Not feeling “Red One” after its first trailer and early review? Well, there’s always “Dear Santa,” The Farrelly Brothers‘ upcoming Christmas comedy that premieres on Paramount+ later this month. Less raunchy and more kid-friendly than their usual fare, this could be one to watch with the family after Thanksgiving dinner (if one has the stomach for it).

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What’s more, “Dear Santa” is a Jack Black affair, too.

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In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo goes deep undercover while discussing “Lioness.” The Taylor Sheridan-created Paramount+ series follows a CIA operative who leads a top-secret team meant to infiltrate and execute the most dangerous targets around the world. The tense, action-packed series stars Zoe Saldana, Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly, Genesis Rodriguez, and more. 

Continue reading ‘Lioness’: Michael Kelly Talks Season 2 Of The CIA Drama, ‘The Penguin’, ‘G.I. Joe’ & More [Bingeworthy Podcast] at The Playlist.

In two weeks, Taylor Sheridan takes over TV all over again when “Lioness” Season 2 premieres on Paramount+ later this month. So what’s in store for audiences as the CIA’s secretive program continues its fight against terrorism?

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The show’s new sneak peek doesn’t too much away, but it boats new footage from the upcoming season.  Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman return for Season 2, which sees the Lioness program focus on a target closer to US borders and requires them to enlist a new recruit for their team.

Continue reading ‘Lioness’ Season 2 Sneak Peek: Taylor Sheridan’s CIA Thriller Series Returns To Paramount+ On October 27 at The Playlist.

In this week’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo is putting out a hit on other shows to discuss “Tulsa King.” The Paramount+ series follows a former Mafia capo exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a group of unlikely misfits. The crime dramedy series stars Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Garrett Hedlund, Jay Will, Frank Grillo, and more. 

Continue reading ‘Tulsa King’: Terence Winter Discusses Quitting & Returning To The Hit Crime Series, ‘Gotham P.D.’, ‘Tulsa King’ Spin-Offs & More [Bingeworthy Podcast] at The Playlist.

The prolific Guy Ritchie has been on a filmmaking tear over the past half-decade. Since 2019, the British director has shot eight films (two of them, “In The Grey“ and “Fountain Of Youth“ are in post-production now) and also worked on two TV series: Netflix’s “The Gentlemen“ and the upcoming “Young Sherlock.” So is Ritchie going to keep churning out projects?

Continue reading ‘Guy Ritchie’s The Associate’: Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren & Pierce Brosnan In Final Talks To Star In Brit Director’s Upcoming Paramount+ Series at The Playlist.

No word on when “Yellowjackets” Season 3 will premiere on Paramount+ next year, but here’s some buzz for fans: an A-list actress will join the troubled girl gang in the next batch of episodes. Deadline reports that Hilary Swank will be a recurring guest star in Season 3, with an option to become a series regular if Showtime greenlights another season. And Season 4 of “Yellowjackets” is all but guaranteed, barring Season 3 doesn’t have its central story fall apart entirely.

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Is a “Dexter” prequel series what TV really needs right now? Debate on that will rage on, but that’s what Showtime and Paramount+ will supply subscribers to close out their 2024 programming. Set in the early ’90s, “Dexter: Original Sin” follows TV’s favorite fictional serial killer as a young man learning how to operate in the Code his father Harry made for him.  

Continue reading ‘Dexter: Original Sin’ Teaser: TV’s Favorite Fictional Serial Killer Returns In A Prequel Series On Showtime & Paramount+ This December at The Playlist.

Love it or hate it, True Crime TV is here to stay. But the genre’s renaissance has lasted a long time now; are there any infamous stories networks haven’t adapted (much less left well enough alone, for the sake of the victims and their families)? This week, Paramount+ greenlit one of the ’90s most notorious scandals for a limited series: the murder of 6-year-old beauty pageant queen JonBenét Ramsey on Christmas Day 1996.

Continue reading ‘JonBenét Ramsey’: Melissa McCarthy & Clive Owen To Star In Paramount+’s Limited Series About Infamous ’90s Murder Scandal at The Playlist.

There is no denying the fact that Roman Polanski’s 1968 film “Rosemary’s Baby” is a classic, genre-defining piece of cinema. The franchise, comprising the original film, a television movie, and a negatively-received TV miniseries, is now getting its fourth installment in the form of a prequel — yes, a prequel. And after Paramount’s alarming success with “A Quiet Place,” “Apartment 7A” has high expectations to live up to, and the star-studded cast sure seems promising.

