EXCLUSIVE: Joe Keery is set to join Lily James and Willem Dafoe in the indie drama Finalmente L’alba (Finally Dawn) sources tell Deadline. Rachel Sennott and Rebecca Antonac are also on board with Saverio Constanzo directing the pic.
03.08.2022 - 00:45 / variety.com
Wilson Chapman editorThe citizens of Hawkins are one step closer to their final battle, as the “Stranger Things” writers’ room has officially started on the fifth and final season of the hit Netflix series.The official Twitter account for the show’s writers’ room, @StrangerWriters, announced the news on Tuesday. In a tweet captioned “Day 1,” the account posted a picture of a whiteboard emblazoned with the logo for the final season.Day 1 pic.twitter.com/9m44RkJnc3— stranger writers (@strangerwriters) August 2, 2022Season 4 of Matt and Ross Duffer’s nostalgic sci-fi series ended on a major cliffhanger, with the season’s main villain Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) temporarily defeated, but succeeding in his scheme to merge the dark otherworld of the Upside Down with the sleepy Indiana town of Hawkins.
The final season will presumably see the large ensemble cast fighting to protect the general populace and attempting to finally destroy the Upside Down.The fourth season of “Stranger Things,” which premiered in two batches released in May and July, proved extremely popular, becoming Netflix’s most streamed English-language season of television, and the second most streamed after Korean-language phenomenon “Squid Game.” In addition, the season also picked up 13 nominations at this year’s Emmy awards, including for best drama series.“Stranger Things” stars a large ensemble cast that includes Bower, Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Noah Schnapp, Winona Ryder, Joe Keery, Natalie Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Maya Hawke, Cara Buono, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman and Eduardo Franco. The Duffer brothers executive produce the series alongside Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Iain Paterson
.EXCLUSIVE: Joe Keery is set to join Lily James and Willem Dafoe in the indie drama Finalmente L’alba (Finally Dawn) sources tell Deadline. Rachel Sennott and Rebecca Antonac are also on board with Saverio Constanzo directing the pic.
Joe Keery is over all of the talk about his hair.
lost 80 pounds for his role as Jim Hopper on the popular Netflix series.However, the road to health and fitness wasn’t an easy one for the 47-year-old, and there was a particularly pivotal moment in his life that forced him to reevaluate his wellness.It was the time when he realized he couldn’t run across the street without feeling pain.“There was a moment where I was crossing the street in New York and there was a car coming and I thought, ‘Oh, I gotta sprint a little bit across the street,’ and I just couldn’t sprint,” the “Suicide Squad” star recently told People.“And I was like, ‘Oh I guess that’s gone. I guess I’ll just never sort of run across the street.’ I mean, at this point I was like 270 pounds and my knees were kind of shot,” he continued.“And I just sort of thought that that’s the way life was, that was the trajectory of your body,” Harbour said.Losing weight also “opened up a whole new world” for the New York native.
Millie Bobby Brown is making big moves! She has some big changes coming her way, including an unexpected break from acting.MORE: Millie Bobby Brown stuns with bold new look and multi-colored hairThe actress rose to fame with her scary yet unforgettable role as Stranger Things' Eleven, which has gripped fans for six years now.However, she is on her way to make an impact in an entirely different way, as now that she is officially eighteen, she is stepping away from Hollywood and making her way towards a college campus.WATCH: Millie becomes youngest person to make the Time 100 ListMORE: Millie Bobby Brown reveals the one beauty product she's "obsessed" withShe revealed the exciting news in an interview with Allure Magazine, announcing that she had enrolled in Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana.Ironically, her college of choice creates quite the full circle moment, as Stranger Things also takes place in Indiana, in a fictional town named Hawkins.
Stranger Things actor Joe Keery has discussed the panicked reaction to ‘Protect Steve’ billboards used to promote the show’s fourth season.Ahead of season four’s final two episodes, released in July, Netflix debuted a number of billboards emblazoned with the words ‘Protect Steve’ surrounded by roots related to the overgrowth in the Upside Down.The marketing ploy caused many fans to fear for the safety of Keery’s character Steve Harrington in the final two episodes, something which amuses the actor today.“That was some very funny Netflix marketing,” laughs Keery to NME. “It’s pretty funny because they just freaked everybody out, but they knew how it ended!“It was like: ‘why are they saying this?’ Why are they doing this to everyone!”AT ALL COSTS!!! pic.twitter.com/qabjmpy0y1— Netflix (@netflix) June 29, 2022The actor however missed most of the anguish due to his absence from social media.
