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Bueller? Bueller? Ferris Bueller’s Day Off stars Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck are in talks to reunite for The Best Is Yet To Come, an upcoming comedy from screenwriter Allan Loeb with Jon Turteltaub in the director’s chair. The project is based on the French film of the same name, with Amy Baer producing via Gidden Media and executive producer Dimitri Rassam, who made the 2019 original. In addition to penning the script, Loeb will also executive produce.

If they sign on the dotted line, Broderick and Ruck will play best friends who, through a colossal misunderstanding that creates a ticking clock, hop in a car to find the estranged son of one of them and also try to do all the things that life has prevented them from doing.

Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck played Ferris Beuller and Cameron Frye in the 1986 John Hughes classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Sam Anderson spent years playing Dr. Bernard Nadler on Lost, first appearing in the show's second season as Rose's husband. However, his excellent performance in the series, which centers around a plane crash leaving its passengers stranded on an island in the South Pacific, actually had some detrimental effects on the actor's real life.

In an interview with Variety, where the actor discussed his career, including his current role in the Matlockrevival with Kathy Bates, Anderson talked about his time on lost and how it affected people's perception of him – and his on-screen partner, L. Scott Caldwell. "Sometimes," Anderson explained, "Scott and I would be traveling on the same flight and as we walked on, we’d see people’s faces like, ‘Get me off this plane; it’s gonna crash.'"

Anderon also shared that another downside of his role is how much people would badger him about whether...

Exclusive: Peter Berg’s next film looks to be in a full-on sprint towards production as sources tell Deadline that Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis are set to star in the director’s next film The Mosquito Bowl for Netflix. They join Nicholas Galitzine and Bill Skarsgård in the pic, which falls under Berg’s deal with the studio that he recently reupped.

Based on Buzz Bissinger’s New York Times bestseller The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II, the film is set after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when four of America’s top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they play in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history – a game that, for many, will be the last they ever play.

Berg penned...

After the big reveal last month of 3D Realms’ resurrection of Painkiller, developer Anshar Studios has dropped a new trailer showcasing the lovely weapons at your disposal to mow down the demonic hordes.

In Painkiller, you’ll unleash hell with seven weapons at your disposal. Each weapon offers primary and alternative fire modes, as well as elemental effects such as fire, ice, electro, and kinetic. All of your weapons are upgradable with different abilities to provide unique bonus effects. A mix of old and new, here’s the rundown:

Electrodriver – Barrage enemies with rapid-firing shurikens that bounce off hard surfaces. Stakegun – Launches high-damage stakes that can impale from long range. Smg – Unleashes loads of ammo in short, rapid-fire bursts. Handcannon – Decimate enemies from long range with deadly precision. Shotgun – Fires out destructive pellets at short range that can damage and stagger multiple foes. Rocket Launcher – Discharges a rocket projectile with...

Exclusive: Nicholas Galitzine (The Idea of You) and Bill Skarsgård (Nosferatu) are set to star in Mosquito Bowl, the first new film falling under Peter Berg’s recently renewed deal with Netflix, on which we were first to report, sources tell Deadline.

Details as to the roles to be played by the two are under wraps. Based on Buzz Bissinger’s New York Times bestseller The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II, the film is set after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when four of America’s top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they play in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history – a game that, for many, will be the last they ever play.

Berg penned the adaptation with Mark L. Smith. Producers...

Exclusive: Peter Berg’s Film 44 has renewed it creative partnership with Netflix to produce and direct live-action films and series. The news follows the success of Berg’s No. 1 limited series American Primeval, which spent four weeks on the Netflix Global Top 10 TV (English) and racked up 35.1 million views following its January debut.

Film 44’s Painkiller, the last limited series for Netflix directed by Berg, spent five weeks on the streamer’s Global Top 10 TV List (English) in 2023, accumulating 29.1M views.

The next project under the partnership is the feature adaptation of Buzz Bissinger’s New York Times bestseller The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II. Berg, who co-wrote the script with Mark L. Smith, will direct and is producing alongside Brian Grazer at Imagine and Alex Gayner. The story is set after the attack on Pearl Harbor when four of America...

PC gamers who remember People Can Fly’s 2004 shooter Painkiller have to thank 3D Realms and developer Anshar Studios (who co-developed Layers of Fear), as they’ve announced “an intense new spin” on the classic Fps. Revealed at last weeks Future Games Show, Painkiller will be coming in fall 2025 for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam. The announcement was accompanied by a trailer giving fans a glimpse at the gruesome terrors and gothic torment that awaits them.

Much like in the original game, you are trapped in Purgatory, sentenced for your transgressions against Heaven. But the Voice of the Creator gives you a chance to redeem yourself. As one of the Champions, you are to stop the fallen angel Azazel who is about to unleash his demonic armies onto Earth. You will face hordes of enemies, demons with unique powers and three monstrous children of Azazel – the Nephilim.

