Demi Lovato sings “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” Paris Hilton shows off a meat cake, and Trixie Mattel performs a “Nutcracker” rendition in the official trailer for Roku’s A Very Demi Holiday Special. The one-minute video also features Tiffany Haddish wearing her Ugly Christmas Sweater and revealing her definition of Bar Mitzvah.
Even sportscaster Rich Eisen pops up in a brief appearance in the trailer for Demi Lovato’s 2023 Christmas special.
“We’ve had the honor of collaborating with Demi a number of times, and across documentaries, music videos, live performances, and podcasts, we’ve seen first-hand how uniquely multi-talented Demi is,” said OBB Founder and CEO Michael D. Ratner. “Yet again, in typical Demi fashion, A Very Demi Holiday Special delivers. We’re excited to be working with the Roku team on a project that brings some much-needed joy for the 2023 holidays!”
A Very Demi Holiday Special is produced by OBB Pictures and executive produced by Demi Lovato, Todd Yasui, and OBB’s Michael D. Ratner, Scott Ratner, Kfir Goldberg, and Simone Spira.
“Together with Demi and the OBB Pictures team, we’ve created a truly fun and unique holiday experience for viewers to connect with and laugh over,” said Brian Tannenbaum, Head of Originals, Roku Media. “We can’t wait for audiences to unwrap this one-of-kind Roku Original special.”
The holiday special is set to stream on The Roku Channel beginning Friday, December 8, 2023.
Poster for ‘A Very Demi Holiday Special’ (Photo Credit: Tori Time / OBB Media)
Emma Corrin as Darby and Jermaine Fowler as Martin in ‘A Murder at the End of the World’ episode 4 (Photo CR: Chris Saunders/FX)
We’re halfway through FX’s limited series A Murder at the End of the World and the death toll is now up to two. After Rohan’s death at the end of episode three, episode four opens with everyone being moved underground per Andy’s orders.
As the guests begin to speculate on what could have happened, Martin (Jermaine Fowler) wants to know what Darby (Emma Corrin) thinks. Darby believes Rohan had a heart attack but thinks that because he had a pacemaker, it’s possible the software to it could be hacked. Lee (Brit Marling) asks the head of security’s wife, Eva, if they have a home monitoring system there. Eva confirms they do indeed have one, but it was taken from the medical suite today. She discovered someone plugged it in and turned it on.
Todd (Louis Cancelmi) informs the group that there’s a storm coming in and there happens to be an avalanche blocking the passage, so no one can leave. David (Raul Esparza) demands to know where Andy is and is told he’s in a secure location. (No further details are disclosed.)
Darby request to examine Rohan’s body is denied.
Lu Mei (Joan Chen) thinks this would be a good idea: gather all your greatest competition and get rid of them one by one. As they all begin to argue, they’re told the security sweep is complete. They can all return to their rooms and are ordered to remain there.
After all the guests are walked to their rooms, they’re made to hand over all electronics to Todd. Darby gets a surprise visitor at her back door – Sian (Alice Braga – who came to apologize. Darby felt something was off with Bill’s death, and she didn’t believe her then but she does now.
Sian wants to go with Darby to examine Rohan’s body. She spent a lot of time with Andy when the place was being built and knows secret routes that can get them to Rohan without Todd being aware of what they’re doing.
As Darby examines Rohan’s body, she gives Sian the rundown on how a hacker could have caused his heart attack. Darby also finds the signaling device in his pocket and fills Sian in on the night she followed Rohan out and watched as he signaled someone.
They decide to try and find whoever Rohan was in communication with, donning high-tech gear to prevent hypothermia before heading out into the snow.
Sian asks if everyone is a suspect, and Darby confirms that anyone who’s a hacker definitely is. Bill was injected with morphine and whoever did it knew how to hack the security system to hide their presence. Sian thinks Bill uncovered a secret on his first night there. Even though she’s not sure what he discovered, she believes it’s connected to Rohan.
Emma Corrin as Darby Hart and Alice Braga as Sian in ‘A Murder at the End of the World’ episode 4 (Photo CR: Lilja Jons/FX)
Darby and Sian ride out on a snowmobile and find a pole with a rope attached to it that goes out into the water. When they pull on it, they discover a container with the words “Last Chance” written on it. (Last Chance is the name of Rohan’s boat.) Inside the container is an inflatable boat.
