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Netflix ha compartido el primer tráiler de su miniserie original Día cero, creada por Eric Newman y Noah Oppenheim.

Día cero sigue a un querido y respetado ex Presidente de los Estados Unidos (De Niro) mientras dirige la investigación de un ciberataque a escala nacional al mismo tiempo que lucha contra sus propios demonios personales y plantea una pregunta que todos nos hacemos: ¿cómo encontrar la verdad en un mundo en crisis, azotado por fuerzas que parecen estar fuera de nuestro control? Y en una época en la que tanto las teorías de la conspiración como el engaño están a la orden del día, ¿en qué medida esas fuerzas son producto de nuestras propias acciones o incluso de nuestra propia imaginación?

La miniserie está protagonizada por Robert De Niro (Los asesinos de la luna), Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness...

Robert De Niro is set to star in the Paramount+ drama series ‘Bobby Meritorious’

The series is set in the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. When Avery “The Sage” Accomando (De Niro), an informant in the office’s biggest case, is poised to tear this storied institution apart, only one man can stop him: a fabled ex-cop turned prosecutor known as Bobby Meritorious.

De Niro is also set to executive produce the series which hails from scribe Billy Ray.

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Ray is writing and executive producing. De Niro will executive produce via his Tribeca Productions banner, along with the company’s Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh. Peter Gethers and Preet Bharara, a former U.S. attorney in the Sdny office, also exec produce.

Despite his long and illustrious career, this would only mark...

Robert De Niro is slated to star in “Bobby Meritorius,” a new crime drama in the works at Paramount+.

The series comes from Paramount Television Studios, which made a commitment to develop the show in a competitive situation. In addition to De Niro, the show is executive produced by writer Billy Ray, Tribeca Productions’ Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh, former U.S. attorney in the Sdny office Preet Bahara and Peter Gethers.

“The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is a sovereign kingdom with seemingly unlimited power and scope,” the show’s official logline states. “But now an informant in Sdny’s biggest case, Avery “The Sage” Accomando is poised to tear this storied institution apart. Only one man can stop him, a fabled ex-cop-turned prosecutor affectionately known as Bobby Meritorious. The battle between these two giants is a fight for justice itself.”

Ray is best known for writing,...

Last month, we saw the news that Robert De Niro was making the leap into the realm of TV with the new series, “Zero Day,” on Netflix. Well, it seems as if the legendary actor is ready to keep that TV trend going with yet another new show. This time, he’s set to star in the Paramount+ series, “Bobby Meritorious.”

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According to Deadline, Robert De Niro is set to star in the upcoming Paramount+ crime drama series, “Bobby Meritorious.” The series hails from writer-creator Billy Ray and will have De Niro play informant Avery “The Sage” Accomando, who can singlehandedly bring down the U.S.

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Last month, we shared the news that Robert De Niro had signed on to star in a TV series for the first time in his career, as he’ll be starring in and executive producing the six-episode limited series Zero Day for Netflix. Now Deadline reports that De Niro has signed on for another series. He’ll be starring in the crime drama Bobby Meritorious for the Paramount+ streaming service, which is also home to the Sylvester Stallone crime drama series Tulsa King.

Billy Ray, whose credits include Richard Jewell, Terminator: Dark Fate, Captain Phillips, and The Hunger Games, is writing Bobby Meritorious, telling a story that is set amongst the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, which is a sovereign kingdom with seemingly unlimited power and scope. But now an informant in Sdny’s biggest case, Avery “The Sage” Accomando is poised to tear this storied institution apart.

Robert De Niro is adding another TV project to his plate.

The Oscar winner is attached to star in and executive produce a Paramount+ drama titled Bobby Meritorious, from writer Billy Ray (The Comey Rule, Captain Phillips) and Paramount Television Studios. The streamer outbid several other outlets for the project from its corporate sibling and has committed to develop it.

Should it go forward, the Paramount+ show would be De Niro’s second leading role in a TV series. He’s also starring in Netflix’s six-episode thriller Zero Day, from Narcos EP Eric Newman.

Bobby Meritorious is set in the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. When Avery “The Sage” Accomando (De Niro), an informant in the office’s biggest case, is poised to tear this storied institution apart, only one man can stop him: a fabled ex-cop turned prosecutor known as Bobby Meritorious.

