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Chloe Radcliffe has launched a new interview series titled “In Tandem,” in which she takes comics such as Roy Wood Jr., Jordan Jensen and James Acaster on bicycle rides through Central Park and along the Los Angeles River.

“It’s like ‘Comedians in Cars’ for less successful people,” Radcliffe jokes, in reference to Jerry Seinfeld’s coffee and automobile-themed talk series that has featured the likes of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Barack Obama.

Radcliffe, who starred in Steven Soderbergh’s “Command Z” and is currently touring with her one-woman show “Cheat,” describes “In Tandem,” which launched Nov. 27 with first guest Ralph Barbosa, as a “cheery, awkward and funny interview series that never breaks 10 miles per hour.”

“Because we aren’t making eye contact, I think people can relax a little bit,” Radcliffe tells Variety. “And because they have something physical to focus on, it’s easier for people to let their guard down.

Exclusive: Stavros Halkias, one of today’s most popular young stand-up comics, has announced 40+ dates for The Dreamboat Tour, a multi-city North American run kicking off at Hard Rock Live Sacramento in Wheatland, CA on Friday, February 21.

With stops in Toronto, Denver, San Diego, Las Vegas, Chicago, Montreal and other major cities to follow, the tour wraps at the Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. on May 11. Tickets will be available starting Wednesday, November 20 with an artist pre-sale. Additional pre-sales will run during the week ahead of the general on sale starting on Friday, November 22 at 10 a.m. local time.

Coming off the release of indie comedy Let’s Start a Cult, for which he served as co-writer, producer and star, Halkias is a Baltimore native known for his Netflix special Fat Rascal, which premiered last December; his debut hour, Live at the Lodge Room, which currently sits at over 7M...

Exclusive: Matt Smith (House of the Dragon) and Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) are the newest additions to the cast of Caught Stealing, Darren Aronofsky’s new crime thriller for Sony Pictures.

Details as to the roles they’re playing are under wraps. Oscar nominee Austin Butler leads the ensemble, with Blink Twice helmer Zoë Kravitz and Academy Award winner Regina King also on board for roles, as we were first to report.

Based on the books by Charlie Huston, who adapted the screenplay, Caught Stealing follows Hank Thompson (Butler), a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ’90s NYC. Aronofsky’s Protozoa is aboard to produce.

Currently, Smith can be seen starring as Prince Daemon Targaryen in HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, which returned for its second season in June and...

Focus Features has set a release date for Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming “Black Bag,” starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender. The spy drama will open in theaters on March 14.

Universal Pictures International will handle the international release with Focus Features handling domestic distribution.

Also starring in the high-stakes mystery are Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan. “Jurassic Park” scribe David Koepp, who collaborated with Soderbergh on “Kimi” and his most recent feature “Presence,” wrote the screenplay. Casey Silver and Greg Jacobs are producing.

Two-time Oscar nominee Fassbender previously starred in Soderbergh’s action movie “Haywire,” while Blanchett starred in “The Good German” and “Ocean’s 8.” Blanchett, a two-time Oscar winner, is starring in video game adaptation “Borderlands,” which opens Aug. 9. Fassbender stars in the Irish feature “Kneecap,” opening Aug. 2.

Plot details for Soderbergh’s latest are being kept under wraps. In addition to this year’s “Presence,...

When comedian Chloe Radcliffe cheated on a boyfriend for the first time, as a sophomore at Minnesota’s Gustavus Adolphus College in 2009, she had an epiphany.

“You realize you don’t burst into flames. The person that you’re cheating on doesn’t find out,” Radcliffe explains. “You can still care about them; you can care about multiple people at once.”

Eventually, when Radcliffe resolved to end this relationship, she was surprised to learn that the request could be shut down out of hand. “I think I learned very early that it would be easier to cheat and get away with it than it would be to end a relationship when it was ready to be ended,” she says, “and so I developed this pattern of staying in relationships too long and just cheating, rather than getting out of them.”

