The one-minute teaser trailer for Netflix’s The Witcher: Blood Origin reveals the world of elves before the events of The Witcher. The teaser for the four-part prequel was accompanied by new posters featuring the characters Scían (Michelle Yeoh), Fjall (Laurence O’Fuarain), and Éile (Sophia Brown).
The event series’ cast also includes Minnie Driver as Seanchaí, Mirren Mack as Merwyn, Lenny Henry as Balor, Jacob Collins Levy as Eredin, and Lizzie Annis as Zacaré. Huw Novelli plays Callan “Brother Death”, Francesca Mills is Meldof, Amy Murray is Fenrik, Nathaniel Curtis stars as Brían, Zach Wyatt is Syndril, Dylan Moran is Uthrok One-Nut, and Joey Batey is Jaskier.
Declan de Barra created the series and serves as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Lauren Hissrich, Matt O’Toole, Tomek Baginski and Jarek Sawko (Platige Films), and Jason Brown & Sean Daniel (Hivemind Content). Sarah O’Gorman and Vicky Jewson directed the prequel.
“Viewers will be surprised because they’re going to see a story told about a period of elven history that was buried by the humans after their arrival and eventual conquest of the continent,” said de Barra in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “We get to tell a tale about the elves when they were at their height, like all great societies before their fall.”
Showrunner de Barra also explained how this prequel impacts The Witcher‘s key characters.
“Blood Origin sets up certain core characters and fan favorites from the books in the later Witcher series. There are items and discoveries that are made in this world that play off in later seasons of The Witcher and have critical effects on the storyline,” stated de Barra. “Witcher creator Lauren Schmidt, the producers and I spent a lot of time seeding new Easter eggs and answering older Easter eggs from other episodes and series. We’re weaving a complex spider web of delicious story that stretches over thousands of years.”
Netflix offered the following description of the prequel:
“Set in an elven world 1200 years before the world of The Witcher, Blood Origin tells a story lost to time – one of seven outcasts who unite against an unstoppable power that took everything from them. Their blood quest giving rise to a prototype Witcher in a conflict that brings about the ‘conjunction of the spheres,’ when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one.”
The Witcher: Blood Origin premieres on Netflix on Sunday, December 25, 2022.
Michelle Yeoh as Scian in ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)Laurence O’Fuarain as Fjall in ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)Sophia Brown as Eile in ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Imelda Staunton and Jonathan Pryce in ‘The Crown’ season 5 (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Netflix gathered The Crown’s new stars – Imelda Staunton, Elizabeth Debicki, Lesley Manville, Jonny Lee Miller, Jonathan Pryce, and Dominic West – for a press conference in support of season five. The new season arrives just two months after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, and the series’ Queen, Oscar nominee Imelda Staunton, shared her feelings about the thousands of people who stood in line to pay their respects to the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
“I think they felt such huge respect for someone who kept her promise. She just kept her promise and she did the job,” said Staunton. “It amazed me, people’s response to her. I just thought, ‘God, you really admired this woman.’ People say ‘love’ – I think they admired (her). Here we are celebrating a woman who, with her own face – you know what I mean – this woman who just did the job, not anything outside the job, not the stuff around it, just straight line.”
Staunton added: “My thing is that with her connection with horses…horses have blinkers and you just go straight on. And that’s what I feel she always did.”
Imelda Staunton found that one of the biggest challenges of starring as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown was playing someone whose position required her to suppress and internalize her emotions.
“That’s a wonderful acting exercise. There are days I think I might have got it and then days I absolutely haven’t got it,” explained Staunton. “It’s hard but when you’ve got the writing there, that does probably about 80%, if not more, of the work. But the challenge is getting the audience to come inside, hopefully, and see what you’re feeling without showing what you’re feeling, hopefully. I think for all of us, this family – apart from John Major and maybe Diana – we are locked. We are confined with our behavior. But what Peter Morgan is trying to do is give us a life inside that confinement. That’s really, really satisfying to try and investigate.”