They need to head back before the storm hits, but the snowmobile suddenly stops working, forcing them to walk the rest of the way.
They come across a vehicle at the guard shack and Sian hacks into the system to get it started. Darby didn’t think Sian was capable of hacking into systems, and she’s immediately on alert at this new development.
Their drive back in extreme conditions makes Darby nervous. Darby wonders why, if Andy is worried about climate change coming so soon, he doesn’t release the helpful information that he has to the public. Sian thinks people won’t listen. She then lets Darby in on a secret: Ronson Industries’ coffers are dry, and the funding for his space program has been completely drained.
“I think he’s been draining the funds for something else – probably this place – but he won’t say why,” says Sian.
The vehicle hits a patch of black ice and Sian loses control. It rolls down an embankment.
Harris Dickinson as Bill and Emma Corrin as Darby Hart in ‘A Murder at the End of the World’ episode 4 (Photo CR: Chris Saunders/FX)
Darby has fallen out of the vehicle and there’s blood streaming down her face when we’re treated to a flashback of her time with Bill (Harris Dickinson). The flashback shows them questioning the medical examiner, showing him part of a jaw with the teeth still attached. The coroner reveals that this piece belongs to the skull he has.
Darby asks if they found any belongings with the body and learns they found a silver ring with “E. Bell” engraved into it. As they leave the medical examiner’s office, Bill begins to sneeze. He says it’s a condition called Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helioopthalmic Outburst Syndrome that causes him to sneeze in sudden light.
Bill figures out a way to get them a motel room without paying. As Darby begins to crack into the minibar, she tells Bill she thinks they’re close to finding the serial killer. However, Bill wants to talk about something else for the rest of the night. Darby decides to go for it with Bill and kisses him, but he stops her, stating it’s late and he wants to go to bed.
Darby’s hurt by the unexpected rejection.
The next morning, Bill asks Darby what she wants. She replies, “I want you to hold me.” This time he doesn’t pull away as they explore each other’s naked bodies.
Returning to current events, Sian struggles as she drags Darby back to the house. Darby wakes up to people standing over her, and Eva gives her something for the pain just as Andy (Clive Owen) walks in. He demands to know what Sian was doing. Sian discovers her helmet is stuck on her head and she only has two minutes until she runs out of oxygen. To save her they decide they need to perform a tracheotomy.
As Darby watches the procedure, she passes out.
Darby wakes up once again, but this time Lee is with her. She says Sian is fine and recovering in her room. Darby drifts off once more and awakens to Zoomer (Kellan Tetlow), Andy and Lee’s son, in her room. Episode four comes to a shocking end when Darby opens the curtains in the room. As bright light begins to pour into the room, Zoomer begins to sneeze uncontrollably.
Zoomer tells her he has the very same syndrome as Bill.
New episodes of FX’s A Murder at the End of the World air on Tuesdays on Hulu.
Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij (The OA) created the series and serve as writers, directors, and executive producers. Andrea Sperling, Melanie Marnich, and Nicki Paluga also executive produce.
The new trailer for Universal Pictures’ Night Swim opens with a scene similar to IT, with a pool drain subbing in for a sidewalk curb inlet. A child notices something floating in the drain and reaches for it when suddenly a grotesque arms shoots out and grabs the young girl.
A cat becomes a victim of whatever is haunting a backyard pool, and the home owner’s children seem to be particularly sensitive to the supernatural pool dwellers.
“My kids have seen things and I’m worried something is happening to my husband?” says the mom, played by Oscar nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin).
Bryce McGuire (Baghead) wrote and directed the horror film, with James Wan (The Conjuring) and Jason Blum (Five Nights at Freddy’s) producing. Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear and Judson Scott executive produce along with Blumhouse’s Ryan Turek.
Night Swim opens in theaters on January 5, 2024.
Poster for Universal Pictures’ ‘Night Swim’
Night Swim Plot, Courtesy of Universal Pictures:
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve (Condon), teenage daughter Izzy (Hoeferle) and young son Elliot (Warren).
Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash a malevolent force that will drag the family under, into the depths of inescapable terror.
