Homeowners plagued by unexplainable noises and spooky goings-on have a new team to call. The Ghost Adventures squad – Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley – are helping homeowners in trouble with Ghost Adventures‘ first spin-off series, Ghost Adventures: House Calls.
The new eight-part series premieres on May 19, 2022 on discovery+.
“A home is a very personal and sacred space,” said Zak Bagans. “When unexplained spirit activity causes a family to feel threatened and uncomfortable in their own house, that’s cause for immediate action. House Calls is about helping people who are living in fear from something unknown. Our goal is to figure out what’s going on and provide answers, advice and many times, validation. These are the most personal and emotional investigations we’ve ever done.”
Zak Bagan executive produces the new supernatural series along with discovery+’s Christine Shuler and MY Entertainment’s Michael Yudin, Joe Townley, and Casey Dale.
discovery+ provided the following description of the series along with episode air dates and details:
In this first-ever spinoff, the team responds to urgent calls for help from desperate homeowners whose lives have been thrust into turmoil from unexplained activity inside their private residences. After hearing each family’s haunted account and reviewing bizarre evidence that was captured in their home, Bagans sends Goodwin, Tolley, and Wasley on a personal house call to meet the family and get to the bottom of their paranormal emergency.
When the team arrives on-site and explores further, they are able to get a clearer picture of the situation – and whether it’s benign, or worse than they anticipated. Armed with their equipment, the crew conducts a thorough investigation to see what evidence they can capture, while Bagans oversees the activity from his headquarters, providing insight and applying experimental tactics from his unique vantage point. After the team analyzes their evidence, Bagans shares the findings in a one-on-one meeting with each homeowner, offering them much-needed advice and resolution.
Ghost Adventures: House Calls Season 1 Episodes
SERIES PREMIERE: “Crisis in Long Beach” – Begins Streaming Thursday, May 19
In the series premiere, a newly married couple in Long Beach, California, is plagued by a powerful and unexplained force intent on driving them apart. Matt and Christina are terrified that the entity is trying to control Matt’s life and separate him from his family. The minute the team enters the home, they quickly sense a dark energy around them. Then, as Matt talks with the group about his experiences, unexplained red marks begin to appear on his neck.
As the crew conducts their investigation, the energy kicks up and Bagans begins to experience uneasy feelings all the way from basecamp. Compelling audio and visual evidence lead the crew to believe a malicious entity has taken up residence in the home, and the family must expel it before it further takes over their lives.
Episode 2 – “Ellington Home Invasion” – Begins Streaming Thursday, May 19
Zak Bagans sends the crew to Ellington, Connecticut, after he receives an urgent request from desperate parents. They believe a tall, shadowy entity with hooves has invaded their home and fear this demonic figure will hurt their four small children.
Episode 3 – “Auburn in Hell” – Begins Streaming Thursday, May 26
Zak Bagans sends the crew to investigate claims of extreme paranormal activity on a farm in Auburn, California. Disembodied voices, strange shadows and ghostly attacks have made the owner uneasy in her home, and she wants answers fast.
Episode 4 – “Wappingers Falls of Fear” – Begins Streaming Thursday, June 2
Zak Bagans sends the team to Wappingers Falls, New York, where the owner of a historic home claims that a dark presence is harassing her boyfriend. The case takes a disturbing turn when she reveals a strong attachment to the spirits that reside there.
Episode 5 – “Panic in Palatka” – Begins Streaming Thursday, June 9
Zak Bagans sends the crew to a horse ranch in rural Palatka, Florida, to help the new owner unravel claims of an evil, manipulative presence on the property. Has a history of slavery and a potential curse on the town made the ranch a threat to all who enter?
Episode 6 – “Mayhem in Marquette” – Begins Streaming Thursday, June 16
Zak Bagans sends the team to Marquette, Kansas, where a young woman is worried for her little brother. She believes the spirits that lurk in the shadows of her childhood home are causing night terrors for her brother, and she wants to help him before it gets worse.
Episode 7 – “Jacksonville Family Curse” – Begins Streaming Thursday, June 23
Zak Bagans sends the team to Jacksonville, Florida, to help a mother and daughter who are desperate to break a suspected decades-long curse. They fear something dark is targeting the maternal family bloodline, and they want answers before it’s too late.