So began a years-long pattern of infidelity that Radcliffe chronicles in Cheat,...

It’s the time of the season. Every year, filmmaker Steven Soderbergh drops his annual “Seen, Read” list, a yearly compendium tracking everything the director watched or read in the year, be it a film, a TV show, a novel, a non-fiction book, etc. Some years, there are clues to his year. For example, last year, his list unveiled a new project, which at the time was called “The Pendulum Project,” and we all discovered it was eventually his new series, “Command Z,” written and co-conceived by author/writer Kurt Anderson.

Continue reading Steven Soderbergh’s Annual Read/Watched List For 2023 Includes Early Looks At ‘Pussy Island,’ ‘Monsieur Spade’ & Much More at The Playlist.

It’s that time of year again. While some directors annually share their favorite films of the year, Steven Soderbergh lists everything he consumed, media-wise. For 2023––another year in which he not only Magic Mike’s Last Dance Review: Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum Take a Familiar, Gentle Bow”>released a new film, but dropped two TV series (Full Circle and Command Z“>Command Z) and shot another film (the Sundance-bound Presence)––he still got plenty of watching in.

Along with catching up on 2023’s new releases, Ferrari, Anatomy of a Fall, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Air, Reality, Dead Reckoning, among others), he took in plenty of classics, including Eyes Wide Shut, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Casablanca, Out of the Past, The Shining, the epic War and Peace, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and, following Tom Wilkinson’s passing, Michael Clayton. He also got an early look at Pussy Island,...

Surprise! Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has another new secret project in the can, his second in half a year. His latest, never publicly announced, is a mystery thriller called “Presence,” which will make its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2024. The project arrives about six months after “Command Z,” the secret dystopian satire starring Michael Cera that he released this summer on his website.

Continue reading First Look: Steven Soderbergh’s Secret New Sundance Film ‘Presence’ Starring Lucy Liu, Julia Fox & More at The Playlist.

Stavros Halkias has set a comedy special at Netflix, TheWrap can reveal exclusively.

The special from Halkias, who was named a “comedian to watch” by GQ and Vulture, will mark the standup comic’s second special. It’s set to be filmed at the historic Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas. Titled “Fat Rascal,” the special will debut globally Dec. 5 on the streamer.

The special, which will be written, performed and self-produced by Halkias, is described as “a snapshot of a man whose many vices are actively getting the best of him and a collection of observations, interesting experiences, and sexual embarrassments from 2 years of non-stop touring,” according to the official logline. During the event, Halkias will touch topics including “identity and body image, the undeserved social status enjoyed by the tech industry, and dating while spiraling both physically and mentally.”

Halkias is currently traveling across the country for his “Fat Rascal Tour,...

Exclusive: Amidst one of the most creatively fertile periods in his career to date, actor Michael Cera has taken on new agents at CAA.

The in-demand Canadian actor is coming off of a standout role in Barbie, Greta Gerwig’s triumphant live-action take on the Mattel doll for Warner Bros, which has thus far grossed over $1.4B worldwide and seems likely to figure heavily in the awards race to come.

In addition to the highest-grossing film of the year, the fantasy comedy penned by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach has set records as the top-grossing title ever released by Warner Bros, and the highest-grossing film from a solo female director. Starring alongside Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, Cera portrayed Allan, the lovably awkward best friend of Ken who, unlike the central characters, has no counterpart in his universe.

Also recently making a memorable appearance on Black Mirror...

Actor Liev Schreiber and his girlfriend Taylor Neisen have welcomed their first baby together. The ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ star, 55, and his former pageant queen wife, 31, shared the news via social media, revealing that the new time of their joy had arrived last month.

Schreiber took to Instagram and wrote: “So happy that Hazel Bee is finally here. She arrived early in the morning of August 27 and has been a dream every day since. Mom and baby are both super happy and healthy. Thanks to all for the love and support.”

He shared a picture of his newborn holding tightly onto his finger, and another of her tiny foot.

