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“Whistle” is a new teen horror feature, currently in post-production, directed by Corin Hardy, starring Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Ali Skovbye, Percy Hynes White, Michelle Fairley and Nick Frost, with a 2026 theatrical release Tba:

“…a group of high school misfits inadvertently come across an ancient ‘Aztec’ whistle. Blowing it summons their future deaths.

“As the body count increases, they investigate the artifact's history in hopes of halting the sequence of events they have set into motion…”

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Horror fans may want to check out the upcoming genre film Whistle. Starring Dafne Keen in the lead role, the film won't be released until next year, but its first teaser trailer has just been released.

Comparable to something like Final Destination meets The Ring, Whistle is about a group of friends trying to escape death after they discover a cursed, ancient whistle. Its premise is a bit unusual, but the teaser reveals just how freaky the film could very well be, filled with some intense and horrific moments. The preview also touts how the film comes from the executive producers of The Monkey, Evil Dead Rise, and Longlegs. Check out the video below.

The official synopsis for Whistle reads, "A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits...

British director Corin Hardy has shared the first chilling teaser for The Whistle, a supernatural horror set to arrive in cinemas early next year. Released by IFC Films, the teaser offers a brief but unsettling glimpse into a teenage curse rooted in ancient myth, with a cursed Aztec death whistle summoning a sequence of fatal encounters for the unlucky souls who blow it.

Starring Logan and Deadpool & Wolverine‘s Dafne Keen, alongside Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Ali Skovbye, Percy Hynes White, Michelle Fairley and Nick Frost, The Whistle follows a group of high school outcasts who stumble upon a strange relic during a seemingly harmless detour. Their curiosity proves fatal. Once activated, the artefact emits a sound so horrific that it acts as a summoning cry for their own deaths, which then stalk them one by one.

The script, penned by Owen Egerton, leans into familiar territory for horror audiences,...

Horror fans first learned about Whistle all the way back in 2023, but now we finally have some footage to connect to the upcoming horror thriller. IFC and Shudder have finally unveiled the first trailer for the feature, directed by Corin Hardy (The Nun) and starring Logan and Marvel Cinematic Universe actor Dafne Keen, and the result is beyond eerie. Whistle refers to an Aztec artifact, and the haunting trailer, which you can see below, teases: "If you hear the whistle's scream, dying is not a choice..."

Whistle is led by Keen, a former child actor who made her breakthrough role as Laura (X-23) in the critically acclaimed MCU film Logan. She reprised this fan-favorite role in 2024's Deadpool & Wolverine. Her credits also include the acclaimed BBC/HBO series His Dark Materials, the comedy-drama Ana, and a place in the Star Wars universe as Jecki Lon in The Acolyte. Keen...

Whistle Teaser Trailer: "A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion."

Starring: Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Ali Skovbye, Percy Hynes White, Michelle Fairley, Nick Frost

Directed By: Corin Hardy

Written By: Owen Egerton

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Hell House LLC: Lineage Official Trailer: "Terror Films Releasing is finally giving horror fans what they want – the full-length Official Trailer to the highly-anticipated horror film, Hell House LLC: Lineage, premiering exclusively in theaters nationwide beginning on August 20th.

Lineage marks the fifth and final installment...

"If you hear the whistle's scream, dying is not a choice..." Holy crap this looks scary! I do not want to hear this whistle... IFC Films has unveiled an early teaser trailer for a scary new horror film titled The Whistle, which is finally ready to hit theaters. It's currently scheduled to open sometime in early 2026 - the final date isn't announced yet. A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object – an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. So it's kind of like The Ring? And also a bit of Final Destination? But this death whistle is creepy as hell! Scary design, and I bet the sound is even scarier. Glad they don't reveal that in the teaser! The Whistle stars Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang,...

Best friends Tully (Katherine Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) ended the first season of Firefly Lane with their 30-year friendship seemingly severed. Season 2 picks up by heading to the past, when the two were teenagers in 1975 and newly separated against their will. Can’t wait to see what happens? You can watch the first five minutes of the premiere episode here.

Creator Maggie Friedman tells Tudum that the episode begins with young Kate (Roan Curtis) and Tully (Ali Skovbye) writing letters to each other after Tully had to move in with her grandmother in Seattle. Despite the distance, they still inspire each other: Kate channels Tully’s confidence with boys, and Tully learns to embroider (and that she can drop the bravado once in a while).

