Disney+ has just dropped a provocative new trailer for RIVALS, billing the drama series as “the naughtiest show on television,” and if the first season was any indication, that’s not mere marketing hyperbole. The show brings back its formidable ensemble from season one, including David Tennant, Danny Dyer, Aidan Turner, Katherine Parkinson, and Emily Atack, alongside Alex Hassell, who emerged as one of the breakout performers last time around. Fresh blood arrives in the form of Hayley Atwell and Rupert Everett, promising to shake up an already volatile mix.
At the heart of season two lies an intensifying battle for the Central South West television franchise, with the war between Corinium and Venturer escalating into genuinely dangerous territory. Tony Baddingham, played with delicious menace by Tennant, has shed whatever restraint he might have possessed and now operates as a ruthlessly efficient destroyer, methodically dismantling his competition through weaponized scandal and psychological manipulation of anyone foolish enough to stand close to him. The season arrives under bittersweet circumstances, following the death of Jilly Cooper, the novelist behind the original source material who served as executive producer on the first season. Tributes poured in from across the entertainment world, and her friend Queen Camilla even visited the set during production of season two, a touching acknowledgment of Cooper’s cultural significance.
The second season of RIVALS, which exists in that curious streaming ecosystem as a Hulu original in the United States while airing on Disney+ internationally, launches May 15 and will roll out in two six-episode batches, giving viewers just enough time to recover between bouts of backstabbing, bedroom antics, and boardroom warfare.
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Fifty years. One extraordinary career. And he keeps getting better 🎬
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Hinds re-unites with THE WONDER co-star, with the magnificent Florence Pugh!
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Paul Mescal is now in your Netflix queue 🍿
Ridley Scott`s long-awaited sequel to the Best Picture-winning GLADIATOR is finally on Netflix, and it`s the perfect excuse to watch Mescal go to war from your couch 🏛️
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Ciilian Murphy for 28 YEARS LATER 3?
Danny Boyle just confirmed at the @zurichfilmfestival that the third chapter of the 28 DAYS LATER saga is happening. Alex Garland already has a script, and Boyle says there will be "a lot of Cillian Murphy in it."
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Congrats to Saoirse Ronan!
PAPER PLANE, her 15-min directorial and screenwriting debut, has just won BIG at @encounterssff.
Despite four Oscar nominations, Saoirse still truly believes in independent film!
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73-year-old @piercebrosnanofficial tells @interviewmag that acting means constantly constructing and destroying a part of yourself to become the character.
From Bond to MOBLAND and everything in between, Brosnan is the real deal.
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See you in 2040! 🎬⏳
Richard Linklater just gave the most Linklater progress report imaginable on MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: nine sections, twenty years, and the fourth one starts filming in a few months. Paul Mescal has been along for the ride since 2019, and the finished film will take eight years longer than BOYHOOD, which already felt like an impossible feat at twelve.
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The first trailer for ELSINORE is here, and it`s a gut punch 🎭
Andrew Scott plays the late Ian Charleson, the actor who chased the performance of his lifetime as Hamlet at the National Theatre while facing impossible odds. Simon Stone (THE DIG) directs, Stephen Beresford (PRIDE) writes, and Olivia Colman stars alongside Scott, who also produced.
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