The Emmy-nominated actor then gave an update on how his girls are doing. “Mom and baby are both super happy and healthy. Thanks to all for the love and support,” he concluded.

Neisen has not publicly commented on Hazel Bee’s birth yet.

Actor Liev Schreiber and his girlfriend Taylor Neisen have welcomed their first baby together. The ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ star, 55, and his former pageant queen wife, 31, shared the news via social media, revealing that the new time of their joy had arrived last month.

Schreiber took to Instagram and wrote: “So happy that Hazel Bee is finally here. She arrived early in the morning of August 27 and has been a dream every day since. Mom and baby are both super happy and healthy. Thanks to all for the love and support.”

He shared a picture of his newborn holding tightly onto his finger, and another of her tiny foot.

The Emmy-nominated actor then gave an update on how his girls are doing. “Mom and baby are both super happy and healthy. Thanks to all for the love and support,” he concluded.

Neisen has not publicly commented on Hazel Bee’s birth yet.

Most of us would feel lucky just seeing Rihanna from a mile away, but Michael Cera had a once-in-a-lifetime experience when the singer slapped him across the face hard. But there was no actual beef in this squabble: It was all part of a very memorable scene in This Is the End, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s 2013 disaster comedy flick.

Cera reminisced on the making of This Is the End in a recent video interview breaking down his most iconic roles for GQ. The film — which also stars Rogen along with James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Emma Watson, and many more familiar faces — sees Cera portray an incredibly fictionalized version of himself, who spends a star-studded housewarming party inhaling cocaine and schmoozing women. When he finds himself arm’s length from Rihanna, he takes the ill-advised opportunity to slap her ass, and immediately faces...

Steven Soderbergh had a hand in Christopher Nolan landing the director’s chair for the 2002 thriller Insomnia. The Command Z director recently recalled that he reached out to Warner Bros. bosses to suggest they take a meeting with Nolan.

“What happened was, I got a call from Chris’ agent, Dan Aloni, who I had known because he screened Memento for me after Memento couldn’t find a distributor after being on the festival circuit for a year,” Soderbergh said in an interview with Rolling Stone. “Dan calls me up out of the blue and says, ‘Could you watch this movie? I have this client of mine who has this movie, and we think it’s really good, but nobody will pick it up and we don’t understand why. Maybe we’re all crazy.'”

He continued, “I see the movie, and I think it’s a fucking instant classic,...

Steven Soderbergh recently spoke to Rolling Stone while promoting his new series “Command Z” about the origins of his friendship with fellow filmmaker Christopher Nolan. According to the “Traffic” and “Ocean’s Eleven” director, a Warner Bros. executive refused to meet with Nolan about a potential directing gig for the studio’s thriller “Insomnia.” The exec allegedly disliked Nolan’s “Memento,” which counted Soderbergh as one of its biggest fans.

“What happened was, I got a call from Chris’ agent, Dan Aloni, who I had known because he screened ‘Memento’ for me after it couldn’t find a distributor after being on the festival circuit for a year,” Soderbergh said. “Dan calls me up out of the blue and says, ‘Could you watch this movie? I have this client of mine who has this movie, and we think it’s really good, but nobody will pick it up and we don’t understand why.

Steven Soderbergh isn’t losing sleep over Christopher Nolan’s career.

The “Command Z” director recalled reaching out to Warner Bros. for Nolan to be considered to direct 2002 thriller “Insomnia” starring Al Pacino, Hilary Swank, and Robin Williams. While Soderbergh seemingly downplayed his involvement in forging a two-decade relationship between Warner Bros. and Nolan during a recent Rolling Stone interview, the “Full Circle” helmer noted that Nolan would still be a major filmmaker today regardless of directing “Insomnia.”

Soderbergh even called Nolan’s directorial debut “Memento” an “instant classic” upon first viewing it.

“What happened was, I got a call from Chris’ agent, Dan Aloni, who I had known because he screened ‘Memento’ for me after ‘Memento’ couldn’t find a distributor after being on the festival circuit for a year. Dan calls me up out of the blue and says, ‘Could you watch this movie? I have this client...

