The CW’s Burden of Truth teases Owen will be pushed to his limits on season three episode six. Directed by Sherry White from a script by Hayden Simpson, episode six will air on June 25, 2020.
The cast is led by Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Chang and Peter Mooney as Billy Crawford. Meegwun Fairbrother plays Officer Owen Beckbie, Anwen O’Driscoll is Taylor Matheson, Sera-Lys McArthur is Kodie Chartrand, Dayle McLeod is Kat Carmichael, and Paul Braunstein plays Sam Mercer.
“It Takes a Village” Plot: In an attempt to strengthen Kodie’s (McArthur) case, Joanna (Kreuk) considers a Class Action lawsuit. Meanwhile, Billy (Mooney) gets a tip from his father about a potential break in the case. In addition, Owen’s (Fairbrother) frustration with Sam Mercer (Braunstein) reaches a fever pitch and pushes him to make a bad decision.
The Season 3 Plot, Courtesy of The CW:
Burden of Truth is a serialized investigative drama about life-altering legal cases, the helpless plaintiffs searching for answers, and the boots-on-the-ground lawyers fighting incredible odds to deliver justice.
In season three, Joanna Chang and Billy Crawford are working together in their new boutique law firm, Crawford Chang, but they’re discovering that living and litigating together has its challenges. On a cathartic trip back to Millwood for a class reunion, an old friend, Kodie, turns Joanna’s life upside down when her children are removed by Millwood Family Services. Kodie believes she is the victim of a conspiracy and pleads for Joanna to help solve the case and bring her children back.
To help her friend, Joanna must dig into the dark underbelly of Millwood to unearth evidence of a cluster of child apprehensions. Joanna will take on an impossible-to-win case that will force her to confront a long-buried secret from her childhood that may threaten her relationship and partnership with Billy. After this case, nothing will be the same again.
Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Chang and Peter Mooney as Billy Crawford in ‘Burden of Truth’ season 3 episode 6 (Photo: 2020 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Chang and Peter Mooney as Billy Crawford in season 3 episode 6 (Photo: 2020 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)Eugene Baffoe as Officer Thorpe and Meegwun Fairbrother as Beckbie in season 3 episode 6 (Photo: 2020 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)Alex Poch-Goldin as Judge Williams, Paul Esseiembre as Nevin Page, Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Chang and Peter Mooney as Billy Crawford (Photo: 2020 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)Star Slade as Luna in season 3 episode 6 (Photo: 2020 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)Peter Mooney as Billy Crawford in season 3 episode 6 (Photo: 2020 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)
The story gets even more twisted (if possible) for Clarke on The CW’s The 100 season seven episode six. Directed by PJ Pesce from a script by Erica Meredith, episode six will air on June 24, 2020 at 8pm ET/PT.
Season seven stars Eliza Taylor as Clarke, Bob Morley as Bellamy, Marie Avgeropoulos as Octavia, Lindsey Morgan as Raven, and Richard Harmon as Murphy. Tasya Teles is Echo, Shannon Kook plays Jordan, JR Bourne is Russell Lightbourne VII, Shelby Flannery is Hope Diyoza, and Chuku Modu plays Dr. Gabriel Santiago.
“Nakara” Plot: NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS – Clarke (Taylor) and her friends find themselves on a planet that is not what it seems.
A Look Back at Season 6, Courtesy of The CW:
For five seasons our heroes did whatever it took to survive on Earth…and nothing worked. Earth was unsurvivable, lost to them forever. What was not lost: hope. After 125 years in cryosleep, traveling through the stars, our heroes woke up to a new home, a final gift from dearly-departed friends. A place where they can try again. They’re given one simple task: do better. Be the good guys.
With this credo in mind Clarke and Bellamy lead a group down to this mysterious world, hoping to start anew, to finally find peace. But old habits die hard and when they stumble across an idyllic society, it quickly becomes clear that not everything on Sanctum is as perfect as it seems. Despite their determination to do better, threats both seen and unseen will once again force our heroes to fight for their lives and the future of humanity.
Patrick Warburton returns to guest star in ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season seven episode five. Directed by Stan Brooks from a script by Iden Baghdadchi, “A Trout in the Milk” will air on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 10pm ET/PT.
