Rebel…Outcast…Jedi… Disney+’s newest Star Wars series, Ahsoka, released a one-minute teaser to announce the much-anticipated series’ premiere date. The streaming service also unveiled three new photos from the sci-fi series starring Rosario Dawson in the title role.
The one-minute video features Ahsoka Tano revealing she’s been hearing rumors of Thrawn’s return as the heir to the Empire. Ahsoka notes that the Jedi fell a long time ago and there aren’t many left alive. Huyang replies, “Perhaps it is time to begin again.”
Ahsoka will premiere on August 23, 2023.
Joining Rosario Dawson are Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla, Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll (who suddenly passed away on May 21, 2023), and Ivanna Sakhno as Shin Hati. Diana Lee Inosanto plays Morgan Elsbeth, David Tennant is Huyang, Lars Mikkelsen is Grand Admiral Thrawn, and Eman Esfandi is Ezra Bridger.
Dave Filoni is the writer and executive produces with Jon Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson, and Carrie Beck.
Ahsoka was originally voiced by Ashley Eckstein in the 2008 animated feature film Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Eckstein continued to voice the character for seven seasons of The Clone Wars, as well as other animated projects. In an interview with EW, Dawson said she watched the animated productions and Eckstein’s performance is the template for the live-action Ahsoka.
“You have this volume and work and performance to go back to,” said Dawson, “and these memories and reflections and The Clone Wars and Rebels with the work that Ashley did. We got to watch her grow and develop, and see the heart and the energy and the passion and the love that Ashley has brought to this character.”
Disney+’s short description of the new series: “Set after the fall of the Empire, Star Wars: Ahsoka follows the former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.”
Netflix’s first batch of official photos from Zack Snyder’s science fiction epic Rebel Moon shows off the film’s key players. Inspired by Akira Kurosawa 1954 film Seven Samurai, Rebel Moon takes place in a distant part of the galaxy and follows Kora, a mysterious woman (played by Sofia Boutella) who’s tasked with saving a peaceful colony from being wiped out by an invading force.
The cast of the two-part epic includes Ed Skrein as Admiral Atticus Noble, a nefarious Imperium enforcer; Charlie Hunnam as Kai, a mercenary pilot whose Tawau-Class freighter will prove invaluable to Kora’s quest; Michiel Huisman as Gunnar, a Veldt farmer who knows little of the galaxy outside of his small, quiet corner of the galaxy; and Djimon Hounsou as General Titus, a hardened gladiator who once served the Imperium.
Staz Nair is Tarak, a noble indentured servant who shares a bond with a flying creature called a Bennu; Donna Bae plays Nemesis, a cyborg sword master whose mechanical hands allow her to wield molten-metal weapons; Ray Fisher is Darrian Bloodaxe, an insurgent who has been harrying the Imperium with guerilla attacks; and E. Duffy as Milius, a refugee who seeks justice for their home — a colony that has already fallen to the Mother World.
Additionally, Fra Fee is Regent Balisarius, the mighty Imperium official — and Noble’s superior — who presides over Veldt’s corner of the universe; Jena Malone is a mysterious and deadly spider-being; and Anthony Hopkins voices Jimmy, an ancient robot knight that once defended a slain king but has now faded into a more peaceful existence.
The ensemble also includes Cleopatra Coleman, Stuart Martin, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Alfonso Herrera, Cary Elwes, Rhian Rees, Sky Yang, Charlotte Maggi, and Corey Stoll.
Zack Snyder’s (300, Army of the Dead) directed and wrote the screenplay with Kurt Johnstad and Shay Hatten. Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Eric Newman, and Wesley Coller produce, with Bergen Swanson, Sarah Bowen, Shay Hatten, and Kurt Johnstad executive producing.
Rebel Moon premieres on Netflix on December 22, 2023.
When a peaceful colony on the edge of a galaxy finds itself threatened by the armies of a tyrannical ruling force, Kora (Boutella), a mysterious stranger living among the villagers, becomes their best hope for survival. Tasked with finding trained fighters who will unite with her in making an impossible stand against the Mother World, Kora assembles a small band of warriors — outsiders, insurgents, peasants and orphans of war from different worlds who share a common need for redemption and revenge.
