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As spring inches closer, many of us are finding ourselves glued to our screens, captivated by a slew of thrilling TV series that keep the darker evenings alive with suspense.

From Robert De Niro’s latest political drama to an intense miniseries that still has audiences buzzing years after its release, Netflix is serving up a feast for thriller fans. But with so much to choose from, deciding what to watch next can be a challenge. That’s where a little help can come in handy.

The Thriller That’s Still Holding the Audience Captive

Take ’Clickbait,’ for instance, a gripping eight-episode miniseries that originally dropped four years ago but has maintained a steady buzz.

This show has viewers on the edge of their seats, with fans binge-watching it in a single sitting. The plot kicks off with Nick Brewer (Adrian Grenier), a seemingly perfect father,...

With the release of Harlan Coben's latest Netflix adaptation, Missing You, you’ve likely revisited all his previous series as well. Coben has nine shows streaming on Netflix so far, with several more projects for the streamer in the works.

But what do you do when you've finished watching them all? I'm sure you'll still be craving more stories packed with mystery, betrayal, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. Well, your journey doesn't stop here! There's a plethora of series similar to Coben's Netflix shows that will keep you hooked with their twists, turns, and suspenseful storytelling. Lucky for you, we've shared a good list of seven below.

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Oh, how I wish this show had come back for a second season!

Stars: Harley Bronwyn, Nicole Clifford, Alison Iles, Geri Courtney-Austein, Justin Michael Terry, Jon Huybrecht, Travis Laughlin | Written and Directed by Laa Marcus

Glass Casa opens with an intriguing montage of scenes, accompanied by a child’s voice narrating that this is a story told to them by their uncle about the events that transpired on the night they were born. The opening sequence sets the stage for a film that blends mystery and dark comedy in a way that keeps the audience guessing.

The story begins innocuously enough. Jamie, her best friend Bianca, and her very pregnant sister Drew arrive at the eponymous Glass Casa, a luxurious mansion that will serve as the setting for Jamie’s bachelorette party. The mood is light, and the group expects to have a fun and carefree weekend.

They’re waiting for another friend, Evie, to join them, but instead, they encounter Charlie, a...

The Australian drama series The Artful Dodger will return for a second season on Hulu, it was announced today. The second season will be filmed in 2025 at the historic Callan Park in Sydney, Australia.

The eight-episode Season 2 stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Jack Dawkins, aka The Artful Dodger, David Thewlis as Fagin, and Maia Mitchell as Lady Belle Fox. They team up with a full ensemble of Australian and New Zealand cast members and several new faces in cameo roles.

Series co-creator James McNamara (The Outrageous True Story of Milky Moor) is leading the writing team, with Kate Mulvany, Dan Knight (Irreverent), and Miranda Tapsell also on board.

Ben Young and Gracie Otto serve as directors with Jeffrey Walker consulting.

The Artful Dodger Season 2 will pick up where the heart’s desires of Dodger, Fagin, and Lady Belle left off, promising more cunning thievery, snappy humor, life-and-death surgeries, and romance with a twist.

Actor Adrian Grenier is adding another bundle of joy to his family! The Entourage alum and his wife Jordan Roemmele announced they are expecting their second baby together. “Overjoyed.”

In a joint Instagram announcement, the couple shared an image of themselves kissing, with the actor holding their first baby and Jordan’s exposed baby bump in view. They captioned their post, “Overjoyed for our incoming .” The hashtags of their post shared a few more details, revealing that their little one would arrive in spring 2025 and that they would not be learning their baby’s sex until the day of their birth.

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The Clickbait star and his wife welcomed their first baby together last year. Unlike for their second time around, the couple did not reveal they were pregnancy, and instead shared a surprised birth announcement for their first baby. They...

Get ready to venture into the dark side of the California dream.

Production has started on East of Eden, the Netflix adaptation of the 1952 novel by Nobel Prize–winning author John Steinbeck.The seven-episode limited series, written and executive produced by Zoe Kazan, will film in several locations across New Zealand and will star Florence Pugh, who will also executive produce.

The new take on the classic novel continues the legacy of Zoe’s grandfather, Elia Kazan, who directed the 1955 East of Eden film starring James Dean.

“In the process of bringing this family saga to life, the resonance of my own familial connection to the material has not been lost on me,” Kazan told Netflix. “But it is Steinbeck’s writing — personal, shocking, profound, and...

It's only been a day since its release, and the new thriller limited series The Perfect Couple has already secured a spot on Netflix's top 10 TV show list. In fact, it's sitting at the No. 1 spot as of Sept. 6, meaning it's Netflix's most popular show at the moment. But should we really be surprised? I mean, if you just take a look at who's in the cast, that's enough to make you want to watch it. The show's premise will pull you in as well!

