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It’s been a packed week for simulcasts and returning favorites, with fantasy epics, monster-slaying squads, and sci-fi oddities all trading top spots. Below, you’ll find quick, useful snapshots of each series—what it’s about, who’s behind it, and who’s in it—so you can jump straight to what interests you most.

Per your request, this countdown follows your list exactly and runs from 10 down to 1. Each entry includes concise plot context plus core staff and cast details to make it easy to decide what to queue up next.

10. ‘Solo Leveling -ReAwakening-‘ (2025) Aniplex

The second season of ‘Solo Leveling’ continues Sung Jin-woo’s ascent as...

The next spinoff of The Rookiegets a big filming update. A new iteration of The Rookie is currently being developed by ABC, 20th Television, and Lionsgate Television. Coming after The Rookie: Feds' cancellation, the project would be the next spinoff for the popular police procedural. It's currently titled The Rookie North, with franchise creator Alexi Hawley writing the pilot script.

The Rookie North is not yet picked up. After the pilot is filmed and edited, it will be shown to ABC. The network will then decide whether it wants to move forward with the series or pass on it. But in new comments, the franchise creator offered a window into filming plans.

Ross Harris is honoring his cousin Liam Payne with a new song. On Sunday, the musician released “Bones,” a track he wrote in tribute to Payne about the difficulties of dealing with grief.

“I’ve been back and forth about releasing this song a dozen times. It’s the most personal thing I’ve ever written – which made the idea of releasing it absolutely terrifying,” Harris wrote on Instagram. “After my cousin passed on October 16th, writing this song (with the extremely talented Jordan Round) gave me an outlet for my grief.

After the success of his "Lord of the Rings" movies, director Peter Jackson could do no wrong. He was beloved by the Hollywood establishment, beloved by the Academy, and beloved by fantasy nerds the world over. His "Rings" movies were phenomenal productions, telling an epic story that took a trio of three-hour movies to cover, and Jackson was rewarded with geek world canonization and permission to make whatever dream movie he wanted. So, he followed "Lord of the Rings" with a slick, expensive, and utterly self-indulgent remake of "King Kong," a $207 million, 187-minute spectacular featuring cinema's favorite giant ape.

With "King Kong" out of his system, it was time for...

Stars: Colin Egglesfield, Dean Cameron, Liam Woodrum, Luna Fujimoto, Sarah Brooks, Simone Lockhart, Toni Weiss, Francesca Barker McCormick, Scott Peat, Hunter Nance | Written by Jeffrey Primm, Dominic Arcelin | Directed by Jeffrey Primm

213 Bones is a retro-styled slasher – a deliberate throwback to the golden age of late-’90s horror, evoking films like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Set in the decade itself, the story follows a group of anthropology students preparing for exams, only to find themselves hunted by a masked killer. Alongside their professor, local authorities, and a handful of side characters, the dwindling group must try to uncover the truth before they end up the next victims.

The Hart Hanson series Boneshas a very dedicated fan base. Premiering in 2005, the procedural introduced audiences to Temperance Brennan, played by Emily Deschanel. The character is an anthropologist, forensic anthropologist, and kinesiologist and...well, dedicated to bones. Get it? Her relationship with Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) captivated fans and earned the series a 12-year run, ending in 2017. Now, all these years later, fans still love hearing stories about the cast. When the cast reunited for the Bones: 20th Anniversary Retrospective panel, at the Televerse Festival, we learned a lot about on-set pranks.

During the panel, Boreanaz began to reveal some of the pranks the cast used to all do together.

Tubi is kicking off September with dozens of familiar titles, including a range of horror films like “Crawl,” “Fright Night” and “Lake Placid” ahead of the fall season.

The streamer also plans to add the popular animated action-comedy, “Archer, which follows super spy Sterling Archer and the global missions of his dysfunctional team of secret agents. The September lineup will also feature TV series like “Sabrina The Teenage Witch,” Season 5 and 6 of “Community,” “The Steve Harvey Show” and more.

Other film and TV offerings include “King Kong,” “Max Payne,” Black Knight,” “Blood And Bone,” “Stuck With You,” “Terror Lake Drive,” “Coming To America” and “Cuban Fury.” Plus, two new original thrillers arrive this month.