Elizabeth Debicki in ‘The Crown’ season 5 (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Emma Corrin earned an Emmy nomination for her performance as Princess Diana in season four, and Elizabeth Debicki takes on the role of the People’s Princess in season five. Debicki admitted to feeling nervous about playing Princess Di and confessed it wasn’t a role she could easily walk away from at the end of the day.
“The show does feel like an enormous responsibility,” said Debicki. “It’s an enormous challenge. And it’s an interesting process, for me, I found. And it took me some time to understand you’re bringing your interpretation to Peter [Morgan’s] interpretation of this person. But then the people watching the show come […] with such attachment and memory and a sense of ownership, too, over these characters in a way. Not only from the people who’ve played them before but also from their living memory and their history. So, you have to leave a kind of space for that, and it’s sort of a dance between all those things.
It’s a beautiful process, but it’s also very challenging – and very rewarding, I think, too, because we get to work with each other and get to do these wonderful scenes.”
Elizabeth Debicki, Will Powell, Senan West, and Dominic West in ‘The Crown’ season 5 (Photo by Keith Bernstein / Netflix)
Prince Charles was the target of sharp criticism following his breakup with the incredibly popular Princess Diana. Dominic West steps into the role of Charles as he’s experiencing backlash over his divorce.
During the press conference, West expressed hope that viewers will at least give the Charles he portrays in season five a fair hearing.
“He’s one of the most scrutinized, publicized lives in the world, so it’s hard to know what people know about him,” said West. “This period covers a time when he got…he didn’t get a bad press but he maybe…because it was a divorce and there are always two sides in a divorce, that I suppose viewers heard one or the other, and hopefully there’s a bit of perspective now.”
West continued: “I think that’s part of the reason for doing it. I obviously love the guy. […] Inevitably you take their side or you give them the benefit of the doubt. I hope that will maybe happen when people see Charles in this. I don’t know.”
Season five of The Crown gave Dominic West his first opportunity to work with his son, Senan, who plays Charles and Diana’s son, Prince William.
“It was very moving, actually. He’s never acted before because Covid stopped any school plays or anything. I’d never seen him act and he had this amazing innocence to him that was extraordinary to watch,” said West. “It’s very difficult when you act with children to have a physical intimacy, obviously. And with him that was obviously not a question, which made it much easier. But then when I found when it was more emotional and when it was a difficult scene, it made it much more difficult. You were slightly split in your head between, ‘Okay, we’re acting this part but that’s a bit weird, isn’t it? I’m talking about your mom but not your real mom.’ That, I found quite difficult. But generally, it was really moving and I think he enjoyed it.”
Jonny Lee Miller as John Major in ‘The Crown’ season 5 (Photo Credit: Ana Blumenkron / Netflix)
Jonny Lee Miller dived into the research to prepare to play John Major, even though growing up in a socialist household Miller thought he knew who Major was and what he was all about.
“He got a lot of flak back in the day, you know? And so, the more I learned about him, the more I began to like him. We had a lot of similarities. We’re from the same part of the world,” said Miller. “And then the more you learned about the work that he did, my respect for him grew massively. So, that’s what you’re trying to do, what anyone’s trying to do when you’re playing whoever you’re playing, is you’re trying to inhabit someone, and you’re trying to sort of fall in love with them. That’s always a fascinating journey, and especially with somebody, I think, who was very misunderstood.”
Jonathan Pryce chuckled when asked if playing Prince Philip and being part of The Crown has changed his perception of the British Monarchy.
“Changed it? No. It’s reinforced my feelings about them. Looking at Prince Philip, it’s made me much more aware of the kind of man he was behind the headlines. I mean, he spent most of his life getting bad press as a kind of grumpy, irascible person who kept saying all the wrong things usually in the Colonies. And finding out more about the man who was behind all that has changed my view of him, essentially,” explained Pryce.
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The Crown season five premiered on November 9, 2022. Filming is currently underway on season six.
Expect more backstabbing and game-changing revelations on Fox’s Monarch season one episode nine, “Confessions.” Episode nine is set to air on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT.
