Poster for ‘Loki’ starring Tom Hiddleston (Photo Courtesy of Marvel Studios)
With The Falcon and the Winter Soldier about to debut on March 19, 2021 and following a successful WandaVision run, Marvel Studios is hyping their next big television project in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – Loki. Marvel just dropped a new poster for the series which brings back Tom Hiddleston (for the seventh time) as the trickster god.
Joining Tom Hiddleston are Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku, and Richard E. Grant. The live-action comic book-inspired series was directed by Kate Herron. Michael Waldron is Loki‘s head writer.
Marvel Studios has set a June 11, 2021 premiere date on Disney+.
Tom Hiddleston kicked off his Loki run in 2011’s Thor starring Chris Hemsworth. That was followed by 2012’s The Avengers, 2013’s Thor: The Dark World, 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, and 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
The Plot:
Marvel Studios’ Loki features the God of Mischief as he steps out of his brother’s shadow in a newDisney+series that takes place after the events of Avengers: Endgame.
Jughead believes he’s being stalked by aliens and Cheryl’s plot to force hookups among her friends turns out to be more PG than R-rated on The CW’s Riverdale season five episode eight. Archie and Betty casually hook up, but he returns to Veronica’s arms after realizing she’s still the one he’s attracted to after all these years. Plus, Cheryl and Toni won’t be getting back together and Fangs and Kevin aren’t ready for marriage even though Toni’s their surrogate baby mama.
Up next, season five episode nine – “Destroyer.” Directed by Rob Seidenglanz from a script by Ace Hasan, episode nine will air on March 24, 2021.
The cast of season five includes KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, and Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones. Madelaine Petsch is Cheryl Blossom, Marisol Nichols is Hermione Lodge, Mӓdchen Amick is Alice Cooper, Casey Cott is Kevin Keller, Mark Consuelos is Hiram Lodge, Skeet Ulrich is FP Jones, Charles Melton is Reggie Mantle, Drew Ray Tanner is Fangs Fogarty, and Vanessa Morgan plays Toni Topaz.
“Chapter Eighty-Five: Destroyer” Plot: SCHOOL SPIRIT — After the Bulldogs lose several football games, Archie (Apa) and Veronica (Mendes) come up with a plan to boost school spirit. Jughead (Sprouse) turns his attention to a student who he thinks might need his help. Betty (Reinhart) seeks guidance from Cheryl (Petsch) after being faced with a difficult decision to make.
Finally, Kevin (Cott) is forced to face a dark moment from his past.
Season 5 Description, Courtesy of The CW:
The fourth season of Riverdale began with a funeral and tribute to Archie’s late father, the beloved Fred Andrews (Luke Perry). Throughout the season, Archie (KJ Apa) tried to live up to his father’s memory by mentoring youths at his Community Center with the help of his pals Reggie and Munroe Moore. But the shadow of that tragedy loomed over Archie—and only darkened when Fred’s brother Frank arrived, bringing unforeseen complications with him, much to the chagrin of Archie’s mother (Molly Ringwald).
Meanwhile, after Betty saved her mom and sister from the Farm cult, she joined her brother Charles’s Junior F.B.I. Training Program. Veronica found herself locked in a season-long battle with her father Hiram and half-sister Hermosa over her burgeoning maple rum business. And, at the urging on FP, Jughead enrolled in a new school, Stonewall Prep, only to be caught up in a mystery that involved his grandfather, the secret author of a series of teen detective novels called “The Baxter Brothers.” His classmates turned out to be killers—and it was up to Betty and Jughead (pretending to be dead) to solve the murder of…Jughead Jones!
At Thistlehouse, Cheryl was trapped in a gothic nightmare, fighting her demons, literal and metaphoric, with the loving support of her girlfriend Toni. She finally put her brother Jason to rest while maintaining her control over the Vixens as resident HBIC against Principal Honey (Kerr Smith). Kevin got dragged into an illicit tickle scheme, but still found time to put on a Variety Show with hit songs from Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
And throughout the season, disturbing unmarked videotapes kept appearing on our characters’ doorsteps, ensuring that there would be one more mystery to solve.
