Marvel Studios and Disney+ made the Monday following the Easter holiday weekend a lot more tolerable with the release of the Loki trailer. Tom Hiddleston returns as the fan favorite God of Mischief, and the trailer confirms the latest Marvel series is a solid mix of action and comedy.
One particular exchange featuring Hiddleston’s Loki and Owen Wilson as Mobius M. Mobius stands out:
“You can trust me.” – Loki
“Loki, I have studied almost every moment of your entire life. You’ve literally stabbed people in the back like 50 times.” – Mobius
“Well, I’d never do it again.” – Loki
The cast of the Disney+ original series also includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku, and Richard E. Grant. The live-action comic book-inspired series was directed by Kate Herron with Michael Waldron serving as the head writer.
Marvel Studios’ Loki features the God of Mischief as he steps out of his brother’s shadow in a new Disney+ series that takes place after the events of Avengers: Endgame.
Can we really trust Anne? We can only hope the answer is yes as NBC’s The Blacklist continues season eight with episode 13 titled simply “Anne.” Episode 13 guest starring LaChanze will air on Friday, April 16, 2021.
NBC has not released an official synopsis for “Anne” which will arrive after a two week break between new episodes.
The cast of The Blacklist is led by James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington and Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen. Diego Klattenhoff plays Donald Ressler, Amir Arison is Aram Mojtabai, Hisham Tawfiq is Dembe Zuma, and Harry Lennix stars as Harold Cooper.
Season 8 Description, Courtesy of NBC:
With his back against the wall, Raymond Reddington (Spader) faces his most formidable enemy yet: Elizabeth Keen (Boone). Aligned with her mother, infamous Russian spy Katarina Rostova, Liz must decide how far she is willing to go to find out why Reddington has entered her life and what his endgame really is. The fallout between Reddington and Keen will have devastating consequences for all that lie in their wake, including the Task Force they helped to create.
LaChanze as Anne and James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in ‘The Blacklist’ season 8 episode 13 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)John Bolton as Bran in season 8 episode 13 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)LaChanze as Anne and James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in season 8 episode 13 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington and John Bolton as Bran in season 8 episode 13 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)LaChanze as Anne and John Bolton as Bran in season 8 episode 13 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)
Season five episode 13 of CBS’s MacGyver finds Mac dealing with a potentially game-changing personal situation. Directed by Katie Eastridge from a script by Alessia Costantini and Andrew Karlsruher, episode 13 – “Barn Find + Oil Slick + La Punzonatura + Lab Rats + Tachometer” – wil air on Friday, April 9, 2021 at 8pm ET/PT.
Lucas Till stars as Angus “Mac” MacGyver, Tristin Mays plays Riley Davis, and Justin Hires is Wilt Bozer. Meredith Eaton is Matty Weber, Levy Tran is Desi Nguyen, and Henry Ian Cusick plays Russ Taylor.
Guest stars include Peter Allas, Fabio Massimo Bonini, Amy Dionne, Victoria Ric, and Matt Fowler. Melanie Minichino, Vincent Aleandri, and Gianfranco Folchitto also guest star.
“Barn Find + Oil Slick + La Punzonatura + Lab Rats + Tachometer” Plot: While Mac and the team delve into the world of Italian car culture in order to track down a crime boss-in-hiding, Mac must lean on Desi when he discovers that he’s losing the ability to control his hands. Also, Mac and Desi move in together and Riley reveals the truth about her secret team of hackers to Russ.
MacGyver, a reimagining of the classic series, is an action-adventure drama about 20-something Angus “Mac” MacGyver, who is part of a clandestine organization within the U.S. government, where he uses his extraordinary talent for unconventional problem-solving and vast scientific knowledge to save lives. Joining his team on high-risk missions around the globe are Riley Davis, an unpredictable computer hacker with a chip on her shoulder; Wilt Bozer, Mac’s roommate and an agent on the team; Matty Weber, a legend in Covert Ops and the director of operations at the Phoenix Foundation; Desi Nguyen, whose job is to protect MacGyver and his team on their global missions; and Russ Taylor, quick-witted, Oxford-educated, ex-military skilled in propaganda and lie detection, who shakes things up by challenging the way MacGyver and the team are used to doing things.
