Watch Dinosaurs Protect Their Eggs in “Prehistoric Planet 2” Clip With Sir David Attenborough
If there’s anyone on planet Earth you want to explain how dinosaurs protected their eggs, it’s Sir David Attenborough. In a new clip from Apple TV’s docu-series Prehistoric Planet 2, the legendary broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and author describes the lengths the titanosaur went to protect her egg. A freshly laid titanosaur egg weighed a kilo and a half (3.3 lbs) and was two millimeters thick. The eggs were pretty tough, Attenborough explains,
Music Supervisor Alex Patsavas Gives “Queen Charlotte” a Majestic Soundscape
While gossip is the prevailing currency on Bridgerton, the emotional depth of Queen Charlotte is Her Majesty’s greatest asset. For a woman who can seem quite cold in the original series, a peek into her own lonely bedchamber is, at times, searing.
The intertwining pasts of the Queen (Golda Rosheuvel), Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh), and Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) reveal the women as tender,
A New “Secret Invasion” Teaser Reveals Nick Fury’s Fight to Ferret Out Infiltrating Aliens
“An invasion is here, Rhodey.”
So says Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) to James Rhodes (Don Cheadle), a.k.a War Machine (although he doesn’t become him until further along the Marvel timeline), explaining to his comrade that an invasion of Earth by shape-shifting Skrulls has officially begun. This is the premise for Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, with Jackson leading a starry cast that includes his Captain Marvel comrade Ben Mendelsohn as the Skrull Talos,
Inside “Succession” Episode 9: Looking for the New Lion at Logan’s Funeral
Even in death, Logan’s arrival on the scene sends the would-be kings, wannabe power players, and his own children (who fall into both camps, frankly) scrabbling to make their move. As Logan’s casket arrived at the funeral and the ritual of mourning and prayers was about to begin in earnest, it was officially Go Time for one of Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin), set to deliver the main eulogy and viewing the moment as his chance to stake his claim as his father’s rightful successor.
Marvel Reveals Release Dates For “Loki” Season 2 and “Echo”
The God of Mischief and the Native American assassin will be seeing you this fall on Disney+.
Marvel has revealed that the second season of Loki will premiere on October 6, and then a month and change later, the Hawkeye spinoff Echo will premiere on November 29. What’s more, Echo will be the first Marvel Studios show to release all its episodes at once.
Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige made the announcements during the Disney Upfront on Tuesday.
“Barry” Editor Ali Greer on Cutting Her Way Through a Brilliant Final Season
Ali Greer has been so focused on editing the fourth season of Barry that it didn’t truly dawn on her that the hit HBO comedy about the master assassin/would-be actor was coming to a close.
“Tomorrow will be my last day. We have our final sound mix on the series finale… tomorrow… yes,” Greer says during a recent Zoom call. “This is the first time I’ve thought about it. You’re always putting your head down and working.”
Greer,
How “Poker Face” Production Designer Judy Rhee Built a Winning Hand
Already renewed for a second season, the Rian Johnson-created series Poker Face garnered universally enthusiastic reviews and built a passionate following ever since its first episode dropped in late January. Johnson has said Poker Face was built in the tradition of the great crime series of the 70s and 80s, including Columbo and Quantum Leap. As such, each episode is constructed to stand as its own “How Dunnit” (a twist on the “Whodunnit”),
Inside “Succession” Episode 8: A Grim Election Night for America Goes From Thriller to Horror
For a healthy portion of Succession’s viewing audience last night, the antepenultimate episode, “America Decides,” was not an easy watch. The episode shone a bright, pitiless light on old wounds and deep scars from the 2016 American presidential election when a seemingly improbable, far-right fantasy became an inescapable and very real living nightmare.
The episode centered on Election Night in the United States, playing out across voting districts from Milwaukee to Maricopa County in Arizona,
“Awkwafina is Nora From Queens” Composer Tangelene Bolton Drops the Needle
“I’ve been playing music since I was two or three, piano specifically, and then I was really into film starting in middle school, and I thought, ooh, maybe I’ll be a director one day,” says composer Tangelene Bolton, whose work can currently be heard on season three of Awkwafina is Nora From Queens. “I started experimenting with making a bunch of short films, and I realized the music heavily influenced how I approached cutting the footage and telling the story.
“Queen Charlotte” Stars Golda Rosheuvel, Corey Mylchreest, & Arsema Thomas Spill the Tea
Ever since creator Shonda Rhimes brought the Bridgerton saga, based on Julia Quinn’s novels, to the screen, it has developed a loyal following. The series has found success eschewing the homogeneous casting of most period dramas, reimagining 19th-century Britain with an aristocracy representative of all colors and sizes.
The newest show in the Bridgerton Cinematic Universe is Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. The 6-part series will not only offer the backstory for fan favorites Charlotte and Lady Agatha Danbury;
“Queen Charlotte” Hair and Makeup Head Nic Collins Styles Two Decadent Timelines
Everything is in bloom for spring, including the high society style on Netflix’s Queen Charlotte. The Bridgerton spinoff, with a sly eye on the groundbreaking, no-nonsense monarch, features towering wigs and a glance back at some of the series’ strongest characters in their younger years.