If you're an avid book fan, chances are you've heard about New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's book The Perfect Couple. Well, that's what this Netflix thriller limited series is based on. It centers around a young woman named Amelia, who is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket, the Winbury family. But things take a tragic turn when,...

Exclusive: TV writers-producers Denise Thé, Melissa Scrivner Love, and Amanda Segel have formally launched Third Rail Productions with a first-look deal at Sony Pictures Television. Under the two-year pact, the trio will develop and produce scripted series for cable and streaming, focusing on dramas with female leads.

Third Rail’s inaugural development slate includes two projects with high-profile auspices.

Understand is based on sci-fi author Ted Chiang’s short story from his award-winning collection Stories of Your Life and Others, with Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting) attached to direct. The story follows a woman who gains extraordinary intelligence after doctors use an experimental drug to save her life. Her intellect grows, her moral center decays, and she becomes embroiled in a high stakes battle with another super-intelligent individual. Another short story from the same collection, Story of Your Life, was adapted into the feature Arrival.

Additionally, Thé, Scrivner Love,...

“Outer Banks” Season 4 has added five new cast members, Variety has learned.

J. Anthony Crane, Pollyanna McIntosh, Brianna Brown, Rigo Sanchez, and Mia Challis have all joined the popular adventure drama series in recurring guest star roles.

Full character descriptions can be found below.

They join series stars like Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Carlacia Grant, Rudy Pankow, Austin North, and Drew Starkey in Season 4.

The official description for the series states, “‘Outer Banks’ is a coming of age story that follows the tight-knit group of Pogues as they navigate a chain of illicit events filled with mystery, adventure, a high-stakes treasure hunt and the escalating conflict with their rivals.”

“Outer Banks” originally debuted in 2020 and proved to be a major hit for Netflix. Per the streamer, Season 3 of the series spent six weeks on the global Top 10 English TV list and reached the Top 10 charts in 77 countries.

Mindhunter may have ended, but there are other shows like Killing Eve, Clickbait, Elementary, and Only Murders in the Building to fulfill your crime and psychological thriller cravings. Shows like Broadchurch, Hannibal, Making a Murderer, and True Detective offer intriguing mysteries and delve into the minds of killers, much like Mindhunter. Criminal Minds, Manhunt, The Act, Unbelievable, Dexter, and American Crime Story provide unique perspectives on crime investigation and storytelling, making them worth a watch.

Though the series concluded after two seasons, there are shows like Mindhunter that fans can turn to now that the series has ended. Based on real events, Mindhunter follows fictional characters who represent real people from the 1970s in the FBI who worked to begin the criminal profiling of serial killers. That fascination extended to an interest in psychology, cold cases, and true-crime podcasts today. There is nothing quite like its format, but there are...

An impressive cast plays out a story of action and political intrigue in the Apple TV Plus military thriller Echo 3. The series tells the story of Amber Chesborough, an American national kidnapped by rebels on the Colombia-Venezuela border. Amber’s brother Bambi and new husband Prince are crack special forces operatives on the same elite team, but a mission gone awry has created a rift between the two. Now, with Amber missing and the US government failing to act, the two must head to South America themselves, not knowing that they’re about to be caught in the middle of a secret war.

Echo 3 was created by Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Boal, whose previous work includes The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty. Based on the Israeli series When Heroes Fly created by Omri Givon and the novel of the same name by Amir Guttfreund, Echo 3 cuts the central crew of...

Stars: Haven Lee Harris, Augie Duke, Brionne Davis, Morgana Ignis, Maria Olsen, Téa Mckay, Timothy Lee DePriest, Angelica Ulloa, Phillip E. Walker, Emily Meister | Written and Directed by Ryan Stevens Harris

Anyone who grew up in a dysfunctional household knows just how traumatic childhood can be. In Moon Garden, writer/director Ryan Stevens Harris visualizes those traumas as the nightmarish denizens of the dark, industrial wasteland that a young girl finds herself trapped in.

Emma lives with her parents Sara and Alex. They love Emma, but they don’t love each other anymore. After getting a scare one night she runs to their room, only to encounter something even scarier, the two of them in the midst of a loud, intense argument. Running from it she trips and takes a fall down the stairs which leaves her in a coma. Her struggle to awake from it becomes a nightmarish trip...

Audiences are always looking for a great mystery to watch and some of the best TV miniseries provide plenty in that genre. While it can be difficult to maintain a mystery over multiple seasons of a show as series like The Killing found, miniseries seem perfectly suited for these kinds of stories as they are able to work towards a definitive end while still having time to dive deep into the secrets and intrigue.

From true-crime stories to original mysteries to adaptations of well-known stories, these mystery miniseries gripped audiences. Within such tales, viewers will be led into a web of secrets and lies that make for a great mystery to solve throughout every episode and a thought-inducing experience that makes for great television. These mystery miniseries are sure to tease the minds and make for a great watching experience.

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A mystery with a depressing and sad ending,...

