San Diego Comic-Con attendees will have an opportunity to sit on the Iron Throne as part of HBO Max’s House of the Dragon: The Dragon’s Den immersive experience. HBO Max’s special immersive experience is sure to be one of the hottest tickets when the pop culture convention returns to downtown San Diego July 20-24, 2022.
HBO Max released the following details on how to secure a ticket: “House of the Dragon: The Dragon’s Den will be open to all San Diego Comic-Con badge holders. San Diego Comic-Con attendees will also have the opportunity to receive two fast-pass tickets each for the experience at designated ‘HBO Max Drop Zones,’ which will serve as beacons for HBO Max activity across Comic-Con. Each visit to a Drop Zone will present attendees with unique giveaways: custom content, swag, VIP seats to screenings, and more.”
The activation is in addition to the previously announced House of the Dragon panel set to take place in Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center. The panel will feature co-creator/executive producer George R.R. Martin, co-creator/co-showrunner/executive producer/writer Ryan Condal, co-showrunner/executive producer/director Miguel Sapochnik, Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen, Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole, Graham McTavish as Ser Harrold Westerling, Milly Alcock as Young Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, and Emily Carey as Young Alicent Hightower.
“We are excited to reignite the Game of Thrones fandom and franchise by bringing Westeros back to Comic-Con after a three-year hiatus,” said Pia Barlow, Executive Vice President, Originals Marketing, HBO Max. “We’re creating an immersive experience that will allow old and new fans alike to engage in a unique journey, bringing them closer to the Westeros featured in the new series House of the Dragon.”
HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel premieres on August 21, 2022.
House of the Dragon: The Dragon’s Den Details, Courtesy of HBO Max:
Open from Thursday, July 21 through Sunday, July 24, House of the Dragon: The Dragon’s Den is an interactive experience, created by agency Giant Spoon, where Comic-Con attendees will be guided through a ceremonial dragon hatching experience. Walking in a Targaryen’s footsteps, each person will step from our world into the sights and sounds of King’s Landing, interacting with people of the city, selecting their own dragon egg, and bravely demonstrating they are worthy of a bond with a dragon. From the caverns of Dragonstone to the magnificent Red Keep, guests will be ushered by a designated Dragonkeeper through seven dynamic phases, encountering special interactions, and sound sensory elements Powered by Bose, on their journey.
The House of the Dragon: The Dragon’s Den culminates in the Throne Room, where, for the first time, fans will be able to see and sit on the new, mighty Targaryen-era Iron Throne for a photo moment, acknowledging the reign of Fire and Blood in this infamous era of Westeros.
Having proven themselves true Targaryens, each person will hatch their personalized, virtual dragon egg in a new augmented reality app, House of the Dragon: DracARys, before exiting, enabling them to “raise” their dragon at home. Powered by Niantic Lightship and produced by The Mill, House of the Dragon: DracARys will be available for download in the Apple and Google Play app stores starting July 20. Participants of House of the Dragon: The Dragon’s Den will receive exclusive access to the app’s dragon hatching features before the app begins its global rollout and unlocks full functionality on July 25.
House of the Dragon: The Dragon’s Den Activation Location: MLK JR Promenade: 326 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101
House of the Dragon: The Dragon’s Den Activation Hours:
Wednesday, July 20: (Press Preview): 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Thursday, July 21: 11:00am – 6:30pm
Friday, July 22: 11:00am – 6:30pm
Saturday, July 23: 11:00am – 6:30pm
Sunday, July 24: 11:00am – 4:30pm
Aka Niviâna and Kali Reis in ‘True Detective: Night Country’ (Photograph by Michele K. Short/HBO)
HBO’s season four of True Detective is moving forward with Jodie Foster confirmed to star and Issa López on board as writer, director, executive producer, and showrunner. Today, the network announced actor, motivational speaker, and Indigenous rights activist Kali Reis (Catch The Fair One) has joined the cast of the award-winning drama’s fourth season, which has just been officially greenlit. HBO also released new details on the True Detective: Night Country plot.