The season seven cast includes Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson, and Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons. Iain De Caestecker plays Agent Leopold Fitz, Henry Simmons is Director Alphonso “Mack” MacKenzie, Natalia Cordova-Buckley is Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez, and Jeff Ward plays Deke Shaw.
Episode five guest stars include Joel Stoffer, Tobias Jelinek, Thomas E. Sullivan, Neal Bledsoe, Dawan Owens, Cameron Palatas, Sedale Threatt Jr., Paulina Bugembe, and Enver Gjokaj.
“A Trout in the Milk” Plot: After a bumpy landing in the disco decade, the team – Daniel Sousa in tow – reunites with more than one familiar face at the S.H.I.E.L.D. hangout and discovers exactly how to dismantle the Chronicoms’ latest plan. But when they get too close for comfort, the Zephyr unexpectedly leaps forward again, this time to a date pivotal to not only the future of S.H.I.E.L.D. but to the future of Director Mack as well.
Coulson and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are thrust backward in time and stranded in 1931 New York City. With the all-new Zephyr set to time-jump at any moment, the team must hurry to find out exactly what happened. If they fail, it would mean disaster for the past, present and future of the world.
Ming-Na Wen and Clark Gregg in ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ season 7 episode 5 (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)Clark Gregg in season 7 episode 5 (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)Ming-Na Wen in season 7 episode 5 (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)Chloe Bennet in season 7 episode 5 (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)Tobias Jelinek in season 7 episode 5 (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)
Episode six of Netflix’s Ozark season three finds Marty and Wendy at Sue the therapist’s house discussing “hiring” Maya. Sue is on Marty’s side, for the time being, and when the couple begin to argue, Marty (Jason Bateman) asks her to help him out. Wendy (Laura Linney) would like Sue’s input as well since she also bribed therapist. After both demand Sue jump in she becomes exasperated and says, “What does it say about a marriage when a husband and wife both try to bribe the therapist?”
Sue adds, “You’re both paying me off. There, I said it.”
Marty and Wendy start to really let each other have it, and Wendy’s ego raises its ugly head. She reveals she thinks Marty’s jealous of her. Marty calls her arrogant. Marty brings up the fact she had Cade killed and when she insists she did it for their family, Marty replies, “You’ll say anything to justify what you did. I don’t know how you live with yourself.”
Wendy’s response is to call him an ungrateful prick. After Wendy accuses him, again, of being jealous, she tosses in that he’s narrow-minded for good measure. Marty’s had enough and lets her have it. “Right, yeah, and you’re just a f*cking scary, selfish, power-hungry f*cking b*tch.”
After Wendy storms out, Marty turns to a very shocked Sue, realizing they just let everything about drug lords and murders out of the bag.
Marty finds Wendy walking down the road and tries to convince her to get in. She says home is a 43-minute walk from there and she wants him gone by the time she gets there. Marty drives off leaving her behind.
Sam (Kevin L. Johnson) gets chips at the casino and Ruth (Julia Garner) attempts to give him a pep talk because he’s nervous. After Ruth walks away, Frank Jr. (Joseph Sikora) shows her a bill from the autobody shop for the repairs to his paint job after pigeons made a mess of it – thanks to Ben. After Ruth gets smart with him, he threatens her.
Following that tense exchange, they discuss a new drop-off spot. They argue again when Frank Jr. says no to the new spot because he already told his guys where to go. Ruth tells him that’s too bad because the last time she met up with his guys they messed with her. With that, Ruth leaves a very pissed-off Frank Jr. behind.
Wendy shows up at the office and asks Helen (Janet McTeer) if she’s heard from Navarro. Helen replies, “If you’re wondering if he is still angry with you, then yes.” Wendy then feels the need to inform Helen that she and Marty are taking some time apart. Naturally, Helen wants to know why and Wendy admits they had a big fight. Helen says, “You’re not splitting up, I hope.”