Millie Bobby Brown is officially a college girl! In a new interview with magazine, Brown revealed that she's decided to enroll as an online student at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana — the same state her hit show is famously based in.While Brown won't be physically in Indiana, or the fictional town of Hawkins the show centers around, the 18-year-old will be studying remotely via the university's human services program -- a program she described as one where «you learn about the system and how to help young people.»The school's website defines human services as a program «designed to provide students with basic knowledge in human development and family studies, skills for working with people in service agencies, and program evaluation skills.»Elsewhere in the interview, Brown discussed the platform her massively successful role as Eleven on the Netflix series has given her. In addition to her acting roles in and Brown is expanding her skincare line, Florence by Mills.Helping other young women is at the heart of Brown's beauty brand, which she founded to offer resources for her fellow Gen Z-ers looking to learn more about skincare. «I don’t know anything about beauty and skincare,» she admitted.
With “Stranger Things” coming to an end with a fifth and final season, the cast auditions — which took place in 2015 — have been released.
Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke star in “Do Revenge,” Netflix’s latest blend of thriller and dark teen comedy. The movie teams up Mendes and Hawke, throwing them in a prestigious high school where they set out to get revenge on some horrible people.Camila Mendes reveals why she was having panic attacks while filming RiverdaleTake a look at the hilarious behind the scenes of ‘Riverdale’ now on TikTokA post shared by Maya Hawke (@maya_hawke)“Do Revenge” follows Drea (Mendes) and Eleanor (Hawke), two high school girls who’ve been maligned by their former partners.
EJ Panaligan editorNetflix has officially confirmed the cancellation of the animated series “Q-Force,” a queer comedy following an undervalued group of LGBTQ+ superspies as they go on personal and professional adventures.Prominent figures in comedy such as Sean Hayes, Wanda Sykes, Patti Harrison, Matt Rogers of the popular “Las Culturistas” podcast, actors David Harbour, Gary Cole and actress Laurie Metcalf rounded out the main voice cast for the series.Rogers first revealed news of the show’s cancellation in May during a guest host appearance on the “Attitudes!” podcast, also sharing that he recorded his lines in a closet during the COVID-19 lockdowns. And while the show didn’t attract rave reviews from critics, Rogers praised its cult fanbase and spoke briefly on the show’s legacy during the same podcast.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterJoe Keery, Lamorne Morris and Richa Moorjani are the latest additions to the Season 5 cast of “Fargo” at FX, Variety has learned.The trio join previously announced season leads Jon Hamm, Juno Temple, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Most details about the character each will play is being kept under wraps. As previously announced, the new season is set in 2019 and asks the questions when is a kidnapping not a kidnapping, and what if your wife isn’t yours?Keery will play the character Gator Tillman.
On the morning they opened the writers room for the fifth and final season of the Netflix series Stranger Things, Emmy-nominated creators Matt & Ross Duffer teamed with prosthetics designer Barrie Gower to relive for Deadline Contenders the events of Season 4.
David Harbour is getting real about his original thoughts about Stranger Things.
Stranger Things star David Harbour has admitted that he thought the show would be a disaster.During a recent appearance on BBC One’s The One Show, the Jim Hopper actor was asked if he ever expected the sci-fi Netflix series to become the huge hit it is today.“Not at all,” he told presenters Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas. “I remember when we were shooting the first season down in Atlanta.
Stranger Things Joseph Quinn has revealed he was detained by US immigration in an airport “dungeon”.The actor recalled the incident during an interview with Jimmy Fallon, joking it was his Netflix character Eddie Munson who saved him.“I was held up at immigration yesterday… and I was taken into, I guess what you could call it more of a dungeon,” the actor told Fallon. “And I was waiting for about 20 minutes and then I was summoned to this desk where someone asked me, ‘What are you doing in the United States, Sir?’“I said, I’m actually here to meet Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show.
David Harbour revealed he thought the Netflix hit Stranger Things would 'never' get a season two when he first started out on the show.
David Harbour is learning the hard way that some things aren’t easier the second time around!