Episode 8 – “Chaos in Emmaus” – Begins Streaming Thursday, June 30
Zak Bagans sends the team to an Emmaus, Pennsylvania, home to investigate claims that a violent entity is terrorizing a large family. The crew must race against time to find the alleged Shadow Man who touches people and throws objects.
Vicky Krieps and Ben Foster in ‘The Survivor’ (Photograph by Jessica Kourkounis / HBO)
Ben Foster reunites with Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson (Rain Man) for the biographical drama The Survivor, based on the true story of boxer and Holocaust survivor Harry Haft. Premiering on HBO on April 27, 2022, The Survivor delves into Haft’s life, from being forced to entertain his Nazi captors by fighting his fellow concentration camp prisoners to his decades-long quest to find the woman he loved who was snatched away by the Nazis.
Ben Foster made his acting debut in Barry Levinson’s Liberty Heights and was thrilled to collaborate with the award-winning filmmaker on The Survivor.
“He sent me this script and I read it that day, and I was overwhelmed by the tale and overwhelmed with a full heart that Barry wanted to work with me again in this way,” said Foster during the Television Critics Association’s winter press panel.
Levinson believes Foster is one of the few actors of his generation who can completely transform and become another person. “That was a requirement for this particular piece,” explained Levinson during the TCA panel.
Foster lost 60 pounds for the scenes that take place in Auschwitz and then gained that and more as Harry aged. That commitment is what made Foster the right actor to tell Harry Haft’s story.
“[…] He literally becomes another person and I think that’s an essential requirement because you don’t want to feel that somehow we’re kind of playing a role. The piece needs real credibility, and that applies for all of the characters. There needs to be a real credibility to a story we’re trying to tell of basically an individual who was suffering [from] now [what] we determine as post-traumatic stress disorder,” said Levinson.
Foster described the process of getting into the role as a series of small steps. “The closer you get to the story, the more immense it becomes. The way that I combat fear personally is the deep dive, is getting lost in the research. And I was surrounded by people who are very well-connected. The Shoah Foundation guided us quite a bit,” said Foster.
Foster added: “I watched thousands of hours – thousands of hours – of Holocaust survivor interviews, spending time with Yiddish experts, learning about this world, the responsibility to honor survivors. And there aren’t many left who are still on the planet…those who have survived the camps. Some of their children are still with us. The immense responsibility to represent the complicated nature of this kind of trauma, I just had to not let the fear take hold and get lost in it.”
Ben Foster stars in ‘The Survivor’ (Photograph by Leo Pinter/HBO)
Foster shared his reaction to visiting Auschwitz where thousands of men, women, and children were brutally murdered by the Nazis. It’s an experience he’ll never forget.
“It’s an altering experience to be there, to touch the rails that brought the boxcars full of human beings in mass slaughter. It’s inescapable, the feeling. It’s one thing to see a documentary. It’s another thing to see a photograph, and it’s another thing to walk into the place. And it impacted Barry. It impacted all of us who took this trip before we began filming,” said Foster.
“It’s a place I hope someday to bring my children. It feels like a necessity to see that. So, it informs you, whether you want to call it energetically or visually, taking those experiences back, seeing the mountains of baby shoes and toothbrushes that had been disposed of when they stripped the passengers of their belongings…these are things you can’t unsee. And for the job that we have at hand is to fill ourselves with these images and to take that further.
I then plastered my trailer with the images of the camps so that when I close my eyes that’s all I saw. These are the things that he takes with him throughout the rest of his days and finds healing through compassion, and that’s from the compassion of Miriam that Vicky (Krieps) plays so luminously. It’s not a current tale of gender dynamics, but it is an investigation of a time and place of people dealing with trauma, and that trauma is something we can speak to today,” explained Foster.
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The Survivor is based on the book Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano. Barry Levinson directs and Justine Juel Gillmer wrote the screenplay. The cast is led by Ben Foster and includes Vicky Krieps, Billy Magnussen, Peter Sarsgaard, Saro Emirze, Dar Zuzovsky, Danny DeVito, and John Leguizamo.
Red’s hunt for answers will bring him in touch with an old associate on NBC’s The Blacklist season nine episode 18. “Laszlo Jankowics” airs on Friday, April 29, 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.
“Laszlo Jankowics” Plot: Red questions the whereabouts of a former associate. The Task Force hunts down a criminal dealing in illegal psychedelics.
