Investigation Discovery’s new true crime series Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders dives into the world of online influencers and the targets popular social media personalities put on their backs while building followers online. The six-episode docuseries premieres on June 3, 2024, with new episodes airing on Mondays at 9pm ET/PT.
The promo for the new series explores the dark side of online communities and how influencers never know exactly who they’re dealing with on the internet.
“Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders tackles a wide range of cases from all corners of the digital landscape. From individuals seeking community who end up being targeted by toxic forums patrolled by angry, misogynistic rhetoric to popular social media personalities who have heartbreaking, hidden lives, Deadly Influence will pull back the curtain on the dark intricacies of social media and the dangers that lurk within,” reads ID’s synopsis. “While social media may appear as the key to opportunity and validation – the ability to build a career as an influencer and access wealth, celebrity, power and find communities that offer connectivity – involvement in these digital environments can breed a dangerous type of reality.”
Poster for ‘Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders’ (Photo Credit: Investigation Discovery)
SEASON 1 EPISODES
Sin City Clickbait – Premiering Monday, June 3 at 9pm ET/PT
Ash, a self-styled Instagram “sex and fitness guru,” began his career as a male escort and built a life in the glitz, glamour, and excess of the Las Vegas party scene. But the envious lifestyle he presented to his countless followers took a deadly turn when his break-up with another high-profile influencer catapulted him into a twisted, drug-infused downward spiral that culminated in a violent, senseless act.
TikTok Terror – Premiering Monday, June 10th
As 28-year-old Sania battles through divorce, her passionate and searingly honest TikToks attract tens of thousands of followers. But she soon discovers that members of her community want to silence her – and will stop at nothing to do it.
RIP Bianca – Premiering Monday, June 17th
Anime-obsessed teenager Bianca becomes an inspiring mental health advocate online and changes lives. But on forums and social media accounts, she discovers a horrifying and violent side: young men primed to threaten, harm, and attack.
Killer Content – Premiering Monday, June 24th
Successful teenage film reviewer Trey is building an online empire on YouTube, attracting hundreds of thousands of views. But it can’t last, and soon, he finds himself dragged into a shocking world of guns and revenge.
Hashtag Halloween Horror – Premiering Monday, July 1st
Stephanie, a feisty, lovable younger woman from New Jersey, is building a brand as a bespoke makeup and Special Effects artist. But offline, her life becomes complicated and spirals into mystery when she vanishes into thin air on the eve of Halloween.
Control, Alt, Delete – Premiering Monday, July 8th
A vibrant and inspiring group from Denver’s creative community spreads messages of love and inclusion, attracting many online followers. Soon they become the target of a hateful and violent member of the online manosphere with shocking consequences.
Wedding day arrives on CBS’s Fire Country as season two comes to a close with episode 10, “I Do.” Directed by Bill Purple from a script by Tia Napolitano and William Harper, episode 10 will air on Friday, May 17, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT.
Max Thieriot leads the cast as Bode Leone, Billy Burke plays Vince, Kevin Alejandro is Manny, and Diane Farr is Sharon. Stephanie Arcila stars as Gabriela, Jordan Calloway is Jake, and Jules Latimer plays Eve.
“I Do” Plot: Gabriela prepares to walk down the aisle on her wedding day as Bode receives some surprising news, on the second season finale of Fire Country.
Fire Country stars Max Thieriot as Bode Leone, a young convict seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison release firefighting program in Northern California, where he and other inmates are partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish massive, unpredictable wildfires across the region. It’s a high-risk, high-reward assignment, and the heat is turned up when Bode is assigned to the program in his rural hometown, where he was once a golden all-American son until his troubles began.
Five years ago, Bode burned down everything in his life, leaving town with a big secret. Now he’s back, with the rap sheet of a criminal and the audacity to believe in a chance for redemption with Cal Fire.
