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The Cannes Film Festival is underway, and while the Marché Du Film is as booming as ever with exciting packages of future films, there are plenty of titles playing in competition or in the Cannes sidebars that could make a big splash at the box office or the awards season race for the right buyer. Last year’s “The Substance” was acquired by Mubi before it landed a Best Picture Oscar nomination and made $77.3 million worldwide.

Here are the 13 films we predicted ahead of the festival could find homes quickly. We’ll update the below list with all the acquisitions as they come in.

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Distributor: Mubi

Director: Lynne Ramsay

Buzz: The first major sale of Cannes is one of the starriest, with Lynne Ramsay’s intense drama about postpartum depression and motherhood starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson going to Mubi, IndieWire can confirm, in...

Deliver Me From Nowhere, the Bruce Springsteen biopic starring Jeremy Allen White, has landed a release date in the thick of awards season. 20th Century Studios announced today that the film will hit theaters on October 24.

Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) directs from a script he wrote based on Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska by Warren Zanes. In addition to White, the film includes Jeremy Strong as Springsteen’s longtime manager Jon Landau, Stephen Graham as Springsteen’s dad, Paul Walter Hauser as guitar tech Mike Batlan, and Odessa Young as Faye, Springsteen’s love interest. Gaby Hoffmann, David Krumholtz, Marc Maron, Johnny Cannizzaro, Harrison Gilbertson, Chris Jaymes and Matthew Anthony Pellicano also appear.

Deliver Me from Nowhere is about “Bruce Springsteen and the long effort to put together his seminal Nebraska album, which started to take shape as he and the E Street Band...

Deliver Me From Nowhere, starring Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen, is ready to run into theaters this fall.

Writer-director Scott Cooper’s biopic focusing on the legendary musician known as the Boss is set for theatrical release Oct. 24 from 20th Century Studios, giving it a prime slot amid awards season. Jeremy Strong co-stars as Jon Landau, Springsteen’s manager and record producer.

Also set for release on Oct. 24 are the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel Regretting You, Mortal Kombat 2 and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.

Deliver Me From Nowhere focuses on the making of Springsteen’s 1982 spare and deeply personal Nebraska, one of the most acclaimed albums of all time. Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, Paul Walter Hauser, Gaby Hoffmann, Johnny Cannizzaro, Harrison Gilbertson, Marc Maron, David Krumholtz and Chris Jaymes round out the cast.

Cooper helmed the project from his own script that...

“Deliver Me From Nowhere,” 20th Century Studios’ Bruce Springsteen biopic, will hit theaters on Oct. 24, 2025. “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White plays the Boss in the film directed and written by Scott Cooper.

“Deliver Me From Nowhere” adapts Warren Zanes’ book of the same name about the making of Springsteen’s 1982 album “Nebraska.”

Beyond White, the cast includes Jeremy Strong as Springsteen’s longtime manager Jon Landau, Stephen Graham as Springsteen’s dad, Paul Walter Hauser as guitar tech Mike Batlan and Odessa Young as love interest Faye. Gaby Hoffmann, David Krumholtz, Marc Maron, Johnny Cannizzaro, Harrison Gilbertson, Chris Jaymes and Matthew Anthony Pellicano also star. Springsteen and Landau are closely involved with “Deliver Me From Nowhere.”

“The last six months that I’ve spent in Bruce’s world with his music, I don’t think I’ve ever encountered a person’s body of work or their legacy in...

For once in the life of Charlie Cale she is no longer on the run since Beatrix Hasp gave her freedom papers in the previous episode of Poker Face. She could go home, or she could seek new adventures and continue her crime-solving spree. There will come a time where she will have to ask herself if she’s in it for the glory of being right or the benevolence of it all.

If Dog the Bounty Hunter and Tiger Joe had a baby, it would be Gator Joe (Kumail Nanjiani). What else would you expect from an episode of Florida’s finest but a hot mess of insane and unnatural behavior? Here's a recap of what happened. Spoilers for season 2 episode 4 of Poker Face, “The Taste of Human Blood,” below.

Peacock Gator Joe vs. Fran Lamont

This episode is a great idea by Rian Johnson, but they could have...

Kevin Costner has always been candid with his opinions regarding his films. An accomplished filmmaker himself, the 70-year-old knew it from the first reading that his critically acclaimed movie Field of Dreams would be a cinematic success.

Now, more than 36 years after its release, Field of Dreams boasts an enviable score on Rotten Tomatoes. The Phil Alden Robinson directorial has garnered a respectable score of 7.5 on IMDb as well.

While there is seldom a way to ensure a film’s success, Costner once revealed that he was sure of the film the moment he read the script. The mystical elements and dream sequences of Field of Dreams won over the Oscar winner, who once claimed that he felt like he was harboring a secret when he realized the film would be a hit.