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.”
James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington and Diany Rodriguez as Weecha Xiu in ‘The Blacklist’ season 9 episode 18 (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)Diany Rodriguez as Weecha Xiu, Alexander Pobutsky as Laszlo Jankowics, and Paul Chirico as Laszlo Man in season 9 episode 18 (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)Diany Rodriguez as Weecha Xiu in season 9 episode 18 (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)Winsome Brown as Clara Moore and Diany Rodriguez as Weecha Xiu in season 9 episode 18 (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in season 9 episode 18 (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)Diany Rodriguez as Weecha Xiu and James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in season 9 episode 18 (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)Alexander Pobutsky as Laszlo Jankowics in season 9 episode 18 (Photo by: Will Hart /NBC)
Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe in ‘Outlander’ season 6 episode 7 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Starz’s Outlander season six episode six ended with Claire (Caitriona Balfe) discovering Malva dead in the Frasers’ garden. Episode seven, “Sticks and Stones,” opens with a flashback to Malva confessing her sins during a church service. She claims her innocence was stolen by someone she trusted.
“The Skye Boat Song” plays and then fades into Claire and Jamie (Sam Heughan) with Malva’s dad and brother in the garden standing over Malva’s dead body. Claire explains she never saw anyone other than Malva, but Allan (Alexander Vlahos) doesn’t believe her. Tom Christie (Mark Lewis Jones) points out Claire’s soaked in blood and Claire says it’s from attempting to save the baby.
Claire assures Tom that Malva’s death was quick.
Tom will not allow his whore daughter to be buried in the cemetery and instead will dig a grave in the woods. Jamie objects to the location and to Tom calling the deceased baby his bastard son.
Tom refuses to budge and Jamie’s had enough. Malva and her unborn child will be buried in a consecrated grave. There will be no further argument.
Tom wonders what will be said at Malva’s funeral and Claire replies, “That Malva Christie was full of life and light, and that there was a fire in her eyes. And when I held her tiny baby, I felt that same light in him.”
Claire will see to making Malva’s body presentable for the funeral.
As she sets to work on stitching up Malva, Claire hallucinates a disturbing visit from Lionel Brown. She pours herself two stiff drinks to settle her nerves.
Jamie confirms he’s sent Ian out to warn Roger and Bree, and to search for the killer. He expects the Beardsley twins will join Ian in the hunt. Mrs. Bug interrupts, unable to find Lizzie and with news Hiram Crombie’s here to see Jamie.
Mrs. Bug, never one to shy away from gossip, reveals the settlers have been asking what happened. Mrs. Bug continues to talk about the scandal and Malva’s confession in church that she was carrying Jamie’s baby. She’s sure Jamie must have hated Malva.
Jamie speaks with Hiram and it’s obvious Hiram believes Claire killed Malva. Hiram insists everyone on the Ridge will suffer because Jamie slept with Malva and Claire sliced her throat. Jamie, shooting daggers with his eyes, warns Hiram to choose his next words wisely. Hiram does the smart thing and walks away.
Claire gets back to work on Malva and Brown’s her unwanted companion. He wants her to confess she killed Malva and then taunts her about her past lies and her loveless marriage to Frank.
Roger (Richard Rankin) and Bree (Sophie Skelton) arrive, and Jamie tells Bree it’s her turn to pacify Mrs. Bug. Lizzie (Caitlin O’Ryan), no longer missing, delivers the news Obadiah Henderson wants to talk to Ian. Bree wonders why Lizzie has twigs in her hair and Jamie asks where she’s been. Lizzie claims she was just feeding the horses.
Jamie and Roger step outside and Henderson demands to know why Ian’s questioning everyone. Roger offers his condolences on the loss of Malva since he knows they were…well…friends. Obadiah insists there was nothing to their relationship.
“Everyone on the Ridge has questions about you and your wife. Is it true she cut the baby out of Malva’s belly before she slit her throat?” asks Obadiah.
Jamie’s hand twitches and his face hardens as he approaches Obadiah. Roger reminds Obadiah he saw him with Malva, but Henderson doesn’t back down.
That evening Ian (John Bell) finds Lizzie in the barn with the horses and wonders if she’s seen the Beardsleys. She’s acting weird and Ian knows she’s hiding something and insists she tell him the truth. He needs to know why the Beardsleys never showed up to help him search for the killer.
