Paramount Pictures’ latest behind-the-scenes video from the upcoming Scream movie features the franchise’s returning stars – Neve Campbell (“Sidney Prescott”), Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers”), and David Arquette (“Dewey Riley”). The nearly minute and a half video touches on what fans of the Scream films can expect while also revealing how much fun the returning stars had working on this 2022 release.
In addition to the veteran Scream stars, the new film features Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Marley Shelton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Sonia Ammar. James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick wrote the screenplay, based on characters created by Kevin Williamson. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett directed and Williamson, Chad Villella, Gary Barber, Peter Oillataguerre, Ron Lynch, Cathy Konrad, and Marianne Maddalena executive produced.
Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group will open Scream exclusively in theaters on January 14, 2022.
The Plot:
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
Jamie Dornan (left) stars as “Pa” and Caitriona Balfe (right) stars as “Ma” in director Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ (Photo Credit : Rob Youngson / Focus Features)
The San Diego Film Critics Society usually marches to a beat of its own and doesn’t necessarily fall in line with other groups during awards season. The 2021 San Diego Film Critics Society nominations are a mixed bag of both the usual suspects – Belfast,Dune, and The Power of the Dog – and films that weren’t mentioned quite as often on other lists – Mass, CODA, and In the Heights.
If my math’s correct, the group (of which I’m a current member and past president) spread our nominations out to include 46 different films, with Belfast topping the list with 12 nominations. Dune picked up nine, The Power of the Dog scored eight, and Nightmare Alley and Mass tied with seven nominations each. CODA was nominated in six categories and In the Heights earned five nominations.
Winners will be announced on January 10, 2022.
2021 SAN DIEGO FILM CRITICS SOCIETY NOMINEES:
Best Picture:
BELFAST
CODA
DUNE
MASS
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Director:
Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST
Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Guillermo del Toro, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Maggie Gyllenhaal, THE LOST DAUGHTER
Denis Villeneuve, DUNE
Best Actor:
Nicolas Cage, PIG
Benedict Cumberbatch, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Peter Dinklage, CYRANO
Andrew Garfield, TICK, TICK…BOOM!
Jude Hill, BELFAST
Best Actress:
Caitriona Balfe, BELFAST
Olivia Colman, THE LOST DAUGHTER
Penelope Cruz, PARALLEL MOTHERS
Emilia Jones, CODA
Kristen Stewart, SPENCER
Best Supporting Actor:
Ben Affleck, THE TENDER BAR
Ciaran Hinds, BELFAST
Jason Isaacs, MASS
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Arian DeBose, WEST SIDE STORY
Ann Dowd, MASS
Ruth Negga, PASSING
Martha Plimpton, MASS
Best Comedic Performance:
Bradley Cooper, LICORICE PIZZA
Leonardo DiCaprio, DON’T LOOK UP
Jamie Dornan, BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
David Harbour, BLACK WIDOW
Simon Rex, RED ROCKET
Best Youth Performance (Performers under the age of 16):
Mckenna Grace, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE
Jude Hill, BELFAST
Daniel Ranieri, THE TENDER BAR
Saniyya Sidney, KING RICHARD
Demi Singleton, KING RICHARD
Best Original Screenplay:
Pedro Almodovar, PARALLEL MOTHERS
Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST
Fran Kranz, MASS
Adam McKay, DON’T LOOK UP
Michael Sarnoski, PIG
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Joel Coen, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Rebecca Hall, PASSING
Sian Heder, CODA
Best Documentary:
FLEE
MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY
SUMMER OF SOUL
VAL
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
Best Animated Film:
ENCANTO
FLEE
LUCA
THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
Best Foreign Language Film:
DRIVE MY CAR
I’M YOUR MAN
LAMB
PARALLEL MOTHERS
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Best Editing:
Úna Ní Dhonghalle, BELFAST
Paula Huidobro, CODA
Myron Kerstein, IN THE HEIGHTS
Joshua L. Pearson, SUMMER OF SOUL
Joe Walker, DUNE
Best Cinematography:
Alice Brooks, IN THE HEIGHTS
Bruno Delbonnel, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Greig Fraser, DUNE
Dan Laustsen, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Ari Wegner, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Production Design:
Jim Clay, BELFAST
Tamara Deverell, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Grant Major, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Patrice Vermette, Richard Roberts, Zsuzsanna Sipos, DUNE
Best Visual Effects:
DUNE
THE GREEN KNIGHT
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Best Costumes:
Jenny Beavan, CRUELLA
Odile Dicks-Mireaux, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
Antionette Messam, THE HARDER THEY FALL
Jacqueline West, Bob Morgan, DUNE
Janty Yates, HOUSE OF GUCCI
Best Sound Design:
Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Adaahl, A QUIET PLACE PART II
Simon Chase, James Mather, BELFAST
Theo Green, Dave Whitehead, DUNE
Nathan Robitaille, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Dave Whitehead, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Use of Music:
BELFAST
CRUELLA
IN THE HEIGHTS
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
WEST SIDE STORY
Breakthrough Artist:
Alana Haim, LICORICE PIZZA
Jude Hill, BELFAST
Emilia Jones, CODA
Fran Kranz, MASS
Anthony Ramos, IN THE HEIGHTS
Best Ensemble:
DON’T LOOK UP
DUNE
THE HARDER THEY FALL
IN THE HEIGHTS
MASS
Don’t Look Up featured a comet ready to wipe out Earth but in Roland Emmerich’s latest disaster epic, Moonfall, it’s the Moon we need to be worried about. And just like in Don’t Look Up, the powers that be are unwilling to believe our planet’s in serious trouble.
