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At first glance, “The Recruit” may look like your standard espionage drama, but beneath its splashy action scenes and quippy one-liners that’s not the case. That’s as true in Season 2 as it was in Season 1.

“The anti-hero is definitely played out at this point, at least until it gets reinvented. I think audiences want to root for something,” showrunner and executive producer Alexi Hawley told TheWrap, noting that Noah Centineo’s Owen Hendricks isn’t a Jason Bourne or James Bond figure.

“He’s not trying to be cool. I’m very lucky with Nathan Fillion on ‘The Rookie’ as well in having two leads who really are not afraid of falling down or being the butt of a joke,” Hawley said of his new CIA hire who’s constantly in over his head. “You root for that guy because you can relate to that guy. You can...

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The always charming Noah Centineo is steadily becoming one of Hollywood's most exciting up-and-comers, with the talented leading man having first risen to stardom when he appeared in the fan-favorite Netflix film trilogy To All The Boys, causing audiences everywhere to fall in love with his swoon-worthy character Peter Kavinsky. Though he made a name for himself for his roles in teen romantic comedies like Sierra Burgess Is a Loser and The Perfect Date, Centineo is now venturing into more adult territory with his dazzling performance in the Netflix spy adventure hit The Recruit.

The fun and thrilling original series features Centineo as a newly hired CIA lawyer who finds his life and fledgling career turned upside down after he becomes caught up in a...

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January is a noteworthy month for one of our most beloved goofballs, high school hotshots, and rookie lawyers because Noah Centineo is finally returning to the screen. This time around, however, it isn’t as a completely new character in a new project. Centineo will reprise two of his widely loved roles, and they couldn’t be any more different.

While the actor has proven time and again that he has a wide array of acting skills, January will put two widely different projects right next to each other and leave them up for comparison. The rom-com series Xo, Kitty, and the action series The Recruit are two of Netflix’s biggest releases in January.

There’s a man with a machete in Noah Centineo’s tree.

“Like 35 yards away from me, a guy’s in a tree just casually chopping off branches,” the actor tells Tudum — quite calmly, in fact. He’s realized the man is neither a crazed fan nor an intrepid paparazzo. He’s a gardener. Potential crisis averted.

Miami-born Centineo is no stranger to attention. After breaking out big-time as sweet high school boyfriend Peter Kavinsky in the To All the Boys trilogy, he headlined rom-coms Sierra Burgess Is a Loser and The Perfect Date, and he starred in DC Comics blockbuster Black Adam. Now, he stars as unlikely CIA operative Owen Hendricks in Netflix action thriller series The Recruit.

But he’s not just the star — Centineo is both leading man and executive producer in the project, in which he plays a recent law school grad who unearths a major...

Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s relationship remains one of the most tumultuous in pop culture. The pair met on New Year’s Eve 1994, with Lee recalling their first encounter in his autobiography The Dirt. He described Anderson as someone who was radiating an irresistible energy, which led to him making a rather strange move—licking her face.

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Just weeks later, in February 1995, Anderson and Lee took their budding romance to Cancun. There, Lee followed her to the Ritz-Carlton, and despite being turned away for his clothing, the couple shared their first date at a local bar. The romance quickly picked up pace. Within days, Lee proposed, and the couple married on a beach in Cancun, just 96 hours after having met properly for the first time.

But the story of their relationship isn’t just...

Netflix is back with a new star-studded action movie — this time led by Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry — with “The Union.” Wahlberg stars as Mike, a Jersey construction worker who finds his average life turned upside down when his high school sweetheart Roxanne (Berry) shows up and he gets tangled up in a continent-skipping international intelligence adventure.

But Berry and Wahlberg aren’t the only familiar faces in the Netflix romp. Here’s a handy guide to “The Union” cast and the characters they play.

Halle Berry in “The Union” (Laura Radford/Netflix)

Halle Berry as Roxanne Hall — Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry stars as The Union operative Roxanne Hall, an ass-kicking, world-traveling adventurer who never misses her shot. Berry is best known for her superhero roles, playing Storm in the “X-Men” films and Catwoman in “Catwoman,” as well as her Best Actress-winning performance in “Monster’s Ball.” Her well-known titles also include “John Wick 3,...

Six decades or so ago, television was dominated by "wholesome" American family sitcoms, with shows like "Leave It to Beaver," "The Andy Griffith Show," and "Father Knows Best" serving as not only entertainment but as a model guide for viewers to emulate their own "perfect family." Assimilation was the key to an idyllic existence, but that doesn't make for an exciting TV lineup. Each network had its standard American family show, but in an attempt to motivate viewers not to touch that dial, they started diversifying what a family looked like.

No, that diversity did not come in the form of families of non-white races ("Good Times" wouldn't launch until 1974), but it did come with magical beings like "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Bewitched," or monstrously weird like "The Addams Family" and "The Munsters." Both "The Addams Family" and "The Munsters" are so beloved that the shows have been reimagined...