Under the aegis of the Phoenix Foundation, MacGyver takes on the responsibility of saving the world, armed to the teeth with resourcefulness and little more than bubble gum and a paper clip.
Following the season 10 Negan-centric finale of The Walking Dead, AMC released a short teaser trailer previewing what’s in store for the upcoming 11th – and final – season. The last season of The Walking Dead will premiere on August 22, 2021, kicking off the first batch of eight new episodes.
In total, season 11 will consist of 24 episodes.
“Coming off of the six additional episodes for Season 10, which focused on smaller, character-driven stories, we’re excited to kick off Season 11 bigger than ever,” stated Angela Kang, showrunner and executive producer. “The stakes will be high – we’ll see more zombies, tons of action, intriguing new stories, never-before-seen locations, and our groups together in one community for the first time, trying to rebuild what the Whisperers took from them.”
“The final chapter of The Walking Dead begins with eight action-packed episodes that will feature the massive scope and scale fans have come to expect from TWD Universe, and I’m thrilled to share that fans won’t have to wait long for these incredible new episodes to debut this summer,” said Scott M. Gimple, chief content officer of TWD Universe.
Season 10 of the popular zombie apocalypse series featured Norman Reedus, Ross Marquand, Seth Gilliam, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Khary Payton, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. According to AMC, the series ranks first among all basic cable shows for the 25-54 age group.
The AMC Studios production is executive produced by Gimple, Kang, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Dave Alpert, Greg Nicotero, Joseph Incaprera, and Denise Huth.
Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan in ‘The Walking Dead season 10 (Photo Credit: Josh Stringer/AMC)
A Look Back at the Season 10 Extended Episodes Plot:
Last on The Walking Dead, we witnessed the fall of Alpha (Samantha Morton) and the end of the Whisperers War. The Kingdom had fallen, Hilltop was virtually destroyed and Alexandria abandoned to prepare for final battle. Our survivors were trapped and separated from one another. Yet, when faced with almost certain death, they rallied together to fight, killing Beta (Ryan Hurst) and eliminating the threat of the horde.
In these six new episodes, we find our survivors trying to pick themselves up by their bootstraps following the destruction the Whisperers left in their wake. The years of struggle weigh upon them as past traumas surface, exposing their more vulnerable sides. As they question the state of humanity, the state of their collective community, and the states of their minds, will they find the inner strength to persevere with their lives, friendships, and group intact?
Poster for Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
The official poster’s dropped for Netflix’s Army of the Dead directed by Zack Snyder (Justice League). The new poster features the film’s cast and arrived with a batch of sneak peek photos from the upcoming release.
Snyder’s zombie pic stars Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy), Ella Purnell (Sweetbitter), Omari Hardwick (Power), Ana De La Reguera (Goliath), Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy), Matthias Schweighöfer (You Are Wanted), Nora Arnezeder (Riviera), Hiroyuki Sanada (The Last Ship), and Garret Dillahunt (Fear the Walking Dead). Tig Notaro (Star Trek: Discovery), Raúl Castillo (Ghost Tape), Huma Qureshi (Leila), Samantha Win, Richard Cetrone (Sleepy Hollow), and Michael Cassidy (People of Earth) also star in Snyder’s zombie heist film.
Zack Snyder co-wrote the action thriller with Shay Hatten and Joby Harold. He also serves as a producer along with Deborah Snyder and Wesley Coller.
Netflix has set a May 21, 2021 release date in select theaters and on the streaming service.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
“Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.”
After what feels like an eternity (but will actually be a month between new episodes), CBS’s legal drama All Rise is set to return on April 12, 2021. Season two episode 11 – “Forgive Us Our Trespasses” – was directed by Paul McCrane from a script by Kimberly Ann Harrison and Nicole Feste.
Simone Missick leads the cast as Judge Lola Carmichael, Wilson Bethel plays Mark Callan, Marg Helgenberger is Lisa Benner, and Jessica Camacho stars as Emily Lopez. J. Alex Brinson plays Luke Watkins, Lindsay Mendez is Sara Castillo, Ruthie Ann Miles is Sherri Kansky, Lindsey Gort plays Amy Quinn, and Audrey Corsa is Samantha Powell. Peter MacNicol recurs as Judge Albert Campbell.