The cast of the sci-fi thriller also includes Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Kelly Yu, Eme Ikwuakor, Carolina Bartczak, and Donald Sutherland.
Director Roland Emmerich co-wrote the screenplay with Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen. Emmerich and Kloser also serve as producers.
Halle Berry (“Jocinda Fowler,” left) and Patrick Wilson (“Brian Harper,” right) as stranded astronauts in the sci-fi epic ‘Moonfall’ (Photo Credit: Reiner Bajo / Lionsgate)
Lionsgate released the following official synopsis for the 2022 action film:
“In Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler (Berry) is convinced she has the key to saving us all – but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper (Wilson) and a conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman (Bradley, Game of Thrones) believes her.
These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love, only to find out that our Moon is not what we think it is.”
Moonfall will open in theaters on February 4, 2022.
The team’s on the hunt for a twisted killer on CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted season three episode 11. Directed by John Murray from a script by Rickey Cook, episode 11 – “Hunter” – will air on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 10pm ET/PT.
The season three cast includes Julian McMahon as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix, 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.
Nathan Wallace, Lawrence Arancio, Andrus Nichols, and Bryan Burton guest star.
“Hunter” Plot: The Fugitive Task Force chases a killer who plays a twisted game of cat and mouse with his victims. Also, Hana shares something personal about herself with her new roommate, Ortiz.
FBI: Most Wanted Series Description, Courtesy of CBS:
From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf and the team behind FBI and the Law & Order brand, FBI: Most Wanted is a high-stakes drama that focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, an elite unit that relentlessly pursues and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list.
Led by Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix, an expert tracker and profiler with a complicated past, the team includes: Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, a former NYPD detective and forensics expert who is raising one child with her wife with another on the way; Special Agent Hana Gibson, a gifted millennial computer whiz with a sharp wit and mad hacking skills; and Special Agent Kenny Crosby, a young Army vet and brash Oklahoma farm boy who specializes in weapons and tactics; Special Agent Ivan Ortiz, a transplant from Los Angeles with a street cop’s instincts and a gift for undercover work; and their newest member, Special Agent Kristin Gaines, a Navy veteran who became a star in the FBI’s Miami Field Office as a result of her dogged pursuit of cold cases.
Always in the field and always on the run, FBI: Most Wanted is a weekly adrenaline shot about the thrill of the chase.
Season six episode two of NBC’s This Is Us is all about reuniting with lost loves. “One Giant Leap” will air on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT.
Episode two of the final season focuses on Deja visiting Malik in Boston while Rebecca and Miguel help Nicky reunite with Sally, a woman he’s never gotten over.
The sixth and final season stars Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson, Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson, Sterling K. Brown as Randall, Chrissy Metz as Kate, Justin Hartley as
Kevin, Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth Pearson, and Chris Sullivan as Toby.
The Plot, Courtesy of NBC:
Everyone has a family. And every family has a story. This Is Us chronicles the Pearson family across the decades: from Jack (Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Moore) as young parents in the 1980s to their kids (the big three), Kevin (Hartley), Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Randall (Brown) searching for love and fulfillment in the present day along with Toby (Sullivan) and Beth (Kelechi Watson).
