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Andrew Scott is back on stage in New York in the off-Broadway play Vanya and he just celebrated opening night!

The 48-year-old Emmy-nominated actor took his opening night now on Tuesday (March 18) at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City.

Andrew co-created the new adaptation of the classic Chekhov play and he plays every role in the show!

The opening night performance was attended by stars like Cole Escola, Antoni Porowski, Dylan Mulvaney, Ben Platt and Noah Galvin, Matthew Rhys, Brooke Shields, Michael Gandolfini, Liev Schreiber and wife Taylor Niesen, Noma Dumezweni, Cristin Milioti, and Matthew Wilkas.

“I’m so honored to be in this historic theatre on this historic street, and really excited by how intimate it is. I genuinely believe this is a masterpiece of a play, and I don’t use that word lightly,” Andrew previously said in a statement.

Vanya will be running through May 11. Get tickets now!

Exclusive: British-Iranian screenwriter Juliette Towhidi is attached to pen the untitled feature film project about Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran, wife of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

As Deadline announced last summer, a newly formed collaboration with Women of the Movement producers Serendipity Group and John Powers Middleton, an official documentary and film project, was in the works. The doc began production in Washington, D.C., and continued through the end of 2024. Work is set to resume this month. Emily Atef is set as the film’s director.

The film will explore the life of Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi, focusing on the resilience of a woman who, despite an exile lasting more than 45 years and mourning the loss of her husband and two children, remains deeply devoted to her duty as a sovereign and attached to her homeland. She never remarried or gave up her Iranian identity.

I was lucky to attend SXSW in Austin, Texas this year. It marked my first time attending what’s quickly leapfrogged up the list of important festivals. It used to be that Cannes, TIFF, and Sundance were the major ones, but it can’t be denied that as the indie film scene has changed, the kinds of movies connecting with audiences just aren’t what they used to be. SXSW strikes an interesting balance between indie films and mainstream studio fare, albeit of a somewhat more elevated pedigree. It’s led to some high-profile premieres for the festival recently, including Air, Everything Everywhere All At Once and more.

This year, we got the premiere of the long-awaited The Accountant 2 (winner of the SXSW audience award), the latest Blumhouse thriller, Drop, plus the anticipated sequel, Another Simple Favor. So what were the best movies we saw? Here’s our list!

On Sunday 16 March 2025, BBC One broadcasts Towards Zero!

Season 1 Episode 3 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Towards Zero” on BBC One promises to be a gripping installment filled with tension and intrigue. In this episode, Detective Leach finds himself facing a new challenge as a killer strikes again. The stakes are high, and the pressure is on for him to solve the case before more lives are lost.

As the investigation unfolds, Detective Leach is pulled into a complex web of deceit and dysfunction. The environment around him becomes increasingly toxic, making it harder to discern who can be trusted. With each twist and turn, he must navigate through lies and hidden motives to uncover the truth behind the murders.

In this high-stakes scenario, Detective Leach will need to rely on his instincts as a copper. The episode will explore his character deeply, showcasing his determination and resilience in the face of adversity.

Minimalist, two-hander, nearly single-location horror-thrillers that unfold in real time can — and should — take any number of formal and narrative liberties, but it’s crucial that they use them to take us all the way to the place they have in mind. The latest film by British-Iranian director Babak Anvari (“Under the Shadow”) only gets us halfway before it gets lost in a fog of its own elevated ideas.

The story of two out-of-sync parents flying down a nighttime motorway to save their daughter after she’s crashed into a girl while driving through an eerie forest, “Hallow Road” makes for a highly tense watch that will have audiences flocking to the nearest dive bar or social media platform to map out easter eggs and froth over grand semiotics. Unfortunately, the film never transcends its tone of ever-present and palpable danger to become a more satisfying character piece.

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Under the Shadowfilmmaker Babak Anvari returns to South by Southwest this year with an atypical one-location thriller. Hallow Road is every parent's nightmare, but its approach is uncommon. Actors Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys generate tension through a telephone conversation, playing a panicked mother and father who spend 80 minutes speeding toward their destination. It's an exercise in fearing what's not shown taken to the extreme, with fairy tale elements sprinkled in for our imaginations to extrapolate. The question is, does Anvari successfully sustain nerve-shredding edginess via dialogue—does the sure-to-be-divisive experiment work?...