Exclusive: Robert De Niro is attached to star in a Billy Ray-penned crime drama series that is in the works at Paramount+.

The two-time Oscar winner will lead Bobby Meritorious, an original series that comes from Paramount Television Studios. Paramount made the commitment to develop the project after winning out a competitive situation.

It marks De Niro’s second TV project to emerge in a matter of weeks after conspiracy thriller Zero Day, from Eric Newman, landed a limited series order at Netflix.

The series is set amid the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, which is a sovereign kingdom with seemingly unlimited power and scope. But now an informant in Sdny’s biggest case, Avery “The Sage” Accomando, played by De Niro, is poised to tear this storied institution apart. Only one man can stop him, a fabled ex-cop-turned prosecutor affectionately known as Bobby Meritorious.

Zero Day has been ordered to series at Netflix. The conspiracy thriller series, starring and executive produced by Robert De Niro, will focus on how people handle a world in crisis. This will be De Niro's first television series.

Executive producers Eric Newman and Noah Oppenheim created the six-episode limited series and executive producer Lesli Linka Glatter will direct the series.

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The flow of actors better known for their big screen work to TV continues apace. Now, we can add Robert De Niro to the list as he's aboard to star in and produce Netflix conspiracy thriller Zero Day.

Eric Newman, who produced Narcos among many other things, created the show, while Jackie's Noah Oppenheim will write and run it. Lesli Linka Glatter is aboard to direct.

Here's the somewhat opaque logline… "Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind –– how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?"

I am a lifelong fan of Robert De Niro," says Newman. "To have him as a producing partner and star in this...

Robert De Niro to star in ‘Zero Day’ (Photo Courtesy of Brigitte Lacombe)

Two-time Oscar-winner Robert De Niro will star in Netflix’s limited series Zero Day, marking the first time the acting icon has starred in a television series. De Niro will also be an executive producer on what the streaming service describes as a conspiracy thriller.

Netflix offered this brief description of the six-episode limited series: “Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?”

Zero Day was created by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael S. Schmidt. Homeland and Mad Men‘s Lesli Linka Glatter is on...

Robert De Niro is the latest movie star to make the move to TV. Netflix announced Wednesday that the Oscar-winning film legend will star in and executive-produce his first television project, the conspiracy thriller limited series “Zero Day,” from creators Eric Newman (“Narcos”) and Noah Oppenheim (“Jackie”).

“‘Zero Day’ asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control?” goes the official logline for the series. “And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?”

Plot and character details were not revealed.

The limited series has a muscular writing-producing team behind it. Eric Newman is one of Netflix’s go-to producers. His credits for the streamer include “The Watcher,” the “Narcos” franchise, and the upcoming “Griselda” on the TV side,...

Netflix is getting back in the Robert De Niro business -- but this time, it won't be for a big-budget movie. Instead, the streaming service has partnered with the legendary actor for his very first TV series in the form of a conspiracy thriller titled "Zero Day." The limited series, which will run six episodes, was created by Noah Oppenheim ("Jackie"), who will serve as an executive producer alongside Eric Newman and De Niro.

De Niro, known for his roles in classics such as "Heat," "The Godfather Part II," and "Goodfellas," among many, many others, previously teamed with Netflix on Martin Scorsese's ambitious "The Irishman." Clearly, that experience went well enough for him to finally jump into the world of TV after a decades-long career that dates back to the '70s. As for what the show is about? The synopsis reads as follows:

"Zero Day" asks the question...

Netflix has officially announced Robert De Niro‘s first TV series, Zero Day, is headed to their platform. The 6-episode conspiracy thriller stars and is executive produced by De Niro, alongside Mad Men director Lesli Linka Glatter and creator Eric Newman and Noah Oppenheim. “Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis,” says the show’s official logline. “One seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?” “I am a lifelong fan of Robert De Niro. To have him as a producing partner and star in this show is beyond my wildest dreams,” says Newman. “And Lesli Linka Glatter has directed so many of my favorite episodes of television; she was...

Netflix is adding another big name to its talent roster.

The streaming service announced a series order for a new political limited series featuring Robert De Niro, marking his first regular role on the small screen.

