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‘Elsbeth’ Series Preview: Cast, Photos, Plot and Trailer

Carrie Preston leads the cast of CBS’s new primetime drama Elsbeth, premiering on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT. The series centers around Elsbeth Tascioni, a character that was featured in The Good Wife and The Good Fight, and kicks off with an episode that reunites Preston with her True Blood co-star Stephen Moyer.

In addition to Carrie Preston, season one stars Wendell Pierce as Captain C.W. Wagner and Carra Patterson as Officer Kaya Blanke. Episode one was written by executive producers Robert King and Michelle King, with Robert King directing. Jonathan Tolins guides the series as showrunner and also executive produces along with Liz Glotzer.

“Carrie Preston stars as Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney who utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD. After leaving her successful legal career in Chicago to tackle a new investigative role in New York City, Elsbeth finds herself jockeying with the toast of the NYPD, Captain C.W. Wagner (Pierce), a charismatic and revered leader,” reads CBS’s synopsis. “Working alongside Elsbeth is Officer Kaya Blanke (Patterson), a stoic and ethical officer who quickly develops an appreciation for Elsbeth’s insightful and offbeat ways.”

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Carra Patterson stars as Officer Kaya and Carrie Preston stars as Elsbeth Tascioni in ‘Elsbeth’ season 1 episode 1 (Photo: Elizabeth Fisher © 2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

And the network released this description of the pilot episode:

“In the premiere, when a college theater student is mysteriously found dead in her high-rise New York City apartment, Elsbeth immediately suspects foul play and enters a game of wits against the victim’s popular theater director Alex Modarian (guest star Stephen Moyer) who she believes is involved. Throughout the evolution of the murder investigation, Elsbeth must balance her consent decree role with the NYPD and her uncommon methods to make her case and uncover the real killer.”

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Carrie Preston stars as Elsbeth Tascioni episode 1 (Photo: Elizabeth Fisher © 2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
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Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni and Wendell Pierce as Captain C.W. Wagner (Photo: Elizabeth Fisher © 2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)




‘Lil Nas X’ Documentary Sets January Premiere on HBO

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Lil Nas X (Photograph Courtesy of HBO)

HBO set a January 27, 2024 premiere date for Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero. The documentary, directed by Carlos López Estrada and Zac Manuel, is a behind-the-scenes look at the Grammy Award winner’s “Long Live Montero” tour.

In addition to interviews with Lil Nas X, the documentary features his show producer Saul Levitz, manager Adam Leber, creative director/stylist Hodo Musa, lead choreographer/show director Sean Bankhead, choreography assistant Christian Owens, horse designer Margot Rada, and tour videographer Aaron Idelson. Family members Chase White, Lamarco Hill, Robert Sleepy, Tramon Hill, Mia Stafford, and Robert Stafford also participate in the documentary, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival.

HBO offered this lengthy synopsis:

“Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero captures the creative dynamo and mesmerizing star power of Lil Nas X, the groundbreaking, Grammy award-winning rapper, singer, and songwriter, as he prepares for and embarks on his first-ever headlining U.S. tour. With unparalleled access, the film follows the genre-breaking artist on a personal journey of self-investigation and discovery as he creates, rehearses, and performs nightly in front of his legions of devoted fans.

Spanning 60 days of the ‘Long Live Montero’ tour in 2022/2023, the verité-style film delves beneath the surface of Lil Nas X, a boy from Atlanta born Montero Hill, whose musical career exploded with his 2019 crossover hit ‘Old Town Road.’ Mirroring the stage show, the film is divided into three acts — Rebirth, Transformation, and Becoming — and chronicles Montero’s own odyssey as he navigates the pressures of his meteoric rise to stardom, his desire to inspire his fans and accept the naysayers, and his place within the pantheon of Black, queer icons.

Capturing this provocative performer at a transformational point in his life, Montero’s elaborate stage show transports the audience through the highs and lows of his life via his deeply personal music, while behind the scenes, the film reveals a sensitive young man still exploring his own queer identity, complicated relationships with family members, and his aspirations as a force for self-expression and acceptance. Vulnerable and raw off stage, dazzling and spectacular on stage, Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero is a testament to an artist who continues to push boundaries, transcend genres, and reshape expectations on his quest to become the truest and greatest version of himself.”