Is there room for two shows about murders inside a building at the Emmys? Netflix's The Residence stars Uzo Aduba as Cordelia Cupp, the world's greatest detective who's called to solve a murder at the White House. The murder mystery premiered on Thursday with all eight episodes and is entering in comedy at the Emmys. So which categories does it stand the best shot at cracking?

Best Comedy Actress

Aduba could wind up with the only Emmy nomination for The Residence and no one would be shocked. An Emmy darling, she's a five-time nominee with three wins, two for Orange Is the New Black and one for Mrs. America (Best Limited/TV Movie Supporting Actress in 2020). The Orange Is the New Black victories made her the second person after Ed Asner to win comedy and drama Emmys for the same role. She's currently in ninth place in the Gold Derby odds,...

Shonda Rhimes, a member of the Television Hall of Fame, stands behind quite a few blockbuster TV series, from Grey’s Anatomy to Scandal.

Now, Rhimes and former Scandal writer and producer Paul William Davies have prepared another serial treat for Netflix viewers - In The Residence, a whodunnit mystery thriller with a humorous twist is also set in The White House and is set to premiere on Netflix on March 20, 2025.

The series stars Uzo Aduba, who Netflix viewers might be familiar with from the Netflix opioid epidemic limited series Painkiller (2023) and long-running prison series Orange Is the New Black.

Shonda Rimes fans should be extremely excited about upcoming Netflix series

Aduba plays Cordelia Cupp, the detective who investigates a sudden murder case within the White House Walls. Basing his story here on a classic Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant film Charade, Davies' script complicates Cupp's case with a multitude of political tensions,...

Exclusive: I Also Do This is an occasional look at the surprising creative outlets of members of the Hollywood community. The series began with producer Denise Dinovi’s pandemic plunge into painting after the shocking death of her husband

After bursting on the scene as Friday Night Lights’ hellraising fullback Tim Riggins, Taylor Kitsch tried the fast lane to stardom and found it wanting, with John Carter and Battleship sinking. Kitsch regrouped and found a far more interesting path, playing film and TV roles that captured the heartland sensibilities and vulnerabilities that made the Dillon Panthers’ #33 so appealing, the rough-and-tumble Texas kid with a heart of gold.

Those roles, many of them done in collaboration with director and Fnl exec producer Peter Berg, have ranged from playing the late Patchogue legend Navy Seal Michael Murphy in Lone Survivor; a tragic opioid-addicted everyman in the series Painkiller; and cult leader David Koresh...

Some old-school metalheads may blast the Grammy Awards for supposedly having no rock cred, but that absolutely isn’t the case for Judas Priest’s Rob Halford, an unimpeachably credible rock legend and possibly the jolliest man in metal. Priest are nominated this year alongside “a great kind of broad demographic of all these different generations of metal maniacs” — Metallica, Gojira, Spiritbox, and Knocked Loose featuring Poppy — for Best Metal Performance for “Crown of Horns,” a track off the band’s 19th studio album, Invincible Shield. And Halford could not be more brimming with more “absolute shock and excitement and feelings.”

“We treasure every opportunity and every moment of recognition,” gushes the 73-years-young metal god, grinning over Zoom from his home in Phoenix. “You feel like it’s a win already. The nomination is a win. … This is like a pinnacle. … We’ve had multiple nominations, but to get one...

Taylor Kitsch is opening up about his move.

The 43-year-old Friday Night Lights actor addressed moving to Bozeman, Montana in 2021 after previously living in Austin, Texas for over a decade and a half.

“Honestly, it’s like, I love wildlife photography and I miss the mountains,” he said to People.

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“I miss the seasons. And I built my dream home in Austin and then ended up obviously selling it and just simplifying everything in my life,” he went on to say.

“It brings a lot more peace being in the wild, in the wilderness, a lot more quiet, and it reminds me of home a lot more,” the Canadian actor went on to explain.

After working on more “intense” projects like the 2023′s Painkiller and his new Netflix Western, American Primeval, Taylor now enjoys getting into his “adventure van” and driving to the backcountry...

Exclusive: With American Primeval, Eric Newman now has six Netflix hits under his belt.

The western miniseries was the most-watched TV series on the streamer last week with 14.3M views from January 13 to 19, up from 10.4M in the first few days post-debut. That’s the Narcos executive producer and showrunner’s sixth series to reach No. 1 on Netflix’s Global Top 10, following Griselda, Painkiller, The Watcher, True Story, and Narcos: Mexico Season 3.

Over the 18 months from January 2023 to July 2024, all of Newman’s Netflix projects have tallied a combined 400M global views. Viewing data for the second half of 2024 is not yet available, though Netflix should be releasing that soon via their biannual data dump.

So far, American Primeval has racked up a combined 24.7M views since debuting on January 9. It has gained plenty of steam to eventually help boost it onto Netflix’s most popular list, though it’ll...

