Netflix Boarding Third Season Of Hit Israeli Drama ‘Shtisel’ With Shira Haas

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Shtisel, the popular Israeli television drama that was her big break. It involves a lot of long days and nights, but Haas doesn't mind.

It’s an oddly catchy sound, a persistent noise coming from boomboxes and car stereos. Almost no one in “Cut Throat City,” the latest gangster flick from RZA, comments on it, but we know they hear it and we know what it symbolizes.

Following his 2012 directorial debut, martial arts homage The Man With the Iron Fists, and 2017’s romantic musical drama Love Beats Rhymes, filmmaker, composer and producer RZA changes up genres once again for his third feature, a convoluted New Orleans-set heist pic.

Supernatural star Jensen Ackles is joining the cast of The Boys for its third season.Following the Amazon Prime Video announcement on Monday (August 17), the news means that Ackles is going from one Eric Kripke show to another.Writing in a caption to his Instagram video, the actor said: “I keep wondering what I’ll do… when @cw_supernatural finally ends this year.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticHeist films, from “Rififi” to “Ocean’s Eleven” to “Widows,” are all about the planning. They’re missions impossible, and the fun of almost every heist movie is: Can it make the intricacy of a robbery thrilling yet plausible? But in “Cut Throat City,” the third feature directed by the RZA, the posse of desperate amateur thugs who rip off a New Orleans casino scarcely have a plan, and does that ever show.

Antonia Blyth Deputy Editor, AwardsLineDespite many more high-profile, starry productions, one of Netflix’s most talked-about shows this year was arguably its most low-key. Inspired by Deborah Feldman’s bestselling memoir of the same name, the four-part Unorthodox tells the story of Esther “Esty” Shapiro (played by newcomer Shira Haas), a 19-year-old Hasidic Jewish woman living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

1. LuciferSeason 5 The Tom Ellis-led fantasy finds Lucifer bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, while back on Earth, Detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German) is adjusting to her life with one less devil around. “It’s our best season yet,” showrunner Joe Henderson tells EW. “It’s funny and dark and twisted and sad and joyous.”When: Friday on Netflix

Ellise Shafer editorThe creators of the Emmy-nominated limited series “Unorthodox” knew from the beginning that executing a show based on Deborah Feldman’s memoir would be no small feat.Bringing the story of how Feldman fled her Hasidic community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for Berlin took copious amounts of research from actor Shira Haas, who plays Esty Shapiro; showrunner and writer Anna Winger; director Maria Schrader; costume designer Justine Seymour; and casting director Esther

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Fauda and Shtisel producer-distributor Yes Studios has quietly begun production in Israel on big-canvas drama The Beauty Queen Of Jerusalem, which marks its biggest investment to date.Set in the early-mid 20th century, the ambitious series will chart the passionate and tragic history of a family living through the Ottoman Empire, The British Mandate and Israel’s War of Independence.

Megan thee Stallion just dropped her first beauty tutorial and it’s just as epic as you’d expect.On Monday, August 10, the 25-year-old rapper posted a YouTube video showcasing how she created her bold makeup look for her Revlon photo shoot.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: ChaiFlicks, which bills itself as the first streaming service devoted to Jewish and Israeli entertainment, is launching in North America on Wednesday.The platform was founded by Neil Friedman and Heidi Bogin Oshin, who run Menemsha Films, and Bill Weiner, a former senior executive at New Regency.Menemsha’s recent releases have included The Women’s Balcony, Gloomy Sunday, Dough, The Rape of Europa and 1945.

Kate Aurthur editorProduction on scripted television has only recently started again internationally, having been shut down since March when the coronavirus pandemic swept across the globe. Now that it’s beginning again, crew members are clad in PPE, and common wisdom has dictated that actors are safest if they are socially distant even as they film — posing a challenge for fight scenes and love scenes.

TheWrap-Up,” hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed the controversy surrounding Ellen DeGeneres and her show, Donald Trump’s big interview with Jonathan Swan from Axios and the exit of NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Telegdy following allegations of workplace misbehavior.Then, after Disney decided to pull “Mulan” from U.S.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorProduction on the third season of well-received Israeli series Shtisel is underway in Israel.The third outing for the Yes Studios-produced drama about an Orthodox family in Jerusalem will pick up four years after the events of the previous season. The nine episodes will air on Yes TV in Israel later this year.

For the 2020 Power of Young Hollywood Issue, Variety profiled three young stars making an impact in the entertainment industry. For more, click here. Long before Shira Haas drew universal acclaim and an Emmy nomination this year for her portrayal of the daring Esty Shapiro in Netflix’s “Unorthodox,” she co-starred in the Israeli drama “Shtisel,” about a sprawling Orthodox family in Jerusalem.