“We are tremendously excited to return to the True Detective franchise and to be working with the multi-talented Issa López, whose singular vision for her ‘Night Country’ installment will be beautifully realized with Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in the starring roles,” stated Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming.
HBO released the following synopsis of season four: “When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the six men that operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.”
Jodie Foster will executive produce along with López and PASTEL’s Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, and Mark Ceryak. Anonymous Content, Mari Jo Winkler, Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Nic Pizzolatto also executive produce. In addition, Alan Page Arriaga is writing and will executive produce.
Filming is expected to take place in Iceland. HBO hasn’t announced a targeted premiere date.
Season one of the critically acclaimed anthology series premiered in January 2014 and starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Season two debuted in June 2015 with Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Vince Vaughn, and Kelly Reilly in lead roles. The third season starring Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff arrived in January 2019.
The first trailer just dropped for Thirteen Lives, a dramatic thriller based on the true story of the rescue of a Thai youth soccer team trapped in a cave. The rescue captivated the world in 2018 as divers and other emergency personnel fought against time to save the 12 players and their coach.
The trailer’s release was accompanied by two stills from the film as well as the poster.
Directed by Ron Howard, the ensemble includes Viggo Mortensen as Rick Stanton, Colin Farrell as John Volanthen, Joel Edgerton as Harry Harris, and Tom Bateman as Chris Jewell. Paul Gleeson, Pattrakorn Tungsupakul, Tui Thiraphat Sajakul, James Teeradon Supapunpinyo, Sahajak Boonthanakit, and Weir Sukollawat Kanaros also star.
William Nicholson wrote the screenplay based on a story by Nicholson and Don Macpherson. P.J. van Sandwijk, Gabrielle Tana, Karen Lunder, William M. Connor, Brian Grazer, and Ron Howard produced. Jon Kuyper, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Marie Savare, Michael Lesslie, Aaron L. Gilbert, and Jason Cloth served as executive producers.
Thirteen Lives is an MGM production in association with BRON Creative, Imagine Entertainment, Storyteller, and Magnolia Mae.
Thirteen Lives opens in select theaters on July 29, 2022, followed by a launch on Prime Video on August 5th. The MPAA’s given the drama a PG-13 rating for some strong language and unsettling images.
The Plot:Thirteen Lives recounts the incredible true story of the tremendous global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team who become trapped in the Tham Luang cave during an unexpected rainstorm. Faced with insurmountable odds, a team of the world’s most skilled and experienced divers – uniquely able to navigate the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels – join with Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to attempt a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach.
With impossibly high stakes and the entire world watching, the group embarks on their most challenging dive yet, showcasing the limitlessness of the human spirit in the process.
Bette Midler declares the Sanderson sisters are back as the Hocus Pocus 2 trailer teases some legends never die. Disney+ just released the first look at the much-anticipated, long-awaited sequel to 1993’s Hocus Pocus. The trailer arrived along with new photos from the film and the teaser poster.
Bette Midler (The First Wives Club), Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City), and Kathy Najimy (Sister Act) reprise their roles as Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson. The cast also includes Doug Jones (The Shape of Water) reprising his role as Billy Butcherson. Whitney Peak (Gossip Girl), Lilia Buckingham (Dirt), and Belissa Escobedo (American Horror Stories) join the fun as Becca, Cassie, and Izzy, “three young women in present-day Salem who incite the wrath of the three witches.”
Additional cast members include Sam Richardson (The Tomorrow War), Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), Froyan Gutierrez (Teen Wolf), and Tony Hale (Veep). Anne Fletcher (Dumplin, The Proposal) and produced by Lynn Harris (King Richard, The Shallows), with Ralph Winter (Hocus Pocus, X-Men franchise), David Kirschner (Hocus Pocus, Chucky) and Adam Shankman (Disenchanted) serving as executive producers.
