One glance at the YouTube comments under AMC’s Interview with the Vampire teaser released ahead of season two episode five confirm fans are dying to get to the truth. Also, they want the season to be much longer than just eight episodes.
It appears the “Memory Isn’t the Only Monster” one-minute video isn’t just scenes from episode five. That should be confirmed when the fifth episode, “Don’t Be Afraid, Just Start the Tape,” airs on Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT.
The season two cast is led by Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac, Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy, and Assad Zaman as Armand. Sam Reid stars as Lestat de Lioncourt, Ben Daniels is Santiago, and Delainey Hayles takes over the role of Claudia.
Jacob Anderson as Louis De Point Du Lac and Luke Brandon Field as young Daniel Molloy in ‘Interview with the Vampire’ season 2 episode 5 (Photo Credit: Larry Horricks/AMC)
Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Plot, Courtesy of AMC:
The interview continues in season two. In the year 2022, the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Anderson) recounts his life story to journalist Daniel Molloy (Bogosian). Picking up from the bloody events in New Orleans in 1940 when Louis and teen fledgling Claudia (Hayles) conspired to kill the Vampire Lestat de Lioncourt (Reid), Louis tells of his adventures in Europe, a quest to discover Old World Vampires and the Theatre Des Vampires in Paris, with Claudia.
It is in Paris that Louis first meets the Vampire Armand (Zaman). Their courtship and love affair will prove to have devastating consequences both in the past and in the future, and Molloy will probe to get to the truths buried within the memories.
Assad Zaman as Armand in season 2 episode 5 (Photo Credit: Larry Horricks/AMC)Luke Brandon Field in season 2 episode 5 (Photo Credit: Larry Horricks/AMC)Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy in season 2 episode 5 (Image Courtesy of AMC Network Entertainment LLC)Jacob Anderson as Louis De Point Du Lac in season 2 episode 5 (Photo Credit: Larry Horricks/AMC)
Poster for ‘Dexter: Original Sin’ (Photo credit: Paramount+ with SHOWTIME)
Paramount+ with Showtime’s Dexter: Original Sin has added four series regulars to its roster. James Martinez (Love Victor), Christina Milian (Falling Inn Love), Alex Shimizu (The Blacklist), and Reno Wilson (Mike & Molly) have signed on to the 10-episode Dexter prequel as employees of the Miami Metro Police Department.
The four join previously announced stars Patrick Gibson as Dexter Morgan, Christian Slater as Harry Morgan, and Molly Brown as Debra Morgan.
The announcement offered this description of who the just-announced cast will be playing:
James Martinez plays Angel Batista, an up-and-coming homicide detective who leads with his heart.
Christina Milian plays Maria LaGuerta, Miami Metro’s first female homicide detective.
Alex Shimizu plays Vince Masuka, a forensic analyst who eagerly shares his expertise while relishing the chance to boss around his new intern, Dexter Morgan.
Reno Wilson plays Bobby Watt, Harry’s longtime partner and confidant.
Filming is getting underway today in Miami on the newest addition to the Dexter franchise. Emmy nominee Clyde Phillips returns to the world of the serial killer who kills bad people as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Scott Reynolds (Jessica Jones), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Mary Leah Sutton (Resident Evil), Tony Hernandez (Emily in Paris), and Lilly Burns (Russian Doll). Heathers‘ Michael Lehmann is the directing executive producer. Dexter: Original Sin is produced by Showtime Studios and Counterpart Studios.
“Set in 1991 Miami, Dexter: Original Sin follows Dexter (Gibson) as he transitions from student to avenging serial killer. When his bloodthirsty urges can’t be ignored any longer, Dexter must learn to channel his inner darkness,” reads Paramount+ with Showtime’s synopsis. “With the guidance of his father, Harry (Slater), he adopts a Code designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to be eliminated from society without getting on law enforcement’s radar. This is a particular challenge for young Dexter as he begins a forensics internship at the Miami Metro Police Department.”
‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ renewal announcement (Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+)
Season two of Paramount+’s Criminal Minds: Evolution is set to premiere on June 6, 2024 with the release of the first two new episodes. Ahead of its launch, the streamer has announced the critically acclaimed drama has been renewed for season three.
The third season is expected to begin production later this year.