Their conversation’s cut short when Darlene (Lisa Emery) shows up demanding to talk to Helen alone. She informs Helen she replanted her crops and they’re back in business (the drug business, of course). Helen thinks she’s out of her mind; she can’t plant poppies that close to a casino. Darlene claims she can because it’s her land. And, they will be up and running in four months. Helen reminds her she killed 57 people when she spiked the dope and their deal was over the minute she crossed the cartel.
Before leaving the office, Darlene threatens Helen. Helen seems to relish the idea of a fight and suggests she bring it on.
Marty drives around talking to himself. He eventually parks and leaves the car. An SUV is following him.
Marty tells Special Agent Maya Miller (Jessica Frances Dukes) he and Wendy got in a fight and he might be staying at the same hotel where she’s staying. Maya hands him a paper and it’s his confession. All he has to do is sign it. He hands it back and says he needs to check with Wendy first. He confesses he doesn’t trust her and Maya understands why since he hasn’t had good agents on his case. He wonders if there are any – Evans is out for blood and Petty was a sociopath who got Rachel hooked on drugs. She insists she’s not like them. He insists he can’t work with her until she proves she’s trustworthy.
Darlene meets with Sheriff Nix (Robert C. Treveiler) and asks how many people he has working for him. She wants his officers to help her sell her drugs. He refuses, but like always she throws whatever they did for him in the past in his face so he reluctantly agrees to help. She adds that whatever agreement he has with the Byrde family is over. There will be no more protecting the Brydes.
Charlotte (Sofia Hublitz), Jonah (Skylar Gaertner), and Erin (Madison Thompson) show up at the lake and find Tommy and his friends already there. Charlotte gets out of the van to talk to Tommy about staying away from Erin. He reveals Erin called him, and Erin gets mad at Charlotte for acting like her mom.
Tommy suggests they play a drinking game and brings out a gun. Charlotte grabs Jonah, insisting they should leave. Tommy takes the opportunity to talk crap to Jonah, who’s only 14, and asks if he knows how to shoot a gun. Unbeknownst to him, Jonah does in fact know how to shoot a gun very well. Targets are set up and Jonah shoots three bottles. After Tommy takes the gun from him, he points it at Jonah.
Soon after, the cops show up and they’re all arrested.
Marty and Wendy wait at the sheriff’s station for the kids, and Wendy asks Marty where he’s staying. He informs her the same hotel as Maya Miller and Wendy scoffs at that choice.
While Wendy’s lecturing the kids, Helen asks if she can have a word in private. Helen attempts to blame Charlotte and Jonah for what happened but Wendy’s not having it. She explains Charlotte tried to keep Erin away from that boy but she couldn’t exactly tell her why. Helen says Erin has never been in trouble before. Wendy, smugly, lets her know the first thing Erin said to Charlotte was that she wanted to lose her virginity and asked if Charlotte would help her. Helen doesn’t want to hear it and suggests they may have dipped their toes in the friendship pool but she’s not sure they are going to swim. Wendy agrees and says, “Fine by me.”
Tommy attends a meeting with Agent Trevor Evans (McKinley Belcher III) and Evans’ only advice for Tommy is not to knock up Erin. It appears Agent Evans has no ethics left.
Ruth and Ben (Tom Pelphrey) have a drink at her place and talk about Frank Jr. After she assures him Frank Jr. can’t touch her they kiss. They try to be intimate with each other but it doesn’t quite work out.
Charlotte gives her brother a pep talk about how someday he’ll meet a girl he won’t need to shoot a gun to try to impress. Jonah changes the subject and asks if she thinks their dad is moving out for good. She admits she doesn’t know.
Marty and Agent Miller leave their hotel rooms at the same time. As they’re chatting, she brings up that she’s due in six weeks. She says it’ll be good to know Marty’s safe before then. With that, they go their separate ways.
Marty notices an SUV parked like someone is watching him.
Helen tries to talk to Erin about Tommy but her spoiled brat daughter is not only getting mouthy with her but also cursing her out. Helen ignores her snide comments and informs Erin she’s not allowed to see him again. Helen tells her she’s grounded and leaves.
Wendy calls Jim and explains she wants to set up a foundation like Charles Wilkes. Jim asks what she wants from him and she explains she needs the names of people who have turned down Wilkes before. He agrees to give her the names of those people as well as a list of people she can’t go after.