Chris Pine was taken by surprise when news hit that Steve Yockey, creator of the Max series “The Flight Attendant,” had signed on to write the script for “Star Trek 4.” Why? “I thought there was already a script,” the actor recently told Business Insider during an interview on his “Poolman” press tour.

Pine’s not wrong, as a potential “Star Trek 4” has gone through multiple iterations in the years since the 2016 release of “Star Trek Beyond.” Pine took on the role of Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ 2009 franchise reboot “Star Trek,” and reprised the character in 2013’s “Star Trek Into Darkness” and 2016’s “Beyond.” Variety exclusively reported in March that Paramount Pictures remained committed to making a fourth “Star Trek” film to be headlined by Pine and his co-stars.

The actor’s fellow “Star Trek” cast members include Zachary Quinto (as Cmdr. Spock), Zoe Saldaña (as Lt.

Actress Kristine Froseth (“The Buccaneers”) poses for the latest issue of “Vogue (Scandinavia), photographed by Arno Frugier:

Froseth began her acting career with the 2017 film “Rebel in the Rye”. In 2018, she starred in the Netflix movies, “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser” and “Apostle”, plus the Sky miniseries, “The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair’.

She starred in the 2021 Amazon Prime Video film “Birds of Paradise”, played ‘Kelly Aldrich’ in the Netflix series “The Society” and ‘Alaska Young’ in the Hulu series “Looking for Alaska”.

In 2022, she starred in the Showtime series “The First Lady” as young ‘Betty Ford’ and starred in Apple TV+'s “The Buccaneers”.

Froseth also played ‘Coby Rae Dellum’ in the first episode of the second season of “American Horror Stories’.

She has modeled for brands ‘Prada’, ‘Armani’, ‘Miu Miu’ and ‘H&m’.

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William Shatner recently told Canadian Press that he wouldn’t rule out returning as Captain Kirk in a new “Star Trek” project if the script impressed him. While the actor’s age might pose an issue as Shatner turned 93 years old in March, that’s nothing a bit of de-aging technology couldn’t fix.

“It’s an intriguing idea,” Shatner said about returning as Kirk. “It’s almost impossible. But if was a great role and so well-written and if there were a reason to be there not just to make a cameo appearance, but if there were a genuine reason for the character appearing, I might consider it.”

Shatner suggested that he could play a younger version of the Starship Enterprise captain through de-aging technology, similar to how 80-year-old Harrison Ford turned up as a much younger Indiana Jones (circa the character’s age in “Raiders of the Lost Ark...

Paramount Pictures has renewed its first-look deal with Lindsey Anderson Beer and her production banner Lab Brew.

In re-upping the deal, the studio has also picked up Here Comes the Dark, a supernatural thriller spec script by Shane and Carey Van Dyke, the duo who co-wrote the 2022 thriller Don’t Worry Darling. Anderson Beer and Lab Brew will produce.

Paramount’s renewal is a vote of confidence in Anderson Beer, who wrote and made her feature directorial debut with the horror movie Pet Sematary: Bloodline for the studio last year. The movie debuted as the No. 1 title on Paramount+ and quickly broke the streamer’s record for the most-watched Paramount+ original movie within the first 30 days of a film’s release in the U.S. Anderson Beer broke through by writing the popular Netflix movie Sierra Burgess Is a Loser.

“Lindsey is a wonderfully gifted writer, director and producer with sharp...

Steve Yockey, creator of the Max series “The Flight Attendant,” is joining Starfleet as the new screenwriter for “Star Trek 4.”

Story details remain under a powerful cloaking device, but Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot still intend the project to be the final chapter for the cast that rebooted the franchise in movie theaters with 2009’s “Star Trek,” including Chris Pine (as Capt. James T. Kirk), Zachary Quinto (as Cmdr. Spock), Zoe Saldaña (as Lt. Nyota Uhura), Karl Urban (as Dr. Leonard McCoy), John Cho (as Lt. Hikaru Sulu) and Simon Pegg (as chief engineer Montgomery Scott). (Variety first reported the news in its cover story on the future of the “Star Trek” franchise.)

Bringing the cast back following 2016’s “Star Trek Beyond” has proven trickier for the studio than finding an altruistic Ferengi. At least three previous attempts fell apart for various reasons, most recently with director Matt Shakman...

Exclusive: This Is Us lead Chrissy Metz has joined the cast of Bank of Dave: The Sequel, director Chris Foggins’ follow-up to his 2023 British feel-good comedy Bank of Dave, based on a true story.

Among those confirmed to return for the sequel, from the same creative team, are Rory Kinnear and Jo Hartley. Stay tuned for further castings to be announced imminently.

Hitting North American theaters last year via Samuel Goldwyn Films, Bank of Dave is inspired by the true story of Dave Fishwick (Kinnear), a self-made millionaire from the British town of Burnley. Pic chronicles the myriad challenges he faces in setting out to establish a community bank, with an eye toward bolstering small local businesses.