“In the wake of last season’s shocking finale, the upcoming all-new season of Criminal Minds: Evolution picks up as the FBI’s elite team of profilers investigates the deadly mystery of GOLD STAR,” reads Paramount+’s season two synopsis. “As the conspiracy unfolds, the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) is met with an unexpected complication when serial killer Elias Voit negotiates a deal that transfers him to federal custody in the BAU’s own backyard. The team faces its biggest threat yet and cannot emerge unscathed from the mind-bending consequences.”
The series stars Joe Mantegna as David Rossi, A.J. Cook as Jennifer ‘JJ’ Jareau, Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia, Ryan-James Hatanaka as Tyler Green, and Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis. Adam Rodriguez plays Luke Alvez, Paget Brewster is Emily Prentiss, and Zach Gilford plays Elias Voit. Season two guest stars include Clark Gregg, Felicity Huffman, Liana Liberato, Paul F. Tompkins, Tuc Watkins, and Brian White.
New episodes will stream on Thursdays.
Erica Messer (Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders) guides the series as showrunner. Messer also executive produces along with Breen Frazier, Chris Barbour, Glenn Kershaw, and Mark Gordon. Criminal Minds: Evolution is produced by ABC Signature and CBS Studios.
Alyvia Alyn Lind joins ‘Wayward’ (Photo Courtesy of Netflix)
Netflix’s limited series Tall Pines has a new title – Wayward – and five new cast members. Chucky‘s Alyvia Alyn Lind and Davey & Jonesie’s Locker‘s Sydney Topliffe have joined the thriller as series regulars. Patrick J. Adams (Suits), Patrick Gallagher (Big Sky), and Josh Close (Killers Of The Flower Moon) have boarded the series as recurring guest stars.
They join Mae Martin (The Flight Attendant), Sarah Gadon (Ferrari), and Brandon Jay McLaren (The Cleaning Lady) who were previously announced to star. Martin is also the co-creator and serves as co-showrunner with Ryan Scott (Fear the Walking Dead).
“Wayward is a thriller set in a bucolic but sinister town that explores the insidious underbelly of the ‘troubled teen industry’ and the eternal struggle between one generation and the next,” reads Netflix’s synopsis.
Martin says she’s been dying to tell this story for years. “I’m beyond excited for people to see what we have in store! It’s going to be an insane roller coaster and so different to anything I’ve done before,” stated Martin when the series was announced in April 2023. “Very very grateful to Netflix for supporting it, and I can’t wait to get going.”
The eight-episode limited series is executive produced by Martin, Scott, Hannah Mackay, Jennifer Kawaja, Bruno Dubé, and Ben Farrell, producing through his company, Objective Fiction.
Adria Arjona as Madison Masters and Glen Powell as Gary Johnson in ‘HIt Man’ (Courtesy of Netflix)
With over 100 reviews, Netflix’s Hit Man sits at 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics have embraced the R-rated action comedy from co-writers Richard Linklater and Glen Powell, which Netflix snatched up after its Venice and Toronto film festival screenings. Directed by Richard Linklater (Boyhood) and starring Powell and Adria Arjona, Hit Man is loosely based on the true story of Gary Johnson, an unassuming man who worked as an investigator for a district attorney’s office and masqueraded as a hit man.
Skip Hollandsworth’s 2001 Texas Monthly article, the inspiration for the film, followed the incredible story of Johnson and his secret life working with the police on murder-for-hire cases. The movie’s Gary (Powell) is a college professor with a side gig as a pretend hit man in police sting operations. Gary has a real knack for transforming into a client’s expectations of how a hit man should look and act. And in one particular case, his act leads to making an unlikely love connection.
Co-writer/actor Glen Powell and co-writer/director Richard Linklater recently took part in a lengthy press conference with the cast, hosted by Netflix in support of the film’s streaming release on June 7, 2024. The following are highlights of what the creative duo had to say during the virtual Q&A.
On Why the True Story was Ripe for a Feature Film Treatment:
Glen Powell: “It was early on in the pandemic and I stumbled upon this article in Texas Monthly called ‘Hit Man’ by Skip Hollandsworth. And, you know, immediately, it was so clear there was such a compelling character there. I mean, if you look at the real-life Gary Johnson, he was a psychology professor who actually moonlighted with the police department, did AV equipment, was an ornithologist, Zen Buddhist. It was just like such an incredible character piece, but I didn’t really know where it went. All I knew is that there was a fascinating guy here.
