Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is warned his days of fighting for the greater good are over and he needs to pick a side in the teaser trailer for Paramount Pictures’ Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1. Given Ethan’s history, that warning isn’t going to go over well.
The action-packed two-minute teaser trailer arrives with the film still more than a year out from its theatrical release. Paramount is targeting a July 14, 2023 premiere, provided there aren’t any more pandemic-caused delays. Part two is expected to be released in 2024.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning is the seventh film of the franchise. Tom Cruise’s first outing as Ethan Hunt premiered in 1996 with Brian De Palma directing. Mission: Impossible II followed in 2000 with John Woo at the helm and Mission: Impossible III, directed by J.J. Abrams, opened in 2006. Pixar’s Brad Bird (Ratatouille) made his live-action feature film directorial debut with 2011’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Christopher McQuarrie began his run as Mission: Impossible director with 2015’s Rogue Nation followed by 2018’s Fallout and both upcoming Dead Reckoning films.
In addition to Tom Cruise, the Dead Reckoning cast includes returning MI stars Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust, and Vanessa Kirby as The White Widow. The cast also includes Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham, Pom Klementieff, Esai Morales, Henry Czerny, Rob Delaney, Cary Elwes, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, Charles Parnell, Greg Tarzan Davis, and Frederick Schmidt.
Tom Cruise and writer/director Christopher McQuarrie produce, with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, and Tommy Gormley executive producing.
Netflix just dropped the final trailer for Stranger Things season four volume one which is now just days away from its release. The one-minute trailer helps to confirm the three-year wait between seasons has been (almost) worth it. I mean, come on, three years is a loooonnnggg time to wait, but at least they have the legitimate excuse of Covid-19 shutting down production.
Stranger Things season four stars Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, David Harbour as Jim Hopper, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, and Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair. Noah Schnapp plays Will Byers, Sadie Sink is Max Mayfield, Natalia Dyer is Nancy Wheeler, Charlie Heaton is Jonathan Byers, Joe Keery is Steve Harrington, and Maya Hawke is Robin Buckley. Priah Ferguson stars as Erica Sinclair, Brett Gelman plays Murray, Cara Buono is Karen Wheeler, and Matthew Modine is Dr. Brenner.
Additional cast members include Jamie Campbell Bower as Peter Ballard, Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson, Eduardo Franco as Argyle, Sherman Augustus as Lt. Colonel Sullivan, Mason Dye as Jason Carver, Nikola Djuricko as Yuri, and Tom Wlaschiha as Dmitri. Season four also features Myles Truitt as Patrick, Regina Ting Chen as Ms. Kelly, Grace Van Dien as Chrissy, Logan Riley Bruner as Fred Benson, Logan Allen as Jake, Elodie Grace Orkin as Angela, John Reynolds as Officer Callahan, Rob Morgan as Chief Powell, Amybeth McNulty as Vickie, and Robert Englund as Victor Creel.
Volume 1 debuts on May 27, 2022 with the release of episodes one through seven. Volume two follows on July 1st and includes episodes eight and nine.
The Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 1 Plot:
It’s been six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time – and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier. In this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces, presenting a gruesome mystery that, if solved, might finally put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down.
A Look Back at Seasons 1 – 3:
Stranger Things is set in 1983 Indiana, where a young boy vanishes into thin air. As friends, family, and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top-secret government experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one very strange little girl.
Season 2: It’s 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the Demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down, but a bigger, more sinister entity still threatens those who survived.
Season 3: It’s 1985 in Hawkins, Indiana, and summer’s heating up. School’s out, there’s a brand new mall in town, and romance is blossoming. But new dangers loom. Evil doesn’t end, it evolves — and one summer can change everything.
Warner Bros. Pictures just released a new three-minute trailer for the musical epic Elvis, directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Austin Butler in what’s likely to be a career-defining role. When the second official trailer debuted at the 2022 CinemaCon in Vegas, I tweeted, “Calling it now – #Elvis will catapult Austin Butler into superstar status. New footage is amazing! #Cinemacon2022”. Watching the new trailer confirms my first reaction was correct.
During a press conference prior to the release of the first Elvis trailer, Austin Butler described how being able to go to Nashville and record with amazing gospel singers was an incredible gift. He was able to learn about Elvis Presley’s influences and that helped him capture Elvis’s passion for gospel music.