Season five of Riverdale will begin with our characters’ final days as students at Riverdale High. From an epic Senior Prom to a bittersweet Graduation, there are a lot of emotional moments and goodbyes yet to come — with some couples breaking up, as everyone goes their separate ways to college — or elsewhere. Then, we will redock with our gang as young adults, all returning to Riverdale to escape their troubled pasts. And life — and romance — will only be more complicated now that they’re in their twenties…
Five-time Emmy Award nominee Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) has committed to starring in the psychological thriller Beacon 23, based on the bestselling book by Hugh Howey. Headey will also serve as an executive producer on the Spectrum Originals and AMC Networks series.
Zak Penn (Ready Player One, The Avengers) created the series and will serve as showrunner and executive producer. Ira Steven Behr (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Tina Thor, Elisa Ellis, and Katie O’Connell Marsh (Narcos) for Boat Rocker Studios also executive produce.
“Lena Headey was a wonderful, versatile actress before she gave one of the defining performances in television history. So, as they say, ‘no pressure.’ I’m thankful to all the people making this show possible, they just keep delivering beyond my expectations,” said Penn.
According to the official casting announcement, Headey will star as Aster, “a woman who mysteriously finds her way to a lonely beacon keeper on his lighthouse in the darkest recesses of space.”
“We had exactly one person in mind when thinking about who could play Aster – who could bring the strength, the vulnerability and the brilliance to Zak’s complex character? No one but Lena Headey,” stated Katherine Pope, Head of Spectrum Originals. “We couldn’t be more excited to go on this thrill ride with Lena and Zak leading the way.”
“Having known and worked with Lena the past few years my admiration for her inspiring talent is unending. I’m so thrilled that Lena embraced the role of Aster and equally happy she’ll be executive producing through her production company Peephole,” added Katie O’Connell Marsh, Vice-Chair, Boat Rocker Studios.
The series will premiere on Spectrum followed nine months later by a release on AMC Networks platforms.
“This is such an exciting casting. Lena is a towering giant in the business, a remarkable and multi-dimensional talent, and to have her as part of this series elevates it in every way,” said Dan McDermott, president of original programming for AMC Networks Entertainment Group and co-president of AMC Studios.
The Plot, Courtesy of Spectrum and AMC Networks:
This intimate, suspenseful thriller follows two people whose fates become entangled after they find themselves trapped together at the end of the known universe. A tense battle of wills unfolds at the edge of space, Halan, the beacon keeper, begins to question whether Aster is friend or foe as her ability to disguise her agenda and motives could make her a formidable opponent.
Max has difficult decisions to make about Luna’s future on NBC’s New Amsterdam season three episode four. Episode four, “This Is All I Need,” will air on March 23, 2021 at 10pm ET/PT.
Ryan Eggold returns to lead the cast as Dr. Max Goodwin. Janet Montgomery plays Dr. Lauren Bloom, Freema Agyeman is Dr. Helen Sharpe, Tyler Labine is Dr. Iggy Frome, Anupam Kher is Dr. Vijay Kapoor, and Daniel Dae Kim plays Dr. Cassian Shin.
“This Is All I Need” Plot: Max journeys to Connecticut to bring Luna back to New York, but second-guesses his instincts when he sees her with her grandparents. Bloom takes action to ensure her staff feel safe at work while Reynolds takes a backseat in the cardiac unit. Sharpe struggles to lean on Dr. Cassian Shin (Kim) while dealing with a family emergency.
When Dr. Max Goodwin took over New Amsterdam, he asked a simple, revolutionary question: “How can I help?” In season three, Max and his team face the daunting task of sustaining that optimism while dealing with a pandemic that exposed the gaping inequities in our health care. Max is no longer content to fix a broken system. He’s determined to tear it down and build something better.
Nora and Opal Clow as Luna Goodwin and Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin in ‘New Amsterdam’ season 3 episode 4 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Janet Montgomery as Dr. Lauren Bloom and Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin in season 3 episode 4 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Becky Ann Baker as Gwen Bennett, Nora and Opal Clow as Luna Goodwin, Bill Irwin as Calvin Bennett, and Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin in season 3 episode 4 (Photo by: Scott Gries/NBC)Nora and Opal Clow as Luna Goodwin and Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin in season 3 episode 4 (Photo by: Scott Gries/NBC)Janet Montgomery as Dr. Lauren Bloom, Emma Ramos as Resident Mariana, Matthew Jeffers as Resident Mark Walsh, Alejandro Hernandez as Casey Acosta, and Yvette Ganier as ED Nurse Linda Weber in season 3 episode 4 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Janet Montgomery as Dr. Lauren Bloom in season 3 episode 4 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Griffin Santopietro as Linus Wilding and Tyler Labine as Dr. Iggy Frome in season 3 episode 4 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
Grammy-nominated artist Demi Lovato announced her next album Dance with the Devil… The Art of Starting Over is set to be released on Friday, April 2, 2021. The highly anticipated album will be a companion piece to her upcoming four-part documentary series, Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, which premieres on YouTube on Tuesday, March 23rd and concludes on Tuesday, April 6th.
