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Holly (Cara Buono) is dying. She and her loving and supportive husband Lyle (Chris Parnell) have been in a relationship for 30 years without ever feeling like they needed anyone other than each other. Their estranged Gen-z daughter Greta (Willows Sheilds) is not particularly fond of Holly – possibly because she had always been extremely strict towards her. However, at such an obvious juncture in her life, Holly questions if her being monogamous has restricted her from expressing and experiencing what she truly desires. Rob Margolies’ “In Fidelity” explores this aspect of a long-term relationship but with a frustratingly uninspired outlook.

“In Fidelity” introduces us to the urgency of Holly’s situation and the idea that she has never been in a romantic relationship ever in her life before meeting her husband Lyle. It’s obvious that the inevitability of her life slipping away might make her question it. However, director Margolies...

We all love Chris Parnell, thanks to his work on Saturday Night Live, his vocal performance as Jerry Smith on Rick and Morty and, of course, all of his free medical advice from 30 Rock. After years of reliably hilarious performances, Parnell is now taking a slightly more dramatic turn in the upcoming dramedy In Fidelity, which is all about a married couple who decide to “test the romantic boundaries of their monogamous relationship” with an open marriage.

While the movie won’t be released until November, the promotional push for In Fidelity has been turning heads on social media, and not in the best way. Specifically, everyone is pretty weirded out by the character poster featuring, as critic Charles Bramesco put it, “smooth Parnell.”

Others noticed that “Smooth Chris Parnell” works perfectly when copy and pasted into one particular Michael Jackson song.

Okay, there’s a lot to unpack here.

Entertainment Squad, the boutique distribution company founded by Shaked Berenson, has acquired the relationship comedy In Fidelity, starring Chris Parnell (Saturday Night Live, Fallout) and Cara Buono (Stranger Things, Mad Men), as well as Dennis Haysbert and Illeana Douglas.

The company is planning a release early next year.

In Fidelity sees Parnell and Buono play a happily married New York City couple who, upon receiving life-changing news, decide to live a life of no regrets by experimenting with a “hall pass” for an open relationship. “After a tricky love triangle forms with their musician neighbor,” portrayed by Haysbert, it also soon draws in the couple’s flirtatious friend (Douglas). Plus, there are “unexpected consequences for their rebellious Gen Z daughter (Willow Shields).”

The film is written and directed by Rob Margolies, who directed the boxing drama Bobcat Moretti, starring Vivica A. Fox.

“Our goal was to explore and challenge universal...

Modern-day fans know Donald Sutherland as the villainous President Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games franchise. When the films were released, Sutherland excitedly promoted the films, speaking highly of them. He even called Jennifer Lawrence, who played the lead Katniss Everdeen, a genius and compared her to Jesus Christ.

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The legendary actor passed away at the age of 88 on Thursday. He had been suffering from a long illness and the news of his passing was announced by his son and actor Kiefer Sutherland. With a film career spanning more than half a century, Donald Sutherland starred in almost 200 films.

Donald Sutherland Compared His The Hunger Games Co-Star To Jesus Christ

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Donald Sutherland amazed fans with his villain performance in Jennifer Lawrence‘s The Hunger Games. Playing President Snow in the four films, Sutherland was...

A Complete Guide To Bruce Willis’s Detective Knight Trilogy Ahead Of Their Ott Release ( Photo Credit – PR Image )

Bruce Willis fans, it’s time for you to rejoice! The actor might have retired from the movies, but he has a lot in his arsenal to present to his fans. Willis’s action-thriller film trilogy, Detective Knight, is set to premiere exclusively on the Lionsgate Play this December. Before diving into Detective James Knight’s world, here’s a short guide for you.

Willis has been suffering from a form of dementia known as frontotemporal dementia, aka Ftd. Last year in Marche, the actor announced his retirement from acting. Willis is known for films like Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense, and much more. Keep scrolling to get the deets.

Lionsgate Play is all set to mark the Christmas month with an action-packed gift for the ‘Die Hard’ fans of Bruce Willis.

Gravitas Ventures, an Anthem Sports & Entertainment company, has acquired the U.S. rights to Connie Cocchia’s coming-of-age drama “When Time Got Louder.” The film will be released on Nov. 17 in select theaters and on VOD.

“’When Time Got Louder’ is a powerful story filled with emotion. It’s a great addition to the coming-of-age genre, and we can’t be more happy to bring it to audiences,” stated Cameron Moore, senior director of theatrical distribution, who negotiated the deal on behalf of Gravitas.

