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HBO has renewed Barry for a fourth season, it was revealed on Thursday. Production will begin in Los Angeles in June, with series star Bill Hader directing all eight episodes. Hader co-created Barry alongside Alec Berg. Season 3 of the acclaimed series is airing weekly on HBO and HBO Max, with the finale set for June…

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Root (Barry) and Tim Blake Nelson (Old Henry) have signed on to star alongside Oscar and Emmy winner Kathy Bates, two-time Oscar nominee and Emmy winner John Malkovich and Lewis Pullman in Thelma, an upcoming indie to be directed by two-time Emmy nominee Ken Kwapis (#BlackAF, The Office). The Exchang…

Bill Hader is seeking out redemption in the Barry Season 3 teaser trailer, which came out Wednesday ahead of HBO show’s April 24 premiere at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The Emmy-winning comedy’s  long-awaited return will focus on Barry (Hader) as he’s trying to untangle himself from his career as a contract killer to follow his…

To Leslie director Michael Morris joined stars Andrea Riseborough, Owen Teague and Stephen Root to discuss the film at Deadline’s Studio at SXSW. The film follows Leslie, a single mother from Texas played by Riseborough, who wins a life changing amount of money in the lottery only to squander it on drugs and alcohol. T…

HBO‘s Emmy-winning dark comedy Barry will premiere its long-awaited third season on April 24 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Season 3 was delayed due to Covid-19. In the eight-episode new season, Barry (Bill Hader) is desperate to leave his violent past behind in favor of his newfound passion. But things will get messy as he…

Glenn Close recently received her record eighth Oscar nomination, so far without a win, for her brilliant portrayal of Mamaw in Hillbilly Elegy, a role in which her maternal character must deal with her daughter’s tragic drug addiction. In her new film, Four Good Days, she again is in the same situation, this time at…

EXCLUSIVE: Owen Wilson, Michaela Watkins, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ciara Renée, Lusia Strus, and Stephen Root have signed on to star in Paint, an indie film from director Brit McAdams. Sam Maydew of Silver Lining Entertainment is producing the project, which is currently shooting in upstate New York. McAdams also penned…

Debuting filmmaker BenDavid Grabinski is a self-proclaimed fan of rom-coms and The Twilight Zone. With his first feature he has managed to blend the two, even throwing in a bit of Billy Wilderesque black comedy to make a film that satirically puts marriage, long-term romance and the slippery slope of relationships on…

EXCLUSIVE:  We have learned that Marc Maron and Stephen Root have boarded the real-life inspired drama To Leslie which stars Andrea Riseborough as a West Texas single mom who wins the lottery, spends it fast, leaving a world of heartbreak in her wake. Maron will play Sweeney, a lonely motel manager living a quiet life…

Alan Ball won an Oscar for his original screenplay of American Beauty, which also took the Best Picture award for 1999. Later he made his directing debut with Towelhead in 2007, but it has taken 13 years before making his second directorial effort. With Uncle Frank, he has revisited his own Southern roots to explore…

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off his Emmy nomination for HBO comedy Barry, Stephen Root is joining Glenn Close and Mila Kunis in Rodrigo Garcia’s drama Four Good Days, about a mother helping her daughter work through four crucial days on the road to recovery from substance abuse. Launched at Cannes this year, the project is due…

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media, the recently acquired digital film distribution division of Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios, has acquired the North American rights to director/co-writer Nathan Adloff's Outfest audience award winner Miles for theatrical and digital distribution June 9. The film stars Tim…