‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 4: Jeremy Renner & Edie Falco On Explosive Internal Chess Matches, Hawkeye, & Whether ‘Nurse Jackie’ Lives Again [Bingeworthy Podcast]
Kingstown never sleeps. It snarls. It churns. It eats the weak. With “Mayor of Kingstown” returning for Season 4, the Paramount+ thriller doubles down on the brutal machinery of power, corruption, and survival that has defined the series from the beginning. But this year, something shifts. A storm hits the city in the form of Edie Falco, who joins the show as Nina Hobbs, the new prison warden and a razor-sharp antagonist to Jeremy Renner’s battered fixer, Mike McLusky.Joining Bingeworthy for this episode are Jeremy Renner and Edie Falco, who break down the fierce chess match between Mike and Nina, the sense of doom that defines their characters, and the existential question haunting this season.READ MORE: ‘IT: Welcome To Derry’: Andy & Barbara Muschietti, Jason Fuchs & Brad Caleb Kane On Pennywise’s Origins, Their Multi-Season Plan, And Their Experience on ‘The Flash’ [Bingeworthy Podcast]Renner said the fun of their dynamic comes from how quickly civility slips into threat. He explained that their very first exchange set the tone. “From our first scene, it’s like the lightest version of that, but it does just keep going, that chess match. But it’s really good writing and when it’s not, we fix it. And the job’s easy and it becomes fun when you have really talented people to work with. You can really find nuances to things and not be like, it’s not posturing. It becomes a really wonderful dance.” He added that beneath the barbs, both characters genuinely want some level of cooperation. “We are not playing like we hate each other. We want to work through this, but this is what I got to do.”
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‘IT: Welcome To Derry’: Andy & Barbara Muschietti, Jason Fuchs & Brad Caleb Kane On Pennywise’s Origins, Their Multi-Season Plan, And Their Experience on ‘The Flash’ [Bingeworthy Podcast]
In Derry, the past never stays buried. Set in 1962, "IT: Welcome to Derry" rewinds Stephen King’s nightmare town to a moment of postcard innocence and slowly peels the veneer off to show the rot underneath. The new HBO series acts as a prequel to "IT" and "IT: Chapter Two", following the Hanlon family as they’re pulled into another brutal cycle of disappearances, hauntings, and a certain grinning figure who feeds beneath the streets. Bill Skarsgård returns as Pennywise, joined by newcomers James Remar, Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, and Chris Chalk.Joining host Mike DeAngelo for the podcast are executive producers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti, along with co-showrunners Jason Fuchs and Brad Caleb Kane, who walk through how this new cycle came to life and why the Kingverse has far deeper corners than the films could ever reach.
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‘Now You See Me, Now You Don’t’: Ruben Fleischer On Reuniting With Jesse Eisenberg & Woody Harrelson, His 'Venom' Experience, & His Upcoming Western Vampire Film [The Discourse Podcast]
theaters on November 14 from Lionsgate.For Fleischer, returning to work with Eisenberg and Harrelson was a huge draw, but it wasn't the only draw. “It was a combination of factors,” he said. “Definitely a desire to work with Jesse and Woody again. This was my fourth movie with each of them. They’re great collaborators, super funny, brilliant actors. I just absolutely love working with them.” He was also a fan of the original franchise and, as he put it, “a huge fan of magic.” Those factors made it an easy yes. “It seemed like it would be a lot of fun and it played to my strengths of making a super fun movie for audiences.”
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‘The Running Man’: Edgar Wright On His Sci-Fi Blockbuster, Stephen King, Digital Filmmaking, & Why He’s Still On A “Cape Break” After Leaving 'Ant-Man' [The Discourse Podcast]
The future isn’t sleek or utopian; it’s loud, televised, and brought to you by your favorite corporate sponsors. In Edgar Wright’s high-voltage new film, “The Running Man,” entertainment has literally become a blood sport. Based on Stephen King’s 1982 novel, this isn’t your father’s dystopia; it’s a world where survival ratings matter more than life itself, and one wrong move can make you viral in all the wrong ways. Glenn Powell stars as Ben Richards, a man framed, hunted, and transformed into TV’s latest disposable hero.It’s a punchy, adrenaline-fueled reinvention from a filmmaker who loves turning chaos into choreography. Wright trades the candy-coated energy of “Baby Driver” and “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” for something grittier and sweatier, a survival thriller that feels uncomfortably close to our algorithmic present. It’s wickedly funny, politically sharp, and unmistakably his, even as it veers into darker, nastier terrain.READ MORE: ‘A House of Dynamite’: Noah Oppenheim On Real-Time Nuclear Horror, Collaborating With Kathryn Bigelow, His ‘Jack Ryan’ Film & More [The Discourse Podcast]
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‘Amsterdam Empire’: Famke Janssen On Her Wild Weed Fueled Netflix Crime Series, Netherlands, & Why She’s Not In ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ [Bingeworthy Podcast] —
Crime, corruption, and a phoenix-like comeback collide in the heart of Amsterdam’s weed underworld. Netflix’s “Amsterdam Empire” is a pulpy, fun new crime series set in Amsterdam’s glamorous and dangerous weed industry, where revenge and reinvention go hand in hand. The show follows Betty, a former pop star played by Famke Janssen, whose crumbling marriage to the owner of a Marijuana shop empire known as “The Jackal” sparks a battle that pulls in gangsters, police, and lovers. Weed may be legal to smoke in the Netherlands, but growing it is not, and the family’s illegal grow operations soon attract unwanted attention from rival factions and law enforcement alike.Joining Bingeworthy for this episode is Famke Janssen, who not only stars as Betty but also serves as executive producer and co-costume designer. The series also marks her first time performing in her native Dutch language. She describes the experience as both nerve-wracking and exhilarating.
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