Kevin Costner had a notion that Field of Dreams was special

Kevin Costner, who by then had...

Now that she’s away from the mob, Charlie (Natasha Lyonne) can finally build her life on her own. However, knowing Charlie, she finds herself roped into absurd schemes through no fault of her own. “The Taste of Human Blood” is one of those episodes, with plenty of absurdity hanging over it. Luckily, it’s got the TV vets and comedic actors to pull off the ridiculous premise with brilliant execution. Kumail Nanjiani and Gaby Hoffman lead a fun ensemble this time around.

Spoiler Alert !!!Spoilers for Poker Face Season 2. Related: ‘The Twilight Zone’ Cast: What Are They Doing in 2025? Poker Face — “The Taste of Human Blood” — Recap

Police officer Fran Lamont (Gabby Hoffman) handles routine crimes in her local community. When she returns to the office, Chief Hal (John Sayles) informs her she’s been nominated for the 2019 Florida Panhandle Cop Award for Officer of the Year. The “FlopaCopas...

With the 2025 Cannes Film Festival kicking off on Tuesday, one key question is what movies not to miss on the Croisette.

From competition veterans like the Dardenne brothers, Kelly Reichardt and Joachim Trier to newly promoted auteurs like Ari Aster, Oliver Hermanus, Carla Simón and Oliver Laxe, THR’s chief film critic rounds up 10 essential premieres

Die, My Love

Lynne Ramsey first turned heads in Cannes with her stunning 1999 feature debut Ratcatcher, about a 12-year-old boy growing up in poverty in the Glasgow housing projects. The Scottish director returned to the Croisette three years later with Morvern Callar, graduating to the official competition with We Need to Talk About Kevin in 2011 and You Were Never Really Here in 2017. Admirers have had a long wait for Ramsey’s fifth feature, a thriller with a vein of comedy she describes as “dark and fucked-up,” starring Jennifer Lawrence as a new mother walloped by postpartum depression,...

“For Worse” marks Amy Landecker’s first turn behind the camera in a narrative feature, and she wears multiple hats—as writer, director and lead actor—with deliberate economy. Story kicks off when Lauren, a recently divorced and sober Los Angeles mother, trades her real-estate routine for an experimental commercials acting class. That choice functions as the film’s inciting incident, setting her on a path that threads personal reinvention through ensemble comedy.

Landecker structures the screenplay around two key phases: the claustrophobic intimacy of acting exercises and the sprawling chaos of a Palm Springs wedding. Each sequence builds on the one before, so that the narrative feels like a tight spiral rather than a series of disconnected gags. Lauren’s arc hinges on three narrative questions: Can she reclaim desire after motherhood? Will her midlife vulnerabilities yield genuine connection? And can a woman of her age hold her own among twenty-somethings without sacrificing authenticity?...

A new season of Poker Face has arrived, and with it a new rotation of famous faces as guest stars.

Notable names include Cynthia Erivo, who plays sextuplets, Justin Theroux, Katie Holmes, Giancarlo Esposito, Melanie Lynskey, Tayklor Schilling and many many more. Some of Season 1’s guest stars included Adrien Brody, Charles Melton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jameela Jamil, Clea DuVall, Tim Blake Nelson, Tim Meadows, Lil Rel Howery and several others.

For more details about new episodes of Poker Face Season 2 and when they come out, read on below:

When does Poker Face Season 2 come out?

The second season of the Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne collaboration arrives on Peacock May 8.

How many episodes are in Poker Face Season 2?

There are twelve episodes in Season 2 of Poker Face.

When do new episodes of Poker Face arrive on Peacock?

The first three episodes arrived on the streamer May 8, with the rest arriving...

Charlie Cale, the human truth detector, is back for more mysteries in Season 2 of “Poker Face,” which premiered on Peacock with three episodes on Thursday. Natasha Lyonne returns in her Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated role.

The series, from “Knives Out” director Rian Johnson, follows Charlie’s off-the-grid adventures as she tries to stay one step ahead of the mobsters who want her dead. In classic “Columbo” or “Murder, She Wrote,” style, a murder just happens to occur wherever she goes.

This season boasts a tremendous who’s who of guest stars, kicking off off with “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo. We’ll also see Lyonne reunited with her “But I’m a Cheerleader” costar, Melanie Lynskey of “Yellowjackets.”

Here’s when and were to watch all Season 2 episodes:

When does “Poker Face” Season 2 premiere?

Season 2 premieres with three episodes on Peacock on May 8.

How can I watch “Poker Face?”

“Poker Face” Season...