Directed by Anya Adams, Prom Pact follows a high school senior named Mandy Yang (Peyton Elizabeth Lee), who's dead-set on being accepted into the college of her dreams. After Mandy is wait-listed, she puts her preconceived notions of the school's basketball star (Blake Draper) aside in the hopes of getting a letter of recommendation from his alum father. But when she accidentally falls for the last person she least expects, Mandy's carefully concocted plan begins to come apart.

Lee is most well-known for starring in the Disney Channel original series, Andi Mack, and the second season of her current show, Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., is currently available to stream on Disney+. Meanwhile, Draper has been featured in projects such as Clickbait and Bad Mothers. The rest of the main cast includes Milo Manheim (School Spirits), Margaret Cho, and Monique Green.

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The Bachelor’s Zach Shallcross revealed that he would rather be called boring than some of the other things previous Bachelors and Bachelorettes have been called while being the star of the show. Since becoming the Bachelor, Zach has been pretty clear-cut about how he wants his season to go, and that is smooth. As Week 5 approaches, Zach has sent home all the women this season who have created any drama at all, even though this decision has been criticized for being not entertaining to watch.

On the Click Bait with Bachelor Nation podcast hosted by Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt, The Bachelor's Zach Shallcross opened up about how it feels to be called "boring" by some Bachelor fans. He said when it was originally announced that he was becoming the lead of the show, he didn’t have his phone on him, so he could avoid most of the things that were said.

Miramax TV is bolstering its executive ranks with the addition of David R. Shraga as SVP and Head of Business & Legal Affairs for the studio’s Global Television operations. Shraga will report to Head of Global TV Marc Helwig, and is responsible for all domestic and international co-production relationships, above the line deal making, licensing, and distribution agreements.

Shraga is overseeing production in London of Guy Ritchie’s scripted series The Gentlemen for Netflix UK, and has overseen production in Istanbul of The Turkish Detective, the first Hollywood international drama series produced in Istanbul for Paramount+.

Prior to his move to Miramax, Shraga rose through the ranks at Universal Studio Group and NBC Entertainment. In his latest role as Vice President of Business Affairs, he oversaw policy and strategy, along with the negotiation of talent, development, production, licensing, and distribution deals for all U.S. and global facing scripted television...

Universal International Studios has appointed former Netflix executive Tesha Crawford as senior VP of global scripted series.

Based in London, Crawford will report into Uis president Beatrice Springborn and focus on expanding the studio’s scripted slate in the U.K. and Europe. Crawford will be responsible for scouting and packaging new projects for Uis and supporting its portfolio of deals, talent and projects. She will also head up the studio’s U.K.-based creative team.

Crawford joins from Netflix, where she spent the last six years working across international original series and was one of the first content executives hired on the Netflix International Originals team.

The exec started in Latin America, building the platform’s slate of originals including “La Casa De Las Flores” (“The House of Flowers”), “Ingobernable,” “3,” “Coisa Mais Linda” (“Girls from Ipanema”) and “Sintonia.”

She later relocated to Amsterdam to lead the company’s first Nordics series team,...

Natasha Parker, who co-hosts the Bachelor Nation Click Bait podcast which covers The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise, has announced her exit from the popular show, citing issues with the franchise as her reason. Natasha first appeared on Peter Weber's season of The Bachelor in 2020, and then joined the cast of Bachelor In Paradise in the summer of 2021. Natasha's experience in Mexico was difficult, and she was heartbroken when she realized that she had been manipulated by love interest Brendan Morais, and the cast rallied around her. She was also a fan favorite, and officially began co-hosting Click Bait in January 2021 after guest hosting for weeks.

On a recent episode of Click Bait, Natasha announced that she is leaving the podcast, and that it was her last show. She opened up to co-host Joe Amabile about her decision, explaining that, although she really enjoyed working with him and current co-host Tia Booth,...

Bachelor In Paradise alum Tia Booth showed off first photos of her newborn son on Instagram. The former reality star gained fans as a contestant in The Bachelor season 22. She later joined Bachelor In Paradise seasons 5 and 7. While Tia didn't find love on TV, she returned to her home in Nashville and began dating her current fiancé, Taylor Mock. The pair got engaged after less than a year of dating in April 2022, and in June, the Bachelor Nation star announced that she and Taylor were expecting their first child together. Tia and Taylor welcomed their son on December 6 and posted the first audio recording of him a day later.

Tia posted a series of black and white photos of her son, Tatum, to her Instagram account. The former ABC personality gave fans a glimpse into the new trio's lives, sharing photos of her, Taylor, and baby Tatum at the hospital and at home.

Bachelor In Paradise season 8 star Hunter Haag had a short-lived stint on the ABC reality show, but she was there long enough to overhear a lie that Jacob Rapini told that she is now sharing with fans. Hunter hit it off with Johnny DePhillipo, but he moved on when he met Victoria Fuller. Because of this, Hunter did not have any strong connections with any of the other men. She did not receive a rose at the first Bachelor In Paradise rose ceremony, so she went home.

