The tragic case of theaccidental shooting on the set of the filmRusttook another turn on March 6, whenHannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer operating onset, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Gutierrez Reed was convicted by jurors, who returned a verdict after just under three hours of deliberations on Wednesday afternoon, after a fortnight of prior deliberations on the safety lapses on set that leftHalyna Hutchinsdead. Gutierrez Reed faces up to 18 months in prison when she returns for sentencing....

The problem with streaming is thatshows can get cancelled out of nowhere. Shows likeMindhunter,The OA,The Society,I Am Not Okay With This, andHannibalwere all cancelled before they could finish their stories. That’s why miniseries are so satisfying. Theytell a full story in just a handful of episodes. No waiting for a new season. No risk of getting ghosted by the platform. But even miniseries can go off the rails. Many of them start strong but completely fall apart by the end....

Outer Banksis a teendramathat follows two distinct groups in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Pogues and the Kooks. The Pogues are the working-class folks on the island, including John B Routledge (Chase Stokes), Pope (Jonathan Daviss), JJ (Rudy Pankow) and Kiara (Madison Bailey), while the Kooks are the upper class folks on the island, including Sarah Cameron (Madelyn Cline), her older brother Rafe (Drew Starkey), her father Ward (Charles Esten) and her boyfriend Topper (Austin North)....

There are inevitably going to be some comparisons made to ABC’s newest dramaA Million Little Thingswith series likeThis Is Us,The Big Chill,thirtysomething, even13 Reasons Why(for grownups). And they’re all decent comparisons. You could also throwFriendsin there, if the friends grew up and everything went to hell. ButA Million Little Thingsdoes have the potential to stand on its own as a solid slice-of-life drama. The premise is that a friend group is rocked to its core when the seemingly most put-together friend, Jon Dixon (Ron Livingston), commits suicide....

Stephen King’s debut novel made hima literary starfor a reason.Carrieis a lean, mean story that serves up ample frights while striking a good balance between supernatural horror and real-world issues of bullying and isolation. It’s the kind of plot that would seem to lend itself well to the screen. There have been four movie adaptations of the novel, but only one is great, while the others range from mediocre to atrocious....

Ariana Madixwas the talk of 2023thanks to “Scandoval.“But 2024 is a different year for Madix as she heads to New York City to make her Broadway debut asRoxie HartinChicago. All of this comes after a year of brand deals, asuccessful run onDancing With the Stars, and becoming a beacon for many throughout the scandal that rockedVanderpump Rulesin Season 10. Now, prepared to turn a new leaf after the explosive reveal that her partner at the time,Tom Sandoval, was cheating on her with their mutual friend,Rachel Leviss....

The Second Golden Age of Television may have given us some of the best hourlong dramas ever made, fromThe SopranostoMad MentoThe Wire, but this era of Prestige TV has also elevated the half-hour format. Series like30 RockorParks and Recreationhave pushed the boundaries of what was possible for a network sitcom, while cable half-hours likeAtlantaandGirlsblur the lines between drama and comedy altogether. It’s a great time to be making television because the sky’s the limit when it comes to creating original stories in ambitious ways, but that doesn’t mean making something that’s both truly unique and genuinely entertaining has to come with high costs or outlandish concepts....

“Choose Your Own Adventure” movies are nothing new. Hollywood experimented with the concept back in the 90s, but nothing really ever came of it. It’s also not new for Netflix, which has used the concept for the kids’ programPuss in Book. But Netflix has never tried it with a marquee title until now. According to Bloomberg [via Deadline], an upcoming episode ofBlack Mirrormight use the Choose Your Own Ending gimmick in the fifth season, which is due to premiere this December....

The most dynamic, complex, beautiful, heartbreaking, and engrossing story on TV this year is about a fish. Or was it the turtle? The walruses maybe. Oh, don’t forget about the dolphins. And the deep sea bioluminescent creatures. And for the love of God don’t forget the humans who dared to film all of this in incredibly perilous conditions with technology so cutting-edge that scientific papers have been written based off of the footage....

With writer-directorBen Younger’s(Boiler Room) boxing dramaBleed for Thisnow in theaters, I recently sat down with producerBruce Cohenfor an exclusive interview. If you’re not familiar with this incredible true story, after winning two world title fights and shooting to stardom,Vinny“The Pazmanian Devil”Pazienza(played byMiles Teller) was in a brutal car wreck that left him with a broken neck and was told that he may never walk again. Against all odds and doctor’s orders, renowned trainerKevin Rooney(played byAaron Eckhart) agrees to help Vinny return to the ring, just a year after the accident, for what could be the last fight of his life....

There are quite a few folks to keep track of in Marvel’sCaptain America: Civil War. Most of them are familiar faces you’ve seen in numerous superhero films over the years, but some of them, likePaul Rudd’sScott Lang a.k.a. Ant-Man, are relative newcomers, while others, likeDaniel Brühl’svillainous Zemo, are making their first appearances. Thanks to two new international spots, we have new glimpses of both characters in action; I say “glimpses” because the audio is not for English speakers....

With directorTaika Waititi’sThor: Love and Thundernow playing in theaters around the world, I recently spoke withChristian Baleabout playing Gorr the God Butcher in the MCU sequel. During the interview, Bale revealed why he signed on to his first Marvel movie, why he wanted to be able to leave set wearing his makeup, and how the movie had a lot of great deleted scenes. He explains: “There’s an awful lot that I wish was in this film, which you can’t have a four-hour long film because there’s so much gold that’s on the cutting room floor, hilarious stuff, and creepy as hell stuff, but that was perhaps pushing it to a realm where maybe it wouldn’t have been able to be family friendly, which we always wanted it to be....

Chief among the many “What If?” scenarios hovering over the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe is the question of what would’ve happened if Edward Norton had continued to play Bruce Banner after 2008’sThe Incredible Hulk. For a quick refresher, Norton played the big green role in the first MCU film following the franchise-spawningIron Man.Incredible Hulkmade a perfectly fine $263 million worldwide, but was immediately followed up with Norton either leaving or getting booted from the role, then Marvel Studios headKevin Fiegereleasing the shadiest of statements noting the studio would prefer an actor “who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our other talented castmembers....