‘The Peripheral’: Chloë Grace Moretz To Headline Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy’s Amazon Series

A reunion of Nick Frost and Simon Pegg—stars of the beloved comedy hybrids “Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz,” and “The World’s End”—should produce abundant joy, especially given the promising concept of Amazon’s “Truth Seekers” to once again blend humor with another genre. And yet this 8-episode comedy is a shocking misfire, a deadly dull affair that feels much longer than even its 4-hour total runtime and produces an unbelievably small number of actual laughs and thrills.

It can be difficult keeping up with Kim Kardashian West’s list of enemies.

If you’re a fan of either Jake Gyllenhaal or Denis Villeneuve, you know that both are creators working at the top of their game right now. You have Gyllenhaal taking some of the most interesting and challenging roles of his career, while Villeneuve is off making ambitious sci-fi epics such as “Dune.” But the two also work incredibly well together, even if it’s been a while since we’ve seen them collaborate.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO has greenlit a limited series adaptation of the Jo Nesbø novel “The Son” with Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star and executive produce, Variety has learned.“The Son” is described as a tale of vengeance set amid Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption. Gyllenhaal will executive produce under his Nine Stories Productions banner along with Riva Marker.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterBREAKING: HBO has given a series order to an adaptation of the Jo Nesbo novel The Son with Jake Gyllenhaal on board to star and his Prisoners director Denis Villeneuve on board to direct. Gyllenhaal and Villeneuve will also exec produced the limited series with Gyllenhaal producing through his Nine Stories’ banner along with his partner Riva Marker.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterOscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins took to social media to share a hauntingly beautiful look at his upcoming Amazon limited series The Underground Railroad based on based on Colson Whitehead’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for fiction.Jenkins posted the video on Twitter with the caption “We the People…” The stunning teaser trailer pans across a sea of gorgeous Black people in a train station staring into the camera with dignity, quiet passion and a

shared by the “Moonlight” director on Twitter with the message “We the People…,” opens on a train station lobby packed with hundreds of Black Americans. The camera pans back to reveal more and more people until it reaches the literal railroad’s actual “conductors” in uniform.In a voiceover, one man says, “Who built all this?,” and another responds, “Well, who builds anything in this country?”“The Underground Railroad” stars Thuso Mbedu as Cora, Chase W.

Joe Jonas debuted his new neck tattoo on Instagram yesterday—one fans and the media alike see his wife Sophie Turner's face in. Jonas's tattoo artist NAL posted the finished ink on his Instagram, which features a key hole with Turner's eyes seemingly peering out of the Pierre Fornasetti-inspired piece.

Gorka Marquez and Dianne Buswell have known each other since they were teenagers? MORE: Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg pull out all the stops for fancy dress photoThe Strictly stars shared a photo of themselves taken many years ago, so long ago in fact, that Dianne's bright red locks are nowhere to be seen!Gorka was the first to share the snap, writing: "Look what popped up on my memories." WATCH: Gemma Atkinson tears up after surprise from boyfriend Gorka MarquezBefore long, Dianne shared the

Also Read: Chloe Grace Moretz to Star in 'Westworld' Creators' Amazon Drama 'The Peripheral'Scott B. Smith (“A Simple Plan”) created the series and will executive produce and serve as co-showrunner with Greg Plageman.

While Chloë Grace Moretz has never been shy about working in genre films previously, as she may be best known for her superhero role in the “Kick-Ass” films, recently, she’s gone for more auteur works, such as “Greta,” “Suspiria,” “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” and the never-released “I Love You, Daddy.” But lately, she appears to be jumping headfirst into genre yet again with her upcoming film, “Shadow in the Cloud” and a new Amazon series based on a novel from sci-fi author William

Also Read: HBO to Adapt Michael Crichton's 'Sphere' From 'Westworld' Creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan NolanScott B. Smith (“A Simple Plan”) created the series and will executive produce and serve as showrunner.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterChloë Grace Moretz has been cast in one of the lead roles in the upcoming series adaptation of William Gibson’s “The Peripheral” at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively.The series centers on Flynne Fisher (Moretz), a woman trying to hold together the pieces of her broken family in a forgotten corner of tomorrow’s America. Flynne is smart, ambitious and doomed.

It’s been nearly two years since the release of Barry Jenkins‘ last feature, “If Beale Street Could Talk.” But that doesn’t mean Jenkins has taken a break.