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It’s good to be back. Yellowjackets left fans with plenty of questions about the fate of the group in the wilderness — and whether the aftermath of their trauma would lead to more shocking deaths.

Yellowjackets kicks off its second season this month.Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, the mystery thriller series follows a girls’ football team in 1996 who, while travelling to a tournament in Seattle, crash-land in the Canadian wilderness and are left stranded for nineteen months. Between their attempts to survive, the show also jumps to their adult lives in the present day.The show’s first season received seven nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards last year, including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nods for Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci.Other members of the cast include Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nelisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Sammi Hanratty and Juliette Lewis.The exact number of episodes hasn’t been officially confirmed.

Yellowjackets should be arrested immediately. Gracing the in a range of jewel-toned and pastel hues, up-and-coming actresses Ella Purnell, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, and Liv Hewson cemented their place alongside established stars Christina Ricci and Melanie Lynskey at the 2022 Emmy Awards. Ella Purnell portrays Jackie in the Showtime series, which has already been renewed for a second season.

Taking a break from filming! Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci and more of the Yellowjackets crew showed support for their hit show at the 2022 Emmys.

Kicking things up a notch. As the Yellowjackets cast films season 2, Samantha Hanratty dropped some hints about what fans can expect from the Showtime series.

Melanie Lynskey and Juno Temple brighten up the navy blue carpet in lime green looks at the 2022 Paramount Emmy Party held at Catch LA on Saturday night (September 10) in West Hollywood, Calif.

Call it third time lucky.

Yellowjackets as the adult version of Van, Showtime announced Thursday.The alum will be a series regular, confirming speculation that the character — whose fate was left unclear at the end of the first season — is indeed still alive and kicking. Actress Liv Hewson, who played the teen version of Van, has also been promoted to series regular for season 2.Filming on the new season goes into production in Vancouver later this month.Back in February, ET connected with Hewson and co-star Tawny Cypress, who plays the adult version of Taissa, about their characters' budding romance and the prospects of an adult Van joining the fray.“Taissa’s marriage seems to be in shambles,” Cypress said, referring to Taissa’s estranged wife, Simone (Rukiya Bernard), in the present day. “It’d be really fun to see an adult Taissa meeting up with an adult Van and where that goes and what that history is all about.”  “Poor Simone, oh my god,” Hewson added.

The Addams Family and 1995’s Caspar, admitted that she wished she’d done some things differently across the decade.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Ricci said: “This is very dark, but I would just like to go back to that age and do it over again and not make so many fucking mistakes. Honestly, I regret so much.“I’d like to go back to 1996 and be like, ‘All right… we had a practice run.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Fallout” TV series adaptation at Amazon has added Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones, and Aaron Moten to its cast as series regulars, Variety has learned exclusively.The trio join previously announced cast members Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins in the series version of the popular video game franchise. As with past casting announcements, exact details on who the new additions will be playing are being kept under wraps.Like the video games on which it is based, the “Fallout” series is set in a world where the future envisioned by Americans in the late 1940s explodes upon itself through a nuclear war in 2077.MacLachlan is an iconic actor of the big and small screen, known for his work with David Lynch in projects like “Twin Peaks” (both the original and the Showtime revival), “Dune,” and “Blue Velvet.” On TV, he is also known for playing the mayor of Portland in the comedy series “Portlandia” and recently appeared in the Peacock limited series “Joe vs.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterZendaya made history in 2020 when, at age 24, the “Euphoria” star became the youngest actor to win the Emmy for lead actress in a drama for her role on the first sea- son of the HBO show. The victory was a highly celebrated upset that proved acclaim for a show centered on teens is possible when on the rare occasion it breaks through with older audiences.While “Euphoria” is still in the game, Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” has also buzzed its way into the awards conversation, and roughly 50% of that is thanks to the show’s younger stars.“‘Yellowjackets’ is so unique in showing just how complicated and messy humans are, never mind teenagers,” says Samantha Hanratty, who plays teen Misty vs.

Jordan Moreau More Sony video games are getting the TV treatment, as president Jim Ryan revealed in an investor briefing on Thursday that popular PlayStation titles “Horizon Zero Dawn” and “Gran Turismo” are the latest games going Hollywood.The “Horizon Zero Dawn” series, based on the popular video games where robotic dinosaurs roam a post-apocalyptic America, is in development at Netflix, while “Gran Turismo,” a racing series, hasn’t landed a distributor yet.In addition to the new projects, Sony confirmed that the “God of War” series, which was first announced in March as being shopped around to Amazon, has landed at the Prime Video streamer.Sony and PlayStation Productions are ramping up their projects based on their popular video games, which was first kicked off with the “Uncharted” movie starring Tom Holland earlier this year. The next highly anticipated title is the “Last of Us” series coming to HBO, which stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as the zombie apocalypse survivors Joel and Ellie.

