Kyle Chandler to star in ‘Lanterns’ (Photo Courtesy of HBO)
Kyle Chandler has boarded HBO’s Lanterns and will star as Hal Jordan. The announcement comes hot on the heels of Aaron Pierre’s casting as John Stewart.
“The series follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland,” reads HBO’s synopsis.
Lanterns is based on the DC comic Green Lantern, with Chris Mundy (Ozark, True Detective: Night Country), Emmy winner Damon Lindelof (Watchmen), and Eisner Award winner Tom King (Mister Miracle) writing the series. James Hawes is directing episodes one and two. Mundy, Lindelof, King, and Hawes are the executive producers.
Kyle Chandler’s credits include Slumberland, Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Super Pumped, The Midnight Sky, and Game Night. Chandler earned the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmy for his performance as Coach Eric Taylor in Friday Night Lights, and was nominated twice in that same category for Bloodline.
Chandler recently completed work on Back in Action directed by Seth Gordon and starring Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx.
“We are elated to be reuniting with both Chris Mundy and Damon Lindelof as they partner with Tom for this fresh take on DC’s Green Lantern. As part of James and Peter’s vision for the DC Universe, this first new live-action series will mark an exciting new era,” stated Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content.
60′ seas keep the lifeguards busy on Fox’s Rescue: HI-Surf episode five. “XXL” will air on Monday, October 14, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT.
The one-hour drama stars Robbie Magasiva (Wentworth) as Harlan “Sonny” Jennings, Arielle Kebbel (Midnight, Texas) as Emily “Em” Wright, Adam Demos (Sex / Life) as Will Ready, Kekoa Kekumano (The White Lotus, Aquaman) as Laka Hanohano, Alex Aiono (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) as Kainalu Emerson, and Zoe Cipres (Roswell, New Mexico) as Hina Alexander. Sea Shimooka (3 Body Problem), Shawn Hatosy (Animal Kingdom), and Ian Anthony Dale (The Resident) guest star in recurring roles.
“XXL” Plot: The lifeguards of the North Shore experience the most dangerous ocean conditions the district has seen in years. Sonny assigns Laka as acting lieutenant as Em has the day off and joins Jenn to catch some massive waves. Meanwhile, Kainalu’s father pressures him to leave his shift and help him with his campaign over patrolling the beaches. Hina thinks she is ready to back-up the rescue skis, and Laka and Will almost make it through the day when a fight breaks out among locals. Emotions reach a boiling point for Sonny when he experiences another loss.
Rescue HI-Surf Series Description, Courtesy of Fox
Rescue: HI-Surf follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu—the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic and adrenaline-seeking first responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle.
The 126 runs into trouble in an elevator on Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star season five episode four. “My Way” will air on Monday, October 14, 2024 at 8pm ET/PT.
Rob Lowe leads the cast as Captain Owen Strand, Ronen Rubinstein stars as T.K., Gina Torres plays Paramedic Captain Tommy Vega, and Jim Parrack is Judd Ryder. Natacha Karam plays Marjan Marwani, Brian Michael Smith is Paul Strickland, Julian Works is Mateo Chavez, Rafael Silva plays Carlos Reyes, and Brianna Baker is Nancy Gillian. Sierra McClain did not return for the fifth season.
“My Way” Plot: The 126 are called on the scene to a hoarder’s rat-infested house, then are trapped in an elevator as a woman goes into labor. Tommy and Trevor host his ex-wife Cassandra for dinner which goes awry.
9-1-1 Lone Star Season 5 Description, Courtesy of Fox:
9-1-1: Lone Star follows members of Austin’s 126 Fire Department led by Captain Owen Strand who, along with his adult son, T.K., moved to Texas to help rebuild the firehouse which had experienced a tragedy of its own. His team of diverse and qualified first responders include widowed Paramedic Captain Tommy Vega, Judd Ryder, who was the sole survivor of Austin’s original 126 house after a rescue call ended in tragedy; Marjan Marwani, an adrenaline junkie and badass firefighter who also is a devout Muslim; Paul Strickland, a transgender male firefighter, who bravely decided to transition on the job in Chicago and has a gift for observation worthy of Sherlock Holmes; and rookie firefighter Mateo Chavez.