The opening minutes show us “what each of their journeys are going to be this season, Kate in terms of trying to find herself...

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Sweet Magnolias is a romantic comedy-drama series created by Sheryl J. Anderson. Based on the novel series of the same name by Sherryl Woods, the Netflix series is set in South California and it follows three women who have been best friends since childhood. They try to support each other through life’s various complexities, including career, family, and love. Sweet Magnolias stars JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott, Heather Headley, Logan Allen, Anneliese Judge, Carson Rowland, Chris Klein, Jamie Lynn Spears, Dion Johnstone, Brandon Quinn, and Chris Medlin. So, if you loved the small-town vibes, feel-good story, and lovable characters in Sweet Magnolias, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Virgin River is a romantic comedy-drama series created by Sue Tenney. Based on the novel series of the same name by Robyn Carr,...

"The Age of Adaline" — directed by Lee Toland Krieger and released in 2015 — is, put simply, a movie centered around the idea that Blake Lively is an inhumanly beautiful creature. This makes it hard to imagine that anyone else could have played Adaline Bowman, a woman unstuck in time who's incapable of aging. What you may not know, though, is that "Grey's Anatomy" veteran Katherine Heigl was originally supposed to play the titular role but ended up dropping out ... so what happened here?

Heigl, who originated the role of Dr. Izzie Stevens on the long-running ABC medical drama — and left the series partway through its 6th season — was initially cast in the film against Angela Lansbury, who was supposed to play Adaline's much older daughter, Flemming. Long before the movie came out, Heigl exited the project in 2010, according to a report in Deadline; at first, the outlet said that Heigl's departure was due to on-set strife.

Who plays Violet in the Hallmark Channel movie Private Princess Christmas? That is Ali Skovbye and it’s time to learn more about her!

The 22-year-old actress is best known for playing Young Tully in the Netflix series Firefly Lane and she can also be seen in Hallmark’s Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers.

So, does Ali have a special someone in her life? Here’s what we know!

Keep reading to find out more…

Ali has been in a relationship with Nikola Guzina for the past four years. They have been dating since September 2020.

While they are pretty private about their relationship, Ali has featured her boyfriend on her Instagram account many times over the years.

Nikola is a student at University of British Columbia and plays for the school’s basketball team, the Thunderbirds. Watch a cute interview he did below!

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Photo: Ali Skovbye, Derek Klena

Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Syd Wong

Royalty fans are to be spoiled by Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas movie, Private Princess Christmas. Starring Ali Skovbye, Derek Klena, and Erica Durance, the movie tells the story of a princess sent to an American leadership training program. Read on to find out more about the movie and its cast, and view great images taken on the movie’s set.

Private Princess Christmas on Hallmark Channel Photo: Ali Skovbye, Nathan Lynn, Kheon Clarke, Louriza Tronco, Aman Mann, Derek Klena

Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Syd Wong

According to TV Insider, Private Princess Christmas is a classic Royal Christmas movie, starring Ali Skovbye, Derek Klena, and Erica Durance. Vi, better known as Princess Violet of Wingravia (Skovbye), adores the privileges of being royal, but none of the responsibilities.

Photo: Tanja Dixon-Warren, Kheon Clarke, Nathan Lynn, Aman Mann, Ingrid Park, Louriza Tronco,...

Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas includes a unique Royal Christmas Movie called Private Princess Christmas. However, there is a twist. This holiday movie stars Ali Skovbye, Derk Klena, and Erica Durance.

“After failing in her royal duties, Princess Violet is sent to an American leadership training program where she makes an unexpected connection with the stoic instructor, Captain Ryan.”

Here are all the details of this new holiday movie.

Photo: Ali Skovbye, Nathan Lynn, Kheon Clarke, Louriza Tronco, Aman Mann, Derek Klena What Is Hallmark’s Private Princess Christmas About?

Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas movie Private Princess Christmas is a Royal Christmas Movie. This stars Ali Skovbye, Derek Klena, and Erica Durance. What is this new holiday movie about? According to TV Insider, “Vi, better known as Princess Violet of Wingravia, adores the privileges of being royal if none of the responsibilities.”

Understandably, the Queen is concerned about Vi...

Book-to-screen adaptations, whether films, limited series, or ongoing series, have become one of the most popular genres.

As an avid reader and TV fan, I love them.

Almost all networks or streaming services have featured some.

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Netflix even aired a companion series, The Netflix Book Club, in which some authors discussed how their novels were adapted to the screen.

