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In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to filmmaker Gabriel Foster Prior about his sci-fi comedy The Bystanders starring Seann Walsh and “3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life,” which includes:

London To Brighton (2006) Wings Of Desire (1987) Waking Life (2001)

“3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life” is about those films that made you fall in love with film. The guest selects their trio of movies and we talk for 5 minutes, against the clock. When the alarm goes off for five minutes we move on to the next film.

The Bystanders is out now and available to stream and download on the major platforms

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Heather Morris is opening up about her murder mystery podcast, her former Glee costars, and Beyoncé and Taylor Swift!

The 36-year-old multi-hyphenate creative is best known for playing her Glee character, Brittany Pierce, who she calls “the Goat.” Not to mention, she also has “Backup Dancer for Beyoncé” on her resume. (No big deal!)

These days, Heather is channeling her various talents into writing, directing, and executive producing her hilarious murder mystery podcast, The Bystanders. The podcast premiered in 2021, and Season 2 is available now on streaming services.

The scripted dark comedy is reminiscent of the classic 1940s radio drama and boasts a powerhouse ensemble cast that includes Heather as well as her Glee castmates, Jane Lynch and Darren Criss.

Heather got real with Just Jared about everything The Bystanders! She also shared where she stands with the Glee cast now and revealed whether she would rather join The Eras Tour...

Jane Lynch is set to return as the narrator for Season 2 of the dark comedy podcast “The Bystanders,” TheWrap can reveal exclusively. This new installment will be available exclusively on Apple Podcasts beginning June 22.

“We are excited to bring a new story to ‘The Bystanders’ series and work with the talented Jane

Lynch again and such an outstanding voice cast,” writer and executive producer Heather Morris (“Glee”) said. “The team has come up with an amazing and funny story that was brought to life with this stellar cast and musical score from Tory Cummins that creates one of the best audio, immersive experiences in audio storytelling.”

TheWrap also has the first audio clip for this upcoming second season, which can be viewed above.

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Scott Haran and Seann Walsh in The Bystanders

A small film which is making a big noise on the festival circuit this year, and which recently screened as part of Sci Fi London, Gabriel Foster Prior’s The Bystanders is an amiable genre comedy focused on the life of a man recruited into a shadowy organisation which spies on the lives of strangers – and intervenes in small ways to make them happier. It’s an interesting twist on an old science fiction trope which is also, at its core, a story about friendship, as Pete (Scott Haran) bonds with his recruiter, Frank (Seann Walsh) only to realise that they have very different ways of looking at the world. Just prior to that festival screening, Gabriel and I arranged to chat, and he told me about how he found his way into filmmaking.

“I started making films with friends when I was a teenager,...

The Fantastic Pavilion, a new hub for the genre community set to make its debut at this year’s Cannes’ Marché du Film, has revealed its seven Gala screenings.

Over May 16-21, industry professionals will get to “appreciate the diversity of genre offerings coming from all over the world,” tease the organizers. They will also be able to create new alliances and acquire titles from companies like Raven Banner, MPI Media, Screenbound and Mantícora.

“The reason for the Pavilion is that we needed space to do better business and help newcomers integrate more easily, and faster, into this constantly growing industry,” says Fantastic Pavilion executive director Pablo Guisa Koestinger. “Genre needs to take the place it deserves and it’s Fantastic Pavilion’s mission to help to achieve this.”

British sci-fi comedy “The Bystanders,” directed by Gabriel Foster Prior and presented by Screenbound, will kickstart the event, followed by another...

The longest running genre fest in the US, the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival (Boston SciFi for short) returned for its 48th annual event in Somerville, Ma last week.

I was only able to attend one of the five days, but I managed to squeeze in four features plus two panels. Here’s what I saw at this year’s Boston Science Fiction Film Festival.

The Warm Season

Boston SciFi hosted the world premiere of The Warm Season, a character-driven sci-fi drama with shades of Starman. As a young girl, Clive (Carie Kawa) encountered Mann (Michael Esparza), an alien in human disguise, who gave her a glowing rock before being captured by government agents. 25 years later in 1992, an escaped Mann returns to Clive’s failing motel to retrieve the “fail-safe” in order to return to his planet. Between the weather patterns and the government closing in, they only have three days to get him home.

The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival — the longest running genre fest in America — begins its 48th annual event this Wednesday, February 15, and runs through Sunday, February 19, in Somerville, Ma.

The festivities include features, short film blocks, workshops, panels, parties, and special guests before concluding with the legendary 24-hour marathon.

Feature screenings include Doctor Who Am I, UFO Club, Beyond Tomorrow, It’s Quieter in the Twilight, Breaking Infinity, The Cold Dead Look In Your Eyes, The Mind Thief, The Bystanders, The Antares Paradox, Single8, Everyone Will Burn, Isaac Asimov: A Message to the Future, and the world premiere of The Warm Season. Several filmmakers will be in attendance for Q&As following their movies.

Kicking off on Sunday at noon, the 24-hour marathon features celluloid screenings of Back to the Future Part II (on 70mm), Alien, Escape from Planet of the Apes, Stargate, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, UFOria,...