Settling into his new home, T.K. caught the eye of police officer Carlos Reyes and the two began a romantic relationship eventually marrying in the season four finale. T.K hung up his firefighter helmet to become a full-time paramedic under Tommy’s guidance and works closely with fellow paramedic Nancy Gillian.
In the upcoming fifth season, Captains Strand and Vega, along with the 126 team, race into action when in a multi-episodic opening storyline, a catastrophic train derailment endangers several lives including some of their own. With Judd resigning from the 126 to take care of his recently handicapped son Wyatt (Jackson Pace), Owen must find a new lieutenant to replace Judd and has a difficult decision ahead of him when both Marjan and Paul apply for the promotion. Tommy is ready to take the next step in her relationship, but she finds the road to happiness is filled with obstacles.
On his 30th birthday, T.K. gets a surprise visit from someone from his past that could change his and Carlos’ lives forever. Now officially husband and husband, T.K. and Carlos’ marriage is put to the test when Carlos becomes obsessed with solving his father’s murder.
Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher and Maria Sten as Frances Neagley in ‘Reacher’ (Photo Credit: Brooke Palmer/Prime Video)
Reacher starring Alan Ritchson will be sticking around through at least season four. The popular action drama has officially been renewed for its fourth season, way ahead of the series’ season three premiere set for 2025. The streamer reports season two, which debuted in December 2023, was the most-watched Prime Video series last year.
“Reacher has become a phenomenon that continues to resonate with our global customers beyond our wildest expectations and we are thrilled to bring the series back for an additional season,” stated Vernon Sanders, head of television, Amazon MGM Studios. “We are looking forward to more action and adventure from the immensely talented team behind the series including Nick Santora, Alan Ritchson, Lee Child, Skydance, and CBS Studios.”
In addition to Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten Anthony Michael Hall, Sonya Cassidy, Brian Tee, Johnny Berchtold, Robert Montesinos, Daniel David Stewart, and Olivier Richters will star in season three. The upcoming third season is based on Persuader, the seventh book in Lee Child’s bestselling series.
Prime Video offered this short description of season three: “Reacher must go undercover to rescue an informant held by a haunting foe from his past.”
Emmy nominee Nick Santora (Prison Break) adapted Child’s novels for the series and serves as executive producer and showrunner. Child is involved as an executive producer, as well as Alan Ritchson, Don Granger, Scott Sullivan, Mick Betancourt, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Matt Thunell.
On October 1st, Prime Video announced they are expanding the world of Reacher with the addition of the spinoff, The Untitled Neagley Project. Co-showrunners and executive producers Nick Santora and Nicholas Wootton created the series, and Maria Sten is confirmed to star.
“Frances Neagley is a private investigator in Chicago. When she learns that a beloved friend from her past has been killed in a suspicious accident, she becomes hell bent on justice,” reads Prime Video’s synopsis. “Using everything she’s learned from Jack Reacher and her time as a member of the 110 Special Investigators, Neagley puts herself on a dangerous path to uncover a menacing evil.”
Aaron Pierre to star in ‘Lanterns’ (Photos Courtesy of HBO)
Aaron Pierre has been cast in the lead role of John Stewart in HBO’s Lanterns. Greenlit in June 2024, the new series is based on DC Comics’ Green Lantern comics.
“The series follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland,” reads HBO’s synopsis.
Chris Mundy (Ozark, True Detective: Night Country), Emmy winner Damon Lindelof (Watchmen), and Eisner Award winner Tom King (Mister Miracle) are writing the series, with James Hawes directing episodes one and two. Mundy, Lindelof, King, and Hawes serve as executive producers.
“We’re thrilled to bring this seminal DC title to HBO with Chris, Damon, and Tom at the helm,” stated James Gunn and Peter Safran, Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs of DC Studios in June 2024. “John Stewart and Hal Jordan are two of DC’s most compelling characters, and Lanterns brings them to life in an original detective story that is a foundational part of the unified DCU we’re launching next summer with Superman.”