Picking up two years later, the sequel finds Dave taking on an even more dangerous and formidable opponent than the big banks — Payday Loan Companies. After recruiting Jessica (Metz), an American investigative reporter,...

The cast of The Recruit season 2 is expanding with several new stars joining the show in recurring roles. The show stars Noah Centineo as a new-hire lawyer for the CIA who gets caught up in international intrigue. Season 2 is currently being filmed in Vancouver and has added Brooke Smith, Devika Bhise, James Purefoy, Do Hyun Shin, Sanghee Lee, Omar Maskati, Felix Solis, Alana Hawley Purvis, and Young-Ah Kim to the cast.

The Recruit has added more than half a dozen new stars for season 2. The Netflix espionage show stars Noah Centineo as Owen Hendricks, a new-hire lawyer for the CIA who finds himself mixed up in a tangled web of international intrigue. The show marked a new adult turn for the star's collaborations with Netflix, which previously included his star-making roles in teen romantic comedies including the To All the Boys trilogy, Sierra Burgess is a Loser, and The Perfect Date.

The Wizard of Oz could be soon getting a new sequel if filmmaker Lindsey Anderson Beer has her way.

Recently, Beer made her directorial debut with the horror prequel Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, a movie she also wrote. Beer also penned the script for Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, and she's attached to a variety of upcoming projects, which includes penning the script for Mattel's American Girl movie to follow the success of Barbie. While Beer is on the rise and keeping busy with high-profile projects, she recently spoke with Dread Central about the script she wrote for a Wizard of Oz sequel that didn't get made, and she's still hoping that the film will eventually see the light of day.

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“Barbie’s” billion-dollar box office haul has opened the door for more feature film adaptations of iconic plastic ladies. American Girls, the 18-inch dolls that had an absolute chokehold over millennial youths, are finally getting their day on the big screen. That’s right: Samantha, Kirsten, Molly, Felicity, Addy (and maybe even a few more — fingers crossed for the ’90s twins) are going to Hollywood.

Fresh off their success from Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster, Mattel Films announced plans to produce another toy-centric flick with Paramount Pictures and Temple Hill Entertainment, based on the American Girl dolls.

Screenwriter Lindsey Anderson Beer, who penned and directed “Pet Sematary: Bloodlines” and Netflix’s “Sierra Burgess is a Loser,” is attached to write the screenplay and produce.

“Growing up, my sister and I were American Girl girls,” Anderson Beer said via press release. “I had Kirsten, and she had Molly. They didn’t...

Amazon MGM Studios is adapting Marisa Meltzer’s New York Times bestselling book Glossy, an expose on the success of beauty brand Glossier and its founder Emily Weiss, for television. The project is in early development; a search for a showrunner is underway, Deadline hears.

Sources tell Deadline the project will be executive produced by Lindsey Anderson Beer under her Lab Brew banner alongside Alexandra Banks and Spencer Walken.

Glossy: Ambition, Beauty and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss’s Glossier was released on September 13 by Simon & Schuster. According to the book’s publisher, Marisa Meltzer combines in-depth interviews with former Glossier employees, investors, and Weiss herself to bring you inside the walls of this fascinating and secretive company. From fundraising to product launches and unconventional hiring practices, Meltzer exposes the inner workings of Glossier’s culture, culminating in the story of Weiss herself.

Beer is coming off making her...

One of Stephen King’s best — and bleakest — tales of horror has a new beginning with “Pet Sematary: Bloodlines.” Directed and co-written by Lindsey Anderson Beer (”Sierra Burgess Is a Loser”), the prequel heads back long before the Creeds came to town and follows Jud Crandall (Jackson White) as a young man in Ludlow, Maine, where ancient evil lurks and a corrupted patch of land holds the power to bring back the dead. But of course sometimes dead is better, and “Bloodlines” tells the story of exactly how Jud learned that hard lesson the first time.

The film also has a starry cast, including David Duchovny, Henry Thomas and the legendary Pam Grier. But despite what you might expect for a King adaptation with that pedigree, “Bloodlines” is a streaming exclusive and isn’t heading to theaters, which means you can watch the new “Pet Sematary” movie at home right now.

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is a prequel to Stephen King's iconic novel, exploring the origins of the mysterious graveyard and its evil ties to the town of Ludlow. The movie aims to honor the themes and tone of the original book, focusing on the psychological trauma of loss and the lengths people will go to protect their loved ones. The film features a talented cast, including Jackson White, Forrest Goodluck, and David Duchovny, and received praise from Stephen King, who approved of the script and praised the finished product.

One of Stephen King's most iconic novels is getting a fresh expansion in Pet Sematary: Bloodlines. Acting as a prequel to the 1983 book, the story revolves around a young Jud Crandall as he gears up to leave his hometown of Ludlow, only for the mysterious return of one of his childhood friends to lead him to learn of the eponymous location...