 

‘Night Swim’ Review Starring Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon

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Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren, Nancy Lenehan, Wyatt Russell, and Kerry Condon in ‘Night Swim’ (Photo © 2023 Universal Studios)

January is here. That’s the time when studios will traditionally and unceremoniously dump movies in which they don’t have a lot of confidence. That usually includes a lot of horror movies. But last year, January gave us such well-received offerings as M3GAN, Knock at the Cabin, and Skinamarink. So, what does this January have in store for us? We shall see. First up – the new Blumhouse Studios movie Night Swim.

Night Swim is about a former baseball player named Ray Waller (Overlord’s Wyatt Russell) who is suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Along with his wife Eve (Kerry Condon from The Banshees of Inisherin) and kids Izzy (Amélie Hoeferle from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) and Elliot (Fear the Walking Dead’s Gavin Warren), he seems to find a perfect house in which to lay low and begin his recuperation – it even has a pool so that he can do his water therapy. Soon after moving in, the family starts to experience strange happenings, all revolving around the aforementioned pool.

Forget about haunted houses, haunted forests, and even haunted cars. Night Swim is about a haunted pool. Writer/director Bryce McGuire and co-writer Rod Blackhurst adapted the screenplay from their own spooky 2014 short film of the same name. In reality, it’s not so much of an adaptation as it is an expansion. It provides a mythology to the one-scene short film. Whether or not that mythology is necessary is the question.

The set-up and first act of Night Swim are terrific. The audience cares about the characters and is engaged in what is happening to them. And for the most part, it’s a fairly creative little supernatural tale. For as corny as a movie about a haunted pool sounds, Night Swim pulls it off. At least, for a while it does. Once the movie gets rolling and the family (and the audience) starts to figure out what’s going on, it loses most of the momentum that it has been building up for the first half.

Unsurprisingly, Night Swim is an aesthetically well-made movie. There’s some great underwater camera work from cinematographer Charlie Sarroff (Smile, Relic), a nail-biting score from composer Mark Korven (The Witch, The Black Phone), and a subtle sound design by P.K. Hooker (Five Nights at Freddy’s, Insidious: The Red Door) and his team, all of which helps to build tension in the way that only a Blumhouse production can do it. The suspense doesn’t always pay off with a good scare, but boy does it build itself up well.

Story-wise, Night Swim is full of problems. There are plenty of unexplored subplots, untied loose ends, and unforgivable plot holes that leave the audience scratching its head. It feels as if either the concept of the short film wasn’t ambitious enough to support a feature on its own, or that the feature is too ambitious to do justice to the simple-yet-terrifying short film. Either way, Night Swim is let down by its story. Even by horror movie standards, the decisions made and the events that occur are, in a word, silly.

Night Swim is the epitome of a January release. It’s serviceable in the moment, but it will be forgotten by summer. And it may be better that way.

GRADE: C

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, terror, and some violent content
Running Time: 1 hour 38 minutes
Release Date: January 5, 2024
Studio: Universal Pictures




‘Lisa Frankenstein’ Trailer: A Twisted Rom-Com from Diablo Cody

Can love raise the dead? Apparently, it’s possible in the undead romantic comedy Lisa Frankenstein. The official trailer for the February 9, 2024 release shows a teenager falling hard for a boy who should be unattainable – given that he’s a corpse.

Kathryn Newton (Big Little Lies) stars as the girl with the twisted crush, and Riverdale‘s Cole Sprouse plays her decaying love interest. The cast also includes Liza Soberano (Make It With You), Henry Eikenberry (The Crowded Room), Joe Chrest (Stranger Things), and Carla Gugino (The Fall of the House of Usher). Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body) dives back into the horror genre with Lisa Frankenstein, and Zelda Williams (daughter of Robin Williams) makes her feature film directorial debut with the project.

“A coming of RAGE love story from acclaimed writer Diablo Cody about a misunderstood teenager and her high school crush, who happens to be a handsome corpse,” reads Focus Features’ synopsis. “After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness… and a few missing body parts along the way.”