Lovato teased her long-awaited album with a viral, stripped-down performance of “Anyone” last year during the Grammy Awards.
The deeply personal album is executive produced by Lovato and her manager, Scooter Braun. The cover artwork for the new album was shot by Dana Trippe in Joshua Tree, CA. There’s no official word yet on the number of tracks on Dancing with the Devil… The Art of Staring Over or the titles of the songs other than “Anyone.”
The documentary and album will include Demi sharing for the first time the very personal story of her near-fatal overdose in 2018 and will provide a glimpse into her life today as well as her path to healing.
Over the course of her career, Lovato has often shared her struggles with addiction and mental health with not just her fans, but with the world as well.
The documentary will take a deeper dive into issues she has touched on in the past. The trailer for the documentary (released on February 17th) includes interviews with friends and family members of Lovato, including some famous friends such as Sir Elton John, opening up about what Lovato has been going through.
Demi Lovato’s friend and director of the documentary, Michael D. Ratner, tells Billboard, “I was humbled to be able to give her a platform to tell her story.”
Ratner continues, “My responsibility is to give her the space to tell as much of her story and experience as she wants to tell.”
Ratner previously teamed up with Justin Bieber on the docuseries Seasons available on YouTube Originals.
Demi Lovato’s four-part documentary debuted at SXSW on Tuesday, March 16th.
Alan Tudyk as Harry Vanderspeigle in ‘Resident Alien’ season 1 (Photo by: James Dittinger/SYFY)
Syfy’s weird alien fish-out-of-water sci-fi dramedy Resident Alien starring Alan Tudyk has been renewed for a second season. The renewal was announced with three new episodes still to air in the first season.
“With Resident Alien, everything just came together in perfect harmony – a script by Chris Sheridan that leapt off the page, a lead performance by Alan Tudyk, whose nuance between comedy and menace was pitch-perfect, and a team of producers, cast and crew who were all striving to do something great,” stated Lisa Katz, President, Scripted Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “The appeal of this show transcended the sci-fi genre in a way that enabled us to bring in a broader audience, and as the series continues we hope to encourage more and more fans to discover Harry’s very particular perspective on humans.”
In addition to Alan Tudyk in the title role, the season one cast includes Sara Tomko as Asta Twelvetrees, Corey Reynolds as Sheriff Mike Thompson, Alice Wetterlund as D’Arcy Morin, and Levi Fiehler as Mayor Ben Hawthorne.
Syfy reports the series premiere has been watched by 9.3 million viewers since it aired on January 27, 2021. And episode two’s viewership increased by more than half a million viewers. Resident Alien ranks as the most-watched new cable drama over the past year and is also the network’s highest-rated new drama over the last six years.
Resident Alien will wrap up season one with episode 10 airing on March 31st at 10pm ET/PT.
The series was adapted for television from the Dark Horse comic from Peter Hogan and Stephen Parkhouse by executive producer Chris Sheridan (Family Guy). Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg of Dark Horse Entertainment also executive produce along with Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank of Amblin TV. Robbie Duncan McNeill serves as producing director and executive produces.
The Plot, Courtesy of Syfy:
Resident Alien follows Harry, an alien played by Alan Tudyk, that crash lands on Earth and passes himself off as a small-town human doctor. Arriving with a secret mission to kill all humans, Harry starts off living a simple life … but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world.
As he does so, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”
The fastest man alive and his team had their final showdown with Eva, the Mirror Master, on The CW’s The Flash season seven episode three, “Mother.” What was clearly meant to be season six’s finale turned out to be episode three in season seven due to the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown and interruption of the series.
