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| 'Lenni': Toni Collette comedy-drama series coming to Apple TV | Toni Collette will star in the new Apple TV comedy-drama series Lenni. The Hereditary and United States of Tara actress, 54, will play the title character, Lenni, "a divorced social worker who, after a family tragedy, tries to protect her loved ones from the rough-and-tumble of life," an official synopsis reads. Lenni is an English-language reimagining of the Norwegian show Pernille. Sarah Scheller wrote the adaptation, which is directed by Dearbhla Walsh (Bad Sisters, Margo's Got Money Troubles). Other cast members include Ciaran Hinds, Dan Wyllie, Josh McKenzie, Celeste Barber, Genevieve Hegney, Arka Das and Wayne Blair. |
| Movie review: 'Godzilla Minus Zero' is a towering IMAX achievement | Godzilla Minus One was a new wartime allegory for the Toho Godzilla franchise. Godzilla Minus Zero, in theaters Friday, is a classic Godzilla Vs. sequel. The film begins not with Godzilla but with another monster attacking a city. This monster will be recognizable to Godzilla fans, and when they name him, even novices will have heard its name. Two years after Godzilla emerged from the ravages of World War II, Japan has established an entire department of its weather service for Godzilla sightings. Chief Nado (Hidetaka Yoshioka) runs the bureau and Dr. Aoyama (Masami Nagasawa) has established herself with keen predictions. |
| '12 Days of Snoopy' trailer introduces new 'Peanuts' holiday special | Apple TV will release a new Peanuts holiday special in November. The streaming service shared a trailer for Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy on Wednesday. 12 Days of Snoopy is an animated special set in the world of Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip that finds Snoopy, the beloved pet dog of Charlie Brown, placed on Santa's naughty list. "With just 12 days until Christmas, [Snoopy] sets out to prove he's not such a bad beagle after all, discovering along the way that the season is about more than gifts," an official synopsis reads. The special features a score by Jeff Morrow and original music from John Legend, Kamasi Washington and Laufey. 12 Days of Snoopy premieres Nov. 13 on Apple TV ahead of Christmas. |
| 'Trinity': Richard Madden thriller gets trailer, Dec. 1 premiere date | Netflix is giving a glimpse of the new series Trinity. The streaming service shared a trailer featuring Game of Thrones actor Richard Madden and a December premiere date for the show Wednesday. Trinity is a political thriller from Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio, who previously worked with Madden on that series. The new show stars Madden as the U.S. Secretary of Defense and Surface actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw as a naval commander, who form an unlikely bond amid a conspiracy surrounding a top-secret program called Trinity. Trinity combines "high-octane action with a nail-biting conspiracy thriller," Mercurio told Netflix's Tudum. |
| Dawn Olivieri: Jenna steps into her power in 'Homestead' S2 | SEAL Team, 1883 and Lioness actress Dawn Olivieri says her Homestead character Jenna is a much different woman in Season 2 of the post-apocalyptic survival drama than she was in Season 1. "I started this season making a pact with myself that I was going to try as a woman to step into my power, versus that first season, where everything was happening to her," Olivieri told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. "She was just very emotional, very incapable of doing much and I even, just as an actress, as Dawn herself, was very frustrated with that modality because, in my real life, I'm very opposite of that. I'm very capable. I'm very solution-oriented. |