Here are all the new titles coming to Tubi in September.

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“Rel Talk” – Lil Rel Howery brings signature humor to Chicago’s What’s Funny Comedy Festival in a personal, hilarious, high-energy stand-up performance.

Anyone searching for clues about A Man on the InsideSeason 2 can tuck their magnifying glass back into their pocket (for now), as Netflix has dropped a dossier of details about the sophomore season of the critically acclaimed Ted Danson comedy series from The Good Place creator Mike Schur — including confirmation of its release date, a synopsis, casting update, and a batch of photos offering a first look at the sleuthing shenanigans coming up this season with retiree-turned-private eye Charles Nieuwendyk back at the helm.

Netflix has confirmed that A Man on the Inside Season 2 will become available to stream on Nov. 20, 2025, which is one day short of a year since...

Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz worked together for 12 years on "Bones," which might make you think they're absolutely sick of each other. On the contrary, the two stars of Fox's offbeat procedural, who played Temperance "Bones" Brennan and Agent Seeley Booth, respectively, remained friends throughout the show and have continued to do so in the years since. Much of that is down to Deschanel and Boreanaz adhering to one condition throughout their time on the series, whereby they essentially gave each other permission to walk away without warning if they started getting on the other one's nerves.

Luckily, that seems to have been a rare occurrence, with the pair clearly...

The title may sound rather random, but 213 bones is the total amount of bones in the adult human skeleton – some theorise it is actually anywhere between 206 – 214, but that’s a bone of contention we don’t have to worry about today.

The year is 1993 – grunge music can be heard from every car stereo, Bill Clinton is inaugurated as the US president and there isn’t a smartphone in sight. However, 1993 is going to be an infamous year for the anthropology students of Bristol Falls College. You see, there is a killer on the loose terrorising everyone that has taken part in a group assignment arranged by anthropology teacher Kelly. The...

Fox's police procedural drama series Bones premiered on Sept. 13, 2005, and it ran for 12 seasons and 246 episodes until its series finale on Mar. 28, 2017. Eight years after the show's finale, lead stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz reunited for the show's 20th anniversary.

The duo posed together on the red carpet at the Bones 20th Anniversary Retrospective event during the Television Academy's Inaugural Televerse Festival. The duo played forensic anthropologist Temperance "Bones" Brennan and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, respectively. While speaking at the event, Boreanaz revealed that Deschanel's singing on set was driving him "crazy," per People.

The actor recalled that the lead actress and others, who included Eric Millegan, who played Dr.

The stars of Bones, Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, have reunited to celebrate the hit TV series' 20th anniversary. Bones premiered back in 2005 and had a legendary 12-season run on Fox.

A photo gallery posted on Reddit shows Deschanel and Boreanaz together on the red carpet of the Bones 20th Anniversary Retrospective event during the Television Academy's Inaugural Televerse Festival. The two are seen hugging on the red carpet and later talking on stage and smiling while high-fiving during a panel discussing the show. Commentors were surprised to see how both Deschanel and Boreanaz haven't aged a day since the show wrapped eight years ago.

"They both look exactly the...

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its September titles. The Tubi September 2025 slate includes Tubi Originals, TV series, and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, drama, horror, kids and family, sci-fi and fantasy, and thriller titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive Originals, and nearly 250 live channels.

You can watch the Tubi September 2025 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices, including Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi website.

Tubi Originals

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Dark Secret – 9/12

When a couple takes in a new roommate,...

It's been said many times before, but it bears repeating, especially for easily triggered hardcore fans: To keep a long-running series fresh for writers, cast members, and viewers, producers/showrunners need to shake things up, and this occasionally means writing out a popular character. Sometimes, they've no choice in the matter. McLean Stevenson and Wayne Rogers both left "M*A*S*H" after its fourth season because they felt they'd outgrown their characters (the former wrongly believed he was on the cusp of television stardom). Shelley Long bolted "Cheers" after the hit sitcom's fifth season to launch a semi-successful movie career.

And sometimes it's just good storytelling to take a beloved character in a wholly unexpected direction, which is exactly what Hart Hanson and the "Bones" creative team did with the Jeffersonian Institute's oddly endearing uber-nerd Zack Addy, played by Eric Millegan. Obviously, this was still fairly early in the show's 12-season run,...

