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“Reacher” is back.

Based on the book series by Lee Child, the Prime Video series once again finds our titular hero (Alan Ritchson) getting off the bus and getting into trouble. This time he is in Maine, recruited by local DEA agents looking to bust a bad guy – and get back an informant who has gone missing. And wouldn’t you know it, this seemingly random encounter ties back to a case from Reacher’s past?

If you want to know more about this season, we will happily delve deep into the colorful cast of Season 3 characters.

Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher in “Reacher” Season 3 (Credit: Amazon Studios) Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher, or, as he insists everyone calls him, just Reacher, is a former military police major. These days, though, he’s what you would call a drifter – all he carries is his Atm card, the clothes...

I learned about David Lynch’s passing in the most David Lynch possible way: doing jury duty. A fellow potential juror told me the news as we waited in the stark, Kafka-esque halls of L.A.’s Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice building. Instantly, the stone-faced bailiffs and unblinking prosecutors took on a subtle air of menace, as if I’d been sucked right into a cut scene from Twin Peaks or Lost Highway. When the Judge asked how I’d weigh eyewitness testimony, I couldn’t refrain from citing the power of framing in presenting evidence, or the inescapably unreliable nature of memory. The judge lectured me: “You do realize this is real-life, and not a television show?” I was quickly dismissed from jury duty.

Reading the odes to Lynch, his art, and the supremely unique notion of the “Lynchian” he left the world, many have lovingly called him a surrealist master.

January 2025 could mark a bleak month for very specific reasons, but in that month one can watch a nicely curated collection of David Bowie’s best performances. Nearly a decade since he passed, the iconic actor (who had some other trades) is celebrated with The Man Who Fell to Earth, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Linguini Incident, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and Basquiat. (Note: watch The Missing Pieces under Fire Walk with Me‘s Criterion edition for about three times as much Phillip Jeffries.) It’s a retrospective-heavy month: Nicole Kidman, Cameron Crowe, Ethan Hawke, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Paolo Sorrentino, and Sean Baker are given spotlights; the first and last bring with them To Die For and Take Out‘s Criterion Editions, joining Still Walking, Hunger, and A Face in the Crowd.

“Surveillance Cinema” brings Thx 1138, Body Double, Minority Report, and others, while “Love in Disguise” offers films by Lubitsch,...

This is our final round-up before the end of 2024, and it’s a good one. There are plenty of gift ideas lurking here––some choices to enjoy during time off, too. Note also that The Film Stage Holiday Gift Guide includes a list of my favorite cinema books from the last 12 months. One of those picks kicks off this column, and it is written by none other than the great Al Pacino.

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino (Penguin Press)

Al Pacino’s memoir, Sonny Boy, is easily one of the most eagerly awaited books of 2024. And for me, this look at the actor’s life and career more than lives up to the hype. Many highlights have already earned some social-media chatter––most notably young Al’s penis trauma (!), a near-death experience after a recent bout with Covid, and the reasons behind his decision to do Adam Sandler’s Jack and Jill.

Greek-Portuguese writer and director Paolo Marinou-Blanco (Empty Hands, Goodnight Irene) screened Dreaming of Lions, his absurdist black comedy film about assisted suicide and euthanasia, in the 10:30 p.m. slot at the fourth edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival on Friday night. But the cinema in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s Culture Square, its “new home of film,” was packed, and the audience reacted with much applause after experiencing the tragicomic rollercoaster ride that the movie provides.

Brazil’s Denise Fraga (The Other End) leads the cast of the film, which premiered at the recent Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, alongside 2022 European Film Promotion Shooting Star João Nunes Monteiro from Portugal. Asun Planas, Dinarte Freitas, António Durães, Alexander Tuji, Victoria Guerra, Sandra Faleiro, Joana Ribeiro (The Man Who Fell to Earth), and Roberto Bomtempo round out the cast.

Dreaming of Lions is the story of Gilda (Fraga), a terminally...

Nicolas Cage Thought He Was An Alien ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia )

Nicolas Cage’s flair for the eccentric might have otherworldly roots—or so he thought as a kid. The Face/Off actor revealed in an interview with Rampstyle magazine that he genuinely believed he was an alien growing up. And the twist? He was shocked to learn otherwise.

“I was certain I was from another planet,” Cage confessed, explaining how his father fueled the idea. “He felt like he had to introduce himself to me because I was such an alien.” That belief stayed with Cage until a doctor’s visit shattered his cosmic self-image. “I found out I had normal organs and a skeleton,” he shared. But that “alien” feeling didn’t just fade away—it shaped his journey. Struggling to connect with people, Cage found solace in David Bowie’s The Man Who Fell to Earth. That movie inspired...