Monarch stars Susan Sarandon as Dottie Cantrell Roman, Anna Friel as Nicolette “Nicky” Roman, Trace Adkins as Albie Roman, and Beth Ditto as Gigi Tucker-Roman. Joshua Sasse plays Luke Roman, Meagan Holder is Kayla Taylor-Roman, Inigo Pascual is Ace Grayson, Martha Higareda is Catt Phoenix, and Emma Milani plays Ana Phoenix.
“Confessions” Plot: Nicky, Gigi, and Luke discuss what they should do about Catt; Jamie pushes Albie to finish his album; Nicky blackmails Kayla; Ana is shocked when Catt confesses a secret.
In Monarch, the Roman family is headed by the insanely talented, but tough-as-nails Queen of Country Music DOTTIE CANTRELL ROMAN (Sarandon) and her beloved husband, ‘Texas Truthteller’ ALBIE ROMAN (Adkins). Dottie and Albie have created a country music dynasty. But even though the Roman name is synonymous with authenticity, the very foundation of their success is a lie. And when their reign as country royalty is put in jeopardy, heir to the crown NICOLETTE “NICKY” ROMAN (Friel) will stop at nothing to protect her family’s legacy, while ensuring her own quest for stardom.
Middle child LUKE ROMAN (Sasse) is the CEO of the family’s business, Monarch Entertainment. Luke is the apple of his mother’s eye, but he has a troubled relationship with his father, whose approval he can never get, no matter how hard he tries. Youngest daughter GIGI TUCKER-ROMAN (Ditto) is very close to her older brother and sister, but in a family of superstars, Gigi has always felt like a bit of an outcast, in spite of her incredible singing voice.
Gigi is married to KAYLA ROMAN-TUCKER (Holder), a successful music manager who keeps turning down Luke’s offers to join forces with the family company. Outside business, Kayla’s relationships with the Romans reflect a complicated history, and a secret she is keeping could destroy her marriage to Gigi. ACE GRAYSON (Inigo Pascual) also is part of the family. He is a talented and sensitive 18-year-old who was adopted from an orphanage by Nicky and her husband, struggling British actor CLIVE GRAYSON (guest star Adam Croasdell).
Ace is a phenomenal singer with real swagger on stage and dreams of being a country star like his Grandpa Albie. And just when the Romans’ world couldn’t get more chaotic, enter CATT PHOENIX (Higareda), the stunning and unpredictable mother of 17-year-old ANA PHOENIX (Emma Milani), a talented, wide-eyed young singer who is trying to get signed to the Roman family’s record label.
The official trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio packs quite the emotional wallop. The two-and-a-half-minute trailer for the stop-motion film provides a sneak peek at all the key characters and reveals more about how del Toro’s approach differs from other adaptations of the classic fairy tale.
During a recent press conference, Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro explained why he’s fascinated with Pinocchio.
“The two essential fables that define my childhood and teenage years were Pinocchio and Frankenstein,” explained Guillermo del Toro. “It’s this idea that you’re thrown into a world that you barely understand, and you try to make sense of it as you grow. And they’re definitely father-and-son…or they’re stories that deal with that link and that bond.
They were of primal importance for me. And I always felt Pinocchio is one of those handful of characters – there are maybe 10 characters in the history of human storytelling that are capable of being universal and completely adaptable to anything. There’s Frankenstein, Pinocchio, Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes. These are characters that, even if you haven’t read the story, you know the story, or you think you know the story. And therefore, you can use them as metaphors for science, for human emotions, for many, many things.”
Guillermo del Toro co-directs with Mark Gustafson and co-wrote the screenplay with Patrick McHale. The voice cast includes Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Tilda Swinton, and Christoph Waltz. Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, and Burn Gorman also lend their voices to the animated fairy tale.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is playing in select theaters and will be available to stream on Netflix beginning December 9, 2022.
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro reinvents Carlo Collodi’s classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. This whimsical, stop-motion musical directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in his pursuit of a place in the world.
Fox’s The Resident season six episode eight finds Conrad attempting to locate a young man who could be in dire straits. Episode eight – “The Better Part of Valor” – will air on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 8pm ET/PT.