A tragic accident, a terrified teenage girl, a pair of panicked parents, and a long lonely road in the woods feature in Iranian-British director Babak Anvari’s latest chiller, Hallow Road, premiering as part of this year’s SXSW Film & TV Festival. When Alice (voiced by Mega McDonnell) disappears into the night after a fight with her parents, played by Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys, they are perturbed but relatively calm. However, when Alice calls and tells them that she’s been in an accident where a young girl is severely wounded, her parents spring into action, driving off in Mum’s rickety Land Rover to help. Alice is deep in the Ashfolk national forest, a place they used to vacation when she was a child, but not...

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One of last year's most critically acclaimed and financially successful horror movie was A Quiet Place: Day One, starring Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn. A follow-up to the 2020 film A Quiet Place Part II, Day One grossed over $261 million on a $67 million budget, particularly impressive because it is the first film in the franchise not to feature the Abbott family.

But you'd be mistaken if you thought the prequel film was the stand-in for a third movie in the franchise started by the 2018 film directed by John Krasinski. A Quiet Place Part III is still happening, as made clear by franchise producer Brad Fuller.

Speaking to The Direct during the recent South by Southwest film festival (SXSW), Fuller clarified that "Day One is not A Quiet Place 3, just to be clear," adding that work on third movie in the main trilogy was in active development.

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British Iranian director Babak Anvari’s best film since his sensational 2016 debut feature Under the Shadow is about as lean and mean as they come. For most of its run time, Hallow Road unfolds in a car, as anxious parents respond to a distressed call from their college-age daughter, speeding through the night to get to her in time to help. Essentially a two-hander, the movie might have been merely a minimalist exercise — albeit an impressive one — in mounting dread. But high-intensity performances from Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys elevate the suspenseful thriller, its psychological grounding gradually expanding into a darker mythic realm.

The setup, in William Gillies’ taut debut screenplay, is brisk and economical. As Dp Kit Fraser’s camera slowly prowls around a house, we see an uneaten dinner on the table and broken glass on the floor, suggesting an argument that cut short family mealtime. Maddie (Pike...

Set almost entirely during an urgent car ride, Babak Anvari’s “Hallow Road” begins as an intensely performed, deftly minimalist family thriller about two parents driving to the scene of their daughter’s accident while keeping her on the phone. That’s all you need to know going in, and all you should really learn beforehand, given how this race-against-the-clock premise unfolds, before swerving in completely unpredictable ways.

Few films have ever induced such immense tonal whiplash while exhibiting such tight formal control over their transformations. There’s a very clear boundary separating the kind of movie “Hallow Road” starts out as from what it eventually becomes, which all but cements its place as a fascinating artifact of this year’s midnight movie scene. Some might say it jumps the shark in order to achieve this distinction, but as Donald Glover’s character once naively noted on “Community,” “There was...

With the horror genre, sometimes less is more. Tension and emotion can carry a film through a lot of weaknesses. Julia Max’s The Surrender coasts on strong performances and direction to overcome the shortcomings of an occasionally shallow and generic script, making it a great entry in the canon of recent indie horror.

The Surrender Review

The movie follows a woman and her mother grieving after the death of the family’s patriarch as they consult a mysterious stranger who makes a unique promise: to bring their recently departed loved one back from the dead. Séancé horror films like this are easy to mess up because they can often border on goofy, but for the most part, Julia Max’s directorial debut manages to achieve a tone that feels genuinely sinister and also very effectively sad.

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Director Babak Anvari's "Hallow Road" premiered at the SXSW festival Friday night in Austin, to an awestruck crowd. The tight 80-minute film is an acting tour de force from both Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys as parents Maddie and Frank, who get a late-night phone call from their troubled college-aged daughter (Megan McDonnell). She's been in a car accident. She's hit a pedestrian in an isolated road that's at least a forty-minute drive away, so Maddie and Frank rush over in their car to come get her and try to talk her through the situation.

Almost the entire movie takes place in that one car. We only hear their daughter's voice through the phone, and the audience is forced to imagine her situation as she explains it. This approach had a clear financial benefit — filming only took about 17 days, as Avari mentioned in the Q&a afterwards — but the...

On Sunday 9 March 2025, BBC One broadcasts Towards Zero!

Season 1 Episode 2 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Towards Zero,” airing on BBC One, promises to be filled with suspense and intrigue. After an explosive night, the calm of Gull’s Point is shattered by a shocking murder discovered at the estate. This unexpected turn of events sets the stage for a gripping investigation.

