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Kevin Williamson, the writer behind horror icons like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, is one of the masterminds behind the creation of the CW's teen horror seriesThe Vampire Diaries. Although he was credited with co-creating the show, he was only involved with a handful of seasons. Not entirely convinced to make the show at first, Williamson eventually found something innovative and worth exploring in the story. And as he has recently stated, he also saw an opportunity to address something "very personal" that he was going through.

The series was based on L.J. Smith's young adult book series of the same name, and it ran for eight seasons from 2009 to 2017. While it wasn't critically acclaimed at first, the show gained popularity throughout the years, ultimately becoming a staple of the CW's teen-oriented shows. It was also the basis for the show The Originals, which worked...

“The Waterfront,” the first Netflix original from “Vampire Diaries” and “Scream” producer Kevin Williamson, follows the efforts of the Buckley family to preserve their business legacy in a small beach town of North Carolina, which involves diving head-first into the drug smuggling business. As the family grapples with stepping into criminal activity, the tension also incentivizes complicated dynamics, from father and son to siblings and romantic entanglements.

The show relies on its cast to convey all the nuances at play between the Buckleys and the people around them. Thankfully, Williamson enlisted a collection of TV favorites to embody the show’s complicated subjects.

Here are the characters you need to know in “The Waterfront,” as well as the actors who play them and where you might have seen them before.

The Waterfront. Holt McCallany as Harlan Buckley in episode 102 of The Waterfront. Cr. Dana Hawley/Netflix © 2025 Holt McCallany as Harlan...

Robin Wright, Judith Light, David W. Zucker and Rola Bauer are among speakers joining the Monte-Carlo Television Festival’s industry program, Business Content, which runs June 14-16.

Headline sessions include “Embracing Challenges: Journey Thru the Lens of Two Women,” a conversation between actor-director-producer Robin Wright and TV drama producer Rola Bauer, as they share their journeys as creators and producers in a session moderated by Leo Barraclough of Variety.

Bauer will also join Scott Free’s chief creative officer, David W. Zucker, executive producer of the Ridley Scott directed crime drama “Dope Thief” (Apple) and the summer release “Alien: Earth” (FX), for the panel “Embracing Chaos: Journeys Thru the Television Multiverse,” where they will discuss their pioneering partnership, spanning over 20 years of international co-productions, including their latest limited series, “Pompeii: A Day of Fire” (Amazon MGM Studios).

“Counting the Cost: Where to Film & Get the Best Breaks,” a session on...

Today, Starz released the official Bmf season four trailer and key art. The new season of the hit crime and family drama series will premiere on Friday, June 6, with all-new episodes available to stream weekly on Fridays on the Starz app.

The explosive Bmf season four trailer teases the feud brewing between the drug organization’s leaders and brothers, Meech and Terry Flenory, as they launch their own music label in the Atlanta hip-hop scene and expand the business into new national territories during the 1990s.

Emmy Award-winning actor Michael Chiklis becomes the latest notable cast addition, portraying DEA Agent Taylor, a no-nonsense cop who assists in the pursuit of Bmf, while adding to Meech and Terry’s growing list of enemies.

The trailer also reveals the shocking return of Eric Kofi-Abrefa as Lamar, the brothers’ arch nemesis, who became a drug addict at the end of season two, alongside...

Big casting news has been revealed for Sheriff Country. Currently in the works with Morena Baccarin reprising her guest role from Fire Country, the show has now found her co-lead star.

Per Deadline, CSI: Vegas actor Matt Lauria has signed on to play the male lead opposite Baccarin in Sheriff Country. The series features Baccarin as Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Diane Farr's Sharon Leone who works as a sheriff in the small town of Edgewater. Lauria has been cast as Boone, Mickey's "smart, tough and capable deputy and longtime partner. Originally from Oakland, he’s used to a different kind of policing. Their contrasting law enforcement styles makes their partnership both complex and occasionally tense."

Other known castings include W. Earl Brown as Mickey's ex-con father; the character appeared with Baccarin's Mickey previously in Fire Country. Christopher Gorham will play Mickey's ex-husband and a Sheriff's deputy. Other...

Exclusive: In his return to CBS, former CSI: Vegas star Matt Lauria has been tapped as what is believed to be the male lead opposite Morena Baccarin on the network’s upcoming drama series Sheriff Country, a spinoff from hit Fire Country.

Sheriff Country, which will premiere in the fall, stars Baccarin as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Cal Fire’s division chief Sharon Leone (Fire Country‘s Diane Farr), who investigates criminal activity as she patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater while contending with her ex-con father (W. Earl Brown) and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter.

