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Apple TV released the trailer for the thriller “Nocturne” which premieres globally Friday, Oct. 30 with the first two episodes.
Starring Liev Schreiber (“The Perfect Couple”), Zazie Beetz (“They Will Kill You”) and Stephen
Graham (“Adolescene”), the series follows Jonah Lynn (Schreiber) as “an ex-soldier turned homicide detective who, tired of working the tough streets of Philadelphia, moves to a small town in Western Pennsylvania for a quiet life. But, as the town and his family come under attack from the diabolically cunning serial killer Jurek Walter (Graham), Jonah must protect all that he holds dear. When the desperate search for Jurek’s last missing victim forces Jonah to send his surrogate daughter FBI Agent Saga Bauer (Beetz) up against Jurek, how far will Jonah go?”
“Nocturne” is produced for Apple TV by A+E Studios in association with Range Studios, written and executive produced by Rowan Joffe, and is developed for television, written and executive produced by John Hlavin who also serves as the series showrunner. Tim Van Patten directs the first two episodes and serves as executive producer. In addition to starring, Schreiber executive produces, and Beetz executive produces under her Sleepy Poppy production company. Author Lars Kepler (Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril), Øystein Karlsen, David Rysdahl, Dorothy Fortenberry and Niclas Salomonsson also serve as executive producers, while Julie Herrin serves as co-executive producer. Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson executive produce for A+E Studios. Heather Kadin, Peter Micelli and Jack Whigham executive produce for Range Studios.
Watch the full trailer here:
First Looks/Trailers
Hulu has revealed the trailer for the second half of “Rivals” Season 2.
The second season of the show picks up with Episodes 7-12 as the stakes get higher for the residents of Rutshire after the mid-season finale. Tony Baddingham (David Tennant) and Declan O’Hara (Aidan Turner) battle for the Cotswolds crown, and Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) must confront his demons. Amidst the chaos of the franchise war, Taggie O’Hara (Bella Maclean) must follow her heart.
“Rivals” also stars Nafessa Williams, Katherine Parkinson, Danny Dyer, Victoria Smurfit, Claire Rushbrook, Oliver Chris, Lisa McGrillis, Emily Atack, Rufus Jones, Luca Pasqualino, Catriona Chandler, Annabel Scholey, Gary Lamont, Hubert Burton, Gabriel Tierney, Lara Peake and Bryony Hannah.
“Rivals” is executive produced by Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Alexander Lamb, Felicity Blunt, Elliot Hegarty, Laura Wade and “Rivals” author Dame Jilly Cooper. Eliza Mellor is series producer. The show is written by Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Laura Wade, Sophie Goodhart, Sam Hoare, Mimi Hare, Clare Naylor, Sorcha Kurien-Walsh and Dare Aiyegbayo, and directed by Elliot Hegarty, Jamie J Johnson and Dee Koppang O’Leary. “Rivals” is based on the novel of the same name, part of Cooper’s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles.
The series was greenlit for a third season with 12 new episodes in June.
“Rivals” Season 2 continues with a three-episode premiere on Nov. 11. Watch the trailer below.
Acquisitions
The hit animated franchise Super Boomi is headed to Netflix on Oct. 5.
With over 8 billion views, the eight season series is one of Asia’s breakout kids properties and will now be available to audiences around the world.
The series follows “Boomi, an endlessly imaginative young bear whose ordinary life transforms when he creates the spectacular virtual universe of StarWorld. Using his coding genius and creativity, Boomi turns ideas into colorful game worlds, fantastical adventures and larger-than-life challenges that he and his friends work together to solve.”
“This deal with Netflix is truly a dream come true,” creator Trevor Lai said. “For years, we’ve watched BOOMi connect with kids and families across Asia, and now Netflix gives us the opportunity to introduce him and his world to audiences on a truly global scale. We look forward to bringing BOOMi to millions of new fans and beginning this exciting new phase of growth for the franchise.”
Lai created Super Boomii through Up Studios, the entertainment company he founded to build original character-driven franchises with global potential. Adrian Askarieh and Prime Universe Films helped bring the property to Netflix.
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Dark Slope, the Toronto-based entertainment company and virtual production studio, announced Tuesday the acquisition of virtual production assets from Pixomondo, a visual effects and virtual production company owned by Sony Entertainment.
This acquisition significantly expanded the company’s capacity to support large-scale film and television productions across Canada, including building on Dark Slope’s existing 75,000-square-foot Toronto production campus. It also gives the company the space for equipment and infrastructure to design and deploy custom LED volumes for productions.
“Productions are under enormous pressure to deliver bigger, more cinematic worlds while being smarter about managing ever-evolving budgets and production schedules,” Dan Fill, President of Dark Slope said. “Dark Slope has always been focused on solving that problem: Giving filmmakers an elevated look without an elevated price tag? This acquisition takes us a step further. We can now build a custom LED volume to virtually any scale and bring it to the production, rather than forcing the production to fit the stage.”
Pixomondo has built LED stages with the acquired equipment for productions including Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy. By integrating these assets with Dark Slope’s existing virtual production infrastructure and team, Dark Slope will be able to support productions at greater scale while giving filmmakers more flexibility in how and where they shoot.
Dark Slope is the virtual production company behind popular titles like “Ginny & Georgia,” “The Boys,” “Gen V” and “Heated Rivalry.”
