“Orange is the New Black” is more than just a TV show; it’s super popular. Unlike other prison shows like “Oz” and “Prison Break,” it goes beyond just showing what life is like in jail. This show, led by women, mixes serious stories with comedy moments, making us love all the characters, flaws and all.
It started from a book by Piper Kerman, who really went through this stuff, and Netflix made it into a show we can all relate to. Forbes says it’s Netflix’s most successful show, so the actors probably make good money.
The stars, like Laura Prepon and Laverne Cox, make good money from it. So, here in this article we will discuss about the richest “Orange is the New Black” star. If you’re curious to know about who the richest actors from the series “Orange is the New Black” are, keep reading.
It started from a book by Piper Kerman, who really went through this stuff, and Netflix made it into a show we can all relate to. Forbes says it’s Netflix’s most successful show, so the actors probably make good money.
The stars, like Laura Prepon and Laverne Cox, make good money from it. So, here in this article we will discuss about the richest “Orange is the New Black” star. If you’re curious to know about who the richest actors from the series “Orange is the New Black” are, keep reading.
- 4/3/2024
- by Om Prakash Kaushal
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
Exclusive: Everyone’s favorite Gordita is coming back!
The Max original Gordita Chronicles is getting a second life on Tubi as they have acquired the rights to Season 1 and will be the exclusive AVOD home of the comedy. All 10 episodes of the single-cam series will be available on March 29 at 7:30 a.m. Pt.
Created by Claudia Forestieri based on her real-life childhood experiences, Gordita Chronicles is about family, opportunity, love, resilience and boldly defying the status quo in pursuit of the “American Dream.” It tells the story of Cucu “Gordita” Castelli (Olivia Goncalves), who has just said goodbye to all of her friends and family in Santo Domingo and moved to Miami with her marketing executive father Víctor (Juan Javier Cardenas), bold and vivacious mother Adela (Diana Maria Riva) and status-obsessed older sister Emilia (Savannah Nicole Ruiz). While life in America is far from what they imagined, the Castellis...
The Max original Gordita Chronicles is getting a second life on Tubi as they have acquired the rights to Season 1 and will be the exclusive AVOD home of the comedy. All 10 episodes of the single-cam series will be available on March 29 at 7:30 a.m. Pt.
Created by Claudia Forestieri based on her real-life childhood experiences, Gordita Chronicles is about family, opportunity, love, resilience and boldly defying the status quo in pursuit of the “American Dream.” It tells the story of Cucu “Gordita” Castelli (Olivia Goncalves), who has just said goodbye to all of her friends and family in Santo Domingo and moved to Miami with her marketing executive father Víctor (Juan Javier Cardenas), bold and vivacious mother Adela (Diana Maria Riva) and status-obsessed older sister Emilia (Savannah Nicole Ruiz). While life in America is far from what they imagined, the Castellis...
- 3/26/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Katherine McNamara, Anthony Michael Hall, Ian Bohen, Dascha Polanco, Rade Sherbedgia, Pavel Vladimirov | Written by Steven Paul | Directed by James Bamford
When Air Force One Down begins, Allison Miles has already made a name for herself as one of the first female Marines to qualify for special operations. That has impressed Uncle Sam, both the US government and her actual Uncle Sam, to offer her a job with the Secret Service, something she’s happy to accept.
And she’s going to get thrown in the deep end at her new job as on her first day, one of the agents on the President’s detail calls in sick. He’s one of several federal employees to suddenly come down with a bad case of lead poisoning. Sam drafts her to replace him, working with him to protect President Edwards, whom she is not a fan of, on his...
When Air Force One Down begins, Allison Miles has already made a name for herself as one of the first female Marines to qualify for special operations. That has impressed Uncle Sam, both the US government and her actual Uncle Sam, to offer her a job with the Secret Service, something she’s happy to accept.
And she’s going to get thrown in the deep end at her new job as on her first day, one of the agents on the President’s detail calls in sick. He’s one of several federal employees to suddenly come down with a bad case of lead poisoning. Sam drafts her to replace him, working with him to protect President Edwards, whom she is not a fan of, on his...
- 2/20/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Beyoncé played the role of proud aunt as she sat front row as her nephew walked in the Luar Fall/Winter 2024 show Tuesday night during New York Fashion Week.
Julez Smith walks the runway at the Luar show during February 2024 Nyfw on Feb. 13, 2024.
With mom Solange in the room and grandmother Tina Knowles sitting next to Beyoncé, Julez Smith Jr. wore a black leather suit as he appeared in the show in Brooklyn. Beyoncé — who announced the release of a country-themed album on Super Bowl Sunday — continued the cowboy theme as she dressed in a sequined silver Gaurav Gupta blazer (from the designer’s spring 2024 couture collection), an off-white Stetson cowboy hat, cowboy boots and thigh high boots to match, all paired with jewelry by Jacob & Co.
Earlier at the 2024 Grammys, Beyoncé wore custom, crystal-embellished jacket by Louis Vuitton highlighted by the luxury house’s Damier check pattern. Louis Vuitton...
Julez Smith walks the runway at the Luar show during February 2024 Nyfw on Feb. 13, 2024.
With mom Solange in the room and grandmother Tina Knowles sitting next to Beyoncé, Julez Smith Jr. wore a black leather suit as he appeared in the show in Brooklyn. Beyoncé — who announced the release of a country-themed album on Super Bowl Sunday — continued the cowboy theme as she dressed in a sequined silver Gaurav Gupta blazer (from the designer’s spring 2024 couture collection), an off-white Stetson cowboy hat, cowboy boots and thigh high boots to match, all paired with jewelry by Jacob & Co.
Earlier at the 2024 Grammys, Beyoncé wore custom, crystal-embellished jacket by Louis Vuitton highlighted by the luxury house’s Damier check pattern. Louis Vuitton...
- 2/14/2024
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Sooner or later he will make a mistake. And it will be the last mistake he ever mistakes." Paramount has revealed an official trailer for an action thriller movie titled Air Force One Down, yes they're ripping off the "White House Down" series without an ounce of shame. On her first assignment aboard Air Force One, a rookie Secret Service agent faces the ultimate test when terrorists hijack the plane, aiming to disrupt a big energy deal. With the president's life on the line and a global crisis at stake, her bravery and her skills get pushed to the limit in a relentless battle that could change the course of history. The film stars Katherine McNamara, Ian Bohen, Anthony Michael Hall, Dascha Polanco, and Rade Serbedzija. This looks like some direct-to-the-bargain-bin action trash, not a single thing about it looks interesting or entertaining. // Continue Reading ›...
- 1/10/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Verdi Productions, run by Chad A. Verdi, Paul Luba, Chad Verdi, Jr.
and Michelle Verdi, plans to release three films in 2024 that were previously put on hold since actors were unable to promote work during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
“Workers in the film industry are getting financially destroyed by these strikes, whether it’s actors, writers, directors or crew. Most of these individuals were already working multiple jobs to get by,” Verdi said in a statement. “This widespread production shutdown didn’t hurt the top 1% in the industry but ruined many people who work week-to-week and paycheck-to-paycheck. It’s very unfortunate to see. Let’s get our union members a fair deal so that they can get back to doing what they love.”
In partnership with Vmi Worldwide, Verdi Productions will release “Junction” in January. The film follows the modern-day opioid crisis through three different viewpoints: the CEO of a pharmaceutical company,...
and Michelle Verdi, plans to release three films in 2024 that were previously put on hold since actors were unable to promote work during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
“Workers in the film industry are getting financially destroyed by these strikes, whether it’s actors, writers, directors or crew. Most of these individuals were already working multiple jobs to get by,” Verdi said in a statement. “This widespread production shutdown didn’t hurt the top 1% in the industry but ruined many people who work week-to-week and paycheck-to-paycheck. It’s very unfortunate to see. Let’s get our union members a fair deal so that they can get back to doing what they love.”