There is a fine line between staying true to the source material, pleasing the fans, and developing the characters and stories as your own.

Deciding Which Format Works Best

The network or studio will decide which format works best based on whether it adapts one book or a series of books.

Developing a two-hour film worked best if the book had a clear plot with a beginning, middle, and end, such as Red, White, & Royal Blue.

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Hallmark Channel When Calls The Heart spoilers and updates reveal Erin Krakow’s (Elizabeth Thatcher) heart filled wish. She hopes that Lori Loughlin (Abigail Stanton) will return to the show sooner than later!

When Calls The Heart Spoilers – Abigail Stanton Was A Vital Character For Six Seasons

Abigail Stanton, played by Lori Loughlin, was a vital character on Wcth for six seasons; following her role in the college admissions scandal, the show wrote her character out.

Hearties, including Erin Krakow, are optimistic about her potential return; it’s been two years since she left Hope Valley, but it feels like yesterday.

When the news about Lori Loughlin’s involvement in the college admissions scandal came out, Hallmark Channel immediately ended their association with her, fearing unfavorable backlash from fans and sponsors.

She was playing the character of Abigail in the sixth season of When Calls the Heart. Since the show...

Photo: Danny Griffin, Ali Skovbye Credit: ©2023 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Allister Foster

Hallmark Mystery movies are hugely popular with self-proclaimed Sleuthers, but sometimes it isn’t clear if a mystery franchise will continue.

Meanwhile, a star of Gilded Newport Mysteries may be hinting at a new movie in the popular franchise. Danny Griffin, Ali Skovbye and Nathan Witte starred in the first movie Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers, which aired in February. Why is one of these stars hinting at a return of the franchise?

Danny Griffin and the possible return of the Hallmark Mystery franchise

Recently, Danny Griffin took to Instagram to share a series of photos that appear to be set in the same time period as Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers. Ali Skovbye can clearly be seen in one of the images, in which she was tagged. Moreover, despite not being tagged, Witte also...

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is now Hallmark Mystery. Although the name is new, two old favorites are back for Sleuthers. Firstly, Alison Sweeney is back with One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Joining the series formerly known as Murder She Baked is Victor Webster.

In addition, Nikki DeLoach and Andrew Walker are reunited in the new Curious Caterer: Foiled Plans. Both movies started filming early in the year and now they are both getting April premieres.

What are the new Hannah Swensen and Curious Caterer mysteries about, and when do they premiere? Here are all the details.

Photo: Lisa Durupt, Barbara Niven, Alison Sweeney, Tess Atkins Credit: ©2023 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Colin Bentley Hallmark Mystery’s One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

Premiering on Friday, April 5, at 9 p.m., Eastern, on Hallmark Mystery is One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Alison Sweeney has reunited with Victor Webster, as Hannah...

A bunch of stars from the Hallmark Channel family stepped out for the network’s first-ever Television Critics Association Press Tour panel.

The network hosted three different panels on Tuesday morning (February 6) at at The Langham Huntington in Pasadena, Calif.

One panel was held for Loveuary’s Sense & Sensibility movie, another panel was for the series The Way Home, and the third panel was for four upcoming Hallmark Mystery movies.

Hallmark Media’s EVP of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly is also spilling some interesting scoop about the network’s future. We learned about an exciting Christmas movie that was announced and the potential of more When Calls the Heart spinoffs.

Head inside for all the scoop and to see everyone who attended…

Here are some highlights from her interview with Variety:

On possibly including love scenes in Hallmark movies: “In a Christmas movies? No. I think our series occupy a little different space.

The most promising emerging talent in show business gathered on Thursday to celebrate Variety’s annual Power of Young Hollywood issue, honoring actors Sydney Sweeney and Noah Schnapp and musician Steve Lacy. Sony Electronics and Ford were the presenting and premier sponsors of the evening.

Honorees Steve Lacy, Noah Schnapp and Sydney Sweeney at Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Variety via Getty Images)

High atop Sunset Blvd. at Hollywood’s NeueHouse, the evening welcomed a mix of top talent and influencers, industry figures and a light smattering of the over-30 crowd. “Never Have I Ever” stars Darren Barnet and Megan Suri, “King Richard” star Demi Singleton, “The Sex Lives of College Girls” actor Reneé Rapp, TikTokers Connor Wood and Dylan Mulvaney, Marvel actor Xochitl Gomez, “Saved by the Bell” reboot star and recent Chapman grad Josie Totah, “Barbie” star Alexandra Shipp and veteran actor Dermot Mulroney...