If you’re more into the idea of staying home than heading out to your local theater, you’re in luck because all of this week’s brand new horror is available from the comfort of home.

Here’s all the new horror that released November 11 – November 17, 2024!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Melissa Barrera (Scream VI, Abigail) is back in Vertical’s new comedy-horror movie Your Monster, and the coming-of-rage horror romcom is now available on VOD at home.

The romantic monster movie puts a new spin on the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast. In the film, “After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming, monster living in her closet.”

“Your Monster tells the story of the soft-spoken actor Laura Franco, who is dumped by her longtime boyfriend...

Two years have gone by since we learned that Elizabeth Hurley (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery) had signed on to star in Piper, a new horror film from director Anthony Waller. More than a year has passed since the film had its world premiere at FrightFest… but now it’s ready for a wider release. Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has picked up Piper distribution rights and will be making it available to rent/own on all North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms, as well as on DVD, as of November 12th.

Back in 1995, director Waller made an impressive breakthrough with the thriller Mute Witness… then quickly squandered the good will he had earned with that movie by following it up with An American Werewolf in Paris. Waller has made a couple movies since the Paris debacle...

Much like every other Christopher Nolan movie, it took a hell lot of time for him to prepare for his 2006 sci-fi thriller The Prestige. Further, given his reputation in the industry, actors came flocking to the sets of Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman’s film, to have a role. But fate had a bizarre twist, given how the actor whom Nolan wanted, had already rejected the offer.

Christopher Nolan | image: HellaCinema, Cc By-sa 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Christopher Nolan wanted renowned actor David Bowie to appear in The Prestige as the real-life inventor Nikola Tesla. However, despite the iconic offer, Bowie had initially rejected the role, which led Nolan to practically beg the late actor. Thankfully, lacking Plan B, and having his eyes fixed on Bowie, the filmmaker finally managed to convince him.

Christopher Nolan was Desperate to Cast David Bowie in The Prestige

Oscar-winner Christopher Nolan has always been the...

It's official: Reacher star Alan Ritchson is Hollywood's newest obsession. The actor has just booked his latest project, an action movie titled Runner, which will be directed by Expend4bles' Scott Waugh.

According to Deadline, Ritchson will portray "a high-end courier who has three hours to transport an organ to save a seven-year-old girl in need of an immediate transplant. The seemingly simple mission turns deadly when the leader of a notorious crime syndicate becomes hell-bent on claiming the organ." Production on Runner will begin in March 2025 in London. The movie's screenplay, written by Miles Hubley and Tommy White, appeared on the 2023 Black List.

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"Runner with the driving force of...

While fast-paced action can be incredibly enjoyable, theres a lot to be said for a slow-burn sci-fi movie that takes its time to reveal its true nature. By allowing the space for atmosphere and complexity to grow and breathe, sci-fi stories can become all the more thought-provoking and philosophically rich when they dont underestimate the audience and allow for events to occur naturally without the need for endless explosions, chases, or blockbuster movie spectacles. A slower-paced sci-fi film allows for tension to build and the characters' motivations to reveal themselves.

Some of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made ran at a slower pace and rewarded viewers' patience with meaningful revelations. By focusing on characters over pure, mindless entertainment or giving room for striking visuals and a sense of discovery within the movies world, sci-fi stories can go from being merely good to truly great. Some of the most epic sci-fi...

Reacher is coming back. The fan-favorite Prime Video series has just been renewed for a fourth season.

Additionally, Prime Video confirmed that Season 3 of the Alan Ritchson-led series, which is based on the Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child, will debut in 2025. "Reacher has become a phenomenon that continues to resonate with our global customers beyond our wildest expectations and we are thrilled to bring the series back for an additional season," said Vernon Sanders, head of television at Amazon MGM Studios (via Variety). "We are looking forward to more action and adventure from the immensely talented team behind the series including Nick Santora, Alan Ritchson, Lee Child, Skydance and CBS Studios."

Related Reacher's Alan Ritchson Tapped to Lead New Film Based on Bestselling Novel

Reacher star Alan Ritchson is staying busy, with the actor booking another project as part of his three-picture deal with Amazon MGM Studios.

The...

The second season of Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power came to an end this week, and the finale seemed to leave little doubt as to the identity of the "Dark Wizard" played by Game of Thrones alum Ciarán Hinds.

However, all may not be as it seems when it comes to this mysterious and very powerful character.

We know that this blatantly evil sorcerer is an "Istar," and it was generally assumed that he must be Sarauman. Granted, it would be a pretty major change to the lore if this character "broke bad" prior to the events of Tolkien's trilogy, but so would the introduction of another Istari who was never mentioned in the saga at all.