In partnership with Vmi Worldwide, Verdi Productions will release “Junction” in January. The film follows the modern-day opioid crisis through three different viewpoints: the CEO of a pharmaceutical company,...
- 9/26/2023
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
"The best fighters see themselves winning – so they win!" Hulu has launched an official trailer for an indie film titled Miguel Wants To Fight, a coming-of-age comedy from filmmaker Oz Rodriguez (of Vampires. vs the Bronx previously). It will be streaming on Hulu starting in the middle of August. The film is about a 17-year-old in who asks his three best friends to help him get in his first fight ever before he moves to a new city. "Haven't you ever seen a kid learn to fight?" Tyler Dean Flores (known for "Reefa") stars as Miguel, who tries to figure out how to properly get into a real fight, utilizing training and encouragement from his friends. It also co-stars Imani Lewis, Christian Vunipola, and Suraj Partha as his friends, plus Raul Castillo, Dascha Polanco, and Andrea Navedo. This looks heavily inspired by the great Scott Pilgrim vs the World (which...
- 7/27/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Most people spend their entire lives avoiding physical altercations, but in Miguel’s case, all he can think about is giving someone the gift of chin music in the Hulu Original film Miguel Wants to Fight. Hulu debuted the first Miguel Wants to Fight trailer on Tuesday, teasing the next film from American High. The light-hearted coming-of-age comedy taps into the curse of peer pressure, self-doubt, and the mystery of knowing if you can hold your own in a schoolyard scuffle.
Here’s the official synopsis for Miguel Wants to Fight:
Despite living in a neighborhood where fighting is stitched into the fabric of everyday life, high school junior Miguel (Tyler Dean Flores) has never found himself in one. And, to be honest, he’s perfectly fine with that. But when a combination of events turn his life upside down, Miguel and his three best friends —the stoic David...
Here’s the official synopsis for Miguel Wants to Fight:
Despite living in a neighborhood where fighting is stitched into the fabric of everyday life, high school junior Miguel (Tyler Dean Flores) has never found himself in one. And, to be honest, he’s perfectly fine with that. But when a combination of events turn his life upside down, Miguel and his three best friends —the stoic David...
- 7/25/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Updated, 9:09 a.m.: “Miguel, have you ever gotten into a fight?” Tyler Dean Flores’ high schooler is asked in the first trailer for the Hulu Original Film, Miguel Wants to Fight. “It’s like what everyone does.”
He once got into an altercation outside of a grocery store, involving “aggressively hugging,” he recalls. But realizing that this doesn’t count, he succumbs to a bit of peer pressure, embarking on a series of misadventures with his three best friends — the stoic David (Christian Vunipola), the rowdy Cass (Imani Lewis) and the quick-tongued Srini (Suraj Partha) — as he tries to get into his first real brawl.
Read more about the film, arriving on Hulu on August 16th, below. Check out the trailer above.
Previously, July 19: Hulu on Wednesday unveiled a series of first look photos for Miguel Wants to Fight — its eighth Original Film from American High (Big Time Adolescence...
He once got into an altercation outside of a grocery store, involving “aggressively hugging,” he recalls. But realizing that this doesn’t count, he succumbs to a bit of peer pressure, embarking on a series of misadventures with his three best friends — the stoic David (Christian Vunipola), the rowdy Cass (Imani Lewis) and the quick-tongued Srini (Suraj Partha) — as he tries to get into his first real brawl.
Read more about the film, arriving on Hulu on August 16th, below. Check out the trailer above.
Previously, July 19: Hulu on Wednesday unveiled a series of first look photos for Miguel Wants to Fight — its eighth Original Film from American High (Big Time Adolescence...
- 7/25/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Poker Face pulled off many things in its debut season. With its murder-mystery-of-the-week plot in a new spin on the detective genre, the Natasha Lyonne-starring Peacock series from Rian Johnson revived the concept of procedural television for streaming, saw Benjamin Bratt turn a catchy Blues Traveler song into a poetic monologue and recruited Star Wars legend Phil Tippett for one episode’s special effects. But perhaps most impressive, Poker Face assembled an eye-popping roster of guest stars.
How did they nab Nick Nolte to play opposite Cherry Jones in Hollywood saga “The Orpheus Syndrome”? Who knew that Ellen Barkin and Tim Meadows would have such fiery chemistry in theater sendup “Exit Stage Death”? How did they convince the likes of Adrien Brody, Stephanie Hsu, Ron Perlman and Tim Russ to come in for one episode just to be killed off? And, who knew that S. Epatha Merkerson and Judith Light...
How did they nab Nick Nolte to play opposite Cherry Jones in Hollywood saga “The Orpheus Syndrome”? Who knew that Ellen Barkin and Tim Meadows would have such fiery chemistry in theater sendup “Exit Stage Death”? How did they convince the likes of Adrien Brody, Stephanie Hsu, Ron Perlman and Tim Russ to come in for one episode just to be killed off? And, who knew that S. Epatha Merkerson and Judith Light...
- 6/20/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This story about the ensemble cast of “Poker Face” first appeared in the Comedy Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
No Emmy-caliber new series relies as heavily on its ensemble of guest actors as “Poker Face” — and fewer still boast the caliber of talent assembled by creator Rian Johnson, star-executive-producer-director Natasha Lyonne and showrunners Lilla and Nora Zuckerman.
Lyonne stars in the Peacock comedy as our woebegone hero Charlie Cale, an off-the-grid, muscle car-driving ex-casino worker who’s on the run from a mafioso (Adrien Brody) who wants her head after she learns the truth about the mysterious death of her coworker (Dascha Polanco). An enticing enough premise on its own, there’s another twist: Charlie is, inexplicably, a human lie detector — a skill that makes her a very good gambler and a rough-and-tumble vigilante detective. That’s where our guest stars come in.
Each of the series’ 10 episodes...
No Emmy-caliber new series relies as heavily on its ensemble of guest actors as “Poker Face” — and fewer still boast the caliber of talent assembled by creator Rian Johnson, star-executive-producer-director Natasha Lyonne and showrunners Lilla and Nora Zuckerman.
Lyonne stars in the Peacock comedy as our woebegone hero Charlie Cale, an off-the-grid, muscle car-driving ex-casino worker who’s on the run from a mafioso (Adrien Brody) who wants her head after she learns the truth about the mysterious death of her coworker (Dascha Polanco). An enticing enough premise on its own, there’s another twist: Charlie is, inexplicably, a human lie detector — a skill that makes her a very good gambler and a rough-and-tumble vigilante detective. That’s where our guest stars come in.
Each of the series’ 10 episodes...
- 6/14/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Vmi Worldwide to handle worldwide sales.
Vmi Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to Verdi Productions’ Bryan Greenberg and Griffin Dunne opioid crisis thriller Junction out of the Cannes market.
Greenberg, whose acting credits include How to Make It In America, wrote and directed the story which tackles the crisis from the viewpoints of three people who must reckon with the consequences of their choices: the CEO of a pharmaceutical company, a doctor, and a patient.
The cast includes Sophia Bush, Ashley Madekwe, Ryan Eggold, Jamie Chung, Josh Peck, Michaela Conlin, Yara Martinez, Dascha Polanco, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Dash Mihok,...
Vmi Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to Verdi Productions’ Bryan Greenberg and Griffin Dunne opioid crisis thriller Junction out of the Cannes market.
Greenberg, whose acting credits include How to Make It In America, wrote and directed the story which tackles the crisis from the viewpoints of three people who must reckon with the consequences of their choices: the CEO of a pharmaceutical company, a doctor, and a patient.