Here's the official logline:

Zero Day asks the question on everyone's mind -- how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control?

And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?

De Niro will executive produce alongside creators Eric Newman for Grand Electric, and Noah Oppenheim

"Zero Day is a shrewd, heart-pounding conspiracy thriller that will keep audiences at the edge of their seat," said Peter Friedlander, Vice President of Scripted Series, Netflix, US and Canada:

"What an honor to have this A-list caliber of talent assembled,...

The legends truly are adapting to modern times. Netflix has just announced that Robert De Niro will be starring in a limited series (his first ever TV series) for the streaming platform, which he will also executive produce, called Zero Day. The series will be directed as well as executive produced by Lesli Linka Glatter. The show comes from creators and executive producers — Pulitzer Prize winner Michael S. Schmidt, Eric Newman under Grand Electric Productions, and Noah Oppenheim.

The official logline from Netflix reads,

“Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?”

The drama will be a limited series with six episodes.

Robert De Niro will star in and executive produce his first TV series with Netflix’s “Zero Day,” the streamer announced Wednesday.

The six-episode limited drama series, which functions as a conspiracy thriller, is created by Eric Newman and Noah Oppenheim, who will both serve as executive producers, with Newman executive producing under his Grand Electric Productions deal with Netflix.

The official logline is as follows: “‘Zero Day’ asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?”

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Netflix has given a formal limited series order to Zero Day, a conspiracy thriller from Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Michael S. Schmidt, with Robert De Niro attached to star and executive produce in his first series regular television role. Additionally, Leslie Linka Glatter will direct all episodes and executive produce. The project had been in development at Netflix since November 2022.

Created and executive produced by Newman under his Grand Electric Productions deal with Netflix, Oppenheim, and Schmidt, Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?...

It’s official: Robert De Niro is set to star in the Netflix political thriller Zero Day, marking his first foray into episodic television.

The limited series “asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?”

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Academy Award winner Robert De Niro is making his debut as a TV series regular.

De Niro is set to star in and executive-produce the Netflix limited series “Zero Day.” The six-episode “ripped-from-reality” thriller is co-created by Eric Newman (“Narcos”), Noah Oppenheim (“The Thing About Pam”), and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael S. Schmidt. Lesli Linka Glatter will direct and executive produce all six episodes.

Per the official logline, “Zero Day” asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?

Writer, co-creator, and executive producer Newman said in a statement shared with press, “I am a lifelong fan of Robert De Niro. To have him as...

Robert De Niro is officially set to make his debut as the lead of a TV series.

Netflix has given a series order to Zero Day, a six-episode conspiracy thriller that will star the two-time Oscar winner. The limited series, which courted De Niro late last year, comes from Narcos showrunner Eric Newman, former NBC News president Noah Oppenheim and New York Times writer Michael S. Schmidt. Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland, Mad Men) has signed on to direct all six installments.

“I am a lifelong fan of Robert De Niro. To have him as a producing partner and star in this show is beyond my wildest dreams,” Newman said in a statement. “And Lesli Linka Glatter has directed so many of my favorite episodes of television; she was our clear first choice to direct this show. I am grateful to Netflix for their continued faith and support and thrilled to...

Netflix has ordered the limited series “Zero Day” starring Robert De Niro in his first regular television role, Variety has learned exclusively.

In addition, Lesli Linka Glatter has boarded the show and will direct and executive produce all six episodes. Variety previously reported that the series was in development at Netflix in November. It hails from writers and executive producers Eric Newman and Noah Oppenheim.

Per the official logline, “Zero Day” “asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?”

Newman and Oppenheim created the series along with Pulitzer Prize winner Michael S. Schmidt, with Newman and Oppenheim serving as writers and executive producers. Newman...

Watch Dogs: Legion’s hook is the ability to recruit and play as any character in London, but this new feature is really more representative of a series in the midst of an identity crisis.

Legion opens with Dalton Wolfe, an operative from DedSec, the hacker group featured in the previous two games, dispatched beneath the Houses of Parliament to defuse bombs set up by the rival hacker group Zero Day. (Apparently every story involving terrorists and London needs to reference the Gunpowder Plot in some way.) Wolfe succeeds in saving Parliament, but loses his life in the process while failing to stop other bombs set up around the city.