Joe Keery as Gator Tillman and Jon Hamm as Roy Tillman in ‘Fargo’ season 5 episode 3 (Photo CR: Michelle Faye/FX)
Sheriff Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm) is listening to “Sixteen Tons” on the radio while he rolls up to the murder scene/gas station as FX’s Fargo season five episode three gets underway. For once, his son Gator (Joe Keery) has done the right thing by not broadcasting the fact Ole Munch killed his partner and left a menacing sign on his dead body. So far, only Roy’s aware the gas station’s upped its body count by one.
Gator praises Ole Munch’s big balls, and Roy points out Munch has altered the size of Gator’s. They’ve gotten smaller.
Roy orders Gator to dig up all the info he can on Ole Munch. And he warns his son to sleep with his gun cocked until the situation’s handled.
As for the sheriff’s dead body, they’re setting it up to look like he died in a car crash. Since Roy rules the roost, his death will be labeled an accident.
Roy returns home to find his father-in-law, Odin Little (Michael Copeman), is visiting and wants to talk business. He needs another shipment of guns. Why? Because 1776 is coming and they won’t take the country back by peaceful means.
Their conversation reveals that Roy’s been ordering weapons for the sheriff’s department and then claiming the shipments have gone missing. But with the Feds sniffing around, he’s leery of providing Odin and his crazy, conspiracy-nut followers with more guns right now.
(Reminder: this season’s events take place in Minnesota and North Dakota in 2019.)
Roy kisses his current wife, pauses to admire framed photos on the wall (including wedding photos with his former wife, Nadine, aka Dot), and checks on his twin girls. He’s in bed when Karen (Rebecca Liddiard) opens a chest full of sex props. Roy’s too distracted to be into it, but Karen keeps trying to entice him into a little canoodling.
He pushes her away, too busy obsessing over Dot. (Never would have guessed Roy has nipple rings!)
Juno Temple as Dorothy “Dot” Lyon in ‘Fargo’ season 5 (Photo CR: Frank W Ockenfels III/FX)
Meanwhile, Dot (Juno Temple) is keeping an eye out for any late-night action on their street. She’s got a plan, and to pull it off, she can’t have any nosy neighbors monitoring her movements. Dot’s one smart cookie and makes her way around the neighborhood, changing street signs. If Roy’s minions are still coming for her, they’ll have a dickens of a time navigating the mislabeled streets.
Wayne (David Rysdahl) is off to work, but first, he’s happy to report he called the alarm guy and will be taking the afternoon off to go to the gun store. Apparently, Dot’s makeshift system of exposed electrical wires and sledgehammers over the door convinced the poor guy that his wife’s taking the family’s security very seriously.
Dot barely hears him because she’s busy making the following shopping list:
Shotgun
Pistol
AR-15 ?
Juice boxes (apple)
Cheese
You know, your typical doomsday prepper list.
Dot announces she’s changed their Halloween costumes. Now, Wayne will be a zombie and she and Scotty will be zombie hunters. (They already have a version of Negan’s “Lucille.”)
“Maybe we can find something for the costumes at Gun World. Bulletproof vests and the like,” says Dot.
Sam Spruell as Ole Munch in ‘Fargo’ season 5 (Photo CR: Michelle Faye/FX)
Bismarck, North Dakota
An elderly woman trudges through the snow with a cart full of beer, returning home only to discover she has an unexpected visitor. It’s Ole Munch (Sam Spruell), and he declares that he lives there now.
And now we take a strange trip back in time 500 years to Wales in 1522. A man who looks exactly like Ole Munch is being punished and agrees to eat a dead man’s sins. (A meal is placed on the corpse in the coffin.) He takes the sins onto his own soul.
We return to current events, and Munch has made himself at home at his mother’s house, whether he’s welcome or not.
Wayne and Dot hit up Gun World, with Dot insisting stopping power is their number one priority. She also displays a wealth of knowledge about guns, and Wayne is justifiably stunned by the weapons she selects. Dot doesn’t flinch an eye at the $5,000 price tag, but every part of Wayne’s lanky body flinches at the grand total.
The clerk informs them there’s a seven-day waiting period for a background check. After all, he wouldn’t want to sell to psychopaths…or socialists. Dot is disturbed by the news but doesn’t have a legitimate excuse/believable lie that would allow her to make it a big deal. Instead, she checks out pepper spray as a stopgap measure.
Gator fumes in his room amongst his Don’t Tread on Me flag and risqué photos of models. He repeats, “I’m a winner,” believing that saying it will make it true. It won’t.