Laura Linney in ‘Ozark’ season 3 episode 6 (Photo Credit: Steve Dietl/Netflix)
Wendy goes down to the basement and discovers Ben flushed his bipolar disorder medication down the toilet. After arguing about it, she warns him he can’t mess things up.
Marty meets with Sheriff Nix about Charlotte and Jonah being arrested. Marty realizes something’s going on and asks Nix if this is how he wants to play it now. Nix informs him it is.
Wendy has a talk with Ruth about her brother suffering from bipolar disorder. She explains he needs to be on his medication. After describing what Ben’s like when he’s not taking it, she asks Ruth to help her get him back on it.
Three (Carson Holmes) has an awkward dinner with his brother Wyatt and Darlene. Wyatt offers to let Three live in a cabin on the property and Three asks Wyatt where he’s staying. Wyatt confirms he’s staying in the main house and Three notices Darlene’s touching Wyatt in an intimate way.
Three shows up at Ruth’s trailer, banging on the door. He’s concerned something weird is going on between Darlene and Wyatt and tells his sister he thinks they’re sleeping together.
Darlene and Wyatt are sitting around when Ruth shows up demanding to talk to Wyatt. Wyatt comes to the door and Ruth immediately tells him to come home. She asks him if he’s having sex with Darlene and he doesn’t answer. He does, however, say that he’s happy now and was miserable before. He suggests Three come live with them.
Ruth begins to tell him he doesn’t know who Darlene really is – she kills people, she spikes heroin, etc – and he cuts her off. “And you killed my dad so where does that put you?” asks Wyatt. He tells her she ruined his life and shuts the door in her face.
Marty’s leaving a store when he notices that SUV again. He calls Helen and she assures him it’s not them, meaning the cartel. She asks for his location and instructs him to go back inside. She’ll send someone to pick him up at the store’s back door and take him home.
Ruth shows up to talk to Ben and Wendy doesn’t seem happy but lets her in anyway. Ruth tells him she just wants to talk and explains she saw Wyatt today and now believes she ruined his life. She begins to cry and Ben hugs her.
Marty arrives at the house and Wendy demands to know why he’s there. He informs her he’s being followed and doesn’t know by who, but it’s probably best he spend the night at home. The kids come in and want to know what’s going on and Marty explains no one can leave the house. Charlotte asks if they can go to their rooms, but Wendy wants them where she can see them.
Meanwhile, Ruth and Ben are in the basement having sex while this is going on.
The Byrdes begin to play a board game and Jonah wonders if they survive the night are they still grounded. The answer is yes. Wendy takes this opportunity to bring up that she forgot to tell them they (meaning her because Marty has no clue what’s going on) are starting a charity foundation. They should think about some of the causes they’d like to support. Jonah thinks they can hide dirty money through it but she insists that’s not what it’s for.
Marty starts making the couch into a bed while asking Wendy if she thinks grounding the kids actually works. He then brings up memories of when the kids were little. Wendy thinks he shouldn’t sleep on the couch since the house has so many windows. He sleeps in the loft instead.
The next morning Helen informs Marty whoever the SUV belonged to left and has headed toward Chicago. Ben and Ruth emerge from the basement to find everyone staring at them. Ruth claims she was tired and fell asleep. Marty changes the subject saying the drop is still on and asks if she knows where it is.
After everyone leaves, Wendy lets Marty know Ben’s off his meds.
Speaking of Ben, he asks Jonah what the range is on his drone. He then asks Jonah to take a ride with him. They follow Ruth to the dropoff place and use the drone to spy on her.
Ruth’s sitting there waiting when the truck arrives but drives past her.
Before she can get to the truck, three SUVs show up and the occupants kill Frank Cosgrove’s men and set all the money on fire. While this is taking place, Ruth hides around the corner and watches.
Season two of The CW’s Bulletproof continues with episode three airing on June 24, 2020. Episode three was directed by Diarmuid Goggins from a script by series star Noel Clarke.
New episodes air on Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT after final season episodes of The 100.