Aaron Pierre’s credits include Rebel Ridge, Genius: MLK/X, Foe, Brother, The Underground Railroad, and The Morning Show. Pierre will next be heard but not seen in Mufasa: The Lion King, providing the voice of Mufasa. The animated prequel will open in theaters on December 20, 2024.
Kelsey Grammer as Frasier and Peri Gilpin as Roz in ‘Frasier’ season 2 (Photo credit: Chris Haston/Paramount+)
After 20 years Frasier came back for a new streaming series. Now, the Paramount+ revival is in its second second, with the new season having premiered on September 19, 2024. Over the summer, the Television Critics Association visited the set where the cast read the script for what will be the ninth episode of the season.
Peri Gilpin was on set that day for her return as Roz Doyle, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer)’s Seattle radio colleague. An episode in which Frasier returns to Seattle airs October 31st. Gilpin spoke with reporters on the soundstages at Paramount Studios about the new season of the revival.
What is Roz up to in Boston?
Peri Gilpin: “Well, she’s visiting her daughter, Alice, who’s at RISD in Providence, not too far away. So, she flies into Boston to get there and hangs out with Frasier a little bit and is loving his new life, and just getting to know him. Then we go back to Seattle and things aren’t exactly the same in Seattle as they used to be. They’ve changed a lot because radio’s changed a lot.”
But Roz is still at the station?
Peri Gilpin: “Yeah, still at the station which I love that so much because I really loved at the end of Frasier that Roz became the station manager. My father had a career in radio and it was something that really resonated for me. So when we went back, a lot of the gang is there. We got to see the sets we walked on. It was a very powerful thing to walk back into your own past but then also walk back to the past of your character with all your buddies. We had a really amazing time.”
Had they kept the set all this time?
Peri Gilpin: “They recreated it, I think, but it looked exactly the same. They were kind of watching us as we walked into the room to see it. It was kind of weird because the emotions, the feelings were indescribable. I haven’t been able to figure out how to say it. It’s amazing now.”
How many episodes are you in this season?
Peri Gilpin: “Five, which is so cool. Someone said, ‘You get to go back to high school,’ and I’m like yeah, it is like that.”
Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle and Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane in ‘Frasier’ (Photo credit: Chris Haston/Paramount+)
When Frasier ended did you ever expect it to come back?
Peri Gilpin: “I really kind of did always. I just don’t know why I did. There was no reason, but I always loved playing her and I hoped I would get to someday again. I don’t know why I thought that and I love playing her at this age and coming back to it and figuring out what she would be like now. And having a daughter, I’ve got 20-year-old twin daughters so I know what that whole deal is like. I love exploring Roz as a mom with a grown-up daughter.”
What was it like to keep your season one cameo a secret?
Peri Gilpin: “Oh my God, first of all, he [Grammer] teed that up. It was an amazing response because there was a trailer right outside the stage that said ‘Roz’ so I don’t think it was that big a surprise. But the response was overwhelming and wonderful. I did have to keep it a secret for a while and that was really hard, but I was just looking forward to it so much. It’s fun to have a secret.”
Have you been in touch all along?
Peri Gilpin: “We do keep in touch. Yeah, we all do. The whole cast does and we are the greatest of friends because he is a great leader. He’s a great leader on the set. He gives everybody room to do what they need to do. When we hit a rough spot, he’s there to help but you don’t have to do it his way.”
Was there ever talk of joining the cast full-time?
Peri Gilpin: “Originally, and originally we all talked about it and then it just went a different way.”
Were you okay with that?
Peri Gilpin: “I understood. I went with the flow for once.”
Was coming into a new ensemble uncomfortable at first? Or were you confident Kelsey would make it easy?
Peri Gilpin: “I did know that. That’s why it was so easy to make that decision. I knew he would surround himself with people that I would be cool with, and I knew they would be nice, and I knew that he would be great. And they all were so welcoming. It’s completely comfortable.”
Did you speak with your other original costars about whether or not to join the reboot?