Lindsey Anderson Beer is no stranger to a good bit of IP. Known best for her work as a writer behind projects including Netflix’s Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, the scribe will soon make her directorial debut with Paramount+’s Pet Sematary: Bloodlines. The film will serve as a prequel telling of the story and movie, Pet Sematary, first made a classic piece of literature through Stephen King’s 1983 novel. Now that the title is preparing to unearth itself onto Paramount+ at the end of next week, Anderson Beer has turned her head onto another reboot — Sleepy Hollow. And, beyond her directorial efforts on the ghostly tale first penned by Washington Irving, Anderson Beer is teaming up with Luca Guadagnino to serve as a producer on the celebrated helmer’s remake of Lord of the Flies. In an interview with Collider’s Perri Nemiroff, Anderson Beer teases what sets...

Pamela Anderson is a gem. During the Pandora Lab Grown Diamonds event for New York Fashion Week on Sept. 6, the actor and author stepped out with her two sons - 25-year-old Dylan Lee and 27-year-old Brandon Lee - for a joint red carpet appearance. The family appeared to coordinate outfits, with the boys wearing similar white button-down shirts and blue jeans, and Anderson matching in an all white ensemble. As the new (makeup-free) face of Pandora's lab-grown diamonds, this moment marked a major milestone for what Anderson described as her "new chapter" - a deliberate shift away from her former bombshell image. She stars in the campaign alongside her sons and other icons like Precious Lee and Justina Miles.

"The '90s was the '90s, and now it's 2023," Anderson told Entertainment Tonight. "This is a new chapter of my life." For her, this means a more natural look, a heightened focus on self care,...

Choose Love is a rom-com interactive film directed by Stuart McDonald with a screenplay by Josann McGibbon. The Netflix film follows Cami, a young woman who starts to doubt her relationship with her partner Paul when two other men enter her life. Choose Love stars Laura Marano, Avan Jogia, Scott Michael Foster, and Jordi Webber. While Choose Love is an interactive film we are only able to recommend romantic comedies as there are not many rom-com interactive films in existence. So, if you loved Choose Love here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Synopsis: On the eve of her college graduation, Natalie’s [Lili Reinhart] life diverges into parallel realities: one in which she becomes pregnant and remains in her hometown, and another in which she does not and moves to Los Angeles. In both journeys, Natalie experiences life-changing love, pursues her dream career as an artist,...

Where to Watch Powered by Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' disappointing box office returns raise doubts about Michael Bay's 14-movie Transformers plan. The movie introduces changes to character beats and incorporates references to Transformers lore, but fails to make a mark at the box office. The possibility of a Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover offers hope for the franchise's future by attracting wider audiences and capitalizing on nostalgia.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' disappointing box office returns prove that Michael Bay's 14-movie Transformers plan may not work out. Serving as a reboot to Michael Bay's Transformers movies and a sequel to 2018's Bumblebee, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts brings a fresh spin to the franchise by unfolding in the 90s. Unlike the Michael Bay movies, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts also emphasizes Mirage's characterization and highlights how Optimus Prime struggles to guide the Autobots during his early years of leadership.

New images have been released for Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, a Pet Sematary prequel that's heading to Paramount+ for a streaming release later this year.

Previously, it had been announced that a Pet Sematary prequel was in development at Paramount+, but it wasn't until Tuesday when it was revealed by the streamer that the movie is officially titled Pet Sematary: Bloodlines. Along with this announcement came the unveiling of a slew of images that reveal the first look at the movie. The photos showcase the film's cast of characters along with a peek at what seems to be a dog resurrected from the titular burial site. A new photo of the "Pet Sematary" itself is also included.

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Primarily, the prequel will follow a younger version of Jud Crandall. This is the character played by Fred Gwynne in the original Pet Sematary and John Lithgow in the 2019 remake,...

Horror fans, get ready for a new trip to the pet cemetery. Paramount+ has revealed the first look at the upcoming prequel to Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, titled Pet Sematary: Bloodlines. The prequel will explore the origins of the cursed burial ground that brings back the dead, but not as they were before.

The first look image shows a brown dog walking on a dirt path in front of a sign that reads “Ludlow”. The dog is presumably one of the pets that will be buried and resurrected in the prequel, and the sign indicates that the story will take place in the same town as the original novel and its adaptations. The image has a vintage feel to it, suggesting that the prequel will be set in an earlier time period than the 2019 film.

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Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is directed by Lindsey Beer, who is making her directorial debut.

Jake T. Austin got his start acting on television shows like Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, and most memorably Wizards of Waverly Place where he played Max Russo. Playing lead roles in Go, Diego, Go! and Wizards of Waverly Place concurrently gave Austin a lot to work on and kept him busy. After those shows ended, his next big role was playing Jesus on The Fosters an ABC Family, now Freeform, a television show about a blended family.