As the shadow of an entire Realm bears down on the unlikeliest of moons, a battle over the fate of a galaxy is waged, and in the process, a new army of heroes is formed.
Lexi Underwood in ‘Cruel Summer’ season 2 episode 2 (Photo Courtesy of Freeform)
Freeform’s Cruel Summer season two episode two begins the same way as episode one did, but this time the dates are July 18th, 1999, December 18th, 1999, and July 18th, 2000. Episode one took place on July 16th, December 15th, and July 16th.
Just to make it easier to follow the story, this recap’s going to split the action into three separate time periods instead of following the events in the order they aired. Jumping around in time periods is fine for the show but not super helpful when you’re reading a recap and trying to figure out who did what to whom and when.
The Summer of 1999:
Isabella (Lexi Underwood) writes a letter to Lisa, her best friend back home, about how messing with the people in this new town is going to be fun, but there is just one obstacle. Just then, Megan (Sadie Stanley) drives by and Isabella waves.
Isabella helps Megan’s mom, Debbie (KaDee Strickland), with breakfast before secretly exploring Megan’s room. (Megan looked through her belongings, so it’s only fair.) She checks out Megan’s collection of CDs, notices Megan’s computer is password protected, and finds Megan’s wallet.
Isabella brings Megan her wallet at work just as Luke (Griffin Gluck) shows up asking for food before going home. Isabella somehow turns that into not only inviting herself over to Luke’s house but getting him to host a pool party as well.
Later, word’s gotten around fast and the pool party is in full swing at Luke’s. It’s evident that Parker’s jealous of Isabella and doesn’t like her one bit.
Isabella continues to work on getting Megan to like her, even asking Luke for advice.
Isabella glances in Megan’s backpack and finds a baggie of pills.
Fireworks light up the night sky as Luke and Isabella play with sparklers. Luke suggests Megan should cut Isabella a little slack and make just a little effort to be friends.
Isabella joins Megan in the pool and confesses she saw the pills. Isabella isn’t judging her and doesn’t care, but now she understands that no one really knows Megan after all.
Megan sees Luke and Isabella kiss at the pool party.
The Winter of 1999:
Episode one included the shocking revelation during a Christmas party that Isabella slept with Megan’s boyfriend, Luke. This episode shows Isabella being slut-shamed, with a blowup doll with the words “Go home slut!” and penises populating the yard in front of her room.
Debbie informs Isabella that she’s convinced the school principal not to suspend her, even though the whole town saw the videotape of her having sex with Luke.
Megan’s watching the sex tape as Isabella joins her, and Megan’s determined to see the rest of the tape. As she’s watching it, she’s shocked to see the girl in the video isn’t Isabella after all. The girl’s face is finally fully revealed, and it’s Megan – not Isabella!
Megan worries that her world is going to come crashing down and that she can kiss her scholarship to UW goodbye. Isabella proves she’s Megan’s ride-or-die by saying she’ll continue to take the blame. Everyone already thinks it’s her and she won’t correct the record.
“Megan, you’re like a sister to me. I’m not going to let you lose your scholarship over this,” says Isabella. “Ride-or-die isn’t just words.”
Since she’s leaving in a few months, it won’t matter what people think of her. And, besides, best friends are supposed to take the bullet for each other.
Isabella and Megan burn the sex tape and vow to keep it between them. Megan wonders who could have secretly taped them, and Isabella points the finger at their friend Jeff – the budding filmmaker who always carries his camcorder and documents everything going on. Isabella’s determined to find out who it was that shot the tape.
Megan, Luke, and Isabella meet to go over how they’re going to deal with the sex tape. Luke doesn’t want people to think he cheated on Megan, but Megan and Isabella believe it’s the only real option. Luke thinks his brother, Brent, did this to him and reveals that his dad scheduled a family meeting. Luke’s dad hates to be publicly embarrassed, and Luke’s sure he’s about to get punished.
Isabella’s convinced Jeff shot the tape, but Megan and Luke are sure it was Brent. (He also has a video camera.) Luke and Isabella get into a heated argument because she thinks he won’t really confront his brother. Isabella reminds him that Megan’s always been there for him and warns him to make this right or else.