Over dinner, everyone – other than Claire who’s resting – tosses in ideas about what might have happened. Ian reveals the Sin Eater’s dead and his corpse is missing fingers. He also covers for the Beardsleys, saying they were conducting their own search. Bree points out the bones might have been used for the love spell and Ian thinks the killer could have been a jealous woman.
Bree jokes they need Perry Mason and offers a confused Ian the explanation he’s a lawyer from their time who defends the falsely accused. Roger knows Perry Mason would ask who had the means, motive, and opportunity to murder Malva.
Claire walks in just as Roger says that and acknowledges she’s the most obvious suspect.
Later, Claire confesses she’s worried she might have actually killed Malva. She took some ether and recalls having a nightmare about losing her temper and threatening Malva. She’s worried it wasn’t a dream, but Jamie insists it’s just her mind playing tricks on her.
Jamie swears they’ll find the real killer.
As the Christies prepare for Malva’s funeral, Ian breaks the news to Jamie and Claire that Lizzie is pregnant! (Just what the Frasers need…another scandal!) Jamie demands to know who debauched Lizzie and Ian quickly replies, “Beardsley.” He reveals Lizzie has no idea which one is the father – she slept with both.
Ian feels horrible about having to deliver this news.
Richard Rankin and Sophie Skelton in ‘Outlander’ season 6 episode 7 (Photo credit: Starz)
Meanwhile, Roger works on the sermon and Bree tells him their son is worried Claire will turn him into a ghost. (The Bugs and the fisherfolk have been spreading gossip about Mrs. Fraser.)
Claire has a heart-to-heart with Lizzie, and Lizzie confesses the first time she slept with the twins was when she was sick and requested that they rub ointment all over her. Shirts were removed and one thing led to another. She confirms it was her choice and she wanted to have sex with Josiah and Keziah. They made her feel safe and as she describes the first experience, she reveals they are identical EVERYWHERE.
She confesses it’s continued to happen, and she loves the feeling of being with them. It doesn’t seem wrong at all…and she doesn’t want to stop. (Lizzie, Lizzie, Lizzie…what have you gotten yourself into?)
Claire points out that if anyone found out, she could be stoned for fornication. Lizzie’s shocked and doesn’t believe it’s anyone else’s business. (It’s not.)
Claire says Jamie will want her to marry one of them and Lizzie seems hurt and confused. She really doesn’t want to break up the happy threesome.
“Well, if both the Beardsleys are still alive after Mr. Fraser finds them, he may take matters into his own hands and solve that problem for you,” says Claire.
Roger has a word with Mr. Bug and asks him to be more careful about what he says around Jemmy. Mr. Bug suggests the lad doesn’t need to be shielded from such talk.
Roger and Jamie take a walk and chat about how in the future there will be vegetarians. Roger’s not one, but he has a hard time thinking about killing an animal. He’s worried about how he stands with God after killing a man. “It does no good to quote ‘thou shall not kill,’” advises Jamie. He points out that in Greek and Hebrew scriptures it specifically says “murder,” not kill.
Roger can’t believe he has become the Ridge’s preacher. He never thought that would happen growing up in a minister’s house. Roger worries about getting ordained quickly since the war’s already here. He’s also worried about telling Bree because she might think he’s a coward for choosing this path. He won’t fight with an army. However, he’s willing to take up arms to protect those in need.
“And that is enough for me,” says Jamie. “Yer wife…she has eyes too.”
Claire continues to be haunted by Lionel Brown and to escape his hateful words with the help of ether. But even that chemically-induced sleep is plagued by nightmares. She has flashes of moments from her past and hears Frank, Black Jack Randall, Dougal MacKenzie, and Geillis reminding her of her lies.
It’s a very sparse crowd gathered for Malva’s funeral and all eyes drift to Claire during Roger’s short sermon. The Christies and Hiram refuse to allow Jamie to help carry the coffin and Ian steps in to help lift it.
Claire spots the small coffin and, without thinking, walks over and picks it up. Allan reacts by letting go of his sister’s coffin, almost causing it to fall. He orders Claire to put the baby down, calls her a killer, and then snatches the coffin from her hands.
After returning home, Jamie tells Lizzie she needs to be wed immediately. He makes her choose, reminding her she must do right by her unborn child. Lizzie’s unwilling to pick just one, claiming they’re one soul in two bodies. Jamie demands she tell him where they’re hiding.