Hair and makeup head Nic Collins spared no indulgence for Her Royal Highness and her court. “We had numerous wigs ongoing all at the same time,” Collins revealed.
On This “Star Wars Day,” The Galaxy is Expanding
May the 4th be with you.
It’s Star Wars Day, and this year, there’s more going on in the galaxy than at any previous moment in recent history. In fact, there’s more going on in the galaxy now than ever, considering the still recent inclusion of live-action Star Wars series on Disney+ and the news, at long last, shared by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy about upcoming feature films that will look forward into the Star Wars future as well as travel to the distant past at the very beginnings of the Force.
“Swarm” Production Designer Sara K White on Creating Fractured Spaces for the Celebrity-Obsessed
Swarm has a way of hovering in your thoughts long after you’ve finished the latest episode. The new series from Janine Nabers and Donald Glover (available now on Prime Video) takes the conceit of toxic fandom and unleashes a psychological thriller with a nasty, lasting sting. Starring a phenomenal Dominique Fishback as Dre, a socially stunted retail worker who is deeply, even desperately committed to two and only two people in her life: Her beloved sister Marissa (Chloe Bailey),
“A Small Light” Executive Producer & Director Susanna Fogel on Disney+’s Illuminating New Miniseries
With Holocaust Remembrance Day having just passed and with antisemitism on the rise around the world, the release of National Geographic’s new eight-part miniseries A Small Light couldn’t come at a more apt time. The series is based on the true story of Miep and Jan Gies, who risked everything to hide Otto Frank and his family from the Nazis during World War II. Miep Gies discovered and kept Anne Frank’s famous diary safe until after the war.
“Love & Death” Director Lesli Linka Glatter on HBO’s Deadly Sharp New Crime Drama
Love & Death, which debuted on April 27 on HBO/Max, begins with faith, family, and infidelity. It concludes with a criminal investigation and a gripping courtroom trial. In the middle is a gruesome axe murder. And once Emmy-nominated producer/director Lesli Linka Glatter had read the script, she wanted in on it.
“I was totally swept up in the material,” says Glatter during a recent interview. “To me, this is the dark side of the American dream.
“Succession” Costume Designer Michelle Matland Breaks Down the Roy Family’s Signature Looks
Early this season on Succession, Waystar Royco executive Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) mocks the $2900 Burberry handbag carried by cousin Greg’s (Nicholas Braun) date as being “Ludicrously capacious…You could slide it across the floor after a bank job.” And in the show’s first year, Kendall (Jeremy Strong) bought a pair of $500 Lanvin sneakers to ingratiate himself with potential Silicon Valley investors, telling them, “I got these sneakers on the way down here because I thought you’d all be dressed like f*****’ Björk,
Netflix Reveals “Black Mirror” Season 6 Teaser With Salma Hayek, Zazie Beetz & More
It’s now a tired joke that the world has become a Black Mirror episode, which made it almost redundant for series creator Charlie Brooker and his talented team to continue cranking out seasons laced with tech-dystopian vibes and gimlet-eyed critiques of the human animal. Well, thankfully, the sixth season is not only happening; we now have our first look, revealing a peek at how the Black Mirror team has absorbed our increasingly Black Mirror-like reality.
“Transatlantic” Costume Designer Justine Seymour on Outfitting Socialites & Surrealists in a Time of War
In 1940, the U.S. still maintained an official stance of neutrality in World War II. Across the Atlantic, however, relief organizations were already on the ground, working their influence at local embassies and trying to convince the American government to grant entry visas to refugees. Netflix’s new limited series, Transatlantic, is based on the efforts and exploits of two such Americans at the helm of the Emergency Rescue Committee, journalist Varian Fry (Cory Michael Smith) and socialite Mary Jayne Gold (Gillian Jacobs).
Transportation Manager Ryan Doucette on How Warner Bros. Turned “Kung Fu” Season Three Green
Ryan Doucette is the manager of transportation compliance for Warner Bros. Studio Operations, Canada, and while that title might not immediately bring to mind a job at the forefront of the studio’s efforts at creating ever more sustainable productions, that’s precisely where Doucette finds himself.
“This is probably not as exciting as talking to a cinematographer,” Doucette joked when we spoke, “but it’s really important, and it’s not something we have a choice about.”
Rachel Weisz Delivers Double the Trouble in Prime Video’s “Dead Ringers”
The world needs more of Rachel Weisz. This is made evident anytime the abundantly talented performer appears in anything, and now, thankfully, we’ll be getting a double dose of her in Prime Video’s new series Dead Ringers (streaming on Prime Video on April 21), which is a new take on David Cronenberg’s deeply unsettling 1988 film. Weisz plays both Elliot and Beverly Mantle, a pair of twins who share everything—and we do mean everything.
