New Hollywood Podcast: Jurnee Smollett Is Queen Of ‘Lovecraft Country’; Actress Talks Season Finale And Future Of Series

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe season finale of Misha Green’s Lovecraft Country on HBO has found an audience — a very loyal audience.

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe finale of “Lovecraft Country” season 1 delivered plenty of drama and plenty of viewers for HBO.A total audience of 1.5 million tuned in on Sunday night across all platforms, marking a season high for the well-received drama. That number is up around 16% from the season premiere back in August.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticSPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of tonight’s Lovecraft Country Season 1 finale“As an artist, I make art to start conversations, and one always hopes their art is a reflection of the times,” says Lovecraft Country showrunner Misha Green in a definite understatement of the discourse and timeliness of the HBO series that wrapped up its first season tonightBased on Matt Ruff’s 2016 novel of the same name, the Green, Jordan Peele and J.J.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterSPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Sunday night’s season finale of Lovecraft Country.Ever since Misha Green unleashed the wonder that is Lovecraft Country to the world in August, she, along with an all-star roster of writers and directors has immersed us in the LCCU: The Lovecraft Country Cinematic Universe. The series played out like an anthology of sorts that connect to create a 10-hour movie.

, HBO’s series based on Matt Ruff’s novel about an extended Black family surviving among a world of real-life horrors and supernatural terrors, ended as ambitiously as it started — making good on its promise as very “necessary” viewing this fall. But creator Misha Green tells ET there are “seasons upon seasons” of stories left to tell. The season 1 finale not only attempted to wrap up multiple storylines involving Leti (Jurnee Smollett), Atticus (Jonathan Majors), Montrose (Michael K.

Carole Horst For HBO’s “Lovecraft Country,” production designer Kalina Ivanov’s work had to not only convey and reflect the 1950s Midwest and Chicago, but also tackle the supernatural, monsters, drag queens, 1921 Tulsa, outer space, 1920s Paris and the Dahomey Amazons of 19th century Africa. It was an epic task that Ivanov and her term handled with eye-popping aplomb.Ahead of the Oct.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Former The Last Ship star Travis Van Winkle and NCIS: New Orleans alumna Shalita Grant are set as series regulars opposite Penn Badgley and Victoria Pedretti on the upcoming third season of Netflix series You.Developed by Sera Gamble and Greg Berlanti, You is based on Caroline Kepnes’ bestselling books You and Hidden Bodies.

"Lovecraft Country" star Jurnee Smollett took to social media to tell her fans that she sustained some on-set injuries while filming the tragic 1921 Tulsa Massacre in episode 9.The 34-year-old "Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey" actress shared an Instagram photo of her bandaged arm and what could be bruises that she got from filming the fiery scene in the episode.

Jurnee Smollett, 34, revealed that she almost pulled the plug on acting at one point in her career, but a South African trip to help those less fortunate is what changed her mind, in a new intimate interview.

Will Thorne Staff WriterWelcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV.Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them.

Janelle Monáe will play a special virtual reality concert on the season finale of HBO’s Lovecraft Country.The event, titled Music of the Cosmos, will mark Monáe’s first ever performance in VR. It will air after the finale on October 20, 3am BST.

Covid-19 pandemic, experts have warned.Leading charity Cancer Research UK said it is "really worried" about the impact of the crisis.It said there is a “danger of replacing one health crisis with another in time" if cancer services are not restored over the winter.They said it is “essential” these services recover from the toll of the pandemic.The warning came as the charity estimated that three million people in the UK have missed out on cancer screening since the end of March.And more than

, is at its best when it blends history with horror, showing how institutionalized racism in America and the monsters within are just as evil as the supernatural beings inspired by author H.P. Lovecraft.

“Evil” will be returning to Global with its second season, and the series’ cast and creators appeared virtually on Saturday for a panel hosted by New York Comic Con.

Operation Christmas Drop, to look forward to, not to mention the third (!) sequel starring Vanessa Hudgens. This year has been—let's just say it—horrific, but all the holiday cheer Netflix is supplying may just cancel things out.

Dino-Ray Ramos, Amanda N'Duka Actress and singer Eva Noblezada had her first big break playing the iconic role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon. She first appeared in the starring role in London before heading to the Broadway revival where she scored her first Tony Award nomination. Miss Saigon is the entry for many Asian Americans — especially Filipinos — into the entertainment world.

Jurnee Smollett’s mom has a crush on her daughter’s new co-star.