Lauria will play Boone, Sheriff Mickey Fox’s smart, tough and capable deputy and longtime partner. Originally from Oakland, he’s used to a different kind of policing. Their contrasting law enforcement styles makes their partnership both complex and occasionally tense.

In addition to Baccarin and Brown, whose characters...

Starz announced today that Bmf season four will feature the return of fan-favorite characters, alongside a lineup of fresh faces. The new season premieres on Friday, June 6, with all-new episodes available to stream weekly on Fridays on the Starz app and all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms.

In season four, Myles Truitt returns as B-Mickie, who was exiled for his perceived betrayal of Meech and Terry, and who is determined to win back the brothers’ trust.

Myles Truitt (“Brian “B-Mickie” Mickie”)

Also returning to the series is Grammy-nominated artist Saweetie, reprising her role as Keeya, a former college athlete who is now on the streets of St. Louis; and Sydney Mitchell as Lawanda, a beloved and integral part of the Flenory family, who raises Terry’s children.

Roberto Sanchez also returns as Loco, Meech, and Terry’s plug, who they’re on the run with in Mexico. Joining the cast...

Exclusive: In a very competitive situation with several major bidders, Netflix has landed for development Dead Letters, a drama starring and executive produced by Lucy Hale, Deadline has learned. An adaptation of Caite Dolan-Leach’s 2017 novel, the project comes from Unwell Productions, the company of Call Her Daddy‘s Alex Cooper, and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.

Written/executive produced by Rachel Caris Love (Invitation to a Bonfire) and to be directed/executive produced by Liz Friedlander (Shining Vale), Dead Letters is described as an addictive mystery whodunit-meets-psychological thriller centered on a pair of identical twin sisters: Ava and Zelda, played by Hale. When Ava returns home to the family vineyard in the wake of Zelda’s sudden death, she must find out who murdered her beloved twin while reckoning with dangerous revelations about the woman Zelda had become in her absence. To complicate matters: Zelda knew she was in...

After The Matrix made Carrie-Anne Moss a household name, she was offered a wave of major Hollywood roles. However, at the time, the actor opted to turn them down.

Speaking to The Independent, Moss said she decided to step away from acting to focus on raising her family. "After The Matrix was such a big deal, I took a big, big break to have children and be with them," she said. "I remember being torn, having a little twinge like, 'Gosh, I’m getting offered such great things. That would be such a huge deal.' And I was holding my baby in my arms, and I remember thinking, 'At the end of my life, will it matter to me that I have another movie on my résumé? Or will it matter to me that I held my baby?' And I instantly thought, no. It was just a no-brainer.

Carrie-Anne Moss has spoken about stepping away from Hollywood at the height of her career to focus on raising her children. The actress, best known for playing Trinity in The Matrix franchise, turned down major film offers following the success of the trilogy to prioritize her family.

“After The Matrix was such a big deal, I took a big, big break to have children and be with them,” Moss said in a recent interview with The Independent. “I remember being torn, having a little twinge like, ‘Gosh, I’m getting offered such great things. That would be such a huge deal.’ And I was holding my baby in my arms, and I remember thinking, ‘At the end of my life, will it matter to me that I have another movie on my résumé? Or will it matter to me that I held my baby?’ And I instantly thought, no. It was just a no-brainer.

Carrie-Anne Moss has no regrets about choosing to focus on motherhood over her career.

During a recent interview with The Independent, the actress opened up about her reasoning for turning down big movie deals at the height of her career, when The Matrix franchise was skyrocketing.

“After The Matrix was such a big deal, I took a big, big break to have children and be with them,” Moss explained. “I remember being torn, having a little twinge like, ‘Gosh, I’m getting offered such great things. That would be such a huge deal.'”

She continued, “And I was holding my baby in my arms, and I remember thinking, ‘At the end of my life, will it matter to me that I have another movie on my résumé? Or will it matter to me that I held my baby?’ And I instantly thought, no. It was just a no-brainer. And...

Simon Rex and Natalie Lind are set to star in the horror comedy 'Halloween Store'.The film is about a group of people trapped inside a costume store on Halloween night with a mysterious killer on the loose and is directed by Shane Dax Taylor, known for 'Murder Company', and is executive produced by Kenan Thompson and John Ryan Jr. through their Artists for Artists (Afa) banner. Other executive producers include Steven Schneider – whose credits include 'Paranormal Activity', 'Insidious' and 'Split' – along with Shane, John Lind and Bradley Sloan. Natalie Lind, Kenneth Burke and Andrey Romanyuk are producing, while Afa, Big Bad Pig Productions and Racer Entertainment serve as the production companies. Range Media is handling sales, according to Variety.Sinon, 49, is an actor and rapper best known for starring in the 'Scary Movie' franchise and Sean Baker’s 'Red Rocket'.Also known as Dirt Nasty,...

Simon Rex and Natalie Lind will star in a campy horror comedy titled “Halloween Store,” which follows a group of people who find themselves trapped inside a costume store on Halloween night with a mysterious killer on the loose.

“Murder Company” director Shane Dax Taylor is helming the movie, which is executive produced by Kenan Thompson and John Ryan Jr. through their Artists for Artists banner. Steven Schneider, Taylor, John Lind and Bradley Sloan also executive produce. Natalie Lind, Kenneth Burke and Andrey Romanyuk are producers, and Afa, Big Bad Pig Productions and Racer Entertainment are the production companies. Range Media is handling sales.

Rex is an actor and rapper best known for his roles in the “Scary Movie” franchise and Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket.” Also known as Dirt Nasty, Rex started off as an MTV VJ and formed the hip-hop group Three Loco. His credits also include “National Lampoon’s Pledge This!,...

“As The World Turns” alum Billy Magnussen (ex-Casey Hughes), will topline the currently untitled Jonathan Glatzer Silicon Valley series for AMC and AMC+. Sarah Goldberg (“Barry”) was the first to be cast in the project.

According to Deadline, which first reported the news, the AMC Studios produced drama series is set inside the bubble of Silicon Valley, amid misguided corporate cultures, moony innovation labs and cutthroat private high schools. It is centered around a rift between a self-appointed “inventor of the future” tech CEO (Magnussen) and his self-serving “performance psychologist” (Goldberg), who is engulfed in a scandal sparked by the exploitation of personal data.

Along with Glatzer, the series will be executive produced by Gina Mingacci (“Killing Eve”) and is one of many high-profile Silicon Valley-set dramas put in development, but the first to receive a series order. A writer on such shows as “Succession” and “Better Call Saul,” among others,...

Billy Magnussen (Made for Love, HBO’s one-and-done The Franchise) has boarded the cast of AMC Studios’ Silicon Valley series from writer and showrunner Jonathan Glatzer (Succession, Bad Sisters, Better Call Saul).

The as-yet-untitled series is set inside the bubble of Silicon Valley, “amid misguided corporate cultures, moony innovation labs and cutthroat private high schools,” the official synopsis tells us. “In our story, a scandal is sparked by the exploitation of personal data which unravels out of a rift between a self-appointed ‘inventor of the future’ tech CEO (to be played by Magnussen) and his self-serving ‘performance psychologist’ (Barry‘s...

Paul Wesley is getting back into the coffin… although not on camera this time.

The Vampire Diaries alum is set to executive-produce a new vampire comedy for Fox, our sister site Deadline reports. The untitled comedy, which is currently in development, centers on a 25-year-old vampire who dreams of becoming an actor while “running the family business for his murderous and suffocating vampire parents,” per the official synopsis.

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Exclusive: Paul Wesley, an actor who played a vampire on The Vampire Diaries, is executive producing a series project about a vampire who wants to be an actor. The untitled comedy, which landed at Fox for development in a competitive situation, centers on a determined 25-year-old vampire who struggles with running the family business for his murderous and suffocating vampire parents while trying to chase his dream to become an actor.

It is written by Unstable co-creator Victor Fresco and will be directed by Liz Friedlander (The Rookie). The duo and Wesley executive produce with Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment and Tracy Katsky of KatCo. Fox Entertainment is the studio.

The team of the project are all interconnected via past collaborations. Fresco created the Netflix horror comedy series Santa Clarita Diet, which he executive produced with Kaplan and Katsky. Friedlander and Wesley have been friends since she directed episodes of The Vampire Diaries.

Ravi Cabot-Conyers is playing Wim in the new Disney+ series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and we caught up with the rising star to learn more about him!

The 13-year-old actor previously voiced the role of Antonio Madrigal in Disney’s Encanto and has been seen in TV shows like The Resident and Tell Me a Story.

Now, Ravi is leading the Lucasfilm project alongside Jude Law and the first two episodes are currently streaming.

Check out 10 Fun Facts about Ravi below:

“Bright shorts” was my nickname at basketball camp. Basketball is my obsession. I only started playing two years ago and am proud to have become a really strong shooting guard! My grandma gave me 2 pairs of Bucketsquad basketball shorts for my birthday and I wear them constantly! They are so comfortable, and I love how they stand out. Thus, the nickname! My favorite foods are cheese and pizza. But...

With "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew," Lucasfilm is moving George Lucas' universe into the realm of kid-centric adventure stories -- a genre marked by classics and modern hits like "The Goonies" and "Stranger Things." Even before the "Skeleton Crew" trailer was released, fans were already drawing comparisons between the official description and Amblin Entertainment features like "E.T." and "Super 8."