On the Click Bait with Bachelor Nation podcast, Hunter revealed some behind-the-scenes information, including how she overheard Jacob lying about her to Logan Palmer. She explained that the only other man besides Johnny that she might have had a possible connection with was Jacob. Jill Chin, who guest hosted the podcast, shared that when Johnny seemed to be losing interest, she tried to...

Bachelor in Paradise star Joe Amabile has shared his reaction to the news of his ex-girlfriend Kendall Long's engagement. Joe competed on Becca Kufrin's season of The Bachelorette, but was virtually unknown to fans before his appearance on Bachelor in Paradise, as he was eliminated week 1. Kendall made it to week 9 of Arie Luyendyk's season of The Bachelor. Joe and Kendall then got together during Bachelor in Paradise season 5. Although they left the beach separately, the couple announced during the show's reunion that they had reconciled and were in a relationship. Joe and Kendall eventually moved in together, and their relationship lasted until early 2020.

Joe came back for another chance at love on Bachelor in Paradise season 7, and found it with Serena Pitt. Although Kendall did make an attempt to win back Joe's heart during the season, she left the beach when it became clear that he...

Universal International Studios has struck a first-look deal with Dominic Buchanan and Bennett McGhee’s production company Home Team.

The exclusive deal will see Home Team develop and produce premium TV projects with Uis for the U.K. and global market, with a focus on championing underrepresented creatives, new voices and ground-breaking on-screen talent.

Projects include “Flick,” written by Emilie Robson, an exploration of female friendships set against the coastal backdrop of North East England. Also on the slate is a period fantasy series about the legendary Warrior Queen Mother of the Ashanti Empire, Yaa Asantewaa. Co-created by Kara Smith (“Anansi Boys”), Rienkje Attoh (“You Don’t Know Me”) and McGhee, the series weaves action, magic and drama. Smith also serves as writer on the project, and it will be produced with Attoh’s company So & So Productions.

Dominic Buchanan and Bennett McGhee formed Home Team in September 2020 with backing from Calculus Capital,...

The Bachelorette fan-favorites Bryan Abasolo and Mike Johnson said farewell to their podcast, Talking It Out with Bachelor Nation, which they have hosted since January 2021. The show is one of the three official Bachelor Nation podcasts, along with Bachelor Happy Hour and Click Bait with Bachelor Nation. Known as "Dr. Abs," chiropractor Bryan got engaged to Rachel Lindsay during her season of The Bachelorette in 2017. They got married on August 24, 2019. Mike first appeared in Hannah Brown's season of The Bachelorette in 2019 and later looked for love in Bachelor In Paradise season 6. On Talking It Out, Bryan and Mike discussed uncomfortable and controversial topics from all points of view. They had thought-provoking conversations about life and love. Each week, they interviewed special guests, including Bachelor Nation stars, and delved deep into the issues that people in relationships face today. On November 17, Bryan and Mike celebrated the 100th episode of the podcast.

Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt’s courthouse wedding was not a shotgun wedding. In a video posted to their YouTube channel on Thursday, the “Bachelor in Paradise” alums denied speculation that they tied the knot last month because they have a baby on the way.

“I’m not,” Amabile joked after reading a fan’s pregnancy question. “I’m not either,” Pitt confirmed.

“A lot of people did ask if I was pregnant, which I guess makes sense,” Pitt added. “People are wondering if we had a shotgun wedding because I’m pregnant. I’m not pregnant.”

The couple discussed the reason they did decide to tie the knot on the latest episode of Amabile’s “Click Bait” podcast.

“We started the wedding planning process and we were like, ‘This is gonna take a while. Why don’t we knock out the marriage thing?'” Amabile said. “We thought it would be fun.

Someone must have unwisely read from the Necronomicon because the deadites are back to cause bloody mayhem with the upcoming "Evil Dead Rise" next year. It will have been just about a decade since the last time a new "Evil Dead" movie was shown on the big screen, with Fede Alvarez's 2013 ultra-gory ode to Sam Raimi's indie horror sensation. As the video game continues to be going strong, and another movie is on the way, it's a pretty great time to be an "Evil Dead" fan.

The sheer influence that Raimi's 1981 horror film had on the genre is far and wide. "The Evil Dead" will always be the signature template of the "teenagers stay in a creepy cabin in the middle of the woods" flick, with "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" being one of the greatest horror comedies ever made. Although "Army of Darkness" leaned more into its fantasy sensibilities,...

From Ten Rings to Seven Wonders.

Marvel star Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) is attached to headline a series adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s novel Seven Wonders, which is development at Prime Video, our sister site Deadline reports.

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The project centers around a “brilliant botanist-adventurer, Dr. Nate Grady (Liu), who teams up with the slippery international fixer,...