Peri Gilpin: “We all talked. We talked our way through that whole process. I completely understand where everybody was and how everybody felt. I completely understand and I support them and their decisions because it was not easy to make all of those decisions at the same time.”
Was there ever any doubt that you would?
Peri Gilpin: “No. Not really. I really wanted to come back to this character. I really love this character and I love working with Kelsey and working at Paramount. It’s kind of bizarre but I did two series before I did Frasier here. I’ve worked here a long time. It’s been a long time since I got to come back and it’s been great for me.”
Who plays Roz’s daughter as an adult?
Peri Gilpin: “Greer Grammer. His daughter, Greer, who lived on my street and I lived on Roz Doyle’s street. Isn’t that weird?”
There’s no insinuation she could be Frasier’s daughter, is there?
Peri Gilpin: “No. No, he used to actually bring Greer to the set. I met Greer when she was young. No, she’s an actress who’s been working a lot.”
How is Roz’s love life going now?
Peri Gilpin: “It’s pretty good. I think Roz was always happy in her love life. I think it was exactly the way she wanted it. She complained about it, but she kept going. She was up for it.”
Deniz Akdeniz, Daniel Sunjata and Kaitlin Olson in ‘High Potential’ episode 3 (Disney/Carlos Lopez-Calleja)
ABC’s High Potential episode three, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrel,” kicks off with a man relaxing in a hotel room bathtub. Someone enters the bathroom, grabs his feet, and pulls him under.
Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) is the last on the scene and quickly scans the bathroom. She notes the clothes tossed everywhere, melted candles, and an empty glass. It’s a wild night gone south … followed by murder. She notes that the towel’s folded wrong and concludes that the killer used it to clean up after himself. He even used that towel to wipe the floor next to the bathtub dry.
The victim spent money on this fancy hotel room, so he wasn’t alone. Whoever he was meeting had to be attractive because the victim is “super-hot.” Detectives Lev ‘Oz’ Osman (Deniz Akdeniz) and Daphne Forrester (Javicia Leslie) find the wallet and learn the dead man is Ernest Lozano from Mexico City.
Morgan notices the glass is wiped clean, which means Ernest was drugged. (That explains why he could not get out of the bathtub during the attack.) Both Morgan and Detective Adam Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) notice the glass is from the hotel’s bar since it doesn’t match the others in the room. The bartender remembers Ernest was there with a blonde woman and that they drank a lot.
Morgan and Karadec join Oz and Daphne in the security room and watch footage of Ernest and his date entering his room at 8:02pm, and the woman leaving at 8:33pm. No one else entered the room until the cleaner found the dead body. The doorman says the woman parked her red Kia in a no-parking zone at 7pm, and that LADOT arrived after that to write tickets. However, the Kia wasn’t ticketed which means it’s registered to either a cop or a doctor. Cops aren’t issued red cars, so it must have been a doctor whose car had a medical emblem allowing them to park in no-parking zones during emergencies.
Karadec instructs Oz and Daphne to visit the nearby hospital and see if anyone recognizes the woman from the footage. Someone does, and their suspect, Dr. Iris Bowman, is brought in for questioning. Iris confirms she met Ernest three months ago, but they aren’t in a relationship. They’re just having harmless fun with no strings attached. She’s wearing a wedding ring, and Morgan asks what her husband thinks about the fling. She reveals her husband died nine months ago.
Iris says they had a few drinks last night, went up to his room, and then Ernest fell asleep in the tub. She left. Karadec tells her about the security footage and agrees she needs a lawyer. As he reads Iris’s rights, Morgan blurts out, “She didn’t do it.”
Morgan notes all the candles melted except one. She owns the same type of candle, and they burn for just four hours. The one that didn’t fully melt looks like it burned for about an hour and a half and was then extinguished by water from the bathtub during the struggle. Iris was already gone by then.
The investigation is back to square one.
Lt. Selena Soto (Judy Reyes) gets new information on Morgan’s missing ex, Roman, and is forced to ask Lt. Melon (Garret Dillahunt) for help. He wrote up a vandalism report after Roman painted a mural downtown. She can’t read the address, and even after Melon reads his own writing, it doesn’t make sense. The address doesn’t exist, but Melon insists it does.