Lamorne Morris as Witt Farr in ‘Fargo’ season 5 (CR: Michelle Faye/FX)
North Dakota Deputy Witt Farr (Lamorne Morris) braves the icy sidewalk and enters the North Dakota Highway Patrol headquarters on crutches. His co-worker, Pete (Nathan Crockett), is shocked he’s back already since he’s supposed to be recovering from being shot.
Witt’s there to check out anything they recovered from the dead kidnapper, and Pete reveals someone’s beat him to it. Witt heads to the evidence storage and discovers Gator looking through the dead guy’s box. Gator slips the man’s wallet into his jacket just as Witt walks up. Witt knows he took something, and Gator claims Witt’s just seeing things. The situation escalates to Gator threatening Witt with violence, with a side helping of overt racism just because he’s a creep.
After Gator leaves, Witt discovers the evidence box now only contains a Slim Jim wrapper. On his way out, Witt gets the business card left at the desk by Gator.
As Witt’s doing an internet search on the Tillmans, Minnesota Police Deputy Indira Olmstead emails him a copy of Dot’s arrest report.
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lorraine Lyon in ‘Fargo’ season 5 (Photo CR: Michelle Faye/FX)
And speaking of Indira (Richa Moorjani), she and her boss meet with Lorraine Lyon (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and her attorney, the deliciously named Danish Graves (David Foley). Lorraine continues to insist her daughter-in-law was never kidnapped and any evidence to the contrary is nonsense. Indira doesn’t back down. She’s got the facts on her side – and Witt’s eyewitness account of the events. (Kudos to Noah Hawley for another season filled to the brim with dynamic female characters.)
Lorraine ignores Indira, aware she won’t get anywhere with her, and turns her attention to Indira’s male boss. She’d loved to wrap this up once and for all and hints she’s willing to spend a little cash to do so. It doesn’t work, and Indira’s supervisor backs her up.
Since the events took place in North Dakota, Lorraine and Danish conclude their interview with the Scandia police with a warning that any further questioning should be done by the North Dakota – not Minnesota – authorities.
Once the officers are gone, Lorraine orders Danish to bring in a Vegas security team headed by Earl Huffman they’ve used on prior occasions. Multiple teams will be stationed to protect the Lyon family, including a team devoted to covering Wayne’s house.
Lorraine’s seen Dot’s other side and believes now’s the time to keep her close. A former CIA agent is diving into her background.
Ole Munch pays close attention to the police radio he took from the dead sheriff.
Roy had thought it best to leave taking care of Dot until after the election, but he’s reconsidered the situation. It’s Halloween, and on All Hallow’s Eve, the dead return…and Dot’s basically returned from the dead, at least in his life. So now Roy wants Gator to take guys they can trust and hit Dot’s house. They can wear masks for cover since that won’t stand out on Halloween.
Gator absorbs the instructions but isn’t as cocky as usual. He knows Dot’s a force to be reckoned with. Plus, Ole Munch is lurking out there somewhere, just waiting to strike.
Night’s fallen by the time Gator and three buddies head to Scandia, with Gator warning them Dot’s the one they need to watch out for. Wayne shouldn’t be a problem.
Jon Hamm as Roy Tillman in ‘Fargo’ season 5 episode 3 (Photo CR: Michelle Faye/FX)
A montage shows Dot putting the finishing touches on Wayne’s zombie costume, Roy taking a seat in an empty chapel, and Ole Munch studying newspapers and his Bible. Wayne does his best zombie impression while Munch munches on pages of the Bible.
The streets are full of snow as Ole Munch strides through the trick-or-treaters.
Dot puts the finishing touches on her homemade security system before heading out with Scotty and Wayne. The phone rings seconds before she steps outside, and on the other end is a voice that sends waves of revulsion coursing through her body.
“Nadine…honey, is that you? Oh, Nadine, honey, is that you?” sings Roy. “Seems like every time I see you, darling, you got something else to do.”
Dot cuts off the song before Roy finishes, hanging up without uttering a word.
Ole Munch performs some sort of weird ritual, sacrificing a goat and covering himself with its blood.
Gator and his buddies cruise Nadine’s neighborhood with its recently rearranged street signs.