Detective Leach finds himself in a challenging position. With the weight of the murder on his shoulders, he must dig deep to find his purpose once again. The dark secrets of Gull’s Point are waiting to be uncovered, and Leach’s determination will be put to the test. As he navigates through the complexities of the case, viewers can expect twists and turns that will keep them on the edge of their seats.

The episode explores themes of loss, redemption, and the struggle to confront the past.

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Gotham is a superhero action crime drama series created by Bruno Heller. Based on the DC Comics characters of the same name, the Fox series follows James “Jim” Gordon as he joins the Gotham City Police Department and meets a young Bruce Wayne just after his parents are murdered. Gotham stars Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Zabryna Guevara, Sean Pertwee, Robin Lord Taylor, Erin Richards, Camren Bicondova, Cory Michael Smith, and Victoria Cartagena. So, if you loved the superhero action, thrilling drama, and compelling characters in Gotham, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Sometimes, simple is all you need — especially in the horror genre. Hallow Road, the latest film from director Babak Anvari, is the type of psychological thriller that hooks you in at the beginning and never lets up thanks to two excellent performances and a strong command of its atmosphere.

Hallow Road Review

Hallow Road follows two parents who receive a distressing late-night phone call: their daughter has been in a car accident in the middle of the woods, and she thinks she has killed someone. It’s a high-concept, lean thriller — and one that’s only 80 minutes, at that — that takes advantage of its cast and tension to deliver an effective chiller.

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The biggest weakness of Hallow Road is that it falls back on overly expositional dialogue. Granted, that’s just the nature of the movie’s structure.

Plot: Two parents (Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys) receive a panicked phone call from their college-age daughter, who’s just hit and killed someone while intoxicated on a remote road. The two rush to her while grappling with the decision about how to handle a situation that will likely land her in prison and ruin her life.

Review: How far would you go to protect your children? That’s the question Babak Anvari’s (Under the Shadow) Hallow Road asks. While it’s a familiar one, what makes Hallow Road unique is that the parents in this movie aren’t necessarily racing to save their children from an external force but rather from a deadly calamity of their own making.

Running a taut eighty minutes, Hallow Road takes place mostly in a car, as Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys race the clock to drive out to the remote road of...

Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys star as distraught parents faced with an unthinkable tragedy that leads to an intense moral conundrum in director Babak Anvari’s Hallow Road. The filmmaker’s minimalist approach serves a dual purpose here, palpably capturing the psychological intensity of its nightmarish scenario and weighty questions while honoring and modernizing the ancient oral traditions tied to its specific brand of horror.

Hallow Road opens with a camera tracking through a quiet, seemingly empty house, showing alarming signs of a blow-out brawl. A dinner left abandoned on the dining room table, barely untouched. Glass shattered yet swept into a dust pan before being abandoned in a corner. There’s also a jack-o-lantern quickly glimpsed on the counter, the first sign that this gripping fable takes place over All Hallow’s Eve, the first subtle hint toward what lies in wait on Hallow Road, the deep-wooded forest road...

The Overlook Film Festival, the annual celebration of all things horror, announced today the first wave of the lineup for its 2025 edition. Taking place April 3 – April 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Prytania Theatres, the horror festival will welcome audiences back to America’s most haunted city with a terrifying selection of new and classic films as well as the extensive offscreen offerings including interactive events, live performances, immersive programming and special guests that the annual horror staple has become known for.

“No matter how many years this festival runs, every time we get to re-open the gates of our spectral summer camp feels like a miracle,” said Landon Zakheim, co-founder and executive director of the Overlook FIlm Festival. “For all wayward souls and monster kids who gravitate to the macabre, we have something to satisfy your ghoulish cravings thanks to the brilliance of our artists, the passion of our tireless team,...

There’s no question that SXSW has outdone itself this year in terms of genre programming. The festival is kicking off its 31st year this Thursday in Austin, Texas, unleashing a dizzying slate of premieres and events, with a surprising emphasis on horror, sci-fi, and thrillers.

SXSW 2025 has filled its Headliner section, a programming track dedicated to the biggest gala film events and premieres with star power, with highly anticipated genre titles that include Flying Lotus‘s sci-fi horror movie Ash, Christopher Landon‘s ode to Brian De Palma in upcoming thriller Drop, and A24’s nightmare comedy Death of a Unicorn. But there’s so much more to discover beyond the big red carpet premieres. Not even the Midnighter category, which is dedicated to genre film, can contain the sheer volume of offerings.