The show is now almost upon us, and those comparisons have certainly held true. Of course, you can't have a youthful, ragtag adventure without a proper band of young rascals and plenty of adults both benevolent and mischievous to get in their way. The multigenerational cast of "Skeleton Crew" is a big part of its appeal, with tons of young stars and Hollywood veterans alike making their "Star Wars" debuts. It's a lot of new faces, but don't worry, we've got you covered.

Here's everything you need to know about...

Paul Wesley, who starred as Max on Guiding Light, has been tapped to play the lead in a new six-part limited series, Unspoken, about the war in Ukraine.

Now and Then

Amid the chaos of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the series Unspoken tells the gripping story of Paul (Wesley), a former soldier now working as a taxi driver in Poland. When his wife in Kyiv calls him in desperation on the day the invasion begins, Paul embarks on a race against time to help his family escape to safety. Navigating across borders and through unimaginable danger, he provides critical guidance over the phone, directing them through a harrowing journey marked by fear and violence.

The series captures the urgency and raw emotions of survival against overwhelming adversity. Inspired by real events on the day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the series portrays Paul’s journey through a war-ravaged...

Carrie-Anne Moss is a woman with a dark past fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world in Die Alone. After holding supporting roles in a variety of TV shows, Moss became a household name with her role as Trinity in The Matrix franchise, following it up with major parts in everything from Christopher Nolan's breakout hit Memento to the zombie comedy Fido and Shia Labeouf-led thriller Disturbia. More recently, Moss has found success with Netflix's Marvel Cinematic Universe shows, primarily Jessica Jones, Tell Me a Story season 2, Disney+'s The Acolyte and The Matrix Resurrections.

Moss stars in Die Alone as Mae, a woman hardened by years of survival in a world ravaged by an apocalypse in which a plant-based virus spread, turning those infected with it into plant-based zombies. One day, Mae reluctantly takes in Ethan, a young man with amnesia who seemingly has been asleep...

Television actors are often spotted in a variety of shows. This is particularly true for the cast of The Vampire Diaries. The show's fantastic cast members have helped build a supernatural world that still manages to captivate fans even years after its run.

From Lost to supernatural shows like True Blood and Charmed, these shows have long been celebrated by their respective fan base. Some even feature multiple The Vampire Diaries characters throughout the seasons.

Degrassi: The Next Generation Had Nina Dobrevs Breakout Role

Nina Dobrev is best known for playing the lead role, Elena Gilbert, in The Vampire Diaries. Her best-known role outside of The Vampire Diaries is a teen drama series that she took on before The Vampire Diaries. Dobrev's breakout role was Mia Jones in the long-running Degrassi revival series, Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Dobrev's Mia Jones is a model who started out as one of the show's recurring characters.

Kyle thinks he’s in the clear on The Young and the Restless. Sure, Jack knows that his son stole confidential corporate information, passed it on to Victor, got a promotion for it, and smirked about it to his dad when called out. But Kyle figures he’s untouchable. What is Jack going to turn in his precious baby boy? He doesn’t have the guts! But is he overlooking someone else who can…and might?

Tell Me a Story

Jack (Peter Bergman) filled Claire (Hayley Erin) in on his history with Victor (Eric Braeden) on the October 11 episode as well as Victor’s habit of using anyone, anytime, in any way…and then discarding them as soon as they were no longer useful to him.

Jack gave Claire something to think about regarding her up to now loving Grandpa. But he also gave Claire something to think about Kyle (Michael Mealor), too.

With the new movie introducing more video game characters, Sarah Paulson addresses the rumors of her being cast as Rouge the Bat in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The next installment in the adaptation of Sega's franchise will see the titular blue speedster and his friends, Tails and Knuckles, forced to reluctantly partner with Dr. Robotnik to put a stop to the revenge-seeking Shadow the Hedgehog. Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Jim Carrey and Colleen O'Shaughnessey return to lead the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 cast alongside Keanu Reeves as Shadow and new and returning faces, including Lee Madjoub, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter and Krysten Ritter.

During a recent interview with ComicBook.com for her upcoming horror-thriller Hold Your Breath, Paulson was asked about the rumors that she had been cast to play Rouge the Bat in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning star debunked the rumors that she would...

When Covid-19 hit, Paul Wesley, like most of the world, found himself at home with nothing to do. So, he and his then-neighbor, The Vampire Diaries co-star Ian Somerhalder, started working together to bring a new kind of bourbon to the market.