“Firefly Lane” Season 2 Part 1 left viewers hanging in more ways than one, but Part 2 reconciles those loose ends.

In addition to Kate (Sarah Chalke) and Tully (Katherine Heigl) just barely missing each other on opposite elevators as Kate tries to deliver some devastating news to her estranged best friend, a short clip of a suggestive wedding scene between Johnny and Tully played after the credits of the Netflix series’ final episode.

Throughout Part 2 of Season 2, the scene’s puzzle pieces slowly come together, but at first it looks like Tully, dressed in white, might be getting ready to marry Johnny after Kate has died. As it turns out, it was Marah’s wedding, and Tully ended up with Danny.

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“We wanted to direct the audience a little bit and have them wonder, ‘Is Tully going to marry Johnny?...

Firefly Lane is returning soon for its final episodes, and Netflix has released a teaser trailer as well as some early photos.

Katherine Heigl, Sarah Chalke, Ali Skovbye, Roan Curtis, Ben Lawson, Beau Garrett, Yael Yurman, India de Beaufort, Greg Germann, Jolene Purdy, and Ignacio Serricchio star in the Firefly Lane series, which follows best friends Tully and Kate through the ups and downs of their lives, from their teen years through adulthood.

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“Firefly Lane” girls stick together forever.

Netflix released the emotional trailer for the final season of the beloved drama starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke on Monday.

“That’s the thing about big life changes. You don’t get to choose when they happen – you just have to hold on tight to the people you love and make your way through it,” Ben Lawson’s character says in the trailer.

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The series follows Heigl’s Tully and Chalke’s Kate, two best friends from childhood who lean on each other as they weather the storm of growing up, life changes, and their changing dynamic.

Season 2 teases more drama, heartwarming family moments, and a diagnosis for Kate that may change their lives forever.

Firefly Lane. (L to R) Roan Curtis as Young Kate, Ali Skovbye as Young Tully in episode 216 of Firefly Lane.

It's been an emotional journey for Kate (Sarah Chalke) and Tully (Katherine Heigl), but will their friendship withstand more hurdles?

Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for the back half of Firefly Lane Season 2, which will bring the dramedy to an end for good.

The series has followed Kate and Tully's relationship over 30 years, and just like real-life, it hasn't been easy sailing for either of them.

The first half of the second season found the pair ending their years-long friendship, but fans were left with plenty of cliffhangers.

One of those cliffhangers involved Kate's ex-husband, Johnny Ryan (Ben Lawson), seemingly getting married to Tully.

"That's the thing about big life changes; you don't get to choose when they happen," Johnny Ryan shared in the new trailer. "You just have to hold on tight to the people you love and make your way through it."

In addition to Chalke, Heigl,...

Good news for Firefly Lane fans: Netflix has moved up the premiere date for the show’s final run of episodes.

Originally set to stream on Thursday, June 8, the series will now return on Thursday, April 27. Star Katherine Heigl revealed the change in an Instagram post.

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Based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author Kristin Hannah, Firefly Lane charts Tully (Heigl...

Netflix’s “Firefly Lane” captures a friendship that transcends the obstacles of distance, age and time as well as all kinds of rifts, arguments and betrayals (for the most part).

Spanning four decades, many trends and countless defining historical moments, “Firefly Lane” chronicles this core female friendship and how it weathers life’s challenges, and stars Sarah Chalke, Katherine Heigl, Roan Curtis and Ali Skovbye told TheWrap about their onscreen chemistry and the twists and turns of Season 2.

While they form a close friendship almost instantly, Kate and Tully could not be more opposite, both in personality and in their life goals, ambitions, desires and dreams.

Music plays a role all on its own throughout the series as well, and Heigl and Chalke had swift answers to which song would most accurately represent their characters.

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Chalke chose U...

When “Firefly Lane” co-executive producer and author of the novel Kristin Hannah met with the TV adaptation’s creator Maggie Friedman, she gave her two pointers on the core of the story, which chronicles the ever-evolving friendship between quirky, methodical Kate Mularkey (Sarah Chalke) and bold, ambitious Tallulah ‘Tully’ Hart.

“The single most important thing was that this was a story that highlighted almost a female soulmate, your very best friend who is your best friend from the time you’re 13, for all of your life,” the author said in a recent interview with TheWrap. “We don’t sort of see enough of that representation on TV. I do think that the series has done an amazing job of creating these two women who, as different as they are, you absolutely believe that they love each other, and when the chips are down, they’re going to be there for each other.