First Look: ‘Players’ Photos with Gina Rodriguez, Tom Ellis and Damon Wayans Jr

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Gina Rodriguez as Mack and Tom Ellis as Nick in ‘Players’ (Photo Cr. K.C. Bailey/Netflix © 2023)

Gina Rodriguez (Not Dead Yet), Damon Wayans Jr (The Harder They Fall), and Tom Ellis (Lucifer) lead the cast of Netflix’s upcoming romantic comedy Players. The streaming service just released the first batch of photos from the rom-com that takes its name from a group of friends who refuse to become emotionally involved in relationships.

The cast also includes Joel Courtney (The Kissing Booth), Augustus Prew (The Morning Show), Liza Koshy (Work It), Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live), and Marin Hinkle (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel).

“New York sportswriter Mack (Rodriguez) has spent years devising successful hook-up ‘plays’ with best friend Adam (Wayans Jr.) and their crew. While it has led to countless one-night stands over the years, following their playbook comes with a strict set of ground rules — chief among them: you can’t build a relationship from a play,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “When Mack unexpectedly falls for her latest target, charming war correspondent Nick (Ellis), she begins to rethink the game entirely. As the lines between work, fun, friendship, and romance begin to blur, Mack must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing for keeps.”

Trish Sie (Sitting in Bars with Cake, Pitch Perfect 3) directed from a screenplay by Whit Anderson. Ross M. Dinerstein, Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, and Ryan Christians served as producers, with Ross Girard, Sophia Lin, Gina Rodriguez, and Molly Breeskin executive producing.

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Liza Koshy as Ashley, Joel Courtney as Little, Gina Rodriguez as Mack and Damon Wayans Jr. as Adam (Photo Cr. K.C. Bailey/Netflix © 2023)
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Liza Koshy as Ashley, Gina Rodriguez as Mack and Augustus Prew as Brannagan (Photo Cr. K.C. Bailey/Netflix © 2023)
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Damon Wayans Jr. as Adam and Gina Rodriguez as Mack (Photo Cr. Netflix © 2023)
Players Cast
Augustus Prew as Brannagan, Damon Wayans Jr. as Adam, Gina Rodriguez as Mack, Liza Koshy as Ashley and Joel Courtney as Little (Photo Cr. K.C. Bailey/Netflix © 2023)




AWFJ Names ‘The Zone of Interest’ Best Film of 2023

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Sandra Hüller in ‘The Zone of Interest’ (Photo Credit: A24)

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) voted The Zone of Interest starring Sandra Hüller and Christian Friede as Best Film of 2023, with Barbie‘s Greta Gerwig collecting Best Director honors. The critics group also recognized Killers of the Flower Moon, American Fiction, The Holdovers, and The Boy and the Heron as EDA Awards winners.

“2023 was an exceptional year with so many women playing major creative roles in high-profile projects,” said AWFJ President Jennifer Merin. “AWFJ always focuses on and supports women’s contributions in all aspects of film production, and we are delighted that this year’s AWFJ EDA Awards honor women creatives in six of our ten non-gendered BEST OF categories, as well as in all of our Female Focus categories. We hope this female forward trend will continue in 2024.”

2023 EDA AWARDS WINNERS

BEST FILM
AMERICAN FICTION
ANATOMY OF A FALL
BARBIE
THE HOLDOVERS
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
OPPENHEIMER
PAST LIVES
WINNER: THE ZONE OF INTEREST

BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER: Greta Gerwig – BARBIE
Jonathan Glazer – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Martin Scorsese – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Celine Song – PAST LIVES
Justine Triet – ANATOMY OF A FALL

BEST SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL
ANATOMY OF A FALL – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
WINNER: BARBIE – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
THE HOLDOVERS – David Hemingson
MAY DECEMBER – Samy Burch
PAST LIVES – Celine Song

BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED
WINNER: AMERICAN FICTION – Cord Jefferson
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese
OPPENHEIMER – Christopher Nolan
POOR THINGS – Tony McNamara
THE ZONE OF INTEREST – Jonathan Glazer