They called him a Laurence Olivier fake hit man because he approached the job differently. Instead of just becoming the hitman for hire across from someone who is trying to kill their husband or their wife or their business partner, he embodied their fantasy of what a fake hit man is because hit men don’t exist. So, he took this skill set to a whole new level and started putting on these disguises and all these different things. And it was just a fascinating idea.
[…] He also had this professorial sort of part of his job. So there [were] already these ideas of identity baked into the way he thought. You know, kind of the way he moved through the life. And so, I called up Rick and I said, ‘I just read this amazing article called Hit Man.’ And Rick took a beat and he said, ‘Yeah, I read that article when you were in seventh grade.’”
Richard Linklater: (Laughing) “I think I might’ve said your diapers.”
Glen Powell: “Your diapers, yeah.”
Richard Linklater: “But that would’ve been a little too…”
Glen Powell: “And if we were in the same room, he would’ve patted me on the head.”
On Their Approach to the Story:
Richard Linklater: “I was so excited to get this call from Glen because that story had been kicking around in my head. I had talked to Skip. I had had a couple of meetings on it over the years, but it didn’t really work. It didn’t really work as a film because there was this repetition. It didn’t really go anywhere. So, I told this to Glen. I said, ‘Yeah, I don’t think it really works.’ He said, ‘Well, let’s talk about it.’ I was like, ‘Oh, wow. It’s the pandemic. What else are we gonna do?’
So, work we did every day for a while. We would just have hours of conversations. And yeah, Glen kind of loosened the log jam I was in. He said, ‘Well, what if we deviate? You know, why does he have to stick to the facts?’ I was like, ‘You can do that?’
[…] Once that floodgate opened, we were off to the races. We just started having these great ideas. And you know, the last two-thirds of the movie kind of comes out of that. The genres kick in and it becomes this thrill ride, you know? But it was grounded in that reality, what Glen described – that Gary Johnson’s life reality. That was a real person, a real job, the strangest occupation anyone could ever have. So, I don’t know. It was a lot of fun, man.”
On Narrowing Down the Film’s Focus:
Glen Powell: “I think one of the big breaking points for when we were talking about it … because obviously talking about the real-life Gary Johnson there is sort of a moment where you have to go, okay, the story wasn’t revealing itself in a natural way, but then there was this paragraph about this woman that the real-life Gary Johnson sat down with. And instead of sending her to jail like he did with everybody else … she was approaching him trying to kill her husband or trying to get him to kill her husband, and he didn’t believe that she was capable of this thing. He sort of believed in the best of her and talked her out of it, and it was like the first time that ever happened. And there was a relationship that developed from that.
And so, all of a sudden, the article just sort of moves on. Rick and I were like, ‘Well, what if we pull at that thread?’ We have so many questions about what that relationship is and how they reengaged with each other. You know, did he stay as the fake hit man?
So, we started kind of pulling at that thread and, really, that was a big breaking point because that was the thing when we started thinking about if he got stuck in this identity as this fake hit man, you have this amazing character mask where you have a guy who’s teaching humanity, but not experiencing humanity. Getting stuck in the mask in the body of someone who embodies all the dangerous, exciting elements of what humanity is, this sort of roller coaster ride, and ends up finding that he can be a more three-dimensional fun version on the other side of it.”
Richard Linklater: “And it’s just a coincidence the roulette wheel of hit man he gets stuck in happens to be the smoldering, sexy, charming Ron. Not Dean, the orange cherry freak.”
On What Keeps Them Grounded:
Richard Linklater: “What keeps you grounded is a low budget and a tight schedule. (Laughing) It keeps you very much grounded.”
Glen Powell: “Yeah. I mean, it’s really true. I think the beautiful part about this experience is that I remember writing this with Rick. You know, we took this movie out and no one got it. […] We were so proud of it. We were so excited about what it said about identity and passion. We thought it was so universal and exciting. It was going to be an audience movie, and then it was just crickets. And no one got it. Nobody responded to it because I don’t think it fits into one box, right?”
Richard Linklater: “But when they did, it was like, well, you could tell they kind of want it to be a real hit man movie.”
Glen Powell: (Laughing) “You know, it’s like we’re trying to do something original. And I think the town always wanted it to be something else. I think what I’m just really proud of is we got to make this movie independently, make the movie that we wanted to make. And it doesn’t subscribe to any genre. It doesn’t fit into any box. And I think the reason it’s a really great audience movie, and the reason people are responding to it, is you can’t get out in front of it. You can’t predict it because it’s all the things.”