“The first time we walked into this little chapel and set up all these period microphones and got to go in there with 30 of the most incredible gospel singers and they’re stamping their feet … I stood in the center and tears just poured down my face and I got chills down my spine,” said Butler. “It’s a glorious experience, that. And it’s hard not to have it in your marrow at that point. So, it was experiences like that along the way that really showed me how much gospel and spirituals influenced Elvis on a musical level, on a spiritual level, on the way that he moved, on the freedom of his body. It was really beautiful.”
Butler also spoke about the huge challenge of playing the rock and roll icon.
“It’s such an incredible responsibility. I feel not only a responsibility to Elvis and his life, and I feel a responsibility to Priscilla and Lisa Maria and his entire family, and all the people around the world that love him so dearly. I’ve used the analogy before but when I first started it really felt like when you’re a kid and you put on your father’s suit and the sleeves are much too long and the shoes are like boats on your feet. In the beginning, I thought, ‘This is impossible. How could I possibly do anything but feel like I’m less than this superhuman individual?’
And then as time passed, at least for me, I started to feel like I grew into it and suddenly I felt his humanity more. And so, we got incredibly meticulous with things. But Baz also directs in such a way that we tried so much. We had takes where it was just purely for getting every finger to be in the exact same way that he moved, and then some where we just threw it away and allowed just the visceral life to come out.”
In addition to Austin Butler in the title role, Elvis stars Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker, Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla Presley, Helen Thomson as Gladys Presley, and Richard Roxburgh as Vernon Presley. Luke Bracey plays Jerry Schilling, Natasha Bassett is Dixie Locke, and David Wenham is Hank Snow. The cast also includes Kelvin Harrison Jr. as B.B. King, Xavier Samuel as Scotty Moore, and Kodi Smit-McPhee as Jimmie Rodgers Snow.
Elvis is a mix of Austin Butler singing as well as real Elvis Presley recordings. The soundtrack will also include Chris Isaak, Doja Cat, Eminem & Ceelo Green, Gary Clark Jr, Jack White, Kacey Musgraves, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Swae Lee & Diplo, and Stevie Nicks.
Warner Bros. Pictures will release Elvis in theaters on June 24, 2022.
Warner Bros released the following synopsis:
“This film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Hanks). The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America. Central to that journey is one of the most significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley (DeJonge).”
The CW’s 2022-2023 primetime lineup expands the worlds of Supernatural and Walker, with prequels for both shows snagging spots in the network’s fall schedule. The upcoming 2022-2023 season will also introduce the new drama Professionals starring Smallville‘s Tom Welling and Family Law with Firefly‘s Jewel Staite.
Season five of All American will air on Mondays at 8pm ET/PT followed by season two of All American: Homecoming. Tuesday’s fall lineup features the Supernatural prequel The Winchesters at 8pm ET/PT and the new action series Professionals at 9pm ET/PT.
Season three of DC’s Stargirl and season three of Kung Fu air on Wednesdays this fall, with Thursday nights devoted to Walker and its origin story, Walker Independence.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us season nine airs Fridays at 8pm ET/PT followed by Whose Line Is It Anyway? season 11 at 9pm ET/PT. Criss Angel stars in The CW’s new alternative series Magic with the Stars on Saturdays at 8pm ET/PT. World’s Funniest Animals season two follows at 9pm ET/PT.
Season one of Family Law will join the primetime lineup on Sundays at 8pm ET/PT, and season four of Coroner airs at 9pm ET/PT.
New seasons of The Flash, Nancy Drew, Superman & Lois, and the final season of Riverdale will premiere midseason.
“As The CW looks towards the future, we are evolving and adapting to become more than just a network. We are a brand that drives our passionate and dedicated audiences to engage directly with our programming across all platforms, both linear and digital,” stated Mark Pedowitz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The CW Network. “In the tradition of The CW’s commitment to high-quality programming that features diverse and inclusive storytelling and characters, we are rolling out a fall lineup that features an exciting new crop of series including the prequel to one of our most successful franchises, The Winchesters, a wild-west origin story to another hit CW franchise, Walker Independence, the action-packed original series Professionals, the delightful legal drama Family Law and our latest magical alternative series Magic with the Stars, as well as our expansion of The CW DC Universe Gotham Knights this midseason.