A high-stakes special ops mission — complete with covert raids, fiery explosions and what seems to be an intense game of international political chess — is the subject of Apple TV+’s “Echo 3,” the upcoming action-thriller series from Academy Award-winning creator Mark Boal and which premiered its first trailer on Tuesday.

The 10-episode show stars Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman (“The Flight Attendant”) and Jessica Ann Collins (Netflix’s “Clickbait”).

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Set in South America with English and Spanish dialogue, “Echo 3” follows Amber Chesborough (Collins), a brilliant young scientist who is the emotional heart of a small U.S. family. When Amber goes missing along the Colombia-Venezuela border, her brother, Bambi (Evans), and her husband, Prince (Huisman) —two men with deep military experience and complicated pasts — struggle to find her in a layered personal drama,...

Exclusive: Jennifer Hillier’s novel Little Secrets is being adapted for the small screen.

The thriller is in the works for Peacock from Tish Cyrus’ HopeTown Entertainment, writer Melissa Scrivner Love and Universal Television.

Little Secrets is a female-driven mystery thriller that pays homage to the erotic thriller genre of the late 80s-early 90s. The series follows a desperate mother’s mission for revenge against her husband’s mistress after her child goes missing. Told in alternating perspectives between the mother and the mistress, the story dissects themes of lust, obsession, grief and loss.

The book was published in 2020.

It forms part of the first-look deal that NBCUniversal Television and Streaming struck with Cyrus, mother of Miley Cyrus, in December. Other projects include Lovey, an animation comedy loosely based on the misadventures of the Cyrus family from Sivert Glarum, Michael Jamin and Kentucky Blaze, helmed by Courtney Hoffman.

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Apple TV+ is giving action fans a look at Echo 3, a new 10-episode thriller from Mark Boal. Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman, and Jessica Ann Collins star in the anticipated thrill ride produced by Keshet Studios, making its global debut with the first three episodes on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. One new episode follows weekly, every Friday through January 13, 2023.

Echo 3 is an action-packed thriller set in South America that follows Amber Chesborough (Collins), a brilliant young scientist who is the emotional heart of a small American family. When Amber goes missing along the Colombia-Venezuela border, her brother, Bambi (Evans), and her husband, Prince (Huisman) – two men with deep military experience and complicated pasts – struggle to find her in a layered personal drama set against the explosive backdrop of a secret war,” says the official description. Echo 3 also stars Martina Gusman as “Violetta,” a prominent political columnist. The series features James Udom, Maria Del Rosario,...

Aven Jones doesn’t know who got him on the show. Pic credit: ABC

Aven Jones and Rachel Recchia seemed to have a strong connection both physically and emotionally in this season of The Bachelorette.

As Aven is still in contention for Rachel’s final rose and her whole heart, fans have been weighing in on whether it will be Aven or one of Rachel’s other finalists who will win and end her journey.

Now that Aven is watching the show back with everyone else as it airs, though, there is one thing he still isn’t sure of.

Aven has no idea how he got onto The Bachelorette in the first place, meaning he doesn’t know who nominated him for the show.

Contestants can be cast in one of three ways: they can go to a casting call, they can nominate themselves, and they can be nominated by someone else.

Netflix limited series “Echoes” landed 36.58 million hours viewed from August 29-September 4, according to the streamer. That’s good enough to rank number one for the final week of summer among Netflix’s English-language TV shows — but it’s just plain not good enough.

For any individual title, being number one on Netflix is an impressive feat. The Netflix library has 17,000 pieces of content, more than half of which are originals or exclusives. However, quality and quantity — for both subs and for programming — are getting harder to come by.

The streamer began sharing its weekly Top 10 in late June/early July 2021. Of the 62 weeks Netflix has measured thus far, by our count 42 had a number-one show with more than twice the viewership of “Echoes” last week. As recent as a month ago (and several other times this summer), this “Echoes” performance wouldn’t have even made the Top 5.

Meanwhile, a pair...

Gabby Windey talks about Nate Mitchell breakup and possible regrets. Pic credit: @gabby.windey/Instagram

Gabby Windey shocked everyone, including Nate Mitchell, when she told him early on during their one-on-one date that she had to send him home.

Although she had strong feelings and a great connection with Nate, Gabby just couldn’t see herself yet as a mom to Nate’s daughter.

She saw Nate then for the very first time since their breakup at the Men Tell All filming, and it was extremely difficult for her.

Going into the show, Gabby had to relive the emotions she tried so hard to move on from after sending Nate home.

In fact, she revealed that it took her a few days to work through those emotions and feelings after Nate left.

It was hard for her to move forward knowing how she felt about him when she was with him,...

Serena Pitt wows fans. Pic credit: @serena_pitt/Instagram

Serena Pitt has become a social media influencer since her stints on The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise.

