiltrate an all-controlling corporate world and save the woman he loves. In the process, he will take on the entire system — with deadly consequences.
Ormond will play Ben’s mother-in-law, Elizabeth, a whip-smart, powerful top executive who enjoys the perks of her position, but is also trapped in a ruthless system that demands results. Ben lives with wife Laura (Haig), Elizabeth’s daughter, in the lush, manicured Green Zone of the well-to-do, while Theo (Ramos) dwells in the dangerous, poverty-stricken Red Zone, and may provide a surprising connection to Ben’s past. In a high-stakes world where the ethical boundaries we know have been completely redrawn, how far is Ben willing to go — and what happens if he fails?
