‘Defending Jacob’ Team On The Mystery Series’ Cinematic Roots — Contenders TV

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“The Killing” may have been ahead of its time.Veena Sud’s crime drama, which first ran on AMC and was later picked up by Netflix, delivered a 13-episode first season in 2011 that declined to solve the central mystery of who killed small-town teen Rosie Larsen (Katie Findlay). When the season ended that June, there was an uproar on social media from the audience.

Chris Evans is conducting an interview on a Zoom call. It’s as awkward as any Zoom conference call can be when you’re forced to look at someone on a computer screen, but he’s a professional.

Pete Hammond, Dominic Patten With voting for this year’s Emmy nominations coming into the final stretch, today’s episode of our Deadline weekly podcast, TV Talk , once again dives into a handicap of some key races, in this case for Best Limited Series  and Best Movie Made For Television.  Among top contenders in the uber-crowded Limited Series race are so many top quality productions that TV Critic Dominic Patten has his own list , and Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond

The Righteous Gemstones, Danny McBride's comedy about a megachurch televangelist and his progeny in whom "the works of the flesh are evident," was a modest hit for HBO when it debuted in August.

Joey King and Jacob Elordi may have called it quits IRL, but they’re trying to make a long-distance relationship work on-screen in The Kissing Booth 2!

 trailer is here!Fans have patiently been waiting to see Joey King and Jacob Elordi reprise their respective roles as Elle Evans and Noah Flynn in the sequel, and Netflix finally released the first official sneak peek look at the new romantic comedy on Monday.It appears Elle and Noah, who struck up a romance in the first movie, are still going strong, but having some struggles as they try to make their long-distance relationship work.

Britney Spears no longer has to face cyberbullying alone — whether it is a troll hiding behind a fake identity or singer/producer Timbaland. Britney’s boyfriend (and some believe fiance) has come to her defense once again after Timbaland publicly shamed her.

Gigi Hadid and Yolanda Hadid are both speaking out amid questions from an investigator who presented alleged findings that Ghislaine Maxwell was staying at their family farm.

Twenty One Pilots’ next album, saying they could write “two very different records next”.The band are currently working on the follow-up to their 2018 release ‘Trench’, which marked their fifth studio album.Speaking to AltPress, Joseph said he wasn’t interested in reacting to current events, but admitted he wasn’t “really sure which direction we’re gonna go yet”.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorThere are some heavy hitters behind the Apple TV Plus limited series “Defending Jacob,” including Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award nominees and winner. But star/executive producer Chris Evans wants everyone to remember he’s got some impressive trophies himself.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe art of adapting a novel into a television series is a tricky business, one that involves speaking to the audience that has already read the book while also drawing in viewers who have not.

Tuesday’s edition of “America’s Got Talent” introduced viewers to an amazing young man, 12-year-old Jacob Velazquez.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Apple has signed an overall deal with Defending Jacob creator, executive producer and showrunner Mark Bomback. Under the multi-year pact, Bomback will develop new TV projects exclusively for Apple TV+.The overall deal comes a month after thriller Defending Jacob, starring Chris Evans, wrapped its eight-episode run.

Brandon Choe Photo EditorEXCLUSIVE: Quibi is developing a scripted murder-mystery series produced by Blumhouse Television.Created by Anthony Horowitz (Midsomer Murders, Foyle’s War), the working-titled Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue follows the tale of nine strangers who find themselves lost in a remote Mexican jungle after their small plane crashes. The plot thickens as members are murdered one by one and the remaining survivors must solve the mystery.

former cop Joseph DeAngelo, committed over 50 rapes, 13 murders and 100 burglaries in California from 1974-86.  For decades his identity eluded both the police and the public — but thanks, in part, to McNamara’s book (and DNA testing) he was identified and caught in April 2018 — while Oswalt, Garbus and their team were filming “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark.”“I think maybe in the back of my mind I thought that [catching the killer] would happen,” says Oswalt.

“Twister” is an interesting film to discuss with folks. Some will swear by its campy, silly tone and say the Jan de Bont film is a classic.

A defiant June rallies an army against Gilead in the trailer for the fourth series of The Handmaid’s Tale.