This grounded, life-affirming dramedy reveals how the tiniest events in our lives impact who we become, and how the connections we share with each other can transcend time, distance and even death.
Mandy Moore as Rebecca in ‘This Is Us’ season 6 episode 2 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Sterling K. Brown as Randall in season 6 episode 2 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth in season 6 episode 2 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Griffin Dunne as Nicky and Jan Munroe in season 6 episode 2 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Griffin Dunne as Nicky, Jon Huertas as Miguel, and Mandy Moore as Rebecca in the “One Giant Leap” episode (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Eris Baker as Tess in season 6 episode 2 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Lyric Ross as Deja in season 6 episode 2 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)
Season four of NBC’s hit medical drama New Amsterdam returned from its winter break with an episode that found Max and Helen making the big move to London while back in the U.S. their former colleagues are joining forces to resist Dr. Fuentes’ leadership. Season four episode 12 – “The Crossover” – airs January 11, 2022 and will continue to split time between Max and Helen’s storyline and the goings-on at New Amsterdam.
The cast of season four is led by Ryan Eggold as Medical Director Max Goodwin. Janet Montgomery returns as Dr. Lauren Bloom, Freema Agyeman stars as Dr. Helen Sharpe, Jocko Sims plays Dr. Floyd Reynolds, and Tyler Labine is Dr. Iggy Frome. Michelle Forbes guest stars as Dr. Fuentes.
“The Crossover” Plot: Helen takes the reins at NHS Hampstead Hospital while Max gets creative to help a patient in need. Reynolds reaches a decision about Dr. Malvo. Iggy and Bloom help their patients understand the underlying cause of their stress. Dr. Wilder employs more unconventional techniques.
The Season 4 Plot, Courtesy of NBC:
After a turbulent year of sacrifice and hardship, Medical Director Max Goodwin and the team at New Amsterdam begin a well-deserved new chapter in their lives. The opening episode, titled “More Joy,” reflects both the drive of characters and the tone of season four. More joy: How can we find it, and how can we hold on to it?
For Max that means acknowledging and surrendering to his long-simmering feelings towards Dr. Helen Sharpe. While this new relationship brings its own set of challenges, Max continues his optimistic – and quixotic – quest to improve our nation’s healthcare system.
Continuing to navigate their own personal journeys – including Dr. Bloom’s relationship with Dr. Leyla Shinwari, who is now her resident, Dr. Frome’s new career and Dr. Reynolds’ personal entanglements – the doctors will strive to embrace the joy and successes in their lives.
But there is a surprise in store for our heroes. Dr. Veronica Fuentes is joining the New Amsterdam team to help turn around the overburdened and underfunded hospital. Her first order of business will be to tear down every progressive program Max has erected. Max will have his work cut out for him if he is going to outwit this calm, poised and fearless fixer.
Amaia Arana as ED Resident Roxana Zamaya, Chloe Freeman as ED Resident Pavan Carey, and Janet Montgomery as Dr. Lauren Bloom in ‘New Amsterdam’ season 4 episode 12 (Photo by: Michael Greenberg/NBC)Jocko Sims as Dr. Floyd Reynolds in season 4 episode 12 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Patrick Murney as Nicholas “Nico” Jerrino and Janet Montgomery as Dr. Lauren Bloom in season 4 episode 12 (Photo by: Michael Greenberg/NBC)Amaia Arana as ED Resident Roxana Zamaya and Janet Montgomery as Dr. Lauren Bloom in “The Crossover” episode (Photo by: Michael Greenberg/NBC)Sandra Mae Frank as Dr. Elizabeth Wilder in season 4 episode 12 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Connor Marx as Ben and Genevieve Angelson as Dr. Mia Castries in season 4 episode 12 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
The team’s on the hunt for a kidnapped co-ed on CBS’s FBI season four episode 11. Directed by Matthew McLoota from a script by Keith Eisner, episode 11 – “Grief” – will air on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 8pm ET/PT.
Missy Peregrym stars as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki is Special Agent Omar Adom ‘OA’ Zidan, and Jeremy Sisto plays Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine. The season four cast also includes Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, John Boyd as Special Agent Stuart Scola, and Katherine Renee Turner as Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.
Recurring cast members include Taylor Anthony Miller, Vedette Lim, James Chen, and Thomas Philip O’Neill.