CBS’s So Help Me Todd concludes its short run with season two episode 10. The season – and series – finale finds Margaret taking on a cosmetics company. Directed by Stuart Gillard from a script by Scott Prendergast and Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter, episode 10 airs on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT.
Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden leads the cast as Margaret Wright and Skylar Astin stars as the titular Todd. Season two also features Madeline Wise as Allison, Tristen J. Winger as Lyle, Inga Schlingmann as Susan, and Rosa Arredondo as Francey.
“The Tooth Is Out There” Plot: While Margaret tries to save her struggling law firm by taking on a case involving a large cosmetics company with deep pockets, Todd is determined to crack an important FBI investigation that will seal the fate of Crest, Folding & Wright, one way or another.
So Help Me Todd Season 2 Description, Courtesy of CBS:
So Help Me Todd stars Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin as razor-sharp, meticulous attorney Margaret Wright and Todd, her talented but scruffy, aimless son whom she hires as her law firm’s in-house investigator. As the black sheep of the well-heeled Wright family, Todd is a laidback, quick-thinking, excellent former private detective who fell on hard times after his flexible interpretation of the law got his license revoked.
Margaret’s penchant for excellence and strict adherence to the law is at complete odds with Todd’s scrappy methods of finding his way through sticky situations: by the seat of his wrinkled pants. When Todd inadvertently teams with his mother on a case, she’s surprised to find herself duly impressed by – and proud of – his crafty ability to sleuth out information with his charm and his wide-ranging tech savvy. At last, Margaret sees a way to put her son on a “suitable” path to living an adult, financially solvent life she approves of, and she asks him to join her firm. Todd agrees, since it means getting his license back and once again doing the job he excels at and loves.
Mother and son working together is a big first step toward mending their fragile, dysfunctional relationship, and they may even come away with a better understanding of each other at this pivotal point in their lives. But whether Todd and Margaret will be able to accept each other for who they are is another case entirely.
Chicago Med‘s Colin Donnell guest stars on CBS’s FBI: International season three episode 12. Directed by Milena Govich from a script by Roxanne Paredes, episode 12 – “Gift” – will air on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT.
Luke Kleintank finishes up his run as Special Agent Scott Forrester with season three. Heida Reed stars as Special Agent Jamie Kellett, Carter Redwood is Special Agent Andre Raines, Vinessa Vidotto plays Special Agent Cameron Vo, Eva-Jane Willis is Europol Agent Megan “Smitty” Garretson, and Christina Wolfe is Special Agent Amanda Tate.
“Gift” Plot: When the owner of a prominent cyber security company is murdered in Copenhagen, mass amounts of data are leaked, sending the NSA to the Fly Team for assistance, including the Bureau’s liaison to the NSA.
FBI: International Season 3 Description, Courtesy of CBS:
From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf, fast-paced drama FBI: International is the third iteration of the successful FBI brand that follows the elite operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s International Fly Team. Headquartered in Budapest, they travel throughout Europe with the mission of tracking and neutralizing threats against American citizens wherever they may be, putting their lives on the line to protect the U.S. and its people.
The Fly Team’s Special Agent Scott Forrester, their accomplished and dedicated leader, puts his missions ahead of his personal life. Second in command is Special Agent Jamie Kellett, a heroic and fearless investigator – and her extensive network of informants is a powerful resource. Special Agent Andre Raines shines in the field and makes good use of his accounting background in tracking criminal enterprises’ moving money. Special Agent Cameron Vo, a competitive West Point grad, excels at interrogation and strategy, and Megan “Smitty” Garretson, a streetwise Europol agent with an extensive undercover background, uses her expertise to liaise with each host country they inhabit.
Newly embedded with the Fly Team is Special Agent Amanda Tate, a confident and tech savvy intel analyst, who stays quick on her feet and remains calm in the midst of chaos. Always at the scene where American interests are at risk, FBI: International is a globe-trotting depiction of law enforcement overseas.
Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf in ‘Brilliant Minds’ (Photo by: Rafy/NBC)
NBC‘s fall 2024 primetime schedule will include a new drama and two new comedies. Zachary Quinto headlines the new drama Brilliant Minds based on a true story, and the network’s also debuting the mockumentary St. Denis Medical featuring Wendi McLendon-Covey, Allison Tolman, and David Alan Grier this fall. And Reba McEntire stars in the new multi-camera comedy Happy’s Place about a woman who inherits a bar from her dad and discovers he had a few surprising skeletons in his closet.
NBC’s lineup of returning dramas includes The Irrational, Found, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Law & Order, and Law & Order: SVU. Comedies Lopez vs. Lopez and Night Court return along with The Voice and Dateline NBC.
NBC will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live with a special SNL weekend that concludes with a live three-hour primetime special on Sunday, February 16th at 8pm ET/PT. Other planned specials include Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande and airing on November 25th.
The network’s planning midseason launches for the unscripted competition series Destination X and the thriller The Hunting Party. Plus, Tom Hanks will narrate The Americas event series premiering on February 23, 2025.
TUESDAY
8-8:30 P.M. —St. Denis Medical
8:30-9 P.M. — Night Court
9-10 P.M. — The Voice
10-11 P.M. — The Irrational
WEDNESDAY
8-9 P.M. — Chicago Med
9-10 P.M. — Chicago Fire
10-11 P.M. — Chicago P.D.
THURSDAY
8-9 P.M. — Law & Order
9-10 P.M. — Law & Order: SVU
10-11 P.M. — Found
FRIDAY
8-8:30 P.M. — Happy’s Place
8:30-9 P.M. — Lopez vs. Lopez
9-11 P.M — Dateline NBC
SATURDAY
7-7:30 P.M. ET— Big Ten Pregame / Notre Dame Pregame (also live on Peacock)
7:30-11 P.M. ET— Big Ten Saturday Night / Notre Dame Football (also live on Peacock)
SUNDAY
7-8:20 P.M. ET— Football Night in America (also live on Peacock)
8:20-11 P.M. ET— NBC Sunday Night Football (also live on Peacock)
Reba McEntire and Belissa Escobedo in ‘Happy’s Place’ (Photo by: Casey Durkin/NBC)
NBC’s New Series/Specials Descriptions:
HAPPY’S PLACE – Bobbi (Reba McEntire) inherits her father’s bar and is less than thrilled to discover that she has a new business partner in the half-sister she never knew she had. The series stars Reba McEntire, Belissa Escobedo, Melissa Peterman, Pablo Castelblanco, Tokala Black Elk, and Rex Linn.
ST. DENIS MEDICAL – A mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity. The cast includes Wendi McClendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman, Josh Lawson, Mekki Leeper, Kahyun Kim, and Kaliko Kauahi.
BRILLIANT MINDS – Inspired by the extraordinary life and work of world-famous author and physician Oliver Sacks, Brilliant Minds follows a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier – the human mind – while grappling with their own relationships and mental health.
The cast includes Zachary Quinto, Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Teddy Sears, and Donna Murphy.
THE HUNTING PARTY – A high-concept crime procedural about a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist. The cast includes Melissa Roxburgh.
THE AMERICAS – From BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the creators of the critically acclaimed and multi-Emmy Award-winning Planet Earth and Blue Planet, in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, comes the epic 10-part tentpole event series The Americas.
Marking the first time acclaimed actor, producer and writer Tom Hanks will narrate an unscripted entertainment series, The Americas will also feature music by two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer. This incomparable project will employ revolutionary filmmaking technology that will showcase the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the Americas – Earth’s largest landmass and the only one to stretch between both poles – and reveal extraordinary, untold wildlife stories that deeply connect with millions around the world.
DESTINATION X – Merging fantasy with reality in this larger-than-life adventure competition series, viewers will follow contestants as they embark on the road trip of a lifetime but have no idea of their location. In order to win, they must figure out their mystery locations. Once they’re on the blacked-out Destination X bus, the journey transforms into a real-life game board, with challenges designed to offer clever clues as to their location, along with a few misdirects to keep them guessing.