David Boreanaz was celebrating the 20th anniversary of Bones at a recent event when he told a story about Betty White, who appeared as a guest star in 2015. “Emily (Deschanel) and I are waiting for her,” he remembered, per People. “And she’s like, ‘Good to see you. Oh, good to see you. You’re so nice. You’re so pretty.’ She goes up to Emily — ‘Oh, you’re so pretty.’”

Her reaction to Boreanaz had a different flavor. “She looks at me, she goes, ‘Holy shit, I want to fuck you.’”

Boreanaz burst out laughing, the usual reaction White got when she delivered a dirty line in her sweet grandma voice. Here are seven more times White broke up audiences by delivering naughty jokes…

1 Where No Man Has Gone Before

At William Shatner’s roast, White managed to scorch Shatner and George Takei with a single burn. “I’ve...

David Boreanaz is sharing Betty White‘s hilarious reaction to meeting him!

The 56-year-old actor met Betty on the set of Bones when she guest starred on a season 11 episode of the show in 2015.

David recalled getting to meet the late actress at the Bones: 20th Anniversary Retrospective panel at the inaugural Televerse Festival on Saturday (August 16).

According to costar T.J. Thyne, Betty was a “troublemaker” while she was on set – and that attitude started from the moment she greeted David with an Nsfw comment!

Keep reading to find out more…

David told the crowd watching the panel that Betty greeted the whole cast and crew when she arrived.

He reenacted her greeting people on set, including costar Emily Deschanel, and said, “[Betty's] like, ‘Good to see you. Oh, good to see you. You’re so nice. You’re so pretty.’ She goes up to Emily — ‘Oh, you’re so pretty.

If your watchlist needs a quick tune up, this week brings a handful of titles that are on their way out. We pulled together the key details on each one so you can jump in fast, know who made them, and what they are about. The window runs from Monday August 18 through Sunday August 24, so plan your movie nights now while everything is still available.

Below you will find five departures spread across the week. Each entry includes the essentials on story, cast, and creators, along with the specific date each title leaves. Skim for what catches your eye, then press play before it disappears.

‘The Last Son’ (2021) Blind Wink Productions

Set in the Sierra Nevada in the late nineteenth century, this Western follows outlaw Isaac LeMay as he tries to end a prophecy by hunting down his remaining offspring while a U.S. Marshal closes in on the trail.

Target is doing the Monster Mash this Halloween season with Spooky Setlist, a vinyl record featuring various artists that’s going to be up for grabs exclusively in Target stores and online.

The Limited Edition 1Lp record features glow-in-the-dark green vinyl, and a release date is listed on Target’s website for August 29, 2025. The Spooky Setlist record will cost you $24.99.

The following tracks are included on the record…

Side A – Trick Side – 00’s Pop Halloween Themed

1. Bloody Mary – Lady Gaga

2. Dark Horse – Katy Perry featuring Juicy J

3. Heads Will Roll – A-Trak Remix (Radio Edit) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4. Maneater – Nelly Furtado

5. Bones – Imagine Dragons

6. Season Of The Witch – Lana Del Rey

Side B – Treat Side – Classic Halloween Themed

1. White Wedding (Pt. 1) – Billy Idol

2. Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell

3. Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo

4. Goo Goo Muck – The Cramps

5. Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers

6. Main Titles (From “Beetlejuice...

The anime adaptation of Gachiakuta has been incredibly accurate to the manga, in terms of the plot and visuals, and Episode 6 takes it a bit too literally with the black-and-white pencil artwork for Rudo’s memories of Regto. However, as an anime, it should utilize vibrant colors more.

This isn’t the first or last time the anime adaptation has implemented this art style into its episodes. However, Gachiakuta doesn’t need to repeat what the manga has already done. As thrilling as the series is, it needs to offer something unique to the franchise.

Gachiakuta’s world and power systems are what set it apart. If the anime could make them pop with color, rather than emulating the black-and-white manga panels, it would have a distinct personality of its own.

Reading Gachiakuta’s Manga Gives the Same Result as Watching the Anime Anime Nameanime Rating On IMDb / Myanime Listmanga...