We will also be saying goodbye to an iconic CW series that shaped and defined popular culture, Riverdale. All of these new series will also bolster The CW’s growing digital footprint by adding to the growing library of content available to fans on our free, ad-supported CW App.”
THE WINCHESTERS
Before Sam and Dean, there were their parents, John and Mary. Told from the perspective of narrator Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles, Supernatural), The Winchesters is the epic, untold love story of how John Winchester (Drake Rodger) met Mary Campbell (Meg Donnelly) and put it all on the line to not only save their love but the entire world. When John returns home from fighting in Vietnam, a mysterious encounter sparks a new mission to trace his father’s past.
In his journey, he crosses paths with 19-year-old demon hunter Mary, who is also searching for answers after the disappearance of her own father. Together, the two join forces with young hunter-in-training Latika (Nida Khurshid) and easygoing hunter Carlos (Jonathan “Jojo” Fleites) to uncover the hidden truths about both their families. Their investigation leads them to a rare book emporium, whose owner Ada (Demetria McKinney) takes an interest to the occult and could provide the missing pieces to their puzzle.
But secrets run deep for both the Winchesters and Campbells, and despite the best efforts of John’s mother Millie (Bianca Kajlich) to protect her son from pursuing a dangerous life of demon hunting, John and Mary are both determined to work together to uphold their families’ legacies while beginning to form a family of their own.
PROFESSIONALS Professionals follows Vincent Corbo (Tom Welling), a top-tier security operative who is paid to protect the interests of rich and powerful clients by any means necessary – legal or not. After a next-gen medical-data satellite explodes on launch, Corbo is hired by the rocket’s designer, billionaire futurist Peter Swann (Brendan Fraser), who suspects sabotage. Complicating Corbo’s new gig is his former paramour and now Swann’s fiancée, medical visionary Dr. Grace Davila (Elena Anaya), who is racing to help stave off a global catastrophe.
As Corbo and his team of veteran security professionals investigate the rocket disaster, they expose a lethal conspiracy of Swann’s corporate rivals, corrupt government officials, and a shadowy crime syndicate – all working to destroy Swann and take control of his tech empire. Worse, Corbo must also contend with Swann’s spoiled, troublemaking teen daughter (Jazzara Jaslyn) and a rogue Europol agent (Ken Duken) who is hellbent on busting him for past sins.
WALKER INDEPENDENCE
Set in the late 1800s, an origin story of The CW’s current hit series Walker, Walker Independence follows Abby Walker (Katherine McNamara), an affluent and tough-minded Bostonian whose husband is murdered before her eyes while on their journey out West. After crossing paths with Calian (Justin Johnson Cortez), a curious Apache tracker, Abby arrives in the town of Independence, Texas, where she encounters diverse and eclectic residents running from their pasts, chasing their dreams, and keeping their own secrets, including Kate Carver (Katie Findlay), an idiosyncratic burlesque dancer with perhaps too keen an interest in Abby’s origins, and Kai (Lawrence Kao), a soulful Chinese immigrant who runs a local restaurant/laundry and offers Abby friendship without agenda.
Abby also literally runs into Hoyt Rawlins (Matt Barr), a slippery rogue, thief, and con artist with a dented heart of gold who quickly eyes Abby as a mark, until she turns the tables on him. In seeking justice for her husband, Abby encounters Independence’s noble deputy sheriff, Augustus (Philemon Chambers), and his new boss, Sheriff Tom Davidson (Greg Hovanessian), who she has reason to believe is a very bad man indeed. Abby and Hoyt soon find themselves precariously aligned, both seeking to uncover the truth about the identity of Abby’s husband’s killer, and vow to save Independence – a frontier boomtown where nothing is what it seems.
MAGIC WITH THE STARS
In each episode of Magic with the Stars, two celebrities train with professional magicians and compete to create a show-stopping series of magic performances. The celebrity competitors are tasked with mastering three major categories of magic, which they perform in front of a team of judges led by magician Criss Angel. Only the highest-scoring celebrities will be invited back to the finale where they will compete for the golden wand.