At the end of each episode, the contestant who places an X on a map furthest from the actual location packs their bags. The first participant to reach Destination X will be crowned the winner. With high stakes and mind-blowing, spectacular gameplay, the series will keep viewers engaged and playing along on all screens.
DEFYING GRAVITY: THE CURTAIN RISES ON WICKED – In celebration of the generation-defining, cinematic event of the year, international superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande lead an all-star cast in a journey through a dazzling new vision of Oz, created for Universal Pictures’ Wicked. As they unveil some of the most spectacular sets ever created for film, Wicked stars Erivo and Grande are joined by Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, and more to host this thrilling behind-the-scenes special, sharing their personal memories, intimate video diaries and secrets of the making of Wicked, culminating in the debut of a world-exclusive scene from the film.
Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan on ‘American Idol’ (Disney/Christopher Willard)
ABC announced the renewal of seven of their primetime unscripted series, including The Bachelor and American Idol. Celebrity Jeopardy!, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, Dancing With the Stars, Shark Tank, and What Would You Do? have also officially been given new season orders.
American Idol scored its eighth season on ABC and 23rd season overall. The Bachelor, hosted by Jesse Palmer, was renewed for a 29th season of giving an eligible man a chance to find true love. Celebrity Jeopardy!, currently hosted by Ken Jennings, will return for season three. Dancing With the Stars will continue showcasing the unexpected dance talents of celebrities for season 33.
ABC’s Celebrity Wheel of Fortune is returning to earn money for charities for a fifth season. Shark Tank will be back to recognize talented entrepreneurs with season 16. And What Would You Do? hosted by John Quiñones has been renewed for season 17.
ABC recently announced their game show-heavy summer primetime lineup which includes new seasons of Press Your Luck, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Celebrity Family Feud, and Claim to Fame. The network’s adding Lucky 13, hosted by Shaquille O’Neal and Gina Rodriguez, to its primetime summer lineup. And Steve Harvey returns to rule over cases on Judge Steve Harvey season two.
This summer’s The Bachelorette marks the first time an Asian American bachelorette will be featured. Jenn Tran appeared on Joey Graziadei’s The Bachelor season and will star in the season 21 of ABC’s The Bachelorette.
Jason Statham commits to ‘Mutiny’ (Photo Credit: Dan Smith / Provided by Lionsgate)
Jason Statham (The Beekeeper) is attached to star in Mutiny, an action thriller from director Jean-François Richet (Plane, Mesrine: Killer Instinct). Lionsgate has picked up the North American rights, and filming is expected to get underway in the UK this September.
“In Mutiny, after his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered in front of him, Cole Reed is set up to take the fall for the crime — leaving him on the run as he works to uncover an international conspiracy,” reads the official synopsis.
Lindsay Michel and J.P. Davis (Plane, The Contractor) wrote the screenplay. Jason Statham’s new production company Punch Palace Productions and Marc Butan, under his MadRiver Pictures banner, are producing.
“Jason Statham is one of the most kinetic action stars in the world and we look forward to teaming him up with Jean-François and the MadRiver team who we previously worked with on Plane,” stated Lauren Bixby, SVP, Co-Productions and Acquisitions for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. “We can’t wait to see that creative energy once again as we bring Mutiny to life.”
Statham’s films include Meg 2: The Trench, Expend4bles, and Fast X. He recently finished work on David Ayer’s action thriller Levon’s Trade with David Harbour.
Per the official acquistion announcement: “This film marks the first venture under MadRiver Pictures’ recently announced multi-year equity financing and distribution deal with international distributors including DeAPlaneta (Spain), Eagle Pictures (Italy), IDC Distribution (Latin America), Italia Film (Middle East), LEONINE Studios (Germany and Austria), Shochiku (Japan), SND (France) and Unicorn Media (Eastern Europe), who will each handle distribution in their respective territories. CAA Media Finance handled the domestic sale, while The Veterans will represent the international rights and will be introducing the film to buyers in Cannes.”
