In Brief: ‘Bridgerton’ season 4 romantic plans, and more

August 19, 2024

Variety reports Bridgerton has tapped Halo‘s Yerin Ha to play the love interest of Luke Thompson‘s Benedict Bridgerton in the Netflix show’s fourth season. The upcoming season, according to the streaming service, “turns its focus to bohemian second son Benedict. Despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married, Benedict is loath to settle down — until he meets a captivating Lady in Silver at his mother’s masquerade ball” …

Apple TV+ has renewed the sci-fi thriller Dark Matter for a second season. The series, based on the blockbuster book by New York Times bestselling author Blake Crouch, follows a physicist, professor and family man — played by Joel Edgerton — who’s abducted into an alternate version of his life while walking home on the streets of Chicago, per the streaming service. That leads him on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from an unbeatable foe: himself. Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi and Oakes Fegley also star …

My Lady Jane‘s reign on Prime Video has come to an end after just one season, according to Deadline. The series, “a radical retelling of English royal history,” stars Emily Bader as Lady Jane Grey and Edward Bluemel as her love interest Lord Guildford Dudley. Despite earning great reviews, the series struggled in the ratings …

In brief: ‘Emily in Paris’ drops season 4, pt. 2 trailer and more

NBC has announced that The Kelly Clarkson Show will kick off its sixth season Sept. 23 with a rooftop party at the show’s 30 Rock headquarters. The upcoming season will include guest appearances from Kristen Bell, Halle Berry, Jim Carrey, Colin Farrell, Anna Kendrick, Uma Thurman, Kate Winslet and Zachary Quinto, as well as the cast of Emily In Paris and the cast of Wicked …

Make that Emily in Rome as the Netflix rom-com Emily in Paris moves to the Italian capital for part two of its fourth season. The streaming service released the trailer for season 4, part 2 on Monday. “Emily (Lily Collins) has everything she wants, but is it what she needs? From skiing in the French Alps to taking a Roman holiday, she’s ready for her next adventure,” reads the tag line for the upcoming season. Emily in Paris season 4, part 1 hit Netflix on Aug. 15. Part 2 drops on Sept. 12 …

Comedy Central has revealed Sept. 25 as the premiere date for Everybody Still Hates Chris, along with a first-look image. The series is an animated version of Chris Rock‘s sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, which ran for four seasons from 2005 to 2009. Rock returns as Adult Chris to narrate the reimagined series, with America’s Got Talent host Terry Crews voicing Chris’ dad, Julius, The Neighborhood‘s Tichina Arnold voicing Chris’ mother, Rochelle, and Saturdays‘ Tim Johnson Jr. as the voice of Young Chris …

Deadline reports The Good Wife creators Robert King and Michelle King are developing another legal drama for CBS. Tentatively titled Cupertino, the potential series is described as a “David vs. Goliath legal show set in Silicon Valley,” according to the outlet …

Hulu has picked up The Spot, a drama starring and executive produced by Kate Winslet, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, created and scripted by writer Ed Solomon, who also directs, follows a successful surgeon — played by Winslet — whose husband suspects that she may be responsible for a child’s hit-and-run death, according to THR …

‘Inside Out 2’ coming to Disney+ on Sept. 25

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ABC News’ parent company, Disney, has announced that Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2, now officially the highest-grossing animated movie of all time, is coming to Disney+ on Sept. 25.

The follow-up to the 2015 original set a number of records after its release on June 14, 2024, and became the fastest animated film to reach $1 billion globally. It is currently the eighth-highest-grossing film in global box office history.

The movie stars the original characters of Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger — voiced in the sequel by Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Tony Hale, Liza Lapira and Lewis Black — as well as newcomers Maya Hawke, Ayo Edebiri, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Paul Walter Hauser and June Squibb.

The latter respectively play Riley’s new teenage emotions Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, Embarrassment and Nostalgia.

Ryan Reynolds on cutting “darling friend” Rob McElhenney from ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

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It took a bit, but Ryan Reynolds has finally opened up about cutting his “darling friend” Rob McElhenney from one of the biggest movies of the year.

McElhenney filmed his sequence in Deadpool & Wolverine as a Time Variance Authority foot soldier who meets his end at the mouth of the vaporous monster Alioth. But alas, the scene was cut.

Ryan posted photos from the set on Instagram, noting, “While editing a movie, they say you ‘sometimes have to kill your darlings.’ And with a heavy heart (and through great outside intervention) I had to kill a darling with this cameo.”

“The sequence wasn’t working the way we’d originally constructed it,” Reynolds continued. “Rob was the only reason it stayed in the cut for as long as it did, because even under a TVA mask and helmet, you can feel him smoldering with a raw and almost infinite reservoir of talent, writerly wit and ‘I create hit tv shows’ swagger.”

He continued, “Anyway, I loved making this movie but it wasn’t without stress. … And when you do stressful stuff, it feels good when friends are nearby. And even though I’m mortified he flew all the way to London for a cameo that wasn’t meant to be, I’m grateful my friend was there with me on that set,” Ryan said. “When I see Rob, my heart-rate [sic] slows and my nervous system stops yelling at me.”

Ryan revealed McElhenney’s character “begged for his life before Alioth snatched his unsuspecting body into the air, swallowing him whole, eventually digesting and converting him into Alioth-poo,” adding it will “hopefully live on in the digital extras.”

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