Willow Shields (“The Hunger Games” franchise) stars as Abbie, who is departing for college and leaving her parents (Elizabeth Mitchell and Lochlyn Munro) and brother (Jonathan Simao), who has autism and is non-verbal. As the film’s synopsis explains, “while exploring her independence and sexuality, Abbie finds herself torn between her new life and her love for her brother.” Ava Capri and Piper Curda also star in the film,...

The upcoming dramedy “In Fidelity” takes viewers through a surprising, difficult-to-answer question: Can you get a hall pass from your spouse if you’re dying?

Starring “Saturday Night Live” alum Chris Parnell and Cara Buono, “In Fidelity” tells the story of Lyle and Holly, a happily married New York couple whose world is rocked when Holly becomes terminally ill — and asks to sleep with their well-known rock star neighbor (Dennis Haysbert) before she dies young.

It’s not an easy ask, even after Lyle says yes, and you can see for yourself in the humorously bittersweet trailer, right now at the top of the page.

Alongside Parnell, Buono and Hasbert, the film also features Willow Shields (‘’The Hunger Games’’) as their risk-taking Gen-z daughter, and Illeana Douglas (“Grace of My Heart”) as Lyle and Holly’s eccentric confidante Ethel.

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"This is for you to be able to do it by yourself." LevelFilm has revealed an official trailer for When Time Got Louder, a Canadian indie film that marks the feature directorial debut of LGBTQ filmmaker Connie Cocchia. This premiered at the Frameline Film Festival last year, and is screening at the Canadian Film Fest this month before it opens in select cinemas in Canada. Alas, we still don't have a US date set yet. Departing for college, Abbie leaves her parents and brother who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her independence and sexuality, she's torn between her new life and her love for her brother. The indie film stars Willow Shields as Abbie, Lochlyn Munro, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Jonathan Michael Simao as her brother Kayden. This reminds me of Sia's film Music, which got in trouble for reasons related to being inauthentic, hopefully this one...

Leaving home can get very complicated.

Et Canada is debuting the trailer for the new Canadian coming-of-age drama “When Time Got Louder”, starring Willow Shields and Jonathan Michael Simao.

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“Departing for college, Abbie (Shields) leaves her parents and brother (Simao) who has autism and is non-verbal,” the official description reads. “As she explores her independence and sexuality, she’s torn between her new life and her love for her brother.”

As the trailer opens, Abbie’s brother is in the hospital after an unknown incident, leaving her wondering whether going away to school has put her brother in harm’s way.

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The trailer also shows what the siblings’ life has been like together, Abbie’s experiences at school and more.

Jena Malone, who portrayed Joana Mason in The Hunger Games franchise, took to Instagram to speak about allegedly being sexually assaulted while filming Mockingjay – Part 2.

The 38-year-old actress opened up about the traumatic experiences by sharing a photo of herself in a field in rural France shortly taken after wrapping up filming. Starting with a “trigger warning,” Malone explained that “This photo was taken right after I wrapped Mocking Jay Part Two, and I had to say goodbye to everyone on set. We were shooting in a beautiful estate in the countryside of France and I asked the driver to let me out in this field so I could cry and capture this moment.”

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“Even tho this time in Paris was extremely hard for me, was going thru a bad breakup and also was sexually assaulted by someone I had worked with, I was so full of gratitude for this project,...

Jena Malone is opening up about a past sexual assault. The 38-year-old actress, who starred as Johanna Mason in the final three “Hunger Games” films, took to Instagram on Tuesday to reflect on how she felt when her journey with the franchise came to an end.

“This photo was taken right after I wrapped ‘Mockingjay — Part Two’ and I had to say goodbye to everyone on set. We were shooting in a beautiful estate in the countryside of France and I asked the driver to let me out in this field so I could cry and capture this moment,” she began. “Even tho this time in Paris was extremely hard for me, was going thru a bad break up and also was sexually assaulted by someone I had worked with, I was so full of gratitude for this project, the people I became close with and this amazing part I got to play.

Jena Malone has opened up about being sexually assaulted while working on The Hunger Games franchise.

Malone joined the film saga in its second instalment Catching Fire. She played Johanna Mason, the female tribute from District 7.

On Tuesday (28 February), Malone shared a photo to Instagram that she took after filming wrapped on the series’ fourth and final film, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.