This show told the story of Stef, Lena, and their mix of biological and adopted children as they decide to take in Callie, a young, troubled girl hardened by years in foster care. This show is full of up and downs, heartwarming familial moments, and drama. Jake T. Austin’s character, Jesus, was part of a set of twins. His twin sister Mariana was played by Cierra Ramirez, who went on...

Exclusive: Director Daniel DelPurgatorio has rounded out the cast for his sci-fi horror mystery Marshmallow, with Paul Soter (Super Troopers), Giorgia Whigham (Waco: The Aftermath), Alysia Reiner (Better Things) and Maxwell Whittingham-Cooper (Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies) coming aboard for roles in the indie soon heading into production.

The actors join an ensemble that also includes Kue Lawrence, Kai Cech, Max Malas, Corbin Bernsen and Pierson Fode, as previously announced.

Written by Andy Greskoviak (Black Friday), Marshmallow is set at a secluded summer camp, where Morgan (Lawrence), a timid and introverted 12-year-old, is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a treacherous journey and uncover a sinister reality buried beneath the surface. Little do they know that the truth harbors a secret that will test their resilience and...

While there are dozens of teen movies in the genre, very few of them have been successful in capturing the complicated and diverse teenage experience. Though these movies often prove to be entertaining for their target audience, they are rarely an accurate portrayal of youthful social situations.

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Even hit movies like Clueless and Mean Girls have problematic tropes and plotlines that are hard for modern viewers to overlook. Additionally, new movies within the genre, like Sierra Burgess Is A Loser, strive to be entertaining and therefore create uncomfortable situations. Even teen movies with a lot of aspects to love have some problematic aspects that deter audiences.

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Clueless is one of the most influential teen movies of the '90s, with it still has a genuine impact on pop culture today. The storyline follows spoiled teenager Cher who takes on a "misfit" girl to...

Move over, Britney! A new pop star is turning up the heat, and she’s fearless in going the distance to get what she wants. The HBO Original drama series The Idol debuted an official teaser trailer, and before you ask, no one messed with your thermostat while watching the footage. The heat you’re feeling emanates from Lily-Rose Depp as she gives an electrifying performance about sex, fame, and the not-so-secret lives of pop stars who shake what their mama gave them. The Idol teaser is not for the faint of heart. Consider this your warning.

Debuting Sunday, June 4, 2023, The Idol is co-created by Sam Levison (Euphoria). HBO’s new drama series stars Lily-Rose Depp, Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, and Reza Fahim. Troye Sivan, Dan Levy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Eli Roth, Hari Nef, Jane Adams, Jennie Ruby Jane, Mike Dean, Moses Sumney, Rachel Sennott, Ramsey, Suzanna Son, and Hank Azaria.

The "Pamela, a Love Story" premiere was a family affair for Pamela Anderson. The actor brought sons Brandon Thomas Lee, 26, and Dylan Jagger Lee, 25, to the Jan. 30 screening of her new Netflix documentary in Hollywood. The trio posed together on the red carpet clad in stylish outfits - Anderson wore a sparkly red gown reminiscent of her iconic "Baywatch" swimsuit, while Brandon and Dylan wore a navy suit and black sequin suit, respectively. Brandon's girlfriend, Lily Easton, and Dylan's girlfriend, Paula Bruss, were also in attendance.

"Pamela, a Love Story" offers candid details about Anderson's life, from her rise to Playboy fame and sex-tape scandal to the abuse and trauma she experienced as a child. Brandon, who produced the tell-all film, praised his mother's strength during a red carpet interview at the premiere. "I've never met a woman as brave as my mother," he told "Access Hollywood." "I think a...

The Recruit has been officially renewed for season 2. The Netflix series, which debuted on December 16, 2022, stars frequent Netflix collaborator Noah Centineo, who previously appeared in the rom-coms Sierra Burgess is a Loser, The Perfect Date, and the To All The Boys I've Loved Before trilogy. The series sees him trying out the action genre in the role of a new lawyer at the CIA who is unwittingly drawn into a web of intrigue. The series, which was created by Alexi Hawley, also stars Laura Haddock, Aarti Mann, Colton Dunn, Fivel Stewart, Daniel Quincy Annoh, Kristian Bruun, and Vondie Curtis-Hall.

Per Deadline, Netflix has renewed The Recruit season 2, just shy of six weeks after the release of season 1.

The Recruit has been renewed for Season 2! pic.twitter.com/VSLYVfFiqt — Netflix (@netflix) January 26, 2023

The series will pick up after the season 1 cliffhanger, which involved Centineo and Haddock's characters finding themselves in mortal danger.

Exclusive: J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos), Jackie Earle Haley (The First Lady), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Suicide Squad), Jessica De Gouw (The Secrets She Keeps) and Alice Lee (Brittany Runs a Marathon) have signed on to star alongside Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry in the Netflix thriller Our Man from Jersey, from director Julian Farino (Ballers).