His “retirement” a decade ago didn’t last. It couldn’t possibly. Steven Soderbergh is just too curious, too prolific, and far too in love with the work — the process of assembling a team to complete a herculean task, in particular — to hang it up. It’s a big reason why the 60-year-old filmmaker and television creator is a massive fan of Bravo’s Below Deck, about the crew of a charter yacht catering to its filthy rich clients’ impossible whims, and also why he’s constantly innovating. Over the past decade,...

Steven Soderbergh says that among all the issues facing Hollywood during dual actors and writers strikes, the one that “keeps me up at night” is data transparency — or the lack of it — from streaming platforms.

In an interview with Defector, Soderbergh — promoting his self-funded web series Command Z — said that while using artificial intelligence in the creative process is a serious issue, he’s more concerned that media companies are hiding something, whether good or bad, with their lack of transparency.

The filmmaker noted that with the projects he’s made for Warner Bros. Discovery’s streamer Max (including the recently released Full Circle), he was given “adjectives” instead of data, with the company telling him things like “We feel good about these numbers.”

“There are two potential reasons that we’re not getting all of the information,” he told Defector. “One is that they’re all making a lot...

‘Command Z‘ (20239 is a sci-fi comedy web series directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Michael Cera, Roy Wood Jr., Chloe Radcliffe and JJ Maley. It is produced by Extension 765, and can be streamed on its website. The story is inspired by the nonfiction book ‘Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History‘ by Kurt Andersen.

Premise

A team of employees working at a technology company in the future, are assigned with the responsibility of journeying back in time to alter historical events in order to safeguard the world.

Where to watch ‘Command’ Z?

Extension 765

The Cast Michael Cera Roy Wood Jr. JJ Maley Chloe Radcliffe

JJ Maley

Kevin Pollak

Will Brill

Mike Birbiglia

Bianca Norwood

Claire Kenny

Stavros Halkias

Mike Houston

Catherine Curtin

Ariella Josephine

Caitlin Brodnick

Ben Livingston

Jiehae Park

Karen Huie

Dash Peter

Nanie Méndez

Langston Belton

Elisa de La Roche

Alexandra Socha

James Naughton

Nhumi Threadgill

John Ellison Conlee...

Spoiler Alert: This interview discusses the events of “Command Z,” now available to purchase on its official website.

AI anxieties are only getting higher. Global temperatures are skyrocketing. Billionaires are challenging each other to mixed martial arts duels. Like everybody else, Steven Soderbergh and Kurt Andersen are wondering how to hit “undo” on the trajectory of civilization.

Available to purchase for $8 on its own official website, Soderbergh and Andersen’s “Command Z” begins in the year 2053. The story follows a trio of jumpsuit-sporting time-travelers, who influence the minds of the inhabitants of 2023 to nudge the world’s most powerful individuals into pumping the brakes on their world-dooming habits. The wisecracking coworkers are employed by deceased billionaire Kerning Fealty (Michael Cera) — or, at least an eldritch hologram AI with his likeness that doesn’t exactly scream collective interests. Sound familiar?

The conspicuous timing for the themes of “Command Z” aren’t...

With “Command Z” and “Full Circle” out now, Steven Soderbergh continues build the legend that he’s the busiest filmmaker in show business. Why so busy? Part of the reason is because Soderbergh shoots his own films. In fact, he hasn’t worked with a cinematographer since 1994 when he made “Fallen Angels,” a neo-noir anthology short film series with other directors for Showtime in the 90s.

Continue reading Steven Soderbergh On Working With Emmanuel Lubezki In The ‘90s & Why He Doesn’t Use Great Cinematographers Anymore at The Playlist.

