Discovery Channel’s Expedition From Hell: The Lost Tapes documentary series takes a deep dive into the story of Mickey Grosman and his disastrous Amazon expedition. The limited series kicks off on Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT with a two-hour premiere.
“Pulled from hundreds of hours of footage, every episode of this compelling docuseries includes terrifying obstacles endured by those who chose to join the expedition,” stated Howard Lee, President of Discovery Networks. “As we dug deeper to understand the motives behind those who took part in this doomed adventure, even we were surprised by what we saw.”
Discovery Channel offered this synopsis of the new docuseries:
“The series unfolds a stranger-than-fiction story of Mickey Grosman, a former special forces demolitions expert who took a group of amateur adventurers on a nearly impossible journey across South America. Positioned as a charity trek for cancer awareness, participants were to be part of a 5,000-mile expedition across the continent through the deepest parts of the Amazon jungle. Only one claims to have made it to the end…Mickey Grosman.
Expedition From Hell: The Lost Tapes uses the over 700 hours of archival footage shot from the trip to unfold a fascinating series of misfortunes and ineptitudes that quickly turned what was to be an already challenging expedition into a near constant struggle to survive. Tracing the rise and fall (and fall again) of a doomed adventure involving kidnapping, prison escapes, and a missing person, Expedition From Hell: The Lost Tapes uncovers brand new revelations that shock even those who were alongside Grosman during the ill-fated adventure.”
Dee’s friend is in deep trouble and needs McCall’s help on CBS’s The Equalizer season four episode seven. Directed by Tamika Miller from a script by Faythallegra Claude and Onalee Hunter Hughes, episode seven – “Legendary” – will air on Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 8pm ET/PT.
Queen Latifah leads the cast as Robyn McCall, Tory Kittles stars as Detective Marcus Dante, Adam Goldberg is Harry Keshegian, Liza Lapira is Melody “Mel” Bayani, and Laya DeLeon Hayes plays Delilah. Lorraine Toussaint plays Viola “Vi” Marsette.
“Legendary” Plot: Dee asks McCall to help find her transgender friend when the teen goes missing. Meanwhile, Dante is surprised when Big Ben’s parole officer approaches him to chaperone his father for an out-of-state trip.
The Equalizer Series Description, Courtesy of CBS:
The Equalizer is a reimagining of the classic series starring Academy Award nominee and multi-hyphenate Queen Latifah as Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills as a former CIA operative to help those with nowhere else to turn. McCall presents to most as an average single mom who is quietly raising her teenage daughter. But to a trusted few, she is The Equalizer – an anonymous guardian angel and defender of the downtrodden, who’s also dogged in her pursuit of personal redemption.
Robyn’s clandestine work and her personal life collide when her smart and observant daughter, Delilah, and her aunt Vi, who lives with Robyn to help her balance life as a working mother, discover her secret career as a vigilante. While Robyn contends with uncertainty at home, she is joined in her pursuit of justice by Melody “Mel” Bayani, an edgy bar owner and sniper from Robyn’s past; and Harry Keshegian, a paranoid and brilliant white-hat hacker.
As Robyn aids the oppressed and exploited, she sometimes works with Marcus Dante, an NYPD detective who once sought to uncover her identity, but now respects the need for Robyn’s type of justice even as he often questions her methods.
CSI: Vegas fans just received bad news when CBS decided season three will be the show’s final season. That means there are only four new episodes left, including episode seven. Written and directed by Safia M. Dirie, episode seven airs on Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT.
Season three stars Paula Newsome as Maxine Roby, Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows, Matt Lauria as Joshua Folsom, and Mandeep Dhillon as Allie Rajan. Ariana Guerra is Detective Serena Chavez, Lex Medlin plays Beau Finado, and Jay Lee is Chris Park.
“Coinkydink” Plot: When a fitness guru is found dead in a gym sauna and his soon-to-be son-in-law is found dead from an apparent hunting accident, the CSI team investigates to see if these deaths are unrelated tragic accidents or if they’re connected.
CSI: Vegas returns for its third season and continues the legacy of the global hit franchise. Amidst the neon lights and long shadows, dark threats lurk in Sin City. Maxine Roby (Newsome) leads her brilliant team of crime scene investigators – Catherine Willows (Helgenberger), Allie Rajan (Dhillon), Detective Serena Chavez (Guerra), Chris Park (Lee) and Beau Finado (Medlin) – as they use science to solve baffling mysteries. Chief among them: who framed their colleague, Joshua Folsom (Lauria), for a gruesome murder?
The most daunting and dangerous cases in the history of this storied franchise are coming, and the team will have to deploy the latest forensic techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.
Director David Leitch describes his action comedy The Fall Guy as a reflection of his experiences as a stuntman. Leitch, the perfect filmmaker to tackle a fresh take on the classic TV series, takes viewers behind the scenes of the thriller in Universal Pictures’ latest look at the May 3, 2024 theatrical release.