This led to speculation that Hinds might be playing either Alatar or Pallando, the "Blue Wizards" who are never really discussed in any great detail in The Lord of the Rings...

Prime Video has already released a brief promo for this Thursday's season 2 finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, but an extended version has now been shared online which features quite a bit of new footage.

Spoilers for the previous episode follow.

It's not the best quality, but the video shows more of the fierce battle between Galadriel and Sauron that was teased in the first trailer. The Dark Lord is still in his Annatar form here - but as we've already seen, this makes him no less powerful.

We also have another shot of the Balrog, who was first awakened from his long slumber in the season 2 finale. The fiery demon will be unleashed from his cavern deep beneath Moria when King Durin refuses to listen to his son and digs far too deeply into the mountain.

Finally, we get a glimpse of the Dark Wizard (surely Saruman?...

The penultimate season 2 episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is now streaming, and despite featuring a massive battle and a couple of deaths (though we'd say Arondir is still kicking), it was a kiss between two characters that emerged as the biggest talking point.

Spoilers from this point on.

Though they never had a relationship in J.R.R. Tolkien's source material, Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Elrond (Robert Aramayo) locked lips in "Doomed To Die." Were these Elven comrades simply unable to contain their feelings any longer, giving in to their passionate desire for one another?

Not exactly.

The kiss was actually a strategic play on Elrond's part, as he was able to slip the captured Galadriel a cloak pin that she would later use to free herself from Adar. While some fans enjoyed this moment and are even "shipping" the characters, a lot of others...

The intense penultimate episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is now streaming, and "Doomed To Die" focused on the devastating Battle of Eregion, as Adar - with Galadriel as his prisoner - and his forces launched an attack on the Elven kingdom while Elrond and King Gil-glad mounted a desperate defence.

Spoilers follow.

With Durin unable to keep his word to Elrond by sending an army of Dwarves to bolster the Elven ranks, Adar ultimately emerges victorious, stabbing Arondir (possibly fatally) and seizing Galadriel's ring, Nenya, from Elrond before flinging the Elf to the ground.

Meanwhile, Celebrimbor realizes that Annatar has been Sauron all along, and he's been tricked into forging the nine rings for mortal men while his city crumbles around him.

Prime Video has now released a brief promo for next week's season 2 finale, and it sees the Dark Wizard (surely Saruman... right?...

Exclusive: An eponymous gender-swapped reimagination of the classic masked vigilante Zorro is in the works at CBS from CBS Studios, sources tell Deadline. Zorro hails from filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, his writer-director sister Rebecca Rodriguez and Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ Propagate.

John Hlavin (The Man Who Fell To Earth) has joined the project— following Sean Tetra who wrote the second iteration of Zorro— as co-writer alongside Rebecca Rodriguez. The duo will pen a new original script for CBS.

In this contemporary take, a young Latinx woman discovers that her long-deceased father was the legendary hero Zorro. She takes on his masked persona to defend the desperate citizens of her Austin, Texas community from the wealthy forces seeking to exploit them.

Executive producers include Robert Rodriguez; Ben Silverman, Rodney Ferrell and Howard T. Owens for Propagate; Geoff Clark, Eric Bromberg, Jay Weisleder and John Gertz (Zpi/rightsholder).

This is the...

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 4 is now streaming on Prime Video, and among the Ents (and Ent-wives), eerie Barrow-Wights and the debut of Tom Bombadil, the most significant talking point might be our biggest hint yet as to the true identity of The Stranger (Daniel Weyman).

Spoilers follow.

When Nori (Markella Kavanaugh) and Poppy (Megan Richards) get separated from their "Istar" friend after being whisked away by a sandstorm he caused (he still doesn't quite have a grasp of his powers), they encounter a group of larger Halflings who call themselves Stoors (Smeagol/Gollum is believed to have been a Stoorish Hobbit). After some initial hostilities, the Harfoots attempt to better explain who they were travelling with.

After describing the Stranger as "a giant" and "bigger than an Elf," Harfoot leader Gundabel sarcastically interrupts with, "oh, so he's a great big grand-elf?"

Say grand-elf...

The first three episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 are now streaming on Prime Video, and ep 2, "Where the Stars are Strange," introduces a mysterious character who might just turn out to be the secondary antagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy.

We know most of you will be well aware of who we're referring to, but just in case, spoilers follow.

After first catching up with Durin, Disa and the other Dwarves of Khazad-dûm, we find out who sent the masked marauders that have been tracking Nori, Poppy, and the Stranger through the deserts of Western Rhûn: A powerful sorcerer known only as the "Dark Wizard" (Game of Thrones alum Ciarán Hinds).

At first glance, there appears to be little doubt that this clearly wicked individual is Saruman, but there are other possibilities.

