In brief: Netflix teases new ‘Beef’ season 2 trailer and more
Beef season 2 is cooking up something new. Netflix has announced that a new trailer for the upcoming season will arrive Thursday. Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny and Charles Melton star in the season, which arrives to the streaming service on April 16 …
Fight Club is returning to theaters. Tickets are now on sale for a one-night-only rerelease of the David Fincher film. This 4K rerelease will be available to watch on the big screen on April 22 …
Odessa A’zion has found her next role. Variety reports the Marty Supreme breakout star has joined the cast of Anatomy of a Fall director Justine Triet’s upcoming movie, Fonda. Ewan Mitchell, Cherry Jones and Benedict Wong have also signed on to star in the film …
Rhea Seehorn and Karolina Wydra in “Pluribus,” now streaming on Apple TV (Courtesy Apple TV)
Going into Sunday night’s Golden Globes, Apple TV+’s new series Pluribus — about a woman who is unaffected by an alien virus that causes nearly everyone on earth to be joined to a hive mind — is up for two awards.
The show, from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, is nominated for best television series, drama and best performance by an actress in a television series, drama for star RheaSeehorn. Pluribus star KarolinaWydra, who plays Zosia, says she’s thrilled for Gilligan and Seehorn, telling ABC Audio, “I’m glad that they’re being celebrated for their greatness.”
Pluribus marks the first leading role for Seehorn, who previously appeared in Gilligan’s Better Call Saul. Wydra says she hopes Seehorn receives long-overdue recognition.
“I want her to be celebrated for the incredible artist that she is, and not only incredible artist, but also an incredible woman and an incredible leader,” she says. “I am shocked that she hasn’t been a leading lady. She’s made to be that. She’s just phenomenal.”
Wydra is also happy that Gilligan’s vision is being recognized by the Globes.
“He is a master of his craft and he is a brilliant storyteller, brilliant filmmaker, and more than anything, he’s an incredible human being,” she tells ABC Audio. “And I am in awe of him as a person.”
“It starts from the top down and the way he runs the set and the ways he hires people. He really cares about making sure that people are there because they want to and they’re really good humans.”
The Golden Globes will air live on CBS Sunday night and stream live on Paramount Plus.
Janel Parrish as Margot, Anna Cathcart as Kitty and Lana Condor as Lara Jean in ‘To All the Boys: Always and Forever.’ (Juhan Noh/Netflix)
To all the sisters she’s visited before.
Lara Jean Song Covey, as portrayed by Lana Condor, will appear in season 3 of Netflix’s XO, Kitty.
Jenny Han announced the news on Instagram Friday. The video she posted finds Min Ho (Sang Heon Lee) walking down a path before looking ahead of himself and saying, “Covey?”
The camera then flips to find both Condor and the show’s star, Anna Cathcart, sitting in director’s chairs. “Yes?” Condor says in response.
“’I don’t have to be so afraid of good-bye, because good-bye doesn’t have to be forever.’ Our Lara Jean is back!!” Han’s video is captioned.
XO, Kitty is a spinoff series inspired by the popular To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before film trilogy, which itself is based on Han’s bestselling books. Season 3 will consist of eight 30-minute episodes. Valentina Garza serves as the showrunner, executive producer and writer, while Han executive produces.
Season 3 of XO, Kitty finds Kitty Song Covey (Cathcart) returning “for her final year at KISS with her perfect senior year mapped out. She’s going to make meaningful memories with her friends, grow closer to her relatives in Korea, and make big decisions about her future.”
“And she’s going to define her relationship with Min Ho. For real this time,” the synopsis continues. “But when surprise revelations throw her plans, and relationships, off course, Kitty will have to learn to embrace the unexpected.”
David Jonsson and Tom Blyth star in ‘Wasteman.’ (James A. Demetriou)
David Jonsson has a long history with his new film Wasteman.
The prison thriller follows parolee Taylor, whose hope for a new start is jeopardized by the arrival of his new cellmate, Dee (Tom Blyth). It’s now playing in select theaters.
Jonsson stars as Taylor. Although he’s been the lead in many movies now, such as Rye Lane, Alien: Romulus and The Long Walk, he told ABC Audio that Wasteman was the first film he ever auditioned for.
“The first film audition that came through that I thought was worthwhile going for was this. And that was years ago,” Jonsson said. “I thought I did quite a good audition and heard nothing, but it turns out the film just fell apart.”
Luckily, it was able to come together several years later, and Jonsson got to play the first-ever film part he auditioned for, now with the career experience he didn’t have beforehand.
“I look back now and I’m like, ‘I wasn’t ready to do it then,'” Jonsson said. “It wasn’t the right time.”
Now, though, was the perfect time, he said, calling the journey full circle.
“As a young actor, you’re just trying to build a body of work. And if you have some choice to put the things inside your tool kit, you should be varied and find the things that actually really speak to you,” Jonsson said. “This film always did.”
And while Wasteman wasn’t made with a large budget, Jonsson said it was made with passion.
“The only way you can make a film that is doing something [like this one] is if you’re willing to put the hours into working. I think that’s a principle that I try and live by, but particularly with this, you have to embody that,” Jonsson said. “That’s the alchemy for making a film like this.”