The animosity between Isabella and Parker ends when both girls show up at Luke’s to search for more videos. Brent broke up with Parker, and she admits that he tried to film her once and it freaked her out.
After breaking into Luke’s house, they get busy searching through the VHS tapes.
The girls run off just as Luke, Brent, and their dad, Steve, return home. The tapes are all over the floor and Steve demands to know how many more tapes exist. Brent insists there’s just the one, and Steve orders them to clean up the mess. He thinks this is going to cost his family their reputation.
Isabella tells Megan about breaking into Luke’s house. They promise to be there for each other forever.
Brent confesses that he makes sex tapes but insists to Luke that he didn’t shoot that tape or put it in the VCR at the Christmas party.
As Megan and Luke are lying in her bed, she asks if Brent knows she’s the one on the tape. Brent claims that when he realized Luke was on it, he stopped watching. Megan tells Luke, “You are the most important person in the world to me. I’m not going to let anything or anyone come between us. Ride-or-die.”
Megan’s unaware that Isabella’s listening to them and has heard her say Luke is her ride-or-die. Isabella and Megan previously promised to be that for each other.
After eavesdropping on that conversation, Isabella tells Debbie there’s something she needs to know.
Elijah Silva, Sadie Stanley and Sean Blakemore in ‘Cruel Summer’ season 2 episode 2 (Freeform/Justine Yeung)
The Summer of 2000:
Isabella and Megan are no longer even pretending to be friends. However, Isabella believes that now that Luke’s body has been found, people are going to start asking questions. They need to talk. Megan doesn’t reply.
Sheriff Myer (Sean Blakemore) gets the autopsy report on Luke and learns the cause of death is drowning. However, there was an abrasion from a gunshot wound above his ear. He also had a significant amount of benzodiazepine (pain meds/muscle relaxants) in his system. Whoever attacked him wanted to make sure he wouldn’t come out of the water alive.
Isabella, Debbie, Megan, and Megan’s little sister show up at Luke’s house to pay their respects. Luke’s brother delivers the news that his dad’s at the station. Sheriff Myer believes that Luke was murdered. Debbie, Megan, and Isabella all look shocked.
Later that day, Parker tells Isabella that Sheriff Myer wants to question Luke’s friends again. The two head to the station together, but Isabella hangs back to talk to Megan while Parker heads in.
Isabella insists they stick to the story they’ve come up with. Isabella tells Megan she’s leaving town, but Megan warns her she can’t just leave her there to take the blame.
“Until this is over, you’re not going anywhere…not if you want me to keep my mouth shut,” says Megan.
Sheriff Myer asks Luke’s friends about the last time they saw him. They all mention seeing him leave a New Year’s Eve party, and that he and Megan were all kissy and getting along. However, one friend reveals that Isabella left the party early after she and Megan got into a fight.
Sheriff Myer questions Isabella, and she’s concerned someone recorded her having sex when she was a minor. Myer doesn’t seem to care about that. He brings up that she’s been to three different schools in three years and how trouble seems to follow her wherever she goes. Isabella abruptly leaves but not before saying she won’t answer any further questions without her lawyer.
Sheriff Myer realizes Isabella has used a lawyer before.
Season two episode two ends with Isabella getting a pill bottle out of the cabinet, emptying its contents into her hand, and smashing the bottle. She hides the pieces in her trash and flushes the pills down the toilet. Isabella calls her mom and tells her she’s in trouble and needs her help.
For Transformers fans who don’t really care about the plot, the final trailer for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts was created just for you. The trailer serves up new glimpses of the Transformers in action and just barely shows the human actors interacting with the giant alien robots.
Anthony Ramos (In the Heights, Hamilton) and Dominique Fishback (Swarm) lead a cast that includes Tobe Nwigwe, Luna Lauren Velez, Dean Scott Vazquez, Ron Perlman, Peter Dinklage, and Michelle Yeoh. Fan favorite Peter Cullen returns to voice Optimus Prime. And Liza Koshy, Colman Domingo, John DiMaggio, David Sobolov, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Tongayi Chirisa, Pete Davidson, and Cristo Fernández also star.