The cast of the beloved series Bones is back together to celebrate the show’s 20th anniversary!

Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz walked the red carpet at the Bones 20th Anniversary Retrospective event during the Television Academy’s Inaugural Televerse Festival on Saturday (August 16) at Jw Marriott LA Live in Los Angeles.

Other cast members in attendance included Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor, T.J. Thyne, and Eric Millegan.

Bones premiered on Fox on September 13, 2005 and the show aired for 12 seasons, spanning 246 episodes. The show followed F.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth (Boreanaz) as he teams up with the Jeffersonian’s top anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan (Deschanel), to investigate cases where all that’s left of the victims are their bones.

All episodes of Bones are currently streaming on both Hulu and Peacock.

Browse through the gallery for more photos of the Bones cast back together…...

Ah, "Buffy." Just saying the word conjures up all sorts of images for people: the glory days of the 1990s and the glory days of The WB, those lazy days being a kid sitting at home wishing you could be like those cool kids on television who save their school from monsters. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" -- the television adaptation of the ill-fated 1992 film -- premiered in 1997 and ran for seven seasons, and pop culture was never the same.

The show followed Buffy Summers, a normal teenager who learns that she is her generation's "Slayer," a once-in-a-lifetime person who can beat the encroaching hordes of evil. Sunnydale, California, was located on top of a Hellmouth, meaning there were all sorts of supernatural bad guys for Buffy Summers to slay ... or to fall in love with. Add in witches, zombies, werewolves, and more, and you had the perfect recipe for a smash hit,...

Drag Me to Hell star Lorna Raver has passed away at the age of 81.

The actress died on May 12, but the news was only recently made public in the Summer 2025 issue of SAG-AFTRA Magazine.

Best known for playing antagonist Sylvia Ganush in Sam Raimi’s 2009 horror film, Raver’s other genre credits include Freeway, The Caller, and “Charmed.”

She also narrated the 2016 audiobook edition of Stephen King’s Cujo.

Born in Pennsylvania, Raver started her acting career in the theater before making her onscreen debut as the secretary of Dana Carvey’s character in 1990’s Opportunity Knocks.

She went on to appear in “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Bones,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Desperate Housewives,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “One Tree Hill,” “ER,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” and more.

Lorna Raver in ‘The Caller’

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Sad news today as it’s been reported that Lorna Raver, who terrified audiences as Mrs. Ganush in Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell, is dead at the age of 81. Raver died on May 12, but news of her passing wasn’t revealed until it was included in the “In Memoriam” section of SAG-AFTRA’s Summer 2025 magazine edition.

In a statement to the New York Post, her representative said, “She will now fly in Heaven, not be dragged to Hell. She was an incredible lady and artist. A true chameleon, the complete opposite of this character in real life.“

Although Raver was familiar with Sam Raimi, she wasn’t as well-versed with his iconic horror movies when she auditioned for the role in Drag Me to Hell. “While I knew of [Raimi’s] work from other films, I was so ignorant of the whole horror genre that I had never...

It’s the question everyone in the television industry is asking: what does it look like when the very same organization that administers the annual awards to the best of television runs its own TV festival?

Meet the inaugural Televerse festival, making its way to L.A. Live from Thursday, August 14 through August 16. The first-of-its kind event will play home to panels or screenings for all the Emmy nominees in the Drama, Comedy, Limited or Anthology Series, and Reality Competition Program categories. And they’re not prepping events just for Academy members, but also TV superfans, like premieres of “The Rainmaker,” “Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order,” and “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy,” reunions for “Bones” and “Queer as Folk.”

On top of all that, there’s industry panels ranging from The Future of Music Supervision and The Legal Future of AI in TV to workshops with television...

Lorna Raver, who chillingly portrayed the elderly woman who plants a curse on Allison Lohman’s bank executive to set the horror in motion in the Sam Raimi-directed Drag Me to Hell, has died. She was 81.

Raver’s death on May 12 was revealed in the “In Memoriam” section of SAG-AFTRA’s Summer 2025 magazine edition.

On television, the stage-trained Raver took over for Millie Perkins to play the concentration camp survivor Rebecca Kaplan (and mother of Brad Carlton) who comes out of hiding on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless from 2006-07.