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Hit Man is rated R for some violence, sexual content, and language throughout. In addition to Glen Powell and Adria Arjona, the film stars Retta, Austin Amelio, Molly Bernard, and Sanjay Rao.
The roster of Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2024 nominees includes 50 first-timers. Halle Bailey, Austin Butler, Sabrina Carpenter, Kai Cenat, Timothée Chalamet, Luke Combs, and Ariana DeBose have earned their first nominations. Plus, Ayo Edebiri, Ryan Gosling, Reneé Rapp, Margot Robbie, Paul Rudd, Travis Kelce, and Caitlin Clark will be competing for their first Orange Blimp trophy.
Taylor Swift leads this year’s list with six nominations followed by Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, and Justin Timberlake with four each. SpongeBob SquarePants (voiced by Tom Kenny) and Patrick Star (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) are hosting the family-friendly awards show/slimefest airing on July 13, 2024 at 8pm ET/PT.
Fans can vote for their favorites via KidsChoiceAwards.com.
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2024 Nominees
FAVORITE KIDS TV SHOW
Danger Force
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Power Rangers Cosmic Fury
Raven’s Home
The Muppets Mayhem
The Really Loud House
Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan
FAVORITE FAMILY TV SHOW
Abbott Elementary
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Goosebumps
iCarly
Loki
Young Sheldon
FAVORITE REALITY SHOW
America’s Funniest Home Videos
America’s Got Talent
American Ninja Warrior
Is It Cake?
Kids Baking Championship
LEGO Masters
FAVORITE CARTOON
Big City Greens
Monster High
SpongeBob SquarePants
Teen Titans Go!
The Loud House
The Simpsons
FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR (KIDS)
Hunter Deno (Amelia Jones, Power Rangers Cosmic Fury)*
Lilly Singh (Nora Singh, The Muppets Mayhem)
Olivia Rodrigo (Nini, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
Raven-Symoné (Raven Baxter, Raven’s Home)
Sofia Wylie (Gina, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
Tessa Rao (Izzy Garcia, Power Rangers Cosmic Fury)*
FAVORITE MALE TV STAR (KIDS)
Chance Perez (Javi Garcia, Power Rangers Cosmic Fury)*
Dylan Gilmer (Young Dylan, Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan)
Jahzir Bruno (Clyde McBride, The Really Loud House)*
Joshua Bassett (Ricky, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson and the Olympians)*
Wolfgang Schaeffer (Lincoln Loud, The Really Loud House)
FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR (FAMILY)
Janelle James (Ava Coleman, Abbott Elementary)*
Laci Mosley (Harper, iCarly)*
Miranda Cosgrove (Carly, iCarly)
Peyton List (Maddie Nears, School Spirits)
Quinta Brunson (Janine Teagues, Abbott Elementary)*
Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka Tano, Ahsoka)*
FAVORITE MALE TV STAR (FAMILY)
Gordon Cormier (Aang, Avatar: The Last Airbender)*
Iain Armitage (Sheldon Cooper, Young Sheldon)
Jerry Trainor (Spencer Shay, iCarly)
Justin Long (Nathan Bratt, Goosebumps)
Tom Hiddleston (Loki, Loki)
Zack Morris (Isaiah Howard, Goosebumps)*
RYAN GOSLING as Ken and MARGOT ROBBIE as Barbie in ‘BARBIE’ ((Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)
FAVORITE MOVIE
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Barbie
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Little Mermaid
The Marvels
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Wonka
FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR
Adam Sandler (Danny Friedman, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah)
Chris Pratt (Peter Quill, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3)
Jason Momoa (Arthur, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom)
John Cena (Jakob Toretto, Fast X)
Paul Rudd (Gary Grooberson, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire)*
Ryan Gosling (Ken, Barbie)*
Ryan Reynolds (Cal, IF)
Timothée Chalamet (Willy Wonka, Wonka)*
FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS
America Ferrera (Gloria, Barbie)*
Brie Larson (Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, The Marvels)
Halle Bailey (Ariel, The Little Mermaid)*
Jennifer Garner (Jess, The Family Switch)
Margot Robbie (Barbie, Barbie)*
Melissa McCarthy (Ursula, The Little Mermaid)
Zendaya (Chani, Dune: Part Two)
Zoe Saldana (Gamora, Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3)
FAVORITE ANIMATED MOVIE
Elemental
Kung Fu Panda 4 PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Garfield Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Trolls Band Together
FAVORITE MALE VOICE FROM AN ANIMATED MOVIE
Adam Sandler (Leo, Leo)