Maia Reficco, Zaria, Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, and Malia Pyles in ‘Pretty Little Liars: Summer School’ episode 2 (Photo Photo by Karolina Wojtasik/Max)
Max’s Pretty Little Liars: Summer School episode two opens with Imogen (Bailee Madison) freaking out, thinking she is seeing things late at night while alone in her room. But it turns out nothing is there. From that spooky opening bit, we dive straight into summer school.
The First Day of Summer School
As the girls start summer school, the weather matches their gloomy mood. Their disdain for having to be there is obvious.
The girls discover they are all in the same class, except for poor Imogen. She’s having none of it when assigned to a different class, and deposits herself in the class with her friends. Unfortunately, the teacher isn’t up for her shenanigans and sends her to the “overflow” class. Apparently, “overflow” is where all the school’s bad kids are sent.
Imogen takes a seat and finds a rose in her desk.
A girl by the name of Jen (Ava Capri) walks into class and it appears she and Noa (Maia Reficco) know each other. Noa goes into the bathroom to say hi and we learn they met in juvie.
Imogen tells Dr. Sullivan (Annabeth Gish) during group therapy how unhappy she is that she’s not with her friends. All the girls complain, and the doctor suggests they have fun after school.
Imogen stays to talk to Dr. Sullivan about the medication she is taking. She thinks the drugs are making her see things. Her mom had a history of depression, so she believes that talking to her dad about her mom and the medication she was on will help.
Wes hires a new guy, Christian (Noah Alexander Gerry), to work at the theater and Tabby (Chandler Kinney) seems attracted to him. Also on the work front, Faran (Zaria) is working out when her coach offers her a lifeguard position.
Noa and Jen are catching up when Jen comes out and asks if she was a part of the Millwood massacre. Noa confirms she was.
Although they’ve been advised not to give out their phone numbers, multiple people are asking for them. The girls are reluctant but ultimately give out their numbers.
Imogen visits her dad, and he wonders what’s going on. She confesses she’s feeling a lot of anxiety and taking medication. He offers his home if she wants to spend some time away from everything.
Kelly (Mallory Bechtel) and Greg (Elias Kacavas) are back at her church, again, and Greg thinks it’s crazy. Kelly seems to have a rival, even in church. Sandy (Lilla Crawford) appears to be her latest nemesis.
Imogen applies for a job at a diner and lies about her name. Meanwhile, Noa confesses to Shawn (Alex Aiono) that her mom is still in rehab.
Imogen tells Tabby that she went to see her dad and that she got a job at a diner that happens to be near her dad’s house. Tabby talks about the new theater guy, Christian, and Imogen notices she’s looking at his Instagram. Imogen accidentally likes one of his old photos using Tabby’s account.
Kelly and Greg are practicing for the church play when he tries to take a kiss further. He’s clearly frustrated with her new lifestyle.
Mouse (Malia Pyles), who is now staying with her grandmother while her mom takes a cruise, finds a rose being held by a doll in her mom’s shop. When her grandma tries to use their computer, she sees the Spooky Spaghetti site. While closing the site, Mouse sees a “have you seen this person” post about teens Nick and Sabrina. She realizes they are the kids who were absent from her summer school class.
Bailee Madison and Chandler Kinney in ‘Pretty Little Liars: Summer School’ episode 2 (Photo by Karolina Wojtasik/Max)
Tuesday
Mouse informs the girls about the teens who went missing after going to Bloody Rose Waters’ shack in the woods. They argue over whether Blood Rose is real, and Imogen’s shocked to learn they went to a creepy cabin without her. Minutes later, Noa finds a rose in her locker.
Faran tries out for lifeguard and in a race against Greg, she beats him.
Noa’s boss informs her that her friend Jen came by wanting a job. Noa says she doesn’t mind if he hires her.
