Annette Bening is joining the Taylor Sheridan-verse, the Oscar-nominated actress set to join the upcoming “Yellowstone” spinoff focusing on Rip and Beth (Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly). Finn Little also returns as Carter.
Bening plays Beulah Jackson, the powerful, cunning, and charming head of a major ranch in Texas. In addition, Chad Feehan (“Lawmen: Bass Reeves”) has joined the series as showrunner and executive producer. [Source: Deadline]
FX has announced a September 25th premiere date for the second season of its comedy series “English Teacher”. All ten episodes will be available to stream on Hulu and watch on video on demand from the next day.
Brian Jordan Alvarez stars as Evan Marquez, an English teacher who still refuses to stay quiet when controversy arises at Morrison-Hensley High. This season, the gang finds themselves in the crosshairs of issues including climate change, Covid, military recruitment and student phone usage. Evan also struggles to keep his relationship with Malcolm (Jordan Firstman) separate from his work life. [Source: Hulu]
Netflix has cancelled its crime series “The Waterfront,” the decision handed down over two months after the first season debuted on the service. Holt McCallany, Maria Bello, Melissa Benoist, Jack Weary, Rafael L. Silva, Humberly González, Danielle Campbell and Savanah Brady Hepnera star.
Created by “Scream” scribe Kevin Williamson, the eight-episode series centered on the Buckley family, a North Carolina fishing dynasty that starts on a slippery slope of illicit activities to save their business. The serie debuted to mostly positive reviews. [Source: Variety]
After churning out three films for Netflix as part of a multi-year deal, filmmaker Noah Baumbach is heading back out into the studio world with his next project – an A24 TV series.
The series, Baumbach’s first to date, will be an adaptation of Andrew Ridker’s 2018 novel “Hope”. Set in 2008, it follows an affluent Jewish family in suburban Boston whose public image unravels after a scandal, The project serves as this third time teaming with A24 after “While We’re Young” and doco “De Palma”. [Source: The New Yorker]