FAMILY LAW Family Law centers around Abigail Bianchi (Jewel Staite), a high-paid personal-injury lawyer who’s good at blaming others – particularly when it comes to her own problems. After Abby’s husband kicks her out of the family home because of her drinking, she goes on a bender, shows up drunk in court and pukes on a client. The law society’s punishment is swift. She’s suspended, fined, and can only practice law again if she finds a senior lawyer who is willing to take her on and mentor her for a one year probationary period.
Only one man is willing to take that risk: Harry Svensson (Victor Garber), who runs the top family law practice in the city. He also happens to be Abby’s estranged father, who left Abby and her complicated mother for his secretary when Abby was seven. Now, not only does Abby have to work for her father, she also has to work with her half-siblings: Daniel (Zach Smadu), from Harry’s subsequent marriage and Lucy (Genelle Williams), from Harry’s third marriage. Thus begins the odd dynamic at Abigail’s new workplace.
Abby has to try to put her shambles of a life back on track, all while dealing with family on three different levels: Other people’s families in her cases, the family she was born into, and her family: her husband and two children, all of whom she desperately wants back. Abigail not only has to prove herself in a new realm of law; she also has to work with and build relationships with a family she barely knows. Most challenging of all, she must work under the thumb of the man she’s spent a lifetime resenting.
GOTHAM KNIGHTS – Premieres Midseason
Batman is dead and a powder keg has ignited Gotham City without the Dark Knight to protect it. In the wake of Bruce Wayne’s murder, his adopted son Turner Hayes (Oscar Morgan) is framed for killing the Caped Crusader, along with the children of some of Batman’s enemies: Duela (Olivia Rose Keegan), an unpredictable fighter and skilled thief who was born in Arkham Asylum and abandoned by her father, Harper Row (Fallon Smythe), a streetwise and acerbic engineer who can fix anything, and her brother Cullen Row (Tyler DiChiara), a clever transgender teen who is tired of being polite and agreeable.
With the charismatic and hard-charging District Attorney Harvey Dent (Misha Collins) and the GCPD hot on their trail, Turner will rely on allies including his best friend and formidable coder Stephanie Brown (Anna Lore), and unlikely Batman sidekick Carrie Kelley (Navia Robinson). But our Knights will soon learn there is a larger, more nefarious force at work within Gotham City. This team of mismatched fugitives must band together to become its next generation of saviors known as the GOTHAM KNIGHTS.
RECIPE FOR DISASTER – Premieres Midseason
In each episode of Recipe for Disaster, three professional chefs and their cooking partners compete to prepare spectacular dishes under absurdly adverse conditions. Our studio transforms into a bizarre new world each week, replete with themed disasters that challenge our chefs in ways they never imagined. They will attempt the perfect sear while stranded on an in-studio “desert island” during monsoon season, prep ramen while pulling off an art heist, or create a show-stopping soufflé while dodging aliens on Mars. To make matters worse, their cooking partners are people from their lives who are total kitchen novices.
Who will impress the judges, and whose dishes will succumb to the ridiculous disasters du jour? Ultimately, only one team will be crowned Masters of Disaster!
The long-delayed, much-anticipated debut of the Belcher family on the big screen arrives with the theatrical release of The Bob’s Burgers Movie on May 27, 2022. Series creator and The Bob’s Burgers Movie co-director and co-screenwriter Loren Bouchard promises the PG-13 animated film will treat fans of the series to a brand-new Belcher family adventure that will answer some lingering questions – including why Louise wears bunny ears – while also being accessible to those who haven’t caught on to Bob’s Burgers over its 12-season run on Fox. (Which raises the question, what are they waiting for?)
Bouchard joined his co-writer Nora Smith and co-director Bernard Derriman for a panel at the 2022 WonderCon to talk about The Bob’s Burgers Movie set for release over Memorial Day weekend. Voice cast members H. Jon Benjamin (“Bob”), John Roberts (“Linda”), Larry Murphy (“Teddy”), Kristen Schaal (“Louise”), Dan Mintz (“Tina”), and Eugene Mirman (“Gene”) also made the trek to the first in-person WonderCon since Covid-19 wreaked havoc on the world.
In addition to a Q&A with fans, The Bob’s Burgers Movie talent participated in interviews in support of the first – but hopefully not last – feature film inspired by the popular animated series.
LOREN BOUCHARD, NORA SMITH, AND BERNARD DERRIMAN INTERVIEW
How many versions of the script have there been?