Dot takes special note of the van that’s passed her family a few times as they trick-or-treat. As the family returns home, Dot sees the van a few houses away. The driver puts it in reverse, and by the time Dot has followed her family to the front door, the van pulls up right in front of her house.
Dot steps inside, locks the door, and checks the sledgehammer poised to smack anyone who touches the light chain.
Episode three ends with a door creaking open and Ole Munch, dripping in blood and leaving bloody footprints, walking into a house.
Meg Bellamy and Ed McVey in ‘The Crown’ season 6 part 2 (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Netflix’s Emmy Award-winning series The Crown will come to a close with the upcoming release of season six part two. The final episodes of the series will introduce Ed McVey in the role of Prince William, Meg Bellamy as Kate Middleton, and Luther Ford taking on the role of Prince Harry.
The newcomers join returning series stars Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, and Dominic West as Prince Charles. Claudia Harrison is Princess Anne, Olivia Williams stars as Camilla Parker Bowles, and Bertie Carvel is Tony Blair.
“Prince William (McVey) tries to integrate back into life at Eton in the wake of his mother’s death as the monarchy has to ride the wave of public opinion,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “As she reaches her Golden Jubilee, the Queen (Staunton) reflects on the future of the monarchy with the marriage of Charles (West) and Camilla (Williams) and the beginnings of a new Royal fairytale in William and Kate (Bellamy).”
Part one premiered on November 16, 2023 and racked up 11.1 million views over its first three days streaming. Part two’s six episodes will debut on December 14.
Peter Morgan created the critically acclaimed drama and serves as writer and executive producers. Additional executive producers include Suzanne Mackie, Andy Harries, Stephen Daldry, Matthew Byam Shaw, and Robert Fox.
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Is Gabi’s secret about to be revealed on NBC’s Found season one episode nine? The promo seems to indicate we’re edging closer to the truth about Sir and Gabi being exposed. Episode nine, “Missing While Scamming,” will air on November 28, 2023 at 10pm ET/PT.
Found stars Shanola Hampton as Gabi, Kelli Williams as Margaret, Brett Dalton as Detective Mark Trent, Gabrielle Walsh as Lacey, Arlen Escarpeta as Zeke, Karan Oberoi as Dhan, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Sir.
“Missing While Scamming” Plot: A social media influencer is kidnapped for ransom and as they search for clues, it becomes apparent the case is more complicated than anticipated. Lacy confronts Gabi about their faltering friendship. Sir remembers troubling moments from his past.
Karan Oberoi as Dahn Rana and Shanola Hampton as Gabi Mosely in ‘Found’ season 1 episode 9 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)
The Plot, Courtesy of NBC:
In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about.
Public relations specialist Gabi Mosely (Hampton) — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.
Karan Oberoi as Dahn Rana, Shanola Hampton as Gabi Mosely, and Eden Lee as Riley Davis in episode 9 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)Brett Dalton as Detective Mark Trent, Arlen Escarpeta as Zeke Wallace, Gabrielle Elise Walsh as Lacey Quinn, and Karan Oberoi as Dahn Rana in episode 9 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)Kelli Williams as Margaret Reed in episode 9 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Sir in episode 9 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)Brett Dalton as Detective Mark Trent, Shanola Hampton as Gabi Mosely, Kelli Williams as Margaret Reed, and Karan Oberoi as Dahn Rana in episode 9 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)Karan Oberoi as Dahn Rana and Arlen Escarpeta as Zeke Wallace in episode 9 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)
Ella Purnell (Lucy) and Kyle MacLachlan (Overseer Hank) in ‘Fallout’ (Photo Credit: Prime Video)
Prime Video’s released the first batch of photos from Fallout, an upcoming action drama based on the video game franchise. The photos arrived along with new details on the cast and characters, as well as an updated synopsis.
The streaming service also confirmed Fallout will premiere on April 12, 2024.
“Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have,” reads Prime Video’s synopsis. “Two-hundred years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind—and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.”
Kilter Films’ Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy created the series and serve as executive producers. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner guide the series as writers, co-showrunners, and executive producers. Nolan directed the first three episodes, and Kilter Films’ Athena Wickham, Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard, and Bethesda Softworks’ James Altman executive produce. Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films produce in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks.