Opposites often attract in the best of friendships, and that’s true of the sweeping tale of Tully Hart (Katherine Heigl) and Kate Mularkey (Sarah Chalke) in the Netflix series “Firefly Lane,” adapted from the bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah. Not only do Kate and Tully compliment each other personality-wise, but the way they choose to live their lives down the road also complete the two supposed “halves” of adult womanhood.

Like in Hannah’s novel, Season 2 Part 1 of the Netflix show continues to expand the three separate timelines of the core female friendship that it sews together. Two younger actresses portray the teen versions of Tully (Ali Skovbye) and Kate (Roan Curtis) when they first meet in the seventies, but their bond stretches far into the future, all the way to the new millennium 2000.

“We do live in a very ageist culture, that seems to sort of feel like...

Every day I think about “Lost.”

This is not about my undying love for the serpentine ABC drama from 2004 (though don’t tempt me); Lost was this TV fan’s first exposure to flashback-based storytelling in a TV show, which it didn’t invent but certainly deployed with enviable efficacy. Each Lost episode focused on a specific character, following their narrative in the present and a related chapter of their past via flashback. It’s a format viewers will recognize from “Yellowjackets,” “Orange is the New Black,“ “This is Us,” and more — but the flashback structure takes on a twisted new form in Netflix’s “Firefly Lane,” which returned Friday for a second season.

“Firefly Lane,” based on the novel by Kristin Hannah, centers around the friendship of Tully (Katherine Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) throughout their lives. Any given episode tracks between three and four timelines; the girls’ teen years in the 1970s,...

“Firefly Lane” is a tricky little dramedy. It’s cozy. It’s melodramatic. There are elements that sound ridiculous, but the overall air is sweet. It’s a show based on a popular book about friendship persevering through the decades. It also aspired to be a show about journalism, women’s issues, and maybe even war.

But at the core is the relationship between lifelong friends Kate Mularkey (Sarah Chalke) and Tully Hart (Katherine Heigl) as they navigate life, work, and love. Season 1 culminated with Kate’s ex-husband Johnny (Ben Lawson) being blown up in the Middle East while reporting a story and Kate and Tully falling out for unknown reasons. Season 2 doesn’t just have to provide the same level of overwrought hijinks as last year, it also has to wrap everything up. The nine episodes released December 2 comprise the first half of the show’s final season, with...

Netflix’s new trailer for Firefly Lane season two part one shows there’s tension between Tully and Kate, but it sort of balances that out by revealing more about their lifelong friendship. Part one of the final season premieres on December 2, 2022, with season two part two arriving in 2023.

Season one of the drama, based on the bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah, debuted in February 2021 and starred Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke as lifelong best friends who stuck by each other’s side through thick and thin. Heigl and Chalke are back as Tully and Kate, respectively, for the second season. They’re joined by returning cast members Ben Lawson as Johnny Ryan, Ali Skovbye as young Tully, Roan Curtis as young Kate, Yael Yurman as Marah, and Beau Garrett as Cloud.

Netflix’s official description:

“What could possibly have ended the tight-knit thirty-year friendship of Tully and Kate, our ‘Firefly Lane Girls Forever?...

The end is nigh for Kate and Tully.

Netflix on Wednesday unveiled the trailer for the second and final season of Firefly Lane.

If first impressions are everything, the two best friends at the core of the series have a lot to work through.

"What could possibly have ended the tight-knit thirty year friendship of Tully and Kate, our Firefly Lane Girls Forever?" the official logline teases.

"We'll learn the answer this season -- but first -- Kate grapples with the painful aftermath of Johnny's ill-fated trip to Iraq, while Tully faces a lawsuit after walking away from her talk show, and must start her career over from the bottom."

"This leads her to search for answers about who she is and where she comes from -- including a quest to find the father she never met, against the wishes of her secretive hippie mother, Cloud," it adds.

"In the '80s,...

Kate and Tully’s personal lives are a bit of a mess in the new trailer for Firefly Lane‘s final season — but at least they’ve got each other, and as many pints of ice cream as Tully can comfortably carry.

In the preview embedded above, Sarah Chalke and Katherine Heigl’s BFFs navigate everything from new professional endeavors (Tully’s making a documentary!) to complicated romances (Kate and Johnny aren’t really over, right?). And it seems their long friendship with one another might hit a few snags, too, if the 1:40-ish mark of the trailer is any indication.

