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/It is almost time to put the winter coats, gloves, and hats away and break out the t-shirts and sandals. This Sunday our clocks will be "springing forward," but no matter the time of year (or time of day), casts and crews remain busy at our soundstages. Learn more about the films and television programs that shoot at our facilities.
Limited Series "Long Bright River" Coming to Peacock on March 13
Emmy-winning actress Amanda Seyfried ("The Dropout") anchors the cast of "Long Bright River," a crime drama about a Philadelphia police officer who patrols a neighborhood ravaged by the opioid crisis. The upcoming limited series is an adaptation of the best-selling Liz Moore novel of the same name, which is set in Kensington, a notorious Philadelphia neighborhood plagued by open-air drug markets.
Seyfried, who hails from Allentown, a former industrial city an hour northwest of Philadelphia, told Vanity Fair that immediately after reading the novel she had to be part of the adaptation. "I knew that I had to do this. I felt like I owed something to Philly," she said.
In "Long Bright River," Seyfried plays Mickey Fitzpatrick, a single mother and police officer who worries about the addicts and sex workers in her jurisdiction, but also can't seem to help them improve their circumstances. After a series of murders in the neighborhood, she learns that her missing sister, an addict named Kacey (Ashleigh Cummings), might be tied to the recent deaths.
The cast includes Nicholas Pinnock, Callum Vinson, and John Doman in supporting roles, while recurring cast members include Dash Mihok, Britne Oldford, Matthew Del Negro, Harriet Sansom Harris, Patch Darragh, and Perry Mattfeld.
The novelist Moore co-wrote the adaptation with showrunner and director Nikki Toscano ("Revenge"). All eight episodes will be available for streaming on Peacock on March 13.
"Poker Face" Announces Even More Season Two Guest Stars
As we have previously reported, the new season of Peacock's hit whodunit "Poker Face” employs the talents of dozens upon dozens of guest stars. We continue to receive news of even more celebrities who will be appearing in the new season, which is set to drop sometime this spring. Fans in the Los Angeles area can attend an exclusive first screening and a conversation with star Natasha Lyonne and series creator Rian Johnson at PaleyFest LA on March 29.
The case-of-the-week murder mystery show centers around former casino worker Charlie Cale (Lyonne) who has the preternatural ability to tell when someone is lying. As she drives across the country hiding from casino bosses, Charlie draws on her skills to solve crimes that happen along the way. This season Charlie will find herself in New York City, which gave us the opportunity to provide our facilities for filming. When we last saw Charlie two years ago, she was on the run again after casino head Cliff LeGrand (Benjamin Bratt) and crime syndicate head Beatrix Hasp (voiced by Rhea Perlman) attempted to frame her for murder in Atlantic City. Following Cliff's arrest by the FBI, Charlie faced a dire choice: work with Hasp and her syndicate or keep running.
Perlman will continue her role as Hasp in the new season, and Simon Helberg, who played FBI agent Luca Clark in the first season, will be returning as well.
Since each episode finds Charlie in a different town solving a new mystery, each week brings in a new guest star, typically as either a victim or murderer. NBC recently dropped first-look photos from the new season, showing some of the guest stars set to appear, including Katie Holmes, John Mulaney, and Cynthia Erivo.
The most recently announced guest stars include two of Lyonne's fellow actresses from Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black," which ran from 2013 to 2019 — Taylor Schilling, who starred as inmate Piper Chapman, and Adrienne C. Moore, who played inmate Cindy "Black Cindy" Hayes. In 2014 Lyonne earned an Emmy nomination for her performance as inmate Nicky Nichols, a drug addict from a wealthy but dysfunctional family. The show's final season utilized Broadway Stages' Arthur Kill Correctional Facility as a stand-in for Litchfield Max.
John Cho ("Harold & Kumar"), Davionte "GaTa" Ganter ("Dave"), David Alan Grier ("In Living Color"), Patti Harrison ("Shrill"), Richard Kind ("Only Murders in the Building"), Natasha Leggero ("Chelsea Lately"), Haley Joel Osment ("The Sixth Sense"), Lili Taylor ("Say Anything..."), Justin Theroux ("White House Plumbers"), Lauren Tom ("The Joy Luck Club"), and Geraldine Viswanathan ("Miracle Workers") have also recently been announced as guest stars.
Previously announced guest stars include Awkwafina, Sherry Cola, Kevin Corrigan, Giancarlo Esposito, Corey Hawkins, Gaby Hoffmann, Carol Kane, David Krumholtz, Melanie Lynskey, Ben Marshall, Margo Martindale, Kumail Nanjiani, Katherine Narducci, B.J. Novak, Ego Nwodim, Simon Rex, Sam Richardson, Jason Ritter, Alia Shawkat, and Cliff "Method Man" Smith.