Kenny Ortega (the High School Musical franchise) directed the 1993 film and Anne Fletcher (Step Up, 27 Dresses) directs the sequel from a screenplay by Jen D’Angelo (Happy Together). Lynn Harris produces, with Ralph Winter, David Kirschner, and Adam Shankman executive producing.
Hocus Pocus 2 premieres exclusively on Disney+ on September 30, 2022.
The Plot: It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters who were executed for practicing witchcraft, and they are looking for revenge. Now it is up to three high school students to figure out how to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before midnight on All Hallow’s Eve.
The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico season four episode four opens with the heartbreaking news Maria’s mother has died. Maria (Heather Hemmens) and Dallas (Quentin Plair) went looking for her after learning she’d gone missing, and Maria was with her mother as she passed away in a parking lot.
A few hours later, Liz (Jeanine Mason) joins Isobel (Lily Cowles), Dallas, and Maria at the Wild Pony. Liz gives her BFF a hug and then the friends look through one of Maria’s mom’s photo albums. Michael (Michael Vlamis) joins them and after leaving a message for Alex, he also comforts Maria.
Maria can’t believe they’re all there for her, and Isobel says, “You’re my sister. Of course, I’m going to be here for you.”
Max (Nathan Dean), Cam (Riley Voelkel), and Kyle (Michael Trevino) arrive and Michael asks what’s up at Deep Sky. Kyle explains the cameras were on the fritz when Jones’ body disappeared. Plus, no one has talked with Eduardo recently. Max is sure this all has to do with the third alien.
Michael’s going to keep working on getting close to Bonnie. Although he initially turns down their request to wear a tracker, Michael ultimately gives in as Max reminds him this could get dangerous.
Meanwhile, the new alien triad gather around Jones’ dead body. Tezca (Brigitte Kali Canales) sprinkles drops of her own blood on Jones’ chest and a symbol forms.
Isobel makes a coffee run and Anatsa shows up, worried about Maria. (Anatsa’s still part of the group texts.) Anatsa offers to help however she can and Isobel wonders why she’s so perfect. It appears Isobel’s on the verge of getting back together with her girlfriend…but instead she pulls away, saying she needs to be with her family.
Anatsa reminds her the Albuquerque newspaper wants her to join their staff and Isobel suggests she take the job. Damn it, Isobel! Allow yourself to be happy and just take a chance and trust Anatsa!
Michael continues to give Bonnie guitar lessons and learns music isn’t allowed on Oasis. Bonnie thinks Earth is proof things can be different. Clyde interrupts their chat/music lesson, reminding Bonnie music will rot her brain. Michael wants answers about his own life and Clyde seems willing to provide them.
Clyde destroys Michael’s phone before they go for a ride.
Max, Cam, and Isobel join Liz in her new lab furnished with equipment provided by Shivani. Liz examines the alien skin and confirms that is, indeed, from an alien. Unfortunately, the sample’s destroyed and turns to sand while Liz is working with it.
Max and Liz head back out to the derricks to try and find another sample. Liz admits her brain’s a bit scattered – there’s too much going on and she can’t concentrate. Max assures her he has faith in her and he’s right; her specialized alien-seeking metal detector hits paydirt. Whatever it’s beeping about is buried and Max volunteers to use his powers to dig it up quickly.
The ground rumbles and a semi loaded with dirt rises out of the ground. Max is impressed with himself and claims Liz is his turquoise; she focused him. They kiss to celebrate.
Dallas brings a bag of goodies from Arturo and the Crash Down Café to Maria at the Wild Pony. She’s alone and he’s able to speak freely. Dallas thinks she should tell the group she has lost her visions and Maria gets angry, suggesting he work on his own powers and stop telling her what to do.
She quickly apologizes. Maria regrets not telling her mom that she’s powerless. If Maria had, then her mom might have given her more details as she was dying instead of suggesting she use her powers. Her mom wanted her to go somewhere, but Maria can’t figure out where she was talking about.