Oscar nominees Ryan Gosling (Barbie, La La Land, Half Nelson) and Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer) star in the much-anticipated action-fest. The cast also includes Winston Duke (the Black Panther franchise), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Bullet Train), Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
Drew Pearce wrote the screenplay and serves as an executive producer along with Geoff Shaevitz and Glen A. Larson. Producers include Gosling, Leitch, Kelly McCormick, and Guymon Casady.
The Fall Guy Plot, Courtesy of Universal Pictures:
He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows, and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy, and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?
From real-life stunt man and director David Leitch, the blockbuster director of Bullet Train, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde, and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw and the producer of John Wick, Nobody, and Violent Night, comes his most personal film yet. A new hilarious, hard-driving, all-star apex-action thriller and love letter to action movies and the hard-working and under-appreciated crew of people who make them: The Fall Guy.
Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling stars as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman who, having left the business a year earlier to focus on both his physical and mental health, is drafted back into service when the star of a mega-budget studio movie — being directed by his ex, Jody Moreno, played by Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt — goes missing.
While the film’s ruthless producer (Waddingham), maneuvers to keep the disappearance of star Tom Ryder (Taylor-Johnson) a secret from the studio and the media, Colt performs the film’s most outrageous stunts while trying (with limited success) to charm his way back into Jody’s good graces. But as the mystery around the missing star deepens, Colt will find himself ensnared in a sinister, criminal plot that will push him to the edge of a fall more dangerous than any stunt.
Danny and Baez are on the case when patients begin dying after being admitted to a hospital on CBS’s Blue Bloods season 14 episode seven. “On the Ropes,” directed by Doug Aarniokoski from a script by Dan Truly and Peter D’Antonio, will air on Friday, April 26, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT.
Tom Selleck returns to lead the final season’s cast as Frank Reagan. Donnie Wahlberg stars as Danny Reagan, Bridget Moynahan plays Erin Reagan, Will Estes is Jamie Reagan, Len Cariou is Henry Reagan, Marisa Ramirez plays Maria Baez, and Vanessa Ray stars as Eddie Janko.
“On the Ropes” Plot: Jamie works to bust a group of scammers who use artificial intelligence to defraud the elderly. Also, Danny and Baez investigate a series of mysterious deaths at a hospital. Anthony is determined to take down an attorney who exploits the law for his own financial gain. Frank disapproves when he learns Gormley is planning to face off against fellow officers in a “smoker” boxing match.
Blue Bloods is a drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner, and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as chief.
A source of pride and concern for Frank is his eldest son, Danny, a seasoned detective, family man, and Iraq War vet who on occasion uses dubious tactics to solve cases with his partner Detective Maria Baez. Erin, the middle daughter, is a New York assistant D.A. who serves as the legal compass for her siblings and father. Jamie is the youngest Reagan, a Harvard Law graduate, and the family’s golden boy. Unable to deny the family tradition, Jamie decided to give up a lucrative future in law and follow in the family footsteps as a cop. He’s found a friend and ally in his wife, Eddie, who keeps him on his toes and has very different reasons than the Reagans for joining the police force.
Netflix offered the first look at the upcoming A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series with the release of the first two photos. Emma Myers (Wednesday) leads the cast of the live-action series based on the bestselling young adult trilogy by Holly Jackson.
“I’m thrilled about this show, and getting to be Pip has been a dream,” said Myers in a feature on Netflix’s Tudum. “Whether you’ve read the book or not, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is an experience all around. I think people are really going to like it.”
In addition to Myers, the six-episode season stars Zain Iqbal, Anna Maxwell Martin, Gary Beadle, Mathew Baynton, India Lillie Davies, and Rahul Pattni. Henry Ashton, Mitu Panicucci, Orla Hill, Ephraim O.P. Sampson, Carla Woodcock, and Yasmin Al-Khudhairi also star in the mystery thriller.
The ensemble also includes Jackson Bews, Jessica Webber, Matthew Khan, Georgia Aaron, Oliver Wickham, Adam Astill, and Annabel Mullion.
“Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend Sal Singh. Case closed. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But smart and single-minded Pip Fitz-Amobi isn’t so sure and she’s determined to prove it,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “And if Sal Singh isn’t a murderer and the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth?”
Poppy Cogan adapted Jackson’s book and Dolly Wells directs. Additional writers include Zia Ahmed, Ajoke Ibironke, and Ruby Thomas. The series is a Moonage Pictures production, in co-production with ZDFneo and Netflix. Florence Walker produces, with Wells, Cogan, author Holly Jackson, and Moonage Pictures’ Matthew Read, Matthew Bouch, and Frith Tiplady executive producing. ZDFneo’s Jonas Melcher and BBC’s Lucy Richer and Danielle Scott-Haughton also serve as executive producers.
Netflix is targeting a 2024 release, following the series’ debut in the UK and Ireland on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.