CBS Cancels "FBI" Spin-Offs
"FBI: Most Wanted" premiered in 2020 as the first spin-off of CBS's popular "FBI" series. The following year, CBS launched a second spin-off, "FBI: International." Sadly all good things must come to an end, and neither series will continue beyond their current seasons.
"FBI: Most Wanted" is currently shooting its sixth and final season at our Brooklyn stages. The first two seasons starred Julian McMahon as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix who oversaw the FBI's elite Fugitive Task Force. In a third season shocker, a fugitive killed LaCroix, and McMahon left the show. Dylan McDermott joined as new team leader Special Agent Remy Scott immediately after exiting another Broadway Stages production, "Law & Order: Organized Crime," where he played the villainous crime boss Richard Wheatley for two seasons.
The fourth season saw the addition of Edwin Hodge as Special Agent Ray Cannon, and in the following season Shantel VanSanten joined the force as Special Agent Nina Chase. While the cast has changed a good deal over six seasons, two cast members remain who have appeared in every episode: Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes and Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson.
The flagship "FBI" films at Gettywood, a 67,000-square-foot facility in Long Island conceived by production designer Malchus Janocko. The site was a Getty oil storage terminal before Broadway Stages purchased the property. Today it is a full backlot with multiple shooting locations. In 2024, CBS gave "FBI" a three-season renewal, ensuring that the show would run at least nine seasons and remain on the air through the 2026-2027 broadcast season.
Unfortunately, "FBI: Most Wanted" will finish its run this year. The sixth season will contain 22 episodes, bringing the series total to 108.
Despite cancelling both spin-offs, CBS remains committed to expanding the franchise. In January, a new spinoff titled "FBI: CIA" was announced and remains in development. It is expected to air as a backdoor pilot in a springtime episode of "FBI." The official logline of the new project reads, "A dedicated, strait-laced FBI agent and a street-smart CIA agent are part of a new, clandestine task force charged with solving and preventing domestic terrorism in and around New York City."
New Season of "Law & Order: Organized Crime" Coming to Peacock on April 17
When "Law & Order: Organized Crime" returns for its fifth season, it will be on a new platform and include at least one new face. The series has officially moved from NBC to the network's streaming service Peacock. The new season will include 10 hour-long episodes, with the first two dropping on April 17 and the rest added each week.
Series star Christopher Meloni will return as Det. Elliot Stabler, a former Special Victims Unit (SVU) detective who is now a member of the Organized Crime Control Bureau. Danielle Moné Truitt will also be returning as his boss, Sgt. Ayanna Bell. Other returning cast members include Dean Norris as Elliot's older brother Randall, Rick Gonzalez as Det. Bobby Reyes, and Ainsley Seiger as Det. Jet Slootmaekers. Mariska Hargitay, who played Stabler's SVU partner Olivia Benson for 12 seasons, is also expected to make an appearance in season five.
Joining the new season is Jason Patric, who will portray Det. Tim McKenna in a recurring role. Patric is known for his screen roles in 1987's "The Lost Boys" and 1997's "Speed 2: Cruise Control," as well as Fox's mystery series "Wayward Pines."
When season four finished up last May, Stabler's younger brother Joe Jr. (Michael Trotter) found himself in a perilous position. After kicking his heroin addiction, Joe began a new life chapter as an undercover informant. He returned to work for crime boss Julian Emery (Thomas Payne) hoping to dig up information on his criminal enterprise. However, in the final episode he found himself handcuffed to a briefcase full of a deadly Russian nerve agent aboard Emery's private jet. Does Emery know that Joe is now working against him? Find out when season five premieres next month.
Netflix Announces Drop Date for "The Life List"
On March 28, Netflix will drop the new rom-com "The Life List," a film adaptation of Lori Nelson Spielman's 2013 novel of the same name. Sofia Carson stars as Alex Rose, a woman whose mother's death inspires her to complete a bucket list she put together 20 years earlier as a teenager. Will she finally fall in love and go to Paris? Or will this journey take her somewhere else?
Carson has gone from Disney Channel star to Netflix staple. In 2015, she starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Descendants," then continued to appear in its sequels and spin-offs. She also starred in the network's 2016 remake of "Adventures in Babysitting." She then shifted her focus to Netflix, starring in the streaming service's 2022 romantic drama "Purple Hearts" and 2024's hit action thriller "Carry-On."
Connie Britton ("The White Lotus") co-stars as Alex's late mother, while Kyle Allen ("American Horror Story") plays her lawyer and love interest Brad. Tune in to Netflix on March 28 to see if Alex completes her bucket list.
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