Sleuths, by and large, aren’t given the luxury of lying low. Worn-down beat detectives are always getting called to the next crime scene. Part-time investigators can’t resist a femme fatale’s desperate pleas (or ample pocketbook). But even when you set aside their professional obligations, puzzle-solvers usually don’t know what to do with themselves when the game is not yet afoot. Typically, gumshoes crack cases by compulsion.

Take Rian Johnson’s last “Knives Out” mystery: At the start of “Glass Onion,” Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) has grown frustrated by the pandemic’s stultifying effect on real-world brainteasers. With too much time off (and too much time moping in the tub), he thinks he’s going insane. He’s tried reading books, he’s tried playing games, he’s even enlisted help from a few similarly-minded peers (including Angela Lansbury and “Poker Face” star Natasha Lyonne). But nothing helps.

Poker Face is going big for the 2025 Emmys.

Gold Derby has confirmed that the Peacock comedy is submitting 14 different actors for the second season.

Natasha Lyonne, who plays human lie detector Charlie Cale, will be submitted in Best Comedy Actress. She was nominated in this category twice before: once for the show's first season in 2023 and in 2019 for Russian Doll. Lyonne has earned a total of five career Emmy nominations, including recognition for writing and producing Russian Doll and for her guest performance on Orange Is the New Black in 2014.

Speaking of guest stars, Poker Face is packed with them. As Lyonne's Charlie continues her cross-country journey — dodging mobsters in her trusty Plymouth Barracuda — she encounters mysteries at every stop. Along the way, she meets a host of intriguing characters brought to life by some very familiar faces.

Among them are three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo, who plays quintuplets in the Season 2 premiere.

Natasha Lyonne is back on the road for Season 2 of Poker Face, and she brought a few old friends along for the ride.

While discussing the star-studded guest roster of the Peacock show’s sophomore season, the first three episodes available to stream May 8, the actress admitted to Deadline that she wasn’t entirely sure if she’d previously worked with ‘The Sleazy Georgian’ actor John Cho.

“I think that he’s maybe in some of the American Pies,” she said. “I’ll be honest, I haven’t seen those. I did see the first one at the premiere. I do love Chris and Paul Weitz. I do talk a lot of shit about that movie, it’s mostly just because I don’t understand high school or proms or suburbia.”

Despite having only seen the first American Pie (1999), Lyonne played the sarcastic Jessica in the teen film and its...

Natasha Lyonne In Poker Face Season 2 Still(Photo Credit –YouTube)

The eagerly anticipated Season 2 of Rian Johnson’s case-of-the-week murder mystery series, Poker Face, starring Natasha Lyonne, is all set to start streaming on the Peacock Ott platform in the US from 8th May 2025. In India, Poker Face S2 is scheduled to be released on the Jio Hotstar Ott platform on 9th May 2025, according to the Jio Hotstar official website. And even before its premiere, the upcoming season has surpassed the Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score of its first season.

Poker Face Season 1 Vs Season 2 – Rotten Tomatoes Scores

The first season of Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne’s murder mystery series has an outstanding Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score of 98% (Via Rotten Tomatoes). On the other hand, Poker Face Season 2 has received an even better Rt critics’ score of 100% (can’t get better than that!) (Via Rotten Tomatoes). On IMDb, the show...

Season 1 of the series featured notable appearances by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Chloë Sevigny and others. Who will pop up in Season 2?

The new season of “Poker Face” may not have a release date quite yet, but Peacock is already teasing some pretty epic guest star appearances for the new batch of episodes. The Natasha Lyonne-headlined series treated fans to some pretty fascinating characters played by recognizable stars in Season 1, and has unveiled the full list of guest performers it will welcome in Season 2. Check out who you’ll be able to see when Charlie Cale rolls back through in her Plymouth Barracuda!

Who Will Guest Star in Season 2 of ‘Poker Face’?

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Who Guest Starred in Season 1 of ‘Poker Face’?

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Finally, it's time for Charlie Cale to get back on the case! After over two years of waiting, Poker Face season 2 makes its long-awaited premiere on Peacock on Thursday, May 8. The murder mystery comedy-drama from creator Rian Johnson returns with not only a super-sized new season but a super-sized season premiere that more than makes up for that long wait!

As previously mentioned, Poker Face season 2 premieres Thursday, May 8 on Peacock. The season premiere drops three new episodes at once before the 12-episode season continues releasing new episodes weekly on Thursdays for nine more weeks until the July 10 season finale. The first three episodes to be released are titled "The Game Is a Foot," "Last Looks," and "Whack-a-Mole."

While some streaming series are given a primetime release time, with new episodes released in the evenings, new episodes of Poker Face season 2 are expected to be released earlier. Sometimes release times...