Wes and Christian are arguing over zombie movies when Tabby jumps in and schools them. Wes tries to get Tabby to show Christian her film, describing her as the ultimate real-life final girl. She doesn’t want to and instead asks for time off to go with her friends to see Imogen at her new job.
The BFFs think it’s strange Imogen is going by her mom’s middle name at work. They also think it’s weird that her job is so far away. Imogen confesses she wants to be someone else where people don’t know her.
Imogen is alone at a bus stop at night when she sees Bloody Rose Waters in the woods. The bus pulls up just in time.
Mouse and Ash are suddenly awakened by her grandmother screaming. Grandma claims there was a woman outside her window looking in. Ash goes to investigate while grandma reveals that the woman was covered in bloody bandages.
Zaria, Malia Pyles, Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, and Maia Reficco in ‘Pretty Little Liars: Summer School’ episode 2 (Photo by Karolina Wojtasik/Max)
Wednesday
Morning arrives, and Mouse’s grandma doesn’t seem to remember the night before at all. She claims she sleepwalks sometimes.
At school, Imogen’s friends notice she seems off. She’s back in their class and tells the teacher she belongs in this class with her friends. Imogen also declares that she’s not leaving.
The girls take Imogen out of class and ask what’s going on. Imogen confesses that she’s hallucinating; she is seeing Bloody Rose and her mom. She tells them about her encounter at the bus stop. Imogen breaks down and explains why she doesn’t want to be herself. She has been through a lot and just wants to escape her life. Imogen wants to be a girl who didn’t have a baby, who didn’t lose her mother, and who wasn’t attacked by a serial killer. Her friends tell her they love her and the love who she is now.
Imogen apologizes for having a psychotic breakdown during their hot girl summer.
Kelly finds out that she got the part of the Virgin Mary in the church play while her Greg got the part of pre-marital sex teens alongside her rival, Sandy.
Tabby has a change of heart and offers to show Christian her film. He talks her into showing it on the big screen and hosting a premiere. It’ll be the first time her friends and family have seen it together in a theater.
Faran has just discovered a rose in her gym bag when she’s interrupted by someone yelling Greg’s name. It’s her boyfriend, Henry (Ben Cook), and he’s come to confront Greg. After Greg uses homophobic slurs, Faran punches him in the nose. Her coach basically tells her not to let it happen again and lets her know she is going to be the captain. She swam circles around the other lifeguards.
Imogen visits Dr. Sullivan and wonders if she is a lost cause. The doctor thinks they should adjust her meds. Plus, she’ll get her moved into the same class as her friends.
Noa and Jen are reminiscing about juvie at work when Shawn walks in. She introduces him to Jen, and Jen insists she wouldn’t have survived juvie without Noa.
Faran offers to get Henry a job at the pool, but he won’t take it. It turns out that he can’t swim. However, Kelly has been contacting him about a part in a play at her church that he might be interested in.
Kelly confronts Greg about Sandy. She convinces him not to get with her rival.
The girls are wowed by the Orpheum’s marquee promoting Tabby’s film. They’re impressed with Christian’s thoughtfulness and think he must be crushing on Tabby.
They watch the film on the big screen and Christian says he loves it. (They’re the only ones in the theater.) The girls come up with excuses to leave so Christian can walk her home. As Tabby and Christian go through the theater closing duties, Tabby finds a rose. She mistakenly assumes it’s from Christian.
Imogen stops in at an ice cream shop, locally this time, and asks for an application. Johnny (Antonio Cipriano) hands her one and she introduces herself by her real name. She receives a call from an unknown caller, but she doesn’t answer.
As Tabby and Christian walk home, they bond over movies. She also receives a call from an unknown caller and doesn’t answer.
Faran too receives the call, but she doesn’t see it.
While Noa lies beside Shawn in bed, she has a flashback of cuddling with Jen in juvie. Her thoughts are interrupted by an unknown caller.