The season two cast is led by Noel Clarke as Bishop and Ashley Walters as Pike. The cast also includes Lee Ross as Richard Cockridge, Jason Maza as Officer Chris Munroe, Lindsey Coulson as Sarah Tanner, David Elliot as Tim’ Jonsey’ Jones, Olivia Chenery as Scarlett ‘Scooch’ Hailton, and Luci Shorthouse as Paige Pennington.
“Episode 3” Plot: ON THE MOVE – The search for a missing girl leads Bishop (Clarke) and Pike (Walters) to Amsterdam, where they find themselves at the heart of a large human-trafficking operation run by the Markides family. Tensions between Alex (Stavros Zalmas), Mikey (Ben Tavassoli) and Eleanor (Gina Bellman) start to show, and the Unit are determined to exploit it. However, when the Dutch police refuse to play ball, Bishop and Pike must take the law into their own hands in order to keep their case alive.
Series Description, Courtesy of The CW:
Bulletproof is an action-packed, cop drama that unites big, emotional stories with blood-pumping stunt sequences, as it follows two undercover cops who are best friends and bonded by the same moral code, despite their very different backgrounds.
Adrenalin-fueled and packed with compelling characters, Bulletproof follows partners Bishop (Clarke) and Pike (Walters) as they chase down hardened criminals in London’s East End. The series is both high-octane action and thrilling cases. On the surface, Bishop and Pike have a lot in common, they are cool, smart, unapologetically street-wise and tough; they share a deep, fraternal relationship and are always there for each other. Their personal motivations and emotional lives outside the police force differ, Pike is an aspirational family man, the son of a decorated police officer, determined to follow in his father’s footsteps, but not in his shadow. Bishop on the other hand, who never knew his father, grew up in foster care and on the streets.
Full of grit and sometimes gloss, Bulletproof is stylish and funny with riveting criminal cases in each episode, which feed into a bigger, season-long mystery. At its heart though, it is a series about the meaning of family, as well as the fascinating relationship between best friends.
The upcoming season of HBO’s Hard Knocks will feature the Los Angeles Chargers (AFC West) and the Los Angeles Rams (NFC West). Season 15 of the documentary series will premiere on August 11, 2020 and will air on Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT.
Hard Knocks: Los Angeles will finish up its five episode season on September 8th.
“Having been part of Hard Knocks before when I was with the New York Jets, my biggest takeaway from that whole experience was that you get out of it what you put into it,” said Los Angeles Chargers Head Coach Anthony Lynn. “There’s a reason that season was probably the most popular Hard Knocks ever. If you’re going to do a show, do it right. You can’t fake it. We didn’t have a problem providing access because we built a relationship with the crew. There was a mutual trust that exists to this day with those people, and many of them will actually be working on this year’s show. Broadcasting your internal business all over the world isn’t something you regularly want to do, but in a year with as many challenges as this one has had, I’m glad we can be part of bringing football back to the fans this summer.”
The new NFL season marks the first time the Rams and Chargers will be using the 70,000 SoFi Stadium.
Los Angeles Rams Head Coach Sean McVay said, “We are looking forward to having Hard Knocks in our camp this year. Hard Knocks always offers a rare opportunity for our fans to see our players’ hard work to prepare for the season, as well as gives them a peek behind the curtain to observe these guys off the field, too. This year will be special because the show will also get an unprecedented look at SoFi Stadium, Stan Kroenke’s vision for professional football in L.A.”
In addition to announcing details on the Hard Knocks: Los Angeles season, HBO confirmed HBO Sports, NFL Media and NFL Films have agreed on a multi-year extension of the popular franchise.
“The Hard Knocks franchise continues to excel as the preeminent sports reality series,” said Peter Nelson, Executive Vice President, HBO Sports. “Our partnership with NFL Films, which dates back to 1977, consistently produces groundbreaking television programming. We are grateful to the Chargers and Rams organizations to be able to present the 2020 training camp experience.”
Crews are expected to head to the Chargers’ and Rams’ training camps soon. HBO reports the NFL Films production crews will shoot more than 2,300 hours of footage. Liev Schreiber will return to narrate the series for a 14th season.