Rings of Power has taken a few liberties with certain aspects of Tolkien's works already,...

The first three episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power are now streaming on Prime Video, and the premiere wastes little time in taking us back to the Dawn of the Second Age to reveal the shocking origin of Sauron.

Major spoilers follow.

The first episode begins by introducing Sauron in his original form as a Maia spirit made flesh (played Slow Horses actor Jack Lowden) shortly after the defeat of his master, Morgoth.

Sauron gives a speech to a group of Orcs, attempting to convince them to embrace him as their new Dark Lord. However, Adar - now played by Sam Hazeldine - doesn't believe his would-be ruler has his "children's" best interests at heart, and instigates an uprising which results in Sauron's "death."

Though Sauron's spirit appears to leave his body, his blood flows into the earth, and the shape-shifting villain is eventually able to take the form of.

Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” is a meta ghost story, according to legendary author Rachel Kushner.

The California writer, whose latest novel “Creation Lake” will be released in September, appeared on the Criterion Channel’s “Adventures in Moviegoing” series to share her favorite San Francisco-set films. Of course, “Vertigo” was on the top of her list, both due to her personal connections to the locations captured by Hitchcock onscreen and just how much the 1958 film still haunts the city itself 70 years later.

The beloved thriller stars James Stewart as a former police detective who becomes obsessed with a woman (Kim Novak) he is hired to investigate. (Read our list of Alfred Hitchcock’s best movies here.)

“I find ‘Vertigo’ to be an exquisite movie,” Kushner said. “There’s this sense of holographic ghosts hovering in San Francisco and come to think of it, the holograph is an imagery that is actually...

"Eldest, that's what I am... Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn... He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside."

We recently got confirmation that a fan-favorite character from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Tom Bombadil, will make his live-action debut in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, and the actor who will bring the "Merry Fellow" to life, Rory Kinnear, has now confirmed that the Prime Video series will be doing something "different" with the character.

If you've read Tolkien's seminal trilogy, you should be very familiar with this mysterious character, who was introduced along with his wife Goldberry when Frodo and his company made their way through the Old Forest in The Fellowship of the Ring. Bombadil was clearly a very powerful individual, who was actually able to...

Turkish director Zeki Demirkubuz drama Life scooped the top Golden Bee award for Best Feature Film at Malta’s second Mediterrane Film Festival over the weekend.

This year’s selection was overseen by Italian film festival veteran Teresa Cavina, who pulled together a line-up of 45 works with Mediterranean basin connections, 15 of which were in the main Competition.

In the backdrop to the festival, leading English-language newspaper The Times of Malta continued to probe whether the event’s budget of $4.1M budget (€3.9) was good use of taxpayers’ money on the island nation, with a population of roughly 500,000 people.

Last year, the newspaper heavily criticized the event for allegedly splashing cash on business class fights and luxury hotels for actors, directors and journalists as well as a lavish black-tie closing event, fronted by UK star David Walliams.

Replying to fresh questions from the newspaper, Malta Film Commission head Johann Grech said the...

We recently learned that Tom Bombadil (Rory Kinnear) will be introduced during season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and we now have confirmation that some far more nefarious creatures from the same never-adapted section of The Fellowship of the Ring will also make an appearance when the Prime Video series returns to our screens.

Empire Magazine has shared its Rings of Power season 2 covers along with a new still, and they feature Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, Charlie Vickers as Sauron (in both his previous Halbrand and new Annatar forms), and a first look at the terrifying Barrow-wights.

In J.R.R. Tolkien's book, the four hobbits encounter these undead horrors and almost come to a nasty end until Bombadil makes the save. We're not sure how they'll factor into the show, but the image suggests that it'll be Galadriel who runs into some eerie glowing fog on the Barrow Downs.

Filming has begun on Outrageous, a six-part series about the Mitford sisters, with a cast including Bessie Carter, Joanna Vanderham, Anna Chancellor, and James Purefoy.

The brand-new drama, created and written by Sarah Williams and based on Mary Lovell’s definitive biography The Mitford Girls, is made by Firebird Pictures and co-commissioned by BritBox International (for North America) and UKTV.

Photo courtesy of BritBox; Credit: Kevin Baker

Outrageous is the story of six aristocratic sisters who refused to play by the rules, their often scandalous lives making headlines worldwide. Set against the gathering storm clouds of the 1930s, masked by the decadence, frivolity, and lavishness of British high society, Outrageous will bring the full, uncensored story of the Mitford sisters to the screen for the first time – a story of family bonds and betrayals, public scandal, political extremism, love, heartache, and even imprisonment.

The show explores how and why these women,...

Since Showtime is a pay-for-view cable channel, the execs aren't tied to the ratings like regular commercial channels. However, they still have to run programs that will keep viewers subscribed. Which of their shows will be cancelled or renewed? We'll have to wait and see.