Creed II‘s Steven Caple Jr directs from a screenplay by Joby Harold, Darnell Metayer, Josh Peters, Erich Hoeber, and Jon Hoeber. Michael Bay, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto, Don Murphy, Mark Vahradian, and Duncan Henderson produce, with Steven Spielberg, Brian Goldner, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Brian Oliver, Bradley J. Fischer, and Valerii An executive producing.
Paramount Pictures is releasing Transformers: Rise of the Beasts in theaters on June 9, 2023.
The Plot:
Returning to the action and spectacle that have captured moviegoers around the world, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a ‘90s globetrotting adventure with the Autobots and introduce a whole new faction of Transformer – the Maximals – to join them as allies in the existing battle for earth.
A24’s full trailer for Talk to Me confirms that if you’re ever offered a chance to touch a severed hand, don’t do it. Just say no to the hand, or else there’s a possibility you’ll lose control of your soul.
The R-rated horror film marks the directorial debut of popular YouTubers Danny and Michael Philippou and stars Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, and Alexandra Jensen. Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji, Zoe Terakes, and Chris Alosi also star.
Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman wrote the screenplay, and Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton serve as producers.
The Philippou’s first feature film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won over critics. It currently sits at 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Screen Rant’s Mae Abdulbaki describing it as not “simply concerned with jump scares, and its horror settles deep into the bones, a disquiet that ultimately rattles the nerves.”
Talk to Me opens in theaters on July 28, 2023.
The Talk to Me Plot:
“When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.”
Netflix’s popular legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer will return for season two on July 6, 2023. The streaming service’s premiere date announcement was accompanied by the first batch of photos from the new season as well as the official season two poster.
Season two starring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo will be split into two parts, with part one of the 10-episode season debuting in July followed by part two on August 3, 2023.
In addition to Garcia-Rulfo as Mickey Haller, The Lincoln Lawyer stars Neve Campbell as Maggie McPherson, Becki Newton as Lorna, Jazz Raycole as Izzy, and Angus Sampson as Cisco. Krista Warner, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Lana Parilla, Yaya DaCosta, Matt Angel, and Angélica María also star.
The second season is based on The Fifth Witness, book four of Michael Connelly’s bestselling The Lincoln Lawyer series. David E. Kelley created the series and Ted Humphrey and Dailyn Rodriguez guide season two as showrunners. Kelley, Humphrey, author Michael Connelly, Dailyn Rodriguez, Ross Fineman, Barry Jossen, and Tana Jamieson serve as executive producers.
Mickey Haller (Garcia-Rulfo), an iconoclastic idealist, runs his law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln, as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles.
Sadie Stanley and Griffin Gluck in ‘Cruel Summer’ season 2 episode 1 (Freeform/Justine Yeung)
Although season one of Freeform’s Cruel Summer ended with a cliffhanger, season two focuses on new characters and a brand-new storyline. Season two episode one starts off much like the first season’s opening, with typing appearing on an older computer screen that reads, “The events that are about to unfold take place on or around July 16th, 1999, December 15th, 1999, and July 16th, 2000.”
The action begins in the summer of 1999 with Megan (Sadie Stanley) and her mom, Debbie Landry (KaDee Strickland), talking about someone named Isabella coming to stay with them. Megan doesn’t seem pleased, but her mom thinks it would be good for her to have a female friendship.
Fast forward to the winter of 1999 – and just 15 days until Y2K – and Isabella LaRue (Lexi Underwood) returns home to give Megan good news. Megan received an acceptance letter to the University of Washington State, and both girls are ecstatic.
Megan thanks Isabella for being there and claims having her around is the best thing that’s ever happened to her.
The next time period we dip into is the Summer of 2000. Megan, whose appearance has dramatically changed and gotten less small-town girl and more goth-ish, seems to be coding on a computer when she’s interrupted. A quick peek outside shows the sheriff in her driveway.
Megan hops out of a window to avoid him.
Try not to get confused by the shifting timelines, as we’re now back in the summer of 1999. Megan tells her best friend Luke Chambers (Griffin Gluck) about her mom “importing” a new female BFF for her from a different country. Luke briefly tries to get Megan to join him on a boat with friends to do some partying, but she’s a good girl and declines. They tease her about being sober and celibate, but Megan insists she has to stick around since Isabella’s arriving today.