Continue reading ‘Apartment 7A’ Trailer: Creepy ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Prequel Starring Julia Garner Hits Paramount+ On September 27 at The Playlist.

2024 may end up a banner year in horror thanks to “Nosferatu,” “MaXXXine,” “Cuckoo,” “I Saw The TV Glow,” and “In A Violent Nature.”  But Paramount is banking one of its premier genre entries will find an audience on its streamer, Paramount+.  That’s right, the “Rosemary’s Baby” prequel “Apartment 7A” will premiere on the streamer instead of a theatrical release.  

Continue reading ‘Apartment 7A’: ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Prequel Starring Julia Garner To Premiere On Paramount+ This Fall at The Playlist.

Where does Brian Cox‘s career go after “Succession“? In the case of “Little Wing,” it’s to heartwarming coming-of-age stories, quite the pivot from Logan Roy. Cox stars as a man who takes a troubled young girl under his wing in the upcoming movie, based on Susan Orlean‘s 2006 article for The New Yorker.

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Here’s an official synopsis for “Little Wing,” courtesy of Paramount+:

LITTLE WING follows Kaitlyn, a teen who is reeling from her parents’ divorce and the pending loss of her home.

Continue reading ‘Little Wing’ Trailer: Brian Cox & Brooklynn Prince Star In Heartwarming Coming-Of-Age Tale On March 13 at The Playlist.

One of the last 2023 blockbusters has an official streaming release date. Variety reports that “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning” lands on Paramount+ next week on January 25. Then it hits international markets starting in February. But there’s something interesting in addition to that news: the latest installment in the “M:I” series lost the “Part One” in its name, which basically confirms the upcoming sequel will indeed receive a new subtitle.  

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Two years ago, “Halo” premiered on Paramount+ as one of the upstart streamer’s tentpole series, with high hopes that the show would soar thanks to the original videogame’s popularity. But “Halo” failed to take off with critics, with many meeting it with a mixed reception. Maybe Season 2 of the series will fare better overall, as Pablo Schreiber‘s Master Chief takes on the Covenant yet again.

Continue reading ‘Halo’ Season 2 Trailer: Master Chief Returns To Paramount+ On February 8 at The Playlist.

Need a dark and twisty thriller to open up 2024 with? Well, Showtime may have horror and crime fans covered there with “The Woman In The Wall,” ready to premiere on the network and streamer later this month. And readers across the pond may already be familiar with the series. It premiered on BBC One last summer, with critical acclaim causing Showtime to snatch it up.

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But “The Woman In The Wall” is no ordinary thriller series.

Continue reading ‘The Woman In The Wall’ Trailer: BBC One Thriller Starring Ruth Wilson & Daryl McCormack Hits Showtime & Paramount+ Later This Month at The Playlist.

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo saddles up to discuss Paramount+’s latest Taylor Sheridan-produced series, “Lawmen: Bass Reeves.” The show follows Bass Reeves (David Oyelowo) on his journey from a Civil War-era enslaved person and forced Confederate soldier to the first Black U.S. Marshal in history and one of the greatest frontier heroes ever. The show also stars Dennis Quaid, Donald Sutherland, Barry Pepper, Lauren E.

Continue reading ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’: Showrunner Chad Feehan On Honoring the Real Bass Reeves, Working with Taylor Sheridan, and More [Bingeworthy Podcast] at The Playlist.

Netflix is getting back into the “Star Trek” business. Wait, you didn’t know the prized Paramount/CBS/Viacom property has a recent history on the global streamer? Yes, before it jumped completely to Paramount+ in 2021, “Star Trek: Discovery” was a staple on Netflix for everyone outside the United States. Now, the service is giving new life to the animated “Trek” series “Star Trek: Prodigy,” which was canceled by Paramount in June after one season.

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Benny Safdie‘s turn to acting in recent years has been a pleasant surprise. But now he’s branching out into TV, too. And his first TV credit gets a world premiere at the New York Film Festival, boasting Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder as the show’s leads.

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“The Curse,” ready to hit Showtime and Paramount+ later this Fall, stars Stone and Fielder as a newlywed couple who co-star on a new HGTV series “Flipanthropy,” run by Safdie’s producer.

Continue reading ‘The Curse’ Teaser: New Showtime Series With Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder & Benny Safdie Premieres On Showtime On November 10 at The Playlist.