Bonnie and Clyde take Michael to their hideout and after grabbing a couple of wine coolers, talk turns to Jones. Clyde says Jones showed them what the world could be and Michael asks what he’s talking about. They offer Michael a fruit from home and he loves how it tastes.
Next, Clyde shows Michael what Oasis looks like via a mindscape. It’s so gorgeous that Michael wonders why they’d ever leave it. Clyde replies, “It was our savior’s will.”
Michael realizes they were all on the same ship, but this alien triad’s been in stasis waiting for Jones to call on them. Clyde believes Michael’s asking too many questions about Jones, but Michael claims he only wants to learn about Oasis.
Clyde becomes suspicious Michael’s being tracked (even though he destroyed his phone) and Michael secretly yanks off his ring and creates a fire in his clenched fist, melting the ring. Michael informs the bank-robbing aliens that Jones was his father and demands to know his role in all this.
Bonnie and Clyde walk away to talk privately, and Michael uses the opportunity to search their hideout. He finds Eduardo (David DeSantos) tied up in a chair and while freeing him is surprised to see Eduardo’s eyes have turned blue. Eduardo has no idea why or how he wound up in this building.
Eduardo asks if Michael thinks Bonnie and Clyde are all bad, and he admits he thinks they’re justs lost. Eduardo suggests he’ll escape on his own so as not to blow Michael’s cover. Michael should continue to learn whatever he can without making them suspicious.
Kyle’s shocked to find Isobel’s made herself at home in his Deep Sky office and has apparently turned into a private detective overnight. She wants everything he has on Jones and reveals she’s in possession of an envelope addressed to Eduardo from someone in Careyes, Mexico – a town that rivals Roswell in alien-friendly residents. Inside is a photo of the familiar alien symbol and a note:
“There are things in Careyes you’d find interesting. Ask for Xitlali.”
Isobel’s ready for a road trip right now and thinks Careyes might hold the answer to where Jones hid his Plan B. Kyle realizes from Isobel’s behavior that she never told Anatsa the truth. Isobel confesses she blew the opportunity and will never be able to tell her.
Isobel wants to check out the cameras from the construction going on outside Deep Sky to see if they caught Jones’s body snatchers.
A while later Kyle and Isobel meet up with Cam and Max, and Cam’s clutching a Careyes T-shirt. She explains they got it from the truck’s owner who woke up wearing it after being knocked out for a week. They all suspect mind-control.
Isobel and Kyle show Max and Cam a photo captured on the security camera showing Eduardo and an unknown woman who matches the description of the woman who stole the truck. They believe this woman’s the third alien.
Maria has a flashback to high school and talking to her mom at the drive-in about her love life. The flashback provides the answer to the meeting place her mother referred to right before she died. Maria realizes what her mom was trying to tell her had something to do with her mom’s wedding.
Max and Liz search the truck as Max explains they believe Eduardo was mind-controlled into stealing Jones’ body. Eduardo is still missing (Michael doesn’t have a phone and hasn’t checked in yet) and Liz wants Kyle’s help sniffing out alien DNA samples. However, Kyle’s with Isobel heading to Mexico sniffing out a different lead.
As they’re talking Liz finds the truck driver’s ID just as the driver, Renata, walks up. Renata confirms she didn’t have blue eyes until she was kidnapped.
Isobel and Cam have a weird chat about gunslingers and other things. Isobel’s really hyper and oversharing, and Cam figures out it’s because of what Maria’s going through and how easy it is to lose someone you love.
Cam ties that into Isobel thinking she’ll lose Max when he marries Liz. Oops…Isobel didn’t know Max wants to get married. Isobel can’t believe her brother had the nerve to get down on one knee and she can’t even tell Anatsa the truth.