Luke, being a decent guy, volunteers to stay with her, but Megan doesn’t want to wreck his fun.
Winter of 1999: Luke congratulates Megan on getting into the college she wanted to get into, and it appears they’ve left the friend zone and are now dating. Luke’s sad she’s going away to college, but Megan reminds him she’ll only be an hour away.
They’re making out when they hear nearby gunshots. A man’s outside in the middle of the night shooting at ducks, and Luke describes him as a stone-cold freak. Megan says he’s coder royalty at Apple and is worth millions.
Summer of 2000: Megan meets up with a guy to sell him a floppy disk. She tells him he needs to pay double now because the sheriff was asking questions.
Lexi Underwood and Sadie Stanley in ‘Cruel Summer’ season 2 episode 1 (Freeform/Justine Yeung)
Summer of 1999: Isabella arrives bearing gifts for Megan, her mom, and Megan’s little sister. Megan’s standoffish and decides to go through Isabella’s things but gets caught. (Isabella’s room has been set up in a trailer in Megan’s yard.)
As the timeline continues to bounce around, we see Megan and Isabella transforming from strangers to besties. There’s even a scene of Megan calling Isabella her best friend and her ultimate ride-or-die.
And in 2000, Megan looks at a missing person flyer with the picture ripped from it. A girl we haven’t met yet pops in and says, “None of this would have happened if she didn’t come to town.”
Summer of 1999: Megan shows Isabella around town, and Isabella reveals she came to Chatham to experience a small town and feel like part of a family. Megan informs Isabella – and the audience – that Luke’s dad owns most of the businesses in the city’s small downtown area. We also learn Megan’s desperate to leave Chatham and go to work in Silicon Valley for a company like Apple. Megan’s family is struggling to keep the bills paid, and she pitches in her paychecks to keep the lights on and the family fed.
When Isabella meets Luke for the first time, they hit it off. Megan notices their instant connection. She also notices how her friends – including Luke’s brother, Brent – accept Isabella right away. A guy in their group is a budding filmmaker and documents everything on video as they chat about Isabella’s background.
Sometime later, Isabella asks Megan if it’s okay if she hooks up with Luke after confirming that Megan and Luke are just friends. Megan, who’s the only one not drinking at this nighttime party on the beach, tells Isabella to go for it.
A brief scene shows that Megan’s mom works for Luke’s dad, analyzing land deals he’s interested in developing. Episode one’s confusing timeline at some point reveals they’re dating.
Griffin Gluck, Sadie Stanley, and Lexi Underwood in ‘Cruel Summer’ season 2 episode 1 (Freeform/Justine Yeung)
Winter of 1999: It all comes crashing down at Luke’s father’s annual Christmas party. The videotape that’s supposed to be of a Christmas movie is instead a video of Luke and Isabella having sex. Luke and Megan had just said I love you to each other for the first time when this tape reveals Luke and Isabella went all the way.
Megan runs from the party, and Isabella and Luke give chase. Megan wants nothing to do with either of them.
Summer of 2000: Megan overhears people talking about how they found a body in the lake. Megan takes off to a cabin in the woods and as she’s stepping out of the car, Isabella’s drivers license falls out. She quickly picks it up and then frantically begins to clean up what appears to be blood on the wooden floors.
Later, Megan’s stuck in traffic and an ambulance zooms past her toward the lake. She exits her car in a panic. Megan rushes to the lake to discover the authorities have already pulled the body out and placed it in a body bag.
Episode one ends with Luke’s father unzipping the body bag and discovering Luke inside. Isabella walks up and stands next to Megan as the crowd is stunned. Isabella turns to Megan and says, “We have to get our story straight.”
The second teaser trailer for Netflix’s Bird Box spinoff, Bird Box Barcelona, reveals much more of the terror the citizens of Barcelona are feeling as the creatures launch their attack. The premise remains the same as the original film – cover your eyes and never ever look at the creatures – but the setting switches to show how the world’s dealing with these bizarre beasts.