Right at the top of 2025, Taylor Kitsch landed his latest television series hit with the release of American Primeval on Netflix. The series dropped on Jan. 9 and has remained in the daily top 10 most popular ranking since its release. But if you're a fan of the actor, then you know this isn't his first rodeo on the small screen.

In fact, his breakthrough role was in a television series you might have heard of called Friday Night Lights. Ring any bells? Of course it does! He played the troubled bad boy football player Tim Riggins that stole everyone's hearts. But between American Primeval and Friday Night Lights, Kitsch has starred in plenty more shows.

After watching his new hit Netflix limited series, are you looking to add more Taylor Kitsch to your watch list? We're sharing six of the series he has starred in and suggesting whether to watch or skip each title.

American Primeval on Netflix is a violent and intense look at the American frontier. Set during the 1850s, American Primeval includes characters in search of safety and prosperity, although their interests clash with dire consequences. Numerous groups and individuals in American Primeval compete for personal, political, and religious freedom. Indigenous Americans, Mormon settlers, and the federal government all have vested interests in Utah Territory. The key characters each shape how the story unfolds and the actors' stellar performances bring the American West's gritty action to life.

Many of the names in American Primeval are from history and several of the faces of the performers are very familiar. Here's a look at the characters and the cast of American Primeval.

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There are several other movies and shows similar to Netflix's epic period Western series American Primeval. American Primeval was written by Mark L. Smith, who co-wrote the screenplay for The Revenant with Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Peter Berg directs all six episodes of American Primeval. Taylor Kitsch leads an ensemble cast as Isaac Reed, which features Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Shea Whigham, Lucas Neff, and Kim Coates as Brigham Young. In addition to Young, American Primeval alters several real-life historical details and figures.

American Primeval uniquely blends brutal and violent elements of the horror genre with the classic Western. Despite its 59% Rotten Tomatoes score, it earned an 86% audience score and has been in Netflix's Top 10 TV Shows in the United States since it was released on January 9, 2025. Kitsch previously starred in the Peter Berg film Lone Survivor alongside Mark Wahlberg and Berg's classic television series Friday Night Lights.

Taylor Kitsch could have been a one-note actor. He was handsome, and could have delved into making a bunch of Hallmark films and been just fine. Instead, the British Columbian decided he wanted to stretch himself. He still got pigeonholed a bit.

He tends to get roles that show him as a bit rough around the edges. He plays the roles well, though one might want to see Kitsch get a chance to do something else. Maybe that time will come soon.

In the series below, Kitsch plays a lot of the same types of characters, but he is talented enough to bring some nuance to each role. The shows might not be perfect, but that is no fault of the actors. And his new series on Netflix, American Primeval, might rank as one of his best.

Ranking from worst to best each series that Taylor Kitsch has starred inNo.

The potential dangers are boundless in the limited series American Primeval, now streaming on Netflix Jan. 9.

Starring Taylor Kitsch, the raw, adventurous exploration of the birth of the American West comes to life in the six-episode series. Here’s everything you need to know so far about the grueling journey West.

This is America, 1857. Up is down, pain is everywhere, and innocence and tranquility are losing the battle to hatred and fear. Peace is the shrinking minority, and very few possess grace — even fewer know compassion. There’s no safe haven in these wild lands, and only one goal matters: survival. American Primeval is a fictionalized dramatization and examination of the violent collision of culture, religion, and community as men and women fight and die for control of this world. The ensemble tells a story of the sacrifice all must pay when they choose...

Peter Berg is masterful at storytelling on the small screen with Friday Night Lights and on the big screen with Lone Survivor. He returns behind the directors’ chair, teaming with writer Mark L. Smith to deliver the first big series of the new year on Netflix, American Primeval. The six-episode limited series sees Berg re-team with Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch, who stars alongside Betty Gilpin and Dane DeHaan.

American Primeval Review American Primeval. Irene Bedard as Winter Bird in Episode 102 of American Primeval. Cr. Matt Kennedy/Netflix © 2023

American Primeval is a daunting factionalized look at 1857 and the cultural warfare over the fight for freedom and land. The battles turn ugly, the war turns violent, and the struggle for survival has never been more dire.

“There’s no such thing as safe in this world.”

Peter Berg makes viewers feel that quote from the opening scene with every fiber of our being.

Saura Lightfoot-Leon and Derek Hinkey are two foes who find an underlying respect for one another in American Primeval. The Netflix Western miniseries continues Lightfoot-Leon's rise to stardom on screen following her breakout turn in the acclaimed drama Hoard, in which she co-starred with fellow rising actor Joseph Quinn, having also appeared in the hit Apple TV+ war miniseries Masters of the Air and Showtime's spy thriller The Agency. The show also marks Hinkey's biggest role to date, with the actor having previously delivered supporting turns in Walker: Independence and Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1.

Lightfoot-Leon stars in American Primeval as Abish, the new wife to Mormon Jacob Pratt, who is venturing to territory in Utah to join their parish. Hinkey stars in the show as Red Feather, a warrior of the local Paiute tribe who carries out an attack on the Mountain Meadows camp where Abish and Jacob were residing,...

Dane DeHaan and Kim Coates represent two very different sides of Mormon culture in the Old West in American Primeval. Since having found his breakout turn in Josh Trank's Chronicle, DeHaan has found success on both the big and small screens with everything from the biographical drama Kill Your Darlings to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Oppenheimer, Lisey's Story and HBO's The Staircase adaptation. Coates, meanwhile, is a popular character actor whose work extends back to the likes of Tony Scott's The Last Boy Scout, with some of his popular roles including Tig in the Sons of Anarchy universe and Goon.

Coates stars in American Primeval as the real figure Brigham Young, with the show following him in his efforts to acquire more land in Utah in the hopes of further expanding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. DeHaan stars as Jacob Pratt, a man who sets...

Taylor Kitsch and Peter Berg are reuniting for their fifth project, with Betty Gilpin also along for the ride, in American Primeval. Kitsch and Berg first began working together on the TV adaptation of Friday Night Lights, which also marked the actor's breakthrough role on screen, before going on to work together on 2012's Battleship adaptation, 2013's Lone Survivor and 2023's Painkiller. Gilpin, meanwhile, first found success with her supporting role in Nurse Jackie before garnering acclaim for her leading turns in Glow, Mrs. Davis and The Hunt.

American Primeval, directed by Berg, explores the dangerous world of the American West in 1857, including some real-world figures and events, namely the Mormon Mountain Meadows Massacre. Gilpin serves as one of the leads of the miniseries as Sara Rowell, a high-society mother who sets off with her son on a journey to reach her husband and his father, while also holding a dark secret.

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American Primeval is all about raw survival, gruesome violence, and a fight for power in a lawless world. Netflix is bringing the heat on January 9, with a series that will make The Revenant look like a walk in the park.

The trailer? Yeah, it’s already setting the tone. Blood is spilled, bodies hit the dirt, and the stakes are nothing short of deadly. Directed by Friday Night Lights’ Pete Berg and written by The Revenant’s Mark L. Smith, this six-episode series takes viewers to 1857, where America is still a mess of violence, fear, and chaos. It’s got all the intensity you’d expect from the guys who brought you Lone Survivor and Painkiller, but with way more grit.

So, what’s the story? Think harsh, brutal, and dark. American Primeval is a fictionalized dive into the bloody birth of the American West.

2025: It’s going to be a year, alright.

We don’t know all that the next 12 months have in store for us, but on the television front, things are looking up. This year will find big show returns like more “Poker Face,” “Andor,” and “The White Lotus”; not to mention the fourth and final season of “The Bear” and the long, long-awaited return of “Severance” on Apple TV+. But there’s plenty of new stuff to get excited about as well (five words: Michelle Williams Back on TV.)

Below, 10 new television shows we absolutely can’t wait to check out this year. Need even more? Be sure to look at our 2025 Netflix preview for even more goodies to text the group chats about.

1. “American Primeval”

The year begins in the Wild West with this limited series from Peter Berg, Mark L. Smith, and Eric Newman, described as a “violent collision of culture,...

Peak TV or not, 2025 is poised to be a major year for Netflix. The oldest streamer in the biz retains a loyal customer base as well as an ad-based tier, and welcomes back multiple juggernaut shows for new seasons over the next twelve months.

The dust has barely settled on “Squid Game” Season 2 as we look ahead to Season 3, while the final “Stranger Things” installment arrives three years after its predecessor. Fan favorites “You” and “Wednesday” will return after taking a break in 2024, as will a handful of new shows with major stars and creative talent attached to them. A Taylor Kitsch and Peter Berg team up? Check. Shondaland murder mystery? Check. “Mindy Kaling sports comedy?” Check check check. Find all that and more in our 2025 Netflix preview, featuring fresh and returning shows you can stream very, very soon.

1. “American Primeval” (January 9)

The year begins in the Wild West with...

New year, new you — unless the current you is accustomed to staying up-to-date on the best new TV around, in which case: never change. January 2025 is a fresh month of fresh shows coming to every network and streamer, and IndieWire will continue to curate those in this monthly guide. Our picks are limited to English-language series, mostly scripted with the occasional dash of documentary and reality. And these are for new TV only — don’t worry, we’re still excited for “Severance.”

Kick off the new year with a binge of Netflix’s new Harlan Coben show “Missing You,” which premieres in full on January 1. The streamer will also drop the gritty Wild West limited series “American Primeval” in the first half of the month, reuniting the team behind “Painkiller.” Fox will debut a military misfit comedy with “Going Dutch,” while Max is entering the medical drama game to the tune of “The Pitt,...

Exclusive: Veteran creative executive Kevin Plunkett has joined Wolf Entertainment as EVP Development. Reporting to the company’s COO Peter Jankowski, he will oversee scripted development, working closely with the executive teams at Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, where the company is based.

This marks the first time Wolf Entertainment has had a dedicated senior development executive since Danielle Gelber held the EVP position from 2011-16. The move comes as Wolf Entertainment is starting to expand its scripted portfolio beyond broadcast into streaming with Law & Order: Organized Crime moving to Peacock and the company’s first original streaming series, On Call, debuting on Prime Video.

“Kevin’s experience working with the highest levels of streamers, networks and independent production companies will be a tremendous asset to Wolf Entertainment as we continue to develop content for all platforms now and in the future,” Jankowski said.

Plunkett has held senior positions at Jigsaw,...

Stars: Scot Scurlock, Dylan A. Young, Timothy Rogers, Faith McCoy, Garius Kemp, Tanner Bluewolf, Madelyn Hopfensperger, Daniel Considine | Written and Directed by Charlie Steeds

For his third film of the year, writer/director Charlie Steeds delivers Night Harvest, a blend of Firestarter and Dark Night of the Scarecrow, with a dash of Friday the 13th: The New Blood thrown in for good measure. It’s an odd mix to be sure, but it fits in with it actually fits in with Lord of Wolves, which could best be described as Hellraiser with werewolves and the Christmas slasher He Sees You When You’re Sleeping. And Steeds has shown a talent for blending genres and delivering bloody, atmospheric horror with its roots in 80s cinema.

The film begins with a chilling black-and-white prologue set in 1958, centring on a farmer who has an unfortunate run-in with an inbred hillbilly named Judd. This...

Adult Swim’s new series Common Side Effects is taking on the timely topic of big pharma.

The project is from co-creators Joe Bennett (Scavengers Reign) and Steve Hely (Veep), along with producers Mike Judge (Office Space) and Greg Daniels (King of the Hill).

The first trailer, below, introduces the half-hour comedy thriller which follows Marshall (Dave King) and Frances (Emily Pendergast), “two former high school lab partners who share a secret: Marshall has discovered the world’s greatest medicine, a mushroom that can heal almost anything. But getting it out into the world won’t be easy — the DEA, big pharma and international businessmen are all on the chase to stop them.”

“Joe and Steve have created something incredibly original with a series that is thrilling, beautiful and deeply funny,” said Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen. “It’s top-level television that challenges expectations and raises profound questions. It’s...

There’s little doubt that the Western genre has been seeing a resurgence as of late thanks to shows like Yellowstone and 1883, and now Netflix is getting in on the action with the six-part thriller American Primeval. Starring Taylor Kitsch, the series reunites the Friday Night Lights alumni with Peter Berg, who directed the 2004 movie, and would go on to develop the 2006 hit series in which Kitsch portrayed fullback Tim Riggins.

The stunning new trailer for American Primeval (seen below) just dropped, giving us our first look at what we can expect from the explosive series, which also features Saura Lightfoot Leon, Betty Gilpin, Jai Courtney, and the always-fantastic Shea Whigham. "What do you think’s out there?" asks the voice of Preston Mota, who portrays Devin Rowell. "Your father," says his mother, Sara (Gilpin). From there, we’re treated to a barrage of beautiful scenery before things take...

In the new year, we’re going back to the Old West with “American Primeval,” a Western survival thriller from director Peter Berg (“Friday Night Lights”), writer Mark L. Smith (“The Revenant”), and showrunner Eric Newman (“Narcos”). Netflix released a trailer for the limited series on Thursday.

The series follows people trying to survive on the frontier in 1857. “If these Natives here don’t murder you, you got the Wasatch Mountain Range, grizzlies, wolves, and riled-up Mormons,” mountain man Jim Bridger (Shea Whigham) warns in the trailer. The show’s official description puts the conflict in extremely dramatic terms: “Up is down, pain is everywhere, innocence and tranquility are losing the battle to hatred and fear. Peace is the shrinking minority, and very few possess grace — even fewer know compassion. There is no safe haven in these brutal lands, and only one goal matters: survival. ‘American Primeval’ is a fictionalized...

Mark L. Smith and Director Peter Berg bring us a new look at the early struggles in the American landscape. American Primeval is a six-episode series that stars Taylor Kitsch (Isaac), Betty Gilpin (Sara Rowell), Dane DeHaan (Jacob Pratt), Saura Lightfoot-Leon (Abish Pratt), Derek Hinkey (Red Feather), Joe Tippett (James Wolsey), Jai Courtney (Virgil Cutter), Preston Mota (Devin Rowell), Shawnee Pourier (Two Moons), and Shea Whigham (Jim Bridger). Netflix has just released the trailer for the historical drama.

The official synopsis from Netflix reads,

“This is America…1857. Up is down, pain is everywhere, innocence and tranquility are losing the battle to hatred and fear. Peace is the shrinking minority, and very few possess grace — even fewer know compassion. There is no safe haven in these brutal lands, and only one goal matters: survival. American Primeval is a fictionalized dramatization and examination of the violent collision of culture, religion, and community...

Erika Jayne knows a thing or two about being caught in the crosshairs of illegal dealings and she wants to ensure that another Housewife avoids that fate.

For that reason the Painkiller singer wants The Real Housewives of Orange County star, Jennifer “Jenn” Pedranti to postpone her marriage to fiance Ryan Boyajian.

During a podcast conversation with Teddi Mellencamp about the Oc franchise, Erika urged Jenn, “Please don’t marry this man.”

The sentiment was expressed during the conversation regarding Ryan’s involvement in a gambling scandal.

Earlier in the season, Ryan refuted Tamra Judge’s allegation that his home was raided by the FBI.

However, things took a turn after filming wrapped when news broke that Ryan and his friend had been named in the money laundering scandal.

The Oc cameras went back up to capture the aftermath, and we saw a devastated Jenn plus her castmates airing concern for the blonde beauty.

Top 10 True Crime Shows Based on Real Cases - Main Image

Series like Breaking Bad and The Penguin can show just how thrilling crime can be as a genre, but there’s just an extra sense of shock and awe when you realize that the crime that the story is telling actually transpired in real life.

True Crime has been a steadily rising genre when it comes to television, and here’s a list of 10 titles that are actually based on some real, and quite shocking cases.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Brothers Story

Kicking off the list with something that was a hit this year, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story follows the case of two brothers from a wealthy family murdering their parents with shotguns and almost getting away with it.

While the discovery that the brothers themselves were guilty was shocking enough, the revelations of...

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Fifth Season and Makeready have acquired the rights to Final Score, a crime thriller spec from Will Hettinger, which Nick Rowland is set to direct.

The project reunites the companies with Rowland after work on a project in a similar vein — the forthcoming crime thriller She Rides Shotgun, starring Taron Egerton, for which Makeready is currently finalizing the domestic deal. News also comes after word that Makeready has extended by three years its overall deal with Fifth Season, also bringing Topic Studios into the fold for a joint venture spanning features, television, and unscripted content.

Said to be tonally in the vein of Sicario, Final Score follows Gamen (50s), the leader of the FBI’s tactical operations team, who recruits ex-Special Forces soldier Andy (30s) to join his unit as they try to take down both the mob and a gang of bank robbers. Brad Weston...

Netflix will be releasing a new Western series on its platform in January 2025, and it's called American Primeval. If you want to know more about this Netflix show, keep reading because we shared all the important details announced ahead of the release date in early 2025.

On Oct. 29, Netflix officially revealed that American Primeval makes its premiere on Jan. 9, 2025. Along with the release date, Netflix dropped a handful of first-look images from the series that show Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Jai Courtney, and other stars in action.

No one survives alone. American Primeval premieres January 9.

Starring Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Dane Dehaan, Saura Lightfoot Leon, Derek Hinkey, Kim Coates, Joe Tippett, Jai Courtney, Preston Mota, Shawnee Pourier, and Shea Whigham. pic.twitter.com/b9q7TEYpCF

— Netflix (@netflix) October 29, 2024

American Primeval is an upcoming limited series that was helmed by Peter Berg from scripts written by Mark L. Smith. Berg is...

Ann Lowe — the pioneering fashion designer and American couturier — is getting the biopic treatment at TriStar thanks to Serena Williams and Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth Carter.

Sony’s TriStar Pictures acquired the pitch for the project, titled The Dress, about Lowe, one of the country’s most prolific but also least-known couturiers. Lowe, who died in 1981, designed mid-century wardrobes for the biggest names in American society and industry, including members of the Rockefeller, Roosevelt, Du Pont and Whitney families.

The story will focus on how Lowe, who was the first Black woman to own a shop on Madison Avenue, was commissioned to design the wedding dress that Jackie Bouvier wore at her 1953 wedding to John F. Kennedy.

Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, the writers behind the Mister Rogers movie A Beautiful Day in The Neighborhood, will pen the screenplay based on the book By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley.

Exclusive: CBC has put a third season of time-bending anthology drama Plan B into production.

Kotv its returning to produce the season, which will feature a new lead cast of Carolina Bartczak (Painkiller, X-Men: Apocalypse), Arnold Pinnock (The Porter, Combat Hospital) and Ennis Esmer (Children Ruin Everything, Blindspot).

Additional casting includes Arianna Shannon making her screen debut, Jaeden Noel (Orphan Black: Echoes, Invasion), Carolyn Taylor (Baroness von Sketch Show, I Have Nothing) and Grace Lynn Kung (Sort Of, Fallout).

Production is now underway in Montreal, with six episodes planned. The show is an adaptation of the French-language drama series of the same name, which is now in its fourth season for Radio-Canada.

The season will follow Abigail Walker (Bartczak), the host of Canada’s top morning TV show, who is grappling with the devastating loss of her teenage daughter, Lucy (Shannon), to suicide. Tormented by grief and regret, Abigail uses...

Stars: Robert Bronzi, Daniel Roebuck, Valerie Bittner, Tito Ortiz, Sadie Katz, Helene Udy, A.C. Bernardi, Patrick Voss Davis | Written by Mark Savage, Joe Knetter, Jeff Miller, Tom Parnell | Directed by Mark Savage

12 to Midnight stars Charles Bronson lookalike Robert Bronzi and a title that sounds like Bronson’s film 10 to Midnight. The film even opens with Detective Toth (Robert Bronzi) walking in on, and bloodily dispatching, a couple of armed robbers who are standing between him and his beer. “You look familiar,” the shaken cashier tells him. “I get that a lot”. But, more importantly, it has something Bronson never had to deal with, a werewolf.

Unfortunately for Toth, he was off duty and already reeking of booze at the time of the incident, so instead of a commendation, he gets suspended by Captain Rhodes. He tells him to get his shit together so he won’t have to make it permanent,...

Fox’s Accused has added four actors to its season two cast. Cobie Smulders, Vella Lovell, Dina Shihabi, and Isabel Arraiza have joined the crime anthology series for the upcoming season.

In addition, Fox unveiled a short trailer teasing the fictional cases and timely subject matters that will be featured in the new season.

“Accused is a collection of intense, topical, and human stories of crime and punishment. Each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city, with an entirely original cast,” reads Fox’s synopsis. “Based on the BBC’s BAFTA-winning crime anthology, each episode opens in a courtroom on the defendant, with viewers knowing nothing about their crime or how they ended up on trial. Told from the defendant’s point of view through flashbacks, the show holds a mirror up to current times with evocative and emotional stories. In the end,...

How do you picture yourself saying "I'll be right there"? Maybe it's super casual because, well, most things can wait. Or perhaps it's the polar opposite, and you're saying it with utter turmoil because the person to whom you're speaking is under the impression that, no, it cannot wait. The latter is typically the case for aging mom and soon-to-be grandma Wanda, played to reliable perfection by Emmy winner Edie Falco (Avatar: The Way of Water).

Directed by Brendan Walsh (reteaming with Falco after a handful of Nurse Jackie episodes they did together) and written by Jim Beggarly, I'll Be Right There benefits from the same sort of razor-sharp wit Falco brought to her Sopranos role of Carmela, plus a handful of other elements such as the stellar cast alongside Falco for her wryly funny new indie feature.

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Zach Gilford would be open to a Friday Night Lights reunion, but only if the story is authentic and necessary. A movie sequel to Friday Night Lights was attempted more than a decade ago. Because of the show's iconic status, there is a general reluctance to continue the story or produce a reboot.

Friday Night Lights star Zach Gilford discusses gathering the cast for a possible reunion. Gilford has recently been portraying the villainous Elias Voit in the Paramount+ crime drama Criminal Minds: Evolution. However, his breakout role came with the sports saga from creator Peter Berg. Gilford portrayed Matt Saracen among the Friday Nights Lights cast of characters. The three-time Emmy-winning hit has endured long after its 2011 conclusion, with questions about a sequel or a follow-up occasionally rising to the surface.

In a recent interview with TV Insider, Gilford talked about the possibility of a Friday Night Lights reunion.

Once again, the Emmy Awards nominations don’t include a slew of TV favorites. Among the most notable snubs: Emma Stone for Best Drama Actress and a complete shutout of her Showtime series “The Curse.” Equally surprising was “Shogun” supporting actresses Moeka Hoshi and Fumi Nikaido missing the ballot. On the comedy side, Netflix’s “The Gentlemen” missed for Comedy Series and a forecasted bid for its star Theo James. And although “The Bear” had a solid morning overall, Abby Elliott wasn’t able to ride the wave of fortune in Best Comedy Supporting Actress. Oliver Platt and Matty Matheson were also snubbed on the Supporting Actor side.

Below, we enumerate the top 50 Emmys snubs in our estimation. These were the shows and performers that we thought had a strong chance to number among this year’s nominees. Let us know if there are others missing from this list that...

Ever since its inception, the Indian film industry has been obsessed with two kinds of criminals: gangsters, and those who are considered terrorists by the government. And while the threat they pose to society and human life is legitimate, in reality, it’s eclipsed by private organizations and government bodies that are in charge of the lifeline of our country. Movies such as Indian (the Kamal Haasan one), Sivaji: The Boss, Mersal, Gabbar Is Back, Sardar, and Jawan have tried to draw our attention to the fact that, with each passing day, doctors, medical experts, and the CEOs of pharmacy companies are killing more people than any mythical don or terrorist group ever can. While talking about the harmful effects of capitalism on small tribes and the little land they have in their possession, Kaala Paani shone a light on how dangerous the whole nexus between private and government bodies is.