The Donnie Darko star began her post on Instagram with a “trigger warning”.

“This photo was taken right after I wrapped Mockingjay Part Two and I had to say goodbye to everyone on set,” she wrote.

“We were shooting in a beautiful estate in the countryside of France and I asked the driver to let me out in this field so I could cry and capture this moment.

“Even tho this time in Paris was extremely hard for me, was going thru a bad break-up...

Stars: Bruce Willis, Jack Kilmer, Willow Shields, Lochlyn Munro, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Timothy V. Murphy, Dina Meyer | Written by Edward Drake, Corey Large | Directed by Edward Drake

Detective Knight: Independence completes the trilogy begun in Detective Knight: Rogue and continued in Detective Knight: Redemption. Although not the last of his films to be released, Assassin is slated for release in March, these were the last ones Bruce Willis made before announcing his retirement. So in a sense, it also concludes its star’s career.

The film opens with a bank robbery shot from the Pov of the robbers making it look like a first-person shooter, be sure to get the tie-in edition of Bank Robber Simulator at your local Gamestop. The robbery comes to a bloody end with Detective Knight (Bruce Willis) shooting the last of the gang while he holds a woman hostage.

Also on the scene are paramedics Dezi and Ally.

Detective Knight: Independence is written and directed by Edward Drake starring Bruce Willis and Lochlyn Munro.

Bruce Willis is back in one of his latest successes, repeating the role that made him famous: a police officer.

This sequel is a thriller with some interesting formulas such as the divided screen (a là Brian De Palma), but the story is more traditional, with lots of hand-held camera, realistic photography and a plot that is always as expected.

About the Movie Detective Knight: Independence

We love Bruce Willis and we grew up watching his movies and laughing at his jokes. These last (we repeat) no longer include jokes and, although he is at the head of the cast, is no longer the main character, he is more of a secondary figure, a star to watch in B Series movies, action thrillers that are rather de-caffeinated like this one, have action scenes that,...

"We justice fails, in Knight we trust." Lionsgate has revealed one more trailer for the final film in this action thriller trilogy - this one is called Detective Knight: Independence, from filmmaker Edward Drake. This is the third and final film in the Detective Knight series, all featuring Willis as a Detective. I keep hoping all these bad Bruce Willis movies are done, considering his health, but nope there's always more. Bruce Willis stars as Detective James Knight in this final, tense chapter of the trilogy. Knight's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race to stop an unbalanced ambulance Emt from ruining the day. The misguided vigilante, playing cop with a stolen gun and uniform, has a bank vault full of reasons to put on his own fireworks show… one that will strike dangerously close to Knight’s home. The cast also includes Jack Kilmer,...

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Chris Parnell (SNL), Cara Buono (Stranger Things), Dennis Haysbert (24), Willow Shields (The Hunger Games) and Illeana Douglas (Stir of Echoes), have joined the cast of In Fidelity, currently filming in New York City.

The Manhattan-set story centers around a happily married husband (Parnell) conflicted after permitting his terminally ill wife (Buono) to sleep with their well-known rock star neighbor (Haysbert) before she dies young. Shields portrays their blue-haired Gen-z daughter, while Douglas adds belly laughs as their eccentric confidante.

The project hails from Different Duck Films founder Rob Margolies (Bobcat Moretti), who will direct from his original screenplay. Margolies produces with Joe Grano (Werewolf Game).

“The film puts an inspiring and hilarious lens on death, life’s most tragically unavoidable topic,” said Margolies. “It’s my most meaningful project to date.”

Added Parnell: “I was drawn to In Fidelity by the thoughtful and...

Exclusive: Actress Willow Shields (The Hunger Games franchise) has signed with Buchwald for representation.

Shields is best known for her breakout role as Primrose Everdeen in The Hunger Games films for Lionsgate, which together make up one of the highest-grossing franchises of all time. She more recently starred opposite Kaya Scodelario and January Jones in the Netflix figure skating series, Spinning Out.

Up next for Shields is the indie drama When Time Got Louder, which had its world premiere at San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ film festival Frameline in June.

Shields is also known from ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, having become the youngest contestant in the series’ history back in 2015, at the age of 14. She continues to be repped by Authentic Talent and Literary Management and Myman Greenspan Fox.