While she quit during Week 8 of Matt James’ season of The Bachelor, she found her person on Season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise afterward.

As she and Joe Amabile left Mexico as winners and an engaged couple, they have only thrived together since.

Since they left the beach, Joe and Serena have moved to New York City together and renovated their apartment.

Serena spends her time modeling and visiting her family up in Toronto, Canada, while Joe still goes back and forth to Chicago for work and is a co-host with Tia Booth and Natasha Parker for the Click Bait with Bachelor Nation podcast.

Now, while on vacation together and posting about it, Serena showed off in a brown bikini while sipping on a coconut drink.

Erich Schwer dishes on Gabby’s Grandpa John. Pic credit: ABC

On this season of The Bachelorette, Gabby Windey has had some tough times, but she’s also thrived lately.

Fans watched as she broke down after feeling unloved and unwanted when three men told her on their group date they were there for Rachel and not her.

After viewers saw Hayden call her rough around the edges and Jacob say some other insensitive things to her, Gabby got emotional.

However, since that night, it has seemed that Gabby has turned it around and has numerous men there who truly want to be with her and have no problems showing that.

One of these men that Gabby has started to fall for is Erich Schwer, as he got the very first one-on-one date with Gabby.

When Gabby came to the house to get him, though, there was an added surprise…...

What’s summer without shark horror? The official sequel to Andrew Traucki’s The Reef, The Reef: Stalked is now available on Digital/VOD and streaming on Shudder. Written and directed by Andrew Traucki (Black Water) as a follow-up to his 2010 film, The Reef: Stalked stars Teressa Liane (“The Vampire Diaries”), Ann Truong (“Cowboy Bebop”), Saskia Archer (Boshack), Kate Lister (“Clickbait”) and Tim Ross (“Wonderland”). In the sequel: “Nic, in an effort to […]

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‘Clickbait’ Star Phoenix Raei & Hugo Weaving Set For Australian Mystery ‘The Rooster’

Phoenix Raei (Clickbait) and Hugo Weaving (The Matrix) have been set to star in The Rooster, a mystery-drama written and directed by actor Mark Leonard Winter. The Rooster follows small-town cop Dan (Raei). When the body of his oldest friend is found buried in a shallow grave, Dan seeks answers from a volatile hermit (Weaving), who was the last person to see his friend alive. Principal photography has just been completed on Dja Dja Wurrung country in the region of the Hepburn Shire in Victoria, Australia. Producers are Geraldine Hakewill and MahVeen Shahraki for her company Thousand Mile Productions. Executive producers include Susie Montague-Delaney, Patrick James and Michael Kantor. The film will be distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Jonathan Page for Bonsai Films.

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Rising star Phoenix Raei joins Hugo Weaving as the lead of “The Rooster,” an Australian mystery drama film in which a small-town cop discovers the dead body of his best friend.

The film, which has just completed principal photography in Victoria state, is directed by actor Mark Leonard Winter (“Escape From Pretoria”), making his debut as a feature director.

As performers, Weaving and Winter have previously appeared together in “Measure for Measure” and “The Dressmaker.”

Raei, who has recent credits in “Clickbait,” “Stateless” and “The Night Agent,” stars in “The Rooster” as the cop who confronts Weaving’s volatile character, a forest-dwelling hermit who was the last person known to have seen his pal.

Other cast include: Helen Thomson, Rhys Mitchell, Bert La Bonte, John Waters, Camilla Ah Kin, Robert Menzies and Deirdre Rubenstein.

“ ‘The Rooster’ is a gripping story about friendship and how hope can come from unlikely places.

During the 2021-2022 season 94 scripted series earned the ReFrame Stamp for gender-balanced hiring. Among them were “Bridgerton,” “Euphoria,” “Abbott Elementary,” “Yellowjackets” and more. As 200 series were considered, 47 were found to earn the stamp — a 7 decrease since the previous year.

Each “Stamped” series was found to hire women or individuals of other underrepresented gender identities (including those who are non-binary or gender non-conforming) in at least four out of eight key roles including writer, director, producer, lead, co-leads and department heads. Additional points were awarded to productions that hire women of color in key positions, and to those with overall gender parity in their crews.

Stamp designation is determined by ReFrame, an initiative of the Sundance Institute and Women in Film Los Angeles (Wif) in partnership with IMDBPro. ReFrame examined IMDbPro data on the 200 most popular narrative series with a minimum of three episodes released between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022 (the 2021-...

Universal Studio Group chairman Pearlena Igbokwe, Alex Kurtzman and Warner Bros. Television have been announced as the special achievement honorees for the 4th annual Aafca TV Honors.

Hosted by the African American Film Critics Association, the Aafca TV honors recognize achievement in television, with an emphasis on entertainment representing the Black diaspora. At the invitation-only ceremony on Aug. 20 at Los Angeles’ Sls Hotel, Igbokwe will receive the Ashley Boone Award, Alex Kurtzman will receive the Ally Award, and Wbtv chairman Channing Dungey will accept the Inclusion Award on behalf of the studio.