The cast includes Sophia Bush, Ashley Madekwe, Ryan Eggold, Jamie Chung, Josh Peck, Michaela Conlin, Yara Martinez, Dascha Polanco, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Dash Mihok,...
- 6/6/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In a studio overlooking Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, Rian Johnson is strapped to a lie detector machine. Next to him at the controls sits Natasha Lyonne, twiddling the device’s knobs with all the sinister intent of a supervillain. This photoshoot tableau is, of course, ripped right from the Meet the Parents Ben Stiller-Robert De Niro interrogation scene. Next, in an homage to the pithiest of TV detective tropes, Lyonne will pose at a typewriter, fake-talking into a rotary-dial phone. The visual nod this time goes to Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote.
In fact, the late, great Lansbury is connective tissue for Johnson and Lyonne. Lansbury and Lyonne appeared briefly together in Johnson’s film, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, on a Zoom call playing the mystery game Among Us with Daniel Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc.
Little did we know back when that film premiered,...
In fact, the late, great Lansbury is connective tissue for Johnson and Lyonne. Lansbury and Lyonne appeared briefly together in Johnson’s film, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, on a Zoom call playing the mystery game Among Us with Daniel Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc.
Little did we know back when that film premiered,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the hottest Emmy contenders for the 2023 comedy categories is “Poker Face” for NBC and Peacock. Created by Rian Johnson, the mystery show stars Emmy nominee Natasha Lyonne as Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine if someone is lying. That is not good news for the murderers she encounters on her cross-country escape from a threat in Las Vegas.
Each guest star is virtually a lead performer for their one and only episode of the 10 first season installments. We see who is killed in the opening moments of an episode, and then Charlie enters to figure things out. The show is much in the style of the landmark mystery series “Columbo,” with touches from “Murder, She Wrote,” “The Incredible Hulk” and “The Rockford Files” as well.
SEEColton Ryan interview: ‘New York, New York’ and ‘Poker Face’
Gold Derby can exclusively reveal the 19 guest stars who will be...
Each guest star is virtually a lead performer for their one and only episode of the 10 first season installments. We see who is killed in the opening moments of an episode, and then Charlie enters to figure things out. The show is much in the style of the landmark mystery series “Columbo,” with touches from “Murder, She Wrote,” “The Incredible Hulk” and “The Rockford Files” as well.
SEEColton Ryan interview: ‘New York, New York’ and ‘Poker Face’
Gold Derby can exclusively reveal the 19 guest stars who will be...
- 5/24/2023
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Republic Pictures has acquired the action thriller Air Force One Down from Sp Media Group, slating it for worldwide release by Paramount Global Content Distribution next year. Katherine McNamara (Walker: Independence), Ian Bohen (Yellowstone), Anthony Michael Hall (Halloween Kills), Dascha Polanco (Orange Is the New Black) and Rade Serbedzija (Mission: Impossible II) star in the pic which wrapped production in March.
Plot details for the film are under wraps, though it’s said by writer-producer Steven Paul to involve “a new twist on the saving of the President theme.” James Bamford (Arrow) directed from the script by Paul, who produced for his company Sp Media Group. Sp Media Group’s Scott Karol exec produced and negotiate the film’s deal.
A historic company that was initially active between 1935 and 1967, Republic Pictures was put back in action as an acquisition label by Paramount Global Content Distribution earlier this year. It...
Plot details for the film are under wraps, though it’s said by writer-producer Steven Paul to involve “a new twist on the saving of the President theme.” James Bamford (Arrow) directed from the script by Paul, who produced for his company Sp Media Group. Sp Media Group’s Scott Karol exec produced and negotiate the film’s deal.
A historic company that was initially active between 1935 and 1967, Republic Pictures was put back in action as an acquisition label by Paramount Global Content Distribution earlier this year. It...
- 5/8/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Last week, City Harvest, New York City’s first and largest food rescue organization, presented The 40th Anniversary Gala: House of Harvest, hosted by actor, model and producer Tyson Beckford, with décor by world-renowned celebrity event planner Colin Cowie.
The evening raised enough to provide more than 9.6 million meals for New Yorkers in need as they continue to grapple with record-high food costs, the end of federal aid programs, and the continued economic impacts of the pandemic.
The event honored the organization’s longtime Board Chair Jim Kallman and City Harvest’s frontline workers who were at the forefront of the organization’s work to help feed New Yorkers in need at the height of and throughout the pandemic. These frontline heroes helped rescue and distribute nearly 300 million pounds of food for New Yorkers across all five boroughs between March 2020 and June 2022 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A native...
The evening raised enough to provide more than 9.6 million meals for New Yorkers in need as they continue to grapple with record-high food costs, the end of federal aid programs, and the continued economic impacts of the pandemic.
The event honored the organization’s longtime Board Chair Jim Kallman and City Harvest’s frontline workers who were at the forefront of the organization’s work to help feed New Yorkers in need at the height of and throughout the pandemic. These frontline heroes helped rescue and distribute nearly 300 million pounds of food for New Yorkers across all five boroughs between March 2020 and June 2022 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A native...
- 5/4/2023
- Look to the Stars
Stevie Nicks has been a muse for countless artists and musicians, and she recently inspired Natasha Lyonne’s Poker Face character, Charlie Cale. Here’s what the creators behind the Peacock show said about using the Fleetwood Mac star as their inspiration.
Stevie Nicks and Natasha Lyonne | Steve Granitz/Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Natasha Lyonne plays a human lie detector in Peacock’s ‘Poker Face’
Poker Face is a new series available for streaming on Peacock. The first batch of episodes launched in January.
The 10-episode “case-of-the-week”-style murder mystery follows actor Natasha Lyonne as the main character Charlie Cale, a casino worker who is also a human lie detector. She travels across the US, encountering new characters and solving mysterious homicides along the way.
The show features several recurring and guest stars, including Adrien Brody, Chloë Sevigny, Dascha Polanco, Ellen Barkin, Jameela Jamil, Clea DuVall, and more.
Stevie Nicks and Natasha Lyonne | Steve Granitz/Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Natasha Lyonne plays a human lie detector in Peacock’s ‘Poker Face’
Poker Face is a new series available for streaming on Peacock. The first batch of episodes launched in January.
The 10-episode “case-of-the-week”-style murder mystery follows actor Natasha Lyonne as the main character Charlie Cale, a casino worker who is also a human lie detector. She travels across the US, encountering new characters and solving mysterious homicides along the way.
The show features several recurring and guest stars, including Adrien Brody, Chloë Sevigny, Dascha Polanco, Ellen Barkin, Jameela Jamil, Clea DuVall, and more.
- 4/14/2023
- by Grace Turney
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
City Harvest Presents The 40th Anniversary Gala: House of Harvest featuring an elegant dinner with a one-of-a-kind live and silent auction brings together celebrities, influencers, and other high-profile individuals for the organization’s most important fundraising night of the year.
Marking 40 years serving New York City, all proceeds from the evening will support City Harvest’s work to rescue more than 75 million pounds of nutritious food this year–nearly 20% higher than pre-pandemic levels–and deliver it, free of charge, to help feed New Yorkers in need. City Harvest’s 2022 gala raised a record-breaking $5.2 million, enough to provide more than 12 million meals for New Yorkers in need. Now, as millions of New Yorkers face record-high food prices, expiration of federal supports, and the continued economic impacts from the pandemic, the need for food assistance in New York City remains high.
The event will honor the organization’s longtime Board Chair Jim...
Marking 40 years serving New York City, all proceeds from the evening will support City Harvest’s work to rescue more than 75 million pounds of nutritious food this year–nearly 20% higher than pre-pandemic levels–and deliver it, free of charge, to help feed New Yorkers in need. City Harvest’s 2022 gala raised a record-breaking $5.2 million, enough to provide more than 12 million meals for New Yorkers in need. Now, as millions of New Yorkers face record-high food prices, expiration of federal supports, and the continued economic impacts from the pandemic, the need for food assistance in New York City remains high.
