Dispatches From Elsewhere

EXCLUSIVE: The Dispatcher, created by author John Scalzi, started life as an Audible audiobook narrated by Zachary Quinto.

Norman Lloyd, the Emmy-nominated veteran actor, producer and director whose career ranged from The Mercury Theater, Alfred Hitchcock’s Saboteur and acting with Charlie Chaplin in Limelight to St. Elsewhere, Dead Poets Society and The Practice, died May 10 in his sleep at his Los Angeles home. He was 106. A family friend confirmed the news to Deadline.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAMC’s “Dispatches from Elsewhere” follows a core group of four seemingly ordinary individuals who are thrust together to be a team to play a mysterious game that include a supposed missing woman and a dodgy corporate institute.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticJason Segel, the creator, writer, director, producer and star of the innovative AMC series Dispatches From Elsewhere, said it straight out during Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event: he is essentially playing himself.“My character starts out not knowing who he is and by the 10th episode I become Jason Segel – literally by name. I wanted to write something from my gut.

Ellise Shafer editorJason Segel, Eve Lindley and André Benjamin joined the Variety Streaming Room for a Q&A after a screening of the first episode from their new TV series, “Dispatches From Elsewhere.” Moderated by Variety senior editor Michael Schneider, the stars discussed the making of the series, their connection to their characters and what they hope the audience takes away from the show.“Dispatches From Elsewhere” was created by Segel and premiered March 1 on AMC.

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Janice’s episode brings into focus a theme that’s been building throughout the show: people brought into the Jejune and Elsewhere world are all battling some type of loneliness. With Peter, it’s loneliness borne of personality — he’s a wallflower who doesn’t know how to live vivaciously.

Janice’s episode brings into focus a theme that’s been building throughout the show: people brought into the Jejune and Elsewhere world are all battling some type of loneliness. With Peter, it’s loneliness borne of personality — he’s a wallflower who doesn’t know how to live vivaciously.

Janice’s episode brings into focus a theme that’s been building throughout the show: people brought into the Jejune and Elsewhere world are all battling some type of loneliness. With Peter, it’s loneliness borne of personality — he’s a wallflower who doesn’t know how to live vivaciously.

Janice’s episode brings into focus a theme that’s been building throughout the show: people brought into the Jejune and Elsewhere world are all battling some type of loneliness. With Peter, it’s loneliness borne of personality — he’s a wallflower who doesn’t know how to live vivaciously.

In the first episode of Dispatches from Elsewhere we met Peter, Jason Segel’s main character who gets pulled into an apparent war between two mysterious entities that claim to offer something beyond ordinary life: the Jejune Institute and the Elsewhere Society.

In the first episode of Dispatches from Elsewhere we met Peter, Jason Segel’s main character who gets pulled into an apparent war between two mysterious entities that claim to offer something beyond ordinary life: the Jejune Institute and the Elsewhere Society.

TV viewers haven't seen much of Jason Segel since How I Met Your Mother ended its long run in 2014. Even moviegoers haven't seen him as much as they used to.

All sorts of things bring people together — from shared interests and beliefs to work, culture, and religion. On the trippy new AMC drama Dispatches From Elsewhere, four strangers connect — perhaps by chance, perhaps not so coincidentally at all — when they discover a puzzle hidden in plain sight. But having a common goal doesn't necessarily make small talk any easier.

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Oscar-nominated actor Richard E. Grant says he was attracted to his new role on AMC’s “Dispatches from Elsewhere” because he didn’t understand it.

Jason Segel wants to bring some magic into your life!