Mare of Easttown
Why Kate Winslet Keeps Returning to TV, This Time as a Narcissistic Dictator
Kate Winslet is back on TV and this time, she’s playing a character she’s truly never played before. The opening scene of HBO’s The Regime sets the scene. The geopolitical satire opens somewhere in middle Europe. The music is ominous, then quirky, when a soldier (played by Matthias Schoenaerts) is brought to the grand palace […]
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‘House of the Dragon,’ ‘Conversations With Friends’ Stars Board ‘Mare of Easttown’ Creator’s HBO Crime Drama
The HBO drama from Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby continues to build out its cast. House of the Dragon regular Fabien Frankel and Conversations With Friends star Alison Oliver are the latest to join the limited series, which revolves around members of a law enforcement task force and the people they’re trying to apprehend. […]
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Tom Pelphrey Boards ‘Mare of Easttown’ Creator’s Next HBO Drama
The HBO limited series from Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby is adding to its cast. Tom Pelphrey will join Mark Ruffalo in the drama, which will follow members of an FBI task force and the criminals they’re trying to catch. The untitled series stems from Ingelsby’s overall deal at HBO, which he signed in […]
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Mark Ruffalo to Star in HBO Drama from ‘Mare of Easttown’ Creator
HBO is getting back in business with Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby. The premium cable outlet has ordered a limited series about a law enforcement task force and the criminals they’re trying to apprehend. Mark Ruffalo is set to star and will serve as an executive producer. The series had been in the works […]
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‘Willow’ Star Ruby Cruz Talks Her Complicated Disney Princess and Taking Over the Role From Her Good Friend
[The following story contains spoilers for Willow episode seven, “Beyond the Shattered Sea.”] Willow star Ruby Cruz is proud to buck the conventions of what constitutes a Disney princess. On Jonathan Kasdan‘s legacy sequel series, Cruz plays Princess Kit Tanthalos, the daughter of Madmartigan (Val Kilmer) and Sorsha (Joanne Whalley) from Ron Howard’s 1988 film, […]
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WIIP CEO Paul Lee on Why He Opened Hotel-Inspired Offices in Hollywood
“I wanted to subvert the expectation of what an office space should look like,” explains Paul Lee, the CEO of production company wiip, which has produced a slew of acclaimed fare including Mare of Easttown, Dickinson and The Summer I Turned Pretty since its founding in 2018. “Plus, if I’m being honest, I’d spent far too long in the cold corridors […]
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‘Mare of Easttown’ Studio Wiip Secures New Investment From Private Equity Firm Atwater Capital
Private equity firm Atwater Capital made an additional investment in wiip, the production company behind the HBO’s Mare of Easttown and Apple TV+’s Dickinson. The investment, for an undisclosed amount, makes Atwater Capital the second largest shareholder in wiip, behind South Korean television company Studio LuluLala, formerly known as JTBC Studios, which acquired wiip from […]
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‘Single Drunk Female’ Star Sofia Black-D’Elia on Learning from Kaitlin Olson, Texting With Ally Sheedy and Nearly Quitting Because of Evan Peters
Actors have long had to deal with the same occupational hazard in public spaces: hearing fans shout out character names as they pass by. And while Sofia Black-D’Elia, 30, has been acting consistently since age 18 (she quit a job scooping frozen yogurt at TCBY for her first professional job on All My Children and […]
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Angourie Rice on Her ‘No Way Home’ Easter Egg and “Heartbreaking” ‘Mare of Easttown’ Scene
Angourie Rice began 2021 on HBO’s Mare of Easttown, one of the most critically acclaimed shows of the year, and then she closed out the year with a cameo in the pandemic era’s biggest blockbuster, Spider-Man: No Way Home. As a native Australian, Rice was grateful to be able to shoot Mare and No Way […]
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Hollywood Reporter TV Critics Pick Best Twist, Weirdest Sex Scene and More 2021 Small-Screen Superlatives
The Hollywood Reporter's TV critics wrap up a year of television with honors celebrating specifics from best accent to best bad acting and more.
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‘Mare of Easttown’ Director Craig Zobel Extends HBO Overall Deal
Mare of Easttown director Craig Zobel is extending his overall deal at HBO. Zobel has re-upped the deal he initially signed with WarnerMedia’s premium cable outlet in January 2020. The extension runs for three more years and will have Zobel directing and producing projects at HBO. Zobel directed all seven episodes of Mare of Easttown, […]
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Why the Cathartic Release of Female Rage Dominated 2021’s TV Plotlines
During one of the most hilariously tragic moments of Succession‘s third season, we witness Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook), the scion of a global media empire, down a drink at a blowout birthday bash and unleash herself on a half-filled dance floor. She writhes and rollicks in a kind of danse macabre, letting out all the […]
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