The season six cast includes Matt Czuchry as Dr. Conrad Hawkins, Jessica Lucas as Dr. Billie Sutton, Bruce Greenwood as Dr. Randolph Bell, and Jane Leeves as Dr. Kit Voss. Manish Dayal stars as Dr. Devon Pravesh, Malcolm-Jamal Warner is Dr. AJ Austin, Anuja Joshi is Dr. Leela Devi, Andrew McCarthy plays Dr. Ian Sullivan, and Kaley Ronayne is Dr. Cade Sullivan.
“The Better Part Of Valor” Plot: After a teenage boy is taken into Chastain for falling unconscious from a suspicious pill, Conrad takes action to find the boy’s brother before he meets the same fate. Meanwhile, Dr. Bell deals with being served court papers from a former patient.
The compelling medical drama The Resident follows the doctors and nurses at Chastain Memorial Park Hospital. They work tirelessly to solve intricate medical cases, stopping at nothing to save their patients while facing challenges in their own lives.
Season five was a tumultuous journey, as our heroes at Chastain weathered several storms, including the devastating loss of the beloved Nurse Practitioner Nicolette Nevin. Now, entering a cutting-edge and electrifying sixth season, the stakes are at an all-time high. This season, pertinent topics are touched upon that push our characters to the limit while fighting for their patients’ lives. The season kicks off six months after we’ve last seen our heroes at Chastain. Chastain’s quality of care is put at risk and it’s up to our doctors to shine a light on the effects political corruption has on the healthcare system.
In the season premiere, DR. CONRAD HAWKINS (Czuchry) cozies up with his new love interest. Who will it be, DR. BILLIE SUTTON (Lucas) or DR. KINCAID (CADE) SULLIVAN (Kaley Ronayne)? Conrad’s journey continues as he balances his new love life, single fatherhood and saving patients at Chastain. Elsewhere, we’re catapulted into a gripping medical emergency for PADMA DEVI (guest star Aneesha Joshi) and her unborn twins, that will showcase the skills of Chastain’s new top pediatric surgeon, DR. IAN SULLIVAN (McCarthy), as he hides a dark secret surrounding addiction. If Ian’s secret leaks, it can cost him his job and his relationship with his daughter, Cade.
Stepping into fatherhood, we’ll see another side of the “Raptor” or DR. AJ AUSTIN (Warner) as he supports Padma all the way. The power couple DR. DEVON PRAVESH (Dayal) and DR. LEELA DEVI (Joshi) shine as Devon leads his own clinical trials and Leela is appointed Chief Resident. Chastain’s CEO, DR. KIT VOSS (Leeves), feels the stress of running a hospital when resources are low, and a new potential governor threatens to cut Chastain’s funding, all while supporting her love DR. RANDOLPH BELL (Greenwood) through his battle with MS.
This is a season of renewal and transformation for the doctors at Chastain as they step into new phases of their personal and professional lives.
Edgar Ramirez in HBO’s ‘The Undoing’ (Photograph by David Giesbrecht/HBO)
Emmy nominee Edgar Ramirez (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, The Undoing) is set to star in Dr. Death season two. The first season of Peacock’s anthology series followed Joshua Jackson as Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a Texas neurosurgeon who was responsible for the maiming or killing of 33 patients. Ramirez has been tapped to play surgeon Paolo Macchiarini in the second season of the anthology series.
Peacock offered this description of the upcoming Dr. Death season and Ramirez’s character:
“This season will feature the ‘Miracle Man’ storyline based on the most recent third season of the [Wondery] podcast. Paolo Macchiarini is a charming surgeon, renowned for his innovative operations that earn him the nickname ‘Miracle Man.’ When investigative journalist Benita Alexander approaches him for a story, the line between personal and professional begins to blur, changing her life forever.
As she learns how far Paolo will go to protect his secrets, a group of doctors halfway across the world make shocking discoveries of their own that call everything about the ‘Miracle Man’ into question.”
Ashley Michel Hoban will guide season two as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. Patrick Macmanus, season one’s showrunner, will serve as an executive producer along with Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, Taylor Latham, Aaron Hart, Hernan Lopez, Marshall Lewy, and Linda Gase. Jennifer Morrison’s on board to direct episodes one through four, and Laura Belsey will direct episodes five through eight.