Recently nominated for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited Series by the Gotham TV Awards, “Adolescence” star Steven Graham is getting even further praise, and from “The Boss” himself. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast for a recent interview, rock and roll legend Bruce Springsteen offered his appreciation for Graham’s performance in the upcoming biopic “Deliver Us from Nowhere.”

“Stephen Graham plays my father, and he’s amazing,” said Springsteen. He added that he thinks “fans will enjoy it” and that it basically covers the time period during the early 1980s when he was “putting the ‘Nebraska’ record together and other things” he was dealing with at that time in his life and career. Though he has seen the film, he was wary to reveal further details as, much like his own career, he prefers it maintains its mystique.

“I want it to be a surprise.

Plot: Poker Face is a 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.

Review: While Rian Johnson revived the whodunit on the big screen with Knives Out and the Netflix sequel Glass Onion, his charmingly retro small-screen series Poker Face has truly proven its worth in the tried-and-true genre. Echoing classic shows like Columbo and The Rockford Files, Poker Face‘s first season centered on Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne), who solved mysteries while on the run from gangsters looking to kill her. The overarching narrative of the first season was engaging, but the standalone mysteries boasting famous guest stars turned Poker Face into must-watch programming. After a two-year wait, Poker Face is back with another ten mysteries,...

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This May, we are getting a ton of great shows on various streaming services. From the much-anticipated Season 2 of Rian Johnson‘s Poker Face on Peacock to the all-new season of the adult-animation anthology series Love, Death & Robots on Netflix. So, we are here to sort out all of the brilliant upcoming shows that you might want to check out.

The Four Seasons (Netflix) – May 1, 2025 Credit – Netflix

The Four Seasons is a comedy-drama miniseries created by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield. Based on the 1981 film of the same name by Alan Alda, the Netflix series revolves around three suburban couples who vacation together each season of the year. When one of the couple breaks up and the man begins bringing a younger woman, everything becomes a bit weird. The Four Seasons stars Tina Fey, Steve Carell,...

While Rian Johnson fans are undoubtedly waiting in eager anticipation for Wake Up Dead Man to release later this year, they will have season two of his Peacock show Poker Face to hold them over. Offering another set of clever, funny, and exciting mysteries, season two of Poker Face sees the show and its crew take some exciting, ambitious swings that establish it as one of the best shows right now.

Poker Face Season 2 Review

Season two of Poker Face picks up with Charlie (Natasha Lyonne) still on the run from the mob, travelling across the country doing odd jobs and finding herself in trouble. Each episode, she encounters a new set of larger-than-life characters who propel her into a shocking new mystery for her to solve with her uncanny “human lie detector” abilities.

Poker Face — Pictured: (l-r) Ben Marshall, Gaby Hoffman, Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale — (Photo by: Sarah Shatz...

Rian Johnson’s Murder Mystery Series, Poker Face Season 2! (Photo Credit – Hotstar)

Rian Johnson’s case-of-the-week murder mystery series, Poker Face, starring Natasha Lyonne, might be one of the most overlooked shows on streaming platforms. The first season premiered in January 2023 and received rave reviews from critics. And now, Poker Face Season 2 is all set to start streaming on the Peacock Ott platform in the US from 8th May 2025 onwards. Here is when and where the show’s second season will be released in India.

Poker Face Season 2 Indian Ott Platform and Release Date

Poker Face S2 is scheduled to be released on the Jio Hotstar Ott platform on 9th May 2025, according to the Jio Hotstar official website. The first three episodes of the upcoming season are expected to be released at once, while the remaining episodes will be released every week. Unlike Season 1’s ten-episode run, Poker Face Season 2 will comprise twelve episodes.

Heists and war movies are two of the most popular genres in cinema history. So, what happens when you mix them together, and throw in Challengers star Josh O'Connor for good measure? You get The Mastermind, the new movie directed by Kelly Reichardt (First Cow). The film is set to make its debut at this year's Cannes Film Festival (which takes place from May 13 to 24), and the first look at the Vietnam War heist film has just been released.

Deadline recently released the first official look at Josh O'Connor and Alana Haim in The Mastermind. Kelly Reichardt wrote and directed the upcoming film, which follows an art thief looking to score big in the middle of the Vietnam War. Following its debut at Cannes, The Mastermind is being distributed by Mubi. Expect a limited theatrical release, before the movie lands on the Mubi streaming service. The theatrical release date is...

It will be a challenge to find a 2025 film that Josh O’Connor is not in. The “Challengers” breakout star is leading the third “Knives Out” feature (all we know is that he’s playing a priest), plus is starring alongside Paul Mescal in “The History Of Sound” and will be in Steven Spielberg’s next project about UFOs. First, though, O’Connor is starring in Kelly Reichardt’s latest, “The Mastermind.”