The event will honor the organization’s longtime Board Chair Jim...
- 4/13/2023
- Look to the Stars
[This story contains major spoilers to the season one finale of Poker Face, “The Hook.”]
The hook brings you back.
Going into the finale of Poker Face, showrunners Nora and Lilla Zuckerman had warned The Hollywood Reporter to keep an eye out for all of the “hooks.” And that Easter egg hint panned out with the March 9 season one conclusion to the murder mystery series.
First, the title of the episode is “The Hook.” Then, after Benjamin Bratt’s casino fixer Cliff finally catches Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale — who has been on the run since the premiere and has been making weekly pit-stops to solve murders — he recites to her the lyrics of Blues Traveler’s “Hook.” Viewers will even notice Steven Spielberg’s 1991 classic Hook playing in the background when Charlie reunites with her estranged sister (played by Clea DuVall) after she’s framed for murder in Atlantic City, N.J.
So, what’s with all of the hooks?...
The hook brings you back.
Going into the finale of Poker Face, showrunners Nora and Lilla Zuckerman had warned The Hollywood Reporter to keep an eye out for all of the “hooks.” And that Easter egg hint panned out with the March 9 season one conclusion to the murder mystery series.
First, the title of the episode is “The Hook.” Then, after Benjamin Bratt’s casino fixer Cliff finally catches Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale — who has been on the run since the premiere and has been making weekly pit-stops to solve murders — he recites to her the lyrics of Blues Traveler’s “Hook.” Viewers will even notice Steven Spielberg’s 1991 classic Hook playing in the background when Charlie reunites with her estranged sister (played by Clea DuVall) after she’s framed for murder in Atlantic City, N.J.
So, what’s with all of the hooks?...
- 3/9/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Peacock has an ace up its sleeve with Rian Johnson‘s Poker Face.
The series jumped to No. 2 on Nielsen’s U.S. streaming originals list for the week of January 30 to February 5 with 641M minutes viewed. That’s up from the 547M viewing minutes it managed in its first week on Peacock, with its four-episode debut.
The No. 1 spot on the streaming originals list once again went to Ginny & Georgia, though it’s worth nothing that the Netflix series had 20 available episodes to help bolster its 900M viewing minutes for the week.
In terms of average audience, Poker Face takes the top spot since the series only had five episodes available at the time.
Poker Face, which hails from MRC and T-Street and stars Natasha Lyonne, scored an early Season 2 renewal in February. New episodes of Season 1 are currently debuting every Thursday through March 9. This week’s episode is directed by Johnson.
The series jumped to No. 2 on Nielsen’s U.S. streaming originals list for the week of January 30 to February 5 with 641M minutes viewed. That’s up from the 547M viewing minutes it managed in its first week on Peacock, with its four-episode debut.
The No. 1 spot on the streaming originals list once again went to Ginny & Georgia, though it’s worth nothing that the Netflix series had 20 available episodes to help bolster its 900M viewing minutes for the week.
In terms of average audience, Poker Face takes the top spot since the series only had five episodes available at the time.
Poker Face, which hails from MRC and T-Street and stars Natasha Lyonne, scored an early Season 2 renewal in February. New episodes of Season 1 are currently debuting every Thursday through March 9. This week’s episode is directed by Johnson.
- 3/2/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
More cases are on the way. Peacock has renewed the Poker Face TV series for a second season. The first season of 10 episodes is currently being released on Thursdays and will conclude on March 9th.
A murder mystery comedy-drama series, the Poker Face TV show was created by Rian Johnson. It stars Natasha Lyonne with Benjamin Bratt and Ron Perlman recurring. In the series, Charlie Cale is a casino worker who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve. Guests this season include Adrien Brody, Angel Desai, Audrey Corsa, Brandon Michael Hall, Charles Melton, Chelsea Frei, Cherry Jones, Chloë Sevigny, Clea DuVall, Colton Ryan, Danielle MacDonald, Dascha Polanco,...
A murder mystery comedy-drama series, the Poker Face TV show was created by Rian Johnson. It stars Natasha Lyonne with Benjamin Bratt and Ron Perlman recurring. In the series, Charlie Cale is a casino worker who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve. Guests this season include Adrien Brody, Angel Desai, Audrey Corsa, Brandon Michael Hall, Charles Melton, Chelsea Frei, Cherry Jones, Chloë Sevigny, Clea DuVall, Colton Ryan, Danielle MacDonald, Dascha Polanco,...
- 2/16/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Poker Face — “Poker Face Premiere Event” — Pictured: (l-r) Natasha Lyonne, Natasha Lyonne, Rian Johnson, Creator and Executive Produce at the Hollywood Legion Theater on January 23, 2023 — (Photo by: Jesse Grant/Peacock) Peacock’s mystery, case-of-the-week series Poker Face has been renewed for a second season. Poker Face is T-Street’s two-time Academy Award nominee Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman’s first television series and is produced by MRC Television, along with multiple Emmy nominated executive producer and star Natasha Lyonne, under her production banner Animal Pictures. Season one premiered on Jan. 26 to rave reviews and quickly became certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes (99% critic score), including: · “The crime show of the year” – Entertainment Weekly · “A whodunit fan’s delight” – The Hollywood Reporter · “A triumph” – Decider · “Damned clever” – Rolling Stone · “Natasha Lyonne is unforgettable” – NPR Episode 107 “The Future of the Sport” airs this week on Feb. 16 with new episodes dropping Thursdays through March...
- 2/16/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale in ‘Poker Face’ season 1 episode 5 (Photo by: Phillip Caruso / Peacock)
Peacock’s renewed one of the best new shows of the season, confirming Poker Face will return for season two. The mystery series, which currently sits at 99 fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, follows Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne) as she travels around the U.S., taking odd jobs and attempting to keep one step ahead of an angry Vegas casino owner. At each stop, she becomes embroiled in a murder investigation.
The popular dramedy was created by Rian Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery), with Johnson writing, directing, and executive producing. Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman are the showrunners and also serve as executive producers along with Natasha Lyonne, Nena Rodrigue, Ram Bergman, and Iain B. MacDonald.
“Poker Face is one of those rare, undeniable shows that we all fell in love with from the start,...
Peacock’s renewed one of the best new shows of the season, confirming Poker Face will return for season two. The mystery series, which currently sits at 99 fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, follows Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne) as she travels around the U.S., taking odd jobs and attempting to keep one step ahead of an angry Vegas casino owner. At each stop, she becomes embroiled in a murder investigation.
The popular dramedy was created by Rian Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery), with Johnson writing, directing, and executive producing. Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman are the showrunners and also serve as executive producers along with Natasha Lyonne, Nena Rodrigue, Ram Bergman, and Iain B. MacDonald.
“Poker Face is one of those rare, undeniable shows that we all fell in love with from the start,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Peacock is aware it’s holding a Royal Flush with Rian Johnson’s mystery-of-the-week series Poker Face and wants to up the ante. The Columbo-style series is getting a second season, marking another win for Johnson after the chart-topping release of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery on Netflix. Poker Face Season 2 will air on Peacock, and executives over at the streamer are thrilled with the show’s performance thus far.
“Poker Face is one of those rare, undeniable shows that we all fell in love with from the start, but the critical acclaim and viewer response has been beyond our wildest dreams,” said Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “Working alongside the creative genius of Rian Johnson, Natasha Lyonne and Ram Bergman, along with our partners at MRC and T-Street, has been a spectacular ride, and we can’t wait to hit the road for...