He makes a $50 bet that he’s right, and they head out to the non-existent location. As it turns out, he got the number wrong and a section of the mural is still intact on the wall. They argue over whether the remaining portion is a bird’s wing or fishtail, betting double or nothing on the answer.
And now comes a big twist in the murder case. The real Ernest Lozano is alive and well in Mexico City. Ernest recalls that a couple of years ago, he was in LA, took a ride, and joked with the driver about how much they looked like each other. Right after that, he noticed his wallet was missing.
Morgan brought the evidence box home and her son, Eliot, helps her go through it. She’s so wrapped up in piecing together clues that she’s unaware her daughter, Ava, has a boy over working on homework. Apparently, Morgan’s ex, Ludo–the paid babysitter–said it was okay if she didn’t shut her bedroom door.
Daniel Sunjata and Kaitlin Olson in episode 3 (Disney/Carlos Lopez-Calleja)
Karadec arrives and saves Ava from any further discussion. Morgan’s not supposed to have taken the evidence home, and Karadec is shocked to see her son looking through it. Morgan points out that he’s wearing gloves, but that doesn’t matter. Since she took it all home, it’s no longer admissible evidence in court. So long, murder conviction.
Morgan concedes that it’s bad, but she really wanted to figure out the dead man’s identity, and they missed a lot of clues in the evidence box. He had cement on his shoes, and the stitching on his pants hems didn’t cross. She watched tons of sewing videos in the past and knows that the tailor must be from Madagascar. Karadec points out that the LAPD doesn’t have a list of Madagascan tailors, and Morgan thinks they should check for tailor shops with the longest names. Morgan then provides a quick lesson in Madagascan names.
Ava gives her mom a hard time in the morning, making fun of her job as a fake cop. Morgan reacts by asking Karadec for a badge, a request he ignores.
Morgan was correct about the tailor, and the tailor knows the victim is named Eduardo. Unfortunately, he paid in cash and never revealed his last name. He was a regular there and brought in second-hand designer suits for alterations. They leave the shop and hear a jackhammer, which would have been where Eduardo got cement on his shoes. Morgan looks for a nearby parking lot and finds it, then uses the keys she stole from the evidence box to make Eduardo’s car alarm chirp.
Karadec refuses to give her a well-deserved high-five.
Karadec snaps a photo of the license plate and asks Daphne to look it up. He turns his back on Morgan long enough for her to get into the car and look around. She’s already touched everything inside, so his warning about gloves is too late. Their victim is a rideshare driver and Daphne’s learned his name is Eduardo Cortez. He served time in prison for credit card fraud and has been working as a rideshare driver since his release. However, his apartment building looks a little too nice for someone getting by as a driver.
They arrive at his apartment and discover he’s married and has a young daughter. Morgan keeps the girl occupied while Karadec questions the wife. She reveals he stopped driving three years ago when he got a job at his cousin’s wine distribution company. He traveled a lot, so him being gone wasn’t unusual. Karadec breaks the news Eduardo wasn’t traveling for work; he was at a Hollywood hotel with a woman before he died.
Morgan and Karadec go over what they just learned, and nothing’s adding up, not the finances or using a fake ID to cheat on his wife.
That night, Morgan and Ludo get into it over Ava allowing Ryder to hang out in her room. Morgan’s worried, but Ludo thinks Ryder’s a good guy. Ava’s 15, so they should have expected this. Morgan insults Ludo by reminding him he’s not Ava’s father. The argument ends with Ludo leaving in a huff.
Deniz Akdeniz and Javicia Leslie in ‘High Potential’ episode 3 (Disney/Carlos Lopez-Calleja)
Back at the station, the toxicology report is in and shows Eduardo drowned with minimal alcohol in his system. (The bartender said he tied one on.) He also had Xanax in his system, which would have made him sleepy. Since no one but Iris entered the room through the door, Morgan suggests the killer came in through the fourth-floor window. Oz makes a Spider-Man joke, but Morgan points out that in the crime scene photos, there is one window with the latch in the open position.