Just as the global pandemic seemed to profoundly accelerate the demise of movies and theatergoing—something we all cynically assumed would happen, but hell, not that fast! Not so soon! culturally, our internal clocks all have an impending sense of doom that seems to be ticking faster than ever. Climate change is something we presume will destroy our lives eventually, but globally, it’s been unnerving to watch raging forest fires in Australia that appear apocalyptic, or more recently, if you’re a New Yorker, experience firsthand alarming smoke and air quality pollution that looks like it’s been shot by Roger Deakins on the set of “Blade Runner 2049.” Intentional timed or not, this is where Steven Soderbergh and writer Kurt Anderson are coming from with their surprise new sci-fi-ish satirical series, “Command Z”.

Continue reading ‘Command Z’ Review: Steven Soderbergh Travels Back In Time To Amuse With 2023 Cultural...

Welcome to the 223rd episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast.

Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).

This week, we’re joined by Justine Bateman, the writer, director and producer who most recently served as a consultant on the use of artificial intelligence for SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating committee. Bateman, who rose to stardom with her twice-Emmy nominated role as Mallory Keaton on Family Ties, has a degree in computer science from UCLA and is also a member of the Writers Guild, SAG-AFTRA as well as the Directors Guild. She previously served on SAG’s national board of directors and joins us...

It’s a good time to be a Steven Soderbergh fan. Last week saw the premiere of his deliciously twisty new crime thriller “Full Circle” on Max, and on July 17, the prolific director dropped a surprise web series, “Command Z,” on his Extension 765 site. The series — split into eight episodes and around an hour and 40 minutes total — is a playful and hilarious satire that sees the director back in his “Schizopolis” mode, with Michael Cera as the AI-generated ghost of an Elon Musk-esque tech guru who implements a plan for select employees to travel back in time and clean up the mess he and other titans of politics and industry made of the world. The series is deadly serious in its substance, reckoning with ambitious ethical and philosophical questions related to mankind’s most self-destructive tendencies, yet the delivery mechanism for its ideas is the most gleefully entertaining comedy Soderbergh has made in decades.

Steven Soderbergh has been his ever-prolific self of late, with his limited series “Full Circle” premiering on Max last week and dropping yet another series, “Command Z,” exclusively on his website over the weekend. And NYC moviegoers lucky enough to be in the loop caught “Command Z” at a secret screening at the Metrograph last weekend, too, with Soderbergh in attendance for a Q&a.

Continue reading Steven Soderbergh Talks About What Inspired His New Online Series ‘Command Z,’ A Nixed ‘Logan Lucky Sequel,’ ‘Che’ As A Series & More at The Playlist.

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSOn July 13, SAG-AFTRA issued a strike order, joining the WGA, who have been striking since May. In an incendiary speech, the guild’s president, Fran Drescher, said: “SAG-AFTRA negotiated in good faith and was eager to reach a deal that sufficiently addressed performer needs, but the AMPTP’s responses to the union’s most important proposals have been insulting and disrespectful of our massive contributions to this industry…Until they do negotiate in good faith, we cannot begin to reach a deal.” This Vulture Q&a with Jonathan Handel, author of Hollywood on Strike!: An Industry at War in the Internet Age, delves into the details of the work stoppage.Applications are open for Open City Documentary Festival & Another Gaze’s third annual critics’ workshop, which will take place in early September during the festival.

While Michael Cera wasn’t a complete unknown thanks to his role in Arrested Development, the actor achieved a new degree of fame in 2007 with the release of Superbad and Juno. Unfortunately, the increased attention wasn’t what Michael Cera was looking for, and he told The Guardian that he even wanted to quit acting to get away from it all.

“That was sort of overwhelming,” Michael Cera said. “I didn’t know how to handle walking down the street. Fame makes you very uncomfortable in your own skin, and makes you paranoid and weird. There were lots of great things about it, and I met a lot of amazing people, but there’s a lot of bad energies, too, ones that I was not equipped to handle.“

Michael Cera continued, “Drunk people would be a classic example. You know, if people are drunk, and they recognise you, and they’re very enthusiastic,...