The film centers on Mike (Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, who is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne (Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission. Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Jeff Waxman will produce the pic written by David Guggenheim and Joe Barton.

Simmons won his first Oscar back in 2015 for his portrayal of cut-throat jazz instructor Fletcher in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, notching his second nom this year for his supporting turn in Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos. The...

Exclusive: Will Peltz (Unfriended), Sarah Dumont (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse) and Sydelle Noel (Glow) have signed on to star alongside Frank Grillo, Jaime King, Katherine Hughes and Josh Plasse in the horror-thriller Man’s Son, with Voltage Pictures coming aboard to launch international sales ahead of the upcoming Marché du Film.

The XYZ Films title from director Remy Grillo centers on a young couple (Hughes and Plasse) hoping to create an aesthetically pleasing audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film. When they choose an eclectic desert Airbnb as the perfect backdrop, the dark events of the audition material slowly slip into their reality, until they find themselves intertwined in an occult, sinister plot led by King and Grillo’s characters.

Plasse and Brev Moss wrote the script, which is inspired by modern occult activity in the California desert, with production to kick off in Yucca Valley, California this month.

“The Harder They Fall” actor Rj Cyler has signed with CAA and Management 360 for representation.

Ronald “Rj” Cyler II was most recently seen in the Sundance selection “Emergency,” which is set to hit theaters and begin streaming on Amazon Prime Video in May. He also portrayed real-life cowboy Jim Beckwourth in Jeymes Samuel’s Netflix western “The Harder They Fall,” stealing scenes amid the star-studded ensemble of Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Regina King, Lakeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz, Edi Gathegi, Danielle Deadwyler and Delroy Lindo.

Cyler will next be seen in the HBO Max comedy series “Rap Sh*t,” created by Issa Rae, and will play a leading role in “Freedom’s Path,” an upcoming film set in and around the Underground Railroad, written and directed by Brett Smith. Cyler serves as an executive producer on the project.

The actor’s breakthrough role came with the critically acclaimed 2015 film “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,...

They’re boldly going back.

Paramount is planning to enter negotiations for “Star Trek” stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho and Simon Pegg to return to the Enterprise for their fourth tour of duty in the venerable sci-fi franchise.

The announcement was made by J.J. Abrams during the Paramount Investors Day Presentation on Feb. 15.

“We are thrilled to say that we are hard at work on a new ‘Star Trek’ film that will be shooting by the end of the year that will be featuring our original cast and some new characters that I think are going to be really fun and exciting and help take ‘Star Trek’ into areas that you’ve just never seen before,” Abrams said. “We’re thrilled about this film, we have a bunch of other stories that we’re talking about that we think will be really exciting, so...

Exclusive: Cory Thompson has joined Stride as a hybrid lit/talent manager.

Prior to joining Stride, Thompson served as President of Tact Media, a management and production firm he founded in 2019. Before that, he was head of the New York office of Vanguard Management Group for seven years and also served as an agent at Buchwald.

Thompson also produced the 2019 feature Rockaway (Gravitas Ventures) as well as the upcoming feature Latchkey Kids.

Clients include Nick Creegan, Caroline Arapolgou (Outer Banks), Joe Chrest (Stranger Things), Sope Aluko, Mario Revolori (Sierra Burgess Is A Loser) and Lenny Plattt (Quantico). On the lit side, Evan Kelman, John J. Budion (Rockaway), Joe Downey (Chick Fight) and Janek Ambros.

The new musical movie Cyrano will sound pretty familiar to anyone who pays attention to pop culture. After all, it's based on one of the most popular plots of the past century or so! But did you know that it's actually based on the life of a real person, too? Here's what to know about how a mildly scandalous French writer became a legendary literary character - and just how much of it is true to history.

Who Was the Real Cyrano?

In real life, Savien de Cyrano de Bergerac was part of a notable French family with roots in the professional class and the nobility in the early 1600s. Unfortunately, little is confirmed about his life and origins, and reliable sources are few and far between; much of the so-called "story" of his life was written after his death and likely embellished. Nevertheless, we know that he was most likely a minor noble,...

Joey Morgan, the actor who made his debut in 2015’s Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and garnered additional attention for his performance in the Max Winkler’s 2017 Tribeca Film Festival premiere Flower, died yesterday at the age of 28. A cause of death has not been disclosed.

“Joey Morgan came into my life nearly 9 years ago when I made Scouts,” tweeted Christopher Landon, director of the comedy Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. “He was quiet, funny, intelligent and thoughtful. And when the cameras rolled he was magnetic. He passed today and the news is heartbreaking. I am honored to have known him.”

A native of Chicago, and brother of actor Trevor Morgan, Morgan made his film debut in the Landon horror comedy, playing Augie Foster, one of three Boy Scouts defending his town against the undead creatures of the title. He costarred with Tye Sheridan and Logan Miller, who played the other two Scouts,...