Bird Box starring Oscar winner Sandra Bullock premiered in December 2018, and the spinoff will debut on Netflix on July 14, 2023. Goya award winner Mario Casas (No matarás) leads the cast of the spinoff, starring Georgina Campbell, Alejandra Howard, Naila Schuberth, Diego Calva, and Patrick Criado.
In addition, Lola Dueñas, Gonzalo De Castro, Michelle Jenner, and Leonardo Sbaraglia also star.
Álex Pastor and David Pastor (Hogar, The Carriers) penned the screenplay and co-directed. Dylan Clark, Chris Morgan, Núria Valls, Adrián Guerra, Josh Malerman, and Ryan Lewis produced the post-apocalyptic thriller. Ainsley Davies and Brian Williams served as executive producers.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
From the producers of the global phenomenon Bird Box comes Bird Box Barcelona, an expansion of the film that riveted audiences in 2018. After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows.
The cast of Warner Bros. Pictures’ Blue Beetle has increased by one, with pop star Becky G signing on to provide the voice of Khaji-Da. The studio’s official casting announcement included the following description of Khaji-Da:
“In the film, Khaji-Da is a beautiful relic of ancient alien biotechnology. The palm-sized obsidian-like Scarab is one of the most powerful artifacts in the universe, pulsing with iridescent streaks of bluish and purple. Jaime comes across it quite by accident, but once it has chosen him as a host, the Scarab bestows Jaime with a suit that is both organic and technological, and a symbiotic connection transforms the college grad into the almighty Super Hero Blue Beetle.”
Becky G (Rebbeca Marie Gomez) is the latest addition to a cast that is led by Cobra Kai‘s Xolo Maridueña in the titular role. The comic book-inspired film also stars Adriana Barraza (Rambo: Last Blood) as Jaime’s grandmother, Nana, and Damían Alcázar (Narcos: Mexico) as his father. Raoul Max Trujillo (Mayans M.C.) stars as Carapax, Oscar winner Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking) is Victoria Kord, and George Lopez (The George Lopez Show) is Jaime’s Uncle Rudy.
Elpidia Carrillo (the Predator films) plays Jaime’s mother, Bruna Marquezine (God Save the King) is Jenny Kord, Belissa Escobedo (American Horror Stories) is Jaime’s sister, Milagro, and Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) plays Dr. Sanchez.
Soto (Charm City Kings, The Farm) directs from a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (Miss Bala). Pawel Pogorzelski (Midsommar) is the director of photography, John Billington (Bad Boys for Life) is the production designer, Craig Alpert (Deadpool 2) is the editor, and Kelvin McIlwain (The Suicide Squad) is the visual effects supervisor.
Blue Beetle marks the first time the DC superhero’s been brought to life on the big screen. Warner Bros. has set an August 18, 2023 theatrical release.
Netflix’s The Out-Laws trailer features a bank robbery, car chase, an awkward meeting of potential in-laws, and a reference to James Bond #5. Plus, the trailer includes a very handsome Pierce Brosnan, a description that – according to Richard Kind – isn’t a compliment.
The action comedy comes from director Tyler Spindel and stars Brosnan (Mamma Mia!), Kind (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Adam Devine (Pitch Perfect), Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries), Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy), and Poorna Jagannathan (The Night Of). Ellen Barkin (Animal Kingdom), Julie Hagerty (Marriage Story), Lil Rey Howery (Rel), Blake Anderson (Woke), Lauren Lapkus (Orange is the New Black), and Laci Mosley (A Black Lady Sketch Show) also star.
Netflix’s official synopsis reveals Owen Browning (Devine) is a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker (Dobrev). When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws (Brosnan and Barkin) who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.
“Owen is pretty timid and scared and a little bit of a pushover. And I think he grows a spine throughout the movie for his love of Parker, played by Nina Dobrev, who’s my fiancée in the film,” explained Adam Devine. “He just loves her so much he’s willing to risk life and limb and really kind of grows a backbone.”
Nina Dobrev describes her character as having a bit of an edge while also attempting to be a more reformed version of her parents. “You either go one way and become exactly like your parents, or you sort of try to do the opposite and be completely different than whatever your upbringing was,” said Dobrev.
The Out-Laws, written by Ben Zazove and Evan Turner, will premiere on Netflix on July 7, 2023.