DedSec is blamed for the bombings and the British government quickly hires the private security company Albion to establish a high-tech surveillance state covering every inch of London. Things seem pretty grim until you choose a new operative to rebuild...

Nicholas Hope in an episode of ‘Deadhouse Dark’ (Photo: Lauren Orrell).

Enzo Tedeschi’s horror anthology Deadhouse Dark will have its world premiere in the short form competition at Canneseries, the only Australian entry in the event which runs alongside the Miptv market in Cannes.

The other nine contenders are Broder (Argentina), Dog Days (Canada), Christmas on Blood Mountain (Norway), Cryptid (Sweden), First Person (Canada), Replay (France), The Writers. A Short Series (Poland), Tony (Argentina) and Zero Day (Us).

Jamie Bamber is the president of the short form competition jury, serving with Erin Moriarty and French actor/filmmaker Timothée Hochet.

The award of Best Short Form Series will be presented during the festival’s closing ceremony on April 1.

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Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to Puller, an hourlong drama based on David Baldacci’s bestselling John Puller book series, from former Bones executive producer Carla Kettner, Drop Dead Diva creator Josh Berman, Oscar winner Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Douglas Urbanski and Sony Pictures TV, where Berman is under an overall deal.

Written by Kettner, Puller is described as an action-forward procedural thriller about John Puller, an investigator with the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division. Puller, a decorated former Army Ranger, faces the most difficult case of his life when his brother, a convicted traitor, escapes from a maximum security prison. Together with Veronica Knox, an army intel specialist, Puller searches for his fugitive brother. In the book series, John and Veronica solve the most difficult of crimes while John secretly battles to restore his family honor.

Kettner executive produces with Baldacci, along with Berman and his...

With Thanos set to take on a huge role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the next few years thanks to Avengers: Infinity War, the Mad Titan’s presence in the comic books has been greatly increased as of late. That’s both a good and bad thing, but the way the iconic villain was defeated in Civil War II definitely falls into the latter category.

The end of U.S.Avengers #1 teased an upcoming event called “Zero Day” revolving around Thanos, and this first look at issue #2 gives us an idea of what’s to come. The solicitation text below confirms that the supervillain will be responsible for the death of Captain America, and from the sounds of it, the rest of the Marvel Universe won’t fare much better, either. How exactly he’s so powerful isn’t clear, though he does seem to be wielding some sort...

On this episode of Colony, "Zero Day," Katie and Will both formulate plans, but their endgames are completely different. Snyder prepares to do whatever necessary to keep his job as Proxy. Will finally confronts Katie about her role in the Resistance.

It's the anniversary of the Arrival and tensions are running high all over the bloc. In commemoration of the day, there's some looting and a few random outbursts of violence. A peaceful remembrance ceremony in K-town turns into a riot after the Red Hats arrive and demand that the people disperse.

Mr Robot concludes its first season with a teasingly inconclusive but satisfying finale. Bring on season two…

This review contains spoilers.

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Three days is a long time in cyber-hacking. Since we last saw our unreliable narrator, the global economy has been brought to the brink of collapse. Not that Elliot remembers how, why, or indeed, whether he’s responsible.

After the Darlene and Tyler Dad-en revelations of previous episodes, I doubted whether Mr Robot had saved enough mysteries for its upcoming second season. Trust in creator Sam Esmail, is the lesson learnt. After this teasingly inconclusive finale, written and directed by Esmail, it’s clear that there are more than enough question marks dangling for Mr Robot’s return.

Zero Day may not have given many decisive answers, but it did provide a satisfying sense that everything on this show is done for a reason. The...

On the “Zero Day” of this year’s San Diego Comic Con, Image held a mini-Expo and announced a dozen new titles from creators, both popular or relatively unknown , including some new to writing or drawing for Image. These comics show that Image is the place where creators can roam free and write and draw crazy and interesting stories in a variety of genres. This freedom paid off big time as Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ sci-fi love story Saga continued to dominate the Eisner Awards. Part of Image’s commercial success is due to Robert Kirkman, especially The Walking Dead and the popular AMC television series it spawned. San Diego Comic Con showed that his comics have cross-media potential even before the first trade of a comic he is writing comes out.