Everyone seems to discount Morgan’s theory, but Lt. Soto instructs Oz to check it out. Oz discovers that the guest unlocked it and that there are a lot of ledges with crevices. Plus, there is magnesium carbonate powder on a ledge (the powder climbers use) outside Eduardo’s room.
Daphne discovered Eduardo deposited checks totaling $200,000 from Glenda Walker. Morgan and Karadec visit Legacy Roots Assisted Living community and Glenda says Ernest Lozano is her fiancée. She thinks they have plans to fly to Mexico City, and he’ll be there to pick her up soon. She confirms she gave him $200,000 for their home in Mexico, which shocks her son, Kyle.
Kyle tells Morgan and Karadec that his mom was diagnosed with dementia a year ago and is getting worse. He’s never met Ernest, but says Ernest stopped contacting Glenda once she got sick.
That night Selena shows up at Morgan’s asking whether Roman’s mural was of birds or fish. She wins $50 for guessing it’s a bird’s wing, and Morgan has a photo of the full mural of a phoenix. Selena believes Roman might have seen something he shouldn’t have while painting the mural in a bad area of town. A discussion of hiding cookies where kids won’t look leads Morgan to think about the dictionary Eduardo gave his young daughter. And that leads to a visit to his home, where she and Eduardo’s widow discover the dictionary is actually a safe with $50,000 in cash.
Eduardo’s little girl shows off some photos of her dad and one of them gives Morgan an idea.
She and Karadec meet at the hotel bar where Morgan’s taken the liberty of buying Karadec his preferred drink: a dirty vodka martini on the rocks. “A weird drink for my weird guy,” says Morgan. He wonders how she knows what he drinks, and she reminds him she’s been cleaning up in Major Crimes for months.
The photos showed Eduardo with a snake tattoo on his wrist, which just so happens to be the same tattoo the bartender has. He takes off running and causes a kitchen fire, setting off an alarm. He pulls a knife on Karadec but the detective gets the upper hand. Karadec places him under arrest and then yells at Morgan for not warning him about what he was walking into. He could have been killed, and he wonders how someone so smart can do so many stupid things. They argue some more, and Morgan quits her job.
Oz and Daphne can’t believe Morgan quit, but Karadec doesn’t address what happened when he arrives at the station. Instead, he and Daphne interrogate the bartender, who it’s revealed shared a cell with Eduardo in prison. The bartender confesses he thought he owed Eduardo after Eduardo helped him out in jail. When Eduardo came up with a plan to make money, he agreed. However, he claims Eduardo was his golden goose, and he would never have wanted him dead.
Karadec informs Selena that Morgan quit. Selena doesn’t believe it and thinks Morgan will be back.
Morgan tells Ludo she quit, and he’s sad he lost his sweet gig as a manny. She apologizes for what she said about not being Ava’s father. They’re lucky to have him in their lives. Ludo accepts and suggests she apologize to the LAPD, too. Elliot was bragging to his friends about his detective mom, and she shouldn’t disappoint him.
Deniz Akdeniz, Javicia Leslie and Kaitlin Olson in ‘High Potential’ episode (Disney/Carlos Lopez-Calleja)
Morgan returns to the station with donuts and a new theory about the case. The bartender didn’t do it because he has long nails which aren’t good for climbing. She asks Karadec knows who has short nails, and he pauses to think about it. The answer: Glenda’s son Kyle, who was wearing a Long Beach climbing club T-shirt and used a carabiner as a keychain.
Kyle wanted revenge for his mother being tricked and used by Eduardo.
Karadec admits Morgan did good work, and Morgan says he couldn’t have done it alone. Karadec suddenly realizes that Kyle couldn’t have done it alone, either. He wasn’t on the CCTV footage and he didn’t drug Eduardo’s drink. And someone who was inside the room had to unlatch the window. All fingers point to Dr. Iris Bowman as the accomplice.