“Poker Face is one of those rare, undeniable shows that we all fell in love with from the start, but the critical acclaim and viewer response has been beyond our wildest dreams,” said Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “Working alongside the creative genius of Rian Johnson, Natasha Lyonne and Ram Bergman, along with our partners at MRC and T-Street, has been a spectacular ride, and we can’t wait to hit the road for...
- 2/15/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Natasha Lyonne and Rian Johnson are a match made in TV heaven, and their impressive talents will be charted on a second season of Poker Face.
Peacock announced Wednesday that it had renewed the mystery, case-of-the-week series for a second season.
The series launched to rave reviews and strong viewership last month.
"Poker Face is one of those rare, undeniable shows that we all fell in love with from the start, but the critical acclaim and viewer response has been beyond our wildest dreams," said Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television, and Streaming.
"Working alongside the creative genius of Rian Johnson, Natasha Lyonne and Ram Bergman, along with our partners at MRC and T-Street, has been a spectacular ride, and we can't wait to hit the road for another season as we continue to build momentum across Peacock's originals slate."
Poker Face is a 10-episode mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne's Charlie,...
Peacock announced Wednesday that it had renewed the mystery, case-of-the-week series for a second season.
The series launched to rave reviews and strong viewership last month.
"Poker Face is one of those rare, undeniable shows that we all fell in love with from the start, but the critical acclaim and viewer response has been beyond our wildest dreams," said Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television, and Streaming.
"Working alongside the creative genius of Rian Johnson, Natasha Lyonne and Ram Bergman, along with our partners at MRC and T-Street, has been a spectacular ride, and we can't wait to hit the road for another season as we continue to build momentum across Peacock's originals slate."
Poker Face is a 10-episode mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne's Charlie,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
No lies detected here. Rian Johnson‘s Poker Face has been renewed for a second season at Peacock.
Season 1 of the case-of-the-week mystery series starring Natasha Lyonne is currently airing on the streamer with new episodes every Thursday through March 9. Next week’s episode, titled “The Orpheus Syndrome,” was co-written and directed by Lyonne.
The 10 episodes follow Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.
“Poker Face is one of those rare, undeniable shows that we all fell in love with from the start, but the critical acclaim and viewer response has been beyond our wildest dreams,” said Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “Working alongside the creative genius of Rian Johnson, Natasha Lyonne and Ram Bergman,...
Season 1 of the case-of-the-week mystery series starring Natasha Lyonne is currently airing on the streamer with new episodes every Thursday through March 9. Next week’s episode, titled “The Orpheus Syndrome,” was co-written and directed by Lyonne.
The 10 episodes follow Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.
“Poker Face is one of those rare, undeniable shows that we all fell in love with from the start, but the critical acclaim and viewer response has been beyond our wildest dreams,” said Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “Working alongside the creative genius of Rian Johnson, Natasha Lyonne and Ram Bergman,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers to Poker Face‘s third episode, “The Stall.”]
By the third episode of Poker Face, viewers get a better understanding of Natasha Lyonne’s special skill.
In the Peacock series created by Rian Johnson, Lyonne plays Charlie Cale, the show’s protagonist who anchors the howcatchem standalone stories that will play out across 10 episodes. (Four episodes released at launch, followed by one a week on Thursdays.)
The first episode set Charlie Cale on the run from Las Vegas, after introducing her as a casino waitress who landed her job after out-playing the house, thanks to her ability to identify lies. Her human-lie-detector skill helps her unmask Adrien Brody’s casino owner and his henchman Cliff (Benjamin Bratt) as the murderers of her friend (Dascha Polanco), putting a big target on her back. So, she hits the road. The second episode, “The Night Shift,” saw her coming upon another murder that she also ultimately solves,...
By the third episode of Poker Face, viewers get a better understanding of Natasha Lyonne’s special skill.
In the Peacock series created by Rian Johnson, Lyonne plays Charlie Cale, the show’s protagonist who anchors the howcatchem standalone stories that will play out across 10 episodes. (Four episodes released at launch, followed by one a week on Thursdays.)
The first episode set Charlie Cale on the run from Las Vegas, after introducing her as a casino waitress who landed her job after out-playing the house, thanks to her ability to identify lies. Her human-lie-detector skill helps her unmask Adrien Brody’s casino owner and his henchman Cliff (Benjamin Bratt) as the murderers of her friend (Dascha Polanco), putting a big target on her back. So, she hits the road. The second episode, “The Night Shift,” saw her coming upon another murder that she also ultimately solves,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the quiet, peaceful mornings that ease your way into writer-director Angus MacLachlan’s A Little Prayer, a woman belts out gospel songs that echo down the block. They’re a bleary-eyed nuisance to many waking in this small, North Carolina neighborhood, but Bill Brass (David Straitharn) and his daughter-in-law Tammy (Jane Levy) have a mutual fascination with them, rising early with curiosity and wonder. Why does she sing them? Where do they come from exactly? The pair eventually attempt to investigate their leafy streets to find the source, yet as the spirituals dissipate and leave them alone in bird-chirping silence, they seem to revel in their beautiful, unsolved mystery.
Their unusual bond carries the movie’s spirit like a warm breeze, a comforting and centering presence as Bill, a Vietnam veteran, navigates his family’s dysfunction and reckons with his parenting past. Like Junebug, MacLachlan’s feature writing debut...
Their unusual bond carries the movie’s spirit like a warm breeze, a comforting and centering presence as Bill, a Vietnam veteran, navigates his family’s dysfunction and reckons with his parenting past. Like Junebug, MacLachlan’s feature writing debut...
- 1/31/2023
- by Jake Kring-Schreifels
- The Film Stage
Anna Camp, David Strathairn, Billie Roy, Celia Weston and Jane Levy in ‘A Little Prayer’ (Photo Courtesy of Sundance Institute / Photo by Diana Greene)
How does it feel to be seen when you’ve spent your entire life feeling invisible? That question is posed and answered in the moving family drama A Little Prayer.
The very definition of a slow burn, writer/director Angus MacLachlan takes his time and slowly introduces the dysfunctional family at the center of the story. David Strathairn and Celia Weston play the family patriarch and matriarch, a couple who’ve been married for decades and who’ve come to accept what can’t be changed in their relationship. Bill and Venida should be at the empty-nester stage heading into pre-retirement, yet their brood has failed to fly.
David (Will Pullen) works for his dad’s company and lives behind his childhood home with his wife,...
How does it feel to be seen when you’ve spent your entire life feeling invisible? That question is posed and answered in the moving family drama A Little Prayer.
The very definition of a slow burn, writer/director Angus MacLachlan takes his time and slowly introduces the dysfunctional family at the center of the story. David Strathairn and Celia Weston play the family patriarch and matriarch, a couple who’ve been married for decades and who’ve come to accept what can’t be changed in their relationship. Bill and Venida should be at the empty-nester stage heading into pre-retirement, yet their brood has failed to fly.
David (Will Pullen) works for his dad’s company and lives behind his childhood home with his wife,...
- 1/30/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Poker Face, Season 1, Episode 1, “Dead Man’s Hand.”] Peacock‘s highly-anticipated mystery-of-the-week series Poker Face has arrived and begins its run with four very different murders, none more important though than the premiere’s scene-setting story. Introducing viewers to Natasha Lyonne‘s human lie-detector character Charlie Cale, the opening episode sees her run into a situation at work when her pal Natalie (Dascha Polanco) winds up dead. Unlike the episodes following this one, viewers are clued into what led to Natalie’s demise in the opening minutes. A housekeeper at Frost Casino, Natalie discovers what is presumably child pornography (viewers are never shown) on the open computer of a high-roller guest. Snapping a photo herself, she rushes out to find Cliff (Benjamin Bratt), the right-hand man of current Casino boss Sterling Frost Jr. (Adrien Brody). As she’s escorted to Sterling’s office, the three discuss what Natalie has seen and...