The film will debut in competition at Cannes. Oliver Hermanus’ “The History Of Sound” will also be in the main competition so O’Connor has two shots at being in a Palme d’Or winner this year.

For “The Mastermind,” O’Connor plays Jb Mooney, an unemployed carpenter who becomes an aspiring amateur art thief. The only issue is that Jb’s first big heist goes haywire, leading him to confront his life choices. The film is set in rural Massachusetts in the 1970s.

Among our most-anticipated premieres in the Cannes Film Festival lineup is Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind, which brings together the impressive ensemble of Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, John Magaro, Hope Davis, Bill Camp, Gaby Hoffmann, Amanda Plummer, and Cole Doman. Ahead of the in-competition premiere, the first images have now arrived.

Here’s the brief plot synopsis: “In a sedate corner of Massachusetts circa 1970, Jb Mooney (Josh O’Connor), an unemployed carpenter turned amateur art thief, plans his first big heist. When things go haywire, his life unravels.” Mubi is set to release the film in North America, U.K., Ireland, Latam, Germany, Austria, Benelux, Turkey, and India, while The Match Factory is handling international sales at Cannes.

While we await the premiere, check out our interview with Reichardt and Michelle Williams for Showing Up, in which the director revealed her process with actors, saying, “I think––Michelle, correct me...

Exclusive: Here are your first look images of stars Josh O’Connor (Challengers) and Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza) in Kelly Reichardt’s Cannes Competition film The Mastermind.

Set in a sedate corner of Massachusetts circa 1970, the film follows Jb Mooney (Josh O’Connor), an unemployed carpenter turned amateur art thief, who plans his first big heist. When things go haywire, his life unravels.

Also starring are John Magaro, Hope Davis, Bill Camp, Gaby Hoffmann, Amanda Plummer, Eli Gelb, Cole Doman, Javion Allen, Matthew Maher and Rhenzy Feliz.

Mubi will distribute in select territories, retaining rights in North America, UK, Ireland, Latam, Germany, Austria, Benelux, Turkey, and India, with The Match Factory handling international sales.

Producers on the film are Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, and Vincent Savino of filmscience.

Filmscience has produced all of Reichardt’s films since Old Joy and this will be the second time Mubi has worked with Reichardt,...

For Bruce Springsteen, the making of the upcoming biographical film Deliver Me From Nowhere — in which Jeremy Allen White portrays the legendary musician — was more than just a cinematic endeavor. It was an emotional journey.

The 20-time Grammy winner had high praise for White’s performance, calling it “tremendous.”

“Jeremy had his own process and really knew what he was doing and worked very hard to inhabit the character that he was playing. He is tremendous,” Springsteen said.

The movie, from director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), focuses on the recording of Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska and is based on Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" by Warren Zanes.

During an FYC event on Monday for his documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, the singer revealed what it was like to visit the Deliver Me From Nowhere set.

"Some of it takes place when I was quite young,...

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Peacock is ready with an entertainment-packed May this year. The upcoming month will see the release of the much-anticipated Season 2 of the crime comedy-drama series Poker Face, as well as the streaming release of the brilliant spy thriller film Black Bag. Just like every month, Peacock is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 10 new movies and TV shows coming to Peacock in May 2025.

The Notebook (May 1) Credit – Warner Bros.

The Notebook is a romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes from a screenplay by Jeremy Leven. Based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks, the 2004 film is set in the 1940s, and it follows a young couple as they fall in love despite their parents’ disapproval, while their stories are read from a notebook in...

Celebrating the independent filmmaking spirit of NYC, the Lower East Side Film Festival returns this Thursday as the 15th edition runs through May 5. Featuring the Opening Night selection, the New York Premiere of Pete Ohs’ SXSW selection The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick, the lineup also includes Joel Vargas’ Sundance and New Directors/New Films selection Mad Bills to Pay, and Amy Landecker’s For Worse, starring Bradley Whitford, Nico Hiraga, Missi Pyle, Gaby Hoffmann, and Ken Marino. Ahead of this anniversary, we’re pleased to exclusively debut a new trailer celebrating 15 years of the festival.

John Fink said his SXSW review of The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick, “It might help to know the creative process going in. Tick was made collaboratively by its main cast: as Ohs explained during the SXSW premiere, they isolated on location at a country home where they...

The American Music Honors, an annual event organized by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center, took place Saturday at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, this year honoring Smokey Robinson, John Fogerty, Emmylou Harris, Tom Morello, and Joe Ely.

Every honoree with the exception of Joe Ely was on site to receive the award, as well as perform their classic songs with help from Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, Bruce Springsteen, and surprise guests Jackson Browne, Nils Lofgren, Nora Guthrie, and Darlene Love. In other words, an...

Amy Landecker has signed with Gersh to be represented by the Hollywood talent agency in all areas.