Episode 11 guest stars include Louis Herthum, Nev Scharrel, Ashley Jones, Antwon D. Jones, Feliz Avitia, and Phabian Rashaud. Larry Poindexter, Monnae Michaell, Kelly Easter, Johnny Rey Diaz, and Max Adler also guest star.
“Forgive Us Our Trespasses” Plot: With Ness nearing the end of her clerkship, Lola sets her up to shadow Emily, who is defending a young man who reoffended, and the verdict lies with Judge Campbell (MacNicol) who is notoriously harsh on repeat offenders. Also, Rachel reveals to Lola that she kissed Mark, and Mark struggles to find out why Luke’s name is on a list of cops dropped off by Deep Throat.
All Rise is a courthouse drama that follows the chaotic, hopeful and sometimes absurd lives of its judges, prosecutors and public defenders, as they work with bailiffs, clerks and cops to get justice for the people of Los Angeles amidst a flawed legal process. Among them is newly appointed Judge Lola Carmichael, a highly regarded and impressive deputy district attorney who doesn’t intend to sit back on the bench in her new role, but instead leans in, immediately pushing the boundaries and challenging the expectations of what a judge can be.
The team’s on a mission to find a gang of mercenaries on CBS’s S.W.A.T. season four episode 13, “Sins of the Fathers.” Directed by Guy Ferland from a script by Munis Rashid and Alison Cross, episode 13 is set to air on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 10pm ET/PT.
Shemar Moore leads the cast as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, Alex Russell plays Jim Street, Jay Harrington is David “Deacon” Kay, and Lina Esco plays Christina “Chris” Alonso. Kenny Johnson stars as Dominique Luca, David Lim is Victor Tan, Patrick St. Esprit is Commander Robert Hicks, and Amy Farrington plays Lieutenant Piper Lynch. Lou Ferrigno, Jr. recurs as Rocker, Laura James is Molly, Otis Gallop is Stevens, and Lyndie Greenwood is Erika.
Guest stars include Arianna Ortiz, Adam Aalderks, John D’Aquino, Chris Browning, Brennan Keel Cook, and Christina Burdette. Shirley Jordan, Alexandra Fatovich, Linc Hand, Monib Abhat, Melvin Diggs, and David Bianchi also guest star in episode 13.
“Sins of the Fathers” Plot: The team works together to hunt down a deadly band of mercenaries hired by a wealthy CEO trying to leave the country before he’s arrested for running a massive Ponzi scheme. Also, Hondo is forced to confront his changing relationship with Darryl (Deshae Frost) as the teen grows closer to his father, and a grief-stricken Chris hits rock bottom.
Inspired by the television series and the feature film, S.W.A.T. stars Shemar Moore as a former Marine and locally born and raised S.W.A.T. sergeant, tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles. Torn between loyalty to where he was raised and allegiance to his brothers in blue, Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson strives to bridge the divide between his two worlds and acclimate to his new duties as the legal guardian of a teenager.
Jay Harrington as David “Deacon” Kay, Shemar Moore as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, and David Lim as Victor Tan in ‘S.W.A.T.’ season 4 episode 13 (Photo: Bill Inoshita / 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)Lina Esco as Christina “Chris” Alonso in season 4 episode 13 (Photo: 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)Kenneth “Kenny” Johnson as Dominique Luca, Patrick St. Esprit as Commander Robert Hicks, and David Lim as Victor Tan in season 4 episode 13 (Photo: 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)Kenneth “Kenny” Johnson as Dominique Luca in season 4 episode 13 (Photo: 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)Jay Harrington as David “Deacon” Kay and David Lim as Victor Tan in season 4 episode 13 (Photo: Bill Inoshita / 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)Shemar Moore as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson and Deshae Frost as Darryl in season 4 episode 13 (Photo: 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)Shemar Moore as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, Jay Harrington as David “Deacon” Kay, and David Lim as Victor Tan in season 4 episode 13 (Photo: Bill Inoshita / 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
ABC’s primetime drama A Million Little Things will be moving from its Thursday spot to the Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT timeslot beginning with season three episode nine. Directed by Nina Lopez-Corrado, episode nine – “the lost sheep” – airs on April 7, 2021.