Hard Knocks: Los Angeles Details, Courtesy of HBO:
With access to players’ and coaches’ meeting rooms, training rooms, living quarters and practice fields, Hard Knocks will document hours of conditioning practices and meetings, chronicling players as they compete for a roster spot and bond off the field.
Under fourth-year head coach Sean McVay, the Rams are just a season removed from a Super Bowl appearance and have a roster featuring an intriguing mix of high-profile players, established veterans, and free-agent acquisitions.
After an injury-plagued 2019 campaign, the Los Angeles Chargers are looking for a return to the winning formula that helped them finish tied for the AFC’s best record in 2018. Led by fourth-year head coach Anthony Lynn, the Chargers overhauled roster features young, rising stars on both sides of the ball, a new quarterback behind center and an influx of veteran talent added this offseason.
HBO Max just released the first clip from Zack Snyder’s director’s cut of Justice League. The just-unveiled 34-second clip features Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and a voiceover by Lex Luthor, played by Jesse Eisenberg. “The bell’s already been rung and they’ve heard it. But in the dark, among the stars…ding dong, the God is dead,” says Luthor.
The clip hints Wonder Woman will be squaring off against Darkseid. Snyder dropped the clip on social media and promised we’ll be seeing more sneak peeks during the upcoming DC FanDome virtual event on August 22nd.
In addition to Gal Gadot, Justice League stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, and Ray Fisher as Cyborg. The film originally opened in theaters on November 17, 2017. The much-anticipated director’s cut will air on HBO Max in 2021.
Chris Terrio wrote the screenplay (based on a story by Terrio and Snyder), and Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder produced. Terrio, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Jim Rowe, Ben Affleck, Wesley Coller, and Curtis Kanemoto executive produced.
The Justice League Plot:
In Justice League, fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes — Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash — it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.
IFC Films just released the full official trailer for the thriller, The Rental. The 2020 release marks the directorial debut of actor Dave Franco, and Franco offered this explanation as to the film’s inspiration.
“I was inspired by films like The Shining, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Blue Ruin, and Hereditary, all of which elevate the thriller/horror genre beyond cheap jump scares. I wanted to imbue a sense of dread starting from the opening frame, that slowly builds and creates tension, even in moments when nothing overtly scary is happening on screen. It’s a fear that creeps up on you and lingers long after the film is over, as you start to look back on every rental home you’ve ever stayed in,” stated writer/director Franco.
Alison Brie (GLOW), Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), and Jeremy Allen White (Shameless) star in The Rental. Franco’s behind the scenes team includes director of photography Christian Sprenger, production designer Meredith Lippincott, and costume designer Kami Lennox, with music by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans.
Dave Franco, Elizabeth Haggard, Teddy Schwarzman, Ben Stillman, Christopher Storer, and Joe Swanberg produced the film, and Michael Heimler and Sean Durkin served as executive producers. Swanberg also co-wrote the screenplay.
IFC Films has set a July 24, 2020 release date in select drive-ins, theaters, and On Demand. Prior to its official opening, a special ArcLight Cinemas at Vineland Drive-In (443 Vineland Ave., City of Industry, CA 91746) one-night-only pop-up event will be held on June 18th. The special advance screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Dan Stevens, Sheila Vand, and Jeremy Allen White. For more info, visit https://www.eventbrite.com. Dan Stevens as “Charlie,” Sheila Vand as “Mina,” and Jeremy Allen White as “Josh” in Dave Franco’s ‘The Rental’ (Courtesy of IFC Films. An IFC Films Release)
The Plot:
Two couples looking to celebrate their seed money from a new business venture, embark on a weekend getaway to a seemingly perfect house they’ve booked online. But what begins as a festive weekend for the four close friends turns into something far more sinister as secrets they’ve kept from each other are exposed and paranoia grows that they may not be alone.
Michael Keaton stars in ‘Birdman’ (Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Oscar nominee Michael Keaton (Birdman) has committed to star in the limited series Dopesick which has just received a straight-to-series order from Hulu. Dopesick is based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book and will be adapted for the series by Emmy Award winner Danny Strong (Game Change). Oscar winner Barry Levinson (Rain Man) is on board to direct.