Their effort to kill time led to the creation of their now-very successful alcohol: Brother’s Bond Bourbon. Since launching in 2021, the brand has become one of the fastest-growing whiskey brands, according to Whisky Advocate, which claims they’ve shipped more than 100,000 cases across the U.S. over the last three years.

Wesley and Somerhalder portrayed beloved onscreen brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore, respectively, on the hit CW show, bringing their close relationship offscreen for Brother’s Bond Bourbon.

When creating their whiskey brand, one of the most important things to the co-stars-turned-business-partners was that their product was authentically theirs and not just theirs in name alone. Not...

The former Supergirl is dipping her toes into The Waterfront.

Melissa Benoist (Supergirl, The Girls on the Bus, Glee) has joined the cast of Kevin Williamson’s upcoming family drama, Netflix announced Wednesday.

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Inspired by true events, the series “dives into the flawed Buckley family as their attempts to retain control...

Kevin Williamson’s upcoming Netflix drama series “The Waterfront” is rounding out its cast.

Variety has learned that Melissa Benoist, Jake Weary, Rafael L. Silva, Humberly González, Danielle Campbell, and Brady Hepner have all been cast as series regulars.

Additionally, Michael Gaston and Gerardo Celasco will appear as recurring guest stars, while Zach Roerig will guest star.

Full character descriptions can be found below.

Finally, Marcos Siega has joined the series to direct the first two episodes. He will serve as an executive producer on the pilot.

“The Waterfront” is currently filming. The new cast members join previously announced series leads Holt McCallany and Maria Bello.

The official logline states, “Inspired by true events, ‘The Waterfront’ dives into the flawed Buckley family as their attempts to retain control of their crumbling North Carolina fishing empire drive them to increasingly dangerous means to keep themselves afloat.”

Netflix has commissioned eight episodes.

Jake Weary, Melissa Benoist (Supergirl), Rafael L. Silva (9-1-1: Lone Star), Humberly González (Ginny & Georgia), Danielle Campbell (Tell Me a Story) and Brady Hepner (The Holdovers) have joined Holt McCallany and Maria Bello in the cast of Netflix’s The Waterfront, written and executive produced by Kevin Williamson.

Inspired by true events, the 8-episode series dives into the flawed Buckley family, led by McCallany’s Harlan Buckley and Bello’s Mae Buckley, as their attempts to retain control of their crumbling North Carolina fishing empire drive them to increasingly dangerous means to keep themselves afloat.

Gerardo Celasco (The Devil in Ohio) and Michael Gaston (Daredevil: Born Again) have been set in recurring roles. Zach Roerig (Vampire Diaries) will appear as a guest star.

Weary will play Cane Buckley, Harlan’s only son who has a complicated relationship with his father but never stops trying to do...

Exclusive: Dorian Missick and Karla Souza are set as series regulars opposite Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia in Prime Video’s Obsession, a thriller series produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Atomic Monster.

Written and executive produced by Lisa Zwerling and Karyn Usher, the show is based on Catherine Ryan Howard’s 2021 international bestseller 56 Days. The story follows Oliver (Jogia) and Ciara (Cameron), who, after meeting randomly in a supermarket, fall for each other fast, and dangerously hard. 56 days later, homicide investigators arrive at Oliver’s apartment to find an unidentified body — brutally murdered and intentionally decomposed. Did he kill her? Did she kill him? Intercutting between an intense single day in the present investigation and the twisted trajectory of the young lovers’ affair in the past, the series is both a crime story and an erotic, psychological thriller.

Missick will play Karl. Disorganized and in the midst of a horny midlife crisis,...

Dexter: Original Sin has cast four new series regulars to join previously announced Patrick Gibson, who is taking over the titular serial killer role (in his younger years) made famous by Michael C. Hall in Showtime’s Dexter.

As production kicks off today in Miami with Clyde Phillips at the helm, James Martinez, Christina Milian (Falling Inn Love) and Alex Shimizu (The Blacklist) have joined the series portraying younger versions of Og characters.

Martinez plays Angel Batista (originally portrayed by David Zayas), an up-and-coming homicide detective who leads with his heart; Milian plays Maria Laguerta (Luna Lauren Velez), Miami Metro’s first female homicide detective; and Shimizu plays Vince Masuka (C.S. Lee), a forensic analyst who eagerly shares his expertise while relishing the chance to boss around his new intern, Dexter Morgan.

Wilson also joins the cast as a new character, Bobby Watt, the longtime partner and...