Loren Bouchard: “We love this question.”
Nora Smith: “A lot. A lot. I find it fascinating how many versions because this is the first movie I’ve made so it was amazing to me how many different versions. We always knew where we were going to start, where we were going to end up, tentpoles in the middle. But the way we got there changed at least dramatically twice maybe. So, it was really fun to see that it finally got to where we were super happy with it.”
Loren Bouchard: “Nora and I wrote the script and Bernard and I directed the movie, and this is a group of people who loves to work. We ALL very, very [much] enjoy it. If you give us time, we will always do another draft. And that’s just…I think it’s baked into our DNA. And then we also wind each other up and stay up late and text each other new ideas. And so, when we were given any opportunity to tweak the script we took it. It’s really fun.”
Nora Smith: “Give us a note – we want a note. Give us a note and we’ll do another version.”
Loren Bouchard: “And same with Bernard for the boards.”
Bernard Derriman: “The thing is for every version of the script, we actually drew it too. Loren and Nora would do the temps; we didn’t always have the cast to record every version. So, the beauty was these guys would just record it and then we would draw every version, so we’d get to actually see it too which is a big part of it.”
Nora Smith: “You had to draw all these drawings that went away…”
How many of those past versions could now become the sequel?
Loren Bouchard: “None!”
You weren’t saving them up for the next movie?
Loren Bouchard: “No. I mean, who knows? A good idea sometimes manages to resurface and be reborn. We have that on the series all the time too. You try never to throw anything valuable away. All these little bits and pieces tend to get recycled and sorted through for everything. So, some pieces may show up in the series and, who knows, maybe some pieces will show up in a future movie. But it wasn’t like we had a sequel that we cut.”
Nora Smith: “We talked about stuff like, ‘Oh, we can’t fit it in this movie. Hopefully we’ll get to do another one so we can put it in there.’”
When the film was first talked about you said it was a musical and now it’s described as a mashup. What is it mostly?
Loren Bouchard: “I mean, we tried to make it really not all one thing. I think it’s fair to say it’s mostly Bob’s Burgers the movie…not to be cute about it. But I mean we didn’t want to make it too much of a musical because that wouldn’t be true to the show. We didn’t want to make it too much of a mystery because we want it to be funny and we want it to be hardy and character-driven. So, we had to mash it in a way where you don’t feel one ingredient dominates over the others. Would you say that’s true?”
Bernard Derriman: “I think so. And then at one point we had actually ambitions for more songs, but story sometimes got in the way. You’d start pulling them out, and we had to fit it all in. We didn’t want to force stuff in if we didn’t have to. I think we did the right amount.”
Will there be a lot of Easter eggs from seasons one through 12 scattered throughout the movie?
Loren Bouchard: (Laughing) “’A lot’ sounds like a lot.”
Nora Smith: “It’s also just like stuff that we know that the fans are wondering about that we get into. Which is less Easter egg and more just like questions that we’ve gotten a lot at events. And so we hope to delve into some of those areas.”
Bernard Derriman: “Also, it is in a fixed time and place so a lot of the series you’ll see stuff that will involve the movie and after the movie, too. A lot of stuff in the aftermath of the movie you’ll see in the series so you’ll be able to pinpoint between which episodes the [movie] was is the idea.”
Is the movie accessible for people who don’t watch Bob’s Burgers?
Loren Bouchard: “Yes, I’m so glad you asked that. From the very beginning we were aware that if we just made a fan movie, if we just made a movie for the folks who watch the show, not only does it leave some possible members of the audience out, but it also isn’t probably as good a movie. Those movies are fun, I guess, if you know all the characters and you can just jump right in. But I think to make a really good movie it has to stand on its own. That’s the definition of a movie. It can’t just be some add-on, some extra that only speaks to one portion of the population. It should be for anyone who cares to sit down and watch it for 90-something minutes.
We want to hear from you. After you see it – if you’ve never seen the series reach out and tell us if we succeeded. That’s the goal.”
Nora Smith: “If you liked it.”
Loren Bouchard: “Oh yeah. Don’t tell us how much you didn’t like it. We can’t handle that.”
We know the kids will never grow up in the series, but do you have any idea what they’d do for employment as adults?