Geeked Week — a five-day virtual fan event which began last year to premiere exclusive news from the streamer — released a trailer for its upcoming content and announced a new set of hosts for this year’s festivities, taking place June 6-10.The trailer, narrated by David Harbour of “Stranger Things,” promises new footage and information about titles like “The Sandman,” based on the 1990s DC Comics of the same name and starring Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie and Kirby Howell-Baptiste. The streamer also teased updates on the highly anticipated third season of “The Umbrella Academy,” action-thriller “The Gray Man,” which features Regé-Jean Page, Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, and — of course — “Stranger Things.”“It’s time to admit that geeks are f—ing great,” Harbour says in the clip.

Clayton Davis One of the biggest stars and standouts of Showtime’s “Yellowjackets,” Christina Ricci, will be submitted in the supporting actress drama category, Variety has learned exclusively. She’ll now compete alongside her young co-stars — Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher and Samantha Hanratty.

Clayton Davis Showtime has finalized its plans on how to submit the cast of breakout hit  “Yellowjackets” for Emmy consideration — and it comes down to which generation the star is in. Variety has learned exclusively that Showtime plans to submit Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis and Melanie Lynskey in the lead drama actress field.

Amazon Prime Video’s Fallout series is getting even starrier with the addition of Ella Purnell.

Ella Purnell, who plays Jackie on “Yellowjackets,” will star opposite Walton Goggins in the upcoming “Fallout” TV series at Amazon, TheWrap has learned.It’s based on the video game series of the same name, which launched in 1997, and is set in 2077 after a global thermonuclear war. No details about Purnell’s character are confirmed at this time.

Yellowjackets‘ Ella Purnell is set to headline Fallout, Prime Video’s series adaptation of the bestselling game franchise. The series comes from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films, with Nolan set to direct the premiere. Purnell joins previously cast lead Walton Goggins.

Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead took first place in the inaugural #OscarsFanFavorite contest, put on by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to showcase more popular movies and announced Sunday during the Oscar telecast.

 fans, prepare for a wild ride because the show's creators are upping the stakes in season 2. ET's Lauren Zima spoke to Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards Sunday, where they teased what's to come in season 2.«We can't tease too much,» Nickerson admitted. «Hopefully, it'll be good.»«I think I think [what] we can tease, is that we aim to up the stakes in season 2, so, I'm gonna leave it there,» Lyle added.

So many stars stepped out for the Miu Miu Womenswear Ready-to-Wear Fall/Winter 2022/2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week at Palais d’Iena on Tuesday (March 8) in Paris, France.

Megan Thee Stallion strikes a pose ahead of the Coach’s fashion show during 2022 New York Fashion Week on Monday (February 14) in New York City.

Yellowjackets was renewed for a second season and fans are dying to know when the show will return with new episodes to Showtime.

EXCLUSIVE: Mia Sinclair Jenness (Arcane) will star alongside Kunal Nayyar, Lucy Hale, Christina Hendricks, David Arquette and Scott Foley in The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, an adaptation of Gabrielle Zevin’s New York Times bestselling novel, which is currently in production in Cape Cod.

Arcane is coming back!

Fresh off a suspenseful Season 1 cliffhanger, Riot Games’ League of Legends animated series Arcane has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix.

Christina Ricci shows off her baby bump at the premiere of her new Showtime series, Yellowjackets, held at the Hollywood American Legion on Wednesday night (November 10) in Los Angeles.

Arcane is here!

“Army of Thieves” has major “him?!” energy, and that’s part of the charm, for a little while at least. Of all the bad-asses and gritty heroes introduced in Zack Snyder’s Netflix zombie epic “Army of the Dead,” played by the likes of Dave Bautista, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Ella Purnell, the last character you’d expect to get a prequel-spin-off was the harmless German safecracker Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer), him with his high-pitched squeals whenever zombies were near.

Hailee Steinfeld (Hawkeye, Dickinson), Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Army of the Dead) and Kevin Alejandro (Lucifer, The Returned)  are among the actors who will lend their voices to the iconic characters of Riot Games’ League of Legends.

We already know that Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino is working on a new version of “Lord of the Flies.” However, it appears that Showtime might have beat him to the punch with the new series, “Yellowjackets.” READ MORE: Summer TV Preview: Over 40 Series To Watch As seen in the trailer for “Yellowjackets,” the new Showtime series follows the story of a female high school soccer team that finds itself involved in a plane crash.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe first “Star Trek” series created for kids has its full cast.

Paramount+ today offered up a first-look at the alien starship crew – and the voice actors behind it – for the upcoming all-new animated children’s series Star Trek: Prodigy.

Zack Snyder's Army of The Dead has finally hit streaming platform Netflix and the film has been a treat for fans who love to get lost in zombie world. Starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell and , the film has opened to mixed reactions from across the globe.

Zack Snyder’s much-awaited zombie-action epic led by Dave Bautista has released in American theaters and will eventually land upon a major OTT platform. The film is a limited release and the fans are gearing up to watch this considering theaters are open in the US after a really long time.