Brady Noon (Raphael, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)
Chris Pratt (Mario, The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
Jack Black (Bowser, The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
Jack Black (Po, Kung Fu Panda 4)
Jackie Chan (Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)
Justin Timberlake (Branch, Trolls Band Together)
Shameik Moore (Miles Morales, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
FAVORITE FEMALE VOICE FROM AN ANIMATED MOVIE
Anna Kendrick (Poppy, Trolls Band Together)
Anya Taylor-Joy (Peach, The Super Mario Bros. Movie)*
Ariana DeBose (Asha, Wish)*
Awkwafina (Zhen, Kung Fu Panda 4)
Ayo Edebiri (April, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)*
Hailee Steinfeld (Gwen Stacy, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
Kristen Bell (Janet, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie)
McKenna Grace (Skye, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie)*
FAVORITE VILLAIN
Amy Schumer (Velvet, Trolls Band Together)*
Austin Butler (Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, Dune: Part Two)*
Jack Black (Bowser, The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
Keegan-Michael Key (Chief of Police, Wonka)*
Melissa McCarthy (Ursula, The Little Mermaid)
Reneé Rapp (Regina George, Mean Girls)*
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST
Ariana Grande
Beyoncé
Billie Eilish
Cardi B
Miley Cyrus
Olivia Rodrigo
Selena Gomez
Taylor Swift
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST
Bad Bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Justin Timberlake
Post Malone
The Weeknd
Travis Scott
Usher
FAVORITE MUSIC GROUP
Black Eyed Peas
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
Jonas Brothers
Maroon 5
*NSYNC
FAVORITE SONG
“Dance the Night”- Dua Lipa
“Fast Car”- Luke Combs*
“Flowers”- Miley Cyrus
“Paint The Town Red”- Doja Cat
“Selfish”- Justin Timberlake
“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM”- Beyoncé
“What Was I Made For?”- Billie Eilish
“yes, and?”- Ariana Grande
FAVORITE MUSIC COLLABORATION
“All My Life”- Lil Durk* and J. Cole*
“Baby Don’t Hurt Me”- David Guetta, Anne Marie* and Coi Leray*
“Barbie World”- Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice* with Aqua*
“Doctor (Work it Out)”- Pharrell Williams featuring Miley Cyrus
“Fortnight”- Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
“Karma (Remix)”- Taylor Swift and Ice Spice*
“SUPPOSED TO BE LOVED”- DJ Khaled featuring Lil Baby,* Future* and Lil Uzi Vert*
“Wild Ones”- Jessie Murph* and Jelly Roll*
FAVORITE BREAKOUT ARTIST
Coco Jones*
Ice Spice*
Jelly Roll*
Reneé Rapp*
Tate McRae*
Teddy Swims*
Tyla*
Victoria Monét*
FAVORITE ALBUM
“Barbie: The Album”
“Cowboy Carter”- Beyoncé
“Endless Summer Vacation”- Miley Cyrus
“GUTS”- Olivia Rodrigo
“THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY”- Taylor Swift
“Whitsitt Chapel”- Jelly Roll*
FAVORITE GLOBAL MUSIC STAR
Africa: Tyla*
Asia: BLACKPINK
Australia/NZ: Troye Sivan
Europe: Zara Larsson
Latin America: Karol G*
North America: Taylor Swift
UK: Dua Lipa
FAVORITE TICKET OF THE YEAR
Bad Bunny: Most Wanted
Beyoncé: Renaissance Tour BlackPink: BornPink Tour
Olivia Rodrigo: Guts Tour
Sabrina Carpenter: Emails That I Can’t Send Tour*
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
FAVORITE VIRAL SONG
“Beautiful Things”- Benson Boone*
“Daylight”- David Kushner*
“Espresso”- Sabrina Carpenter*
“Greedy”- Tate McRae*
“Lil Boo Thang”- Paul Russell*
“Water“- Tyla*
FAVORITE MALE CREATOR
Dhar Mann*
Mark Rober*
Markiplier
MrBeast
Ryan’s World
Spencer X
FAVORITE FEMALE CREATOR
Charli D’Amelio
Dixie D’Amelio
Emma Chamberlain
Hannah Stocking*
Kids Diana Show
Lexi Rivera
FAVORITE GAMER
Aphmau*
Kai Cenat*
Ninja
Preston
TheBoyDilly*
Unspeakable
FAVORITE SOCIAL MUSIC STAR
Addison Rae
Bella Poarch
David Kushner*
Djo*
Madison Beer*
Paul Russell*
FAVORITE CREATOR FAMILY
FGTeeV
Jordan Matter/Salish Matter*
Ninja Kidz
Royalty Family
The Beverly Halls*
The Herberts*
FAVORITE FEMALE SPORTS STAR
Alex Morgan
Caitlin Clark*
Coco Gauff*
Sha’Carri Richardson*
Simone Biles
Venus Williams
FAVORITE MALE SPORTS STAR
Cristiano Ronaldo
LeBron James
Lionel Messi
Patrick Mahomes
Stephen Curry
Travis Kelce*
FAVORITE VIDEO GAME
Just Dance 2024
Madden NFL 24
Minecraft
Roblox
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Eva Longoria rounds up her family and goes on the run in Apple TV+’s Land of Women, based on Sandra Barneda’s bestselling novel La tierra de las mujeres. The trailer shows Longoria protecting her mom and daughter by fleeing the United States. Why? Because her hubby apparently owes criminals $15 million and doesn’t have the resources to pay off his debt.