Power Suit and Aaron Moten (Maximus) in Fallout (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)
Fallout Cast and Characters:
• Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets) plays “Lucy.” Lucy is an optimistic Vault Dweller with an all-American, can-do spirit. Her peaceful and idealistic nature is tested when people harm her loved ones.
• Aaron Moten (Emancipation) plays “Maximus.” A young soldier hides his tragic past as he serves in a militaristic faction called Brotherhood of Steel. He believes in the nobility of the Brotherhood’s mission to bring law and order to the Wasteland—and will do anything to further their goals.
• Walton Goggins (Justified) plays “The Ghoul.” The Ghoul survives the Wasteland as a bounty hunter. He is pragmatic, ruthless, and hides a mysterious past.
• Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks) plays “Overseer Hank.” Hank is the Overseer of Vault 33 and Lucy’s father. He is eager to change the world for the better.
Additional cast members include Moisés Arias (The King of Staten Island), Sarita Choudhury (Homeland), Michael Emerson (Person of Interest), Leslie Uggams (Deadpool), Frances Turner (The Boys), Dave Register (Heightened), Zach Cherry (Severance), Johnny Pemberton (Ant-Man), Rodrigo Luzzi (Dead Ringers), Annabel O’Hagan (Law & Order: SVU), and Xelia Mendes-Jones (The Wheel of Time).
Walton Goggins as The Ghoul (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)Power Armor Suits (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)Brotherhood of Steel and Vertibirds (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)Walton Goggins as The Ghoul (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)Ella Purnell as Lucy (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)Ella Purnell as Lucy (Photo Courtesy of Prime VideoJonathan Nolan and Ella Purnell behind the scenes of ‘Fallout’
Focus Features is hoping Nosferatu will take a bite out of the 2024 Christmas Day box office. The studio has confirmed the horror film will open in theaters on December 25, 2024 for all those who prefer their winter holiday to be accompanied by something a little dark and fangy.
The cast of Nosferatu includes Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok, Nicholas Hoult as Thomas Hutter, Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Friedrich Harding. Emma Corrin plays Anna Harding, Ralph Ineson is Dr. Wilhelm Sievers, Simon McBurney is Knock, and Willem Dafoe is Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz.
The Northman‘s Robert Eggers wrote the screenplay, directs, and serves as a producer. Additional producers include Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Jeff Robinov, and John Graham.
Commenting on the Christmas 2024 release, Peter Kujawski, Chairman of Focus Features, stated, “The audacious filmmaking of Robert Eggers is always a gift for fans, and we can promise that his Nosferatu is planning quite the Christmas feast.”
“Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake,” reads Focus Features’ synopsis.
Eggers’ other directing credits include 2015’s The VVitch: A New-England Folktale starring Anya Taylor-Joy and 2019’s The Lighthouse with Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe.
‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ season 3 poster (Photo Credit: Starz)
Starz’s popular crime drama Power Book III: Raising Kanan will return for season four, with the network announcing the series has been renewed and production is getting underway.
“We’re thrilled to continue Kanan Stark’s story, and for fans to see how the events of his formative adolescent years continue to mold him into the cold-hearted villain they were first introduced to in Power. We are quite sure that after viewers see the battle lines being drawn between Raq and Kanan on this epic upcoming third season that they will demand more,” said Kathryn Busby, President of Original Programming.
The renewal announcement was made just days prior to season three’s December 1, 2023 premiere. New season three episodes will arrive on Fridays at midnight ET on the Starz app and at 8pm ET/PT on Starz.
Starz confirmed Sascha Penn will be back to guide the series as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers include the Power universe creator Courtney A. Kemp, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Mark Canton, Chris Selak, and Kevin Fox.
Season four begins production in New York this week.
The season three cast included MeKai Curtis as Kanan, Tony Award winner Patina Miller as Raquel “Raq” Thomas, Omar Epps as Detective Malcolm Howard, London Brown as Marvin Thomas, Malcolm Mays as Lou-Lou Thomas, Hailey Kilgore as Jukebox, Joey Bada$$ as Unique, Shanley Caswell as Detective Burke, Antonio Ortiz as Famous, Joey Bada$$ as Unique, and Grantham Coleman as Ronnie.
AMC+‘s December 2023 lineup includes the premiere of Sundance Now’s The Lovers series, a holiday special with Harry Hamlin, and new episodes of BBC America’s Planet Earth III. The streaming service will also host the Shudder original films It’s a Wonderful Knife and The Sacrifice Game.
