It has been revealed that Operation Christmas Drop actress Kat Graham and The Umbrella Academy’s Tom Hopper are primed to star in Netflix’s upcoming Romeo and Juliet-inspired love story film, Love in the Villa. Production will begin this month in Verona, Italy, and be released on the streamer globally in 2022.
Love in the Villa will feature a young woman who embarks on a trip to, of course, the town of Verona after experiencing a breakup. Upon arriving, however, she discovers that her villa rental has been double-booked, and she now has to share half of her getaway vacation with a “cynical (and very good-looking) British man.” Though no other details for the plot have been revealed, we know that William Shakespeare’s famous play heavily inspired the plot revisited in a modern light.
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The film will be directed by writer and director Mark Steven Johnson, who also worked on Netflix’s Love, Guaranteed, Finding Steve McQueen, and 2007’s Ghost Rider. Johnson had this to say pertaining to the release of the film:
“Now, more than ever, people need some love and laughter in their lives. Everyone seems so divided these days. But in the end everyone wants the same thing – to love and to be loved. That’s what movies like LOVE IN THE VILLA are about.”
Love in the Villa is produced by Johnson and Margret Huddleston and Stephanie Slack for Off Camera Entertainment.
Graham and Hopper are perfect additions to portray a Romeo and Juliet type feel, as both have extensive resumes in the film and television industry and will probably shine together on-screen. Hopper has recently been seen in his role as Luther on The Umbrella Academy, while also having roles in Terminator: Dark Fate, I Feel Pretty, among many more. Graham can be spotted in Netflix’s Operation Christmas Drop, as well as Cut Throat City and All Eyez on Me.
In any case, Love in the Villa is certain to be a romantic getaway full of love and laughs that all fans can enjoy. Being set in one of the most beautiful and romantic places in the world shouldn’t hurt either. Be sure to stay tuned to Collider for more upcoming details and don’t miss Love in the Villa premiering on Netflix globally in 2022.
With The Morning Show now streaming new episodes on Apple TV+, I recently spoke with Nestor Carbonell about what fans can look forward to on Season 2 of the Emmy-winning drama series. During the interview, he talked about the many things Season 2 deals with, how his character (Yanko Flores) is the subject of cancel culture, if he views Billy Crudup’s character (Cory Ellison) as a good or bad person, or does it depend on the day of the week, what fans would be surprised to learn about the making of the series, and more.
If you haven’t seen the trailer, The Morning Show Season 2 picks up after the explosive events of season one, as co-host Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) and new co-host Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) had just gone public about the network’s history of burying inappropriate behavior and abuse from some of its most lauded employees like Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell) and Fred Micklen (Tom Irwin). In the second season, UBA is struggling to find its footing while a new virus is slowly spreading around the world.
The Morning Show also stars Mark Duplass, Karen Pittman, Bel Powley, Desean Terry, Janina Gavankar, and Marcia Gay Harden. Joining the cast for season two are Greta Lee as Stella Bak, a tech world wunderkind who has joined the UBA executive team; Ruairi O’Connor as Ty Fitzgerald, a smart and charismatic YouTube star; Hasan Minhaj as Eric Nomani, a new member of the Morning Show team; Emmy Award-winner Holland Taylor as Cybil Richards, the savvy chairwoman of the UBA board; Tara Karsian as Gayle Berman, a news producer; Valeria Golino as Paola Lambruschini, a documentary filmmaker; and, Emmy and SAG Award-winner Julianna Margulies as Laura Peterson, a UBA news anchor.
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Watch what Nestor Carbonell had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about.
Nestor Carbonell
What can he say about The Morning Show Season 2?
Does he view Corey as a good person, a bad person, or does it depend on the day of the week?
How his character is the subject of cancel culture this season and does he agree with the way Yanko acts?
How it is impossible to be perfect when you’re on live TV every day.
The way comedians have had to adjust their material for fear of being cancelled.
What would fans be surprised to learn about making The Morning Show Season 2?
Sony has released the trailer for A Mouthful of Air, the drama film written and directed by Amy Koppelman and based on the acclaimed novel of the same name she wrote. A Mouthful of Air stars Mank Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried as Julie Davis, a writer of children’s books who is haunted by her mysterious past.
The trailer introduces us to Julie, a loving wife and mother who uses her talents to write books that help children deal with their fears. Julie, however, seems to be haunted by an invisible menace, as she drowns in an inexplicable sadness when she gets pregnant with her second child. Earlier this year, Koppelman said that “Julie’s story will help remove the stigma of mental illness from motherhood or at the very least help women talk more openly about how scary it is to be a mom.” The trailer reinforces this concept, as Julie’s mental health is suffering from the weight of motherhood.
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A Mouthful of Air also stars Finn Wittrock, Paul Giamatti, Amy Irving, Jennifer Carpenter, and Michael Gaston. The film is produced by Koppelman, Seyfried, Mike Harrop, Celine Rattray, and Trudie Styler. A Mouthful of Air is rated R for some language, although the trailer’s atmosphere teases a slow-burn drama with no adult content.
A Mouthful of Air hits theaters on October 29. Check out the new trailer and poster below:
Here’s A Mouthful of Air’s official synopsis:
Julie Davis, warm, kind, loving to her husband and child, is a bestselling children’s author. While her books deal with unlocking childhood fears, she has yet to unlock the dark secret that has haunted her own life. But when her second child is born, events occur that bring that secret to the fore, and with it, a crushing, powerful battle to survive.