Pretty Little Liars: Summer School episode two ends with a bang … or should I say with a stab. Sandy is angry that Greg stood her up for Kelly. She writes a vicious text telling Greg to enjoy his time cuddling with a fake virgin. Before she can get in her car, she’s stabbed to death by Bloody Rose.
Mouse’s cell rings with the unknown caller notification while she’s scrolling through Spooky Spaghetti. She doesn’t answer. Seconds later, she receives an invitation from Bloody Rose Waters to chat. Mouse accepts and a woman’s disguised voice threatens her. “Save your breath. You’ll need it.”
‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ sequel announcement poster (Photo Credit: Amazon MGM Studios)
Proving romantic comedies are “in” again, Amazon MGM Studios announced a Red, White & Royal Blue sequel is in the works. Nicholas Galitzine (The Idea of You, Mary and George) and Taylor Zakhar Perez (The Kissing Booth 2 and 3) are attached to reprise their roles as Prince Henry and Alex Claremont-Diaz.
Details, including the official title, are being kept under wraps.
Matthew López returns as screenwriter, and Red, White & Royal Blue author Casey McQuiston is also confirmed to write the sequel. López and Berlanti Schechter Films’ Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Michael McGrath are producing. Author McQuiston is executive producing.
The first film, released on August 11, 2023, ranks as one of the top three most-watched romantic comedies on Prime Video.
“Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez), the son of the first woman President of the United States (Uma Thurman), and Britain’s Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine) have a lot in common: stunning good looks, undeniable charisma, international popularity…and a total disdain for each other. Separated by an ocean, their long-running feud hasn’t really been an issue, until a disastrous—and very public—altercation at a royal event becomes tabloid fodder driving a potential wedge in U.S./British relations at the worst possible time,” reads the original film’s synopsis.
“Going into damage control mode, their powerful families and respective handlers force the two rivals into a staged truce. But as Alex and Henry’s icy relationship unexpectedly begins to thaw into a tentative friendship, the friction that existed between them sparks something deeper than they ever expected.”
The original film also starred Clifton Collins Jr., Sarah Shahi, Rachel Hilson, and Stephen Fry. Ellie Bamber, Thomas Flynn, Malcolm Atobrah, Akshay Khanna, Sharon D Clarke, Aneesh Sheth, and Juan Castano were also part of the ensemble of the LGBTQ love story.
Michael Raymond-James (Once Upon a Time) returns to guest star as Ethan McPherson on CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted season five episode 12. Directed by Jean De Segonzac from a script by Ryan Causey, episode 12 – “Derby Day” – airs on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT.
Season five stars Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, and Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson. Edwin Hodge plays Special Agent Ray Cannon and Shantel VanSanten is Special Agent Nina Chase.
“Derby Day” Plot: When a mob-connected police informant is found murdered before a major crime boss is being indicted on federal charges, the Fugitive Task Force goes on a hunt for the killers. Meanwhile, Hana grows closer to Ethan.
FBI: Most Wanted Season 5 Description, Courtesy of CBS:
From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf, FBI: Most Wanted is a high-stakes drama that focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, an elite unit that relentlessly pursues and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. The team’s charming but formidable leader is Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, who started his career in the New York FBI field office before rising through the ranks of the Bureau in Philadelphia and Las Vegas.
The team includes Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, a former NYPD detective and forensics expert who is raising two young children with her wife; Special Agent Hana Gibson, a gifted millennial computer whiz with a sharp wit and mad hacking skills; Special Agent Ray Cannon, who is a former New Orleans cop-turned-junior detective and worked Violent Crimes in Albany after following in his retired FBI agent father’s footsteps.
The newest member of the Fugitive Task Force is well-seasoned Special Agent Nina Chase who, most recently, worked assorted cases with the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Originally from the Houston field office where she specialized in undercover work, Nina is a standout agent who is skilled with cars and has a penchant for driving fast. Always in the field and always on the run, FBI: Most Wanted is a weekly adrenaline shot about the thrill of the chase.