“The minute we met with Danny Strong about Beth Macy’s bestselling book, we immediately knew it was the kind of groundbreaking series we just had to bring to Hulu. Danny’s unflinching and deeply compelling take on America’s opioid crisis will bring to life one of the most important stories impacting our culture. Add to that the cinematic vision of Barry Levinson and the extraordinary talent of Michael Keaton, and we’ve got an undeniable series that perfectly embodies our Hulu Originals brand,” said Craig Erwich, SVP of Originals, Hulu.
The limited series will consist of eight episodes.
“Although we were sharply aware of and empathetic to the horrifying pain caused by the Opioid crisis for millions in this country, we were blown away when Warren Littlefield showed us Beth Macy’s book Dopesick. Consequently, Danny Strong had been crafting his own telling of the opiate epidemic and in typical Danny form, it was mesmerizing. The fact that Warren and Danny are collaborating on this is a studio’s dream. Together with Barry Levinson and Michael Keaton, we have every reason to believe this important story will be one of the tv events of the coming year,” stated Bert Salke, President, FOX 21 Television Studios.
Danny Strong, John Goldwyn, Barry Levinson, Warren Littlefield, Beth Macy, and Karen Rosenfelt will executive produce. The Hulu series is a FOX 21 Television Studios production.
“I’m so thrilled to tell this story with a company as bold and as daring as Hulu,” said Danny Strong. “The opioid crisis is one of the most important stories of our time and I’m honored to not only pay tribute to its victims but to shine a light on the heroes that fought back. Laws were broken and many lies were told. The system failed us and Dopesick is going to show everyone how it all happened.”
The Plot, Courtesy of Hulu:
“Dopesick, an ambitious, harrowing, and compelling look into the epicenter of America’s struggle with Opioid addiction, takes viewers from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of ‘one percenter.’ Big Pharma Manhattan. The unsparing yet deeply human portraits of the various affected families and their intersecting stories hold up a mirror to where America is right now, while shining a hopeful light on the heroes battling the worst drug epidemic in American history.
After 13 years, Michael Keaton returns to television as Samuel Finnix, an old-school doctor who approaches his practice with kindness and compassion, but finds himself embroiled in Big Pharma’s deadly secret.”
Netflix just announced the third – and unfortunately final – season of The Rain will premiere on August 6, 2020. The critically acclaimed drama is the top ranked non-English Netflix Original series and, according to the streaming service, has been watched by 30+ million viewers.
Season three will finish the story up over six new episodes.
The final season of the Danish series stars Alba August (Simone), Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (Rasmus), Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (Martin), Sonny Lindberg (Jean), Lukas Løkken (Patrick), Clara Rosager (Sarah), Evin Ahmad (Kira) Nathalie Madueño (Fie), and Johannes Kuhnke (Sten). Rex Leonard (Daniel), Cecilia Loffredo (Luna), Henrik Birch (Lars) and Annemette Andersen (Trine) join the cast for season three.
The third season will kick off right where season two ended. Netflix issued the following description of the show’s final season: “Years after the rain decimated the population of Scandinavia, Simone and Rasmus find themselves at odds on how to save humanity. Rasmus wants to infect everyone with the same beta version of the virus that turned him into a superhuman, while Simone insists that there must be a cure. Will they manage to put their differences aside in order to do the right thing?”
The Rain was created by Christian Potalivo, Jannik Tai Mosholt, and Esben Toft Jacobsen.
Lucas Lynggaard Tonnesen and Alba August in ‘The Rain’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Per Arnesen/Netflix)
A Look Back at Season 1, Courtesy of Netflix:
The world as we know it has ended. Six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wipes out almost all humans in Scandinavia, two Danish siblings emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilization gone. Soon they join a group of young survivors and together set out on a danger-filled quest through an abandoned Scandinavia, searching for any sign of life.
Set free from their collective past and societal rules, the group has the freedom to be who they want to be. In their struggle for survival, they discover that even in a post-apocalyptic world there’s still love, jealousy, and many of the coming of age dilemmas they thought they’d left behind with the disappearance of the world they once knew.