After two Evil Dead movies and three Spider-Man films, Raimi returned to horror by co-writing and directing Drag Me to Hell (2009). The Universal film premiered at Cannes and was a critical and commercial hit, grossing $90.8 million worldwide on a budget of about $30 million.

In Jason Norman’s 2014 book, Welcome to Our Nightmares: Behind the Scene With Today’s Horror Actors,...

Spoiler Alert !!!Major spoilers ahead for Episode 5 of Gachiakuta!

The snail’s pace at which the anime for Gachiakuta is taking is making me impatient. The showcase of Zanka’s powers wasn’t enough to satiate me. It’s showing you too much, while executing very little in each episode. Just as I thought Jabber Wonger would come out of the shadows, he remained in it. Episode 5 mobilized his plan, but all I could think of was that I wanted to see more.

The first half of Episode 5 also felt more like filler content. It balanced wholesome humor with action brilliantly, but it fell short of being as intense as I had imagined. Gachiakuta doesn’t have to be an exact adaptation of the manga’s events, but the anime forgets it has room for some creative liberty.

Zanka Can’t Be the Only Memorable Part of Gachiakuta

Episode 5 starts...

Since 2005, "Grey's Anatomy" has captivated an astoundingly broad and enduring audience that can't be denied. Despite its seemingly restrictive setting and genre, it has something to offer everyone -- those thrilled by the functions of a busy hospital; fans of melodramatic reveals and romances, as well as those invested in mature relationships; and especially those who want hundreds of high-quality episodes to keep them company as they grow into the next season of their life.

And yet, despite how culturally relevant the series has remained for over two decades, it's this unique combination of subgenres and styles that makes "Grey's Anatomy" one of the more difficult shows for us to offer recommendations for. Sure, it would be easy enough to toss out 15 of the most popular medical procedurals out there and call it a day -- but we know we can do better. As such, we've gathered a mix of twisty,...

As summer winds down, Hulu is refreshing its lineup, which means some films are exiting the platform this August. It’s a mix of genres, from horror to romance to animated adventures, so there’s something for everyone to catch before it’s gone.

We’ve got the full list of movies departing throughout the month, organized by their exit dates. Each film gets a quick spotlight to help you decide what to watch before it leaves. Let’s dive into what’s on the way out.

Skinamarink (2023) Ero Picture Company

This experimental horror film follows two kids who wake up to find their parents gone and their house acting strangely. Shot with a grainy, lo-fi aesthetic, it leans on atmosphere over plot, creating an eerie vibe that’s divisive among viewers.

Some call it a slow-burn masterpiece, others find it too abstract. Its unique style makes it a must-watch...

When a director arrives at a filming location, they have a lot of important tasks before the real work can begin. Department heads to consult. Actors to be prep. Schedules to lock. When Noah Hawley got to Bangkok to direct the first episode of Alien: Earth, he immediately had to have some suits made.

“One of the first things I did upon landing was go to a tailor and work up, not a full wardrobe, but a way, through linen and cotton, to try to manage the heat, in a...

When Justin Baldoni proposed to Emily Baldoni in 2012, he didn’t just get down on one knee; he created what he called his “first movie,” a 27-minute romantic short film packed with flash mobs and tributes.

The elaborate proposal, which took place at Blu Jam Cafe in Los Angeles (where the couple had their first date), has recently resurfaced online amid legal controversies involving Baldoni and actress Blake Lively. But beyond the headlines, the proposal video stands out as a bizarre, and admittedly over-the-top, gesture of love.

Watch the video here:

The production began with Baldoni renting out the cafe, convincing Emily he was running late, and then surprising her with a video that played at their candle-lit table. The video opened with Baldoni explaining he wanted to do something special before arriving.

From there, it morphed into a series of humorous and touching scenes, including him lip-syncing to romantic songs,...

Ever felt like there is nothing to watch? Those phases are the most boring of the lot, but it might just be the opportunity to discover some underrated gems. This list of anime is perfect for those who have watched all the popular anime and are now looking for something new.

Whether one is bored and looking for a comfort series, a quick binge, or a hilarious fling, this list of anime is perfect for everybody.