- 1/27/2023
- TV Insider
Drama reunites distributor with Junebug screenwriter.
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights in Sundance to Angus MacLachlan’s Premieres selection A Little Prayer.
David Strathairn, Jane Levy, Dascha Polanco, Will Pullen, Anna Camp, and Celia Weston star in the drama about a man who tries to protect his daughter-in-law when he discovers his son is having an affair.
The film touches on themes such as the changing South, a woman’s agency over her own body, Ptsd, and the limits of patriarchal control. MacLachlan produced with Lauren Vilchik and Max A. Butler.
A Little Prayer reunites Sony Classics with MacLachlan,...
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights in Sundance to Angus MacLachlan’s Premieres selection A Little Prayer.
David Strathairn, Jane Levy, Dascha Polanco, Will Pullen, Anna Camp, and Celia Weston star in the drama about a man who tries to protect his daughter-in-law when he discovers his son is having an affair.
The film touches on themes such as the changing South, a woman’s agency over her own body, Ptsd, and the limits of patriarchal control. MacLachlan produced with Lauren Vilchik and Max A. Butler.
A Little Prayer reunites Sony Classics with MacLachlan,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
[This story contains spoilers from the first four episodes of Peacock’s Poker Face.]
After emerging from another season of Russian Doll’s mind warp, Natasha Lyonne threw herself into a new character.
This time, it was Charlie Cale, the star of her and creator Rian Johnson’s new Peacock series Poker Face. And there are some big distinctions between Nadia — her time-looping and time-traveling lead on the formerly mentioned Emmy-winning Netflix series she co-created — and Charlie, her on-the-run “human lie detector” who anchors the murder mystery-of-the-week Peacock show.
“Nadia is a bit more of a city slicker. She’s got more Lou Reed in her. And Charlie is more like The Dude from The Big Lebowski,” Lyonne, who also writes, directs and executive produces for Poker Face, tells The Hollywood Reporter when comparing her two TV roles. “Charlie sort of has the sun at her back, lives in the desert. She’s not in too much of a rush. And she...
After emerging from another season of Russian Doll’s mind warp, Natasha Lyonne threw herself into a new character.
This time, it was Charlie Cale, the star of her and creator Rian Johnson’s new Peacock series Poker Face. And there are some big distinctions between Nadia — her time-looping and time-traveling lead on the formerly mentioned Emmy-winning Netflix series she co-created — and Charlie, her on-the-run “human lie detector” who anchors the murder mystery-of-the-week Peacock show.
“Nadia is a bit more of a city slicker. She’s got more Lou Reed in her. And Charlie is more like The Dude from The Big Lebowski,” Lyonne, who also writes, directs and executive produces for Poker Face, tells The Hollywood Reporter when comparing her two TV roles. “Charlie sort of has the sun at her back, lives in the desert. She’s not in too much of a rush. And she...
- 1/27/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Critics are loving Rian Johnson’s TV series, “Poker Face,” which stars Natasha Lyonne as a cynical, whip-smart woman who can tell when someone is lying. This ability, naturally, leads to her solving a crime each week as she travels from town to town in her Plymouth Barracuda.
It draws from such classic 1970’s private investigator shows like “Columbo” and “The Rockford Files,” and instead of having one big mystery for the whole season, features a new mystery each week.
Here’s where and when to catch all 10 episodes.
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The 11 Best New Shows to Stream in January 2023 When Does “Poker Face” Air?
“Poker Face” debuts its first four episodes on Peacock on Thursday, Jan. 26, then drops the next six episodes each Thursday.
Is “Poker Face” Streaming or on TV?
It’s only on Peacock, NBC’s subscription streaming service.
What Is “Poker Face” About?
Rian Johnson’s homage...
It draws from such classic 1970’s private investigator shows like “Columbo” and “The Rockford Files,” and instead of having one big mystery for the whole season, features a new mystery each week.
Here’s where and when to catch all 10 episodes.
Also Read:
The 11 Best New Shows to Stream in January 2023 When Does “Poker Face” Air?
“Poker Face” debuts its first four episodes on Peacock on Thursday, Jan. 26, then drops the next six episodes each Thursday.
Is “Poker Face” Streaming or on TV?
It’s only on Peacock, NBC’s subscription streaming service.
What Is “Poker Face” About?
Rian Johnson’s homage...
- 1/26/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
If you love “Junebug,” the 2005 indie that launched Amy Adams’ career, then you probably felt at the time as film critic Jan Stuart did. He’s quoted on the poster as saying, “It is only a matter of time before [director] Phil Morrison achieves the status of Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant, and Woody Allen.” Well, that prediction never really came to pass. Morrison made one more feature, then turned his attention to commercials. Meanwhile, the film’s screenwriter, Angus MacLachlan, has slowly but surely emerged as an auteur of authentic stories representing the American South.
MacLachlan’s third film as director (and the first to be selected for Sundance featuring him in that role), “A Little Prayer” shares much of the sensibility — and sensitivity — that made “Junebug” so special. Once again, he’s written a modestly scaled but deep-reaching relationship drama about a white middle-class North Carolina family that believes in God,...
MacLachlan’s third film as director (and the first to be selected for Sundance featuring him in that role), “A Little Prayer” shares much of the sensibility — and sensitivity — that made “Junebug” so special. Once again, he’s written a modestly scaled but deep-reaching relationship drama about a white middle-class North Carolina family that believes in God,...
- 1/26/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
It didn’t take much for Rian Johnson to pitch Natasha Lyonne on the series that would become “Poker Face.” As the writer and director recalls, he said something to the effect of “What about a show in this mode, starring you?” Lyonne was in.
“The show is made for her like a bespoke suit,” Johnson told IndieWire via Zoom. “She’s not just the star of it, she’s a collaborator from the very, very beginning. She also co-wrote and directed one of the episodes and she’s very, very much… she is the show with me. The two of us really built the house together.”
The Peacock series stars Lyonne as Charlie, a woman who innately knows when someone is lying. After a mysterious discovery leads to the death of her best friend (Dascha Polanco) in Las Vegas, Charlie ends up on the run from casino boss Sterling...
“The show is made for her like a bespoke suit,” Johnson told IndieWire via Zoom. “She’s not just the star of it, she’s a collaborator from the very, very beginning. She also co-wrote and directed one of the episodes and she’s very, very much… she is the show with me. The two of us really built the house together.”
The Peacock series stars Lyonne as Charlie, a woman who innately knows when someone is lying. After a mysterious discovery leads to the death of her best friend (Dascha Polanco) in Las Vegas, Charlie ends up on the run from casino boss Sterling...
- 1/26/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Midway through the “Poker Face” premiere, Adrien Brody’s smarmy casino boss recounts the legend behind Natasha Lyonne’s card-playing prowess. “She played straight,” Sterling Frost Jr. says. “And yet she played with an almost unnatural infallibility.” Soon, we find out why: Lyonne’s Charlie Cale always knows when someone’s lying. Whether it’s her best friend promising she’s fine after a fight with her husband or a stranger trying to bluff his way to the pot, Charlie sniffs out bullshit every time it drifts her way. “Just that something is off,” she says by way of explanation. “I can just tell.”
Charlie’s miraculous modus operandi — the ace up her sleeve, if you will — isn’t just a savvy twist for a TV detective; it also doubles as an explanation for how great storytellers should present a mystery. Even when watching a con, audiences don’t want...
Charlie’s miraculous modus operandi — the ace up her sleeve, if you will — isn’t just a savvy twist for a TV detective; it also doubles as an explanation for how great storytellers should present a mystery. Even when watching a con, audiences don’t want...