With “Dancing with the Stars” set to come back for a 31st season this fall on Disney+, there’s a long list of celebrities who deserve to compete on the dance floor. Below is a list of male stars I think the show should consider inviting to the ballroom to vie for the next Mirror Ball Trophy. Do you agree with my picks? Vote in our poll at the bottom of this post to let us know which you’d most like to see on “DWTS.” And feel free to let us know in the comments what other stars you would like to see when the show comes back in September.

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Having trained with the American Ballet Theatre, he won a Tony Award at just 15-years-old as one of the three...

In another multiverse, Zendaya could be going for a Megot right now. You know what the last four letters stand for. The “M,” you ask? That’s for Mirrorball, of course. Long before she became the youngest Best Drama Actress Emmy winner with “Euphoria” and entered the current Best Actress Oscar race with “Malcolm & Marie,” Zendaya nearly won the 16th season of “Dancing with the Stars” with Val Chmerkovskiy, finishing second to Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough.

Season 16 aired in spring 2013, and to give you a sense of how long ago that was/make you wither into dust, that was the last season to have a results show and Brooke Burke was still Tom Bergeron‘s co-host. At the time, 16-year-old Zendaya was on Disney Channel’s “Shake It Up” and became the youngest “Dancing” contestant to date, eclipsing then-17-year-old Shawn Johnson, the Season 8 champ.

Zendaya was hot...

Exclusive: Ava Capri (Blast Beat) and Anthony Keyvan (Alexa & Katie) are set for recurring roles on the upcoming second season of Hulu’s comedy series Love, Victor.

Set in the world of the 2018 Love, Simon film, Love, Victor follows Victor (Michael Cimino), a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city and exploring his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs of high school.

Capri will play a cool free-spirit who is close friends with Benji (George Sear). Keyvan will portray a funny and effusive LGBTQ student at Creekwood at the start of his coming out journey.

Ana Ortiz, Anthony Turpel, James Martinez, Isabella Ferreira, Mateo Fernandez, Rachel Naomi Hilson, Bebe Wood, George Sear and Mason Gooding co-star in the series, inspired by Becky Albertalli’s novel,...

Exclusive: Canadian distributor levelFILM has picked up rights to Connie Cocchia’s directorial debut When Time Got Louder.

Currently in post-production, the film stars Willow Shields (The Hunger Games), Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost), Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale), Piper Curda (The Wretched), Ava Capri (Blast Beat), and newcomer Jonathan Michael Simao.

Pic follows Abbie (Shields) as she departs for college, leaving her parents Mark (Munro) and Tish (Mitchell), and her brother Kayden (Simao) who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her newfound independence with her roommate Jen (Curda) and falls in love with a girl named Karly (Capri), Abbie is torn between her new life and the guilt of leaving her brother as her family struggles to care for him in her absence.

“We are excited to be working with Connie Cocchia on her directorial debut When Time Got Louder,” said John Bain, Head of Distribution of levelFILM. “We are eager...

Network: Netflix

Episodes: 10 (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: January 1, 2020

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Kaya Scodelario, Willow Shields, Evan Roderick, David James Elliott, Sarah Wright Olsen, Svetlana Efremova, Amanda Zhou, Mitchell Edwards, Kaitlyn Leeb, Will Kemp, and January Jones.

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A dramatic series created by Samantha Stratton, Spinning Out revolves around a figure skating Olympic hopeful who battles her personal demons and faces drama both on and off the ice. Read More…...

Is the audience cheering after the first season of the Spinning Out TV show on Netflix? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Spinning Out is cancelled or renewed for season two. Netflix and other streaming platforms, however, collect their own data. If you've been watching this TV series, we'd love to know how you feel about the first season episodes of Spinning Out here. *Status update below.

A Netflix drama series, Spinning Out stars Kaya Scodelario, Willow Shields, Evan Roderick, David James Elliott, Sarah Wright Olsen, Svetlana Efremova, Amanda Zhou, Mitchell Edwards, Kaitlyn Leeb, Will Kemp, and January Jones. The show revolves around a figure skating Olympic hopeful who battles her personal demons and faces drama both on and off the ice. Kat Baker (Scodelario) is an up-and-coming, high-level...

So much for the Olympics: Netflix has cancelled its figure skating drama Spinning Out after just one season, our sister site Deadline reports.