The episode begins right where episode two left off with Cisco (Carlos Valdes), Frost (Danielle Panabaker), and Allegra (Kayla Compton) waking up in S.T.A.R. Labs and finding a very upset Barry (Grant Gustin) kneeling over a convulsing Iris (Candice Patton). Quickly determining Barry’s back to his old self after shutting down the ASF, they rush Iris to the medical lab. Barry apologizes to everyone, confessing he remembers attacking them and pulling Iris out. They interrupt him saying he wasn’t himself and immediately forgive him.
Cisco thinks they can fix the ASF but Barry refuses to try it again.
A short while later Caitlin tells Barry that when he pulled Iris out of the mirrorverse she resisted and her brain got re-mapped; she needs rest in order to recover. Barry and the team leave Iris in the med bay as they try to figure out their next step to stop Eva.
The CCPD’s getting overwhelmed by calls from people saying their family members and friends are being pulled into mirrors and coming back different. It seems Eva and her mirror minions are doing an Invasion of the Body Snatchers thing to the people of Central City. Sue Dearbon (Natalie Dreyfuss) sneaks into the CCPD wearing a disguise to warn Joe (Jesse L. Martin) about what’s happening. She also informs him Ralph may have found evidence clearing her of the murder of Mr. McCulloch.
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Team Flash gets word about what’s happening. Cisco suggests they have Joe reach out to the mayor and order a city-wide blackout to get rid of reflections from mirrors and glass to slow Eva and her minions’ attack. Cisco then closes the shutters and blacks out S.T.A.R. Labs to protect them from Eva, however, Barry gets pulled into the mirrorverse by Eva (Efrat Dor) while looking at his reflection.
In the mirrorverse, Eva confronts Barry and warns him he can’t win this fight, especially without his speed. She declares she’ll be the mother of the new world with her new and improved children. “I’m not human, I’m something better,” says Eva.
Eva suggests Barry help her create it by leading his team and the rest of Central City into the mirrorverse to be reborn.
Barry steps out of the mirrorverse and back into S.T.A.R. Labs. A very worried Cisco and Caitlin ask how he managed to get away and he admits she let him go. Barry tells everyone that she’s right – they can’t win.
Barry goes off to sulk privately and Dr. Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh) materializes before him. Barry’s shocked and reminds Wells they all saw him die, but the original Harrison Wells from Earth-1 explains that when Nash sacrificed himself and the other Wells to power the ASF, the universe took 0.01 percent of Wells and gave rebirth to the original Wells because there has to be balance.
Barry admits that out of the Wells, he was the one he always wanted to meet. As he starts to introduce himself, original Wells says he knows who he is because the other Wells left an imprint and he offers to help Barry. He believes Barry is the Paragon of Love, a title he received during “Crisis,” and that he needs to run toward his love.
As they’re chatting, the rest of Team Flash arrives and encounters the original Wells.
Barry checks up on Iris in the med lab and while telling her she’s the love of his life, he touches her hand and experiences a lightning spark between them. He realizes there’s still some of the Speed Force inside her.
Barry shares the news with the team and Wells theorizes the Speed Force is part of the universe, meaning it never really disappeared. Cisco realizes they can repurpose the ASF to tap into an organic source instead of an artificial one. When Iris touches it, the remaining Speed Force power in her should be enough in combination with the fusion sphere to bring it back.
Meanwhile, Joe and Cecile (Danielle Nicolet) are being hunted at the deserted CCPD by some of Eva’s mirror thugs. Joe tries to sneak Cecile out via an old ventilating shaft but it’s not long before a mirror copy appears to him saying the only way to be with her is to join her in the mirrorverse.
Once more to S.T.A.R. Labs we go and Team Flash is preparing to try to bring back the Speed Force. Iris walks over to the fusion sphere and says, “We need you,” touching it and feeding the ASF the power of the Speed Force still inside her.
Barry begins running and power quickly surges as the ASF receives pure power from the Speed Force. As Barry runs a montage of clips show some of Team Flash’s happier and more loving moments. The ASF lights up with electricity which runs all over S.T.A.R. Labs and goes up through the roof. Barry’s hit by the electricity and once again has his incredible speed. He speeds in front of his team in his Flash suit, now ready to take on Eva.