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Found footage films get a bad rap - and worse reviews. But the genre combines the vitality of punk rock with the reach of a video viral, and it has earned, if not respectability, then at least a respectful reappraisal. Some found footage (hereafter Ff) films are, admittedly, unwatchable (see The Devil Inside or, better, don't). But others, such as recent West Country-set religious chiller The Borderlands, or Bobcat Goldthwait's creepy Bigfoot hunt Willow Creek (out on May 2), are closer to unmissable.

Beyond an ominous title card, Ff films require little backstory, and the genre has only a brief history of its own. An uncompromising, hand-over-the-camera-lens look at totalitarianism in Vietnam-era America, Peter Watkins' 1971 mock-doc Punishment Park is considered Ff's chief forebear. Ruggiero Deodato's still-troubling Cannibal Holocaust (1979), however, is the most striking early archetype. Following a gonzo film crew into tribal Amazonia, it puts video-nasty atrocities through a film-school filter,...

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With Hr rebuilding, a mysterious organization revealed, a new female super spy added to the team, and Root still trying to find the Machine, it's a wonder that Reese, Finch, Carter and Fusco find any time to kick back and relax.

And now with the Machine unleashed, it looks like their work is only just beginning.

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Best episode: This was hard to pick because there were so many solid episodes this season including the last two, "Zero Day" and "God Mode." Even the controversial yet unique introduction of Sam Shaw was a favorite of mine. But I'm going to pick the hotel centric "Booked Solid." Maybe I just liked seeing Zoe Morgan return, but this episode seemed to have it all including action, humor,...

If Person of Interest Season 2 wanted to go out with a major cliffhanger, "Zero Day" would have been a great candidate.

And yet after speaking with series creator and one of the writers of the finale, Jonathan Nolan, he implied that "God Mode" would serve as the closing of one chapter and the beginning of another, which is exactly what transpired, bringing about a level of closure for some of the mystery surrounding Finch and the Machine and opening the door for something even more.

I had thought that Root had been receiving a fake call from the Machine and only Reese was picking up the real deal, but it turned out both were given access to the super powered computer.

Essentially the chase continued, except Root with her objective to find the Machine and set it free; and Reese to stop Root and rescue Finch.

I loved the Machine...

When "Person of Interest" heads into its Season 2 finale tonight, fans can rest easy knowing CBS has already renewed the series for a third season. That means that viewers shouldn't expect every loose Season 2 storyline to get tied up in this episode, "God Mode," as some will be left hanging to lead into Season 3.

Zap2it recently had the opportunity to speak with "Person of Interest" showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Greg Plageman, who teased where the Season 2 finale is headed. As set up in "Zero Day," the subject of the Machine's potential sentience is going to be a hot topic.

"I think we sort of laid out in a fair amount of detail in ['Zero Day'] our feelings about the Machine's sentience and where it's at in terms of the way Finch found kind of a workaround toward denying it sentience," Nolan says. "I think the nature of that word and what...

The Machine has rebooted, the call has gone out - and it looks like one person is going to have a "24-hour ticket to mayhem." Will it be Reese, Root, Finch or someone else?

I recently spoke with Person of Interest series creator Jonathan Nolan, along with executive producer Greg Plageman, about the end game on Person of Interest Season 2, its recurring characters,and what's in store for the finale, "God Mode."

Read on for excerpts from our Q&A…

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Did you always know that the Machine shutdown and hard reset was the game plan to close out Person of Interest Season 2?

Nolan: Yeah, we've been building towards this for a long time. Because this season has spent a little more time answering questions about Harold Finch that for us it dovetailed very nicely with this idea that there's a more aggressive evolution than last season taking place here with the Machine.

"Zero Day" finally arrived and with it an outstanding Person of Interest episode full of suspense, intrigue, action, character drama, familiar faces and an edge of your seat hunt for one of the most important phone calls ever.

Not only was I hooked from start to finish, but the hour brilliantly blended flashbacks with the present dilemma, while revealing a ton of information that connected seemingly singular moments of the past.

There's a reason this is a top-rated show, and the penultimate episode of Person of Interest Season 2 solidified another reason why.

The Machine had been acting rather wonky ever since Reese's former CIA partner Kara Stanton uploaded the virus given to her by the shadowy corporation known as Decima Technologies. Not only was it failing to let social security numbers be revealed in time for rescue, but it was on the countdown to zero and a hard reset.

