An Alternate History Comes To Life In ‘The Underground Railroad’ Trailer

Andrei Tarkovsky was the name on Barry Jenkins‘ lips as the main influence for his television adaptation of “The Underground Railroad.” Not the first name to think of when considering the enormity of Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel. The story: a combination of the distressing tribulations of an escapee slave girl with a hefty volume of magical realism, doesn’t immediately describe the Russian auteur.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticEvery single frame of “The Underground Railroad” is haunted.Ghosts of horrors past, present and future linger at the story’s edges, flicker in and out with eerie ease. People alive, dead and somewhere in between stare into the camera with quiet, solemn clarity.

It’s not rare that characters change completely during the development of a film. From the initial draft of the script to the lines being read by an actor on set, the character can go through a ton of variations.

After months of bare TV release schedules, May shows a return to form with plenty of new and returning series. While streaming services still monopolize many of the more popular releases, series such as “Pose,” returning for its final season, and “The Girlfriend Experience” offer a return to form for network television.

Zhang Yimou's spy thriller Cliff Walkers was the best reviewed new release to open over China's lucrative May Day holiday weekend, but it was far from the biggest earner. Youth romance My Love, from Beijing Enlight Pictures, overcame withering reviews to dominate the start of the long holiday frame, earning $65.1 million from Friday to Sunday.

Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, the creators of the hit show Dark, available to stream now on Netflix, have a brand new show coming out titled 1899!

Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk helmer Barry Jenkins will bring audiences back to the antebellum South for Amazon’s The Underground Railroad. Amid accounts of police brutality against members of the Black community and Hollywood’s attempts to correct hurtful and racist imagery, the showrunner spoke about the care he, his cast and crew took to address America’s dark history on-screen.

Guy Ritchie spent the better part of the 2010s working on a number of high-profile, franchise films such as “Sherlock Holmes,” “The Man from UNCLE,” “King Arthur,” and “Aladdin.” But since 2019, he’s been firmly back in his prior wheelhouse of making gritty crime thrillers, such as 2020’s “The Gentlemen” and the upcoming film, “Wrath of Man.” READ MORE: Guy Ritchie To Write & Direct WWII Thriller, ‘Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ For Paramount And as seen in the new Red Band trailer for

EXCLUSIVE: Though her highly-anticipated series The Underground Railroad doesn’t bow for another couple of weeks, Thuso Mbedu is lining up her next feature film as she has come on to TriStar Pictures’ The Woman King starring Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis. The pic will be directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who most recently directed the critically acclaimed blockbuster, The Old Guard.

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BBC soap first, it was not only the characters who buried a time capsule but behind-the-scenes, producers and the cast have been putting together their own collection of memories to help inspire future characters and scriptwriters. However, the time capsule buried in Ambridge will have last implications for years to come as it seems some dark secrets are going to be harboured deep below the ground.

• Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, who became the first Black women to win for best makeup and hairstyling, for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”• H.E.R., for her original song “Fight for You” for “Judas and the Black Messiah”

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The director of “Moonlight” is ready to debut his groundbreaking new limited series.

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Singer-songwriter Angel Olsen has announced that she is gay.

Lucy Hale reacts to  Colton Underwood coming out as gay!

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorIn a sign that red carpets may slowly be returning to the entertainment landscape, FX and 20th Television are throwing a glamour-filled premiere event for the third and final season of “Pose” on April 29.The festivities at the Rose Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City will feature a 200-foot red carpet for socially distanced media outlets. Interviews will be conducted with eight feet between talent and journalists.

Almost paradise. Cassie Randolph chilled with family on a tropical vacation shortly after ex-boyfriend Colton Underwood came out as gay.