The cast of season three includes David Giuntoli as Eddie Saville, Romany Malco as Rome Howard, Allison Miller as Maggie Bloom, Christina Moses as Regina Howard, Grace Park as Katherine Saville, and James Roday Rodriguez as Gary Mendez. Stephanie Szostak is Delilah Dixon, Floriana Lima is Darcy Cooper, Tristan Byon is Theo Saville, Lizzy Greene as Sophie Dixon, and Chance Hurstfield as Danny Dixon.
Chris Geere, Terry Chen, Adam Swain, Lou Betty Jr, Bobbi Charlton, and Andrea Savage guest star.
“the lost sheep” Plot: When Eddie reveals his truth, Katherine suffers the consequences … again. Rome and Regina offer support to Tyrell and his mother, and Maggie and Jamie are forced to address their relationship status.
The Season 3 Plot, Courtesy of ABC:
Friendship isn’t a big thing. It’s a million little things. Our gang ended last season with many challenges in front of them. In season three, we’ll see our group of friends once again lean on each other in ways that are both moving and aspirational—something we could all use right now.
David Giuntoli, Grace Park, and Tristan Byon in ‘A Million Little Things’ season 3 episode 9 (ABC/Jack Rowand)Adam Swain in season 3 episode 9 (ABC/Jack Rowand)Christina Moses in season 3 episode 9 (ABC/Jack Rowand)James Roday Rodriguez in season 3 episode 9 (ABC/Jack Rowand)Grace Park in season 3 episode 9 (ABC/Jack Rowand)
Melissa Roxburgh as Michaela Stone and Matt Long as Zeke Landon in ‘Manifest’ season 3 episode 1 (Photo by: NBC)
NBC’s mystery drama Manifest began its third season picking up three months after the shocking season two finale which found fisherman discovering what looks to be the tailfin of Flight 828. Season three episode one, “Tailfin,” kicks off with Ben Stone (Josh Dallas) in Havana searching for the fishing boat and the crew who found the tailfin. He finds the boat by using a drawing by his son, Cal (Jack Messina) and starts to snoop around when he has a ‘calling’ and sees himself, Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh), Cal, and a young woman in pain covering their ears.
Seconds after the calling, Ben receives a phone call from Cal who also experienced it and they’re quickly joined on the call by Michaela who saw it, too. They decide that the mystery woman they saw needs help and Michaela and Cal confirm they’ll try to figure out who she is.
Michaela hangs up, returns to Zeke (Matt Long), and informs him she thinks their honeymoon in Costa Rica is over.
The episode cuts to a scene of the woman lying on the ground in the dark in a small room, crying.
At the Stone home, Cal tells his sister, Olive (Luna Blaise), and mother, Grace (Athena Karkanis), that he had another calling. He thinks he saw Ben, Michaela, and himself before they were about to die.
Meanwhile, Dr. Saanvi Bahl (Parveen Kaur) is treating patients at a clinic while also trying to keep tabs on Ben in Havana.
Ben meets the fishermen on the boat and after briefly talking to them confirms they did find something unusual. He bribes them to show him what they found, and they take him to a storage area and unveil the tailfin of Flight 828. Ben slowly walks over to the tailfin and touches it. He immediately receives a powerful calling of Flight 828 exploding and is thrown back by an unseen force.
Unbeknownst to Ben and the fishermen, a local boy recorded the event on an iPhone.
Back in New York, a woman shows up at Michaela’s precinct looking for her to try to get Michaela to investigate the disappearance of her mother. Michaela’s partner tells her she’s not in and doesn’t usually work missing persons cases. Jared (J.R. Ramirez) notices the conversation and after the woman leaves, he asks Michaela’s partner about it.
Cal and Olive go over Ben’s information, timeline, and the list of passengers in an attempt to find the identity of the woman in the calling. They discover her name is Angelina Meyer (Holly Taylor). Cal calls Michaela and lets her know what he’s found, but is worried because he can’t get a hold of Ben.
Back in Havana, Ben wakes up with a slight head bleed but is otherwise okay after the tailfin calling. Just as he and the fishermen are about to do business on the tailfin, police enter the storage facility. It seems a local cop saw the video of Ben being thrown back on the kid’s phone and wants Ben to touch the tailfin again.