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Zhuge Kongming is a military strategist whose name has gone down in history, but before his death, he wished to have a peaceful next life, free of bloodshed. Thus, he is reborn in modern Japan and meets Eiko, an aspiring singer. Kongming swears that he will make Eiko the...

Televerse, the Television Academy's upcoming three-day festival about all things TV, just added several new events to an already robust schedule.

Joining the previously programmed Bones 20th-anniversary panel and Henry Winkler's acting class, the cast of Queer as Folk will reunite to celebrate the groundbreaking series' 25th anniversary. Creators Daniel Lipman and Ron Cowen will be joined on stage by cast members Peter Paige, Gale Harold, Scott Lowell, Sharon Gless, Michelle Clunie, and Thea Gill for a look back.

Additionally, USA Network will be bringing its upcoming legal drama The Rainmaker for a special advanced premiere screening. After the episode, executive producer Michael Seitzman will participate in a conversation along with stars Milo Callaghan, Lana Parrilla, Madison Iseman, and P.J. Byrne.

And for all of the Interview with the Vampire fans out there, the next title in Anne Rice's Immortal Universe, Talamasca: The Secret Order will also be...

Like any other long-running show, Fox's "Bones" has its share of things that don't make sense, as well as episodes everyone should watch at least once. And like any other long-running show, it also took a while to find its feet and become the best possible version of itself. Part of this involved setting up the perfect core cast around clear main characters Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz). While many components were in place early, some people -- including me -- might argue that the show only truly came to its own when Tamara Taylor's Cam Saroyan and John Francis Daley's Lance Sweets found their places among the main cast. 

Another thing, of course, was knowing which characters to keep in the roster. Case in point: the aforementioned Cam. During a 2012 panel discussion with the show's stars (via IGN), "Bones" creator Hart Hanson...

By all accounts, David Boreanaz had a ball on "Bones." The actor played FBI special agent Seeley Booth opposite Emily Deschanel's Temperance "Bones" Brennan for all 12 seasons of the hit Fox procedural, and seemed to enjoy himself throughout. In fact both Boreanaz and Deschanel have spoken very positively about their time on the show, to the extent that it's only fueled anticipation for the long-awaited "Bones" revival.

But that doesn't mean there weren't some tough moments. When your show is on the air for 12 years, there's bound to be some low points, like when a sexual harassament lawsuit was filed against Boreanaz. What's more, as positive as the Seeley Booth actor has sounded in the years since "Bones" went off the air in 2017, he also hasn't been shy about sharing his opinions of when the series didn't quite hit the mark. Some of the gripes voiced by Boreanaz have been minor,...

Bones and All star Taylor Russell has exited Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. The project is a modern reimagination of the 1999 Pierce Brosnan-led romantic heist movie. The upcoming movie is directed by Michael B. Jordan, who also stars in the movie as the lead. Russell was set to feature as a co-lead opposite Jordan.

Her departure, reportedly due to creative differences, comes just as production ramps up in London. Fans were eager to see her bring a fresh take to the iconic role once played by Rene Russo and Faye Dunaway. However, Russell appears to be walking away with zero regrets and a slate of major projects already underway.

Taylor Russell Exits Pierce Brosnan Remake, The Thomas Crown Affair

Deadline first reported that Russell exited the Amazon MGM Studio’s movie, citing creative differences. Despite the shift, the studio is moving forward without delay,...

One year after Challengers, Amazon MGM Studios has unveiled its next collaboration with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Luca Guadagnino. The first trailer for his new movie, After the Hunt, has been released.

Described as an intense dramatic thriller, After the Hunt centers around college professor Alma Olsson, portrayed by Julia Roberts, who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil, Maggie Price (Ayo Edebiri), levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, Hank Gibson, played by Andrew Garfield, which threatens to bring forward a dark secret from her own past. Michael Stuhlbarg rounds out the main cast as Alma's husband, Frederik Olsson. Check out the official trailer for After the Hunt below.

After the Hunt was first announced in March 2024, with filming taking place between July and August. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the score for the thriller, having previously worked with Guadagnino on his 2024 romantic sports film Challengers,...