It's official: season two of "Firefly Lane" is coming soon. The series follows two best friends named Tully (Katherine Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) and the ups and downs they've faced through the years. It's basically everything you love about soapy dramas like "Sweet Magnolias" and "Virgin River," with a twist of "This Is Us."

Unfortunately, the second season will be the series' last, Netflix revealed on Oct. 3. The final season will consist of a total of 16 episodes split into two parts.

Since the last episode of the first season ends on a major cliffhanger, we're already curious to know what will happen next. And given that it's based on Kristin Hannah's book series of the same name, there's plenty of inspiration to draw from. While there's no telling how closely the second season will follow the second book, "Fly Away," there are still plenty of storylines to explore in future episodes.

Sarah Chalke as Kate and Katherine Heigl as Tully in ‘Firefly Lane’ season 2 (Photo Cr. Diyah Pera/Netflix © 2022)

Netflix’s Firefly Lane season two will arrive in two parts, with the first eight episodes premiering on Friday, December 2, 2022. Netflix hasn’t confirmed the premiere date for the remaining eight episodes of the second – and final – season, other than that they’ll debut in 2023.

Season one of the drama, based on the bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah, premiered in February 2021 and featured Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke as lifelong best friends who stuck by each other’s side through thick and thin. Heigl and Chalke reprise their roles as Tully and Kate for season two. Returning cast members also include Ben Lawson as Johnny Ryan, Ali Skovbye as young Tully, Roan Curtis as young Kate, Yael Yurman as Marah, and Beau Garrett as Cloud.

Joining the series for its final season...

“Firefly Lane” is coming to an end. The second season of the Netflix series starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke will be the last

The streaming service announced on Monday that the sophomore season will consist of 16 episodes and will be split into two parts. The first nine episodes will be released on Dec. 2 with the final seven dropping next year.

Ben Lawson, Beau Garrett, Ali Skovbye, Roan Curtis and Yael Yurman are set to return and four new cast members are joining: India de Beaufort as Charlotte, Greg Germann as Benedict, Jolene Purdy as Justine and Ignacio Serricchio as Danny.

Maggie Friedman serves as showrunner and executive producer along with Heigl, Shawn Williamson, Michael Spiller and Stephanie Germain as executive producers.

The show, which premiered in February 2021, follows the lives of childhood best friends Tully Hart (Heigl) and Kate Mularkey (Chalke). While Tully is a popular talk show host,...

The end is nigh for Tully and Kate.

Netflix announced Monday that Firefly Lane will conclude with its forthcoming second season.

The news comes as a bit of a surprise, but there is some good news.

The second -- and now final season -- will comprise 16 episodes.

That is six more episodes than Firefly Lane Season 1, which launched in February 2021 on Netflix.

Firefly Lane returns on December 2, with the first nine episodes of the season.

The final seven episodes will then premiere in 2023.

Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke reprise their roles as lifelong best friends facing the ultimate test of their friendship and the path to sustain the other relationships in their lives.

Four new cast members join Season 2, including India de Beaufort (Charlotte), Greg Germann (Benedict), Jolene Purdy (Justine), and Ignacio Serricchio (Danny).

The cast also includes Ben Lawson, Beau Garrett, Ali Skovbye, Roan Curtis, and Yael Yurman.

Maggie Friedman...

Firefly Lane, the drama series starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke, is two seasons and out on Netflix.

The series from creator Maggie Friedman returns for a supersized second season in December but will not return for a third season.

The show will have a 16-episode second season.

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The first nine episodes will air on December 2, and the second tranche of seven episodes will premiere in 2023.

In the series based on the novel by Kristin Hannah, when unlikely duo Tully (Heigl) and Kate (Chalke) meet at age 14, they couldn’t be more different. Tully is the brash and bold girl you can’t ignore, while Kate is the mousy shy girl you never notice. But when a tragedy brings them together, they are bonded for life — forever inseparable best friends. Together they experience 30 years of ups and downs, triumphs and disappointments,...

Netflix is shutting down Firefly Lane.

The streamer announced Monday that the upcoming second season of the Katherine Heigl-Sarah Chalke dramedy will be the series’ last.

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Also per Netflix, Season 2 will consist of a super-sized 16 episodes and be split into two parts.