This year’s SXSW features horror, thrillers, and sci-fi premieres across all categories, ensuring a robust...

Staircase Studios AI, a new maker of films, TV series and video games, is promising to deliver “near-major-studio” levels of quality at budgets under $500,000.

The new company was founded by Pouya Shahbazian, producer of the Divergent franchise. With input from Brett Stuart, Head of AI Filmmaking, Staircase has built a proprietary AI workflow called ForwardMotion, which the company says “revolutionizes the process of studio filmmaking.”

The studio says it will aim to produce more than 30 projects in the next three to four years, with photorealistic results. (Take a look at the first film in the video above and read on to see more film and TV titles on the company’s launch slate.)

“Near-major-studio-quality releases” will be the goal, a press release from Staircase said, at budgets under $500,000.

Joining the company as a partner and working as the lead investor in the venture is Kenneth Lerer, who co-founded The Huffington Post...

"Someone, somewhere, unbeknownst to us, laying a trap..." "What have you done?!" BBC & BritBox have revealed official trailers for the new murder mystery mini-series titled Towards Zero, created by BBC for streaming on BBC's iPlayer. It just launched this week and is available to watch now online if you're curious to find out what is going on in this family. An explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch, and a house party of enemies. Based on the classic mystery by the best-selling author, Agatha Christie, adapted from her novel also titled "Towards Zero". After a scandalous celebrity divorce, a British tennis star - Nevile Strange - and his ex-wife make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together. This three-part whodunit series involves a recently divorced British tennis player holidaying at his aristocratic aunt's house on the south coast of England in the 1930s, where a widow suddenly ends up dead.

On Sunday 2 March 2025, BBC One broadcasts Towards Zero!

Season 1 Episode 1 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Towards Zero” on BBC One promises to be a gripping blend of drama and tension. Set against the backdrop of a stunning coastal estate, the story revolves around a tennis star who has recently gone through a scandalous divorce. This event has not only affected his personal life but also brings a host of complicated emotions to the gathering of guests at the estate.

As the tennis star navigates his new reality, his ex-wife joins him, adding to the mix of unresolved feelings and past grievances. The coastal estate, with its picturesque views, becomes a setting for confrontations and revelations. The presence of various guests adds layers of complexity to the situation, making it clear that not everyone is there for a pleasant reunion.

Meanwhile, a troubled detective is introduced, struggling with his own despair.

Few actors are more synonymous with 2010s television than Matthew Rhys. The Welsh actor has been performing in theater and television since the mid-'90s, appearing in numerous shows as a guest star. His breakthrough came in 2006 with the role of Kevin Walker in the ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters, starring Oscar winner Sally Field. From there, Rhys' profile increased, eventually earning an Emmy and a Critics Choice Award for his performance as Russian spy Phillips Jennings in FX's The Americans.

A new Agatha Christie television adaptation starring Anjelica Huston will premiere this April on BritBox. A new trailer and photos from the series have been released.

The official trailer for Agatha Christie's Toward Zero and key art from the three-episode limited series was shared by Britbox. The series will be presented as a three-day event, beginning Wednesday, April 16 with subsequent episodes airing the following days. Anjelica Huston and Matthew Rhys lead the adaptation with an ensemble cast including Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland (Black Doves), Mimi Keene, Anjana Vasan and Clarke Peters.

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The 10-episode series is described as “a half hour darkly comedic thriller about a newly divorced mom who falls down a dangerous rabbit hole of blackmail, murder, and youth soccer.” (Can’t you just see that becoming Alison’s Orphan Black fate if she separated from Donnie?)

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A tangled web of jealousy, deceit and dysfunction drives the trailer for BritBox’s Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero detective drama, which dropped on Friday.

Angelica Huston stars as Lady Tressilian who hosts her favorite nephew, British tennis star Nevile Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his new wife Kay (Mimi Keene) and ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland) in an aristocratic estate.

“You’ll not make a mockery of marriage under my roof,” Lady Tressilian warns Strange and his new wife as their nasty love triangle threatens to upend her summer house party. Of course being an Agatha Christie yarn set in England 1936, that disreputable unfinished business between the former sweethearts is followed by a violent death.