In a truly epic superhero scene, The Flash, Frost, and Cisco – armed with his sonic blasters – confront Eva and her mirror army and begin to do battle. The Flash uses his speed and lightning to take down many of Eva’s mirror copies as Frost blasts more of them with her icy frost. Unfortunately, the mirror copies keep coming.
Iris realizes Barry will need more than speed to defeat Eva and uses a portal to confront her. Iris talks to Eva about what she said about bringing peace to the world and explains all her mirror copies are bringing is chaos, fear, and disaster. Iris is able to reach the human part of mirror Eva and she looks around in horror at what she’s done. She hears people screaming for their lives, sees cars on fire, and watches as her minions drag pleading people into the mirrorverse. Eva tries to stop her creations but admits they’ve grown too strong.
The Flash and Iris join forces with Eva and together they’re able to use their powers to get the mirror copies to stand down and retreat into the mirrorverse. Frost asks about everyone they lost and Eva frees all humans from the mirrorverse. Kamilla (Victoria Park) calls Cisco to tell him she’s back and all right. The real Cecile shows up at CCPD and hugs Joe who was just about to go into the mirrorverse. Barry and Iris hug and Eva reveals she’ll rebuild in her world – the mirrorverse. Barry wishes her luck.
The following day Allegra and Cisco say goodbye to original Wells who’s decided to leave and go time-traveling to the past. He wants to spend his days repeating the happiest time of his life, his four years with his wife, Tess, before they were murdered by Thawne.
In the cortex, Caitlin invites Sue to join Team Flash but she declines. Sue’s decided she and Ralph are going to travel the world and take down evil organizations that are just as bad as Black Hole was. As they leave, Iris says, “They make quite the team.” “So do we,” replies Barry as he looks at Iris, Caitlin, and the rest of Team Flash.
The final scene of the episode is a flashback to 18 hours prior. The ASF is again shown giving rebirth to the Speed Force and lightning striking Barry. A stream of lightning goes through the roof and hits the atmosphere sending red, blue, green, and yellow energy and lightning all over the sky.
The Flash Season 7 Episode 3 Review:
Overly sentimental and painfully sweet, season seven episode three suffers from too many subplots needing to be explained and wrapped up in a single episode and an uneven and at times slow pace. Instead of a riveting and exciting end to the mirrorverse storyline, the writers and showrunner have delivered a bland and even occasionally boring close with too much heart and too little action.
Since the series premiered back in 2014, every season finale of The Flash has always had the perfect mixture of heroics, humor, and heart along with spectacular special effects, moving performances, and exhilarating action. The second half of season six and the first few episodes of season seven focused far too much on just heart and feelings and not enough on the action and humor.
Here’s hoping the rest of season seven gets back on track with the right mixture the fans love and look forward to.
How did WeWork go from a billion dollar company to bankruptcy in a matter of weeks? Hulu’s documentary WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn attempts to answer that question while shining the spotlight on the company’s founder, Adam Neumann.
The intriguing new trailer arrives as the documentary makes its debut at SXSW. Following its festival premiere, WeWork will be available on Hulu beginning April 2, 2021.
Jed Rothstein (The China Hustle) directed and executive produced along with Rebecca Evans and Ross Girard from Campfire, Tim Lee, Michael Cho and Mimi Rode from Olive Hill, Travis Collins, Kyle Kramer and Randall Lane from Forbes, and Danni Mynard.
WeWork Description, Courtesy of Hulu:
WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn is a feature documentary that explores the rise and fall of one of the biggest corporate flameouts and venture capitalist bubbles in recent years – the story of WeWork, and its hippie-messianic leader Adam Neumann. Utilizing interviews with journalists, experts, high-ranking former employees, and former WeWork members, the documentary takes a look at the community-centric, people-first ideal that sent the little co-working venture sky-rocketing into unicorn investment territory, and then investigates what was really going on behind the scenes.
Val (Mindy Kaling) ‘Monsters at Work’ character art (Disney)
Six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling (The Office) has joined the cast of Disney+’s Monsters At Work, the latest addition to the Monsters, Inc. franchise. Kaling will be voicing Val Little, “an enthusiastic member of the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team (aka ‘MIFT’).”