Fortunately, Vance (Daryl Edwards) is monitoring the situation and watching Ben’s back. He bursts in with backup and gets the local cops to stand down. Ben and Vance then get ready to drive the tailfin to a cargo plane they have waiting to fly them home.
Over in Costa Rica, Michaela and Zeke track down Angelina’s parents and ask them questions about their daughter. The deeply religious parents tell Michaela and Zeke that after returning from Flight 828 Angelina seemed to be going insane and lost her faith. They believe she went to New York.
A little later Michaela checks in with her partner and finds out that Angelina never returned to the States. A friend of Angelina’s has information to share and Michaela and Zeke pay her a visit. She reveals the last time she saw Angelina, she was acting paranoid.
In the dark room where Angelina is lying, she reaches for a knife that was slipped to her under the door along with a meal.
Grace takes Cal to be checked out by Saanvi and she tells him he’s fine. During the exam, Cal lets her in on his latest calling. Saanvi then checks in with Vance and he brings her up to speed about the tailfin.
Jack Messina as Cal Stone and Luna Blaise as Olive Stone in the “Tailfin” episode (Photo by: NBC)
Back at the Stone house, Cal tells Grace and Olive they need to make room for a guest Ben’s going to be bringing home.
In Costa Rica, Michaela and Zeke return to question Angelina’s parents again and Michaela has another calling. She claims she’s feeling a little dizzy and asks to use their restroom. Michaela goes snooping around the house and keeps seeing a bright white light leading her on which way to go. To buy her time, Zeke fakes being dizzy and having a calling. Finally, Michaela finds Angelina locked in a cellar closet and takes her out.
Back in Havana, Vance and Ben are on a truck with the tailfin loaded in it racing to the airstrip where their cargo plane is waiting. Vance notices they’re being chased by the local police who want the tailfin. He realizes they’re gaining too quickly and they won’t have time to load the tailfin, so he tells Ben to go home and not to try to help him. Ben protests but Vance takes off in the truck with the tailfin to lead the local cops away. Reluctantly, Ben boards the plane without Vance.
Michaela and Zeke reach out to Saanvi and Alonso, an ally who works for Vance, to get themselves and Angelina back to New York. Alonso contacts Ben on the cargo plane and they re-route their flight plan to pick up Michaela, Zeke, and Angelina.
Ben, Zeke, and Michaela arrive home with Angelina and when Cal sees Angelina, he says, “I’ve been waiting for you.”
At the precinct, the woman who was there hours earlier comes back and talks to Jared about her case. She claims her mother who works for the government always sent her a rose from her travels but for three months she hasn’t received a rose. She knows her mother’s work somehow involved Flight 828 so she was hoping that Michaela would look into it. Jared looks at the file the woman has with her and sees that her mother is Major Catherine Fitz.
A little later at the Stone home, Michaela and Ben discuss the tailfin. Ben thinks it could change everything and tells Michaela he believes they died on Flight 828 and have been resurrected.
The final scene of season three episode one shows the lake where the three men who kidnapped Cal took him last season. The bodies of the men resurface and one opens his eyes and takes a big breath of air.
Game of Thrones‘ Emilia Clarke stars in Lionsgate’s new trailer for the thriller Above Suspicion. The trailer introduces Clarke as a small town woman looking to leave a life of crime behind. Fargo‘s Jack Huston co-stars as an FBI agent who dramatically alters the course of Clarke’s character’s life.
The cast also includes Johnny Knoxville, Sophie Lowe, Austin Hébert, Karl Glusman, Chris Mulkey, Omar Miller, Kevin Dunn, and Thora Birch. Phillip Noyce (The Quiet American, Salt) directed from a screenplay by Chris Gerolmo.
Lionsgate has set a May 14, 2021 release date in select theaters. The film will arrive on May 18th on DVD and Blu-ray.
The Plot, Courtesy of Lionsgate:
Based on the true story of one of the most notorious crimes in FBI history, this gritty crime-thriller stars Emilia Clarke as Susan Smith, a young woman desperate to escape a seedy life of crime and drugs in a Kentucky coal-mining town. When a newly minted FBI agent named Mark Putnam (Huston) recruits Susan as his informant for a high-profile case, she believes her bad luck may finally be changing. But as Susan and Putnam’s relationship deepens, so does the danger, setting them both on a collision course with deadly consequences.