And that has Inspector Leach, played by Matthew Rhys, soon on the scene to ferret out a murderer from a colorful collection of suspects: a long-suffering lady’s companion, a mysterious gentleman’s valet, an exiled cousin with a grudge,...

Today, BritBox revealed the premiere date, trailer, and key art for its Original three-episode limited series Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero.

The series will premiere as a three-day event beginning Wednesday, April 16 with the second episode debuting on April 17 and the third episode on April 18.

The series, led by Anjelica Huston and Matthew Rhys, features a stellar ensemble cast including Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland (Black Doves), Mimi Keene, Anjana Vasan, and Clarke Peters.

England, 1936. After a scandalous celebrity divorce, British tennis star Nevile Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland) make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together at Gull’s Point, their childhood home and the coastal estate of Nevile’s aunt, Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston).

With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts, plus the presence of Nevile’s new wife Kay (Mimi Keene), tensions are running high. Add to this a long-suffering lady’s companion,...

What makes a good murder mystery? Is it how it begins? How the murderer is finally pushed over the edge to kill? These questions and more will be answered in the latest Agatha Christie adaptation, Towards Zero, which now has a full trailer. Anjelica Huston (Ever After) and Matthew Rhys (The Americans) star in the three-episode limited series from BritBox. Christie's works have been adapted time and again over the last century and now Towards Zero will be a part of a three-day event. The first episode will drop on Wednesday April 16, Episode 2 will drop on Thursday April 17, and the final episode will drop on Friday April 18.

BritBox has just dropped the trailer and other details for its new limited series Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero. The show will premiere as a three-day event starting on April 16, with new episodes airing on April 17 and April 18.

The series stars Anjelica Huston and Matthew Rhys, with a strong supporting cast that includes Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland, Mimi Keene, Anjana Vasan, and Clarke Peters.

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Set in 1936, the story takes place at Gull’s Point, a coastal estate owned by a family matriarch, Lady Tressilian (Huston). Tensions run high when tennis star Nevile Strange (Jackson-Cohen) and his ex-wife Audrey (Hyland) decide to spend the summer together at the estate, even though Nevile’s new wife, Kay (Keene), is also present.

As the summer unfolds, things get complicated with a group...

Whether you watched it or not, every teenager from the 1990s remembers the teen drama series My So-Called Life. Created by Winnie Holzman and starring Claire Danes, the cult favorite drama explored the tribulations of being a teenager and dealing with friends, guys, parents, school, and any unpredictable thing life could throw at you. My So-Called Life helped define a generation, and now Holzman and Danes are reteaming for The Applebaum Curse, a new drama coming to HBO.

In early development, The Applebaum Curse finds Winnie Holzman writing the script and serving as the project’s showrunner. Claire Danes is set to star and joins Holzman as an executive producer. According to HBO, The Applebaum Curse revolves around a dysfunctional family, with Danes in the lead role.

The impact of My So-Called Life cannot be understated, which is why it is baffling that the show only lasted for one season before being canceled.

Exclusive: Hiro Murai, the Emmy-nominated filmmaker known for his work on hit series like Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Atlanta and The Bear, on Wednesday announced the launch of Chum Films, a production company that will focus on developing and producing original films and television series, supporting the vision of new filmmakers and creators.

Carver Karaszewski has been named as the company’s President of Development. Meanwhile, Claudia Shin, Murai’s longtime collaborator on projects like The Bear and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, has been elevated to the role of Senior Vice President of Film & Television.

Under Chum, Murai currently has a first-look deal with FX Productions. At present, projects on the company’s slate include the Apple horror comedy series Widow’s Bay, starring Matthew Rhys, and the A24 samurai film Bushido, among others. We were first to report on the latter, which marks Murai’s anticipated feature directorial debut.

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Claire Danes will lead one of Netflix’s newest mystery thrillers, The Beast in Me. Filming recently concluded, and the series will be released on Netflix in 2025. We’ll cover everything you need to know about The Beast in Me, including the plot, cast news, production updates, and Netflix release dates.

Two heavyweights are behind this show: Howard Gordon, who will serve as the showrunner, and Gabe Rotter, the creator and primary writer.

The duo worked on The X-Files in both its incarnations. Gordon is reteaming with Danes on this project, having previously worked together on Homeland, where Gordon served as co-creator alongside Alex Gansa. Gordon’s other credits include being the showrunner for 24 and, most recently, working on Accused for Fox and Hulu.

