Netflix has set October 5 for the launch of Part 3 of Lupin, its hit French heist series starring Omar Sy.
31.03.2023 - 22:23 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Omar Epps (Power Book III: Raising Kanan) has closed a deal to join the star-studded ensemble of Netflix‘s limited series The Perfect Couple, based on the New York Times bestseller by Elin Hilderbrand.
In the six-episode murder mystery drama, he’ll be playing Chief of Police, Dan Carter. Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Meghann Fahy, Dakota Fanning, Eve Hewson and Jack Reynor are also set to star, as we told you first.
The Perfect Couple follows Amelia Sacks, who is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket. Her disapproving future mother-in-law, famous novelist Greer Garrison Winbury, has spared no expense in planning what promises to be the premiere wedding of the season — until a body turns up on the beach. As secrets come to light, the stage is set for a real-life investigation that feels plucked from the pages of one of Greer’s novels. And suddenly, everyone is a suspect.
21 Laps developed the show under their overall deal with Netflix and will produce alongside The Jackal Group. It’s created by showrunner Jenna Lamia, who will exec produce alongside 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Josh Barry, The Jackal Group’s Gail Berman and Hend Baghdady, Kidman and Per Saari for Blossom Films, Hilderbrand and director Susanne Bier.
3x NAACP Award winner Epps currently stars on Starz’s hit crime drama series Power Book III: Raising Kanan, which has been renewed for a third season. He’s perhaps best known for starring alongside Hugh Laurie in all eight seasons of Fox’s acclaimed medical drama House has also been seen on series including the USA drama Shooter, NBC’s This Is Us and ABC’s Resurrection.
On the film side, Epps recently appeared opposite Michael Ealy in Lionsgate’s thriller The Devil You Know
Netflix has set October 5 for the launch of Part 3 of Lupin, its hit French heist series starring Omar Sy.
Earlier this week, the Tribeca Festival announced its film lineup for its nine-day event in June. Now it’s time to learn about the fest’s TV world premieres.
Shawn Levy’s Netflix limited series, All The Light We Cannot See, will premiere on Thursday, November 2. A teaser trailer can be found above.
South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook returned to theaters last year with “Decision To Leave.” And by all accounts, it’s another masterwork from him, and one of the best films of 2022. Now Park returns to TV for the first time since 2018’s “The Little Drummer Girl” with “The Sympathizer,” set for an exclusive release on Max in 2024.
HBO has released the official teaser trailer and a new photo for the original limited series The Sympathizer, which will premiere in 2024. They provide a glimpse at the four characters played by Robert Downey Jr. who executive produces the series alongside co-showrunners Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar. The footage, which introduces the cast led by Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Ky Duyen, and Sandra Oh, was shown today during Warner Bros. Discovery’s unveiling of the Max streaming service.
HBO has dropped the official teaser for limited series The Regime (fka The Palace), starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet. It was released today during Warner Bros. Discovery’s unveiling of the Max streaming service in Los Angeles. Watch the teaser above.
After snagging the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards earlier this year, you’d assume that Evan Peters is the frontrunner to take the Emmy Award for his role in Netflix’s blockbuster streaming hit “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” And the Television Academy has already demonstrated its love for the Ryan Murphy mainstay after he took the Supporting Actor trophy in this field for “Mare of Easttown” in 2021.
There is only one stone-cold lock for a nomination in this year’s Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category. That would be for Jessica Chastain‘s SAG Award-winning turn as Tammy Wynette in “George and Tammy.” After that, well, this is one Emmy race that gets very interesting, very quickly.
Disney+ and Hulu, and on the Nat Geo TV and ABC apps.Starring Bel Powley as Miep and Liev Schreiber as Otto Frank, “A Small Light” also stars Amira Casar as Edith Frank, Billie Boullet as Anne Frank, Ashley Brooke as Margot Frank, Andy Nyman as Hermann van Pels, Caroline Catz as Auguste van Pels, Rudi Goodman as Peter van Pels and Noah Taylor as Dr. Fritz Pfeffer.
The Crowded Room,” which stars Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried and Emmy Rossum. The 10-episode thriller series will premiere with its first three episodes on June 9. The remaining seven episodes will then air one episode per week, concluding on Friday, July 28. “The Crowded Room,” according to its official plot description, follows “Danny Sullivan (Holland) after he was arrested for his involvement in a New York City shooting in 1979. Danny unveils his life through a series of interviews with interrogator Rya Goodwin (Seyfried), and slowly details to Rya, and the audience, his mysterious past that led him to the fateful incident. As Danny retrospectively examines his life, he reckons with his past and a few pivotal moments, that ultimately leads him to uncover a life-altering revelation.”
Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried and Emmy Rossum are coming together in, the gripping, new limited series from Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman (). Ahead of its debut, Apple TV+ shared the first look at the star-studded cast and revealed the premiere date for the 10-part season. In the upcoming thriller created by Goldsman, Holland, who also serves as an executive producer, plays a man named Danny Sullivan, who is arrested following his involvement in a 1979 shooting in New York City. Told through a series of interviews conducted by a curious interrogator, Rya Goodwin (Seyfried), the story of Danny's life unfolds, revealing how elements of his past shaped his future, including the twists and turns that led him to a life-altering incident. Rossum, meanwhile, plays Danny's mother, Candy, while the rest of the cast is rounded out by Sasha Lane, Will Chase and Lior Raz as well as guest stars Jason Isaacs, Christopher Abbott, Thomas Sadoski and Zachary Golinger.Filmed on location in New York City during the summer of 2022, Zendaya was even seen at one point paying Holland a visit on the set of the upcoming series. The star was all smiles as she visited her boyfriend after the two confirmed their romance following years of speculation.
Apple TV+ has set Friday, June 9 for the premiere of The Crowded Room, its upcoming limited series created by Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind). Tom Holland, who also executive produces, Amanda Seyfried and Emmy Rossum lead the ensemble cast. The first three episodes of the 10-episode series will drop on June 9, followed by one new episode weekly every Friday through July 28. The streamer also released the first images of the upcoming series (see above and below).
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Netflix has found the main cast for the limited series adaptation of the Elin Hilderbrand novel “The Perfect Couple.” Variety has learned that Nicole Kidman has officially signed on to star in the series, as has Liev Schreiber, Eve Hewson, Billy Howle, Dakota Fanning, Meghann Fahy, Ishaan Khattar, Jack Reynor, Sam Nivola, Mia Issac, Donna Lynne Champlin, and Isabelle Adjani. The show originally received its six-episode order at Netflix in August 2022. The official logline states, “Amelia Sacks (Hewson) is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket. Her disapproving future mother-in-law, famous novelist Greer Garrison Winbury (Kidman), has spared no expense in planning what promises to be the premiere wedding of the season — until a body turns up on the beach. As secrets come to light, the stage is set for a real-life investigation that feels plucked from the pages of one of Greer’s novels. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect.”
Netflix has revealed the cast for its limited series adaptation of Erin Hilderbrand’s “The Perfect Couple.”Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies,” “Being the Ricardos”) and Liev Schreiber (“Ray Donovan,” “Asteroid City”) will play the Groom’s Mother Greer Garrison Winbury and the Groom’s Father Tag Winbury.The logline for the show reads “Amelia Sacks is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket. Her disapproving future mother-in-law, famous novelist Greer Garrison Winbury, has spared no expense in planning what promises to be the premiere wedding of the season — until a body turns up on the beach.
Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler return as amateur detectives in Netflix sequel Murder Mystery 2.Directed by Jeremy Garelick, the action-comedy picks up four years after the original, with Nick (Sandler) and Audrey Spitz (Aniston) now full-time detectives at their own struggling private eye agency. When they’re invited to the wedding of their friend the Maharajah (Adeel Akhtar) on his private island, the groom’s kidnapping sparks a whole new case for the pair to haphazardly solve.A synopsis reads: “Murder Mystery 2 sends Nick and Audrey Spitz on a high-stakes case that finally gives them everything they’ve ever dreamed of: a shot at their detective agency finally becoming successful… and their long-awaited trip to Paris.”Other cast members in the sequel include Mark Strong, Mélanie Laurent, Jodie Turner-Smith, Enrique Arce, Tony Goldwyn, Annie Mumolo and John Kani.The film is released on Friday March 31 at 8am BST in the UK.
Jessica Chastain has found her next big project.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Jessica Chastain will star in the eight-episode limited series “The Savant” at Apple, Variety has learned. The series is inspired by a true story published in Cosmopolitan in August 2019. Exact plot details for the series are being kept under wraps, but the Cosmopolitan article tells the story of a real woman who has come to be known as “the Savant” as she infiltrates hate groups online to help stop large-scale public attacks. The series hails from Fifth Season and Anonymous Content. Melissa James Gibson (“Anatomy of a Scandal,” “The Americans”) will serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner under her overall deal with Fifth Season. Matthew Heineman (“A Private War,” “Retrograde”) will direct and executive produce. Chastain will executive produce in addition to starring via Freckle Films. Kelly Carmichael of Freckle Films also executive produces along with Jessica Giles, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan. Brian Madden, senior VP of development for Hearst Magazines, will produce. Andrea Stanley, writer of the original Cosmopolitan feature, will consult.
Fresh from playing country music star Tammy Wynette, Jessica Chastain is swapping the microphone for a laptop.
Netflix might be landing the likes of Nicole Kidman and Dakota Fanning for a new limited series in development.
EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Emmy winner Nicole Kidman (The Undoing), nine-time Emmy nom Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan), The White Lotus standout Meghann Fahy, two-time Critics’ Choice Award winner Dakota Fanning (The Alienist), and the Flora and Son duo of Eve Hewson and Jack Reynor are in various stages of negotiations to star in Netflix’s The Perfect Couple, sources tell Deadline. The limited series, to be directed and exec produced by Emmy winner Susanne Bier (The Undoing), comes from Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group and Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps.