Harrison Ford’s Dr. Paul Rhodes has a special visitor in Shrinking Episode 4. The latest installment of the AppleTV+ comedy sees a new character named Meg shaking up the senior therapist’s day. Here’s who plays Meg in Shrinking and where you’ve seen her before, plus more on the cast of episode 4.
Lily Rabe as Meg in ‘Shrinking’ Episode 4 | AppleTV+ Meet Harrison Ford’s on-screen daughter, Meg, in ‘Shrinking’ Episode 4
Shrinking Episode 4, “Potatoes,” follows Jimmy Laird (Jason Segel) as he struggles to accept something he learned about his daughter, Alice (Lukita Maxwell). His stress leads him to confront Liz (Crista Miller) for interfering in his life.
Elsewhere, Paul prepares for a visit from his estranged daughter, Meg, played by Lily Rabe. He hasn’t told her about his Parkinson’s diagnosis yet, and he struggles to decide if now is the best time to do so. The two...
Lily Rabe as Meg in ‘Shrinking’ Episode 4 | AppleTV+ Meet Harrison Ford’s on-screen daughter, Meg, in ‘Shrinking’ Episode 4
Shrinking Episode 4, “Potatoes,” follows Jimmy Laird (Jason Segel) as he struggles to accept something he learned about his daughter, Alice (Lukita Maxwell). His stress leads him to confront Liz (Crista Miller) for interfering in his life.
Elsewhere, Paul prepares for a visit from his estranged daughter, Meg, played by Lily Rabe. He hasn’t told her about his Parkinson’s diagnosis yet, and he struggles to decide if now is the best time to do so. The two...
- 2/12/2023
- by Elise Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. Today’s Free Movie of the Day is the historical adventure film The Rebels, which is set in 1st century Wales. You can watch the movie over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Written and directed by Emmet Cummins, The Rebels has the following synopsis:
Four rebellious teenagers in 1st century Roman-occupied Wales must flee their village and live in the wild after they accidentally kill a Roman soldier and cause an uprising. They must learn to live together or risk facing the wrath of Rome.
The film stars Tom Leach, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Gwydion Rhys, Richard Mason, Julian Lewis Jones, James Groom, Harry Lynn, Ifan Huw Dafydd,...
Written and directed by Emmet Cummins, The Rebels has the following synopsis:
Four rebellious teenagers in 1st century Roman-occupied Wales must flee their village and live in the wild after they accidentally kill a Roman soldier and cause an uprising. They must learn to live together or risk facing the wrath of Rome.
The film stars Tom Leach, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Gwydion Rhys, Richard Mason, Julian Lewis Jones, James Groom, Harry Lynn, Ifan Huw Dafydd,...
- 11/24/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Tim Blake Nelson had a humorous response when he received an email one night while cooking dinner asking him if he wanted to play the title character in the atmospheric western, “Old Henry.” “So I said to my wife, ‘Well, it happened,” recalled Nelson during a recent Film Independent Zoom conversation. “’Now I’m playing old people!”’ But once he read director Potsy Ponciroli’s lean script, the actor was in.
He admired the tautness of “the storytelling and most of all how it explored what parenting is because I think that’s really at the heart of the story, the relationship between the father and the son. So much of what Henry does is motivated by his love for his kid. As the father of three boys, that’s something that spoke to me. I thought Potsy had really centered a great Western with a wonderfully intimate and in certain ways,...
He admired the tautness of “the storytelling and most of all how it explored what parenting is because I think that’s really at the heart of the story, the relationship between the father and the son. So much of what Henry does is motivated by his love for his kid. As the father of three boys, that’s something that spoke to me. I thought Potsy had really centered a great Western with a wonderfully intimate and in certain ways,...
- 12/30/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
School's out -- permanently. HBO Max has cancelled the Head of the Class sequel series after one season. The 10 episodes were all released on November 4th.
A multi-camera comedy series, the new version of Head of the Class stars Isabella Gomez, Jorge Diaz, Jolie Hoang Rappaport, Gavin Lewis, Dior Goodjohn, Brandon Severs, Adrian Matthew Escalona, and Katie Beth Hall. Christa Miller and Robin Givens are guest stars. The show revolves around a group of overachieving Meadows Creek High School students who meet their greatest challenge -- a teacher named Alicia Gomez (Gomez) who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life. Givens reprised her role as Darlene Hayward from the 1986-91 ABC sitcom. In the sequel series, she's a lawyer who wants the best for her son and is co-head of the Parents' Association. Read More…...
A multi-camera comedy series, the new version of Head of the Class stars Isabella Gomez, Jorge Diaz, Jolie Hoang Rappaport, Gavin Lewis, Dior Goodjohn, Brandon Severs, Adrian Matthew Escalona, and Katie Beth Hall. Christa Miller and Robin Givens are guest stars. The show revolves around a group of overachieving Meadows Creek High School students who meet their greatest challenge -- a teacher named Alicia Gomez (Gomez) who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life. Givens reprised her role as Darlene Hayward from the 1986-91 ABC sitcom. In the sequel series, she's a lawyer who wants the best for her son and is co-head of the Parents' Association. Read More…...
- 12/18/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Exclusive: HBO Max has opted not to renew its Head of the Class series reboot for a second season. The news comes a little over a month after the entire 10-episode first season of the followup was released on the streamer Nov. 4. The multi-camera series, from executive producer Bill Lawrence and executive producers/showrunners Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen, launched to Ok reviews (67% on Rotten Tomatoes.)
“We will not be moving forward with a second season of Head of the Class, an HBO Max spokesperson said in a statement to Deadline. “We were grateful to work with Bill, Amy, and Seth to bring back such an iconic series, and we thank them and the terrific cast for their hard work and dedication.”
Based on the sitcom created by Rich Eustis & Michael Elias that aired on ABC from 1986-91, Head Of the Class revolves around a group of overachieving high school...
“We will not be moving forward with a second season of Head of the Class, an HBO Max spokesperson said in a statement to Deadline. “We were grateful to work with Bill, Amy, and Seth to bring back such an iconic series, and we thank them and the terrific cast for their hard work and dedication.”
Based on the sitcom created by Rich Eustis & Michael Elias that aired on ABC from 1986-91, Head Of the Class revolves around a group of overachieving high school...
- 12/17/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“A privilege of acting is getting to learn new stuff and to embrace the demands of looking like you’ve been doing something all your life,” reveals Tim Blake Nelson about what he values about portraying new characters. As the star of writer/director Potsy Ponciroli‘s new Western drama “Old Henry,” Nelson spent months in pre-production preparing himself for the physical and emotional demands of playing a mysterious recluse and protective father in the Wild Wild West, who reveals an unexpected darker side when he is threatened by menacing outsiders.
“I demanded more of myself in terms of knowing where I am in the story,” he explains. “This felt like an extra challenge in this role, which is one of the reasons I wanted to do it, because in addition to being in the narrative trajectory, there’s this other unmasking that’s taking place that’s beyond the...
“I demanded more of myself in terms of knowing where I am in the story,” he explains. “This felt like an extra challenge in this role, which is one of the reasons I wanted to do it, because in addition to being in the narrative trajectory, there’s this other unmasking that’s taking place that’s beyond the...
- 11/5/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Blue Bayou (Justin Chon)
After Antonio (Justin Chon) is wrongfully arrested in front of his wife Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and step-daughter Jessie (Sydney Kowalske), he’s surprised to learn he’s been flagged for deportation. Due to his adoptive parent’s oversight, Antonio, who was born in Korea but has lived in Louisiana since he was a toddler, doesn’t have citizenship. Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou is an amalgam of real stories like Antonio’s, among which there are thousands. – Gabrielle M. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
Detention (John Hsu)
As a subversive poem (according to the Chinese Nationalist Party that ruled Taiwan under martial law during the period known as the White Terror from 1947 until 1987) read by Miss Yin...
Blue Bayou (Justin Chon)
After Antonio (Justin Chon) is wrongfully arrested in front of his wife Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and step-daughter Jessie (Sydney Kowalske), he’s surprised to learn he’s been flagged for deportation. Due to his adoptive parent’s oversight, Antonio, who was born in Korea but has lived in Louisiana since he was a toddler, doesn’t have citizenship. Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou is an amalgam of real stories like Antonio’s, among which there are thousands. – Gabrielle M. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
Detention (John Hsu)
As a subversive poem (according to the Chinese Nationalist Party that ruled Taiwan under martial law during the period known as the White Terror from 1947 until 1987) read by Miss Yin...
- 10/8/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
As an award nominee, Tim Blake Nelson usually hears the words “supporting” or “ensemble” associated with his achievements. The Gold Derby Awards, for instance, have nominated him three times in supporting and ensemble categories. Critics have called him the “Coen Brothers go-to hayseed.” But his only major win from an industry peer group has been an Album of the Year Grammy in 2002 for “O’ Brother Where Art Thou,” which he shared with 28 other artists.
But in “Old Henry,” out October 1, Nelson steps into a lead role. “It figures the first one would have ‘old’ in the title,” the 57-year-old New Yorker by way of Tulsa, Oklahoma, quipped about his starring role. Could he be an Independent Spirit leading actor nominee? Nelson talks about his career, Covid and the big reveal at the end of “Old Henry” he wants you to keep under your ten-gallon hat.
SEEAnn Dowd is early Oscars...
But in “Old Henry,” out October 1, Nelson steps into a lead role. “It figures the first one would have ‘old’ in the title,” the 57-year-old New Yorker by way of Tulsa, Oklahoma, quipped about his starring role. Could he be an Independent Spirit leading actor nominee? Nelson talks about his career, Covid and the big reveal at the end of “Old Henry” he wants you to keep under your ten-gallon hat.
SEEAnn Dowd is early Oscars...
- 10/5/2021
- by Bill McCuddy
- Gold Derby
Neon presents Julia Ducournau’s Titane, the lauded Palme d’Or winner set to test a stressed specialty market even as Messrs. Venom and Bond crash into wide release this weekend and next. The edgy, high octane French tale about a woman with a metal plate in her head and an automotive fetish hits 562 screens in top 10 top North American markets.
Ducournau (Raw) is only the second female director to take the Palme d’Or and the first for directing solo. She also wrote the 93% Certified Fresh film that took the Midnight Madness Audience Award at TIFF and last week played to sold out audiences with standing ovations at the New York Film Festival. Deadline review here called it a fascinating, shock-driven genre picture. The website of Titane – titanium in English — opens with only a definition: “A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys, often...
Ducournau (Raw) is only the second female director to take the Palme d’Or and the first for directing solo. She also wrote the 93% Certified Fresh film that took the Midnight Madness Audience Award at TIFF and last week played to sold out audiences with standing ovations at the New York Film Festival. Deadline review here called it a fascinating, shock-driven genre picture. The website of Titane – titanium in English — opens with only a definition: “A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys, often...
- 10/1/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Tim Blake Nelson in the Western Old Henry. Courtesy of Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures.
The classic Western rides again, with Tim Blake Nelson playing a quiet widowed farmer with teen-aged son on a hardscrabble Oklahoma farm, who takes in a wounded man found with a bag full of money and soon finds trouble follows. Writer/director Potsy Ponciroli’s low-budget indie Western action film Old Henry sports a much better than expected cast, and is elevated greatly by Tim Blake Nelson in a rare lead role.
Old Henry evokes classic Westerns, with its tale of an aging widowed farmer with a teen-aged son, defending his homestead when a group of armed men come looking for the wounded stranger they took in, and the bag of loot he had with him. Both the stranger and the men who have come looking for him claim to be lawmen, leaving the farmer to decide who to believe.
The classic Western rides again, with Tim Blake Nelson playing a quiet widowed farmer with teen-aged son on a hardscrabble Oklahoma farm, who takes in a wounded man found with a bag full of money and soon finds trouble follows. Writer/director Potsy Ponciroli’s low-budget indie Western action film Old Henry sports a much better than expected cast, and is elevated greatly by Tim Blake Nelson in a rare lead role.
Old Henry evokes classic Westerns, with its tale of an aging widowed farmer with a teen-aged son, defending his homestead when a group of armed men come looking for the wounded stranger they took in, and the bag of loot he had with him. Both the stranger and the men who have come looking for him claim to be lawmen, leaving the farmer to decide who to believe.
- 10/1/2021
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Henry’s (Tim Blake Nelson) been living and farming his Oklahoma land for almost two decades, if not more—the last ten as a single father to the now-teenage Wyatt (Gavin Lewis). Despite having help from his brother-in-law down the way (Trace Adkins’ Al), this life isn’t an easy one and the kid is desperate to escape it as much because of the work as the stone wall his dad has become. Wyatt feels he’s still being treated like a child when he knows he deserves more; Henry won’t let him hold a gun, let alone learn to shoot one. Tensions rise, Henry’s refusal to bend grows, and you can sense Wyatt is readying to leave the first chance he gets. Then everything changes.
It starts with a horse: saddled but unmanned and covered in blood. Henry decides to head out and find the obviously injured rider,...
It starts with a horse: saddled but unmanned and covered in blood. Henry decides to head out and find the obviously injured rider,...
- 9/28/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Sales
Vmi Worldwide has closed several major territory sales for western “Old Henry” from Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures. Sales buzz reached its fever pitch as the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday evening.
So far, Vmi has closed deals in Italy (Blue Swan), the U.K. and Australia (Signature), France (Ace Entertainment), Germany (Koch), Benelux (Three Lines), the Middle East and Turkey (Phoenicia Pictures International) and South Korea (Jaye Entertainment).
“Old Henry” was written and directed by Potsy Ponciroli (“Still the King”) and produced by Shannon Houchins and Michael Hagerty. Starring Tim Blake Nelson (“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”), Scott Haze (“Children of God”), Gavin Lewis (“Little Fires Everywhere”), Trace Adkins (“The Lincoln Lawyer”) and Stephen Dorff (“Blade”), the film turns on Henry, a farmer who helps an injured man with a bag of cash. Eventually, a gang shows up claiming to be the money’s rightful owners.
Vmi Worldwide has closed several major territory sales for western “Old Henry” from Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures. Sales buzz reached its fever pitch as the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday evening.
So far, Vmi has closed deals in Italy (Blue Swan), the U.K. and Australia (Signature), France (Ace Entertainment), Germany (Koch), Benelux (Three Lines), the Middle East and Turkey (Phoenicia Pictures International) and South Korea (Jaye Entertainment).
“Old Henry” was written and directed by Potsy Ponciroli (“Still the King”) and produced by Shannon Houchins and Michael Hagerty. Starring Tim Blake Nelson (“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”), Scott Haze (“Children of God”), Gavin Lewis (“Little Fires Everywhere”), Trace Adkins (“The Lincoln Lawyer”) and Stephen Dorff (“Blade”), the film turns on Henry, a farmer who helps an injured man with a bag of cash. Eventually, a gang shows up claiming to be the money’s rightful owners.
- 9/8/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Old Henry, the Tim Blake Nelson-starring Western action drama that had its world premiere out of competition at the Venice Film Festival last night, has secured a number of key international territory deals.
Vmi Worldwide has sold the Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures title for Italy (Blue Swan), the U.K. and Australia (Signature), France (Ace Entertainment), Germany (Koch), Benelux (Three Lins), the Middle East and Turkey (Phoenicia Pictures) and South Korea (Jaye Entertainment).
From writer-director Potsy Ponciroli (best known for the Billy Ray Cyrus sitcom Still the King) and also starring Scott Haze and Gavin Lewis, with Trace Adkins and Stephen Dorff,...
Vmi Worldwide has sold the Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures title for Italy (Blue Swan), the U.K. and Australia (Signature), France (Ace Entertainment), Germany (Koch), Benelux (Three Lins), the Middle East and Turkey (Phoenicia Pictures) and South Korea (Jaye Entertainment).
From writer-director Potsy Ponciroli (best known for the Billy Ray Cyrus sitcom Still the King) and also starring Scott Haze and Gavin Lewis, with Trace Adkins and Stephen Dorff,...
Old Henry, the Tim Blake Nelson-starring Western action drama that had its world premiere out of competition at the Venice Film Festival last night, has secured a number of key international territory deals.
Vmi Worldwide has sold the Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures title for Italy (Blue Swan), the U.K. and Australia (Signature), France (Ace Entertainment), Germany (Koch), Benelux (Three Lins), the Middle East and Turkey (Phoenicia Pictures) and South Korea (Jaye Entertainment).
From writer-director Potsy Ponciroli (best known for the Billy Ray Cyrus sitcom Still the King) and also starring Scott Haze and Gavin Lewis, with Trace Adkins and Stephen Dorff,...
Vmi Worldwide has sold the Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures title for Italy (Blue Swan), the U.K. and Australia (Signature), France (Ace Entertainment), Germany (Koch), Benelux (Three Lins), the Middle East and Turkey (Phoenicia Pictures) and South Korea (Jaye Entertainment).
From writer-director Potsy Ponciroli (best known for the Billy Ray Cyrus sitcom Still the King) and also starring Scott Haze and Gavin Lewis, with Trace Adkins and Stephen Dorff,...
Character actor Tim Blake Nelson may have found his niche in memorable turns recalling the heyday when Westerns ruled the roost in Hollywood. Or at least in Venice, where this film festival once again has shown a fondness for the star in a genre that rarely gets much of a closeup anymore. A couple of years ago, Nelson was unforgettable singing “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” in one of the vignettes of the Coen brothers’ anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, which had its world premiere in Venice before going on to get an Oscar nomination for that very song. Now Nelson is back in his inimitable scruffy style as a live-off-the-land-looking guy bringing up a straight-arrow teenage son in the waning days of the old west as Old Henry, which debuted in an out of competition slot at Venice earlier today.
Set in 1906, Old Henry is...
Set in 1906, Old Henry is...
- 9/8/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
In “Old Henry,” Patsy Ponciroli has written and directed a western which contains all the mechanisms for strong storytelling — but never digs past the superficial realm of old genre tropes.
Tim Blake Nelson, the Henry of the title, is here grizzled and grey and mutton-chopped. He looks every bit the whip-thin farmer who toils in tedious labor and who has probably seen better days. He has a modest ranch in the Oklahoma Territory circa 1906, the year in which the movie begins. He also has a teenage son, Wyatt (Gavin Lewis) who in the long tradition of teenage boys, thinks his father is a bit of a drip and can’t wait to set out on a more exciting life than the one on the farm. Nelson has a strong backlog of work as down-home country types, not least in the Coen Brothers’ 2018 western ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’, where he...
Tim Blake Nelson, the Henry of the title, is here grizzled and grey and mutton-chopped. He looks every bit the whip-thin farmer who toils in tedious labor and who has probably seen better days. He has a modest ranch in the Oklahoma Territory circa 1906, the year in which the movie begins. He also has a teenage son, Wyatt (Gavin Lewis) who in the long tradition of teenage boys, thinks his father is a bit of a drip and can’t wait to set out on a more exciting life than the one on the farm. Nelson has a strong backlog of work as down-home country types, not least in the Coen Brothers’ 2018 western ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’, where he...
- 9/7/2021
- by Christina Newland
- Indiewire
The Western is a film genre that has exerted an irresistible pull over the decades to filmmakers interested in action and adventure. But it’s also uniquely suited to deliver an elegy or a lament for days gone by, which is something Westerns have done indelibly from the final image of John Ford’s “The Searchers” to more recent films like Clint Eastwood’s monumental “Unforgiven” and Andrew Dominik’s luminous “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” There’s a reason why when Peter Bogdanovich wanted to capture the end of an era in “The Last Picture Show,” he used the final cattle drive in “Red River” — decades after their prime, Westerns can still have that impact.
Evoking days gone by, lone heroes and lives that could be snuffed out at any minute, Westerns by now carry an air of sadness to go along with their inevitable rip-roaring gunplay.
Evoking days gone by, lone heroes and lives that could be snuffed out at any minute, Westerns by now carry an air of sadness to go along with their inevitable rip-roaring gunplay.
- 9/7/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Tim Blake Nelson is a highly skilled and versatile actor (not to mention a terrific director), but for years now there has been one character he owns: the yokel, the snaggletoothed redneck runt, the leering hillbilly bumpkin who never met a big vocabulary word he didn’t like to chew on like tobacco. He has done variations on this role in films from “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” to “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” and the thing about it is that each time Nelson goes Full Hick, you don’t feel like he’s acting; you feel like he just is. In truth, he’s acting up a storm, never more so than in “Old Henry,” in which he gives what I can only call the “Citizen Kane” of Tim Blake Nelson hayseed varmint performances.
Here’s what elevates this one. Most of the backwoods turns on Nelson’s resume have been unabashedly comic.
Here’s what elevates this one. Most of the backwoods turns on Nelson’s resume have been unabashedly comic.
- 9/7/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Tim Blake Nelson has a blast as a pig farmer with something to hide, but this low-aiming western is as familiar as refried beans
Old Henry premieres at the Sala Grande here at Venice, with the sea at its front and the gondolas at its back and it’s hard to imagine a less appropriate setting. Potsy Ponciroli’s film is a rootin’ tootin’ barrel of wild-west cliches, complete with bank robbers, a scared kid and a dastardly villain who wears a black hat. The programmers could at least have played ball and put some saloon doors at the entrance, sawdust on the floor, maybe a spittoon by each seat.
Tim Blake Nelson grabs a rare and deserved title role as Henry, an ornery old pig farmer who may (slight spoiler) be a stone-cold cowboy killer in flight from a past he’d rather not talk about, dagnammit. Even so,...
Old Henry premieres at the Sala Grande here at Venice, with the sea at its front and the gondolas at its back and it’s hard to imagine a less appropriate setting. Potsy Ponciroli’s film is a rootin’ tootin’ barrel of wild-west cliches, complete with bank robbers, a scared kid and a dastardly villain who wears a black hat. The programmers could at least have played ball and put some saloon doors at the entrance, sawdust on the floor, maybe a spittoon by each seat.
Tim Blake Nelson grabs a rare and deserved title role as Henry, an ornery old pig farmer who may (slight spoiler) be a stone-cold cowboy killer in flight from a past he’d rather not talk about, dagnammit. Even so,...
- 9/7/2021
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
The Venice Film Festival might not seem the obvious destination for a Western (horses aren’t great with water, for starters), but this year sees Tim Blake Nelson’s Old Henry ride into town.
Billed as a “micro Western”, the film — from Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures — follows Henry (Nelson), a farmer with a deep secret who comes up against a posse of gunslingers at his small, isolated ranch after he takes in an injured man. Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis, Stephen Dorff and Trace Adkins also star in the feature, screening out of competition on the Lido on Sep. 7.
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Billed as a “micro Western”, the film — from Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures — follows Henry (Nelson), a farmer with a deep secret who comes up against a posse of gunslingers at his small, isolated ranch after he takes in an injured man. Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis, Stephen Dorff and Trace Adkins also star in the feature, screening out of competition on the Lido on Sep. 7.
Ahead of ...
The Venice Film Festival might not seem the obvious destination for a Western (horses aren’t great with water, for starters), but this year sees Tim Blake Nelson’s Old Henry ride into town.
Billed as a “micro Western”, the film — from Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures — follows Henry (Nelson), a farmer with a deep secret who comes up against a posse of gunslingers at his small, isolated ranch after he takes in an injured man. Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis, Stephen Dorff and Trace Adkins also star in the feature, screening out of competition on the Lido on Sep. 7.
Ahead of ...
Billed as a “micro Western”, the film — from Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures — follows Henry (Nelson), a farmer with a deep secret who comes up against a posse of gunslingers at his small, isolated ranch after he takes in an injured man. Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis, Stephen Dorff and Trace Adkins also star in the feature, screening out of competition on the Lido on Sep. 7.
Ahead of ...
Old Henry Trailer — Potsy Ponciroli‘s Old Henry (2021) movie trailer has been released by Shout! Factory. The Old Henry trailer stars Tim Blake Nelson, Gavin Lewis, Scott Haze, Trace Adkins, and Stephen Dorff. Crew Potsy Ponciroli wrote the screenplay for the Old Henry. Jordan Lehning created the music for the film. John Matysiak crafted the [...]
Continue reading: Old Henry (2021) Movie Trailer: Retired Gunslinger Tim Blake Nelson Takes on Stephen Dorff & His Outlaw Gang...
Continue reading: Old Henry (2021) Movie Trailer: Retired Gunslinger Tim Blake Nelson Takes on Stephen Dorff & His Outlaw Gang...
- 8/31/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"You didn't hold that pistol like any farmer I've ever seen." Shout Factory has unveiled an official trailer for an indie western action film titled Old Henry, from Italian filmmaker Potsy Ponciroli. This is premiering at the 2021 Venice Film Festival kicking off next week, playing out of competition. The film is action western about a farmer who takes in an injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse comes for the money, he must decide who to trust. Defending a siege, he reveals a gunslinging talent that calls his true identity into question. The always-badass Tim Blake Nelson stars as Henry, with a cast including Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis, Trace Adkins, and Stephen Dorff. Described by the filmmaker "micro western", adding that it's a "small, simple tale set in an alternate timeline where an authentic, historical character plays in a fictional world." Sounds pretty dang good. It almost...
- 8/27/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Written and Directed by Potsy Ponciroli, “Old Henry” is a Western that’s about to make its debut at the Venice International Film Festival next month. The cast is pretty impressive and the film features Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze Gavin Lewis, Trace Adkins and Stephen Dorff
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Here’s the official synopsis:
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Old Henry is an action-Western about a widowed farmer and his son who warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash.
Continue reading ‘Old Henry’ Trailer: Tim Blake Nelson, Stephen Dorff, Trace Adkins Star In A Venice-Bound Western at The Playlist.
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Here’s the official synopsis:
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Old Henry is an action-Western about a widowed farmer and his son who warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash.
Continue reading ‘Old Henry’ Trailer: Tim Blake Nelson, Stephen Dorff, Trace Adkins Star In A Venice-Bound Western at The Playlist.
- 8/27/2021
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Shout Studios and Hideout Pictures’ Old Henry has been set for a U.S. theatrical release on October 1. This will follow the western’s world premiere as an out of competition official selection title at the Venice Film Festival on September 7. Check out the trailer above.
Billed as an elevated action western, Old Henry is written and directed by Potsy Ponciroli. The film stars Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze and Gavin Lewis, with Trace Adkins and Stephen Dorff.
A production of Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures, Old Henry follows Nelson’s mysterious titular character, a farmer who, along with his son (Lewis), takes in an injured man (Haze) with a satchel of cash. When a posse led by their fearless chief Ketchum (Dorff) comes for the money, Henry must decide whom to trust. Defending a siege, he reveals a gunslinging talent calling his true identity into question.
As Dorff...
Billed as an elevated action western, Old Henry is written and directed by Potsy Ponciroli. The film stars Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze and Gavin Lewis, with Trace Adkins and Stephen Dorff.
A production of Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures, Old Henry follows Nelson’s mysterious titular character, a farmer who, along with his son (Lewis), takes in an injured man (Haze) with a satchel of cash. When a posse led by their fearless chief Ketchum (Dorff) comes for the money, Henry must decide whom to trust. Defending a siege, he reveals a gunslinging talent calling his true identity into question.
As Dorff...
- 8/27/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Production underway in Illinois.
Tyrese Gibson, riding high as F9 crosses $500m at the global box office, has joined the cast of Vmi Worldwide’s Cannes Marché sales title Come Out Fighting.
Vmi Worldwide, Schuetzle Company Productions and Deano Productions are producing the World War II action film about the 761st tank battalion known as The Black Panthers.
Gibson joins previously announced Kellan Lutz Hiram A. Murray and Michael Jai White on the project. He plays a hard-charging battalion sergeant who, along with his comrades, must put racial tensions aside when they encounter a downed fighter pilot behind enemy lines.
Tyrese Gibson, riding high as F9 crosses $500m at the global box office, has joined the cast of Vmi Worldwide’s Cannes Marché sales title Come Out Fighting.
Vmi Worldwide, Schuetzle Company Productions and Deano Productions are producing the World War II action film about the 761st tank battalion known as The Black Panthers.
Gibson joins previously announced Kellan Lutz Hiram A. Murray and Michael Jai White on the project. He plays a hard-charging battalion sergeant who, along with his comrades, must put racial tensions aside when they encounter a downed fighter pilot behind enemy lines.
- 7/7/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Bill Lawrence’s “Head of the Class” reboot has been picked up to series at HBO Max, the streamer announced Wednesday.
The half-hour multi-camera comedy is an adaptation of the ABC comedy that ran for five seasons in the 1980s. It centers on a group of overachieving high school students who meet their greatest challenge — a teacher, Alicia Adams (“One Day at a Time” star Isabella Gomez), who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.
Jorge Diaz, Jolie Hoang Rappaport, Gavin Lewis, Dior Goodjohn, Brandon Severs (“Diary of a Future President”), Adrian Matthew Escalona and Katie Beth Hall also star.
Bill Lawrence is the executive producer on the series alongside writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen and Jeff Ingold of Lawrence’s Doozer Productions. Doozer’s Liza Katzer is co-executive producer. Phill Lewis directed the pilot.
The original “Head of the Class” premiered in 1986 and...
The half-hour multi-camera comedy is an adaptation of the ABC comedy that ran for five seasons in the 1980s. It centers on a group of overachieving high school students who meet their greatest challenge — a teacher, Alicia Adams (“One Day at a Time” star Isabella Gomez), who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.
Jorge Diaz, Jolie Hoang Rappaport, Gavin Lewis, Dior Goodjohn, Brandon Severs (“Diary of a Future President”), Adrian Matthew Escalona and Katie Beth Hall also star.
Bill Lawrence is the executive producer on the series alongside writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen and Jeff Ingold of Lawrence’s Doozer Productions. Doozer’s Liza Katzer is co-executive producer. Phill Lewis directed the pilot.
The original “Head of the Class” premiered in 1986 and...
- 3/31/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Half-hour multicamera comedy “Head of the Class” has been given a 10-episode series order from streaming platform HBO Max.
The original series, which is being executive produced by Bill Lawrence (of “Ted Lasso” and “Scrubs”) alongside exec producers and writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen (of “Paradise Pd” and “American Vandal”), stars “One Day at a Time” actor Isabella Gomez as well as Jorge Diaz, Jolie Hoang Rappaport, Gavin Lewis, Dior Goodjohn, Brandon Severs, Adrian Matthew Escalona, and Katie Beth Hall, plus guest star Christa Miller.
“Head of the Class” — a reboot of the original 1980s comedy created by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias — centers on a “group of overachieving high school students who meet their greatest challenge — a teacher, Alicia Adams, who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.”
Warner Bros. Television and Doozer Productions are producing the series, which will begin filming this summer in Los Angeles.
The original series, which is being executive produced by Bill Lawrence (of “Ted Lasso” and “Scrubs”) alongside exec producers and writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen (of “Paradise Pd” and “American Vandal”), stars “One Day at a Time” actor Isabella Gomez as well as Jorge Diaz, Jolie Hoang Rappaport, Gavin Lewis, Dior Goodjohn, Brandon Severs, Adrian Matthew Escalona, and Katie Beth Hall, plus guest star Christa Miller.
“Head of the Class” — a reboot of the original 1980s comedy created by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias — centers on a “group of overachieving high school students who meet their greatest challenge — a teacher, Alicia Adams, who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.”
Warner Bros. Television and Doozer Productions are producing the series, which will begin filming this summer in Los Angeles.
- 3/31/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Class is in session at HBO Max. The streamer has handed the reboot of Head of the Class a ten-episode order.
The series comes from Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence, fresh off the back of two Golden Globes nominations for Ted Lasso, and American Vandal writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen.
This comes after the project was handed a pilot order and five additional scripts in May 2020.
Based on the 1980s ABC comedy created by Rich Eustis & Michael Elias, the half-hour multicamera series stars One Day at a Time’s Isabella Gomez as teacher Alicia Adams, who wants her group of overachieving high school students to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.
Jorge Diaz (The Long Road Home), Jolie Hoang-Rappaport (Watchmen), Gavin Lewis (Little Fires Everywhere), Dior Goodjohn (Glee), Brandon Severs (Diary of a Future President), Adrian Matthew Escalona and Katie Beth Hall (Happy!) also star with...
The series comes from Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence, fresh off the back of two Golden Globes nominations for Ted Lasso, and American Vandal writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen.
This comes after the project was handed a pilot order and five additional scripts in May 2020.
Based on the 1980s ABC comedy created by Rich Eustis & Michael Elias, the half-hour multicamera series stars One Day at a Time’s Isabella Gomez as teacher Alicia Adams, who wants her group of overachieving high school students to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.
Jorge Diaz (The Long Road Home), Jolie Hoang-Rappaport (Watchmen), Gavin Lewis (Little Fires Everywhere), Dior Goodjohn (Glee), Brandon Severs (Diary of a Future President), Adrian Matthew Escalona and Katie Beth Hall (Happy!) also star with...
- 3/31/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO Max has rounded out cast for multi-camera comedy pilot Head of the Class, a reboot of the popular 1980s ABC sitcom. Jorge Diaz (Jane The Virgin), Dior Goodjohn (Glee), Brandon Severs (Walk the Prank), newcomer Adrian Matthew Escalona and Christa Miller (Scrubs) join previously announced Isabella Gomez, Gavin Lewis and Jolie Hoang-Rappaport in the reboot which hails from American Vandal writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen, Bill Lawrence and his Doozer Productions; and Warner Bros. Television, which produced the original series.
Written by Pocha and Cohen, based on the original series created by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias, the reimagined Head of the Class revolves around a group of overachieving high school students who meet their greatest challenge — a teacher Alicia Adams (Gomez), who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.
Diaz plays Elliot Olsen, a goofy English teacher who loves his job...
Written by Pocha and Cohen, based on the original series created by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias, the reimagined Head of the Class revolves around a group of overachieving high school students who meet their greatest challenge — a teacher Alicia Adams (Gomez), who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.
Diaz plays Elliot Olsen, a goofy English teacher who loves his job...
- 1/19/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Stephen Dorff, Trace Adkins, Scott Haze and Gavin Lewis have been added to the cast of Old Henry, a Western actioner in the works from Shout! Studios and Hideout Pictures. They join Tim Blake Nelson, who was tapped to star last week. Principal photography is now underway on location in Tennessee.
Old Henry, written and being directed by Potsy Ponciroli, centers on Nelson as widowed farmer Henry and his son Wyatt (Lewis), who warily take in a mysterious, injured man named Curry (Haze) with a satchel of cash. Dorff plays Ketchum, the head of the group looking for Curry. Atkins plays Wyatt’s Uncle Al.
Shannon Houchins and Mike Hagerty are producers. Garson Foos, Bob Emmer, Jordan Fields, Alex Siskin and Trevor O’Neil are executive producers.
The movie is part of a multi-picture deal between the Shout! Studios arm and Hideout, all Westerns, which the companies will co-produce and co-finance.
Old Henry, written and being directed by Potsy Ponciroli, centers on Nelson as widowed farmer Henry and his son Wyatt (Lewis), who warily take in a mysterious, injured man named Curry (Haze) with a satchel of cash. Dorff plays Ketchum, the head of the group looking for Curry. Atkins plays Wyatt’s Uncle Al.
Shannon Houchins and Mike Hagerty are producers. Garson Foos, Bob Emmer, Jordan Fields, Alex Siskin and Trevor O’Neil are executive producers.
The movie is part of a multi-picture deal between the Shout! Studios arm and Hideout, all Westerns, which the companies will co-produce and co-finance.
- 1/14/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for upcoming awards. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
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2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best TV Movie/Limited Series
Updated: Jan. 11, 2021
Awards Commentary:
Last year, the HFPA somehow completely missed out on honoring HBO’s “Watchmen,” the critically acclaimed limited series that went on to dominate the Emmys. This year, the limited series race is stacked with contenders — too many worthy programs to all make the cut. But don’t keep your eye on any TV movies — in comparison to limited series, there aren’t...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
Draft>>>Pre Season>>>Regular Season>>>Post Season
2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best TV Movie/Limited Series
Updated: Jan. 11, 2021
Awards Commentary:
Last year, the HFPA somehow completely missed out on honoring HBO’s “Watchmen,” the critically acclaimed limited series that went on to dominate the Emmys. This year, the limited series race is stacked with contenders — too many worthy programs to all make the cut. But don’t keep your eye on any TV movies — in comparison to limited series, there aren’t...
- 1/12/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Onetime Gotham badass Jessica Lucas has joined Fox’s The Resident as a series regular for Season 4 (premiering Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 8/7c).
Per our sister site Deadline, Lucas will play Billie, a childhood friend of Nic’s and onetime top neurosurgery resident at Chastain who was ousted after making a tragic error.
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Lucas’ previous TV credits also include Gracepoint,...
Per our sister site Deadline, Lucas will play Billie, a childhood friend of Nic’s and onetime top neurosurgery resident at Chastain who was ousted after making a tragic error.
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Lucas’ previous TV credits also include Gracepoint,...
- 12/18/2020
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Gavin Lewis (Little Fires Everywhere) is set as a series regular in HBO Max’s multi-camera comedy pilot Head of the Class, a reboot of the popular 1980s ABC sitcom. The reboot hails from American Vandal writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen, Bill Lawrence and his Doozer Productions; and Warner Bros. Television, which produced the original series.
Written by Pocha and Cohen, based on the original series created by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias, the reimagined Head of the Class revolves around a group of overachieving high school students who meet their greatest challenge — a first-time teacher, Alicia Adams (Isabella Gomez), who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.
Lewis will play Luke Burrows. Fourteen years old, driven, ambitious, and conservative Luke already has a 10 point life plan to follow in his senator father’s footsteps.
In addition to Gomez, Lewis joins previously announced Jolie Hoang-Rappaport.
Written by Pocha and Cohen, based on the original series created by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias, the reimagined Head of the Class revolves around a group of overachieving high school students who meet their greatest challenge — a first-time teacher, Alicia Adams (Isabella Gomez), who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.
Lewis will play Luke Burrows. Fourteen years old, driven, ambitious, and conservative Luke already has a 10 point life plan to follow in his senator father’s footsteps.
In addition to Gomez, Lewis joins previously announced Jolie Hoang-Rappaport.
- 12/18/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Anyone who believes the old adage that boys will only watch TV shows with male leads, while girls will watch shows with male and female leads clearly hasn’t been paying attention to the teen drama landscape lately.
Current series including Netflix hits “Never Have I Ever” and “The Baby-Sitters Club” as well as stalwarts such as the CW’s “Riverdale” have received praise from critics across gender lines and both above and below the voting age requirement. These series are also about, or frequently marketed to, teen girls — or they at least give them the cool stuff to do. Even on prestige dramas in recent years including Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” FX’s “The Americans” and HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” it is the teen girls who are stealing the best bits of screen time and becoming the fan favorites. Meanwhile, depictions of some teen boys, such as on...
Current series including Netflix hits “Never Have I Ever” and “The Baby-Sitters Club” as well as stalwarts such as the CW’s “Riverdale” have received praise from critics across gender lines and both above and below the voting age requirement. These series are also about, or frequently marketed to, teen girls — or they at least give them the cool stuff to do. Even on prestige dramas in recent years including Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” FX’s “The Americans” and HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” it is the teen girls who are stealing the best bits of screen time and becoming the fan favorites. Meanwhile, depictions of some teen boys, such as on...
- 8/20/2020
- by Whitney Friedlander
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video has taken the exclusive rights to drama series “Little Fires Everywhere,” executive produced and starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, in Europe, Latin America, Canada and Australia, where it will launch on May 22.
Based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestseller, “Little Fires Everywhere” follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. The story “explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster,” according to a statement from Amazon Prime Video.
As well as Witherspoon and Washington, the cast includes Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass and Gavin Lewis.
The series is produced by Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, Washington’s Simpson Street, and ABC Signature Studios, a part of Disney Television Studios. Liz Tigelaar is creator, showrunner and executive producer.
Based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestseller, “Little Fires Everywhere” follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. The story “explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster,” according to a statement from Amazon Prime Video.
As well as Witherspoon and Washington, the cast includes Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass and Gavin Lewis.
The series is produced by Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, Washington’s Simpson Street, and ABC Signature Studios, a part of Disney Television Studios. Liz Tigelaar is creator, showrunner and executive producer.
- 5/7/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
In a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for Hulu. For this season, the company has returning hits “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Elisabeth Moss), “Ramy” (Ramy Youssef) and “Shrill” (Aidy Bryant) as part of their 2020 campaign. Newcomers could include “The Great” (Elle Fanning), “High Fidelity” (Zoe Kravitz) and “Little Fires Everywhere”.
Below, the list of Hulu lead, supporting and guest submissions for their comedy, drama and limited series. More names might be added by the studio on the final Emmy ballot. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.
SEEMeet the red-hot cast of ‘Little Fires Everywhere’
“Ask Dr. Ruth”
Documentary or Nonfiction Special
“Castle Rock”
Limited Series
Movie/Limited Actress – Lizzy Caplan
Movie/Limited Supporting Actor – Barkhad Abdi, Tim Robbins, Paul Sparks
Movie/Limited Supporting Actress – Elsie Fisher, Yusra Warsama
Culture Shock...
Below, the list of Hulu lead, supporting and guest submissions for their comedy, drama and limited series. More names might be added by the studio on the final Emmy ballot. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.
SEEMeet the red-hot cast of ‘Little Fires Everywhere’
“Ask Dr. Ruth”
Documentary or Nonfiction Special
“Castle Rock”
Limited Series
Movie/Limited Actress – Lizzy Caplan
Movie/Limited Supporting Actor – Barkhad Abdi, Tim Robbins, Paul Sparks
Movie/Limited Supporting Actress – Elsie Fisher, Yusra Warsama
Culture Shock...
- 5/4/2020
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for the finale of Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere.”)
Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere” dropped its finale on Wednesday, an episode packed with fiery moments — and one literal, actual fire. Among those explosive scenes that built up to the burning of the Richardson family home was a screaming match between Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon) and her daughter Lexie (Jade Pettyjohn) in the middle of the night, after the teen admits to having had an abortion.
When Lexie confesses it was her, not Pearl (Lexi Underwood), who got pregnant, she tells her mother she’s “not f–king perfect,” to which Elena screams back at the top of her lungs, “yes you are!” Elena then storms back into her bedroom and slams the door. Lexie screams right back, and slams her door, too.
Also Read: 'Little Fires Everywhere' Showrunner on Finale's Biggest Changes From...
Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere” dropped its finale on Wednesday, an episode packed with fiery moments — and one literal, actual fire. Among those explosive scenes that built up to the burning of the Richardson family home was a screaming match between Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon) and her daughter Lexie (Jade Pettyjohn) in the middle of the night, after the teen admits to having had an abortion.
When Lexie confesses it was her, not Pearl (Lexi Underwood), who got pregnant, she tells her mother she’s “not f–king perfect,” to which Elena screams back at the top of her lungs, “yes you are!” Elena then storms back into her bedroom and slams the door. Lexie screams right back, and slams her door, too.
Also Read: 'Little Fires Everywhere' Showrunner on Finale's Biggest Changes From...
- 4/23/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
The following contains spoilers for Little Fires Everywhere episode 8.
Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere is a splendid (if at times unsubtle) examination of motherhood and how it can be both a gift and an albatross of societal expectation and disappointment around women’s necks. Through seven episodes, the show follows Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon) and Mia Warren (Kerry Washington) as they engage in a delicate dance of misunderstanding around each other.
Now in episode 8, at the conclusion of this level-headed series with such lofty, truly adult themes, there is only one question left to explore: Who Set That Gosh Darn Fire! Yes, for all of Little Fires Everywhere’s sturdy themes of motherhood, at the end of the day this is also a mystery. Starting from its first scene, which opens in media res with the Richardson house aflame, the show has not been shy in dangling a pulpy mystery or two over viewers’ heads.
Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere is a splendid (if at times unsubtle) examination of motherhood and how it can be both a gift and an albatross of societal expectation and disappointment around women’s necks. Through seven episodes, the show follows Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon) and Mia Warren (Kerry Washington) as they engage in a delicate dance of misunderstanding around each other.
Now in episode 8, at the conclusion of this level-headed series with such lofty, truly adult themes, there is only one question left to explore: Who Set That Gosh Darn Fire! Yes, for all of Little Fires Everywhere’s sturdy themes of motherhood, at the end of the day this is also a mystery. Starting from its first scene, which opens in media res with the Richardson house aflame, the show has not been shy in dangling a pulpy mystery or two over viewers’ heads.
- 4/22/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for the finale of Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere.”)
“Little Fires Everywhere” ended on Wednesday with an episode that closed the stories of Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon) and Mia Warren (Kerry Washington) and their respect families — but not in the exact same way the best-selling novel the Hulu limited series is based on did.
TheWrap spoke with “Little Fires Everywhere” showrunner Liz Tigelaar about the final episode and why she and the other writers made some of the biggest alterations to the ending of Celeste Ng’s book. The first being, why instead of Elena and Bill’s (Joshua Jackson) daughter Izzy (Megan Stott), it was her three siblings — Trip (Jordan Elsass), Moody (Gavin Lewis) and Lexie (Jade Pettyjohn) — who set fire to the Richardson house in the show’s finale.
“One thing when we first started was kind of looking at this mystery and...
“Little Fires Everywhere” ended on Wednesday with an episode that closed the stories of Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon) and Mia Warren (Kerry Washington) and their respect families — but not in the exact same way the best-selling novel the Hulu limited series is based on did.
TheWrap spoke with “Little Fires Everywhere” showrunner Liz Tigelaar about the final episode and why she and the other writers made some of the biggest alterations to the ending of Celeste Ng’s book. The first being, why instead of Elena and Bill’s (Joshua Jackson) daughter Izzy (Megan Stott), it was her three siblings — Trip (Jordan Elsass), Moody (Gavin Lewis) and Lexie (Jade Pettyjohn) — who set fire to the Richardson house in the show’s finale.
“One thing when we first started was kind of looking at this mystery and...
- 4/22/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Episode 6 of “Little Fires Everywhere.”)
The first five episodes of the Hulu adaptation of Celeste Ng’s “Little Fires Everywhere” have had the benefit of being led by Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, two critically acclaimed actresses playing two very different women.
Wednesday’s installment still features the “Big Little Lies” alum as the tightly wound, upper class Elena and the “Scandal” vet as the closely guarded, starving artist Mia, mothers who are at odds with each other as they tackle issues of class and race in an Ohio suburb in the ’90s. But the real stars of the episode are AnnaSophia Robb and Tiffany Boone, who were faced with the challenge of playing the younger versions of Witherspoon and Washington’s characters.
TheWrap spoke with Boone (“The Chi”) and Robb (“The Act”) in a joint interview to ask about their experiences shooting the backstory episode,...
The first five episodes of the Hulu adaptation of Celeste Ng’s “Little Fires Everywhere” have had the benefit of being led by Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, two critically acclaimed actresses playing two very different women.
Wednesday’s installment still features the “Big Little Lies” alum as the tightly wound, upper class Elena and the “Scandal” vet as the closely guarded, starving artist Mia, mothers who are at odds with each other as they tackle issues of class and race in an Ohio suburb in the ’90s. But the real stars of the episode are AnnaSophia Robb and Tiffany Boone, who were faced with the challenge of playing the younger versions of Witherspoon and Washington’s characters.
TheWrap spoke with Boone (“The Chi”) and Robb (“The Act”) in a joint interview to ask about their experiences shooting the backstory episode,...
- 4/9/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
To say that Hulu’s adaptation of “Little Fires Everywhere” takes some major departures of Celeste Ng’s popular novel would be an understatement.
And on of the biggest changes is how showrunner Liz Tigelaar handles the character of Isabella “Izzy” Richardson (Megan Stott), the youngest of Richardson clan. The teenager is the same rebellious character she was in the book, often spitting in the face of pretty much anything her mother Elena (Reese Witherspoon) wants. But the Hulu version added a lesbian subplot to Izzy’s story, to better illustrate just how much Izzy feels different than the rest of her siblings.
Stott told TheWrap that the show adds “expanded more” of the “seeds” of the book. “I think it was very cool just to see those things happening. And I think they did a great job,” she told TheWrap in the video you can watch above. “I think...
And on of the biggest changes is how showrunner Liz Tigelaar handles the character of Isabella “Izzy” Richardson (Megan Stott), the youngest of Richardson clan. The teenager is the same rebellious character she was in the book, often spitting in the face of pretty much anything her mother Elena (Reese Witherspoon) wants. But the Hulu version added a lesbian subplot to Izzy’s story, to better illustrate just how much Izzy feels different than the rest of her siblings.
Stott told TheWrap that the show adds “expanded more” of the “seeds” of the book. “I think it was very cool just to see those things happening. And I think they did a great job,” she told TheWrap in the video you can watch above. “I think...
- 4/7/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Gavin Lewis plays Moody Richardson on Hulu’s adaptation of the Celeste Ng best-seller “Little Fires Everywhere” — an aptly named character, given the fact the teen’s life is plagued by unreciprocated feelings for his new friend Pearl (Lexi Underwood). To make matters worse for Moody, though he doesn’t know it yet, Pearl is falling for his big brother Trip (Jordan Elsass) and recently slept with the ladies man. To make matters even worse, Trip might be falling for Pearl in return.
Ah, young unrequited love, a complicated thing that Lewis says is “really fun to play.”
“It is a lot of fun,” the 16-year-old actor told TheWrap. “And I think Moody really sort of latched onto Pearl the way he did because he’s never seen anyone like this in this town. Everybody’s sort of focused on the social aspects of school and they aren’t really...
Ah, young unrequited love, a complicated thing that Lewis says is “really fun to play.”
“It is a lot of fun,” the 16-year-old actor told TheWrap. “And I think Moody really sort of latched onto Pearl the way he did because he’s never seen anyone like this in this town. Everybody’s sort of focused on the social aspects of school and they aren’t really...
- 3/31/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
In the first few scenes of Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere,” it’s quite clear who story-tellers want us to believe is responsible for burning down the magnificent home of perky matriarch Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon). Let’s blame her pouty, rebellious daughter Izzy (Megan Stott), who often seems like she wants to torch the whole world that fails to understand, and douse, her inner rage.
After all, in upcoming flashback scenes, we learn that Izzy has a fondness for flames when she ignites her own hair in the bathroom at home while protesting expectations of how she should look.
But, wait, is Izzy just misunderstood? Are “Little Fires Everywhere” producers misleading viewers in order to create suspense while making us wonder later on if mysterious Mia (Kerry Washington) is really to blame? Or Mia’s seemingly sweet daughter Pearl (Lexi Underwood)? Do you trust her? What about Elena’s brassy kids?...
After all, in upcoming flashback scenes, we learn that Izzy has a fondness for flames when she ignites her own hair in the bathroom at home while protesting expectations of how she should look.
But, wait, is Izzy just misunderstood? Are “Little Fires Everywhere” producers misleading viewers in order to create suspense while making us wonder later on if mysterious Mia (Kerry Washington) is really to blame? Or Mia’s seemingly sweet daughter Pearl (Lexi Underwood)? Do you trust her? What about Elena’s brassy kids?...
- 3/25/2020
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
Image Source: Hulu
Hulu's adaptation of Celest Ng's novel Little Fires Everywhere is set to release on March 18, and fans are anxiously waiting to watch. Set in the '90s, the series will wrap viewers into the drama of Shaker Heights, Ohio, where the arrival of single mother Mia Warren (Kerry Washington) and her daughter, Pearl (Lexi Underwood), change the life of prim and proper Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon).
Leading up to the familial clash, Pearl befriends Elena's children. Two of her closest comrades include the oldest Richardson child, Lexi - played by Destroyer's Jade Pettyjohn - and the second youngest, Moody - played by The Prince of Peoria's Gavin Lewis. As you'll see on the show (or have already read in the book), the young characters play a significant role in the course of action that fans a growing flame. Ahead of the series release, Popsugar chatted...
Hulu's adaptation of Celest Ng's novel Little Fires Everywhere is set to release on March 18, and fans are anxiously waiting to watch. Set in the '90s, the series will wrap viewers into the drama of Shaker Heights, Ohio, where the arrival of single mother Mia Warren (Kerry Washington) and her daughter, Pearl (Lexi Underwood), change the life of prim and proper Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon).
Leading up to the familial clash, Pearl befriends Elena's children. Two of her closest comrades include the oldest Richardson child, Lexi - played by Destroyer's Jade Pettyjohn - and the second youngest, Moody - played by The Prince of Peoria's Gavin Lewis. As you'll see on the show (or have already read in the book), the young characters play a significant role in the course of action that fans a growing flame. Ahead of the series release, Popsugar chatted...
- 3/17/2020
- by Brea Cubit
- Popsugar.com
With the coronavirus pandemic rapidly spreading in the U.S., Hollywood has been canceling large gatherings to help slow the outbreak. The latest event to be pulled over the coronavirus is the March 12 premiere of Hulu’s new limited series Little Fires Everywhere starring and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. The streamer just notified attendees of the cancellation in an email.
“As you are all aware, the current state of affairs has altered the daily lives of many people, including our cast and crew. After hearing from many of you, and out of an abundance of caution, we are canceling tomorrow’s Little Fires Everywhere premiere screening and celebration,” Hulu said in the email. “We are extremely proud of this series and can’t wait to share it with you when it debuts on Hulu on March 18. Thank you for your understanding.”
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“As you are all aware, the current state of affairs has altered the daily lives of many people, including our cast and crew. After hearing from many of you, and out of an abundance of caution, we are canceling tomorrow’s Little Fires Everywhere premiere screening and celebration,” Hulu said in the email. “We are extremely proud of this series and can’t wait to share it with you when it debuts on Hulu on March 18. Thank you for your understanding.”
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- 3/12/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV News Roundup, Hulu released a trailer for its upcoming series “Little Fires Everywhere” starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington and Netflix debuted a trailer for Taylor Tomlinson’s first hour-long comedy special.
First Looks
Hulu has debuted a trailer for its upcoming eight-episode series “Little Fires Everywhere.” The series is based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 novel of the same name and follows a mother and daughter upending the lives of a picture-perfect family in an Ohio suburb. “Little Fires Everywhere” stars Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott, Lexi Underwood and Huang Lu. It will debut its first three episodes on Hulu on March 18. The series comes from Hello Sunshine, Simpson Street and ABC Signature Studios. Witherspoon, Washington, Lauren Levy Neustadter, Pilar Savone, Lynn Shelton and Liz Tigelaar, who showruns, serve as executive producers.
Netflix has released...
First Looks
Hulu has debuted a trailer for its upcoming eight-episode series “Little Fires Everywhere.” The series is based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 novel of the same name and follows a mother and daughter upending the lives of a picture-perfect family in an Ohio suburb. “Little Fires Everywhere” stars Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott, Lexi Underwood and Huang Lu. It will debut its first three episodes on Hulu on March 18. The series comes from Hello Sunshine, Simpson Street and ABC Signature Studios. Witherspoon, Washington, Lauren Levy Neustadter, Pilar Savone, Lynn Shelton and Liz Tigelaar, who showruns, serve as executive producers.
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- 2/20/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
‘Little Fires Everywhere’ Trailer: Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington’s Slow Burn in the Suburbs
The roof — and also, the entire house — is on fire.
Hulu released the official full-length trailer for its upcoming eight-episode limited series, “Little Fires Everywhere.” And as said trailer suggests, you oughta know that the little fires aren’t just the ones that set a family’s home ablaze: Sometimes they’re also the friends we made along the way. Based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestseller of the same name, “Little Fires Everywhere” stars Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington as the respective matriarchs of the picture-perfect Richardson and enigmatic Warren families.
The trailer opens with the image of the Richardson’s Shaker Heights family home destroyed by the literal fire, with Elena (Witherspoon) voiceovering about how she “always had the best intentions” and being asked if she knows anyone who would do this. What follows is a look back at the events leading up to the fire, with Elena renting...
Hulu released the official full-length trailer for its upcoming eight-episode limited series, “Little Fires Everywhere.” And as said trailer suggests, you oughta know that the little fires aren’t just the ones that set a family’s home ablaze: Sometimes they’re also the friends we made along the way. Based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestseller of the same name, “Little Fires Everywhere” stars Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington as the respective matriarchs of the picture-perfect Richardson and enigmatic Warren families.
The trailer opens with the image of the Richardson’s Shaker Heights family home destroyed by the literal fire, with Elena (Witherspoon) voiceovering about how she “always had the best intentions” and being asked if she knows anyone who would do this. What follows is a look back at the events leading up to the fire, with Elena renting...
- 2/20/2020
- by LaToya Ferguson
- Indiewire
Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington Battle Over Shameful Secret in ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ Trailer
Hulu has released the latest trailer for Little Fires Everywhere, the streaming platform’s highly anticipated adaptation of Celeste Ng’s 2017 novel of the same name. The series stars Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington.
Witherspoon plays Elena, the matriarch of the wealthy Richardson family, who decides to rent out a room in her house to a homeless artist named Mia (Washington) and her daughter, Pearl (Lexi Underwood).
“So you decided to rent it out to her on the spot?” Elena’s husband, Bill (Joshua Jackson), asks her over dinner. “Do...
Witherspoon plays Elena, the matriarch of the wealthy Richardson family, who decides to rent out a room in her house to a homeless artist named Mia (Washington) and her daughter, Pearl (Lexi Underwood).
“So you decided to rent it out to her on the spot?” Elena’s husband, Bill (Joshua Jackson), asks her over dinner. “Do...
- 2/20/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere” really leaned into the whole burning theme on Thursday with a trailer that showcases more than one flame — both literal and metaphorical — being ignited by Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington’s respective characters, mothers who hold secrets about their very different families.
In the video, which you can view above, Elena Richardson (Witherspoon) and Mia Warren (Washington) meet when the latter rents an apartment owned by the former. The differences between Elena’s white, upper-middle class, 4-child nuclear family and Mia’s more modest life with her only daughter are set up immediately and soon the two are at odds over the personal details they choose to keep hidden from one another.
All of this tension builds until the Richardson family home is burned down — and no one knows who is responsible for setting it ablaze.
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In the video, which you can view above, Elena Richardson (Witherspoon) and Mia Warren (Washington) meet when the latter rents an apartment owned by the former. The differences between Elena’s white, upper-middle class, 4-child nuclear family and Mia’s more modest life with her only daughter are set up immediately and soon the two are at odds over the personal details they choose to keep hidden from one another.
All of this tension builds until the Richardson family home is burned down — and no one knows who is responsible for setting it ablaze.
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- 2/20/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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