Exclusive: Lifetime has set premiere dates for its fall movie slate, including its Highway to Heaven reboot with Jill Scott and Barry Watson, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff with Heather Locklear and EP Meghan McCain, and List of a Lifetime, with Shannen Doherty and Kelly Hu, among others. As we previously reported., the anticipated Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace debuts on Labor Day, September 6 and the rest follow every weekend through November 6.

Full Fall schedule and descriptions below. All times at 8pm/7c.

Sept 6: Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace

(Sydney Morton, Jordan Dean)

Sept 18: Imperfect High

(Sherri Shepherd, Nia Sioux)

Sept 24: Dying to Marry Him

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Oct 2: The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story

(Tom Everett Scott, Anwen O’ Driscoll, Charisma Carpenter, EP Nancy Grace)

Oct 9: Dying to Belong

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Oct 10: List of a Lifetime

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The lights will not be going out on Firefly Lane in the near future.

Based on the book of the same name by Kristin Hannah, the series has been picked up for a second season at Netflix.

"The greatest love story of all can be between friends. When unlikely duo Tully (Katherine Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) meet at age fourteen, they couldn’t be more different," reads the official logline.

"Tully is the brash and bold girl you can’t ignore, while Kate is the mousy shy girl you never notice. But when a tragedy brings them together, they are bonded for life -- forever inseparable best friends."

"Together they experience thirty years of ups and downs -- triumphs and disappointments, heartbreak and joy, and a love triangle that strains their friendship."

"One goes on to fabulous wealth and fame, the other chooses marriage and motherhood -- but through the decades,...

Join Zack Snyder On The Set Of Army Of The Dead With The Newly Released Behind-the-scenes Special Creating An Army Of The Dead: "Timed to the release of Army of The Dead today, Netflix has released a surprise behind-the-scenes special feature that delves into the making of the unforgettable Zack Snyder zombie-heist film.

At almost thirty minutes in length, Creating an Army of The Dead features in-depth interviews with the cast and filmmakers, including Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller, Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Garret Dillahunt, Huma S. Qureshi, Visual Effects Supervisor Marcus Taormina, Costume Designer Stephanie Porter, Production Designer Julie Berghoff and more. Zack Snyder and the team on Army of The Dead will take you behind-the-scenes and discuss how the film came to life in a post apocalyptic Las Vegas - diving into the wild stunts, groundbreaking effects...

Exclusive: Firefly Lane breakout Ali Skovbye has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.

Skovbye received rave reviews for her portrayal of Young Tully, the 70s counterpart to Katherine Heigl’s Tully Hart in the hit Netflix series Firefly Lane. The series, based on Kristin Hannah’s bestselling book, was watched by 49 million people in its first 28 days following the February 3 launch.

Prior to her work on Firefly Lane, Skovbye was seen in the Fox feature Breakthrough, and was named a Star To Watch at the 2020 Whistler Film Festival for her role in the indie feature The Corruption of Divine Providence. Her television credits also include The Man in the High Castle, When Calls the Heart and You Me Her.

A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Skovbye continues to be repped by Brad Pence at Atlas Entertainment and Vickie Petronio at Play Management.

This article contains spoilers for Firefly Lane.

There’s something altogether predictable yet endearing about Firefly Lane, the latest in a line of Netflix shows adapted from the realm of romance and/or women’s fiction with a clear strength of star power at its center. It’s a story that spans three decades of friendship between two women who meet in their teenage years, following them through their strongest and lowest points in life (both together and apart) and all of the heartache, turmoil and drama that provides.

In short, it’s prime material to mine from, and seemingly tailor-made for the types of shows that Netflix is known for releasing — highly addictive, and sometimes almost in spite of themselves. A story that relies heavily on jumping through time throughout the various stages of a close-knit friendship seems like a tough needle to thread, but Firefly Lane demonstrates the...

Stockard Channing was 33 when she played teenager Rizzo in Grease. Angelia Jolie was 29 when she played Colin Farrell’s mother in Alexander – only one year older than he was.

Films and shows cast actors outside their own age all the time, and it’s not unusual for actors to be aged up or aged down when a show or film takes place over a long time period, but in Firefly Lane this really jars.

Tully and Kate are best friends since the age of 14 back in 1974 – Firefly Lane follows the journey of the two, from young teens coping with family and school, to ambitious 20-somethings in the 1980s, to their lives at 43, with Kate going through a divorce and Tully juggling a successful TV career.