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This week marks the 50th anniversary celebration of Saturday Night Live (or SNL as it is more colloquially known). In its half-century of running, SNL has become a comedic institution unmatched in television history. Conceived by Lorne Michaels, the visionary who still helms the show to this day, SNL follows an iconic structure that consists of a celebrity host (and monologue),a musical guest, sketches performed by a principal cast, a weekend update news segment, and, always, the declaration of the iconic, "live from New York it's Saturday Night."

A vast number of industry legends have gotten their start on SNL, including the likes of Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Adam Sandler, Tina Fey, and Mike Myers. However, few people know the truth behind SNL's chaotic origins in 1975, or how close the beloved show was to failing to exist at all. Luckily, this is the...

Scott Derrickson's newest film, The Gorge, has climbed to the top of the streaming charts on Apple TV+ just a day after it was released on the service. The Apple original film, which stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller, had an impressive debut and is a prime example of how Apple's original programming manages to stay relevant and stand out in a crowded library on streaming services and countless original films and series. Released on February 15, The Gorge attracted attention thanks to its two leads, well-known director, interesting premise, and blend of genres.

Set in a dystopian world, The Gorge follows Levi (Teller) and Drasa (Taylor-Joy), two snipers who keep watch over a gorge separating their two watchtowers. Both are unsure of what exactly they are protecting their two nations from, as they soon grow closer despite the distance from each other. Eventually, their growing relationship causes the truth...

Matthew Rhys has a new show in the works at Apple TV+!

On Tuesday (February 11), it was announced that the 50-year-old Emmy-winning actor has signed on for a leading role in the streaming service’s upcoming series Widow’s Bay from creator Katie Dippold.

According to Variety, the show is about “a mysteriously cursed New England island and its superstitious citizens, led by a mayor (Rhys) who refuses to believe their warnings.”

Keep reading to find out more…Apple TV+ picked up Widow’s Bay for 10 episodes back in September 2024.

Along with starring in the series, Matthew will also be serving as an executive producer. Hiro Murai will also be executive producing the show and directing the pilot.

Matthew‘s casting in Widow’s Bay comes after it was announced this past November that he will be starring alongside John Krasinski in Prime Video’s new serial killer series Silent River.

Matthew Rhys is moving to New England and becoming a mayor — on television, of course. The Perry Masonand The Americans star is set to lead AppleTV+'s new, supernatural series Widow's Bay, from accomplished and prolific writer Katie Dippold, who's penned such films as The Heat and Ghostbusters, and also wrote 31 episodes of the iconic sitcom Parks and Recreation. Also involved in the stellar team? Director Hiro Murai, whom many know from his breathtaking work on Atlanta, Station Eleven, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Anyone else allowing themselves to get a little bit excited about this one?

According to Deadline, the new series has a decidedly supernatural bent — appropriate given Dippold's last feature script was Disney's The Haunted Mansion. The show takes place on a mysterious and perhaps cursed New England island with aspirations of Nantucket-level tourism grandeur. However, its superstitious citizens — led by a mayor (Rhys) who doesn't exactly...

Matthew Rhys is set to star in Widow’s Bay for Apple TV+. The 10-episode series is about a “mysteriously cursed New England island and its superstitious citizens, led by a mayor who refuses to believe their warnings.“

Rhys will play Mayor Tom Loftis, a “no-nonsense single dad forced to deal with his town’s superstitious citizens who believe it’s cursed as he is desperately trying to put the area on the map as the next Nantucket.” In addition to starring in the series, Rhys will also executive produce alongside creator Katie Dippold (Haunted Mansion). The pilot will be directed by Hiro Murai (Atlanta), who will also serve as producer alongside Claudia Shin and Carver Karaszewski.

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Actor Matthew Rhys has been set to lead the upcoming Apple TV+ series “Widow’s Bay“ from creator Katie Dippold, Variety reports today.

Apple gave the series order for 10 episodes in September 2024.

The series will follow “a mysteriously cursed New England island and its superstitious citizens, led by a mayor (Rhys) who refuses to believe their warnings.”

Dippold will also serve as showrunner and executive producer. “Station Eleven” and “The Bear” producer Hiro Murai is attached to direct the pilot of the 10-episode series in addition to executive producing. Rhys will executive produce in addition to starring.

Matthew Rhys recently starred in HBO’s “Perry Mason“ and appeared in opening sequence of the comedy-horror movie Cocaine Bear. The actor also stars in the upcoming psychological thriller Hallow Road from Under the Shadow director Babak Anvari, set to make its premiere next month at SXSW.