Except...

Today’s photos from an action-packed, upcoming episode of Person of Interest, titled “Zero Day”, reveal a familiar face. Yes, that’s the lovely and talented Amy Acker reprising her role on the CBS drama.

I’m tickled that J.J. Abrams is giving Acker, a favorite of mine, more work. The actress is already a darling of Mr. Joss Whedon, who hired her as his Beatrice for Much Ado About Nothing and gave her a role in The Cabin in the Woods. Of course she’s also appeared in a number of his shows, to include Angel and Dollhouse. Abrams has also used Acker in the past. She appeared in the final season of Alias. Great minds think alike!

As for today’s photos, they reveal that our trio of crime fighters, Reese, Mr. Finch and Detective Carter will have their hands full during “Zero Day,” which is seasons 2′s...

Reese, Mr. Finch and Detective Carter will have their hands full, and then some, this Thursday on CBS’ Person of Interest — and here’s a few photos illustrating that point.

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During MovieMaker's transition from New York to Los Angeles, one of the awesome features that fell by the wayside was regular updates from NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, the monthly screening series taking place in the heart of Hollywood at the Sunset Gower Studios. The NewFilmmakers Series began over ten years ago in New York at the Famous Anthology Film Archives, where they screened over 500 features, 1600 shorts. A bunch of well-known have gotten discovered through NewFilmmakers, including Too Much Sleep, Zero Day, a little film called Blair Witch Project.

America has always been crazy about serial killers.

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V/H/S

Written by Radio Silence, David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Ti West, Joe Swanberg and Adam Wingard

Directed by Radio Silence, David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Nicholas Tecosky and Ti West

USA, 2012

In the found footage genre, there are only a few that I would rank as being memorable and maybe even great. In that list, you’ll find movies like Chronicle, Zero Day and Trash Humpers. Now, I may have to amend that to include this anthology horror movie. Aside from hosting some really good up and coming filmmakers, V/H/S looks fresh and scary as hell. If you love vhs nostalgia, indie filmmakers and ambitious projects, then this film is a triple threat!

Synopsis via IMDb:

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.

Lynne Ramsay's film depends for its impact on a growing distrust and fear of masculinity

By fairly common consent, We Need to Talk About Kevin has a hole at its heart. "Why?" Tilda Swinton's Eva is still asking her eponymous son in the film's closing minutes. She's had 18 years to work out the answer, so what chance have the rest of us in a mere 112 minutes?

Kevin's response isn't much help. "I used to think I knew; now I'm not so sure," he ventures. That could mean he was out to punish his unfeeling mum, but has come to wonder if he went a bit too far, since he's now prepared to submit to a hug. Or it could mean something else entirely. It wouldn't be the first time that he's strung Eva along.

This refusal to assign a clear motive to the instigator of the action is...

Ever since 1945′s Robert Oppenheimer-led Manhattan Project gave the world its first nuclear weapon, the nuclear arms race has run and run. Several nations are now in possession of viable nuclear weapons and despite the Cold War having ended 20 years ago, ridiculous numbers of wareheads and missiles remain active, able to be launched at the press of a button.

*****

Lawrence Bender, the producer behind the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth and Good Will Hunting, brings his considerable clout to bear in producing this fascinating and troubling documentary about the growth of the nuclear arms race. It goes without saying that there are far more viable nuclear weapons ready to be launched than could possible be sensible, but to find out just how easily the essential nuclear material can and does fall into the wrong hands is disconcerting to say the least.

Although the essential madness of the Us and Russia pointing...

Cinema's Architects Of The Uncanny, London

Artist Pablo Bronstein has taken over the Ica and temporarily remodelled it to disorienting effect, but you'll find no refuge in the cinema. Instead, you'll get a selection of great artists who've achieved similarly surreal architectural effects on celluloid. The weirdest ones seem to last the longest. Buñuel mischievously swapped dining rooms and lavatories for The Phantom Of Liberty's infamous dinner party, and prevented guests from leaving another one in The Exterminating Angel. There are spooky houses exerting sinister influences in the likes of Dario Argento's Inferno, Rivette's Celine And Julie Go Boating and Orson Welles-led oddity Malpertuis. In Repulsion, all Roman Polanski needed was a London apartment and Catherine Deneuve.