Edgar Ramirez’s recent credits include The 355, Jungle Cruise, Yes Day, and The Last Days of American Crime.
There’s a bomb ready to go off somewhere in the city on ABC’s The Rookie: Feds season one episode seven, “Countdown.” Episode seven will air on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 10pm ET/PT.
Niecy Nash-Betts leads a cast that includes Frankie R. Faison (White Chicks) as Christopher “Cutty” Clark, James Lesure (Las Vegas) as Carter Hope, Britt Robertson (Big Sky) as Laura Stensen, Felix Solis (The International) as Matthew Garza, and Kevin Zegers (Transamerica) as Brendon Acres.
“Countdown” Plot: While searching for a missing scientist in the Angeles National Forest, Simone and Carter uncover an eco-terrorist’s plans to detonate dirty bombs across the city. Meanwhile, Brendon taps into his own profiling tactics to find the perfect birthday gift for Laura.
James Lesure and Niecy Nash-Betts in ‘The Rookie: Feds’ season 1 episode 7 (ABC/John Fleenor)
The Plot:
From the executive producers of flagship series The Rookie comes The Rookie: Feds starring Niecy Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy. The spinoff was introduced as a two-part event during the fourth season of The Rookie, where Officer John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and the L.A. division of the FBI enlisted the help of Simone Clark when one of her former students was a suspect in a terror attack.
James Lesure, Niecy Nash-Betts, Kevin Zegers, and Britt Robertson in ‘The Rookie: Feds’ season 1 episode 7 (ABC/John Fleenor)Britt Robertson and Felix Solis in season 1 episode 7 (ABC/Raymond Liu)Courtney Ford and Felix Solis in episode 7 (ABC/John Fleenor)Kevin Zegers and Britt Robertson in episode 7 (ABC/John Fleenor)Britt Robertson, Kevin Zegers, and Richard T. Jones in episode 7 (ABC/Raymond Liu)Courtney Ford, James Lesure, Niecy Nash-Betts, Kevin Zegers, and Britt Robertson in episode 7 (ABC/John Fleenor)
The official Yellowstone trailer and other video teasers brought advance confirmation that John Dutton (Kevin Costner) has won his election and will become the new governor of Montana in season five. John’s new position in government – plus the fact season four ended with Kayce (Luke Grimes) dropping the cryptic “the end of us” when asked what he saw in his vision quest – indicates it’s going to be rough going for the couple who represent the moral center of the Yellowstone saga – Kayce and Monica (Kelsey Asbille).
The critically acclaimed series never fails to deliver unexpected plot twists, and even the actors aren’t aware of everything that will happen to their characters as the story moves forward. Luke Grimes and Kelsey Asbille confirmed during our brief season five interview that series creator Taylor Sheridan doesn’t always let them in on his plans for the show. Grimes and Asbille also discussed what life will look like for Kayce and Monica now that John’s taken on the top spot in Montana’s government.
Paramount Network’s Yellowstone kicks off its fifth season on Sunday, November 13, 2022 with a special two-hour premiere.
Luke Grimes in ‘Yellowstone’ (Photo Credit: Paramount Network)
Can you picture a future where Kayce and Monica will be allowed to just breathe and not be caught up in the Dutton family turbulence?
Luke Grimes: “That would be nice. Sounds great.”
Kelsey Asbille: (Laughing) “Yeah, we shouldn’t lie to you. But you know I think we’ve always rooted for them, for sure.”
They always attempt to do the right thing, even if it’s not easy. And they don’t always make the right decisions. Does that hold true for season five?
Kelsey Asbille: “Yeah. I mean, they face just incredible adversity, and this season is no different. I think it might be the most intense for them. I think they come out as different people, but I think with a new sense of purpose.”
Does John becoming governor really impact their home life and does that draw Kayce even more into the battle to save the ranch?
Luke Grimes: “You know, I think at first John becoming governor is neither here nor there to Kayce and Monica. We have so much going on and we also just kind of have been living in our own world and trying to sort of purposefully not think about what’s going on on the ranch. That’s just always sort of been our thing. It’s like back and forth. But you know John becoming governor means he’s going to have responsibilities somewhere else so it’s possible that that could mean there might be more required of us – or other people.”