“Grief” Plot: As the team searches for an abducted college co-ed, Jubal becomes intent on obtaining lifesaving leads from the father of the abductor’s previous victim. Also, Jubal continues to grapple with the aftermath of Rina’s condition, leading to a tense encounter with her mother.
Marty and Wendy warn Darlene the Navarro cartel’s response will be brutal if she attempts to begin producing heroin again in the new trailer for Netflix’s Ozark season four part one. The new trailer arrives two weeks ahead of the release of the first seven episodes of the fourth and final season.
The cast is led by Emmy Award winner Jason Bateman, Emmy Award winner Laura Linney, and Emmy Award winner Julia Garner. Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Charlie Tahan, Jessica Frances Dukes, and Lisa Emery also star. In addition, the cast includes Felix Solis, Damian Young, John Bedford Lloyd, Joseph Sikora, Bruno Bichir, CC Castillo, Bruce Davison, Ali Stroker, and Veronica Falcón.
Season four part one premieres on January 21, 2022. Netflix hasn’t announced the premiere date for part two of the final season.
Emmy Award nominee Chris Mundy returns as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Jason Bateman, Mark Williams, John Shiban, Patrick Markey, and Bill Dubuque. Laura Linney served as co-executive producer.
Season four’s first and third episodes were directed by Andrew Bernstein. Alik Sakharov directed episodes four and five, with Robin Wright directing episodes six and seven.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
Marty and Wendy are rid of Helen and climb to the top of Navarro’s empire. They find another opportunity to get out of the Ozarks but some past sins won’t stay buried and the most dangerous threats come from blood.
A massive ice storm continues to keep the keep the first responders busy on Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star season three episode two. “Thin Ice” will air on Monday, January 10, 2022 at 8pm ET/PT.
Season three stars Rob Lowe as Owen Strand, Gina Torres as Tommy Vega, Ronen Rubinstein as T.K. Strand, Sierra McClain as Grace Ryder, and Jim Parrack as Judd Ryder. Natacha Karam plays Marjan Marwani, Brian Michael Smith is Paul Strickland, Rafael Silva is Carlos Reyes, Julian Works is Mateo Chavez, and Brianna Baker plays Nancy Gillian.
“Thin Ice” Plot: As the unexpected arctic cold front and ice storm continues to cause havoc in Austin, Tommy, T.K. and Gillian race to rescue a young boy who has fallen in a frozen pond. Judd and Mateo work furiously to help a trapped Paul, and Owen takes drastic measures to save a man who has been stabbed and left for dead in the snowy hill country.
The Season 3 Plot:
In the third season, a slight time-jump takes place after the events of the previous season finale found the 126 shut down and the crew dispersed across the city. In the multi-episode opening storyline, a massive and unexpected arctic front hits Austin. As the ice storm causes widespread chaos, Owen and Tommy must not only save the city but find a way to resurrect and reunite the former 126.
Lili Taylor and Tobias Menzies in Manhunt (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
Tobias Menzies (The Crown, Outlander) is set to star in Apple TV+’s true crime limited series Manhunt. Created by Monica Beletsky (Fargo, Leftovers) and based on James Swanson’s bestselling book, the limited series focuses on the events surrounding President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
Emmy Award winner Tobias Menzies will play Edwin Stanton, “Lincoln’s war secretary and friend, who was driven nearly to madness by the need to catch John Wilkes Booth and to carry out Lincoln’s legacy.”
Beletsky is the showrunner and executive produces along with Layne Eskridge and Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer author James Swanson. The limited series will be produced by Apple Studios and co-produced by Lionsgate, in association with POV Entertainment, Walden Media, and 3 Arts Entertainment. 3 Arts’ Michael Rotenberg and Richard Abate will serve as executive producers along with Walden Media’s Frank Smith and Naia Cucukov.
Carl Franklin (Devil in a Blue Dress, Mindhunter) is on board to direct and executive produce.
Apple TV+ released the following description of the limited series:
“Part historical fiction, part conspiracy thriller, Manhunt will take audiences into the aftermath of the first American presidential assassination and the fight to preserve and protect the ideals that were the foundation of Lincoln’s Reconstruction plans – issues that reverberate into the present day. The series strongly features Black historical figures whose lives intertwined with the escape, manhunt and subsequent high-crimes investigation, including Mary Simms, a former slave of the doctor who treated Booth’s injury and gave him safe harbor after his crime.”