BEST DOCUMENTARY (TIE)
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
WINNER: AMERICAN SYMPHONY
BEYOND UTOPIA
FOUR DAUGHTERS
WINNER: SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD

BEST ANIMATED FILM
WINNER: THE BOY AND THE HERON – Hayao Miyazaki
NIMONA – Troy Quane and Nick Bruno
ROBOT DREAMS – Pablo Berger
SPIDER-MAN ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K Thompson
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES – Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears

BEST ACTRESS
WINNER: Lily Gladstone – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Sandra Huller – ANATOMY OF A FALL
Greta Lee – PAST LIVES
Margot Robbie – BARBIE
Emma Stone – POOR THINGS

BEST ACTRESS, SUPPORTING
Danielle Brooks – THE COLOR PURPLE
America Ferrera – BARBIE
Sandra Huller – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Rosamund Pike – SALTBURN
WINNER: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – THE HOLDOVERS

BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – MAESTRO
Paul Giamatti – THE HOLDOVERS
Cillian Murphy – OPPENHEIMER
Andrew Scott – ALL OF US STRANGERS
WINNER: Jeffrey Wright – AMERICAN FICTION

BEST ACTOR, SUPPORTING
Sterling K Brown – AMERICAN FICTION
Robert Downey Jr – OPPENHEIMER
WINNER: Ryan Gosling – BARBIE
Charles Melton – MAY DECEMBER
Mark Ruffalo – POOR THINGS

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST AND CASTING DIRECTOR (TIE)
WINNER: AMERICAN FICTION – Jennifer Euston
WINNER: BARBIE – Lucy Brava and Allison Jones
THE HOLDOVERS – Susan Shopmaker
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Ellen Lewis
OPPENHEIMER – John Papsidera

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Rodrigo Prieto
MAESTRO – Matthew Labatique
OPPENHEIMER – Hoyte Van Hoytema
POOR THINGS – Robbie Ryan
THE ZONE OF INTEREST – Lukasz Zal

BEST EDITING
ANATOMY OF A FALL – Laurent Senechal
WINNER: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Thelma Schoonmaker
MAESTRO – Michelle Tesoro
OPPENHEIMER – Jennifer Lame
THE ZONE OF INTEREST – Paul Watts

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
ANATOMY OF A FALL – France
FALLEN LEAVES – Finland
PAST LIVES – South Korea
THE TEACHER’S LOUNGE – Germany
WINNER: THE ZONE OF INTEREST – UK and Poland

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

BEST WOMAN DIRECTOR
Ava DuVernay – ORIGIN
Emerald Fennell – SALTBURN
Greta Gerwig – BARBIE
Celine Song – PAST LIVES
WINNER: Justine Triet – ANATOMY OF A FALL

BEST FEMALE SCREENWRITER
Samy Burch – MAY DECEMBER
Emerald Fennell – SALTBURN
Greta Gerwig (with Noah Baumbach) – BARBIE
WINNER: Celine Song – PAST LIVES
Justine Triet (with Arthur Harari) – ANATOMY OF A FALL

BEST ANIMATED FEMALE
Ariana Debose – WISH – Asha
Ayo Edebiri – TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM – April; Neil
Leah Lewis – ELEMENTAL – Ember
Chloe Grace Moretz – NIMONA – Nimona
WINNER: Hailee Steinfeld – SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – Gwen Stacy

BEST WOMEN’S BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Abby Ryder Fortson -ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET
WINNER: Lily Gladstone – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Greta Lee – PAST LIVES
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – THE HOLDOVERS
Cailee Spaeny – PRISCILLA

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY A WOMAN IN THE FILM INDUSTRY

WINNER: Fran Drescher – for leading SAG-AFTRA through the actors’ strike and standing strong for an equitable contract.
• Ava DuVernay – For creating a new financing model, for consistently supporting women in film and for focusing her work on social justice.
• Greta Gerwig – For all that is BARBIE.
• Lily Gladstone – For championing Native American stories, advocating for diversity and authenticity, and for starring in two exceptional films in 2023.
• Margot Robbie – For producing and starring in BARBIE, and for continued support for women in film via her LuckyChap production company.