Explore the Glee Cast’s Net Worth and Careers Harry Shum Jr. as Mike Chang – $14 Million Net Worth Lea Michele as Rachel Berry – $12 Million Net Worth Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester – $10 Million Net Worth Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester – $9 Million Net Worth Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel – $8 Million Net Worth Darren Criss as Blaine Anderson – $5 Million Net Worth Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang – $4 Million Net Worth Heather Morris as Brittany S. Pierce – $4 Million Net Worth Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray – $4 Million Net Worth Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury – $3 Million Net Worth

From the halls of William McKinley High School to center stage, the Glee cast captured our hearts with their musical talents and infectious energy.

This beloved musical comedy-drama took the world by storm over a decade ago, leaving fans craving for more until its final bow in 2015.

Glee is a beloved musical comedy-drama that ran from May 19, 2009 to March...

Fifteen years ago, writer/director Judd Apatow hired documentary filmmaker Chris Wilcha to film a behind-the-scenes movie about the making of “Funny People” and changed Wilcha’s life forever when the documentarian moved from New York to Los Angeles to work on the project. After he was done with the shoot, Wilcha had a hard time finding documentary work and ultimately settled into a life of directing commercials, returning to his first love of non-fiction filmmaking only sporadically as he accumulated hard drive after hard drive of footage from unfinished projects. Apatow was stunned to learn what an effect he had had on Wilcha’s life. “I didn’t even know that he moved to L.A. for the job,” Apatow told IndieWire, “and that his mom has been mad at me for decades.”

The unexpected connections between people and the unknown ways in which they affect each other are...

Arnold Schwarzenegger will face a new foe in the second season of his Netflix series Fubar.

Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix series) has joined the action comedy as a former adversary — and former flame — of Schwarzenegger’s not-quite-retired CIA spy Luke Brunner. Production on Fubar‘s second season began in late April; a premiere date hasn’t been scheduled.

Moss will play Greta Nelso, a former East German operative who shares a passionate history with Luke. He’s tasked with stopping her threat to destroy the world — if she doesn’t destroy his life first.

Fubar is Schwarzenegger’s first starring role in a TV series. The show premiered in May 2023 and was renewed for season two a few weeks later. The first season revolved around Luke, on the verge of retirement, being pulled into a mission to save a fellow CIA officer, who turns out to be his daughter (Monica Barbaro). Milan Carter,...

Exclusive: We have one final addition to Ryan Coogler’s supernatural thriller for Warner Bros, starring Michael B. Jordan: Bmf‘s Christian Robinson.

As with all roles in the film, his is under wraps, along with the logline. As previously announced, Michael B. Jordan leads the ensemble, which will also feature Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Omar Benson Miller, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku, Hailee Steinfeld, Li Jun Li and Lola Kirke, along with newcomers yao, Miles Caton and Peter Dreimanis.

Coogler is joined in producing the film by Proximity Media’s Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The executive producers are Rebecca Cho, two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, and Will Greenfield. Pic is slated for release in theaters on March 7, 2025.

Bringing Jordan and Coogler back together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the film is the second from the collaborators...

The Neighborhood universe is expanding with a second series, Crutch. Paramount+ has picked up the half-hour, multi-camera comedy headlined by Tracy Morgan. It is set in the world of the popular CBS sitcom starring Cedric the Entertainer, which has been renewed for a seventh season.

Crutch hails from Owen Smith, who penned the pilot script, and The Neighborhood‘s production companies, Cedric’s A Bird and a Bear Entertainment, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Wendi Trilling TrillTV and CBS Studios.

It centers on its titular character Francois “Frank” Crutchfield (Morgan) – or “Crutch” to those who know him well – a Harlem widower whose empty-nest plans are put on hold after his millennial son and free-spirited daughter move back home.

Morgan and Cedric starred together on Morgan’s TBS comedy series The Last O.G., with Cedric as a series regular on Season 1 before segueing to recurring when The Neighborhood was picked up to series.

Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers from The Rookie season 6, episode 7.

Blair may be the villain in The Rookie season 6, as potential clues hint towards her true intentions. Tim sought help from Blair in episode 7, raising concerns about her strategic schemes. The finale of The Rookie season 6 may reveal Blair's true role as a villain, putting the main characters in danger.

The premiere of The Rookie season 6 foreshadowed a big villain reveal, and although they haven't been concretely identified yet, episode 7 further proved that the Big Bad could be hiding in plain sight. The ABC police procedural television series, created by Alexi Hawley, has gone through its fair share of villains over the course of its six seasons, with some being more memorable and iconic (Rosalind Dyer and Nick Armstrong) than others (Elijah Stone). If the popular fan theory concerning the Rookie season 6 bad guy (or gal) is true,...

Exclusive: The Handmaid’s Tale actor Sam Jaeger is joining Blumhouse and Universal’s Wolf Man alongside previously announced Julia Garner and Christopher Abbott. Cameras are currently rolling in New Zealand

The Leigh Whannell directed movie follows a family who is being terrorized by a lethal predator.