Landecker is also branching out as a writer and producer, having recently penned, directed and starred in the film For Worse. The romantic comedy about a newly divorced, sober mother who joins an acting class and has an affair with a hot young actor premiered at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival in the narrative spotlight sidebar.

For Worse also stars Bradley Whitford, Nico Hiraga, Gaby Hoffmann, Ken Marino, Missi Pyle, Kiersey Clemons, Claudia Sulewski, Simon Helberg and Liv Hewson.

Landecker is best known for her role as Sarah Pfefferman in the hit Amazon series Transparent, where she appeared opposite Jeffrey Tambor, Kathryn Hahn and Bradley Whitford. Her performance in the series earned her a SAG nomination, and Transparent won the GLAAD Media Award for outstanding comedy series for three years running.

Landecker’s other...

"Look me in the eye and, uh, tell me that you didn't kill her?" Peacock has revealed the trailer for Season 2 of Rian Johnson's highly acclaimed, amusing mystery-of-the-week series Poker Face - starring Natasha Lyonne. The first season of this whodunit comedy series launched in 2023 - and Season 2 is now locked & loaded arriving this May. Johnson and Lyonne call this next season "a gonzo parade" of episodic murder mysteries with a visual style inspired by ‘70s American cinema and TV classics like Columbo and Quantum Leap. Each episode is its own world with its own tone, and yes, an unforgettable new batch of many weird, wonderful characters. Natasha Lyonne returns as Charlie, who has an "extraordinary ability" to determine when someone is lying - a "human lie detector," as she is known. The truly massive ensemble cast of guest stars this time around includes Awkwafina, Corey Hawkins, Simon Rex,...

Natasha Lyonne is back as TV’s favorite gumshoe detective with Poker Face season two, and the official trailer teases the adventures she’s poised to head on when the 12-episode season launches May 8 on Peacock (followed by a weekly release).

A twist on the Columbo murder-of-the-week format, the mystery-of-the-week series from creator Rian Johnson lured eye-popping guest stars for season one and the Poker Face casting team locked in another starry ensemble for season two. After an earlier teaser introduced who some of them will be playing opposite Lyonne, the trailer below now introduces many more guest stars who came in to play in Cale’s mystery sandbox. (Here’s a refresher on where season one ended.)

The eye-popping list of guest stars, in alphabetical order: Adrienne C. Moore, Alia Shawkat, Awkwafina, Ben Marshall, B.J. Novak, Carol Kane, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Corey Hawkins, Cynthia Erivo, David Alan Grier,...

Charlie Cale is back on the case in the trailer for Season 2 of “Poker Face,” premiering on May 8 on Peacock.

Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne’s mystery-of-the-week series will launch with three episodes at once and then release one episode per week on Thursdays.

“Poker Face” stars Lyonne as a de facto detective who has an extraordinary ability to tell when someone’s lying. She drives her Plymouth Barracuda across the country and encounters strange people and strange crimes she can’t help but solve. This season will feature an impressive roster of celebrity guest stars.

Cynthia Erivo plays identical sextuplets and John Mulaney plays an FBI agent. Plus, Adrienne C. Moore, Alia Shawkat, Awkwafina, Ben Marshall, B.J. Novak, Carol Kane, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Corey Hawkins, David Krumholtz, Davionte “GaTa” Ganter, Ego Nwodim, Gaby Hoffmann, Geraldine Viswanathan and Giancarlo Esposito will appear on the series.

The list goes on: Haley Joel Osment,...

Peacock has released the official trailer and key art for Poker Face season two, which will premiere with three episodes on May 8. From Rian Johnson and starring Emmy nominee Natasha Lyonne, the second season consists of 12 episodes.

Poker Face is a 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.

The show’s critically acclaimed first season received four Primetime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Natasha Lyonne, and garnered Peacock its first Emmy win for Judith Light’s Outstanding Guest Actress Performance in a Comedy Series.

“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,...

Natasha Lyonne returns as off-kilter detective Charlie Cale in “Poker Face” Season 2. The wacky casino worker with a keen ability to tell whether someone is lying has found herself in the middle of more trouble and murder mysteries.

“I can tell when someone’s lying,” Charlie (Lyonne) says in the Wednesday trailer for the series as she tries to sniff out Cynthia Erivo’s true identity. “It’s a thing I do, so who are you?”

This season features a slew of top tier guest stars. Charlie calls “bull” on Erivo’s ‘Felicity Price’ in the trailer, while John Mulaney appears as an FBI agent and Please Don’t Destroy’s Ben Marshall almost catches himself on fire with a blowtorch. Charlie can also be seen telling John Cho’s character that no one can stump her. “Game on Charlie Cale,” the alleged professional liar replies. “I’m going to be the first.