Exclusive: Jonah Platt (Being the Ricardos), Chrissie Fitt (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Will Peltz (13 Minutes) and Zach Reino (Brews Brothers) have joined Halston Sage, Christian Navarro and Gregg Sulkin in the cast of The List, the indie comedy from director Melissa Miller Costanzo.

The film written by Rob Lederer and Steve Vitolo centers on Abby (Sage), a woman who is about to get married, for whom everything is perfect. Until she finds out her fiancé Matt (Platt) has slept with a celebrity from his “free pass” list. To get her mind off things, Abby and her best friend Chloe (Fit) come up with a crazy idea: Abby should pursue a celebrity from her own list. But things become complicated when she meets Jake (Navarro), a sweet and charming waiter at a neighborhood cafe, who gives her a fresh perspective.

Peltz is portraying Avon, an LA-based rapper/pop...

Pam Grier has boarded the Pet Sematary prequel in the works at Paramount+. The upcoming movie, which is still as of yet untitled, serves as a prequel to the studio's reboot that was released in theaters in 2019. Not much else has been revealed about the plot, but the prequel will delve into the origin story of the cursed graveyard that brings back the dead as something much more sinister than they were before.

As of now, details about Grier's role in the Pet Sematary prequel haven't been revealed. Several names have previously been announced for the cast, as it's been reported that Jackson White (Mrs. Fletcher) will play a young Jud Crandall, the elderly neighbor played by John Lithgow in the reboot and Fred Gwynne in the original Pet Sematary. The prequel also stars Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Jack Mulhern (Mare of Easttown), Natalie Alyn Lind (The Goldbergs), and Isabella...

The prequel to Paramount’s 2019 horror film “Pet Sematary” has added “Jackie Brown” star Pam Grier to its call sheet.

Grier joins a cast that includes Jackson White (“Mrs. Fletcher”), Forrest Goodluck (” The Revenant”), Jack Mulhern (“Mare of Easttown”), Natalie Alyn Lind (” The Goldbergs”) and Isabella Star LeBlanc. The upcoming “Pet Sematary” will serve as an origin story to the Stephen King novel about a family that discovers a rather disturbing graveyard in the woods behind their home.

The movie, which still doesn’t have a title, begins shooting in August and will debut exclusively on Paramount Plus, the recently rebranded streaming service from ViacomCBS, on an undetermined date. It is set up at Paramount Players, a division of Paramount that specializes in genre fare.

The film marks the feature directorial debut of Lindsey Beer, who previously wrote the screenplay to Netflix’s coming-of-age movie “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser...

From the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the final frontier: WandaVision. director Matt Shakman has been tapped by Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot to direct the next Star Trek. feature film, from a screenplay by Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser.) and Geneva Robertson (Captain Marvel.). J.J. Abrams is set to produce. The cast, however, remains unclear.

The news comes the same day that Shakman earned an Emmy nomination for helming the inaugural Marvel Studios TV series, one of 23 nods the Disney Plus series earned, including for best limited series. A prolific television director ” including Six Feet Under,. œHouse,. It™s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,. Game of Thrones. and Succession. ” he™s directed one previous feature, the 2015 indie thriller Cut Bank. with Liam Hemsworth and Billy Bob Thornton.

It™s been a long wait for Paramount to get a new Star Trek. feature out of space dock; the last movie, 2016™s Star Trek Beyond,...

Lindsey Beer will direct Paramount Player’s follow-up adaptation of 2019’s “Pet Sematary,” based on Stephen King’s bestseller, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.

Beer also wrote the most recent script based off a draft by Jeff Buhler. The film will debut exclusively on Paramount+. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian will produce.

Plot details are being kept under wraps.

The film was announced in February as part of the studio’s new push to move original content to the relaunched streamer.

King wrote the book in 1983, which was adapted into a film in 1989 and in 2019. The 1989 film was directed by Mary Lambert and starred Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Blaze Berdahl, Fred Gwynne and Miko Hughes. It grossed $57.5 million on a budget of $11.5 million, and a sequel was released in 1992.

The second film adaptation from 2019 starred Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz and John Lithgow. Directed by Kevin Kölsch...

Noah Centineo is leaving teen dramas behind ... for now.

The Fosters and To All The Boys franchise star has landed the lead role on an upcoming CIA drama at Netflix.

Deadline first reported the news, which also revealed the actor would have a producing credit on the series.

The eight-episode show comes from Entertainment One, Doug Liman's Hypnotic and creator, and showrunner Alexi Hawley (The Rookie).

The project is currently untitled, and centers on a young lawyer at the CIA (Centineo) who gets entangled in dangerous international power plays when a former agency asset threatens to expose her relationship with the CIA — unless they help clear her name in a serious crime.