EDA SPECIAL MENTIONS

GRAND DAME FOR DEFYING AGEISM
WINNER: Annette Bening – NYAD
Julia Louis Dreyfus – YOU HURT MY FEELINGS
Jodie Foster – NYAD
Helen Mirren – GOLDA and FAST X
Julianne Moore – MAY DECEMBER

MOST EGREGIOUS LOVERS’ AGE DIFFERENCE
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY – Harrison Ford (81) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (38)
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Leo DiCaprio (49) and Lily Gladstone (37)
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE DEAD RECKONING PART ONE – Tom Cruise (61) and Hayley Atwell (41)
WINNER: OPPENHEIMER – Cillian Murphy (47) and Florence Pugh (27)
POOR THINGS – Mark Ruffalo (56) and Emma Stone (35)

SHE DESERVES A NEW AGENT (TIE)
NOTE: This is not a put-down. On the contrary, it suggests that the actress is better than the role(s) she’s been given.

Ana de Armas – GHOSTED
WINNER: Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen – BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER
WINNER: Toni Colette – MAFIA MAMMA
Nia Vardalos – MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 3
Reese Witherspoon – YOUR PLACE OR MINE

MOST DARING PERFORMANCE
Annette Bening – NYAD
Sandra Huller – ANATOMY OF A FALL
Sandra Huller THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Julianne Moore – MAY DECEMBER
WINNER: Emma Stone – POOR THINGS

TIME WASTER REMAKE OR SEQUEL
WINNER: THE EXORCIST BELIEVER
THE EXPENDABLES 4
THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE




Sundance Film Festival Announces 2024 Jury Members

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The 2024 Sundance Film Festival Jury (Photo Credit: Sundance)

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival is welcoming back festival alumni to serve as members of the jury. All 16 members selected to serve on the competition jury have personal experience bringing films to the festival.

“For our 40th Festival, the jury members this year are all artists who have had films at prior Festivals. They know what it is to introduce new work to the Sundance community and we are so pleased to be able to welcome them back to Sundance to take in the films our programming team has curated. We can’t wait to see what resonates with them,” stated Kim Yutani, Director of Programming.

This year’s jury includes Debra Granik, Adrian Tomine, and Lena Waithe for U.S. Dramatic Competition; Shane Boris, Nicole Newnham, and Rudy Valdez for U.S. Documentary Competition; Jennifer Kent, Mira Nair, and Rui Poças for World Cinema Dramatic Competition; Mandy Chang, Monica Hellström, and Shaunak Sen for World Cinema Documentary Competition; Christina Oh, Danny Pudi, and Charlotte Regan for Short Film Program Competition; and Zal Batmanglij for the NEXT competition section.

“The Sundance Film Festival is known for discovering and platforming visionary emerging artists. We cannot do this without our jury, who so thoughtfully help us recognize and amplify the next generation of independent storytellers,” said Eugene Hernandez, Festival Director. “We are thrilled to announce the talented, accomplished artists who comprise this year’s jury.”

The 2024 festival takes place January 18-28th in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. Feature film awards will be announced on Friday, January 26th during a ceremony at The Ray Theatre in Park City. Short film winners will be revealed on January 23rd during the Shorts Awards & Party.

Additionally, Dr. Mandë Holford, Dr. Nia Imara, Matt Johnson, Theresa Park, and Courtney Stephens serve as jurors for the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, which is given to a feature film “focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character.” The jury selected Love Me, directed by Sam and Andy Zuchero and starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun, as this year’s recipient.

(Pictured Above: Top L–R: Mandë Holford, Theresa Park, Lena Waithe, Rudy Valdez, Nicole Newnham, Monica Hellström, Rui Poças. Center L–R: Courtney Stephens, Nia Imara, Adrian Tomine, Jennifer Kent, Mandy Chang, Charlotte Regan, Danny Pudi. Bottom L–R: Matt Johnson, Debra Granik, Shane Boris, Mira Nair, Shaunak Sen, Christina Oh, Zal Batmanglij. Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival.)