Over the course of eight seasons, the Fox procedural Bones cemented itself as a highly bingeable show with a satisfying ending. The series starred Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz as Dr. Temperance Brennan and Special Agent Seely Booth. Recently, Deschanel looked back on her somewhat grueling experience on the inaugural season of the crime drama. She recently was a guest on David Duchovny’s Fail Better podcast. She says that she felt “overwhelmed” due to the schedule. She explains:

“We were working insane hours, longer than just a normal series. You’re working 14- to 16-hour days, and then I had to memorize the lines. So I’d be staying up late night memorizing lines. I would joke that I would go home and just cry in a bathtub every night because I was just so overwhelmed.”

‘Bones’ Changed Over the Course of 8 Seasons, Sometimes Because of the Actors

Between character deaths,...

We’ve all witnessed inconsistencies on our favorite TV shows, something out of the ordinary that just doesn’t match what we knew about them before. We’re talking betrayals to the character and, really, the audience’s commitment. But David Duchovny wouldn’t stand for anything like this when making The X-Files, calling out the showrunners any time he felt they weren’t being true to Moulder.

On his Fail Better podcast (via EW), David Duchovny noted that such inconsistencies are a true problem, saying, “​​It was a bit of a pet peeve of mine when I was doing X-Files — not so much the other shows that I’ve done — but, as with Bones, it’s episodic, but every episode is pretty high drama. It can be life and death.”

Despite The X-Files relying on sci-fi and the supernatural, David Duchovny knew that was no excuse to not stick to basic logic.

Emily Deschanel’s run on “Bones” almost ended in Season 1 instead of Season 12.

In a recent interview on David Duchovny’s “Fail Better” podcast, Deschanel recalled struggling to keep up during the first season of “Bones,” considering the demanding shooting hours and the copious amounts of dialogue she needed to memorize.

“We were working insane hours, longer than just a normal series,” Deschanel said. “You’re working 14- to 16-hour days, and then I had to memorize the lines. So I’d be staying up late night memorizing lines. I would joke that I would go home and just cry in a bathtub every night because I was just so overwhelmed.”

She added, “I’d come to set and I would be trying to remember the lines that…I got no sleep and trying to remember the lines that I had memorized the night before and then I had them...

The popular crime drama Bones ran for so long that the first season may seem like a distant memory, but its lead star remembers it clearly because it was such a difficult time in her career. Bones follows Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel), who is paired up to work with FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz).

The two are tasked with cases where the skills of a forensic anthropologist are needed, as the remains of the victims are often only bones, hence Booth nicknames Brennan "Bones." The two main Bones characters' dynamic became beloved; they are also the stars of an extended will-they-won't-they plot, before the characters get together in Bones season 6.

Series lead Emily Deschanel recently spoke with David Duchovny on his podcast Fail Better and revealed that the first season of Bones was very hard on her, due to long work hours and challenges learning the vocabulary of her character's profession.

Bones aired on Fox for 12 seasons and 246 episodes between 2005 and 2017. The police procedural series was based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, as they investigated crimes with the FBI.

The series was extremely popular, starring Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel's David Boreanaz as FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth. As the series was filled with gruesome murders, it was also extremely dialogue-heavy, filled with intricate technical jargon from different science fields. Speaking to The X Files' David Duchovny in a recent episode of the podcast Fail Better, Deschanel revealed she was struggling emotionally and professionally when filming Bones Season 1.

The actress opened up about her diagnosis of Adhd and dyslexia, and how it affected her career, as well as her early difficulties with the hit series. Speaking about the first season struggle around the 20:30 mark, the actress explained she struggled with the dialogue.

Emily Deschanel says she came close to losing her lead role on “Bones” after panic attacks and a single late arrival during the show’s first season, speaking on David Duchovny’s “Fail Better” podcast released this week. She recalled the studio labeling her “late and unprepared,” a critique that left her “beside myself” and filled with shame.

Long 14- to 16-hour days, little sleep and dense medical jargon compounded the pressure, especially because she lives with Adhd and dyslexia. Deschanel said she would go home and “cry in a bathtub every night,” unaware the tightness in her chest were panic attacks. A traffic delay that made her 30 minutes late prompted creator Hart Hanson to warn that executives were questioning her professionalism, pushing her to vow never to be late again.