Scripted Showtime shows listed: The Affair, American Gigolo, Back to Life, Billions, Black Monday, Californication, The Chi, City on a Hill, The Curse, Dexter, Dexter: New Blood, Dice, Episodes, Escape at Dannemora, The First Lady, Flatbush Misdemeanors, A Gentleman in Moscow, George & Tammy, The Good Lord Bird, Happyish, Homeland, House of Lies, I Love That for You, I'm Dying Up Here, Kidding, The L Word: Generation Q, Let the Right One In, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Masters of Sex, Moonbase 8, Nurse Jackie, On Becoming a God in Central Florida, Our Cartoon President, Penny Dreadful, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,...

The Mediterrane Film Festival announced its complete program ahead of its second edition, taking place in Malta’s capital of Valetta from June 22-30. New titles selected include recent Cannes highlights in Coralie Fargeat’s Demi Moore-led body horror “The Substance” and Roberto Minvervini’s “The Damned,” which join previously announced films like Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Kinds of Kindness” and Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw The TV Glow.”

Further program additions include Mahdi Fleifel’s Directors’ Fortnight standout “To a Land Unknown,” which Variety labeled “a confident, angry, fully-realized drama,” and Truong Minh Quy’s Un Certain Regard breakout “Viet and Nam.” An extended version of the Malta-shot “Jurassic World: Dominion” will play as part of the Malta Expanded strand, while on the retrospective end of the program, the festival will honor David Bowie with screenings of Nicolas Roeg’s “The Man Who Fell to Earth” and Lisa Azuelos’s “My Way,...

The Mediterrane Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its second edition (June 22-30), with Cannes premiere The Count Of Monte Cristo set to open the event.

Scroll down for the full line-up

Directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière, the film is among seven titles in the out of competition strand, which also includes Jane Schoenbrun’s Sundance title I Saw The TV Glow and Tarsem Singh’s Dear Jassi.

The 15-strong competition section features Cannes competition titles Kinds Of Kindness and The Substance, and Berlin premiere The Strangers case starring Omar Sy,

Seven films compete in the environment-themed Mare Nostrum section,...

Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival has set the full competition and industry lineup for its second edition, which runs June 22 to 30 in the country’s capital, Valletta.

The programme includes 15 films in competition, seven out-of-competition, and seven films competing in the environment-themed Mare Nostrum section, topped up by 14 immersive projects.

Select competition titles include Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest Kinds of Kindness, Coralie Fargeat’s body horror The Substance, and The Damned by Italian filmmaker Roberto Minvervini. All three films debuted at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Scroll down to see the full lineup. Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate director Tim Miller will serve on the competition jury.

The festival has also set its industry lineup, featuring a series of masterclass sessions. Speakers include editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis, production designer Nathan Crowley, casting director Margery Simkin, and composer Simon Franglen...

The first plot details for Reacher Season 3 have been revealed. Anthony Michael Hall has shared new insight into his villainous character, Zachary Beck, and how his path crosses that of Alan Ritchson's Jack Reacher in the season premiere.

While speaking with Screen Rant to promote his new film, Trigger Warning, Hall opened up about joining Reacher for its third season, beginning with how he felt about his new co-star, Alan Ritchson. "Well, first of all, I like Alan a lot. He's a standup guy. He's fun to work with. He's very serious about the filmmaking aspect. I mean, it's a television show we're making, but it's streaming all around the world. And I know that he's put in his time; he's 41," the actor shared. "He's a very nice guy; very humble guy. And he's very personable too. He's very cool with people on the set."

Related Reacher Set Photos...

Prime Video recently released the first trailer for the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, giving us a glimpse of several new and returning characters who will be back to continue the battle to project Middle-earth from Sauron and his forces this August.

One familiar face was significant by her absence, however, and we now know why.

EW reports that Nazanin Boniadi, who played the human healer Bronwyn in season 1, will not reprise the role. The site claims that her reason for leaving the show is due to her decision to take a break from acting in 2022 to focus her attention on a real-world crisis that developed in her home country of Iran.

"I stepped away from acting in September 2022, to focus solely on the #WomanLifeFreedom uprising in Iran and to advocate for the people of my homeland who have been risking everything for freedom,...

Alan Ritchson's Jack Reacher is about to come face-to-face with someone (surprisingly) larger than him. Dutch bodybuilder Olivier Richters, nicknamed "The Dutch Giant," has joined the cast of Reacher Season 3 in the role of Paulie.