Loren Bouchard: “For me anyway it feels like cheating to decide. Like, ‘Oh, I know. I’m the showrunner – I’ve got to know. Definitely goes into this particular field that I’m interested in.’ I think it’s fun to resist the urge because we have to stay in this time frame. So, in a way it’s cheating to have a card in your back pocket, like, ‘I know how it turns out.’ I think it’s fun for us to write from that same point of view as the audience watching it.”
DAN MINTZ, KRISTEN SCHAAL, AND EUGENE MIRMAN INTERVIEW:
We know the movie will reveal the story behind Louise’s bunny ears. Have you always known why she wears the hat?
Kristen Schaal: “No, they never told me why Louise always wears her ears. They said that’s something that they’re kind of saving in their back pocket for a big occasion.”
Eugene Mirman: “I think there’s stuff that they had imagined in the conception but that we aren’t told until it’s time to reveal.”
Kristen Schaal: “I don’t think they knew then, either. I created that she had some sort of special horns that she didn’t want anyone to know about because then the scientists would take her away.”
What would the film be about if your characters wrote the movie?
Dan Mintz: “Tina’s would obviously be her erotic friend fiction. I guess if she had one movie to make, you’d probably compile little bits and pieces – like kind of a greatest hits thing. You’d have to make sure it’s all consistent.”
Kristen Schaal: “Louise would probably make the movie about probably destroying the earth with an alien invasion and she’s the only one who could save it.”
Eugene Mirman: “Gene would try to probably work with her but make it a rock opera.”
Who would direct?
Kristen Schaal: “Louise. There’s an episode where Louise directs – ‘Meat Man’ – and I think she does a dang good job.”
Of all the music over the 12 seasons, what’s your favorite song?
Dan Mintz: “I like the ‘Topsy’ song a lot.”
Kristen Schaal: “That’s a good one. I mean, ‘Bad Stuff Happens in the Bathroom.’ I recently read a fan said they sing it when they’re having a bad day to get them going. I thought that makes it a hit for me too then.”
Eugene Mirman: “You know, there’s a cover of ‘Alone’ that Gene sings that I always enjoy. But then also ‘Topsy’ and ‘Bad Stuff.’”
Kristen Schaal: “There’s some songs in the movie that are bangers. Bangers.”
LARRY MURPHY, H. JON BENJAMIN, AND JOHN ROBERTS INTERVIEW:
If your characters were put in charge of writing a movie, what would it be about?
Larry Murphy: “It would probably be drawn from real life so it would be like an adventure that happens on his way to Bob’s Burgers.”
H. Jon Benjamin: “So, like a road movie – Teddy Goes on the Road. Bob would be like some dystopian future sci-fi movie.”
John Roberts: “Well, that’s stupid. I think Linda would have a psychedelic fever dream with electronica music and a lot of fantasy.”
Larry Murphy: “I’d like her to remake Ghost.”
John Roberts: “There would be some Ghost moments in the movie, yeah. I already thought of that. That was my idea.”
Did you miss this camaraderie when you were apart during Covid?
Larry Murphy: “No.”
John Roberts: “No.”
H. Jon Benjamin: “I’m not loving this at all.”
Larry Murphy: “This isn’t a great day for me.”
John Roberts: “It was a nice break from Jon’s breath but right now it’s all coming back to me.”
H. Jon Benjamin: “I had a burrito. I did eat a burrito with onions.”
John Roberts: “No, we miss each other but we’re making up for lost time.”
The Bob’s Burgers voice cast is unusual in that you’re usually together while working on episodes. Covid-19 changed that. How easy was it to get into your characters when you didn’t have your co-stars around to work off of?
John Roberts: “Well, during the pandemic it’s like thank god I have a job. I’m so lucky to be doing this and being able to read something funny right now. Hats off to the writers for being able to be funny during that time and continue to write because it was a really hard time to be creative, I know, and funny in general but we managed. I’m proud of everybody…especially me.”
Is there an episode over the 12 seasons that you believe deserves its own movie?
H. Jon Benjamin: “Wow. Like all the holiday episodes could be – a Christmas movie or a Thanksgiving movie.”
John Roberts: “The Christmas episode where they end up at the rave. That’s got a lot of characters in it. I think it’s pretty big, pretty epic. The music in that is amazing.”