Hanson and co-star David Boreanaz arranged a larger trailer, quieter rehearsal space and a line coach—changes Deschanel credits with restoring her confidence.

Emily Deschanel recalled struggling emotionally and professionally while filming the first season of Fox’s Bones, to the point where she got a talking-to about her lack of preparedness.

In a recent episode of podcast Fail Better with host David Duchovny, who once directed an episode of the police procedural, Deschanel opened up about the pain point and how her diagnosis of Adhd and dyslexia as a child affected her career later on.

“We were working insane hours, longer than just a normal series,” Deschanel began. “You’re working 14- to 16-hour days, and then I had to memorize the lines. So I’d be staying up late night memorizing lines. I would joke that I would go home and just cry in a bathtub every night because I was just so overwhelmed.”

She continued, “I’d come to set and I would be trying to remember the lines that...

Emily Deschanel is getting honest about the struggles she had on set of her show Bones.

The 48-year-old actress played the role of Dr. Temperance Brennan on the show for its 12 season run. As a guest on David Duchovny‘s Fail Better podcast on Tuesday (July 8), Emily got vulnerable about struggling on the set of the show.

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On the podcast, Emily revealed that her Adhd and dyslexia diagnoses made memorizing lines for the show difficult. The actress shared that during the first season, she had trouble remembering the technical jargon that should have come naturally to her character.

“We were working insane hours, longer than just a normal series. You’re working 14- to 16-hour days, and then I had to memorize the lines. So I’d be staying up late night memorizing lines. I would joke that I would go home and just...

David Duchovny is revealing how he handled character inconsistencies while filming The X-Files.

The 64-year-old actor played the role of FBI agent Fox Mulder on the 90s supernatural drama. According to David, having directors that didn’t fully understand the character was his main “pet peeve” while working on the show.

During the Tuesday (July 8) episode of David‘s Fail Better podcast, he talked about correcting plot holes on the show.

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Actress Emily Deschanel was a guest on the podcast episode. During the episode, David talked about how The X-Files compares to Emily‘s show Bones in that both shows have a high amount of drama per episode.

“Sometimes the directors would come on and they’d know they had a great script and [since] this was on The X-Files, this could happen, you know? Like, ‘Holy s—, this is a great script,’ and they really wanted to kill it.

“Bones” star Emily Deschanel nearly broke down in tears as she recalled the time she almost was fired while filming the show’s first season because the series’ strenuous work schedule led her to have panic attacks.

“I didn’t know I was having panic attacks, but I was basically having panic attacks at the time,” Deschanel, who played Temperance “Bones” Brennan in the Fox series, told David Duchovny on his podcast “Fail Better with David Duchovny,” a series that spotlights how failures shape a person’s personal and professional trajectory.

As she explained the root of her panic attacks, the actress shared that filming the first scene was insanely difficult because of its brutal schedule and tight turnarounds for actors.

“We were working insane hours, longer than just a normal series. You’re working 14- to 16-hour days, and then I had to memorize the lines,” Deschanel explained. “So...

According to a new report, Michael B. Jordan is looking to reunite with a former Black Panther co-star for his latest directorial effort. His return to the director's chair will be for an interesting new project: a remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, which would be the third iteration of the story. Jordan had previously directed Creed III starring himself and Jonathan Majors, making his shift to this next project feel like quite the change from his last work. The film already had some impressive cast members, but now it has just recently added another.

The Hollywood Reporter recently revealed that Danai Gurira will be joining the remake, a welcome addition since she had previously worked with Jordan on Ryan Coogler's 2018 film Black Panther. She played Okoye in the MCU film opposite Jordan's villain character, Killmonger, and alongside Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa. Meanwhile, Gurira is also best known for...

Michael B. Jordan is heading a remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, and recent casting announcements have confirmed that Jordan will be reteaming with his Black Panther co-star for the upcoming film. The Thomas Crown Affair is one of the most iconic heist movies of all time, with the 1968 original and the 1999 Pierce Brosnan remake being brought into the limelight once again for Michael B. Jordan's version.

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While details on the character she’ll be playing are being kept under wraps, Deadline, which first reported the news, says that Harry could return for more episodes should the show be renewed for a third season.

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