‘American Nightmare’ Docuseries Trailer Has ‘Gone Girl’ Vibes

Netflix’s three-part documentary series American Nightmare examines the 2015 case of Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn. The trailer hits the key elements of the story and teases a deeper dive into the subsequent rush to wrap the case up in a tidy bow.

The Tinder Swindler‘s filmmakers Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins directed the docuseries and served as producers. Rebecca North and Fiona Stourton executive produced.

“After a home invasion and abduction, a young couple’s recounting of the events is too far-fetched for the police to believe. Why did the victims seem so calm? Was it all a hoax?,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “From the filmmakers behind The Tinder Swindler, this three-part docuseries unravels the consequences of our cultural rush to judgment and the damage done when law enforcement decides the truth can’t possibly be true.”

The docuseries will incorporate real interrogation footage along with new interviews from parties involved in the case. American Nightmare premieres on Netflix on January 17, 2024.

Morris Chestnut to Star in CBS’s ‘Watson’ Medical Drama

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Morris Chestnut stars in ‘Watson’ (Photo: Colin Bentley © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Morris Chestnut (The Resident, Our Kind of People) will take on the lead role in Watson, a new medical drama just given a series order by CBS. The drama’s expected to join the network’s primetime schedule during the 2024-2025 season.

Elementary‘s Craig Sweeny will guide the series as showrunner. Sweeny wrote the pilot and serves as an executive producer along with Chestnut, Shäron Moalem MD, PhD, and Kapital Entertainment’s Aaron Kaplan and Brian Morewitz. The first episode is directed by Larry Teng who also executive produces.

CBS offers this description of the new series, which is a modern take on Sherlock Holmes: “In Watson, a year after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty, Dr. John Watson (Chestnut) resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. Watson’s old life isn’t done with him, though – Moriarty and Watson are set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century.

Watson is a medical show with a strong investigative spine, featuring a modern version of one of history’s greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries.”

“We are thrilled to feature such a beloved character from the world of Sherlock Holmes at the center of this series and have it brought to life by Morris Chestnut in a fresh and unexpected take on the immortal doctor,” stated Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment. “Craig Sweeny’s bold new vision for the complex Dr. Watson deftly interweaves rich character storytelling with edge-of-your-seat medical mysteries.”

 

‘Found’ Season 1 Episode 12 Preview: Cast, Photos, Plot and Trailer

How is the relationship between Gabi and Sir going to change now that the truth about Annie was revealed on NBC’s Found season one episode 11? Episode 12’s trailer teases that Gabi’s ready to get rid of Sir…one way or another. Episode 12, “Missing While Eccentric,” will air on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 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 Eccentric” Plot: When a confused and battered young woman lands on Zeke’s doorstep and says she was kidnapped and her abductor still has her friends, the team races to put the minimal clues together. Gabi shares devastating news with Dhan.

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Shanola Hampton as Gabi Mosely in ‘Found’ season 1 episode 12 (Photo by: Matt Miller/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.

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Gabrielle Elise Walsh as Lacey Quinn, Shanola Hampton as Gabi Mosely, Kelli Williams as Margaret Reed, and Karan Oberoi as Dahn Rana in episode 12 (Photo by: Matt Miller/NBC)
Found Episode 12
Karan Oberoi as Dahn Rana, Shanola Hampton as Gabi Mosely, Kelli Williams as Margaret Reed, Brett Dalton as Detective Mark Trent, and Anisa Nyell Johnson as Detective Shaker in episode 12 (Photo by: Matt Miller/NBC)
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Sir in episode 12 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)
Found Episode 12
Karan Oberoi as Dahn Rana and Brett Dalton as Detective Mark Trent in episode 12 (Photo by: Matt Miller/NBC)
Found Episode 12
Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Sir and A’Zaria Carter as Teen Gabi in episode 12 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)
Found Episode 12
Gabrielle Elise Walsh as Lacey Quinn and Arlen Escarpeta as Zeke Wallace in episode 12 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)
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Mike Whaley as Richard Mosely and A’Zaria Carter as Teen Gabi in episode 12 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)




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