Among the lineup for the Cannes Film Festival’s 78th edition are some big names from Hollywood and global cinema. We already knew that Tom Cruise will light the fuse on Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning on May 14 out of competition, while there was plenty of speculation that Scarlett Johansson would have a pair of movies on the Croisette. The latter has now been confirmed with Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor the Great set for Un Certain Regard, and her acting reteam with Wes Anderson in his latest, The Phoenician Scheme, in Competition. Also confirmed is Ari Aster’s Eddington with Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone.

Many more stars are potentially in store now that the bulk of the official selection has been revealed. Not everyone is confirmed to attend the Riviera shindig, but here’s a look at some of the possibilities.

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If you’re not already obsessed with Poker Face, you’ve got time to catch up before Season 2 drops, and trust me, you’ll want to. The show follows Charlie Cale, played by the always iconic Natasha Lyonne, a human lie detector with zero filters, a messy past, and a habit of stumbling into murder scenes like it’s her full-time job. She’s not a cop, not a private eye, but just a woman on the run with a beat-up car, a killer sense of intuition, and the world’s worst luck when it comes to staying out of trouble.

Season 1 had major Columbo energy with a modern twist. Each episode was its own little mystery movie, with Charlie solving a fresh murder in a new town while dodging the rich and shady people trying to take her out.

Natasha Lyonne in Poker Face | Credit: Peacock

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Everybody's got a hungry heart for more of Jeremy Allen White playing Bruce Springsteen, and Disney is here to deliver at CinemaCon. During the Mouse House's two-hour presentation on Thursday, a new sizzle reel was shared exclusively to attendees that shed some more light on the upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere, about The Boss's journey to creating his stripped-down sixth album, Nebraska. Collider's Britta DeVore was seated at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the presentation of the sneak peek and received a new look at The Bear star amid the pivotal moment in his musical career.

While we've already seen White dressed as the spitting image of the "Born in the U.S.A." singer, the reel goes much deeper.

Bruce is recording on his own at the start of the teaser, happy and content to be doing the work by himself before he’s pulled into the big game.

CinemaCon started rocking when during Disney’s presentation, exhibitors got their first look at Jeremy Allen White as the boss himself, Bruce Springsteen. The first trailer for “Deliver Me from Nowhere” premiered on the Colosseum stage in Las Vegas on Thursday, and it looks like The Bear is now Born to Run.

White and Jeremy Strong, who plays Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau in director Scott Cooper’s film, took the stage to present the first look at the film, which showed White as Springsteen recording a song from his seminal album “Nebraska,” describing it as wanting it to feel like you’re in the room with him. Strong’s Landau describes in hushed tones what Springsteen is striving for with the album and why it’s not about topping the charts with this one.

“Bruce is a repairman, and what he’s doing with the sound is he’s...

Emmy winners Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong hit the stage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday to reveal the first trailer for the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biography Deliver Me From Nowhere. The movie, from director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), focuses on the recording of Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska and is based on Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" by Warren Zanes.

“When Bruce was little, he had a hole in the floor of his bedroom,” Strong, as longtime Springsteen manager Jon Landau, says in the trailer. “It's supposed to be solid. He's supposed to be able to stand on. Bruce didn't have that.”

Against black-and-white images of a young Springsteen having some conflict with his father (played by Adolescence star and co-creator Stephen Graham), Landau continues. “Bruce is a repairman. What he's doing with this album is he's repairing that hole in his floor.

CinemaCon was rocking on Thursday, thanks to the Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere.

The 20th Century film stars Jeremy Allen White as the New Jersey-born music legend, known around the world as the Boss. Jeremy Strong co-stars as Jon Landau, Springsteen’s manager and record producer. Both actors took the stage at the Las Vegas event to present the movie’s first trailer.

White said that filming the project was “incredible, challenging, dream come true.” He added, “I feel really lucky. We all had Bruce’s blessing on this film.”

Strong added about Springsteen and Landau’s real-life professional relationship: “The journey that they’ve been on together is just beautiful and unprecedented in the history of music.”

The trailer, at times both contemplative and rousing, got a big response for the audience and included White’s rendition of “Born to Run.”

In the trailer, White says about the album,...

Jeremy Allen White took a break from the kitchen to don denim and switch to a Jersey accent at CinemaCon on Thursday, where Disney unveiled the first footage from the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere.”

“We all had Bruce’s blessing with this film,” Allen White said.

The sneak peek begins in a parking lot where Bruce is trying to buy a car. Next, Bruce is doing a sound check in a hotel room. A flashback of Bruce’s adolescence is shown as his father beats him. “He is going to repair the entire world,” Jeremy Strong’s character says.

Bruce is next seen on stage singing “Born to Run.”