Whannell wrote the pic with Corbett Tuck, Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, the latter two who recently penned Sony’s Dumb Money.

Jason Blum is producing with Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell serving as EPs. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.

Jaeger is a series regular on the multiple Emmy Award winning Hulu/MGM series The Handmaid’s Tale, playing Mark Tuello. He started the series in Season 2 in a guest role which grew into a larger series regular. Jaeger also starred opposite Emily Deschanel in Netflix’s limited series The Devil in Ohio, and recently...

In Parish, Giancarlo Esposito stars as Gracián "Gray" Parish, a former New Orleans getaway driver lured back for one last job when his struggling taxi business threatens to fail. He runs afoul of Zimbabwean gangsters, the ruthless Tongai siblings, with a desperate old friend and accomplice (Skeet Ulrich). The six-episode crime thriller follows Gray as he tries to get out of big trouble, but unfortunately embroils his beloved wife (Paula Malcomson) and daughter (Arica Himmel) in the carnage.

Showrunners Eduardo Javier Canto and Ryan Maldonado, who previously produced Chicago P.D. and Tell Me a Story, adapt Parish from the British series The Driver. Canto wanted the American version to be "unique" and "justify its own existence," but was keenly aware of "what worked in the last version." The opportunity was "too good to pass up in terms of being able to comment on where we're at right now in this country.

Exclusive: James Wolk (Ordinary Joe) has been tapped as a lead opposite Annaleigh Ashford and Dennis Quaid in Paramount+ upcoming drama series Happy Face. Quaid will play the titular role of the real-life serial killer notoriously called “Happy Face” because of the smiley faces he drew on evidence where he bragged about his crimes. Ashford stars as his daughter, Melissa.

Happy Face is inspired by the true-life story of Melissa Moore; the Happy Face podcast from iHeartPodcasts and Moore; and the autobiography Shattered Silence, written by Moore with M. Bridget Cook.

In the series, jumping off from Moore’s true-life story. Happy Face (Quaid) is an incarcerated serial killer who also is Melissa’s (Ashford) once-beloved father. After decades of no contact, he finally finds a way to force himself back into his daughter’s life. In a race against the clock, Melissa must find out if an innocent man...

Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International is introducing EFM buyers to the dystopian thriller Share? starring Bradley Whitford and Melvin Gregg.

Ira Rosensweig directed the story set in a world where clicks and views are the only currency, and strangers trapped against their will must unite against the machine.

The film from The Traveling Picture Show Company and Wavemaker Creative was inspired by the true story of the contestant on the controversial Japanese reality show Susunu! Denpa Shōnen who lived in an apartment for 15 months surviving on prizes from in mail-in sweepstakes.

Whitford and Gregg star alongside Melvin Alice Braga,...

Kevin Williamson has signed a deal with Universal Television and has four projects in development, including a reimagining of the classic film Rear Window. Williamson is excited to work with Universal Television and emphasizes the importance of having partners who believe in and support creators. In addition to Rear Window, Williamson will also be creating an original series titled The Waterfront, as well as working on two other projects for Universal Television.

Iconic film and TV creator Kevin Williamson has set up shop at Universal Television in a deal that already has four projects in development, including a reimagining of the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic, Rear Window. Williamson is the mind behind box office hits such as Scream, and I Know What You Did Last Summer, while his television successes include Dawson's Creek, The Vampire Diaries, and The Following. This will mark his first return to the small screen since his CBS All Access series,...

Kevin Williamson, the writer of teen horror classics Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, has been a staple in the world of film and television since the 1990s, and Deadline reports today that Williamson’s next venture partners him up with Universal Television.

Deadline reports, “Under an overall deal for Williamson and his production banner Outerbanks Entertainment, he already has four high-profile projects in development at the TV studio that run the gamut from thriller to murder mystery to a family crime drama.”

“They include Rear Window, a series reimagining of the Hitchcock classic, which has been set up at Peacock,” the site’s report from writer Nellie Andreeva continues. “The It Girl, based on Ruth Ware’s book, with Sarah L. Thompson co-writing alongside Williamson, and The Waterfront, based on an original concept, have been taken out to the marketplace, I hear. The fourth project, The Game,...

Exclusive: Prolific TV and film writer-creator Kevin Williamson has set up shop at Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Under an overall deal for Williamson and his production banner Outerbanks Entertainment, which was finalized in December, he already has four high-profile projects in development at the TV studio that run the gamut from thriller to murder mystery to a family crime drama.