The Ashley Boone Award, named after the executive, is presented to executives for their achievement within the industry. The first Black woman to lead a major U.S. television studio, Igbowke leads four studios as chairman for the Universal Studio Group, including Universal Television, Universal Content Productions, Universal Television Alternative Studio and Universal International Studios. Notable projects under her “Hacks,...

The African American Film Critics Association (Aafca) announced its special achievement honorees for the 4th Annual Aafca TV Honors who will be celebrated at an invitation-only, in-person luncheon on August 20th at the Sls Hotel in Los Angeles.

Launched in 2019 with tremendous success, the Aafca TV Honors recognize outstanding achievement in television and streaming with a special emphasis on entertainment representing the Black diaspora. The organization will bestow special achievement honors to several industry leaders including Universal Studio Group Chairman Pearlena Igbokwe who will receive the Ashley Boone Award, Alex Kurtzman who will receive Aafca’s Ally Award, and Aafca’s Inclusion Award will go to the Warner Bros. Television Group. Wbtvg Chairman Channing Dungey will accept the award on behalf of the studio.

On July 18th, Aafca will announce winners in 14 categories, including best actor, best actress, best comedy series, best drama series and more. Those winners will be...

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Fresh off his recent gig as president of NBCUniversal-backed Heyday Television, veteran producer Tom Winchester has launched his own small-screen shingle, Pure Fiction Television, with support from Power of the Dog producers See-Saw Films and talent agency Hamilton Hodell.

Pure Fiction Television aims to produce “prestige commercial content” for the British and global markets and is pitching itself to talent as a partner that can offer more creative freedom and back-end compensation than is typical within the constraints of overall deals with major streamers.

“At Pure Fiction, we want to reflect the changes afoot within our industry by redefining how partnerships work with talent,” Winchester said in a statement. “We believe in celebrating collaboration so that everyone benefits, and we make the best work possible.”

See-Saw, whose credits also include the critically acclaimed series Top of the Lake and Slow Horses, will...

President of Heyday Television Tom Winchester has departed the company to set up his own production outfit, Pure Fiction Television.

See-Saw Films (“Power of the Dog”) and talent agency Hamilton Hodell have minority stakes in the new company. The plan is for Pure Fiction to be “distributor agnostic and free to find the best homes for each show.”

Winchester will focus the company on prestige commercial television for both domestic and international audiences as well as working closely with writers, actors and directors to develop and produce their work.

See-Saw will also provide business affairs and production support while its COO, Simon Gillis, will sit on Pure Fiction’s board. Gillis brokered the deal alongside Jeremy Gawade of Lee & Thompson for Hamilton Hodell and Michael Brader of Wiggin for Winchester.

Winchester was with Heyday, which is owned by NBCUniversal, for almost three and a half years where he...

Exclusive: Brad Anderson, the multi-hyphenate behind the iconic Christian Bale thriller The Machinist, has signed with Paradigm for representation.

Anderson is a writer, director and producer whose 2004 breakout feature told the story of industrial worker Trevor Reznik (Bale), who began to doubt his own sanity after going without sleep for a year. He recently directed an episode of HBO Max’s acclaimed DC series Peacemaker, and two installments (including the pilot) of Netflix’s chart-topping thriller Clickbait, most recently wrapping production on the horror-thriller Blood, starring Michelle Monaghan and Skeet Ulrich. That upcoming film follows Jess (Monaghan), whose son Owen (Finlay Wojtak-Hissong) is hit with a mysterious infection after being bitten by a dog at the old farmhouse the family has just moved back into.

Anderson has also directed features including the thriller Fractured, starring Sam Worthington, Lily Rabe and Stephen Tobolowsky, for Netflix; the historical C.I.A. thriller Beirut,...

Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, and Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, have acquired the North American rights to the horror film, The Reef: Stalked. The film will be released In Theaters, on Digital/VOD and streaming on Shudder on July 29, 2022.

Written and directed by Andrew Traucki (Black Water) as a follow up to his 2010 film, The Reef, The Reef: Stalked stars Teressa Liane (“The Vampire Diaries”), Ann Truong (“Cowboy Bebop”), Saskia Archer (Boshack), Kate Lister (“Clickbait”) and Tim Ross (“Wonderland”).

“Audiences have an insatiable appetite for shark films, which we know first-hand from our incredible experience releasing The Reef years ago,” said Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer of Rlje Films. “We are thrilled to be working with the team again to bring this new terrifying adventure to audiences.”

In The Reef: Stalked, Nic, in an effort to heal after witnessing her sister’s horrific murder,...

Zombies On A Plane: "Flight 543. A regular check-in.