Cam understands Isobel’s situation, aware Anatsa’s the first person Isobel’s loved since Noah. Cam also understands Isobel’s worried that if she reveals her secret, Anatsa won’t react well. “My guess is you’re afraid that if you open your heart to her, she might shatter it,” says Cam.
Nailed it.
Cam then confesses she was in love with Isobel’s brother years ago but never found the courage to tell him. Would things be different if she had? We’ll never know.
Isobel took Cam’s words to heart and shows up in the middle of the road as Anatsa’s leaving Roswell. Anatsa meets her in the road and Isobel apologizes for everything – all the lies and all the pushing away she’s done. Isobel confesses she’s completely in love.
Isobel asks Anatsa to come with her to a cave, promising answers, but Anatsa doesn’t accept the invitation. She doesn’t like this rollercoaster they’re on and her heart is broken. Anatsa loves Isobel but doesn’t want love to be this complicated.
Anatsa hopes Isobel will figure it out and wishes her the best. She gets back in her car and drives away, leaving Isobel devastated and alone.
Meanwhile, Clyde’s still trying to wrap his mind around an engineer and the savior having a child. Clyde calls himself Jones’s star pupil and wants to put their differences aside and learn from each other.
Clyde shows Michael the safety deposit box and explains the item inside is part of a larger puzzle. When all the pieces are put together, they form the three segments of the alien symbol. Clyde wants Michael to retrieve the missing third piece and then he’ll see what the completed puzzle can do.
“Rumor has it your mother built it,” says Clyde.
Kyle’s made it to Careyes – and his family’s distillery – but can’t find Xitlali. He calls Liz to see if she’s making progress and learns Liz got alien eye DNA from Renata. Liz is leery of touching it given what happened last time and needs Kyle’s help. Kyle wants Liz to take a chance and add the dye.
Alberto Gordon introduces himself to Kyle as the man in charge of the distillery for the past three decades. Alberto explains that Xitlali isn’t a person; it’s a place.
Liz adds the dye and the sample, again, turns to sand.
Cam and Max split up to try and find Michael, and Max warns Cam to be on the lookout for Eduardo who now has blue eyes. As they’re talking, she spots Eduardo and immediately notices his eyes are brown. This isn’t the real Eduardo!
Michael and Bonnie talk and Bonnie confesses Clyde isn’t always who he seems to be. Bonnie misreads the room and kisses Michael and he quickly explains he’s in love with his boyfriend. She apologizes and explains she still hasn’t figured out Earth’s customs. Bonnie also explains the device his mom built that they’re attempting to put back together is to take them home.
Maria’s alone going through her mom’s wedding album when she finds a drawing of a tree.
It’s night when Max discovers Cam slumped down by her car and shot in the leg. Cam doesn’t think there’s time to get to the hospital because they need to follow Eduardo and asks Max to heal her. It works, but Max is drained.
Cam takes off walking in the direction she claimed Eduardo went and Max follows. They come upon Jones’s body and Max describes what’s been done to it as looking ritualistic. Cam doesn’t seem surprised by Jones’s body appearing in the middle of nowhere, but Max doesn’t notice that at first. However, when she brings up Liz severing the connection Max figures out something’s up.
It’s pitch black when Kyle enters Xitlali and discovers signs of a struggle. Liz calls as he’s walking around the room, and explains she thinks the alien DNA is just playing dead like an octopus does. She puts a few drops of Renata’s tears into the alien dust and her theory is correct. It changes back into alien tissue.
Kyle walks into another room and finds a pod with Tezca inside. Kyle looks at his phone and wonders how Tezca’s in two places at once.
Isobel tracked Cam’s location on Snapchat and discovers her lying unconscious. When she comes to, she has blue eyes and no idea where Max is.
Max notices an alien tattoo on Cam’s arm and knows for certain this isn’t his friend. Tezca shapeshifts and then introduces herself to Max.