After Reacher Season 3 cast member Anthony Michael Hall prematurely announced Richters' casting to CinemaBlend earlier this week, Prime Video officially confirmed the latest addition with a post on the official Reacher Instagram account that shows Richters crossing out and replacing Reacher's name on a trailer door with "Paulie." The caption reads, "Reacher isn't going to like that. [The Dutch Giant] has arrived to Season 3." Richters is best known for playing Ursa in Black Widow (2021) and Hauke in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). He will next appear as Krom in Borderlands, which hits theaters this August.

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After wrapping a publicity tour for his latest movie, Guy Ritchie's The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Alan Ritchson is back in Canada to finish production on Reacher Season 3. New photos have been shared online following his return to set, which tease a possible Season 3 fight scene.

Four set photos from Reacher Season 3 were recently posted on the social media platform X, showing Ritchson filming in Millbrook, Ontario. While not much can be pulled from the images, besides the same shiny black car appearing in each one, Ritchson does appear to be holding the shaft of an unknown yard tool, which was seemingly taken from the storefront in the final photo. While purely speculative, it's possible that a fight scene is being filmed for Reacher Season 3 that finds Ritchson's title character looking for and grabbing a makeshift weapon.

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Cast additions have been revealed for Reacher Season 3 on Prime Video.

Per Variety, the third season of Reacher will bring in Anthony Michael Hall (Halloween Kills) and Sonya Cassidy (The Man Who Fell to Earth) in new roles. Hall will be playing a character named Zachary Beck, the owner of a rug import company suspected by Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) to be a front for a criminal operation. Zachary is described as a "formidable and successful businessman [as well as a] widow and single father of a 20-year-old son, Richard." Cassidy, meanwhile, has been cast as Susan Duffy, an "extremely intelligent and tough DEA agent from Boston with a sharp and sarcastic sense of humor."

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Anthony Michael Hall first rose to fame as a child star,...

Anthony Michael Hall and Sonya Cassidy will join the cast of Reacher season 3 on Prime Video. Both stars will play new characters opposite Alan Ritchson's Jack Reacher. Anthony Michael Hall will play potentially corrupt businessman Zachary Beck and Sonya Cassidy will play DEA agent Susan Duffy.

Reacher has cast some of the new characters that will surround its hero in the upcoming season 3. The Prime Video action show, which is based on the Jack Readcher book series by Lee Child, stars Alan Ritchson as the titular drifter with a heart of gold. Season 1 followed Reacher helping uncover a conspiracy in the fictional town of Margrave, Georgia, while season 2 (which featured an almost entirely new supporting cast) saw Reacher work with his old military police unit to solve the murder of one of their former teammates.

Prime Video has now announced that two new cast members have been brought on...

Anthony Michael Hall and Sonya Cassidy have joined the cast of “Reacher” as series regulars for the upcoming third season.

Season 3 of the Alan Ritchson-led action show is based on the seventh book in Lee Child’s bestselling “Jack Reacher” series, titled “Persuader.” In the novel, Reacher goes undercover to rescue an informant held by an enemy from his past.

Hall joins the series as Zachary Beck, who is described as “a formidable and successful businessman” as well as “a widow and single father of a 20-year-old son, Richard.” Zachary owns a rug import company that Reacher and his associates believe is covering for a more nefarious operation.

Cassidy has been cast as Susan Duffy, who is “an extremely intelligent and tough DEA agent from Boston with a sharp and sarcastic sense of humor.” Cassidy is best known for “The Man Who Fell to Earth” and “Lodge 49.”

Hall is represented by Untitled,...

Anthony Michael Hall (Bosch: Legacy) and Sonya Cassidy (The Man Who Fell To Earth) will join Alan Ritchson and Maria Sten as series regulars in the upcoming third season of Reacher.

Based on Lee Child’s novel Persuader, Reacher must go undercover to rescue an informant held by a haunting foe from his past.

Hall will play Zachary Beck. A formidable and successful businessman, Beck is a widower and single father of a 20-year-old son, Richard. He is the owner of a rug import company that Reacher and his cohorts suspect is a cover for a more nefarious operation.

Cassidy portrays Sarah Duffy, an extremely intelligent and tough DEA agent from Boston with a sharp and sarcastic sense of humor.

Reacher Season 3 is currently filming in Toronto. The renewal was announced in December 2023, two weeks before season two premiered on Prime Video.

Written for television by Nick Santora, Reacher is produced by Amazon MGM Studios,...

Today, Prime Video announced it has ordered the Untitled Renée Ballard project to series. The series is based on the work by New York Times best-selling author Michael Connelly. Connelly will executive produce under his Hieronymus Pictures banner alongside Fabel Entertainment. Michael Alaimo and Kendall Sherwood will both serve as showrunners. The 10-episode order of the drama series will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The Untitled Renée Ballard series follows Detective Renée Ballard, who is tasked with running the LAPD’s new cold case division—a poorly funded, ... Read more...