Unbeknownst to them, a passenger is pre-selected and pre-infected with a truly horrific pathogen. Boarding the plane, the virus lies dormant within their body, awaiting to be awakened. Once activated it transforms its unwilling host into a highly intelligent, flesh craving, barely controllable weaponised monster.

Flesh rots, senses heighten but not all goes according to plan...

A plane over the Atlantic..

A monster within..

A new nightmare begins.."

Directed by Craig Rees Written by Carl Rees Full cast to be announced To support the movie's Indiegogo campaign, visit: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zombies-on-a-plane--3/x/28730030

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Shudder & Rlje Films Move In Together On 'Destroy All Neighbors': "Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, and Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, today announced their partnership on the newest Shudder Original Film, Destroy All Neighbors. From music-video and...

Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, and Shudder, the company’s streaming service for horror, thriller and supernatural content, have acquired the North American rights to “The Reef: Stalked.”

The shark survival tale will be released in theaters, as well as on digital and on-demand platforms on July 29, 2022. It will be available to Shudder subscribers on the same day.

Written and directed by Andrew Traucki as a follow up to his 2010 film, “The Reef,” the sequel stars Teressa Liane (“The Vampire Diaries”), Ann Truong (“Cowboy Bebop”), Saskia Archer (Boshack), Kate Lister (“Clickbait”) and Tim Ross (“Wonderland”).

“Audiences have an insatiable appetite for shark films, which we know first-hand from our incredible experience releasing ‘The Reef’ years ago,” said Mark Ward, chief acquisitions officer of Rlje Films. “We are thrilled to be working with the team again to bring this new terrifying adventure to audiences.”

In “The Reef: Stalked...

Netflix is doubling down on video games.

For the first time, the streaming service will launch a mobile game and TV series from the same franchise, building on the popular Exploding Kittens card game.

Exploding Kittens - The Game, an exclusive version of the beloved mobile game, will launch on Netflix in May, followed by an adult animated comedy series coming in 2023.

The series will star Tom Ellis, Abraham Lim, Lucy Liu, Ally Maki, Mark Proksch and Sasheer Zamata.

"The eternal conflict between Heaven and Hell reaches epic proportions when both God and the Devil are sent to Earth - in the bodies of chunky house cats," reads the logline for the the series.

The series comes from showrunners Shane Kosakowski and Matthew Inman, executive producers Mike Judge, Greg Daniels and Dustin Davis of Bandera Entertainment.

Exploding Kittens - The Game retains the same classic gameplay where players draw cards...

Netflix has ordered an adult animated series based on the card game “Exploding Kittens,” starring “Lucifer” star Tom Ellis and Lucy Liu. A new mobile game adaptation, “Exploding Kittens – The Game,” is being co-developed and will launch via the streamer in May, well ahead of the TV show’s planned 2023 debut.

The show, which is executive produced by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, follows the eternal conflict between Heaven and Hell as it reaches epic proportions when both God and the Devil are sent to Earth – in the bodies of chunky house cats.

Along with Ellis and Liu, “Exploding Kittens” stars Abraham Lim, Ally Maki, Mark Proksch and Sasheer Zamata.

The series comes from showrunners Shane Kosakowski and Matthew Inman, who executive produce alongside Judge, Daniels and Dustin Davis of Bandera Entertainment, Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping for the Chernin Entertainment Group, and creators of the “Exploding Kittens” franchise, Elan Lee...

AppleTV+’s big budget TV reworking of Fritz Lang’s classic 1927 sci-fi film Metropolis from Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail is to shoot to Australia.

The production is expected to create nearly 4,000 jobs in the state of Victoria, where filming will take place, and make use of one of the world’s largest ‘virtual production’ infrastructures.

NBCUniversal’s Universal Studio Group is producing the show with Esmail, who was behind USA Network’s Mr Robot and Amazon’s Homecoming and is writing, directing and show running the eight-part drama. NBCU’s Aussie producer Matchbox Pictures will handle on the ground production.

Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and follows the attempts of Freder, the wealthy son of the city master, and Maria, a saintly figure to the workers, to overcome the vast gulf separating the classes in their city and bring the workers together with Joh Fredersen, the city master.

“Metropolis,” Apple TV+’s epic-scale series inspired by Fritz Lang’s classic silent era sci-fi film, is set to be produced in Australia. It is expected to make extensive use of a new ‘virtual production’ structure that is among the largest in the world.

“Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail is writer, director and showrunner of the eight-part project. It is being produced by NBCUniversal’s Universal Studio Group.

The story takes place in the futuristic city of Metropolis. While the city’s wealthy elite enjoy a lavish life of comfort and ease in penthouses and pleasure gardens, scores of workers labor at dangerous machinery in the bowels of the city to keep everything running. Freder Fredersen, the son of the most powerful man in Metropolis, has an awakening after meeting a young worker named Maria and witnessing a number of workers die in an industrial accident.

The project has been...