Like Mr. Reed, the villain at the center of their A24 horror thriller Heretic, filmmakers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods were preoccupied with an experiment. An embodiment of lifelong existential questions and concerns, their latest project posed an unusual question: Is it possible to turn a three-person…

At the high point of her career, Sally Kirkland enjoyed the lifestyle of your average A-list star. In 1988, after more than two decades working in the business, she earned a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination for Anna, an indie drama in which she played a former Czech film star who has relocated to…

UPDATE: The death on July 5 of Jon Landau has had a great impact on the industry as well as everyone who knew him and/or his work. A veteran studio executive who later teamed with James Cameron to produce and win a Best Picture Oscar for Titanic and then go o…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of the first three episodes of Season 4 of The Boys, which dropped today on Amazon Prime Video. "Did it occur to you, it's harder to stage a f*cking coup with a million eyes on me?" Sage (Susan Heyward) complains to superhero kingpin Homelander (Antony…

UPDATE: An Instagram announcement by Bethany Joy Lenz today revealed that her upcoming memoir will be titled Dinner for Vampires. The book details her decade in a cult while working on the hit TV show One Tree Hill. “Being a writer has been a great, private joy in my life since I was about 12,” she…

SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from tonight’s Season 5 premiere of CBS’ FBI: Most Wanted. FBI: Most Wanted made its big Season 5 debut tonight with the action-packed episode titled “Above & Beyond” featuring the newest member of the Fugitive Task Force: Shantel VanSanten as…

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the Season 28 premiere of The Bachelor. It’s that time of year again. The Bachelor is officially back on ABC. For anyone who needs a refresher, we first met Joey Graziadei as a contestant on Season 20 of The Bachelorette, led by Charity Lawson. He…

After more than a decade, Cierra Ramirez is getting ready to say goodbye to Mariana Adams Foster. The role not only helped launch her acting career when The Fosters debuted in 2013, but also opened the door for opportunities behind the camera. Ramirez has served as an executive producer on the…

When setting out to make his feature directorial debut with Little Death, a surreal genre-bender premiering tonight at Sundance, Jack Begert looked to synthesize “two very powerful influences” — a love of “surreal” cinematic stylings, carried over from his work in high-profile music videos, as well as a…

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the finale of Marvel Studios’ Echo. "Generations are echoing, reaching out to us at a time when we need them most." Those are the words of wisdom imparted on Maya Lopez [Alaqua Cox] by her grandmother Chula [Tantoo Cardinal] as she grapples with how…

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the season premiere of True Detective: Night Country. The night is dark and full of terrors in Ennis, Alaska, the fictional setting for the fourth season of acclaimed crime anthology True Detective, which premiered tonight on HBO. This is…

For better or worse, Jake Johnson knows who he is. As a “45-year-old white dude,” he says, he knows that opportunities to direct for the big screen aren’t going to come along often. “In terms of directing, I’m not breaking at this point,” Johnson tells Deadline. “I’ve been on TV for too long. I’m not…