Prime Video revealed that it has ordered the Untitled Renée Ballard project to series Friday.

Based on the work by New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, who will executive produce under his Hieronymus Pictures banner alongside Fabel Entertainment, the show will be helmed by showrunners Michael Alaimo and Kendall Sherwood.

“It is so exciting to bring Renée Ballard to the screen and to do it with Prime Video, my streaming partners for going on 10 years,” Connelly said. “This show will have the same authenticity and propulsive momentum of Bosch: Legacy. Fans of the books will love it.”

The 10-episode order will premiere exclusively on Prime Video, following Detective Renée Ballard as she takes charge of the LAPD’s new cold case division, an under-funded all-volunteer unit with the largest caseload in the city. Per the show’s description, “When Ballard uncovers a larger conspiracy during her investigations, she’ll...

The Bosch-iverse is growing.

Amazon’s Prime Video has placed a series order for a second spinoff of the crime drama. The untitled series will focus on Renée Ballard, an LAPD detective who’s a major character in several novels from author Michael Connelly, the creator of the Harry Bosch character and an executive producer on both Prime Video’s Bosch and its Freevee spinoff/sequel, Bosch: Legacy.

The pickup comes a week after Bosch: Legacy concluded its second season on Freevee.

Michael Alaimo (The Closer, The Man Who Fell to Earth) and Kendall Sherwood (Your Honor) will serve as showunners and executive producers on the new series. The two previously worked together on TNT’s Major Crimes. Connelly and Fabel Entertainment’s Henrik Bastin and Melissa Aouate, EPs of both Bosch series, will also executive produce. Fabel’s Jasmine Russ is a co-ep, as are Jamie Boscardin Martin,...

The Bosch universe is expanding further. Prime Video has given a 10-episode series order to the Untitled Renée Ballard project, a Bosch spinoff about the LAPD’s Cold Case Division.

The newly greenlighted series is one of two projects inspired by the work of bestselling author Michael Connelly that has been in the works at Amazon MGM Studios since February. The other, the Untitled J. Edgar project, remains in development. It follows Harry Bosch’s former partner, Detective Jerry Edgar, who is tapped for an undercover FBI mission in Little Haiti, Miami.

The Untitled Renée Ballard project is centered around a character that has not appeared on the two Bosch series to date. It follows Detective Renée Ballard, who is tasked with running the LAPD’s new cold case division—a poorly funded, all-volunteer unit with the largest case load in the city. Ballard approaches these frozen-in-time cases with empathy and determination.

Role Play is an upcoming film on Prime Video that combines elements of True Lies, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and modern sex comedies for a fun and explosive cocktail of a movie. The story follows a woman named Emma who leads a secret life as a professional assassin, and when her husband discovers her secret, their family and the lives of everyone around them are put at risk. The film stars Kaley Cuoco and David Oyelowo, along with Connie Nielsen and Bill Nighy, and is directed by Thomas Vincent. Role Play premieres on Prime Video on January 12.

Kaley Cuoco and David Oyelowo live their own version of True Lies in the first trailer for Role Play, an upcoming movie from Prime Video that premieres on the streaming platform on January 12. The famous 1994 action comedy directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis already had a new version...

Fresh off the first season of Based on a True Story, Kaley Cuoco is jumping right into another marriage riddled with secrets in Prime Video’s Role Play.

Cuoco’s character Emma has the picture-perfect life in suburban New Jersey, complete with two children and a loving husband (played by Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ David Oyelowo). But because that would make for a pretty boring movie, Emma has a little secret — she’s an assassin for hire, which her husband discovers when the couple decides to spice up their marriage with some role play. (Get it? Like the title of the movie?...

Con-Air and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider director Simon West will shoot his upcoming historic drama Antara in Saudi Arabia in the country’s growing production hub of Neom.

Based on a true story, the film revolves around Antara ibn Shaddad, an imprisoned warrior who was propelled to stardom in the sixth century, both as a knight and a poet.

The film is co-produced by writer and producer Alexander Amartei and producer Stuart Sutherland. Sutherland has experience of working in Saudi Arabia, having been a co-producer on the Gerard Butler-starring action picture Kandahar, which also shot in the country.

The production is scheduled to spend 12 weeks at Neom in northwest Saudi Arabia from early 2024.

The film will tap into Neom’s 40% cash rebate for feature films, TV dramas, reality shows, documentaries and commercials. It will be based at Neom...

Simon West, the director of Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and The Expendables 2, has set his next movie.