Ica Cinema, SE1, Wed to 30 Jun

Ray Davies, London

You can hear the Kinks on screen in everything from Hot Fuzz to Juno, but how many have seen Ray Davies's acting?...

Lawrence Bender has produced such well regarded and award-laden films as Good Will Hunting and An Inconvenient Truth, as well as each of Quentin Tarantino’s films (though he’s not working with him on Django Unchained), yet he considers himself to be a political activist at heart, involving himself in documentaries in order to further an overall message that is close to his heart.

He was recently presented with an award by the National Wildlife Federation for his contribution to the protection of wildlife and is serving as producer on Countdown to Zero, a new documentary by Lucy Walker about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and what can and must be done to stop it.

I had the privilege and pleasure of speaking with Lawrence Bender recently in order to discuss Countdown to Zero and the process of it making its way to the screen. We also discussed the...

A new documentary, Countdown to Zero, highlights the many reasons why nuclear annihilation remains our biggest threat

We never loved the bomb, but we did at least learn to stop worrying about it. According to new documentary Countdown to Zero, though, we shouldn't have. As Lucy Walker's film details, there's even more to worry about today: terrorists seeking to acquire nuclear materials, former Soviet countries trying to sell them, nuclear stockpiles, the club of nuclear-capable countries expanding to include states such as North Korea, Iran and Pakistan. Countdown to Zero has been described as the Inconvenient Truth of nukes, though judging by its terrifying revelations, our species is destined to destroy itself by nuclear means long before climate change gets a chance.

"Unfortunately, there's nothing I learned making this film that made me less worried," says Walker. Like most British children of the 1980s, she remembers what it was...

Forget tortured vamps and flash-tearing mermaids, the scariest thing you'll see this year could well be Countdown To Zero. Don't believe us? Try watching this new clip from the documentary without being reminded of the Kubrickian madness of Dr. Strangelove or that bit in T2 when La goes all melty. Told you.Yup, the nuclear codes are easier to work out than your pincode. It's scary stuff. Fear not, though: Judgment Day is not necessarily pending. Produced by Lawrence Bender, Lucy Walker's doc is the spearhead of a global campaign for nuclear disarmament, Global Zero. It's aimed to pressure world leaders to dial down their nuclear programmes and follows in a line of activist documentaries - An Inconvenient Truth chief among them - that audiences can participate in. Demand Zero Day gets the ball rolling on June 21.brightcove.createExperiences();Walker's Waste Land impressed the Academy enough to snaffle her an Oscar nomination.

"The Hangover" star Bradley Cooper is chasing after Ryan Gosling. Join the queue buddy.

First linked a month ago, Cooper is now confirmed to be starring as a rookie police officer in "The Place Beyond the Pines" for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment says Variety.

Gosling will play a pro motorcycle rider who turns to bank robberies to support his newborn son when he crosses paths with a cop.

"Blue Valentine" writer-director Derek Cianfrance directs from a script he co-wrote with Ben Coccio ("Zero Day"). Shooting kicks off July 25th in Schenectady, New York.

The Place Beyond the Pines lands Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling in Derek Cianfrance film After the massive success of current number one film at the box office, The Hangover Part II, Bradley Cooper is sealing a deal to star with Ryan Gosling in the multi-generational crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines, reports Variety. Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance helms from a script he wrote alongside Ben Coccio (Zero Day). Sidney Kimmel Entertainment will finances and produces with principal photography's starting on July 25th in Schenectady, N.Y. Gosling plays a professional motorcycle rider turned bank robber in order to support his newborn son.

The Place Beyond the Pines lands Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling in Derek Cianfrance film After the massive success of current number one film at the box office, The Hangover Part II, Bradley Cooper is sealing a deal to star with Ryan Gosling in the multi-generational crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines, reports Variety. Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance helms from a script he wrote alongside Ben Coccio (Zero Day). Sidney Kimmel Entertainment will finances and produces with principal photography's starting on July 25th in Schenectady, N.Y. Gosling plays a professional motorcycle rider turned bank robber in order to support his newborn son.