With Alexander Payne‘s latest “The Holdovers” making the festival rounds before it hits theaters in October, fans of the director wonder what he’ll start work on next. Will it be the long-gestating sequel to his 1999 film “Election,” titled “Tracy Flick Can’t Win“? Payne’s short answer about that project: don’t hold your breath.

READ MORE: ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’: An ‘Election’ Sequel Is In The Works At Paramount+ With Reese Witherspoon & Director Alexander Payne Returning

World Of Reel (via a Collider interview) provides a status report on the Payne project.

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In January, it was thought actor Oscar-nominee Jeremy Renner might possibly die. The “Avengers” actor suffered blunt chest trauma and massive orthopedic injuries after he was crushed by a snowplow in an accident, which weighed at least 14,330 pounds. Renner miraculously recovered, but it was rumored or thought that he may never act again. Case in point. Paramount+ today announced that Renner will return as the star for the third season of the drama series “Mayor Of Kingstown.

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Say what you will about the melodramatic, often episodic, and currently-stretched-thin writing of Taylor Sheridan, the multi-hyphenate Paramount+ impresario; not only does he know how to craft a gripping opening sequence, he knows how to elegantly employ it to launch an entire story, character arc and plot of a show.

Known for his acclaimed gritty and muscular screenwriting (the Academy Award-nominated “Hell Or High Water,” “Sicario”)— and seemingly writing, running, overseeing, and managing a dozen Paramount+ shows, including the hit series “Yellowstone”— his latest is the CIA espionage thriller, “Special Ops: Lioness.” Zoe Saldaña (“Guardians Of The Galaxy”) stars as Joe, the Lioness Program director tasked with training, managing, and leading her female undercover operatives in covert missions around the world.

Continue reading ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ Review: Zoe Saldaña Wages Professional Wars At Great Personal Costs In Taylor Sheridan’s CIA Thriller at The Playlist.

With “Special Ops: Lioness” arriving on Paramount+ next month, that marks six shows created by Taylor Sheridan on TV right now. And there’s more where than came from. “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” Sheridan’s third “Yellowstone” spin-off, is filming now, and possibly arriving at the end of the year. And of course, there’s also the future of “Yellowstone,” with Matthew McConaughey in talks to succeed Kevin Costner as that series’ lead.

Continue reading Taylor Sheridan Confirms Matthew McConaughey For Post-‘Yellowstone’ Series, But Hints That It May Be A Standalone Story at The Playlist.

Taylor Sheridan already has a slew of series on Paramount+ like “Tulsa King,” “Mayor Of Kingstown,” and two “Yellowstone” spinoffs, “1883” and “1923.” And good news for “Yellowstone” fans: after its fifth season concludes, new episodes will premiere on Paramount+, too (along with yet another spinoff, “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” due later this year).

Continue reading ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ Teaser: Taylor Sheridan’s Female-Driven CIA Drama Premieres On Paramount+ On July 23 at The Playlist.

Well, “Yellowstone” fans, the rumors are true: Taylor Sheridan‘s hit show will end at the end of the second half of Season 5, which will premiere on Paramount Network in November. But fans of the series won’t need to wait long for the show’s story to continue. Sheridan already has a sequel to “Yellowstone” on the way, and it’ll premiere on Paramount Network in December, then move later to Paramount+.

Continue reading ‘Yellowstone’ To End After Season 5, But New Sequel Series (Without Kevin Costner) To Premiere On Paramount Network In December at The Playlist.

With “Yellowstone” and its many spinoffs, Taylor Sheridan is one of the buzziest filmmakers in Hollywood right now. So buzzy, in fact, that Zoe Saldaña balked at Sheridan’s proposition for her to star in his upcoming series “Special Ops: Lioness.” That’s not something to expect from an actress who stars in some of the world’s most lucractive blockbusters. But that’s the clout Sheridan has now in this business, and if “Lioness” ends up another hit, expect that influence to only further deepen.

Continue reading ‘Special Ops: Lioness’: Zoe Saldaña & Nicole Kidman Headline Taylor Sheridan’s Upcoming Spy Series On Paramount+ This Summer at The Playlist.

Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” TV empire gets a little larger with “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” and “6666” on the way to Paramount+ later this year. But with another big name added to its cast list, expect “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” to be the more anticipated show. Variety reports that legendary actor Donald Sutherland joins the cast of the upcoming prequel series, joining David Oyelowo, Dennis Quaid, and more.

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