The new featurette from Universal Pictures’ Nope delves into the relationship between the main characters OJ and Emerald, siblings played by Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Judas and the Black Messiah) and Keke Palmer (Alice, Hustlers). The minute-and-a-half video features interviews with Kaluuya, Palmer, and Oscar-winning writer/director Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us), with Peele describing the film as about many things but at its core about the relationship between OJ and Emerald.
“We have the great Daniel Kaluuya who’s my all-time favorite actor. He’s somebody that forced me to push to unlock further things in the character. And Keke Palmer – she has this spark. She just crushes,” said Peele, discussing his cast.
In addition to Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer, Nope stars Oscar nominee Steven Yeun (Minari), Michael Wincott (Westworld), and Brandon Perea (The OA). Writer/director Jordan Peele produced along with Ian Cooper.
Described as an “expansive horror epic,” the simple synopsis says Nope follows “residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.”
Universal Pictures is releasing Nope in theaters on July 22, 2022.
Poster for Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ (Photo Credit: Universal Pictures)
Jeff Bridges stars as Dan Chase in ‘The Old Man’ (Photo Credit: Kurt Iswarienko/FX)
FX’s The Old Man has been renewed for season two after scoring the highest ratings of any cable series premiere since January 2021. The critically acclaimed drama is based on the bestselling novel by Thomas Perry and stars Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow.
Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine created the series and executive produce along with Warren Littlefield, Dan Shotz, Jeff Bridges, David Schiff, and Jon Watts. The series is produced by 20th Television in association with The Littlefield Company.
“Jonathan E. Steinberg, Dan Shotz and Warren Littlefield have done a fantastic job with The Old Man, which delivers on the powerful intrigue and breathtaking action of Thomas Perry’s book,” stated Eric Schrier, FX Entertainment President. “The stellar cast led by Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, Amy Brenneman and Alia Shawkat is really connecting with audiences and we are excited to get to work on season two with our colleagues at 20th Television and this fantastic team.”
The seven-episode first season premiered on June 30, 2022. New episodes air on Thursdays at 10pm ET/PT on FX and are available to stream on Hulu the following day.
“This terrific series has had a long journey to the air, which makes the reaction from critics and audiences these past few weeks all the sweeter,” said Karey Burke, President of 20th Television. “But the truth is, no one who has worked on it these past three years is surprised it’s resonating so deeply. From the brilliant creative execution by Jon, Dan, and Warren to the spectacular star turns from Jeff, John, Amy and Alia, this heart-racing series delivers and we thank FX for the incredible support.”
Executive producers Jonathan E. Steinberg, Warren Littlefield, and Dan Shotz issued the following statement regarding the season two renewal:
“We couldn’t be more excited to begin the next chapter of this journey. Our partners at FX and 20th Television showed us such unwavering patience, faith, and support in getting Season 1 completed, we can think of no other way to repay that support than to go deliver a Season 2 that raises the bar yet again. On behalf of the producers, our extraordinary partner Jeff Bridges, and our stellar cast led by Jeff, John Lithgow, Amy Brenneman, and Alia Shawkat, we are incredibly grateful for the response the show has received, and can’t wait to get back to work.”
The Old Man Plot, Courtesy of FX:
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, The Old Man centers on “Dan Chase” (Bridges), who absconded from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid since. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.
With Dan Chase flushed out of hiding, the FBI’s Assistant Director for Counterintelligence “Harold Harper” (Lithgow) is called on to hunt him down because of his complicated past with the rogue fugitive. Working alongside Harper is his protégé “Angela Adams” (Shawkat) and CIA Special Agent “Raymond Waters” (Bonilla). When Chase proves to be more difficult to apprehend than the authorities expected, “Julian Carson” (Akinnagbe), a highly trained special ops contractor, is sent to pursue him as well.
While on the run, Chase rents a room from “Zoe McDonald” (Brenneman) who draws on reserves she never knew she had in order to survive the day when she learns the truth about her new tenant.
HBO’s critically acclaimed drama Succession has begun filming season four. The network announced the start of production and confirmed shooting is now taking place in New York.