Lizzie realizes she has no choice and takes Jamie and Claire to the barn. Jamie holds two straws and says the one who draws the short straw will wed Lizzie. The winner is Keziah and he holds Lizzie’s hand and agrees to take her for his wife. Lizzie also agrees to wed Keziah. Jamie pronounces them handfast. They’ll have a real ceremony when they find a priest.
Jamie advises them they need to keep this a secret. Jamie then orders Josiah to leave Fraser’s Ridge until after the child is born.
That evening, Bree wonders if Malva’s baby is in Heaven since he wasn’t baptized. Roger wants to believe he is but, as a minister, he’s not certain. Roger finally confesses he wants to be a preacher and Bree understands but is worried about what that will mean for their family. Roger will be kept busy by his congregation and the kids might suffer from his absence. Roger swears he will be her husband and a father first. “Whatever I do will not be at the price of my family,” says Roger.
Roger’s thrilled Bree is on board with the idea, although she reminds him she’s Catholic. Roger won’t ask her to convert and anyone who questions her religion can go to hell.
Decision done – they will pack up and head to Edenton so he can become an ordained minister tomorrow.
Lizzie’s not taking Jamie’s decision to send Josiah away well, but Claire assures her it’s for the best. Lizzie apologizes for not telling Claire sooner and then reveals she’s the one who knocked on the door on the day Malva was murdered. Claire assumed it was Malva and realizes it was just a nightmare. She didn’t let Malva in that day and did not threaten to kill her.
She returns to her surgery and confronts Lionel Brown’s ghost. Claire knows she didn’t kill Malva but Brown assures her it was still her fault. Lionel claims she’s not absolved of her guilt.
Jamie catches Claire storming out of her surgery looking distressed. He enters her surgery after she warns him not to and, of course, he doesn’t see anything strange. Claire confesses she thinks she’s going crazy and doesn’t recognize herself. There’s a darkness inside her and she can’t bear for Jamie to see her this way.
“I didn’t kill Malva but what if I would have? For us?” asks a distraught Claire. She admits she wanted to and Jamie assures her they all have darkness inside them. Claire finally explains she’s hearing voices and seeing Lionel Brown. The only way to escape his taunts is taking ether.
She can no longer cope by compartmentalizing things. It’s all too much and she believes it’s all her fault for changing things by stepping through the stones. Bree’s attack, Roger being sold into slavery…it’s all because she came to this time because she’s selfish. She desperately wanted to be with Jamie.
Jamie tries to get Claire to see the real picture. Bree wouldn’t have been born, Roger wouldn’t have a wife and son, and Fergus wouldn’t have Marsali without Claire. There is pain, yes, but Claire’s actions have also brought joy and happiness. “Without you our whole world crumbles into dust,” says Jamie.
Claire’s worried nothing will make the voices stop and Jamie reminds her she found him in the dark after Wentworth. He wants her to let him into her mind and soul the same way she did for him in those horrible times. He asks that she stop with the ether and allow them to face this together. Claire confesses she’d do it all again to be with Jamie. (This scene is incredibly intense and brilliantly played by both Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan.)
Claire allows herself to be comforted in Jamie’s arms as she cries.
Caitlin O’Ryan and Paul Gorman in ‘Outlander’ season 6 episode 7 (Photo Credit: Starz)
That evening Lizzie, Keziah, and Josiah show up at Roger and Bree’s. Lizzie asks Roger to marry her to Josiah, with Keziah as the witness. Lizzie admits she’s with child, very much in love, and wants the marriage done immediately. Bree believes Roger should perform the wedding but he explains it will only be a handfast ceremony.
Season six episode seven ends with Jamie and Claire helping Bree and Roger finish loading their wagon. Bree asks them to give Lizzie a present in honor of her marriage to Josiah, and Jamie’s stunned. He explains Lizzie’s already handfasted to Keziah, and Roger calls them the “unholy trinity” before adding that God works in mysterious ways.
Jamie and Claire return home and discuss Lizzie’s situation. Their conversation’s interrupted by Richard Brown and his Committee of Safety arriving to arrest Claire for Malva’s murder!
