‘Black Bird’ Review: Dennis Lehane’s New Apple TV+ Series Is True Crime in Rare, Fantastic Form

Taron Egerton is stepping out to support his new show.

Black Bird as his “most fully realised” working relationship ever with another cast member.The actor plays Liotta’s on-screen son, James Keene, in the Apple TV+ series, based on the autobiographical novel In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, And A Dangerous Bargain For Redemption by Keene and Hillel Levin.The series marks Liotta’s final TV appearance following his death aged 67 in May. Speaking to RadioTimes.com, Egerton is “quite emotional” about recalling their time together on set.“We just clicked and we were very open and frank and candid with each other,” he said.

Paul Walter Hauser (“Richard Jewell”) is also a movie buff — so it’s no surprise that he describes his Emmy-worthy turn as “Black Bird” serial killer Larry Hall in cinematic terms — including Hall’s “Vincent D’Onofrio in ‘Full Metal Jacket’ stare.”“I’d say for my process … is that if I treated [the role] some other way it takes the humanity out of it and I’m kind of leaning into this tendency to overact,” Hauser, 35, told The Post. “So rather than be like, ‘Wow, I’m playing a serial killer so I better get ready’ … [Hall] was a human before he was a murderer, before he was a rapist, so you don’t want to play a killer like a killer.

Apple TV+.The six-episode drama, adapted from James Keene’s 2010 book, “In With The Devil,” revolves around Keene (Taron Egerton, “Rocket Man”), a charismatic, armed-to-the-teeth Chicago drug dealer and son of an ex-cop (Ray Liotta in his final role) who, in 1996, is busted and sentenced to 10 years in prison.Shortly thereafter, he’s offered a deal: transfer to a maximum-security prison in Missouri and befriend high-talking, mutton-chopped serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser, “Richard Jewell”). If he can elicit a confession from the next-level-creepy Hall, who’s suspected in the murders of at least 14 young girls, Keene’s sentence will be commuted.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticTaron Egerton is at the center of Apple’s new drama “Black Bird,” a show that asks him, foremost, to be a reactive force. Tangled in the prison system after his plan to plead out for a short narcotics-charge sentence blows up, Egerton’s Jimmy Keene is offered the opportunity to get out.

It’s become running commentary that 2022 has been positively bloated with quality television, from under-the-radar gems, soon-to-be cult favorites, and the obvious highlights with endings for long-standing favorites like “Better Call Saul” and the long-awaited return of “Stranger Things.” July is about the same, with plenty of new arriving series — many adaptations from books, comics, and video games— as well as returning standouts like FX’s little mockumentary that could “What We Do in the Shadows.” July sees not one but two series that play with audience nostalgia over the ’80s.

Taron Egerton paid tribute to Ray Liotta during his recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week.

Emily Longeretta The “Field of Dreams” TV adaptation is no longer happening at Peacock, Variety has learned exclusively. Universal Television is currently shopping the project to other outlets.The show adaptation of the 1989 movie was ordered straight-to-series at Peacock in August 2021. Michael Schur was set as writer and executive producer under Fremulon, with Lawrence Gordon of The Gordon Company also executive producing with David Miner of 3 Arts and Morgan Sackett.

Carson Burton True crime is all the craze on the small screen. Now, “Black Bird” is looking to shake things up.The series, starring Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser, aims to play mind games with its audience, pitting a high school football star against a suspected serial killer. For Egerton, the show is more than just an interesting story of a horrendous crime, it’s a portrait of masculinity and how decisions made by men “fuck up the world.”“You can watch it and learn something about what it means to be a human being,” Egerton told Variety at the Apple TV+ show’s red carpet premiere on Wednesday.

Showing their support. Ray Liotta’s daughter Karsen Liotta and fiancée Jacy Nittolo attended the premiere of one of his most recent projects, Black Bird, to honor the late actor.

Ray Liotta’s two leading ladies attended the premiere in his honor. On Wednesday, the late actor’s fiancée, Jacy Nittolo, and his daughter, Karsen Liotta, walked the red carpet together at the premiere of the Apple TV+ series in Los Angeles.  Karsen, 23, wore a black dress with silver lining across the bottom, while Jacy sported a black jumpsuit.

Ray Liotta's co-stars on his final completed project,, are sharing their memories of the late actor. ET's Will Marfuggi spoke with the stars of the new Apple TV+ drama series on the carpet at the show's premiere in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and they opened up about their memories of the celebrated actor.Taron Egerton, who stars in the series as a convicted criminal serving time in prison, recalled sharing scenes with Liotta, who plays his father.The 32-year-old Welsh actor — who also served as an executive producer on the series — recalled Liotta's «passion» for the script and the on-screen relationship they shared in the show.«I just kind of fell in love with him immediately,» Egerton remembered. «We developed a very, very, very close connection, and I had a very special time filming those scenes. I'm very pleased with how they turned out.»The show, inspired by true events, tells the story of Jimmy Keene (played by Egerton), who is sentenced to 10 years in prison for various criminal activities, but then is given a fateful choice: Either he can stay in his minimum-security prison and serve the whole sentence or enter a maximum-security prison to befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Houser), in exchange for a reduced sentence.Houser walked the red carpet wearing a T-shirt featuring Liotta's character from , and reflected on how big a fan he was of Liotta's amazing body of work.«So many great performances he left behind.

Ray Liotta‘s daughter Karsen Liotta and his fiancée, Jacy Nittolo, team up on the red carpet for the premiere of his final small screen role, Black Bird.

Taron Egerton is looking back on his special time working with the late Ray Liotta on the new Apple TV+ series “Black Bird”.

EXCLUSIVE: Alessandro Nivola is set to co-star alongside André  Holland in Apple TV+’s The Big Cigar, a new, six episode limited series that will chronicle the story of Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton’s escape to Cuba. The new series will be showrun and executive produced by NAACP Image Award winner Janine Sherman Barrois , with Holland starring as Newton, and Don Cheadle on board to direct and executive produce the first two episodes. The growing ensemble cast also includes Tiffany Boone.

What are we without our memories? It’s an intriguing concept behind “Surface.” The Apple TV+ series hails from Veronica West — who was behind the critically acclaimed streaming adaptation of “High Fidelity.” Set in San Francisco, the psychological thriller sees its central character waking to a nightmare featuring a forgotten past and secrets at every turn. The series stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Sophie, a woman searching for answers after losing her memory.

Attempts to resurrect a stalled seven-storey apartment block development have failed because ‘many investors’ bought ‘off-plan’ flats there before they were built, councillors have heard. When given planning permission in 2014, the development at 4-14 Great Moor Street was was described as an apartment block offering ‘world class facilities’ for 140 university students.