It’s revealed Iris gave Eduardo/Ernest $300,000. She met Kyle when he tried to warn her about Eduardo being a scam artist, but it was too late. Kyle wanted revenge and came up with the plan. However, Kyle says Iris was behind everything. It doesn’t really matter; they are both complicit.
Before Kyle’s locked up, he asks for a favor. He needs to say goodbye to his mom. Karadec agrees, and Kyle uses a mountain background in a Zoom call to his mom, lying about getting a job in Colorado. They exchange I love yous before hanging up.
Morgan apologizes for calling Karadec a heartless police robot. She also leaves his favorite pastry–an apple fritter–on his desk.
Searchlight Pictures’ new trailer for A Complete Unknown gives us our first good look at Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash. The two-minute trailer also has Timothée Chalamet singing Bob Dylan’s “Girl from the North Country” and “Like a Rolling Stone,” and interacting with Sylvie Russo (Elle Fanning) and Joan Baez (Monica Barbaro).
In addition, the new Bob Dylan biopic trailer features Edward Norton as Pete Seeger. A Complete Unknown also stars Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz, and Scoot McNairy. Two-time Oscar nominee James Mangold (Walk the Line, Logan) co-wrote the screenplay and directs.
“Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965,” reads Searchlight Pictures’ synopsis.
Mangold, Chalamet, Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, Peter Jaysen, Bob Bookman, Alan Gasmer, and Jeff Rosen serve as producers.
A Complete Unknown opens in theaters on December 25, 2024.
The Night Agent fans have two reasons to celebrate. Netflix not only released the first official photos from the upcoming second season, the streamer announced the popular spy drama has been renewed for a third season.
Season two is targeting a winter 2025 premiere. Filming’s expected to begin on season three in Istanbul later this year. Production on the just-announced 10-episode third season will move to New York early next year.
The first season earned Netflix’s most-watched series of 2023 title and raked in more than 98 million views in its first 91 days. It currently stands as the streamer’s seventh most-watched English series.
“Based on the novel by Matthew Quirk, The Night Agent is a sophisticated, character-based, action-thriller centering on a low level FBI Agent, Peter Sutherland, whose efforts to save The President in season one earn him an opportunity to become a Night Agent in season two,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “But working in the secretive organization of Night Action will propel Peter into a world where danger is everywhere and trust is in short supply.”
Gabriel Basso stars as Peter Sutherland, Luciane Buchanan plays Rose Larkin, and Amanda Warren is Catherine. Shawn Ryan (The Shield) created the series and serves as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers include David Beaubaire, Paul Neinstein, William Sherak, Nicole Tossou, James Vanderbilt, and Project X Entertainment’s Seth Gordon and Julia Gunn. Exhibit A Films’ Marney Hochman, Paul Bernard, Munis Rashid, and Guy Ferland also executive produce.
“We’re so excited that our fans will get to watch season two of The Night Agent in early 2025, and we’ve been hard at work writing season three to deliver more breathless Peter Sutherland Night Action adventures to our rabid audience,” stated Shawn Ryan.
Hugh Grant as the mysterious Mr. Reed asks his two young visitors to make a choice in A24’s final Heretic trailer. Will they pick the door labeled “Belief” or “Disbelief?” Which will lead to their escape from his creepy presence?
In addition to Hugh Grant, the horror film stars Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets) and Chloe East (The Fabelmans). Thatcher and East play “two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.”
Discussing the project’s appeal, Grant said, “I found Heretic to be daring, not just because it questions a lot of things that many people hold sacred, but for the fact that it’s set in one house over the course of one long night and features a lot of talking — hardly normal practice for a horror film.”
Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place) wrote the screenplay and directed. “When you sit in a room and try to think of scary ideas for a movie, for us there’s nothing more terrifying than death,” said Woods. “All horror movies in one way or another are about death — it’s the thing we fear most in life, and we use religion to try and make sense of what happens when we die so we can feel safe. But when we delve too deep into the subject, sometimes we’re left feeling less safe.”
A24 is releasing Heretic in theaters on November 8, 2024.
Poster for ‘Heretic’ starring Hugh Grant (Photo Credit: A24)
