Last Sunday’sWestworldintroduced the wonderfully talentedTessa Thompson(Valkyrie inThor: Ragnarok) to the HBO sci-fi series, and she’s sticking around for a while. Thompson’s Charlotte Hale is scheduled to appear on the episodes leading up to Episode 10, “Bicameral Mind,” but we see her scheming behind the scenes in a the first batch of photos from this weekend’s “Trompe L’Oeil,” directed byFrederick E.O. Toye(the same guy who helmed last week’s “The Adversary”) and written by series co-creatorJonathan NolanandHalley Gross....

Quick Links After two long seasons behind it,NCIS’s spin-off series,NCIS: Hawai’ireturns for another, action-packed third season this February. Based on CBS’s legacy showNCIS,NCIS: Hawai’iis created byChristopher Silber,Jan Nash, andMatt Bosack,who also serve as writers and executive producers for the series. Set in the titular island state, the police procedural drama series,NCIS: Hawai’ifollows a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service at the agency’s Pearl Harbor Field Office. Led by Special Agent in Charge, Jane Tennant, the first woman in her position in NCIS history, the team investigates crimes and felonies related to military and national security....

Acclaimed Hollywood directorWolfgang Petersenrevered for his string of blockbusters movies has passed away The German filmmaker took Hollywood by storm after the massive success of his World War II movieDas Boot, a movie credited with revolutionizing action movies for its era. He made his mark in Hollywood writing and directing classic blockbusters fromIn the Line of FirestarringClint EastwoodtoAirforce OnestarringHarrison Ford. He was 81 years old at the time of his death....

Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for the Industry Season 3 finale. IndustrySeason 3 came to an end on Sunday night with plenty of its signature twists and turns, some more shocking than others. The season finale could have made for a solid series finale hadIndustrynot been renewed for a fourth season, but also leaves plenty of unanswered questions and new opportunities for Harper (Myha’la), Yasmin (Marisa Abela), and Robert (Harry Lawtey) to explore in thenow-confirmed Season 4....

Gather aroundJujutsu Kaisenfans, the fan-favorite manga is working on the second iteration of their stage play which will come out this December. Theofficial websiteof the stage play has unveiled a new poster that brings back the fan favoritesRyūji Satō,Kazuaki Yasue, andNonoka Yamaguchi. The three actors return to their respective roles in the purple and black-washed first poster. Jujutsu Kaisenis counted among the best-selling mangas of all time with over 80 million copies sold globally, and has spawned into a franchise consisting of plays,anime shows, and other media....

For the first time since her acclaimed Netflix seriesOzarkconcluded,Laura Linneyis returning to TV. The four-time Emmy winner will star oppositeKevin Klinein the new comedy seriesAmerican Classic. The MGM+ series will begin production in New Jersey this summer. Kline will star in the series as Richard Bean, a temperamental and egotistical Broadway legend who has a public meltdown and retreats to his hometown, Millersburg, where his family ran a well-regarded theater. Once he gets back, however, he finds that the once-respected playhouse has fallen on hard times, and is now running low-rent dinner theater....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 5, and The Last of Us Part II. It’s no secret that music is a key part ofThe Last of Us. Season 1 referencedmany incredible artists, from Depeche Mode to Linda Ronstadt, so it’s only natural thatSeason 2continues this tradition. The iconic “Take On Me” scene from the games, for example, has already been featured, and now,the series has finally nodded to the artists with whom it has the most in common, and that’s Pearl Jam....

In 2014, New Zealand writer-director-actorsJemaine ClementandTaika WaititireleasedWhat We Do in the Shadows, a quirky mockumentary about a group of vampires sharing a flat. WhileWhat We Do in the Shadowswasnot the first movie in either filmmaker’s career, the mockumentary is arguably what granted Waititi his Hollywood status as one of the best active comedy directors. The title is well-deserved, as Waititi proved the MCU could be genuinely funny beyond one-liners withThor: Ragnarok, and thenredefined the boundaries of the rom-com genre withOur Flag Means Death....

We’re willing to bet these actors would rather play “background character in comfortable sweatpants and bathrobe” than ever wear any of these nightmarish costumes again. You’d be surprised at how complicated (and uncomfortable) some of your favorite movie costumes really are. Jennifer Lawrence - Mystique Jennifer Lawrenceplaying the blue-skinned shapeshifter in fourX-Menfilms. But it wasn’t as simply as putting on a cape or cowl - the process to cover her body in paint and prosthetics took 6 hours....

Afteryearsof stops and starts with different filmmaker and star combos, Warner Bros.’ remake ofA Star Is Bornhas finally started production. Back in 2011, WB favoriteClint Eastwoodwas attached to direct withBeyoncestarring, but they had trouble nailing down a male lead asLeonardo DiCaprio,Christian Bale, andTom Cruisepassed in favor of other projects. Then Beyonce’s pregnancy put her involvement into doubt, and eventually Eastwood himself moved on. But the project gained new momentum in 2015 whenBradley Coopernot only signed on to star, but to make his directorial debut on the film, and he swiftly landedLady Gagaas his leading lady....

Head Countwas one of my favorite films of 2019 so going into SXSW 2020, you can imagine my excitement when I saw a newElle Callahanfeature on the line-up. On top of that? The ensemble includedElizabeth Mitchelland rising starsAbigail CowenandGideon Adlon. Suffice it to say,Witch Huntimmediately became my most anticipated title of the festival. Sadly SXSW 2020 never happened in full due to the pandemic, but this year SXSW is going virtual andWitch Huntis back on the roster!...

From directorFintan Connolly, the Irish crime dramaBarberfollows private investigator Val Barber (Aidan Gillen), as he’s hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. Dark secrets, corruption and family dysfunction keep throwing him off track, and when Barber finally does uncover the answers he’s seeking, the resolution is something he never saw coming. During this 1-on-1 interview with Collider, Gillen talked about his childhood love for cop and detective shows, how this all started because they wanted to shoot something on the streets of Dublin at night, the film’s anti-ending, why he wore his own clothes, exploring the father-daughter relationship, and whether this is a character that could have his story turned into a TV show....

[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Together] Everyone knows that one codependent couple, but what would happen if that attachment manifestedphysically? That’s the idea that inspired writer-directorMichael Shanksto createTogether, a body horror starring real-life married coupleAlison BrieandDave Franco. Shanks' debut feature with Neonfollows joined-at-the-hip couple Millie (Brie) and Tim (Franco) as they move away from everything they’ve ever known to a remote country home. Here, in the middle of nowhere, their strained relationship is put to the test, but tensions rise when the couple comes in contact with something mysterious and unnatural that forces them to get closer than ever before....