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Emmy winner Matthew Rhys (The Americans) will next take on a superstitious town as star of the Apple TV+ series Widow’s Bay, TVLine has learned.

The 10-episode series, first ordered at the streamer in September 2024, focuses on a “mysteriously cursed New England island and its superstitious citizens,” per the official logline. Rhys will star as the town’s mayor, who refuses to believe the residents’ warnings.

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Apple TV+ is adding another Emmy winner to its talent roster.

Matthew Rhys has signed on to star in and executive produce a series titled Widow’s Bay at the streamer. The former Americans and Perry Mason star will play the mayor of a coastal New England town who refuses to believe his constituents’ warnings that the place is cursed.

Widow’s Bay comes from creator and showrunner Katie Dippold (The Heat, Haunted Mansion) and Apple Studios. Hiro Murai (Atlanta, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) is on board to direct the pilot and executive produce. Apple TV+ gave the show a series order in September 2024.

The news of Rhys’ casting follows that of Amy Adams in another Apple TV+ series, Cape Fear, earlier Tuesday.

Widow’s Bay is one of a few streaming series Rhys is committed to. He’s currently filming The Beast in Me, a limited series in which he stars with Claire Danes,...

Gold Derby’s top news stories for Feb. 11, 2025. Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, and Zoe Saldaña win Aacta International Awards

Oscar nominees Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) are among the winners at the 14th Aacta International Awards, aka the Australian Oscars. Fiennes won Best Actor, while Pearce and Saldaña prevailed for their supporting performances. The AACTAs, which tend to favor homegrown talent, gave Best Actress to Pearce’s fellow Aussie Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), who now has four Aacta International trophies. Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg won Best Screenplay for A Real Pain. Better Man took home Best Picture and Best Director for Aussie Michael Gracey, just like it did last week at the Aacta Awards, recognizing Australian cinema, where it claimed nine wins total.

On the TV side, Shōgun won Best Drama Series. Melbourne native Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown) took Best Actress in a Series.

Matthew Rhys has signed on for a leading role in the upcoming Apple TV+ series “Widow’s Bay,” Variety has learned.

The show was picked up for 10 episodes at Apple back in September 2024. The official logline states the show is about “a mysteriously cursed New England island and its superstitious citizens, led by a mayor (Rhys) who refuses to believe their warnings.”

This is the latest streaming TV role Rhys has lined up recently. He recently shot the Netflix limited series “The Beast in Me” opposite Claire Danes, while it was reported in November that Rhys will star opposite John Krasinski in the Amazon Prime Video serial killer drama “Silent River.” He also recently wrapped shooting on the BritBox and BBC1 series adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “Towards Zero.”

Rhys is perhaps best known for his starring role in the FX Cold War spy drama “The Americans,” for which he won...

Emmy winner Matthew Rhys has signed on to play the lead and executive produce Widow’s Bay, Apple TV+’s 10-episode series from creator Katie Dippold, with Hiro Murai set to direct the pilot.

Widow’s Bay is about a mysteriously cursed New England island and its superstitious citizens, led by a mayor (Rhys) who refuses to believe their warnings.

Rhys’ Mayor Tom Loftis is a no-nonsense single dad forced to deal with his town’s superstitious citizens who believe it’s cursed as he is desperately trying to put the area on the map as the next Nantucket.

From Apple Studios, Widow’s Bay will be showrun and executive produced by Dippold. In addition to directing, Murai will also produce alongside Claudia Shin and Carver Karaszewski as well as Rhys. Joanne Toll will co-executive produce.

Rhys, Emmy winner for FX’s The Americans, also played the title role in HBO’s Perry Mason.

Exclusive: Ken Burns’ latest American history series is headed for the London TV Screenings.

PBS Distribution has taken global distribution rights and is bringing The American Revolution to the event, which is held in the UK capital at the end of the month.

Veteran filmmaker Burns directed and produced the epic factual series about the formation of the U.S. along with Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt and written by long-term collaborator Geoffrey C. Ward (The Vietnam War).

Show is billed as “an expansive look at the virtues and contradictions of the war and the birth of the United States of America,” following “dozens of figures from a wide variety of backgrounds,” including rank-and-file Continental soldiers and American militiamen, Patriot political and military leaders, British Army officers, American Loyalists, Native soldiers and civilians, enslaved and free African Americans, German soldiers in the British service, French and Spanish allies, and civilians living in North America.