Based on a true story, swords-and-sandals epic Antara will follow Antara ibn Shaddad, a slave in the sixth century who won his freedom and became a knight and one of the most famous poets in ancient Arabia. The film will be set against the backdrop of the Neom region in northwest Saudi Arabia and is co-produced by writer and producer Alexander Amartei. Celtic Arabia’s Stuart Sutherland (Killing Eve, Born A King, The Man Who Fell To Earth), is also a co-producer and recently co-produced Kandahar, starring Gerard Butler, in the Kingdom.

Production in Neom, home to a proposed $500 billion megacity, is scheduled for 12 weeks to commence in early 2024, based at Bajdah Studios and tapping into the region’s 40 percent cash rebate program.

“Bringing the story of Antara ibn Shaddad...

Nearly a year has gone by since we learned that Elizabeth Hurley (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery) had signed on to star in Piper, a new horror film from director Anthony Waller. Now The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the movie is set to have its world premiere at FrightFest this Sunday, August 27th – and ahead of the premiere, a trailer for Piper has arrived online! You can check it out in the embed above.

Back in 1995, director Waller made an impressive breakthrough with the thriller Mute Witness… then quickly squandered the good will he had earned with that movie by following it up with An American Werewolf in Paris. Waller has made a couple movies since the Paris debacle – the 2000 Bill Pullman thriller The Guilty, the 2009 sci-fi horror film 9 Miles Down – and here’s hoping that Piper will earn him some positive attention again.

Scripted by Waller...

Hersha Parady, who won the hearts of Little House on the Prairie viewers with her 1977-1980 portrayal of Walnut Grove schoolteacher and Ingalls Family friend Alice Garvey, died yesterday in Norfolk, Virginia, following surgery last month for the brain cancer meningioma. She was 78.

Her death was announced by her son Jonathan Peverall. Parady died in Peverall’s hometown of Norfolk.

In a Facebook post last night, co-star and friend Alison Arngrim, who played the troublemaking Nellie Oleson on Little House, wrote, “Our wild, untameable, talented Hersha has left us. Rest in power.”

Although Parady made her TV debut in 1971 on the series Bearcats! and appeared that decade on Mannix, The Waltons and CBS Afternoon Playhouse, she debuted in her signature role of the Little House teacher in 1977, beginning a three-season run that would end with one of the series’ most shocking and well-remembered installments: The February 4, 1980, episode titled “May We Make Them Proud: Part I.

Big-name Hollywood actors like Emma Stone, Don Cheadle, and Harrison Ford have appeared in excellent TV shows, but they often go unnoticed in the crowded streaming market. Shows featuring these actors, such as Miracle Workers with Daniel Radcliffe and On Becoming A God In Central Florida with Kirsten Dunst, are highly underrated and worth seeking out for their stellar performances. Despite the star power of actors like Julia Roberts in Gaslit and Chiwetel Ejiofor in The Man Who Fell to Earth, these shows have remained under the radar but offer gripping stories and excellent performances in their respective genres.

An increase in prestige TV means that more big-name Hollywood actors are taking television roles, but it also means it's easier for great shows to slip through the cracks. Movie stars including Emma Stone, Don Cheadle, and Harrison Ford have all featured in excellent television series in recent years, but in such a crowded market,...

Jules is a sci-fi comedy-drama film directed by Marc Turtletaub from a screenplay by Gavin Steckler. The sci-fi film follows the story of an old man who lives a quiet life but his life gets upended when a UFO crashed into his backyard and an alien becomes his houseguest. Soon, his quiet life gets thrown into chaos as his nosy neighbors get involved in his life and the government closes in on the alien’s location. Jules stars the always brilliant Ben Kingsley in the lead role with Jane Curtin, Harriet Sansom Harris, and Zoe Winters taking on supporting roles. So, if you loved Jules here are some similar movies for you to check out next.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Universal Pictures

Synopsis: Journey back to the magic and adventure of “one of the great American films” (Leonard Maltin) with E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,...

Our favorite angel and demon duo are back in “Good Omens” Season 2: All six episodes hit Prime Video streaming on July 28. This time around, the odd couple is tasked with helping hide Gabriel (Jon Hamm) from both sides of the celestial divide until he can regain his memory.

Here are the returning and new characters and what other projects you may have seen the cast in before.

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David Tennant as Crowley

Tennant, best known as the 10th Doctor on “Doctor Who,” plays fallen angel Crowley, whose relationship with Aziraphale pre-dates the creation of humans. The stylish demon often finds himself afoul of both heaven and hell. The Scottish actor also starred in “Broadchurch” and Marvel’s “Jessica Jones.”

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Michael Sheen as Aziraphale

The Welsh actor, whose films include “Underworld,” “Frost/Nixon” and “The Queen,” plays fussy angel Aziraphale. Unlike his fellow cherubim, he has developed a...