The series starred Kaya Scodelario (Skins, the Maze Runner movies) as Kat Baker, a talented 21-year-old skater who suffered a head injury during a competition. She then teamed up with pairs skater/rich playboy Justin (Arrow’s Evan Roderick) in an attempt to revive her career, all while balancing her bipolar disorder and palpable sexual tension with her new partner. Things were not much easier for Kat at home with her half-sister Serena (The Hunger Games’ Willow Shields...

Spinning Out will not skate for a second season at Netflix.

Deadline is reporting that the Kaya Scodelario-fronted drama has been canceled after just one season.

The news comes just over a month after its January 1 debut.

Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), it followed an “up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track."

"When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life."

"On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.”

Stratton also served as co-showrunner on the series alongside Lara Olsen (Reign).

January Jones, Evan Roderick,...

Netflix has canceled the figure skating drama “Spinning Out” after just one season, Variety has confirmed.

The news comes just over a month after the show premiered on Jan 1. The 10-episode series follows Kat Baker (Kaya Scodelario), a talented, up-and-coming elite figure skater who’s ready to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. However, when she’s presented a second chance as a pair skater, she seizes the opportunity to continue her career and pairs up with talent pair skater and resident bad boy Justin (Evan Roderick).

The cast also included January Jones, Willow Shields, Amanda Zhou, Will Kemp, Svetlana Efremova, Mitchell Edwards, Sarah Wright Olsen, David James Elliott, Johnny Weir, Kaitlyn Leeb, and Jonathan Van Ness. Joby Harold, Tory Tunnell, Samantha Stratton, and Lara Olsen served as executive producers. Stratton and Olsen served as co-showrunners.

The show received mostly positive reviews from critics,...

Netflix has canceled the figure-skating drama “Spinning Out” after one season.

Led by “The Maze Runner” alum Kaya Scodelario, the series centered on a high-level figure skater who teams up with a bad-boy pairs skater after a bad fall nearly derails her career.

Evan Roderick, January Jones, Willow Shields, Amanda Zhou, Sarah Wright Olsen and Svetlana Efremova also starred in the drama, which premiered on Jan. 1.

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Samantha Stratton (“Mr. Mercedes”) served as creator and showrunner on the series, executive producing alongside co-showrunner Lara Olsen. Tory Tunnell (“Safehouse”) and Joby Harold (“Safehouse”) also executive produced.

The cancellation comes a few days after Netflix gave the axe to another freshman series, the musical drama “Soundtrack,” from “Quantico” creator Joshua Safran. The streamer also recently pulled the plug on the post-apocalyptic Ya series...

Exclusive: Netflix has canceled competitive figure skating drama Spinning Out after one season. The decision comes a little over month after Spinning Out‘s January 1 release, consistent with Netflix’s practice of evaluating a month worth of viewership data before making a renewal decision on bubble shows.

Created by former competitive figure skater Samantha Stratton, Spinning Out starred Kaya Scodelario as Kat Baker, a high-level figure skater who is about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall takes her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pairs skater with a talented bad-boy partner, Justin Davis (Evan Roderick), she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. She splits her time between the ice rink, working as a waitress and living with her family in the nearby working-class town of Hawkley, Idaho. Kat’s mother (January Jones...

Exclusive: Emmy-nominee Elizabeth Mitchell, Willow Shields, and Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale) have signed on to star in When Time Got Louder, a coming-of-age indie drama from first-time feature director Connie Cocchia.

Piper Curda, Ava Capri (Blast Beat) and newcomer Jonathan Michael Simao also co-star in the film which was written by Cocchia.

It follows Abbie (Shields) as she departs for college, leaving her parents Mark (Munro) and Tish (Mitchell), and her brother Kayden (Simao) who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her newfound independence with her roommate Jen (Curda) and falls in love with a girl named Karly (Capri), Abbie is torn between her new life and the guilt of leaving her brother as her family struggles to care for him in her absence.

Cocchia, who has a brother impacted by autism,...

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The Netflix drama Spinning Out features some pretty incredible figure skating in its first season, so we're wondering if any of the actors, such as Kaya Scodelario, are really skating - or if they're using pro skaters as doubles. This wouldn't be the first time that actors underwent serious training for a role, but as you might expect, it's not always Scodelario pulling off Kat's impressive moves on the ice. In fact, Kat's skating prowess is the work of no fewer than five separate people!

In a tweet from December 2018, Scodelario referenced the skating training she did have to do. "Very excited to start work on this in the new year . . . Kat's story is so beautifully complicated and near to my heart. This isn't just girl meets boy . . . I promise. Now, time to train!! #mybuttsgoingtobesobruised #watchoutxmasicerinks." The exact extent of Scodelario's training is unknown, but it seems...