Michael Cera is one of those delightfully odd actors whose fame certainly wasn’t guaranteed, so it may not come as a surprise that he bristled at the success he experienced after 2007 hits Superbad and Juno. In fact, he told The Guardian that he considered quitting acting completely after being thrust into the public eye.

Despite already starring alongside greats like Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Jessica Walter in Arrested Development, Cera became more of a leading man after scoring back-to-back roles in the coming-of-age buddy comedy Superbad and the teenage pregnancy comedy-drama Juno. Discussing the “overwhelming” time, Cera recalled, “I didn’t know how to handle walking down the street. Fame makes you very uncomfortable in your own skin, and makes you paranoid and weird. There were lots of great things about it, and I met a lot of amazing people, but there’s a lot of bad energies,...

Director Steven Soderbergh has never really been a fan of orthodoxy, and his idiosyncratic approach to his own work was on full display Sunday night when he launched his latest project, sci-fi series Command Z, at the Metrograph in New York. The Michael Cera-starring dystopian narrative, inspired by Kurt Andersen’s book Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History, was shown as part of a “secret screening” for members of the downtown theater.

Soderbergh followed the screening with a Q&a with Florida Representative Maxwell Frost, the first Gen Z congressman, explaining to the audience, “I don’t really want to talk about the show,” and instead quizzing Frost about how he stays hopeful. “How do we convince people to not give up?” Soderbergh asked Frost, who in turn discussed his path to politics and his work organizing.

Though maybe not exactly what the gathered cinephiles came for,...

Michael Cera became “paranoid” over fame early in his career.

The “Arrested Development” actor revealed to The Guardian that by age 19, he contemplated stepping away from Hollywood for good. Cera starred in “Juno” and “Superbad,” both of which were released in 2007 and changed his life in an “overwhelming” way.

“I didn’t know how to handle walking down the street,” Cera said. “Fame makes you very uncomfortable in your own skin, and makes you paranoid and weird. There were lots of great things about it, and I met a lot of amazing people, but there’s a lot of bad energies, too, ones that I was not equipped to handle.”

He continued, “Drunk people would be a classic example. You know, if people are drunk, and they recognize you, and they’re very enthusiastic, but it can be kind of toxic too. When you’re a kid, people also feel...

Although his new miniseries Full Circle just premiered on Max, Steven Soderbergh has announced today that another episodic project—which he allegedly made between Magic Mike’s Last Dance and Full Circle—will be ready to watch by next week. Command Z, an eight episode sci-fi project that’s roughly 90 minutes overall, will launch on Soderbergh’s website, Extension 765, this Monday, July 17. As of right now, a trailer for Command Z is available to watch on the site. Command Z takes place sometime in the distant future and revolves around a mission that a lead scientist […]

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Although his new miniseries Full Circle just premiered on Max, Steven Soderbergh has announced today that another episodic project—which he allegedly made between Magic Mike’s Last Dance and Full Circle—will be ready to watch by next week. Command Z, an eight episode sci-fi project that’s roughly 90 minutes overall, will launch on Soderbergh’s website, Extension 765, this Monday, July 17. As of right now, a trailer for Command Z is available to watch on the site. Command Z takes place sometime in the distant future and revolves around a mission that a lead scientist […]

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Update: The entire eight-episode series is now available to watch here for $7.99, with all proceeds going to charity.

Not even 24 hours have passed since Steven Soderbergh’s new series, Full Circle, premiered on Max, but the tireless writer-director-producer-editor-cinematographer has just announced the release of another, Command Z, which will be available to stream via Soderbergh’s site, Extension765, on July 17.

The series, which was filmed in secret but was known to be in production under the title The Pendulum Project, stars Michael Cera as the leader of a team of scientists that goes back in time to “America’s last inflection point: 2023” to make the future “more livable, fair, and decent for everyone.” This team of crusaders, which time travels with the help of a wormhole in a washing machine, includes Roy Wood Jr., Chloe Radcliffe, and Liev Schreiber.