It's an interesting hook, and one that should be a big hit with the Netflix audience.

If the streamer has taught us anything, it's that it can keep viewers engaged for every single beat of its roster of drama series.

Another year, another “Groundhog Day” rip-off. Nearly three decades after Bill Murray got stuck in a time loop until he became a better man, the concept has spawned so many iterations that it basically exists as its own genre, mixed and mashed with other tropes to reanimate a familiar routine. Often, the deja vu of watching these movies mimics the predicaments of their characters, even when they’re halfway decent. The latest to take the rom-com approach, “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things,” offers an agreeable kind of breezy, soul-searching variation, but can’t break free of the overwhelming meta impression that we’ve seen this all before.

The movie plays like a hybrid of several recent variations: Like 2017’s drama “Before I Fall,” it’s a slick YA adaptation (sci-fi writer Lev Grossman wrote the screenplay off his short), it has some tonal similarities to the horror-comedy “Happy Death Day,...

There’s a grammar-school-friendly version of the Sondheim musical called “Into the Woods, Jr.,” which erases all of Act Two (except “Children Will Listen”) so you can have the storybook charm without the sex or death. Amazon’s “A Map of Tiny Perfect Things” is essentially “Groundhog Day Jr.,” turning the idea of being stuck on the same day into a YA romance.

“Groundhog Day” was by no means the first story to use the idea of people in a temporal anomaly as a metaphor for being in a rut, but it launched its own sub-genre that includes Sundance hit “Palm Springs,” the Netflix series “Russian Doll,” the horror franchise “Happy Death Day,” and even the made-for-tv holiday film “12 Dates of Christmas.” All that’s left for “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” to mine is a narrative that places teens in the center of the universe and allows...

Benicio Del Toro has joined the feature film “Reptile” as star and executive producer, Variety has learned exclusively.

The Black Label Media project will also mark the feature directorial debut of Grant Singer, the prolific music video director whose collaborators include The Weeknd and Taylor Swift.

Del Toro will play Nichols, a hardened New England detective unflinching in his pursuit of a case where nothing is as it seems, one that begins to dismantle the illusions in his own life.

Singer wrote the script with Benjamin Brewer. Black Label will produce and finance, led by Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill and Thad Luckinbill. Seth Spector will co-produce.

“We are thrilled to be collaborating with one of the most talented emerging filmmakers, Grant Singer on his original script alongside the brilliant Benicio Del Toro,” the Black Label team said in joint statement. “Grant is a bold storyteller who has crafted a sophisticated,...

Manhunt: Deadly Games star Cameron Britton is set for a recurring role opposite Aidy Bryant on the upcoming third season of Hulu’s Shrill. The series was developed by Bryant, showrunner Alexandra Rushfield and Lindy West and inspired by West’s book Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman. Bryant stars as Annie, a fat young woman who wants to change her life — but not her body. Annie is trying to start her career while juggling bad boyfriends, a sick parent, and a perfectionist boss. Britton will play Will, a potential love interest for Annie. Shrill is produced by Broadway Video and Brownstone Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Britton can currently be seen playing Olympic security guard and accused bomber Richard Jewell on Lionsgate/Spectrum’s limited series Manhunt: Deadly Games, acquired by CBS for its fall lineup. He received an Emmy Nomination for his work in David Fincher...

Exclusive: Jt Neal is set as a series regular opposite Ginnifer Goodwin in Fox’s comedy pilot Pivoting, from writer Liz Astrof, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Warner Bros TV.

Written by Astrof and to be directed by Tristram Shapeero, Pivoting follows three women — Amy (Coupe), Jodie (Goodwin) and Sarah (not yet cast) — after the death of their childhood best friend. Faced with the reality that life is short, in desperate attempts to find happiness, they make a series of impulsive, ill-advised and self-indulgent decisions, strengthening their bond and proving it’s never too late to screw up your life.

Neal will play Matt, a cute, guileless, trainer who, while not an intellectual, is a savant when it comes to fitness. A sheltered guy, he still lives with his mother. He is wildly attracted to Jodie (Goodwin) and respects her commitment to getting in shape.

Noah Centineo has joined Dwayne Johnson in New Line/DC’s action franchise “Black Adam.”

Centineo will play Atom Smasher, a character who can control his molecular structure with the ability to manipulate his size, strength and durability. Johnson is portraying the titular anti-hero in his first superhero role.

Centineo is the best known as the star of the Netflix films “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You,” along with “Sierra Burgess is a Loser.” His upcoming films include the WWII drama “The Diary “and “To All the Boys 3.”

Jaume Collet-Serra, who also directed Johnson in Disney’s still-unreleased “Jungle Cruise,” is directing “Black Adam.” Beau Flynn of FlynnPictureCo. produces with Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia of Seven Bucks Productions. Scott Sheldon will oversee for FlynnPictureCo. and will also serve as executive producer.

Johnson has been attached to play...