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Streaming on the Netflix subscription service, Spinning Out stars Kaya Scodelario, Willow Shields, Evan Roderick, David James Elliott, Sarah Wright Olsen, Svetlana Efremova, Amanda Zhou, Mitchell Edwards, Kaitlyn Leeb, Will Kemp, and January Jones. The show revolves around a figure skating Olympic hopeful who battles her personal demons and faces drama both on and off the ice. Kat Baker (Scodelario) is an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who's about...

Many films and television shows use choreographed routines to express a character’s emotions or push them forward to a new place in their arc, but more often than not these are dance routines on solid ground. Netflix’s “Spinning Out” puts its characters, and audience by extension, on ice.

In “Spinning Out,” Kat Baker (Kaya Scodelario) is a gifted skater who had a bad fall that halted her career and created major trepidations in trying what used to be routine moves for her. But when an opportunity arises for her to shift her track slightly and become a pair skater, she does go for it, learning to push past her trauma as she learns a new style of skating.

“Part of the metaphor of the show is, when you fall, you get back up,” executive producer Tory Tunnell tells Variety. “Kat is one-of-a-kind. She’s elegant, but she’s...

When your job entails watching several new shows a week, overlapping themes are inevitable. Still, similarities between shows are rarely as stark as those between the first seasons of Netflix’s “Spinning Out” (out Jan. 2) and USA’s “Dare Me” (which premiered Dec. 20). Both dramas focus on teen girls as restless as they are talented, a combination that serves them well in their respective competitive sports — figure skating for “Spinning Out,” cheerleading for “Dare Me” — and have them scrambling to survive in their daily lives. Both examine motherhood, and how adults can blur the lines in their relationships to the teenagers in their care to devastating effect. Both are pulpy and propulsive as they set their bleeding hearts on a silver platter for the audience to eat up. And yet,

“Spinning Out,” from Samantha Stratton, follows a family of three women, each determined, stubborn, and skilled in her own way.

In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix reveals the premiere date for “Spinning Out,” and USA reveals a first look at Ethan Hawke’s return to “The Purge” universe.

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Netflix‘s “Spinning Out,“ starring “Skins’s” Kaya Scodelario and from showrunners Lara Olsen (“Reign”) and Samantha Stratton, premieres Jan. 1. The series follows Scodelario’s Kat, a high-level figure skater who tries to save her career at the risk of exposing a fiercely kept secret. Johnny Weir, January Jones (“Mad Men”), Willow Shields (“The Hunger Games”), Evan Roderick (“Arrow”), Amanda Zhou (“It Chapter Two”), Sarah Wright Olsen (“The House Bunny”) and Svetlana Efremova (“House of Cards”) also star. Watch the trailer below:

Netflix also announced its new reality competition series, “The Circle,“ hosted by Michelle Buteau (“Always Be My Maybe”) will launch Jan. 1 and then release more episodes weekly, on Jan. 8 and Jan. 15. With $100,000 on the line, contestants bond, flirt...

Netflix released the first trailer for its upcoming figure-skating drama “Spinning Out” on Tuesday, and everybody’s mad.

Led by “The Maze Runner” alum Kaya Scodelario, the series centers on Kat Baker, a high-level figure skater whose career is derailed after a disastrous fall. In an effort to stay in competition, she teams up with bad-boy pairs skater, Justin Davis (Evan Roderick), and risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that has the potential to unravel her entire life.

And judging by the amount of angry glaring between the two in the trailer, it does not go smoothly.

“I’m used to skating alone. I need time to adjust, ” Kat tells her new partner.

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The 10-episode series is set to debut on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2020. January Jones, Willow Shields, Amanda Zhou,...

If The Cutting Edge and Flesh and Bone had a baby, Spinning Out would be that graceful-yet-highly-messed-up kid.

The newly released first trailer for Netflix’s figure skating drama introduces us to Kat Baker (played by Kaya Scodelario, The Maze Runner), a talented skater on the rise who has a really bad fall and finds herself off the competition track. She’s about to unlace her skates for good when circumstances allow her to keep her nascent career going “with a talented bad-boy partner” named Justin Davis (Evan Roderick, Arrow), the series’ official logline previews.