A scene from ‘From’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Chris Reardon/EPIX)
EPIX’s captivating sci-fi horror series From will return for a second season. The network confirmed From‘s been renewed for season two just two weeks after the season one finale left the fate of those still trapped in the bizarre little town dangling.
Per the official announcement, season two will consist of 10 episodes. EPIX is targeting a 2023 premiere, with filming expected to take place in Nova Scotia this summer.
“The first season of From mystified, enthralled, and terrified fans and critics alike with its haunting world, vivid characters, and thrilling scares,” stated Michael Wright, president of EPIX. “We have been delighted by the social conversation generated by the From community and can’t wait to unravel more of this mysterious story with our passionate fans in season two.”
Created by John Griffin (Crater), From season one stars Harold Perrineau (Lost), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace), Eion Bailey (Once Upon a Time), Hannah Cheramy (Van Helsing), Simon Webster (Strays), Ricky He (The Good Doctor), and Chloe Van Landschoot (Skin). Corteon Moore (Utopia Falls), Pegah Ghafoori (The Perfect Wedding), David Alpay (Castle Rock), Elizabeth Saunders (Clarice), Elizabeth Moy, and Avery Konrad (Honor Society) also star.
Griffin, Jack Bender, Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Lindsay Dunn, Midnight Radio’s Scott Rosenberg, and AGBO’s Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, and Mike Larocca executive produce. The series is produced by EPIX Studios and MGM International Television Productions.
“On behalf of the producers, writers, our insanely talented cast and crew, we are thrilled and grateful to both EPIX and our audience for the opportunity to continue exploring the world of From,” said Pinkner.
EPIX released the following description of the series and what’s in store for season two:
“The series unravels the mystery of a nightmarish town that traps all those who enter. In season two, hidden truths about the nature and terrifying origins of the town begin to emerge, even as life for its residents is plunged into chaos by the arrival of mysterious newcomers.”
Sasha Alexander reunites with her former NCIS co-star Michael Weatherly to direct CBS’s Bull season six episode 19. “Opening Up” is set to air on Thursday, April 28, 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.
Episode 19 guest stars include Annika Boras, Scott William Winters, Scott Speiser, Cindy Cheung, and Geoffrey Owens.
“Opening Up” Plot: When Bull is sidelined with a back injury, Marissa and Chunk are forced to go to court without him to defend Marissa’s closest childhood friend, Kyla (Annika Boras), a tech CEO accused of wrongfully terminating an employee. Also, Danny contemplates what she wants out of life following a near-death experience.
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.
In high-stakes trials, Bull’s combination of remarkable insight into human nature, three Ph.D.’s and a top-notch staff creates winning strategies that tip the scales of justice in his clients’ favor.
CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted season three episode 19 introduces Rebecca Brooksher and Catherine Wolf in recurring roles as Remy’s sister and mother. Directed by Cory Bowles from a script by Richard Sweren and Ryan Causey, episode 19 – “Whack Job” – will air on Tuesday, April 26, 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.
“Whack Job” Plot: The team goes after the killer of a man in witness protection but finds there’s more to the case than meets the eye. Also, Remy is challenged by what he discovers when he reconnects with his mother, Betsy (Wolf), in person.
Shaun and Lea’s life is disrupted after they agree to being part of a reality series on ABC’s The Good Doctor season five episode 16. The promo video also teases the return of someone special. (Don’t look at the guest star list below if you don’t want to know who they’re talking about it.) Episode 16 – “The Shaun Show” – will air on Monday, May 2, 2022 at 10pm ET/PT.
The cast of season five features Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy, Antonia Thomas as Dr. Claire Browne, Hill Harper as Dr. Marcus Andrews, and Richard Schiff as Dr. Aaron Glassman. Christina Chang plays Dr. Audrey Lim, Fiona Gubelmann is Dr. Morgan Reznick, Will Yun Lee is Dr. Alex Park, and Paige Spara stars as Lea Dilallo.
Episode 16 guest stars include Hollis Jane Andrews as Sophie, Elfina Luk as Nurse Villanueva, April Cameron as Nurse Hawks, and Antonia Thomas as Claire Browne.
“The Shaun Show” Plot: As Shaun and Lea head toward their wedding day, a documentary filmmaker has chosen to follow their lives to showcase relationships and weddings of atypical couple.