If there is any agreement among Emmy pundits this awards season, it’s the fact that perhaps the most competitive collection of categories surrounds the limited series genre, where an embarrassment of riches promises a dogfight among an abundant list of worthy nominees in Best Limited Series and the four limited/made-for-tv movie acting lineups. During a limited-focused slugfest debate in advance of the Emmy nominations announcement on July 17, Gold Derby senior editors Denton Davidson, Marcus James Dixon and Daniel Montgomery and news and features editor Ray Richmond were all in agreement that Gold Derby pacesetter “Baby Reindeer” is a worthy frontrunner that’s likely to ultimately take the top limited prize (assuming it is in fact nominated). But they were all over the map on how the rest of that category shaped up as well as how the performer slots were poised to shake out. While there are a...

Nearly a year since independent Polish studio Kruger & Flint Productions’ arcade throwback Fps Bloodhound burst onto Steam, the shooter is now available on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Xbox fans won’t be left out for too long, as Bloodhound will arrive this August for the Xbox One and the Xbox Series.

Set in meticulously crafted hellish locations inspired by cult horror movies, legendary Fps games and real-world references, Bloodhound casts you as a valiant member of the Order of Keepers of the Gates, a secret faction of the Templar order. You’ve been tasked with guarding the gates of Hell against the Cult of Astaroth, which seeks to open them and let all hell loose.

Naturally, you’re not going to stand for this, and with classic Fps games such as Doom, Quake and Painkiller inspiring your arsenal, you’re ready to slay some demons. Your 10 weapons include implements such as a machete,...

Welcome to Emmy Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Emmy race — via Slack, of course. This week, as the eligibility period closes Friday, we discuss two last-minute limited/TV movie hopefuls.

Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! We’re at the end of 2024 Emmys eligibility, and not without some last-minute entries. This week, Netflix added “Eric” to its stable of limited series contenders — joining fellow May release “A Man in Full,” as well as “Ripley,” “Griselda,” “Painkiller” and presumed frontrunner “Baby Reindeer.” Meanwhile, over at HBO, “The Great Lillian Hall” is here, a TV movie that puts Jessica Lange in contention for Best Limited/TV Movie Actress. It’s funny: Neither of these projects feels like they connected with critics and the late drops are always dicey when there are too many shows to watch in the first place.

The concept of the limited series swept the TV world recently, and it felt like it happened overnight.

It is not an entirely new idea, as miniseries have existed since the time of radio dramas.

However, people lost interest in them at some point, and the era seemed to come to an end.

So much so that in 1991, the Emmy Awards merged Outstanding Miniseries with Outstanding TV Movie.

After numerous name changes to the category, the concept suddenly resurged -- the limited series was born.

With the popularity of American Horror Story, in 2015 they changed the category to Outstanding Limited Series.

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But now, the idea carries almost no weight due to networks and streamers renewing the popular limited series and turning them into plain old series.

HBO is one of the biggest offenders of this, literally winning awards in the limited...

All interviews included in this article were completed in June 2023.

The limited series Painkiller is a tragedy, period. It may have some absurdist elements, like a sing-along at an OxyContin convention in Miami or giant stuffed plushies with Purdue Pharma branding, but the show’s ending is bleak, as the series shines a sobering light on those affected by America’s opioid crisis –– the aftershocks of which are still felt today.

“We set out to make this show about the [opioid] epidemic, what caused it, why it was allowed to go on and, and why it’s very unlikely that there will ever be real justice — at least the justice that’s deserved,” executive producer Eric Newman told Tudum.

Here, Tudum unpacks just how far the pharmaceutical industrial complex went in the series, and how, as executive producer and director Pete Berg puts it, this “distorted, capitalistic nightmare” that churns pills...

Uzo Aduba is set to give this year’s commencement address at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. The three-time Orange Is the New Black Emmy winner will deliver her speech May 18 at the school’s Wilson Field in Orange, CA.

“Uzo Aduba is one of the exceptional talents of our time,” said Stephen Galloway, dean of Dodge College. “She represents everything we most cherish at Dodge College: a fierce intelligence, originality and the highest commitment to excellence.”

Aduba played inmate “Crazy Eyes” Warren on all seven seasons of Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, scoring Supporting Actress Emmys in 2024, 2015 and 2017, two individual SAG Awards and two SAG prizes for Comedy Ensemble. Aduba also picked up Emmy noms for HBO’s In Treatment reboot in 2021 and Hulu’s Mrs. America in 2020 and is a five-time Ncaap Image Award nominee.

Related: ‘Painkiller’ Trailer: Matthew Broderick & Uzo...