According to the pseudonymous Extension765 employee “Fabrizia del Dongo” (Soderbergh...

Shortly following the release of his latest project on Max, Full Circle, director Steven Soderbergh has revealed the trailer for Command Z, a sci-fi series starring Michael Cera as a talking head leader of a trio of time travelers. Set to premiere on July 17, it is described as “apparently about ninety minutes long” and “eight episodes of a variety of length.” In the footage for Command Z, Cera’s head is projected in a tiny room where he tasks time travelers to go back to 2023 (“America’s last inflection point”) and correct the timeline in order to better their present-day. A “wormhole inside a washing machine” transports them from their timeline to a new one. Cera explains to time travel properly, folks have to ingest a synthetic substance akin to psychedelics while playing the theme song of the movie Mahogany. This will see the time travelers transporting into people’s brains to change the future,...

Steven Soderbergh on Friday unveiled the first trailer for Command Z, a comedic sci-fi series formerly known as The Pendulum Project, which will become available for streaming only on the site for his production company, Extension 765, on July 17th.

In the trailer, which you can view at the link below, we’re introduced to a disembodied scientist (Michael Cera), appearing on a screen, who advises a trio of employees on a mission through time and space that they’ll soon be undertaking — via a wormhole within a washing machine. “This is historic, literally,” the character says. “We’ll be dipping into the past to make some critical fixes there that will, in turn, make the future, our present right now, more livable, fair and decent for everyone. We’re going back to the moment that I’ve determined was America’s last inflection point — to 2023.”

The trailer is accompanied by...

Steven Soderbergh’s website probably wasn’t the spot anyone predicted would be the next new hot streaming destination. But it may become just that next week, as starting Monday, July 17 Soderbergh is unleashing a surprise new series on the world, and you can only stream it on the director’s website.

The show is titled “Command Z,” and starts Roy Wood Jr., Chloe Radcliffe, Michael Cera, J.J. Maley, and Jacqueline Antaramian. According to The Wrap, the show is about 90 minutes in total length, split into eight episodes. It’s a sci-fi satire set in the future, where a group of three people are contacted by a mysterious man who sends them back in time to 2023 to right mistakes committed in the past.

“Command Z” has had no advertising, and before Friday’s announcement, it had zero mentions on social media, so Soderbergh has managed to pull off the type...

Curious about this new project from the director of films like No Sudden Move, Logan Lucky, Contagion, and Traffic? That makes two of us. A newsletter related to Soderbergh’s new project could shed some light on what’s in store for this quirky excursion into the brain meats of bystanders and significant players in the world of tomorrow.

What do you get when you take the reality-altering rituals of Everything Everywhere All At Once and toss them into a washing machine for a Being John Malcovich-like sci-fi odyssey? The answer is Steven Soderbergh‘s Command Z, an eight-episode series featuring three brave explorers prepared to mind-dive into humanity to help save the future.

You can watch the Command Z trailer here!

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I think by now you’re used to me describing the somewhat Mercurial behavior of our boss, Mr/Dr Soderbergh, but this most recent development is...

“This is historic — literally.”

At least, that’s what a digital Michael Cera says at the start of the trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming sci-fi comedy series, “Command Z.” The “Ocean’s 11″-through-“13” director has rounded up Cera, Roy Wood Jr., Chloe Radcliffe and Liev Schreiber for a post-apocalyptic look back at the year 2023, as they traverse into the past by putting a wormhole in a washing machine.

The new series follows Soderbergh’s recent Max noir series “Full Circle,” starring Claire Danes and Zazie Beetz, which premiered on July 13. “Command Z” is set to premiere July 17 and will be available on Soderbergh’s website, Extension765.com.

“Here’s the funny part. Traversing our wormhole involves ingesting a synthetic substance related to psychedelics and playing the theme song from the movie ‘Mahogany,’” says the Ozian Cera. He leads Wood Jr., Radcliffe and Schreiber on a series of missions, hacking...