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Like a fungus, the truth eventually has come out. It seems actor Jason Ritter made a quiet cameo as a clicker (the nickname for those infected with the mutated cordyceps fungus) on HBO’s “The Last of Us.” Ritter, known for shows Joan of Arcadia, The Event, Gravity Falls and Parenthood, appeared in…

Peacock and Sky have set the cast for their adaptation of The Tattooist of Auschwitz.  Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid) and Anna Próchniak (Baptiste) are set as the leads of the drama series with Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey also set. Related Story ‘Monk’ Returns As Peacoc…

Melanie Lynskey didn’t appreciate criticism that she was a bit too zaftig for the role of a post-apocalyptic warlord. Model Adrianne Curry made a tweeted observation (since deleted) on Feb. 8 that Lynskey wasn’t a great fit for The Last of Us role of Kathleen, a Kansas City warlord who apparently…

Enough with all the buzzing about Yellowjackets; it’s time to see what the gals from that high school soccer team are going to do next in the frigid mountain air. Showtime announced today that Yellowjackets will return for its second season Friday, March 24 on streaming and on demand for…

Part survival story, coming-of-age drama and horror saga, Showtime’s Yellowjackets follows a plane crash in 1996 that leaves a high school girls soccer team stranded in the Canadian wilderness, as well as the lives of the survivors 25 years later. Karyn Kusama, who directed and executive produced the pilot, said the…

With everything Melanie Lynskey has done in films and television, it is hard to believe that her role in Showtime’s Yellowjackets and subsequent nomination as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is actually her first Emmy nom. Yet, that it is. She…

Melanie Lynskey admits that she used to roll her eyes when actors admitted to sleeping through big awards show nominations. But that’s exactly how the Yellowjackets star spent her morning before learning of her first Emmy nod for the hit Showtime drama. 2022 Emmy Nominations: Deadline's Complete Coverage Lynskey…

Showtime's hit drama Yellowjackets is a multi-generational story that touches on hints of cannibalism and the supernatural. For co-creator Ashley Lyle, it's a universal tale of flawed women. The show tells parallel stories about a high school soccer team surviving after a plane crash in 1996, and the survivors as…

Yellowjackets continues to deliver more than just sinister suspense for Showtime as the survival drama brings in more than one million viewers with its cliffhanger-filled season finale. Showtime revealed that the Yellowjackets Season 1 finale, which aired on Sunday, brought in 1.3 million viewers across its platforms…

Pablo Schreiber (Orange Is the New Black) is set as a lead opposite Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey in Hulu's original limited event series Candy, based on the true story of Candy Montgomery (Biel), who killed her friend Betty Gore (Lynskey) with an ax. In 1980 Texas, Montgomery seemingly had it all — a loving…

Melanie Lynskey (Castle Rock) has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Jessica Biel in Hulu's original limited event series Candy based on the true story of Candy Montgomery (Biel), who killed her friend Betty Gore (Lynskey) with an ax. In 1980 Texas, Candy Montgomery (Biel) seemingly had it all — a loving husband with…

UPDATED with full list of panel participants. Deadline regrets the initial omissions. When Melanie Lynskey read the pilot script for Yellowjackets, she knew she needed to be part of the series, despite the fact that she's typically “nervous” about signing on to long-term TV contracts. “You read a lot of things that…