Written and directed by Scott Cooper, the film chronicles the making of Springsteen’s sixth album, “Nebraska” and also stars Strong as Jon Landau, Stephen Graham as Bruce’s father, Gaby Hoffmann as Bruce’s mother, Paul Walter Hauser...

Netflix is not fooling around this April as it bulks up its slate for the first full month of spring. Romance films, comedies and dramas abound on the streamer with a few titles that launched at the end of March making it into the best new films to stream on Netflix in April.

For those in a more serious or wistful mood, The Life List and A Dog’s Way Home will pull at the heartstrings and help viewers feel all the feelings when they watch. Those in the mood for uplift can watch Rudy or The Breakfast Club or Field of Dreams. Those wanting a laugh can stream One of Them Days.

Find the best new movies streaming on Netflix in April 2025 below:

The Life List – March 28 L to R: Sofia Carson as Alex and Kyle Allen as Brad in ‘The Life List’

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One Shot invites close readings of the basic unit of film grammar.Uncle Buck.John Hughes’s 1980s were a perfect storm. He was incredibly productive—he wrote the first 50 pages of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) in a single sitting—at the exact moment when his personal vision dovetailed nicely with the studios’ commercial sensibilities. He became the quintessential teen-movie auteur, writing and genre-defining films like Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986), the first two of which he also directed. He didn’t mind making comedies about adult characters, too, particularly if they were played by John Candy. Many of Hughes’s films in this period were instantly beloved by audiences, but critics remained sniffy even in their praise. They estimated Hughes as, at best, a talented craftsman. He came to spend the 1990s as a writer-for-hire churning out increasingly bland and impersonal kids’ movies—including...

If you loved Natasha Lyonne serving up truth bombs and outsmarting people with her signature charm in Poker Face Season 1, then get ready—because Charlie Cale is back for round two! After driving around the country solving cases for random people on the streets, Peacock decided to bring back our human lie detector for Season 2.

According to reports, Rian Johnson’s mystery TV show Poker Face was renewed within a month of season 1’s conclusion in 2023. So now, that very long-awaited Season 2 is approaching its release date in the spring of 2025. And by now, since the streamer has unveiled plenty of exciting details, let’s check out more about Poker Face Season 2.

Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale in Poker Face | image: Peacock When will Poker Face Season 2 be released?

Although it has been around two years since Peacock renewed Poker Face Season 2, the wait is finally over. The hit mystery series,...

Peacock has released the teaser trailer for Poker Face Season 2, which will premiere on the streaming service on May 8. From Rian Johnson and starring Emmy nominee Natasha Lyonne, the second season will consist of 12 episodes.

Poker Face is a 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.

The show’s critically acclaimed first season received four Primetime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Natasha Lyonne, and garnered Peacock its first Emmy win for Judith Light’s Outstanding Guest Actress Performance in a Comedy Series.

“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,...

Dan Stevens, the star of films like The Guest, Beauty and the Beast and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, recently appeared in the new political thriller series, Zero Day. In the miniseries starring Robert De Niro, Stevens plays Evan Green, an alternative-media personality who capitalizes on a major terrorist attack and speaks out loud against the government on YouTube. Yes, Green is a fictional version of every loudmouth who makes money in today's digital landscape by criticizing political leaders and creating conspiracy theories out of nothing.

It's not exactly a secret that the character is inspired by a real cultural phenomenon, and Stevens fully agrees with that. In Netflix's Zero Day, the United States faces an unprecedented cyberattack. There are thousands of casualties, and the government forms a commission that will help in finding some answers to prevent another major attack. As former President George Mullen leads the...

All the way back in February 2023, we got the good news that Poker Face starring Natasha Lyonne was renewed for a second season. However it's been very delayed due to the actors and writers strikes that happened that year. Which meant the wait between seasons has been longer than anticipated. Thankfully now, we have lots of updates about Poker Face season 2, including the release date!

Created by Rian Johnson, the series became an instant hit when it premiered on Peacock. That has to do with the great stortelling, Lyonne's superb acting, and also the great number of guest stars we could expect to see with each new episode. Since it's been a while and there's been multiple updates, we've rounded them all for you here. Here's 3 updates you might have missed on Poker Face season 2.

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Poker Face is coming back!

Peacock debuted the official teaser for Season 2 of the Emmy-winning TV show on Wednesday (March 12), along with revealing the premiere date, teaser and first look images.

“We’re so back! And that’s no bullsh-t,” the network declared.

Keep reading to find out more…

The new season premieres May 8 with 3 episodes, followed by a new episode weekly.

Creator and writer Rian Johnson and executive producer, writer and star Natasha Lyonne provided a note about the upcoming 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,” they wrote.

“To bring Season 2 to life,...