Returning cast members include Brian Cox as Logan Roy, Sarah Snook as Siobhan, Alan Ruck as Connor, Jeremy Strong as Kendall, and Kieran Culkin as Roman. Matthew Macfadyen is back as the devious Tom Wambsgans, Nicholas Braun returns as Greg Hirsch, J. Smith-Cameron reprises her role as Gerri Kellman, and Peter Friedman’s back as Frank Vernon.
Additional cast members include David Rasche as Karl Muller, Fisher Stevens as Hugo Baker, Hiam Abbass as Marcia Roy, Justine Lupe as Willa Ferreyra, Scott Nicholson as Colin, Zoë Winters as Kerry, and Jeannie Berlin as Cyd Peach.
The production notice was accompanied by a description of the upcoming fourth season:
“In the ten-episode season four, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson moves ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is completed. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed.”
Season one premiered in June 2018 followed by season two in August 2019. Season three debuted in October 2021 and wrapped up in December 2021. HBO hasn’t announced a targeted season four premiere date.
The award-winning Succession was created by executive producer and showrunner Jesse Armstrong. Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin Messick, Jane Tranter, Mark Mylod, Tony Roche, Scott Ferguson, Jon Brown, Lucy Prebble, Will Tracy and Will Ferrell also executive produce.
The popular drama won nine Primetime Emmy Awards as well as multiple Critics Choice, BAFTA, Directors Guild, Producers Guild, and Writers Guild awards.
West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler and Billy the Kid‘s Tom Blyth lead the cast as Lucy Gray Baird and Coriolanus Snow, respectively. The cast also includes Jerome Lance as Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill, mentor to a tribute from District 11.
Lionsgate is targeting a November 17, 2023 theatrical release.
The Hunger Games veteran Francis Lawrence returns to direct this prequel after having helmed Catching Fire (2013), Mockingjay Part 1 (2014), and Mockingjay Part 2 (2015).
The prequel is based on the novel by Suzanne Collins, with The Hunger Games author involved as an executive producer. Director Lawrence, Nina Jacobson, and Brad Simpson produce, and Tim Palen and Jim Miller are involved as executive producers.
The Plot: “Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow (Blyth) is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler), the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. But, after Lucy Gray commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favor.
Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy, Snow and Lucy’s race against time to survive will ultimately reveal who is a songbird, and who is a snake.”
The legendary Carol Burnett is confirmed as a guest star on the final season of AMC’s Better Call Saul. Burnett will play a character named Marion, however, the network didn’t release any additional information regarding Marion’s connection to Saul.
It was previously announced that Breaking Bad stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul will be reprising their Breaking Bad characters Walter White and Jesse Pinkman for the upcoming second half of the sixth and final season.
“I’m thrilled to be a part of my favorite show,” said the six-time Emmy Award-winning Burnett.
The first half of season six premiered on April 18, 2022 and wrapped up on May 23rd. The release of the final six episodes of the series kicks off Monday, July 11th at 9pm ET/PT on AMC and AMC+. The series finale is scheduled for August 15th.
The cast is led by Bob Odenkirk and includes Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, and Patrick Fabian. Michael Mando, Tony Dalton, and Giancarlo Esposito also star in the final season. Peter Gould, Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, Diane Mercer, and Michael Morris executive produce.
The Plot: “Better Call Saul’s final season concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, Jimmy McGill (Odenkirk), into criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. From the cartel to the courthouse, from Albuquerque to Omaha, season six tracks Jimmy, Saul and Gene as well as Jimmy’s complex relationship with Kim (Seehorn), who is in the midst of her own existential crisis. Meanwhile, Mike (Banks), Gus (Esposito), Nacho (Mando) and Lalo (Dalton) are locked into a game of cat and mouse with mortal stakes.
The final episodes will conclude the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, Jimmy McGill, into criminal lawyer Saul Goodman.”
