Month: April 2025

Natasha Lyonne returns as Charlie Cale in the Season 2 trailer for Peacock’s “mystery-of-the-week series” Poker Face, starring as a woman with a gift for identifying liars.

The actress, 46, portrays Cale as she solves various crimes as she travels in her Plymouth Barracuda. Season 2 also stars Adrienne C. Moore, Alia Shawkat, Ben Marshall, B.J. Novak, Carol Kane, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Corey Hawkins, David Alan Grier, David Krumholtz, Davionte “GaTa” Ganter, Ego Nwodim, Gaby Hoffmann, Geraldine Viswanathan, Giancarlo Esposito, Haley Joel Osment, Jason Ritter, Justin Theroux, Kathrine Narducci, Kevin Corrigan, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Tom, Lili Taylor, Margo Martindale, Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Leggero, Patti Harrison, Rhea Perlman, Richard Kind, Sam Richardson, Sherry Cola, Simon Helberg, Simon Rex and Taylor Schilling.

Lyonne and Rian Johnson write, direct and executive produce the series, which Johnson created. The duo said in a statement: “To bring Season 2 to life, we pulled visual inspiration from American 70s cinema, all the stuff we love like Robert Altman, Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich. But the backbone of this show is TV – the kind of TV we grew up watching… Each episode is a mini movie, existing in its own world with a unique tone and vibe, featuring an eccentric lot of characters played by a truly gonzo parade of guest stars. We still can’t believe we got to work with rockstars like Cynthia Erivo, Katie Holmes, John Mulaney, and Awkwafina (and many, many more, the list is kinda dizzying) who all dove into the game with joy and came ready to play.”

Season 2 will have a three-episode premiere May 8 on Peacock; see the trailer: HERE.

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Adam Scott and Michelle Monaghan have signed on for Netflix’s crime thriller “The Whisper Man,’ starring Robert De Niro. The film is based on Alex North’s New York Times bestselling novel.

Per Deadline, Scott will star as a widowed crime writer who works with his estranged father, a retired police detective (Robert De Niro), to find his abducted 8-year-old son. The duo soon realize that the case has a connection with a decades-old murder committed by a convicted serial killer known as “The Whisper Man.”  Monaghan will portray the investigator leading the search for missing kids.

James Ashcroft is helming the feature film which is being produced by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Angela Russo-Otstot and Michael Disco for AGBO ( the banner behind Netflix’s tentpole sci-fi movie, The Electric State.)

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Prime Video has confirmed that the upcoming third season of its hit YA series The Summer I Turned Pretty will be its last. The 11-episode installment will premiere in July, but no exact premiere date has been set at the time of this publishing.

The Summer I Turned Pretty is based on the book series by Jenny Han, stars Lola Tung, Gavin Casalegno and Christopher Briney as Belly, and brothers Jeremiah and Conrad, respectively. As the show is based on a book trilogy (with each season corresponding to one book in the trilogy) the move was not unexpected. The show originally debuted in 2022, with Season 2 dropping in 2023.

An official show synopsis reads: “The Summer I Turned Pretty is a multigenerational drama that hinges on a love triangle between one girl and two brothers, the ever-evolving relationship between mothers and their children, and the enduring power of strong female friendship. It is a coming-of-age story about first love, first heartbreak, and the magic of that one perfect summer.”

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Prime Video announced Saturday Night Live alum David Spade’s new comedy special, David Spade: Dandelion, will premiere on the streaming service May 6, marking their first comedy special from Spade (and Spade’s first special since 2022’s Nothing Personal for Netflix).

David Spade: Dandelion will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, offering up some of Spade’s signature sardonic takes on “the perils of flying, charity auctions and the evolution of porn.”  The special is directed and produced by Spade. Marc Gurvitz, Alex Murray and John Irwin, who also serve as producers.

See the trailer for David Spade: Dandelion – HERE.

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Criminal Minds: Evolution has been renewed for Season 19, with the announcement coming ahead of the show’s 18th season premiere, debut on Paramount+ May 8 with new episodes dropping weekly thereafter.

“Evolution” picks up after the events of the original “Criminal Minds,” which aired on CBS for 15 seasons (2005-2020), and reunited many of the original series’ cast — including Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, and Aisha Tyler, with Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster. RJ Hatanaka and Zach Gilford joining the series when it was revived in 2022.

Gilford portrays Elias Voit — also known as Sicarius Killer — with the upcoming season showing the aftermath of an attack against him. An official synopsis states that the incident prompted “his restless followers on the dark web to begin wreaking havoc all over the country. In order to stop this nefarious group from killing more innocents, the BAU is forced to work alongside an increasingly unpredictable Voit who has his own agenda.”

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Peacock has announced that David Alan Grier, Lauren Tom, Lili Taylor, Natasha Leggero and Richard Kind have joined Season 2 of the mystery-drama Poker Face, joining the previously announced Melanie Lynskey, Jason Ritter, Alia Shawkat, Carol Kane and David Krumholtz. Season 1 of the series premiered on Peacock in 2023 and earned four Emmy nominations (including one win for guest star Judith Light).

Executive producer Rian Johnson’s mystery-of-the-week series stars Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a de facto detective with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone’s lying.  Tony Tost is the show-runner, with Lyonne also an executive producer. Johnson and Lyonne wrote in a joint statement teasing the new season: “Charlie Cale is back on the run, and in Season 2 we’ve taken her journey to the next level one murder mystery at a time. From minor league baseball to big box retail, from funeral homes to alligator farms and even a grade school talent show, Charlie navigates her crime solving existential road-trip with deadpan wit, human empathy, and her signature uncanny lie-detecting ability.”

The streamer had previously-released first-look images from the upcoming 12-episode season, which features additional guest stars including:  Awkwafina, Ben Marshall, B.J. Novak,  Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Corey Hawkins, Cynthia Erivo, Davionte “GaTa” Ganter, Ego Nwodim, Gaby Hoffmann, Giancarlo Esposito, Haley Joel Osment, Jason Ritter, John Cho, John Mulaney, Justin Theroux, Kathrine Narducci, Katie Holmes, Kevin Corrigan, Kumail Nanjiani, Margo Martindale, Menalie Lynskey, Patti Harrison, Sam Richardson, Sherry Cola and Simon Rex.

Peacock also revealed the premiere date for Season 2 of Poker Face, and shared a new teaser trailer with the caption: “New lies detected #PokerFace Season 2 arrives May 8 on Peacock.”  The preview shared glimpses of Season 2 guest stars Cynthia Erivo, John Mulaney, Katie Holmes, Giancarlo Esposito, Awkwafina, Justin Theroux, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Taylor Schilling, Kumail Nanjiani and Melanie Lynskey.

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