- 1/25/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
In 2023 TV terms, it’s hard to say which represents the bigger artistic risk: a half-hour dramedy featuring temporal disruptions, Jewish mysticism and Harry Nilsson, or an hour-long faithful reproduction — right down to the title font — of the sort of character-driven crime procedurals that were popular in the ’70s and ’80s and definitely aren’t in vogue today.
Let’s just say that Natasha Lyonne doesn’t play it safe. Less than a year after launching the surprisingly solid second season of Netflix’s Russian Doll, Lyonne is back on the small screen as star and executive producer of Peacock’s Poker Face, from creator Rian Johnson and showrunners Nora and Lilla Zuckerman.
The format for Poker Face is so apparently strange and off-putting — a show with standalone mysteries… on streaming… in this economy? — that even Peacock doesn’t quite know how to handle it, launching the series with a...
Let’s just say that Natasha Lyonne doesn’t play it safe. Less than a year after launching the surprisingly solid second season of Netflix’s Russian Doll, Lyonne is back on the small screen as star and executive producer of Peacock’s Poker Face, from creator Rian Johnson and showrunners Nora and Lilla Zuckerman.
The format for Poker Face is so apparently strange and off-putting — a show with standalone mysteries… on streaming… in this economy? — that even Peacock doesn’t quite know how to handle it, launching the series with a...
- 1/25/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As A Little Prayer begins, the voice of an unseen singer floats into the still morning air of a strikingly leafy neighborhood. The spirituals she belts, heard a few times during this quiet drama, take on the role of a disembodied character, sparking responses from the other characters that help to define who they are. Some hear only noise, an intrusion, something to complain about. But for Bill and his daughter-in-law, Tammy, searching souls beautifully played by David Strathairn and Jane Levy, the songs are enchanting, a mystery to savor.
Bill and Tammy are, as she puts it, kindred spirits, but that’s not to say they’re fully in sync. Their bond is the heart of writer-director Angus MacLachlan’s understated film, yet so too is the gap between what Bill wants to believe and the way things are. At the helm of his third feature, after Goodbye to All That...
Bill and Tammy are, as she puts it, kindred spirits, but that’s not to say they’re fully in sync. Their bond is the heart of writer-director Angus MacLachlan’s understated film, yet so too is the gap between what Bill wants to believe and the way things are. At the helm of his third feature, after Goodbye to All That...
- 1/24/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘A Little Prayer’ Review: David Strathairn Shines as Conflicted Patriarch in Thoughtful Family Drama
In the right role, David Straithairn is one of those actors as inescapably real as your morning bedhead, the creak in your floorboards and the seasoning of a thousand meals coating your cast-iron skillet.
In the right role, he’s almost a centralizing force of authenticity, which is certainly the case with writer-director Angus MacLachalan’s wonderful, heartfelt “A Little Prayer,” a small-scale family drama about the anxiety that arises when children aren’t children anymore and parenting becomes a consciously risky meddling.
MacLachalan, best known for writing the lived-in Southern charmer “Junebug,” is on his third go-round directing one of his unflashy, breezily thorny character studies built on details of sincerity, agitation and humor in families. Here, he’s inside three generations of a North Carolina clan with a sheet-metal business, marked by a father and son who have been to war, and women who have a lot on...
In the right role, he’s almost a centralizing force of authenticity, which is certainly the case with writer-director Angus MacLachalan’s wonderful, heartfelt “A Little Prayer,” a small-scale family drama about the anxiety that arises when children aren’t children anymore and parenting becomes a consciously risky meddling.
MacLachalan, best known for writing the lived-in Southern charmer “Junebug,” is on his third go-round directing one of his unflashy, breezily thorny character studies built on details of sincerity, agitation and humor in families. Here, he’s inside three generations of a North Carolina clan with a sheet-metal business, marked by a father and son who have been to war, and women who have a lot on...
- 1/24/2023
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
Angus MacLachlan wrote 2005’s terrific indie Junebug, which put Amy Adams on the big-time map and earned her a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination in a heartbreaking performance. It also put MacLachlan on the map with his first screenplay, and it was an auspicious start. Since then he has added directing to his credits including Goodbye to All and Abundant Acreage Available but tonight returned to the Sundance Film Festival with his latest, A Little Prayer, shot and set in his hometown of Winston-Salem, Nc.
Perhaps the kind of small indie that defines the term “Sundance movie,” A Little Prayer is largely a showcase for an exceptionally talented cast who make up the troubled family in this tale. It drifts into some soapy territory before it is over but is rescued by some fine acting, even if at times it feels more like a TV production than a gritty independent film,...
Perhaps the kind of small indie that defines the term “Sundance movie,” A Little Prayer is largely a showcase for an exceptionally talented cast who make up the troubled family in this tale. It drifts into some soapy territory before it is over but is rescued by some fine acting, even if at times it feels more like a TV production than a gritty independent film,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a surprising connection between Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ universe and his upcoming new series “Poker Face”, led by Natasha Lyonne.
The new Peacock series, which revolves around Lyonne’s character Charlie Cale, “a human lie-detector whose circumstances throw her into murder-mystery-solving mode each week,” as Variety describes, happens to be connected to Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig)- the main character of Johnson’s films “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion”.
Read More: First Look At Natasha Lyonne’s Mystery-Of-The-Week Whodunit ‘Poker Face’
In the sequel “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”, which premiered in theatres in November, Lyonne makes a cameo as herself and is included in a five-way Zoom call with her fellow mystery-loving friends Blanc, Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. During the call, the real-life stars try to help Blanc get out of his current state of depression.
“You ready for a real kind of reality twist?...
The new Peacock series, which revolves around Lyonne’s character Charlie Cale, “a human lie-detector whose circumstances throw her into murder-mystery-solving mode each week,” as Variety describes, happens to be connected to Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig)- the main character of Johnson’s films “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion”.
Read More: First Look At Natasha Lyonne’s Mystery-Of-The-Week Whodunit ‘Poker Face’
In the sequel “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”, which premiered in theatres in November, Lyonne makes a cameo as herself and is included in a five-way Zoom call with her fellow mystery-loving friends Blanc, Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. During the call, the real-life stars try to help Blanc get out of his current state of depression.
“You ready for a real kind of reality twist?...
- 1/24/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Rian Johnson, master of the modern “whodunit,” is taking on the “howcatchem” with the Jan. 26 launch of the Natasha Lyonne-led Peacock series “Poker Face.” While the show revolves around Lyonne’s Charlie Cale, a human lie-detector whose circumstances throw her into murder-mystery-solving mode each week, Johnson revealed how Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), the character at the center of his films “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion,” is also connected to “Poker Face” in an ultra-meta way.
For those who have yet to see “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” Lyonne makes a cameo playing herself on a five-way Zoom call with Benoit Blanc, Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a group of friends who all like a good puzzle. Lyonne joins her other mystery-loving buddies in trying to get Blanc, who is sitting in the tub, out of his current funk.
“You ready for a real kind of reality twist?...
For those who have yet to see “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” Lyonne makes a cameo playing herself on a five-way Zoom call with Benoit Blanc, Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a group of friends who all like a good puzzle. Lyonne joins her other mystery-loving buddies in trying to get Blanc, who is sitting in the tub, out of his current funk.
“You ready for a real kind of reality twist?...
- 1/23/2023
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
As Rian Johnson has quickly become Hollywood’s go-to mystery mind, the Knives Out and Glass Onion filmmaker is expanding from the “whodunit” to the “howcatchem” with Peacock’s Poker Face.
The 10-episode series stars Natasha Lyonne as Charlie, who has a special ability to determine when someone is lying and uses the skill to solve the strange crimes that come across her path. The show is a return to a mystery-of-the-week format — featuring a mostly new cast and wrapped-up story in each episode — and began with casual conversations between Johnson and Lyonne about how much they missed that era of TV.
