Month: January 2022

“Ozark” is heading into the homestretch as the Byrdes take flight in the fourth and final season of the Netflix drama. “Every year we want our worlds to get bigger and bigger and, at the same time, emotionally, we want to circle back on the people you care about the most,” series showrunner Chris Mundy told The Post. “The Byrde family’s relationship with each other, their relationship with Ruth, her relationship with Wyatt — you want all these themes pointed at each other, and more intensely, as you go forward. “At a certain point, something is going to have to give … as the whole train is hurdling 100 miles per hour.” Season 4 premieres Friday (Jan. 21) and is divided into two seven-episode arcs. The action picks up where Season 3 e...

Although Jesse Eisenberg is well known to movie audiences due to starring in films like Zombieland and his Oscar-nominated role in The Social Network, he is becoming a force elsewhere in the arts with a series of plays, short stories, and New Yorker pieces all now leading to a smart, funny, knowing and entirely accomplished first feature as writer and director. When You Finish Saving the World, making its world premiere tonight at the (virtual) Sundance Film Festival, puts a different spin on familial relationships as it travels on two tracks centering on an activist-workaholic-socially concerned mother whose disappointment with her teenage son’s more frivolous pursuits leads her in surprising directions, just as that boy tries against all odds to pursue a bright and desirable girl...

Photo: Danny Delgado/Freeform “Please adult responsibly” is the promotional tagline for Freeform’s Single Drunk Female, and the broadness of that directive is a tell. Over its ten-episode first season, the series attempts a light touch, not just with alcoholism and the 12-step recovery process outlined by Alcoholics Anonymous, but also with grief, Zennial aimlessness, single parenthood, fertility challenges, and the criminal-justice system. Showrunner and creator Simone Finch (of The Conners) writes from her own experiences as a 20-something struggling to get sober, and details about losing time to the disease and the pressure to make amends fe...

Hold on to your jumpsuits — Netflix’s wildly popular Squid Game series has been confirmed by the company for a second season. During its fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday, Netflix’s co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos confirmed that the Korean miniseries is returning. Asked by Nidhi Gupta of Fidelity Management and Research whether the viewers would get a second season of Netflix’s most popular series ever, Sarados said there’s more grisly action to come. “Absolutely,” he responded. “The Squid Game universe has just begun.” Previously, Hwang Dong-hyuk confirmed that the series would return, adding that he was in the “planning process.” Sarandos didn’t elaborate on when the series will return, or what an expanded Squid Game universe would look like. But if the se...

Sundance may have been forced to cancel its plans to host an in-person festival, but the shift to a virtual event isn’t likely to stifle dealmaking. After all, the 2021 edition of Sundance saw films like “Passing,” “Summer of Soul” and “CODA” score record-breaking pacts despite the fact that all-night bidding wars were conducted over Zoom. This year’s festival has a number of high-profile features that should attract buyers’ attention, either because they feature A-list stars like Lena Dunham, Dakota Johnson and Regina Hall or because they deal with hot topics like abortion rights and religion. There are also a number of documentaries exploring everything from the rise of TikTok to the fight to prevent a climate change catastrophe that could score major sales. With streaming ser...

Olivia Munn shared some adorable new photos of her and John Mulaney's son Malcolm with his 'BFF' Penny, the daughter of Dan Levy and wife Rachel Specter.  Just two months after arriving to the world, the babies, who share the same birthday, have maintained a strong friendship, according to their parents.   'Penny Levy + Malcolm Mulaney, 8 weeks old, born hours apart and across the hall from each other,' The Predator actress captioned a slideshow of the infants snuggled up to each other.   Cutie: Olivia Munn shared some adorable new photos of her and John Mulaney's son Malcolm with his 'BFF' Penny, the daughter of Dan Levy and wife Rachel Specter Upon seeing the photo, Paris Hilton commented two heart-eye emojis, while celebrity wardrobe stylist Rachel Zoe wrote: 'OM...