Is Kayce still going to put his family first over the ranch?
Luke Grimes: “I mean, I think that’s always been his choice, right? That’s sort of like always been where he’s at and it’s always the choice he’s had to make. He tends to always choose his family. So, if he sticks with his guns that’s normally what he tends to do.”
Does season five show us more of what happened to him during the vision quest and how that’s affected him moving forward?
Luke Grimes: “Yeah, it certainly does. Yeah, I think there are a lot of like unanswered questions about that. I think a lot of people…that was like kind of jarring for a lot of the audience. Like, what is this? What’s going on? What did that mean? Who is this lady? Why is he in his underwear? And I think season five, it starts to kind of make sense of all that and the choice that he has to make and what those paths are and what ‘the end of us’ meant.”
There have been so many twists and turns over the seasons. Do they tell you in advance or do these twists take you by surprise, just like they do the audience?
Kelsey Asbille: “The latter. I think Taylor likes to surprise us.”
Luke Grimes: “Yeah, totally. He doesn’t really give us any spoilers. We get the script kind of not too much before we shoot it. That’s sort of the way it’s been since the beginning.”
In one word, how do you describe season five?
Luke Grimes: “We’ve had problems with this all day… I said tough last time. Go ahead, you got one.”
A24’s first official trailer for The Whale shows why Brendan Fraser is receiving awards attention and why there’s Oscar buzz circling his performance. Fraser, who stars as a reclusive 600 lb. gay English teacher who attempts to reconnect with his daughter, received lengthy standing ovations for his performance at multiple film festival screenings. And pundits are predicting he could swim away with a Best Actor Oscar for The Whale.
In an interview with Variety, Oscar-nominated director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) explained how he came about casting Brendan Fraser in the lead role.
“As soon as [Brendan Fraser] left my office after our first meeting, I felt it,” stated Aronofsky. “I knew he could play someone who most people would start off by dismissing, but within five minutes they’d start to feel something for him. Then, within 20 minutes, they’re starting to fall in love with the character, because there’s just something about Brendan. Pretty soon, he starts to break your heart.”
Speaking to Newsweek, Fraser, who donned a fat suit for the role, discussed his character’s weight and what he hopes audiences will take away from the story.
“I’m hopeful that we can change some hearts and minds at least in terms of how we think and feel about those who live with obesity,” said Fraser. “So often, those people are dismissed in our society or the object of scorn and derision, and it’s unfair to them. I believe that shaming people for that reason is almost the last domain of prejudice that we overlook, and I think we can do better to change that. So I hope that this film might change some hearts and minds.”
The film is based on the critically acclaimed play by Samuel D. Hunter, with Hunter adapting his work for the screen. In addition to Fraser, The Whale stars Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, Samantha Morton, and Hong Chau.
A24 is targeting a December theatrical release.
Poster for A24’s ‘The Whale’ starring Brendan Fraser
HBO begins production on ‘True Detective: Night Country’
Season four of HBO’s critically acclaimed, award-winning drama True Detective has begun shooting in Iceland. The upcoming season is officially titled True Detective: Night Country and stars Oscar winner Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in leading roles.
Season one premiered in January 2014 and starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, and Taylor Kitsch took over the lead roles in season two, which debuted in 2015. It took four years before season three arrived starring Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, and Stephen Dorff in January 2019.
Given that filming is just now underway, season four’s likely 2023 premiere puts it four years out from the third season.
In addition to Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country stars John Hawkes, Christopher Eccleston, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett, and Anna Lambe. Aka Niviâna, Isabella Star Lablanc, and Joel D. Montgrand also star.
Issa López directed the entire fourth season and serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, and series creator Nic Pizzolatto also executive produce. Additional executive producers include Barry Jenkins, Adele Romansky, Mark Ceryak, Mari Jo Winkler, Chris Mundy, writer Alan Page Arriaga, Steve Golin, Richard Brown, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Princess Daazhraii Johnson.
HBO offered this description of the new season:
“When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) must confront their pasts and the dark truths lying underneath the Arctic ice.”