The Good Doctor Description, Courtesy of ABC:
Dr. Shaun Murphy (Highmore), a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, continues to use his extraordinary medical gifts at St. Bonaventure Hospital’s surgical unit. As his friendships deepen, Shaun tackles the world of dating for the first time and continues to work harder than he ever has before, navigating his environment to prove to his colleagues that his talents as a surgeon will save lives.
Paige Spara, Freddie Highmore, and Lee Garlington in ‘The Good Doctor’ season 5 episode 16 (ABC/Jeff Weddell)Paige Spara, Freddie Highmore and Lee Garlington in season 5 episode 16 (ABC/Jeff Weddell)Freddie Highmore and Paige Spara in season 5 episode 16 (ABC/Jeff Weddell)Hollis Jane Andrews in season 5 episode 16 (ABC/Jeff Weddell)Paige Spara and Freddie Highmore in season 5 episode 16 (ABC/Jeff Weddell)Paige Spara, Bria Henderson, and Freddie Highmore in “The Shaun Show” episode (ABC/Jeff Weddell)
Oscar winner Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner’s Daughter) and Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) star as a married couple who discover a passage to another planet in the just-released trailer for Prime Video’s Night Sky. The streaming service’s new trailer shows Spacek and Simmons debating whether they should share this bizarre secret they’ve guarded for years.
Prime Video’s new trailer was accompanied by a new batch of photos and a poster from the eight-episode first season. All eight episodes will premiere on Friday, May 20, 2022.
In addition to Spacek and Simmons, season one stars Chai Hansen (The Newsreader), Kiah McKirnan (Mare of Easttown), Julieta Zylberberg (The Invisible Look), Rocío Hernández (La caída), and Adam Bartley (Longmire). Holden Miller created the series and serves as writer and co-executive producer. Executive producer Daniel C. Connolly is the showrunner. Additional executive producers include Philip Martin and Mosaic’s Jimmy Miller and Sam Hansen.
Prime Video released the following description of the sci-fi drama:
“Spanning space and time, Night Sky follows Irene (Spacek) and Franklin York (Simmons), a couple who, years ago, discovered a chamber buried in their backyard which inexplicably leads to a strange, deserted planet. They’ve carefully guarded their secret ever since, but when an enigmatic young man (Chai Hansen, The Newsreader) enters their lives, the Yorks’ quiet existence is quickly upended…and the mystifying chamber they thought they knew so well turns out to be much more than they could ever have imagined.”
Night Sky is an Amazon Studios and Legendary Television co-production.
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Robert De Niro to be honored at CinemaCon (Photo Credit: Brigitte Lacombe / Provided by CinemaCon)
The first group of honorees has been announced for CinemaCon’s 2022 Big Screen Achievement Awards taking place in Las Vegas on April 28, 2022. Two-time Oscar-winner Robert De Niro will be recognized with the Cinema Vérité Award in honor of his exceptional career in films. This year’s gathering of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) members will also honor Zoe Saldana with CinemaCon’s Star of the Year award.
Billy Eichner is set to receive CinemaCon’s Comedy Star of the Year award and Abby Ryder Fortson earned NATO’s Star of Tomorrow award. Top Gun: Maverick‘s Glen Powell will be recognized with the Star of Tomorrow award.
“CinemaCon may be the only time during the course of the year where the exhibition community gets to thank the creative world for providing the very best in the world of movies,” stated Mitch Neuhauser, Managing Director of CinemaCon. “Our roster of honorees this year represents an incredible scope of talent and to have one of the most legendary actors in the history of film being honored, that of course being Robert De Niro, well it really doesn’t get better than that. It’s going to be a very special night for everyone.”
The 2022 CinemaCon runs April 25 through April 28 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. This year marks the event’s return to an April date after Covid-19 forced the event to be canceled in 2020 and moved to August in 2021. The annual Big Screen Achievement Awards ceremony is always held on the final night of CinemaCon.
Robert De Niro and Zoe Saldana will both be seen in writer/director David O. Russell’s Canterbury Glass which is targeting a November 2022 release. Saldana also reprises her role as Neytiri in Avatar 2 opening in theaters this December.
Three-time Emmy Award nominee Billy Eichner recently wrapped up work on Bros which he co-wrote with Nicholas Stoller. Bros is set to open on September 30, 2022. Abby Ryder Fortson stars in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret based on the popular Judy Blume book and opening on September 16, 2022.