The Baltimore Ravens paid a touching tribute to the late great Michael K. Williams in their first game at home and their first game in Baltimore since the actor’s untimely death. The tribute was for arguably Williams’ most famous and critically acclaimed role of Omar Little from The Wire, the iconic drama series that takes place in the same city.
Before kickoff of their home opener Sunday night, the Ravens played Omar’s iconic “the Farmer in the Dell” whistle, a warning that lets both the criminals and police of The Wire know that the King was around (best not miss if you decide to come at him). The Ravens made a comeback win, beating the Kansas City Chiefs 36-35.
In the world of The Wire, Omar Little is a stick-up man who has developed a reputation around Baltimore, feared by just about every criminal in the city. A man with a code (something a man has got to have), Omar makes it clear that he doesn’t hurt or steal anyone not “in the game,” meaning that he only goes after other criminals.
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Williams has embodied a number of characters throughout his career, with his performance as Montrose Freeman in Lovecraft Country earning him a nomination at the 2021 Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series. While he did not win the award, presenter Kerry Washington gave a loving tribute to Williams during the ceremony last night, describing him as “a brilliantly talented actor and a generous human being who has left us far too soon” and closed the tribute by saying, “I know you’re here because you wouldn’t miss this. Your excellence, your artistry will endure. We love you.”
Williams was also nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie in 2015, 2017, and 2019 as well as Outstanding Informational Series Or Special for his executive producer role on Vice. Through all of these roles and positions, Williams considered Omar one of his favorite roles and while the character’s convictions, development, and presence were all part of what made the character so widely loved, it was Williams’ performance that truly made the character jump off the screen and into the collective minds of everyone who has watched The Wire.
Williams was found dead on September 6 at the age of 54. With so many people from fans to colleagues to the city that the show was set in giving these loving tributes, it demonstrates the lingering impact of the character of Omar Little, but also how loved the man behind the character was. Always remember: “A man’s gotta have a code.”
Watch the Michael K. Williams tribute from the Baltimore Ravens below:
[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers through the Season 8 finale of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, “The Last Day.”]
The final episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine offered up exactly the sort of loving goodbye that fans were hoping for, reuniting the squad (including the surprise return of Chelsea Peretti as Gina Linetti) for one last hilarious heist. But for those who like to make a study of series finales, it also offered up not just a series of jokes and callbacks specifically tailored to please the show's loyal fanbase, but was also remarkably subversive in how it approached the very nature of final episodes, and the sometimes elaborate plotting hijinks involved in delivering happy endings on a tight timetable.
The main plotline, focusing on Jake (Andy Samberg) plotting his perfect goodbye to his co-workers after deciding to leave the force to take care of his and Amy's (Melissa Fumero) son, was rightly played relatively straight. Not only did it give the final heist (or so we thought) some real emotional resonance, it also led to a real gutpunch of feels, with Captain Holt (Andre Braugher) praising Jake for growing up into the kind of detective/person that he'd be proud to call a son.
But while Jake's decision to leave behind the force for the sake of his family stayed relatively earnest, “The Last Day” had its fun in not just delivering some extremely meta jokes, like explaining the backstory behind the opening credits' iconic shot of the squad walking in a line by the Brooklyn Bridge (there's a really good falafel place nearby) but using the character of Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) to poke fun at a series finale trope that more often than not ends up compromising the final installments of other shows.
Rosa's personal life (much to her dismay, especially at the beginning) was explored a fair amount over the course of the series, with her multi-episode relationship with wild card Detective Pimento (Jason Mantzoukas) followed by her coming out as bisexual to both her co-workers and her parents, a process which was not smooth sailing. While viewers hadn't gotten many updates on her recent relationships over the course of this season, that was understandable given everything else going on, like the squad's successful effort to enact police reform from within the system. Still, as the only unmarried one left as part of the Brooklyn Nine-Nine family, it was easy to believe that “The Last Day” would include some sort of last-minute romantic resolution for the character — much like, as just one example, Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) and Stan (Jay R. Ferguson) in the series finale of Mad Men — which made it all the more suspicious when, in the finale, Pimento appeared mid-heist.
While the number one rule of a Nine-Nine heist is to assume that literally everyone is lying, the aforementioned series finale trope meant that when Rosa confessed to Amy that she was considering getting back together with Pimento, it seemed plausible. But said trope was also why it was so satisfying when the episode revealed that Rosa had been manipulating Amy's assumptions to score another advantage in the game. “You all think for someone to be happy their story has to end with marriage and kids,” she says, before — in a later scene — teasing Amy with the news that she's planning to move in with her girlfriend, then revealing that she was once again messing with her friend, because “I don't want to settle down.”
As meaningful as the final scene with Holt and Jake was, there was something equally powerful about Rosa proudly proclaiming that being in a committed relationship wasn't essential to her happiness: she has friends and work that satisfies her and doesn't need a partner in order to feel whole. Not only was it the sort of important statement that so often isn't emphasized in stories like this, but it was also a real tribute to the character, one of the show's most important not because of how she slowly opened up over the years, but because her evolution never came at the cost of the factors which made her so indelibly herself.
All that, and we got another Raymond Holt balloon arch. Brooklyn Nine-Nine will be missed, but it ended on a high note.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is streaming now on Hulu and Peacock.