Teenage Tully and Kate are played by Ali Skovbye (aged 18) and Roan Curtis (24 as of Feb 2021), while 20-something Tully and Kate and 40-something Tully and...

The Performer | Valerie Mahaffey

The Show | ABC’s Big Sky

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The Episode | “I Fall to Pieces” (Feb. 2, 2021)

The Performance | Whenever Mahaffey shows up in a series, you know you’re in for an entertainingly kooky run. She’s just so spot-on at playing characters who are slightly off! To wit: Her performance as the smiling yet too-strict Helen Pergman, which unfortunately came to a close in this week’s episode when Helen died at her son’s hand.

“Firefly Lane” definitely feels like a series set in 2003. By that, I mean if someone told me this show was filmed that year and had been languishing in a vault for the last 18 years, I’d believe it. The series, an adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s novel of the same name, feels akin to series like “Brothers and Sisters” or “Parenthood” in its high-stakes melodrama and tackling of real issues. But with the former ramped up to 11, the latter — looking at sexism and workplace harassment — is overshadowed at best and incredibly maudlin at worst. At least the casting is compelling enough to keep things afloat.

The series takes place over several points in time, differentiated only by the characters’ wig changes. Tallulah “Tully” Hart (Katherine Heigl) and Kate Mularkey (Sarah Chalke) have been best friends since they were teens, when Tully and her hippie mom Cloud (Beau Garrett) moved in across the street on,...

It’s not every day you see an actor play a character from college freshman to middle-aged divorcee. But Sarah Chalke, along with her “Firefly Lane” co-star Katherine Heigl, was up for the challenge.

“It’s such a cool experience, because you have so much material,” Chalke said in an interview with TheWrap. “To find Kate at 18 versus up in her 40s, that was one of my favorite parts of the job. … Seeing her go from this very insecure, vulnerable kid to growing up and trying to find her voice, to wanting to be married and have kids and live that life, and then realizing that she actually would like to find that other creative part of herself again.”

The 10-episode Netflix series, an adaptation of the bestselling 2008 novel by Kristin Hannah, stars Chalke and Heigl as a pair of inseparable best friends. Through interwoven timelines spanning the 1960s to the mid-2000s,...

With Wednesday’s release of Netflix’s Firefly Lane, we got to know future BFFs Tully Hart and Kate Mularkey — played as adults by Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke, respectively — just as they got to know one another. The former was portrayed as always having been gorgeous and outgoing, a star waiting to be born; the latter, bookish and reserved (as telegraphed by her ever-present glasses — TV shorthand for mousy). Yet they forged a relationship that lasted decades, at least until… dun dun Dun!

We’ll get to “dun dun Dun” in a bit — and give you a chance to...

On the surface, the story and theoretical appeal of Netflix’s new drama Firefly Lane seem clear. It is a decades-spanning tale of female friendship, meant to inspire laughter and lunges for the tissue box in equal measure, as it follow two women who both envy and complete each other. And it puts together a pair of seasoned TV stars: Katherine Heigl as Tully, the glamorous and confident one, and Sarah Chalke as the more modest and meek Kate. Adapted by Maggie Friedman (Witches of East End) from the bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah,...

Netflix’s hyper-specific categories have become something of a punchline over the years. For every general collection of “comedies” and “reality TV,” there are ones like “critically acclaimed LGBTQ TV shows” (“Queer Eye” and “Tales of the City”), “Feel-Good Reality TV” (“The Great British Baking Show” and “Dream Home Makeover”) and “Oddballs and Outcasts” (“Sex Education” and assorted standup specials from men who were bullied in high school). At first, these subgenres just felt like cheeky ways to organize Netflix’s ever-ballooning library. Increasingly, though, it seems as if Netflix originals are pitched and written with an eye toward fitting into these esoteric characterizations.

, which currently features shows ranging from “Grey’s Anatomy” to “Emily in Paris.” Based on Kristin Hannah’s novel, the unabashedly sentimental series follows two best friends from the moment they meet in 1974, through their time working at a local news station in the ’80s, and finally,...

I’d love to say that I was wowed by Netflix’s series adaption of Kristin Hannah’s novel, Firefly Lane (dropping Wednesday, Feb. 3). Truth be told, I dive into every show that I’m tasked with reviewing hoping the same thing — to be dazzled, stunned, impressed.

I was none of those things. There was nothing there that we haven’t seen before, done smarter, more wittily and incisively, simply better.

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