Do you ever pitch story ideas?
H. Jon Benjamin: “No.”
John Roberts: “No. We get to improvise. That’s where we get to put our special sauce.”
How much do they keep of your improv?
John Roberts: “Oh, 100%. I improvise all my lines.”
Larry Murphy: “You don’t even get the script, right?”
John Roberts: “I don’t even get a script. I just go with whatever I’m thinking.”
H. Jon Benjamin: “I don’t think they’ve actually kept one improv of yours.”
John Roberts: “Oh, I think they have. Like, ‘Pass the cranberry sauce…’”
H. Jon Benjamin: “Oh, that’s true. The song.”
John Roberts: “…and mashed potatoes. Improv!”
H. Jon Benjamin: “That was good. That was good. They often make John improvise the songs, right?”
John Roberts: “Not anymore they don’t.”
What are fans going to love about The Bob’s Burgers Movie?
Larry Murphy: “If you love the show, you’re going to love this movie.”
H. Jon Benjamin: “More music. More mystery.”
Larry Murphy: “More of what you love.”
H. Jon Benjamin: “More adventure. More Bob. More Linda. More Teddy. More Louise. What’s the other kid’s name?”
Larry Murphy: “Right. The other kid.”
H. Jon Benjamin: “The other daughter…what’s her name.”
Larry Murphy: “Tina.”
H. Jon Benjamin: “More Tina.”
John Roberts: “I would say put your best Bob’s Burgers outfit on, wave that freak flag high, get all your friends together…”
Larry Murphy: “And you’re going to be amongst your friends.”
John Roberts: “…make it an event. Make it fun. Enjoy. Get back out there into the world. We’ve had a rough go of it. Go have some fun and enjoy yourself.”
NBC wraps up the crazy ninth season of The Blacklist with “Marvin Gerard: Conclusion Pt 2.” Season nine episode 22 will air on Friday, May 27, 2022 at 8pm ET/PT.
James Spader leads the cast as Raymond “Red” Reddington. The season nine cast also includes Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler, Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai, Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma, Laura Sohn as Alina Park, and Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper.
“Marvin Gerard: Conclusion Pt. 2” Plot – Red and Cooper square off with conflicting endgames for their mutual traitor. A major secret about the Task Force falls into the wrong hands.
Season 9 Description, Courtesy of NBC:
“In the two years following the death of Elizabeth Keen, Raymond Reddington (Spader) and the members of the FBI Task Force have disbanded – their lives now changed in unexpected ways and with Reddington’s whereabouts unknown. Finding themselves each at a crossroads, a common purpose compels them to renew their original mission: to take down dangerous, vicious and eccentric Blacklisters. In the process, they begin to uncover lethal adversaries, unimaginable conspiracies and surprising betrayals that will threaten alliances and spur vengeance for the past, led by the most devious criminal of them all – Raymond Reddington.”
Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper and Laura Sohn as Alina Park in ‘The Blacklist’ season 9 episode 22 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler, Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper, Laura Sohn as Alina Park, Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma, and Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai in the season 9 finale (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Deirdre Lovejoy as Cynthia Panabaker in season 9 episode 22 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma and Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper in the season 9 finale (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler in season 9 episode 22 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in season 9 episode 22 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
Season three of CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted finishes up with the team on the hunt for an oligarch. Season three episode 22, “A Man Without a Country,” is set to air on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 10pm ET/PT.
The season three cast includes Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, Alexa Davalos as Special Agent Kristin Gaines, YaYa Gosselin as Natalia “Tali” LaCroix, and Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes. Keisha Castle-Hughes plays Special Agent Hana Gibson and Miguel Gomez is Special Agent Ivan Ortiz.
“A Man Without a Country” Plot: The team chases an oligarch who goes on a terror spree in New York City in a desperate attempt to escape his impossible situation.
This is it…CBS’s Bull comes to an end with season six episode 22, “Goodbye.” Directed by Eric Stoltz from a script by Kathryn Price and Nichole Millard, the series finale will air on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 10pm ET/PT.
The cast is led by Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull. Yara Martinez plays Isabella “Izzy” Colón, Geneva Carr is Marissa Morgan, Jamie Lee Kirchner plays Danny James, Christopher Jackson stars as Chunk Palmer, and MacKenzie Meehan is Taylor Rentzel.
