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“I need to see where all this leads,” says Sissy Spacek’s Irene York at one point in the first trailer for the upcoming Prime Video series Night Sky. That line might be both metaphorical and literal as the retired English teacher, whose health is fading, sees her life with husband Franklin (J.K. Simmons) increasingly…

EXCLUSIVE: Lily Cardone (Bloodline) and Lowrey Brown (Hillbilly Elegy) have been tapped for key recurring roles in Amazon's sci-fi drama Lightyears starring Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons, from writer Holden Miller and producer Daniel C. Connolly. Argentinian director Juan José Campanella will direct and executive…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has added Beth Lacke (Chicago Med, Hope Springs Eternal), Stephen Louis Grush (Chicago P.D., The Alienist), and Cass Buggé (Better Things, Yes Day) to its upcoming sci-fi drama series Lightyears in recurring roles. Lacke will portray the role of Chandra, a former student of lead protagonist…

EXCLUSIVE: Longmire alum Adam Bartley, Chai Hansen (New Legends Of Monkey), Julieta Zylberberg (The Invisible Look), Rocío Hernández (La caída), and Kiah McKirnan (Mare of Easttown) are set as series regulars opposite Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons in Amazon's genre-bending drama series Lightyears, a co-production…

Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) is set as the co-lead opposite fellow Oscar winner Sissy Spacek in Amazon's genre-bending drama series Lightyears, a co-production between Amazon Studios and Legendary Television. Simmons replaces Ed O’Neillm who originally was cast as the male lead in the project but exited for…

Oscar winner Sissy Spacek and three-time Emmy-nominated Modern Family star Ed O'Neill are set as the leads in Amazon’s sci-fi drama Lightyears, from writer Holden Miller and producer Daniel C. Connolly. Argentinian director Juan José Campanella will direct and executive produce the first two episodes of the series, a…

Amazon has given a series order to sci-fi drama Lightyears, from writer Holden Miller and producer Daniel C. Connolly (The Son, Into the Badlands). The series is a co-production of Amazon Studios and Legendary Television (Carnival Row, Paper Girls). Argentinian director Juan José Campanella will direct and executive…