AMC+ also announced The Killing starring Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman will be available for binge-watching on December 4, 2023. Season one of UK’s Being Human with Lenora Crichlow, Russell Tovey, and Aidan Turner streams beginning on December 14, with additional seasons arriving on Thursdays. Plus, the quickly canceled Pan Am starring Margot Robbie and Christina Ricci flies in on December 21.
AMC+ December 2023 Lineup
The Lovers – Premieres Thursday, December 7 on AMC+ and Sundance Now; New Episodes Continue Every Thursday Until the Season Finale on January 4
The series follows Janet (Roisin Gallagher, The Dry), a foul-mouthed supermarket worker who doesn’t care about anything, and Seamus (Johnny Flynn, Stardust), a handsome, self-centered, political broadcaster with a seemingly perfect London life and a celebrity girlfriend (Alice Eve, Belgravia). When they unexpectedly meet, they instantly clash – and yet also find themselves inextricably drawn to each other.
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin: A Holiday Special – Premieres Wednesday, December 13 on AMC+ and IFC
Get ready for a very Hamlin Holiday! The “King of Bolognese,” Harry Hamlin (Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches), along with his niece and classically trained chef Renee Guilbault, will host In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin: A Holiday Special. Shot in Hamlin’s home kitchen, the 30-minute cooking show is a unique combination of cooking, dinner party, and documentary … all with a dash of comedy and ‘feels’ along the way. It arrives just in time for the holidays as the duo prepares a festive meal, putting their own spin on classic beef bourguignon, and celebrates the labor of love that is holiday cooking. They’ll be joined by close family and friends, including Hamlin’s wife, actress Lisa Rinna, saxophone legend Kenny G, Hamlin’s daughter model, Delilah Hamlin, Hamlin’s son model and actor, Dimitri Hamlin and others. The special serves as a preview to a full, five-episode series, In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin, that will air weekly beginning in May 2024 on AMC+ and IFC.
Joe Bob’s Creepy Christmas – Premieres LIVE Friday, December 15 on AMC+ TV and Shudder TV; Available On Demand Beginning December 17
Joe Bob and Darcy deck the bloody halls with a double-helping of yuletide horror while raising money for the less-fortunate… and this year, they get a little help from Ol’ Saint Nick himself.
Planet Earth III – New Episodes of Award-Winning Nature Series Premiere Every Saturday on AMC+ and BBC America Until the Finale on December 23
Seven years after the Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning Planet Earth II, the eagerly anticipated Planet Earth III will journey across the continents revealing the wonders of our planet. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, this spellbinding series will feature never before seen animal behavior, and dive deep into the stories and new challenges that wildlife face in our modern, crowded world.
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season 5 – New Episodes of the Drag Competition Continue Every Tuesday on AMC+ and Shudder Until the Season Finale on January 16, 2024
Horror’s new icons The Boulet Brothers are on the hunt to find the world’s next drag monster superstar in this brand new, star-studded fifth season of their hit reality competition show. With new competitors, the challenges, special effects makeup, costumes, and performances promise to be truly terrifying and out-of-this-world.
The Graham Norton Show S31A – New Episodes Continue Tuesdays on AMC+, BBC America and Acorn TV
BAFTA-award-winning talk show features a packed lineup of celebrity guests, laugh out loud stories and exciting musical performances.
New Film Premieres:
It’s a Wonderful Knife – Premieres Friday, December 1 (Shudder Premiere)
A spin on the Christmas classic, the horror film centers on Winnie Carruther (Jane Widdop, Yellowjackets), who saves her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve. A year later, her life is less than wonderful — but when she wishes she’d never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe and discovers that without her, things could be much, much worse. Now, the killer is back, and she must team up with the town misfit to identify the killer and get back to her own reality. Also starring Joel McHale (Community) and Justin Long (Barbarian).
The Sacrifice Game – Premieres Friday, December 8 (Shudder Original)
It’s bad enough that boarding school students Samantha and Clara can’t go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a gang of cult killers arrives on their doorstep – just in time for Christmas. Starring Mena Massoud (Aladdin), Olivia Scott Welch (Lucky Hanky), Gus Kenworthy (American Horror Story), and Chloë Levine (The Ranger).