The new series also stars Carmen Maura, Santiago Cabrera, and newcomer Victoria Bazúa.
“Land of Women is a dramedy starring Eva Longoria as Gala, a well-to-do New Yorker who has her life turned upside down when her husband fails to repay a debt to the wrong people. With dangerous criminals searching for her family and now vanished husband, Gala is forced to leave the city with her aging mother Julia (Maura) and teenage daughter Kate (Bazúa) to her mother’s hometown in northern Spain—a place that Julia fled 50 years ago—to start life anew and hope their identities remain hidden,” reads Apple TV+’s synopsis. “But gossip in the charming wine town quickly spreads, unraveling their deepest family secrets and truths.”
Carmen Maura, Victoria Bazúa and Eva Longoria in ‘Land of Women’ (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
Discussing the series with The Hollywood Reporter, Longoria described her character as a New York socialite forced to leave her comfortable life behind. “She has to bring along her mother [who has dementia] and her rebellious daughter to go with her, and they go to Spain to be in hiding. They end up going to the town the mother grew up in, and it’s a town she left because she had so many secrets,” said Longoria. “So it’s this multi-generational show about these three women who really don’t know each other, even though it’s grandma, mother and daughter, it’s like they’re strangers to each other and this adventure leads them back to each other.”
Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, and Paula Fernández created the series, with Campos serving as showrunner. Campos, Neira, Teresa Fernández-Valdés, Ben Spector, Sandra Condito, and Longoria (via her UnbeliEVAble Entertainment production company) executive produce. Carlos Sedes is the director and also executive produces.
Land of Women is produced by Bambu Producciones.
The six-episode series premieres on June 26, 2024 with the release of the first two episodes. New episodes stream on Wednesdays.
Eva Longoria, Santiago Cabrera, Victoria Bazúa and Carmen Maura (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)Eva Longoria in ‘Land of Women’ (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)(Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
Grammy winner LeAnn Rimes will kick off her 15-city tour on July 26, 2024 in Michigan. The tour will stop in cities including Birmingham, Cleveland, Denver, and Modesto before wrapping up in Orange, TX on January 25, 2025.
Presale tickets go on sale on June 5th at 10am local time. General ticket sales open on June 7th at 10am. Additional details are available on Rimes’ official site (www.leannrimes.com).
The two-time Grammy winner has earned 12 Billboard Music Awards, two World Music Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards, and two Country Music Association Awards. She released her 19th album, god’s work, in September 2022, and in 2023, Rimes was the recipient of the ASCAP Golden Note Award. And Rimes recently wrapped up work on The Voice UK and The Voice AUS.