They include Rear Window, a series reimagining of the Hitchcock classic, which has been set up at Peacock. The It Girl, based on Ruth Ware’s book, with Sarah L. Thompson co-writing alongside Williamson, and The Waterfront, based on an original concept, have been taken out to the marketplace, I hear. The fourth project, The Game, based on the David Fincher film with the movie’s original writers John Brancato & Michael Ferris executive producing, is in internal development.

“Kevin is a prolific and brilliant creator with...

Can The Rookie‘s Officer John Nolan survive “The Curse of the Last Shift,” ahead of his wedding to Bailey?

All whilst a murderous criminal “mastermind” is in the loose?

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After unwrapping festive frights this month with Creepshow Holiday Special 2023 #1 and Creepshow Vol. 2 #4, Skybound and Cartel Entertainment will ring in the new year with more essential scares when Creepshow Vol. 2 #5 hits comic shop shelves on January 17th, and we have a look at preview pages from the pair of perilous stories featured in the final installment of Creepshow's second volume: Saladin Ahmed and Artyom Topilin's "Burning Ambition" and "Keep It Fed" by Db Andry, Tim Daniel, and Matthew Roberts.

You can check out the preview pages, chilling cover art, and the previous press release with additional details below, and to learn more about Creepshow Vol. 2 #5, be sure to visit Skybound's official website!

Press Release: Los Angeles 11/30/2023 — Today Skybound unveiled a horrifying first look at Creepshow Vol. 2 #5, the finale of the second volume of the smash-hit comic book anthology based on Greg Nicotero’s hit Shudder TV series produced and licensed by Cartel Entertainment.

Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast!

I am Valerie Complex, associate editor and film writer at Deadline. Today, I’m chatting with actress Mackenzie Lansing, who stars as Coral, the District Four tribute in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.

The film takes place years before Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) would become the tyrannical President of Panem, when the 18-year-old is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a postwar Capitol. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), the girl tribute from impoverished District 12.

Lansing is a French-American actress and writer based in New York and LA. She grew up in France and the Democratic Republic of Congo before moving to the U.S. to pursue acting. She started...

In addition to unwrapping festive frights this winter with Creepshow Holiday Special 2023 #1, Skybound and Cartel Entertainment have more scares in store for readers in Creepshow Vol. 2 #4, and ahead of the issue's December 20th release, we have a look at preview pages from “Killer Cart Corral” by Nick Dragotta and “The Amulet” by Alisa Kwitney and Mauricet!

You can check out the preview pages and the previous press release with additional details below, and to learn more about Creepshow Vol. 2 #4, be sure to visit Skybound's official website!

Press Release: Today Skybound revealed a first look at interior pages from Creepshow Vol. 2 #4, the next installment of the hugely anticipated five-issue comic book anthology based on Greg Nicotero’s hit Shudder TV series produced and licensed by Cartel Entertainment. Season 4 of the Shudder TV series of the same name is airing now on AMC and AMC+.

Brian Witten is overseeing on behalf of Nicotero’s Monster Agency Productions.

You may be familiar with Santa Claus, but do you know about Christmas Man? Daniel Kraus and Jonathan Wayshak introduce readers to a new festively frightful figure in Creepshow Holiday Special 2023 #1, an upcoming anthology comic from Skybound and Cartel Entertainment. Ahead of the one-shot's December 6th release (just in time for stocking stuffer season), we have a look at Skybound's preview pages from Creepshow Holiday Special 2023 #1, giving readers a chance to unwrap the holiday horrors of Kraus and Wayshak's "Christmas Man" as well as the seasonal scares of present stealing gone horribly wrong in James Asmus and Letizia Cadonici's "Package Thieves."

Below, you can check out the preview pages and the previous press release with additional details on this new one-shot anthology. To learn more about Creepshow Holiday Special 2023 #1, be sure to visit Skybound's official website!

Previous Press Release: Today Skybound announced the Creepshow Holiday Special #1. The all-new one shot...

Bradley Whitford delivers a powerful monologue in an exclusive clip from Share?, showcasing his impeccable acting chops. Melvin Gregg's detached performance adds an unusual dynamic to the aforementioned clip from Share?, contrasting with Whitford's intensity. Share? employs a fixed camera angle, putting a premium on the actors' performances and requiring physically engaging performances.

Bradley Whitford has come a long way since trying to best Adam Sandler in Billy Madison. In an exclusive clip from the new sci-fi mystery Share?, Whitford’s character, No. 6395873, tells No. 14 (Melvin Gregg) to “waste not want not” as the grizzled prisoner tries to impart some wisdom to his captive audience. Check out the brand-new, exclusive clip from Share? above.

The footage shows off Whitford’s impeccable acting chops as he performs a brief but powerful monologue, which itself alone sells the gravity of the scene. And it's a good thing Whitford brought his A-game,...