Sam Worthington was on the verge of homelessness when he was awarded the biggest role of his lifetime. Despite being turned away from franchises like DC and James Bond, he had found a home in the otherworldly realm of Pandora in James Cameron’s unique, transcendental, visionary epic, Avatar. But the rejections of the past still bear a mark on Worthington’s career.

Sam Worthington in Avatar [Credit: 20th Century Fox]

Much has been said about the actor’s time as a finalist in the 007 race. Reports about his “self-sabotage” perked up interest and raised some eyebrows among the fans of the franchise who were on the lookout for their next Bond. Among contestants who were equally qualified for the role, Daniel Craig rose as the sure winner.

And though there was much outcry and belligerence among the fans at first, Craig proved himself beyond doubt and not only transformed the...

Tina Fey, Guillermo del Toro, John Mulaney, and Cm Punk were just a few of the stars on hand Wednesday night to promote the seemingly endless supply of new programming coming to Netflix in 2025. With multiple offerings across the wide spectrum of film, series (both scripted and unscripted), documentary, and live productions, the streamer seems intent on offering something for every viewer out there. Many fan-favorite programs are scheduled to launch new seasons throughout the year.

Here is a sampling of the popular series that will be furthering their stories in 2025, along with new programs that will launch. Drop dates have been announced for some, but most remain unknown at this point.

Squid Game airs its third and final season on June 27. The South Korean thriller has been one of the most popular programs in streaming history and is expected to pick up on the heels of the high drama...

Netflix started its move into original programming with dark and broody dramas such as Lilyhammer, House of Cards and Narcos.

Over the years, it has expanded into multi-camera sitcoms, reality programming and live sporting events, leading many to suggest that the streamer has been looking to shed its image in the boutique space.

In fact, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos told the New York Times last year that he wish he could take back a 2012 comment where he said he wanted Netflix “to become HBO before HBO could become us” and instead say he wanted the streamer to become HBO, CBS and the BBC. “Prestige elite programming plays a very important role in culture. But it’s very small. It’s a boutique business,” he told the Nyt.

However, his Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria wants you to know that Netflix is still in the prestige TV space, even if a...

What does it take to coax Ben Affleck to the deteriorating heart of Hollywood Blvd. at 9 a.m. on a Wednesday to deliver the two-minute elevator pitch for his latest movie to a room full of journalists? Just Netflix, apparently.

The ruling streamer held its 2025 programming preview, Next on Netflix, with an Egyptian Theatre event that could only be described as a living sizzle reel. In addition to Affleck, Tina Fey, John Mulaney, The Duffer Brothers, WWE wrestlers and a pre-taped Guillermo del Toro all showed up alongside chief content officer Bela Bajaria as she ran through a dizzying slate of upcoming series and films.

There were updates about the final seasons of Stranger Things (coming soon!) and Squid Game (coming sooner!) and first looks of both, as well as trailer debuts for Del Toro’s Frankenstein and Affleck crime thriller Rip, between Bajaria’s compelling pitch. Though, at times,...

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Max is ready with an entertainment-packed February this year. The upcoming month will see the return of some of HBO’s brilliant original satirical dark comedy-drama anthology series, The White Lotus, as well as the streaming release of Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh‘s beautiful romantic drama film We Live in Time. Just like every month, Max is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 5 new movies and TV shows coming to Max in February 2025.

We Live in Time (February 7) Credit – A24

We Live in Time is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Crowley from a screenplay by Nick Payne. The 2024 film follows the relationship of a young couple over the course of a decade as they go through the ups and downs of life together while learning and growing with each other.

Quick Links What Is 'The Americans' About? Is It Based on a True Story? 'The Americans' Garnered a Slew of Critical Acclaim And It Won Numerous Awards During Its Time on Television

Netflix’s action spy thriller, The Night Agent, has finally returned for its second season, and many fans have already binged all 10 episodes. This season follows Peter (Gabriel Basso) all the way to Thailand on his first field mission as a night agent. However, as was the case with the first season, his situation quickly devolves, and he finds himself evading those seemingly on his side. Once again, there’s a leak from someone on the inside, but this time, he believes the Night Action program is comprised. As such, he’s on his own and starts working to find evidence of his claims before attempting to take anything to President Travers (Kari Matchett). Unfortunately, his plans don't...