“Goodbye” Plot: Bull and the Trial Analysis Corporation team head to court one last time to finalize a negligent homicide defense that will change the nature of their company and their lives forever, on the series finale.
Bull stars Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull in a drama inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw, the founder of one of the most prolific trial-consulting firms of all time. Brilliant, brash and charming, Dr. Bull is the ultimate puppet master as he combines psychology, human intuition and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses and the accused tick.
While Bull has mastered his professional domain, his personal life continues to evolve in surprising ways. Now the father of a young daughter, Bull is newly remarried to his ex-wife, Isabella “Izzy” Colón. Bull’s enviable group of experts at Trial Analysis Corporation shape successful narratives down to the last detail. His team includes Marissa Morgan, a neurolinguistics expert from the Department of Homeland Security who monitors shifting jury reactions in real-time for Bull; former NYPD detective Danny James, the firm’s tough but relatable investigator; Taylor Rentzel, a working mother and former colleague of Marissa’s who is an expert at coding and computer hacking; and Chunk Palmer, a former all-American lineman and stylist-turned-lawyer, who helps clients prepare their image and testimony and serves as TAC’s official trial attorney.
Season four of CBS’s FBI wraps up with episode 22, “Prodigal Son,” airing on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 8pm ET/PT. The season finale was directed by Alex Chapple from a script by Rick Eid and features the team tracking robbers who stole automatic weapons.
(Update: CBS pulled this episode in light of the horrific murder of elementary school children in Uvalde, Texas.)
Fans won’t have to spend the next few months wondering about the status of FBI. CBS has officially renewed the three FBI series – FBI, FBI: Most Wanted, and FBI: International – for new seasons.
In addition to Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell (currently on maternity leave), the season four cast includes Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom ‘OA’ Zidan and Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine. Alana De La Garza is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, John Boyd is Special Agent Stuart Scola, and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.
Recurring season four cast members include Taylor Anthony Miller, Vedette Lim, Shantel VanSanten, Roshawn Franklin, Mara Davi, Caleb Reese Paul, and James Chen.
“Prodigal Son” Plot: As the team investigates a deadly robbery that garnered a cache of automatic weapons for the killers, they discover one of the perps is a classmate of Jubal’s son, who is reluctant to cooperate with the case.
Netflix just released the first eight minutes of Stranger Things season four volume one, providing fans a short sneak peek at what’s in store ahead of the season premiere planned for May 27, 2022. The eight-minute video begins with someone timing themselves while doing a crossword puzzle and then preparing for their day by shaving and donning a suit. The crossword puzzle fan turns out to be Dr. Brenner (Matthew Modine). The date: September 8, 1979. His place of work: Hawkins National Laboratories.
The first look at season four episode one was accompanied by the announcement the new season will be five hours longer than any previous season. Volume 1 debuts on May 27 with the release of episodes one through seven. Volume two follows on July 1st and includes episodes eight and nine.
Stranger Things season four stars Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, David Harbour as Jim Hopper, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, and Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair. Noah Schnapp plays Will Byers, Sadie Sink is Max Mayfield, Natalia Dyer is Nancy Wheeler, Charlie Heaton is Jonathan Byers, Joe Keery is Steve Harrington, and Maya Hawke is Robin Buckley. Priah Ferguson stars as Erica Sinclair, Brett Gelman plays Murray, Cara Buono is Karen Wheeler, and Matthew Modine is Dr. Brenner.
Additional cast members include Jamie Campbell Bower as Peter Ballard, Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson, Eduardo Franco as Argyle, Sherman Augustus as Lt. Colonel Sullivan, Mason Dye as Jason Carver, Nikola Djuricko as Yuri, and Tom Wlaschiha as Dmitri. Season four also features Myles Truitt as Patrick, Regina Ting Chen as Ms. Kelly, Grace Van Dien as Chrissy, Logan Riley Bruner as Fred Benson, Logan Allen as Jake, Elodie Grace Orkin as Angela, John Reynolds as Officer Callahan, Rob Morgan as Chief Powell, Amybeth McNulty as Vickie, and Robert Englund as Victor Creel.
It’s been six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time – and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier. In this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces, presenting a gruesome mystery that, if solved, might finally put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down.