“We’d been talking about it but then he actually put pen to paper, which I always think about as just about the most generous and loving act that we can do. It’s really like writing someone a song or something, like, ‘Oh shit, you’re all the way in.
The 10-episode series stars Natasha Lyonne as Charlie, who has a special ability to determine when someone is lying and uses the skill to solve the strange crimes that come across her path. The show is a return to a mystery-of-the-week format — featuring a mostly new cast and wrapped-up story in each episode — and began with casual conversations between Johnson and Lyonne about how much they missed that era of TV.
“We’d been talking about it but then he actually put pen to paper, which I always think about as just about the most generous and loving act that we can do. It’s really like writing someone a song or something, like, ‘Oh shit, you’re all the way in.
- 1/18/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hot off the heels of his fan-favourite Knives Out sequel, director Rian Johnson is releasing his debut TV series, Poker Face.
Starring Russian Doll’s Natasha Lyonne as show-lead Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to discern whether someone’s lying, the show follows Charlie as she hits the road, stumbling upon a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.
Here’s everything we know about Johnson’s highly anticipated TV series Poker Face, including its Glass Onion connection, all the expected celebrity cameos and more.
Will it be connected to Glass Onion?
At the moment, it is unknown what kind of Glass Onion Easter eggs might appear in the series.
However, in its first official Television Critics Association exclusive look, released on 13 January, one of its character’s voiceover lines makes an obvious nod to Johnson’s newest mystery-comedy, saying: “But...
Starring Russian Doll’s Natasha Lyonne as show-lead Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to discern whether someone’s lying, the show follows Charlie as she hits the road, stumbling upon a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.
Here’s everything we know about Johnson’s highly anticipated TV series Poker Face, including its Glass Onion connection, all the expected celebrity cameos and more.
Will it be connected to Glass Onion?
At the moment, it is unknown what kind of Glass Onion Easter eggs might appear in the series.
However, in its first official Television Critics Association exclusive look, released on 13 January, one of its character’s voiceover lines makes an obvious nod to Johnson’s newest mystery-comedy, saying: “But...
- 1/17/2023
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
"Now you may think you know the story, but there's one more layer of this bloomin' onion left to peel back." Peacock has revealed another trailer for their mystery-of-the-week series Poker Face, streaming later this month. This is labeled as a "TCA Exclusive Look" that adds even more footage on top of the other full-length trailer from last month. Glass Onion director Rian Johnson made this with co-writer Charlie Peppers and Natasha Lyonne after filming his last movie. The series follows Lyonne's Charlie, who has an "extraordinary ability" to determine when someone is lying - a "human lie detector," as she is known. She hits the road driving in her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve. The ensemble cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Stephanie Hsu, David Castañeda, Ron Perlman, Benjamin Bratt, Adrien Brody, Danielle Macdonald, Dascha Polanco,...
- 1/16/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Have you watched "Knives Out" and "Glass Onion" and found yourself in desperate need of more tales of murder from writer/director Rian Johnson? Or perhaps you've binge-watched both seasons of "Russian Doll" and are ready for another show where Natasha Lyonne attempts to solve a mystery with a lackadaisical attitude and some sharp wit. Or maybe you just want to see Adrien Brody, Stephanie Hsu, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ron Perlman, Benjamin Bratt, Chloë Sevigny, Lil Rel Howery, Clea Duvall, Tim Blake Nelson, and a whole clown car of other acclaimed actors all in one place.
If any of the above apply, then "Poker Face" might be the show for you. Created, written, and directed by Johnson, the 10-episode case-of-the-week murder mystery series stars Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a casino hostess turned detective with an uncanny ability to know whether or not someone is telling the truth. While that might sound...
If any of the above apply, then "Poker Face" might be the show for you. Created, written, and directed by Johnson, the 10-episode case-of-the-week murder mystery series stars Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a casino hostess turned detective with an uncanny ability to know whether or not someone is telling the truth. While that might sound...
- 1/15/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
Poker Face, Rian Johnson’s drama series starring Natasha Lyonne as a human bullsh*t detector, wasn’t conceived as a limited series and the Knives Out filmmaker said there are “endless possibilities” to continue in success.
Lyonne stars as Charlie, an effortlessly cool, cheap beer drinking woman with a preternatural ability to solve crimes. After a casino boss seeks her out to use her abilities for nefarious purposes, Charlie goes on the run and gets mixed up in more crimes.
Johnson says that it’s a “how to catch ‘em” rather than a whodunnit as the crime is front and center in each episode.
But while there’s one story that arcs through the ten-episode season, one involving Benjamin Bratt’s security expert, it’s ostensibly a procedural.
Lyonne said that she loved characters such as Peter Falk’s Columbo, Elliott Gould’s Philip Marlowe in The Long Goodbye...
Lyonne stars as Charlie, an effortlessly cool, cheap beer drinking woman with a preternatural ability to solve crimes. After a casino boss seeks her out to use her abilities for nefarious purposes, Charlie goes on the run and gets mixed up in more crimes.
Johnson says that it’s a “how to catch ‘em” rather than a whodunnit as the crime is front and center in each episode.
But while there’s one story that arcs through the ten-episode season, one involving Benjamin Bratt’s security expert, it’s ostensibly a procedural.
Lyonne said that she loved characters such as Peter Falk’s Columbo, Elliott Gould’s Philip Marlowe in The Long Goodbye...
- 1/15/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Poker Face Trailer 2 — Peacock‘s Poker Face (2023) TV show trailer 2 has been released. The Poker Face trailer stars Natasha Lyonne. Crew Guest Stars: Adrien Brody, Angel Desai, Audrey Corsa, Benjamin Bratt, Brandon Michael Hall, Charles Melton, Chelsea Frei, Cherry Jones, Chloë Sevigny, Clea DuVall, Colton Ryan, Danielle MacDonald, Dascha Polanco, Ellen Barkin, Hong [...]
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- 1/7/2023
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"I'm trying to figure out what happened." "You watch too much Dateline." Peacock has dropped the full trailer for their new mystery-of-the-week series titled Poker Face, streaming later this month to give you something fun to watch this winter. Not to be confused with Russell Crowe's movie also called Poker Face. Glass Onion director Rian Johnson made this with co-writer Charlie Peppers and Natasha Lyonne after filming his last movie. The series follows Natasha Lyonne's Charlie, who has an "extraordinary ability" to determine when someone is lying - a "human lie detector," as someone calls her in this trailer. She hits the road driving in her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve. The main cast also features Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Stephanie Hsu, David Castañeda, Ron Perlman, Benjamin Bratt, Adrien Brody, Danielle Macdonald, Dascha Polanco, Lil Rel Howery,...
- 1/6/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
On Thursday, Peacock released the first official full-length trailer for the upcoming murder mystery “Poker Face,” created by Rian Johnson and starring Natasha Lyonne.
The 10-episode series debuts on January 26 with four episodes. New episodes will follow weekly. Here’s the official description: “‘Poker Face’ is a 10-episode mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.”
Johnson and Lyonne previously released a mission statement about the new show, which can be read below:
Never underestimate the power of a good dinner conversation between friends. What started as a discussion over steak frites about detective shows and what made them such a reliable pleasure—the exploration of little worlds within each new setting, the...
The 10-episode series debuts on January 26 with four episodes. New episodes will follow weekly. Here’s the official description: “‘Poker Face’ is a 10-episode mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.”
Johnson and Lyonne previously released a mission statement about the new show, which can be read below:
Never underestimate the power of a good dinner conversation between friends. What started as a discussion over steak frites about detective shows and what made them such a reliable pleasure—the exploration of little worlds within each new setting, the...
- 1/5/2023
- by Caillou Pettis
- Gold Derby
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