LEANN RIMES 2024 TOUR DATES:
July 26, 2024 – Bay Harbor, MI – Great Lakes Center for the Arts
July 27, 2024 – Bay Harbor, MI – Great Lakes Center for the Arts
July 28, 2024 – Mentor, OH – Mentor Civic Amphitheater [FREE SHOW]
September 6, 2024 – Birmingham, AL – UAB’s Alys Stephens Center – Jemison Concert Hall
September 19, 2024 – Cleveland, MS – Bologna Performing Arts Center
September 20, 2024 – Shreveport, LA – VENUE TBA
September 28, 2024 – Denver, CO – Boettcher Concert Hall
October 5, 2024 – Cerritos, CA – Cerritos Center for the Arts
October 6, 2024 – Modesto, CA – Gallo Center for the Arts
October 16, 2024 – Portsmouth, NH – The Music Hall
October 17, 2024 – Groton, MA – Groton Hill Music Center
October 18, 2024 – Mashantucket, CT – Foxwoods Resort Casino – The Great Cedar Showroom
November 23, 2024 – Cathedral City, CA – Cathedral City Community Amphitheater
January 24, 2025 – Coppell, TX – VENUE TBA
January 25, 2025 – Orange, TX – Lutcher Theater
A group of young space colonizers quickly discover running isn’t an option if they want to stay alive in the official trailer for Alien: Romulus. The seventh film of the acclaimed sci-fi is heading to theaters on August 16, 2024.
The trailer arrived along with a brand-new poster and two new stills.
“Alien: Romulus takes the phenomenally successful Alien franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe,” reads 20th Century Studios’ synopsis.
The latest addition to the blockbuster franchise stars Cailee Spaeny (Civil War), David Jonsson (Agatha Christie’s Murder is Easy), Archie Renaux (Shadow and Bone), Isabela Merced (The Last of Us), Spike Fearn (Aftersun), and Aileen Wu. Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) and Rodo Sayagues co-wrote the screenplay, with Alvarez directing. Ripley Scott, director of Alien, Prometheus, and Alien: Covenant, served as a producer. Michael Pruss and Walter Hill also produced, and Alvarez, Elizabeth Cantillon, Brent O’Connor, and Tom Moran executive produced.
Alien opened in theaters in May 1979 followed by Aliens in July 1986 and Alien 3 in May 1992. Alien: Resurrection was released in November 1997 and Prometheus arrived in June 2012. Alien: Covenant opened in theaters in May 2017. The new film is set between Alien and Aliens.
The CW Network has renewed All American, confirming the drama will return for season seven. Season six is currently airing on Mondays, and the 13-episode seventh season is targeting a 2025 premiere.
Season six stars Daniel Ezra as Spencer, Michael Evans Behling as Jordan, Samantha Logan as Olivia, Greta Onieogou as Layla, Bre-Z as Coop, and Chelsea Tavares as Patience. Cody Christian is Asher, Monét Mazur is Laura, and Karimah Westbrook plays Grace.
The drama is executive produced by Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Jameal Turner, Mike Herro, and David Strauss.
In addition, The CW Network renewed Penn & Teller: Fool Us for season 11 and picked up the fourth season of The Chosen.
“A strong Fall is going to lead into an even stronger 2025 on The CW as new seasons of ALL AMERICAN, PENN & TELLER: FOOL US, and THE CHOSEN join NASCAR Xfinity Series, WWE NXT, ACC football & basketball, Pac-12 football, Wild Cards, Superman & Lois, The Librarians, Inside the NFL, Sullivan’s Crossing and much more,” said Brad Schwartz, President of Entertainment, The CW Network. “Through six seasons, ALL AMERICAN remains a top performer for The CW as the network’s most-watched series across all linear and digital platforms. PENN & TELLER: FOOL US continues to be appointment television for families over a decade into its run. And we are thrilled to continue our partnership with THE CHOSEN and bring the latest season of this groundbreaking drama exclusively to broadcast audiences across the country.”
The one-hour competition series Penn & Teller: Fool Us was created and executive produced by Penn Jillette, Teller, Peter Adam Golden, Andrew Golder, and Lincoln Hiatt.
The network released this description of The Chosen season four:
“The Chosen is the first multi-season series of its kind, a groundbreaking historical drama about the life of Jesus (Jonathan Roumie) as seen through the eyes of His followers. Set against the backdrop of Jewish oppression in first-century Israel, the seven-season show shares an authentic and intimate look at Jesus’ revolutionary life and teachings. Clashing kingdoms. Rival rulers.
In season four of The Chosen, the enemies of Jesus close in while His followers struggle to keep up, leaving Him to carry the burden alone. Threatened by the reality of Jesus’ growing influence, religious leaders do the unthinkable – ally with their Roman oppressors. As the seeds of betrayal are planted and opposition to Jesus’ message turns violent, He’s left with no alternative but to demand His followers RISE UP.”