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“Dancing with the Stars” was all over the place in season 28 with surprise eliminations and one uncoordinated contestant wearing out his welcome, but there was no surprise bigger than the elimination of James Van Der Beek in the Semi-Finals. I think the show should consider another all-star season, but this time the show should use it to give a second chance to stars like Van Der Beek who got screwed the first time around.

Van Der Beek’s ouster — the week his wife suffered a miscarriage, no less — will go down as one of the show’s worst, but since the show’s last all-star competition in season 15 he’s far from the only talented celeb dancer who went home way too soon. For instance, actress Elizabeth Berkley was one of the three best dancers of season 17 based on the judges’ scores, but she left the show in sixth place.

Hulu is continuing its long-running partnership with AwesomenessTV. The streamer has acquired Awesomeness horror series The Unsettling, which premiered on Friday ahead of Halloween.

The Unsettling follows 16-year-old Becca, who arrives at a foster home in a remote area, whereupon her siblings are less than welcoming -- especially the 11-year-old biological son of her foster parents. When seriously strange things start to happen, Becca becomes uncertain about who or what is responsible.

The series stars Holly Taylor, Tequan Richmond, An Li Bogan, Willow Shields, Alex Lange, Noah Grismer, Marguerite Moreau, and David Rogers -- a melange of both traditional actors and digital stars. Lange, for instance, is a burgeoning actor who also boasts a thriving presence on Instagram (2.3 million followers) and YouTube, where he shares vlogs, challenges, and short films. Lange was also an early member of Jake Paul’s creator collective Team 10, though he left that venture in Dec.

In today’s TV news roundup, NBC announced the “Making It” Season 2 premiere date and HBO Max greenlit a new docuseries from Brad Goreski and Gary Janetti.

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Hosts Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman will return with the second season of “Making It” on NBC Dec. 2. After the show’s holiday season premiere, the show will continue Dec. 3-5 and Dec. 9-10 before closing with a two-hour finale on Dec. 11. “Making It” is executive produced by Poehler, Offerman, Nicolle Yaron, Kate Arend, Dave Becky and Pip Wells.

Greenlights

HBO Max has commissioned a new lifestyle docuseries from celebrity stylist Brad Goreski and producer Gary Janetti. Tentatively titled “Brad and Gary To To…” the show is inspired by the couple’s Instagram stories and will follow them as they embark on their world journey, trying different cuisines in the process. Goreski and Janetti will produce alongside Matt Anderson, Nate Green, and...

The Unsettling is now on Hulu. The streamer announced today that it had acquired the AwesomenessTV’s horror series. The title is up and running.

The series, created by Andrew Jacobsen and Adam Epstein and directed by Chris Grismer, follows 16-year-old Becca as she arrives at her new foster home located in a remote area. Her foster siblings are less than welcoming, none more so than the 11-year-old biological son of Becca’s new foster parents.

Becca tries to keep to herself and adjust to her new home, but strange things start to happen around her, and she’s is uncertain about who or what is responsible.

Holly Taylor stars as Becca, with the rest of the cast featuring Tequan Richmond, An Li Bogan, Willow Shields, Alex Lange, Noah Grismer, Marguerite Moreau and David Rogers.

The Unsettling is executive produced by Shelley Zimmerman, Rebecca Glashow, Brin Lukens, for AwesomenessTV.

Suzanne Collins is officially volunteering as tribute to write a Hunger Games prequel.

On Monday, Scholastic announced in a statement that it would be publishing a prequel to Collins’ best-selling dystopian series The Hunger Games, coming in May of next year.

The novel, currently named “Untitled Panem Novel,” will focus on on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games in Panem, 64 years before the events of the first Hunger Games, which began the heroic journey Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence in the blockbuster films.

“With this book, I wanted to explore the state of nature, who we are,...

Netflix is set to help “Queer Eye” star Jonathan Van Ness live his dream of becoming an Olympic-level figure skater (fictionally) with a guest role on the upcoming scripted series “Spinning Out.”

Van Ness has been cast in the figure-skating drama from creator Samantha Stratton as the larger-than-life figure skating coach Bruce. Per Netflix, “Bruce is a former skater turned big-time choreographer from Michigan. He will create Kat and Justin’s main competitors’ program and have some fun confusing his clients along the way.”

Van Ness joins series stars Kaya Scodelario, January Jones and Willow Shields. The cast also includes Evan Roderick, Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, Sarah Wright Olsen, Will Kemp, Kaitlyn Leeb, Amanda Zhou and Mitchell Edwards.