So Help Me Todd fans only have four new episodes, including season two episode seven, to visit with Margaret and Todd. Episode seven, “Faux-Bituary,” will air on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT. Nancy Hower directs from a script by Wendy Mericle.
The network canceled the series after just two seasons, and series creator Scott Prendergast took to Instagram to post a thank you to everyone who supported the show.
“Thank you CBS for the phenomenal opportunity. CBS is truly a wonderful place to work. Everyone is so supportive, respectful and SMART. Every single executive I interacted with had only one goal in mind: how do we turn your idea into a great show on CBS? Working on this level, with this scope, with these actors, on these sets, with these writers, with this brilliant crew, this wardrobe, these editors, these composers, these creative executives who care so very much – has been the best professional experience of my life.
What a privilege to stand on our huge stages and watch all these magicians at work. It is so extraordinary to get to dream up these ideas and characters and jokes and stories and then stand back as incredibly talented professionals bring them to life. WHAT LUCK! WHAT JOY! WHAT GREAT SUCCESS! I took a story about me and my Mom and hundreds of people came together to build it into something else, something huge, something beautiful, something funny. Thank you to everyone involved, and to all our viewers. One million thank yous will never be enough.
Thank you, thank you, thank Todd for you. And goodbye.”
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.
“Faux-Bituary” Plot: Margaret and Todd team up to help a man who has been declared legally dead, even though he is very much alive.
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.
Marvel Studios dropped trailer #2 for Deadpool & Wolverine and it more than lives up to expectations. There’s R-rated banter, plenty of insults, a little bit of the story, and lots of shared onscreen time with the titular characters.
“It took seven years and a lot of begging but my Deadpool 2 end credit dreams finally came true,” tweeted Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds posted the trailer on his social with the caption: “Found the guy who killed Bambi’s mom.” Hugh Jackman responded with, “Good to see Dopey still getting work.”
Reynolds reprises his role as Deadpool and Jackman’s back as Wolverine. They’re joined by Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, and Matthew Macfadyen. Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, and Shawn Levy wrote the screenplay, and Shawn Levy directed.
Reynolds, Levy, Kevin Feige, and Lauren Shuler Donner produced, with Louis D’Esposito, Wendy Jacobson, Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, George Dewey, and Simon Kinberg executive producing.
Deadpool & Wolverine opens in theaters on July 26, 2024.
Dakota Fanning (The Alienist) takes her bird on a trip straight into hell on earth in the official trailer for New Line Cinema’s The Watchers. The nearly three-minute trailer shows Fanning trapped in a remote building with strangers, with creatures watching their every move.
The cast of the horror thriller, based on A.M. Shine’s novel, includes Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Oliver Finnegan (Creeped Out), and Olwen Fouere (The Northman). Ishana Night Shyamalan, daughter of M. Night Shyamalan, makes her feature film directorial debut with The Watchers. Ishana Night Shyamalan also adapted Shine’s novel for the screen.
“The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night,” reads New Line Cinema’s synopsis. “You can’t see them, but they see everything.”
OLIVER FINNEGAN, OLWEN FOUÉRÉ, DAKOTA FANNING and GEORGINA CAMPBELL in ‘The Watchers’ (Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)
M. Night Shyamalan produced the film with Ashwin Rajan and Nimitt Mankad. Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer executive produced. The behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Eli Arenson (Lamb), production designer Ferdia Murphy (Finding You), editor Job ter Burg (Benedetta), and costume designer Frank Gallacher (Aftersun). Abel Korzeniowski (The Nun) is in charge of the music.
New Line Cinema will release The Watchers on June 7, 2024.
Prepare for another emotionally-charged episode with CBS’s SWAT season seven episode 10. The promo confirms the team is saying goodbye to yet another member. Episode 10 – “SNAFU” – will air on Friday, April 26, 2024 at 8pm ET/PT.
Alex Russell directs from a script by Charlie Haddaway.
Shemar Moore leads the cast as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, Jay Harrington stars as David “Deacon” Kay, David Lim is Victor Tan, Rochelle Aytes is Nichelle Carmichael, Anna Enger Ritch as Zoe Powell, and Patrick St. Esprit is Robert ‘Bob’ Hicks. Kenny Johnson recurs as Dominique Luca and Alex Russell recurs as Jim Street.
“SNAFU” Plot: As 20-Squad scrambles to track down a cold-blooded sniper terrorizing Los Angeles, Hondo discovers a link to his own South L.A. neighborhood that brings a personal twist to the hunt for the deadly shooter. Meanwhile, Tan finds himself questioning his leadership abilities while Powell and Alfaro compete in a classic game of SWAT tag.
Inspired by the television series and the feature film, S.W.A.T. stars Shemar Moore as a former Marine and locally born and raised S.W.A.T. sergeant tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles. Torn between loyalty to where he was raised and allegiance to his brothers in blue, Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson strives to bridge the divide between his two worlds.