The Disney+ series brings back Billy Crystal as the voice of Mike Wazowski and John Goodman as James P. “Sulley” Sullivan. Bonnie Hunt is also on board to once again lend her voice to Ms. Flint. Disney+ describes Ms. Flint as being “formerly in charge of training new Scarers at Monsters, Inc., but will now manage the department responsible for recruiting and training the funniest monsters to become Jokesters.”
Jennifer Tilly returns to voice Celia Mae from Monsters, Inc. and John Ratzenberger (aka Pixar’s good luck charm) is back as Yeti from Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University. Ratzenberger will also provide the voice of Tylor’s dad, Bernard. Bob Peterson will voice his Monsters, Inc. character Roz’s twin sister, Roze.
New to the world of Monsters, Inc. are Ben Feldman as Tylor Tuskmon; Henry Winkler as Fritz, the scatterbrained boss; Lucas Neff as Duncan, an opportunistic plumber; and Alanna Ubach as Cutter, the officious rule follower. Stephen Stanton voices Smitty and Needleman, the bumbling custodial team at Monsters, Inc., and Aisha Tyler is Tylor’s mom, Millie Tuskmon.
Disney+ has set a July 2, 2021 premiere date.
Bobs Gannaway (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Planes: Fire & Rescue) developed the series and serves as executive producer. The Disney Television Animation production is produced by Sean Lurie with Kat Good and Steve Anderson as supervising directors. The late Rob Gibbs (Monsters, Inc.) directed multiple early episodes.
In addition to confirming the series’ cast, Disney+ released new character images for the much-anticipated animated family comedy.
The Plot, Courtesy of Disney+:
Monsters At Work takes place the day after the Monsters, Incorporated power plant started harvesting the laughter of children to fuel the city of Monstropolis, thanks to Mike and Sulley’s discovery that laughter generates ten times more energy than screams. It follows the story of Tylor Tuskmon, an eager young monster who graduated top of his class at Monsters University and always dreamed of becoming a Scarer until he lands a job at Monsters, Incorporated, and discovers that scaring is out and laughter is in.
After Tylor is temporarily reassigned to the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team (MIFT), he must work alongside a misfit bunch of mechanics while setting his sights on becoming a Jokester.
Tylor voiced by Ben Feldman (Disney)Sulley voiced by John Goodman (Disney)Mike voiced by Billy Crystal (Disney)Fritz voiced by Henry Winkler (Disney)Duncan voiced by Lucas Neff (Disney)Cutter voiced by Alanna Ubach (Disney)
Violinist Finley Sinclair needs to learn it doesn’t matter what the notes are, it’s how you play them in Finding You, the big-screen adaptation of Jenny B. Jones’ popular young adult novel, There You’ll Find Me. The new two-and-a-half-minute trailer, which reveals a bit too much about the story, just dropped along with the film’s poster.
The cast is led by Rose Reid (The World We Make) as Finley and Jedidiah Goodacre (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as movie star Beckett Rush. Katherine McNamara (Shadowhunters, The Stand), Patrick Bergin (Sleeping With the Enemy), Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Derry Girls), Judith Hoag (Nashville), Tom Everett Scott (13 Reasons Why), and Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave (Julia) also star.
Brian Baugh (The World We Make, I’m Not Ashamed) adapted Jones’ book and directs the PG-rated romantic drama. Explaining why he was attracted to the project, Baugh stated, “It blends together so many different characters and story arcs. A girl who loves the violin, a movie star looking for meaning, a movie within a movie, life in New York and, of course, Ireland.”
Roadside Attractions is planning a May 14, 2021 theatrical release.
The Plot, Courtesy of Roadside Attractions:
Finding You is an inspirational romantic drama full of heart and humor about finding the strength to be true to oneself. After an ill-fated audition at a prestigious New York music conservatory, violinist Finley Sinclair (Reid) travels to an Irish coastal village to begin her semester studying abroad. At the B&B run by her host family, she encounters gregarious and persistent heartthrob movie star Beckett Rush (Goodacre), who is there to film another installment of his medieval fantasy-adventure franchise.
As romance sparks between the unlikely pair, Beckett ignites a journey of discovery for Finley that transforms her heart, her music, and her outlook on life. In turn, Finley emboldens Beckett to reach beyond his teen-idol image and pursue his true passion. But when forces surrounding Beckett’s stardom threaten to crush their dreams, Finley must decide what she is willing to risk for love.