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Ordered to series last fall, “Spinning Out” centers on Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who seizes an...

“Mad Men” alum January Jones has joined the cast of Netflix’s figure skating drama “Spinning Out.”

Jones will play Carol Baker, the mother of Kat (Kaya Scodelario) and Serena (Willow Shields). The cast also includes Evan Roderick, Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, Sarah Wright Olsen, Will Kemp, Kaitlyn Leeb, Amanda Zhou and Mitchell Edwards.

Carol is a former high-level figure skater who had to forfeit her dreams when she became pregnant with her oldest daughter at a young age. The head of the Baker family, Carol fiercely pushes both her girls to become Olympians in order to fulfill the dream she could never achieve herself. Simultaneously, she struggles with personal demons that threaten to ruin her relationship with her daughters.

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Here’s the official logline for the series, which received a...

Exclusive: Mad Men alumna January Jones is set to play a lead opposite Kaya Scodelario in Spinning Out, Netflix’s upcoming drama series set in the world of competitive figure skating.

Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), a former competitive figure skater herself, Spinning Out centers on Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with talented bad-boy partner Justin (Evan Roderick), she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and Justin will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.

Jones will play Carol Baker, Kat (Scodelario) and Serena’s (Willow Shields) mother.

Bravo reveals the premiere date for Season 9 of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” and Johnny Weir is among new cast members for Netflix’s “Spinning Out.”

Dates

Bravo Media’s “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” returns for Season 9 on Feb. 12 at 9 p.m. Erika Girardi, Dorit Kemsley, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave, Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna, and Lisa Vanderpump are joined by new housewife Denise Richards and friend Camille Grammer this time around.

MTV’s docuseries “True Life” will return with a new franchise “True Life/Now” set to premiere Jan. 2 at 10 p.m. Four episodes will uncover stories of real people immersed in today’s biggest social phenomena ranging from Kardashian fanaticism to photo filter addiction.

“Wtf Baron Davis” will premiere Jan. 20 at 11 p.m on Fuse. It is a new, eight-episode comedy series starring two-time NBA All-Star Baron Davis and NBA impersonator and social media star Brandon Armstrong...

Two-time Olympian and NBC correspondent Johnny Weir, Sarah Wright Olsen, Will Kemp, Kaitlyn Leeb, Amanda Zhou and Mitchell Edwards have joined the cast of Spinning Out, Netflix’s upcoming drama series set in the world of competitive figure skating. They join previous cast leads Kaya Scodelario, Willow Shields and Evan Roderick.

Created by former competitive skater Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), Spinning Out centers on Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pairs skater with talented bad-boy partner Justin (Roderick), she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and Justin will face daunting odds,...

Two-time Olympian and NBC correspondent Johnny Weir has joined the cast of Netflix’s upcoming ice-skating drama “Spinning Out” as the main competition for protagonist skating duo Kat (Kaya Scodelario) and Justin (Evan Roderick), an individual with knowledge of the casting tells TheWrap.

The 10-episode series centers around Kat Baker an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner Justin, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.

Weir — a real-life competitive figure skater and Olympic games host — will play Gabe,...

Arrow‘s Evan Roderick has been cast opposite Kaya Scodelario in Spinning Out, Netflix’s upcoming drama series set in the world of competitive figure skating.

Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), a former competitive figure skater herself, Spinning Out centers on Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with talented bad-boy partner Justin (Roderick), she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and Justin will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream. Justin’s wild party-boy antics have long been overlooked due to his Olympic-level skating abilities. When he teams up with Kat,...

Kaya Scodelario has found her skating partner. “Arrow” actor Evan Roderick has been cast opposite the “Skins” alum on Netflix’s upcoming ice-skating drama series, “Spinning Out” in the role of Justin, Kate Baker’s (Scodelario) new teammate, an individual with knowledge of the casting tells TheWrap.

Per the character description, Justin’s “wild party-boy antics have long been overlooked due to his Olympic-level skating abilities.” Apparently when he teams up with Kat, “he finds he has finally met his match on and off the ice.”

Here’s the official logline for the series, which has received a 10-episode series order at the streamer: Kat Baker is an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks...

Netflix is hittin' the ice. Deadline reports Kaya Scodelario (pictured) and Willow Shields have joined the streaming service's upcoming TV show, Spinning Out.

From Samantha Stratton, the figure skating drama "centers on Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track."

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