For those who remember, the game show Press Your Luck relied a lot on good timing. In a very roulette-like manner, contestants would watch squares on a board randomly be highlighted until they prompt it to stop in order to get the prize it halted on. An amazing episode in 1984 would have a contestant endlessly receiving good luck as he won big money every time he called, “Stop!” His fortune would be called into question as he would get accused of cheating on the show. Deadline has now shared the first look at Press Your Luck — a movie that will depict the events of that episode and all the controversy surrounding it, starring Paul Walter Hauser as the fateful contestant.
The synopsis, according to Deadline, reads,
“Set in 1984, the film follows Ohio resident Michael Larson, who steps on to the set of game show Press Your Luck harboring a secret:...
The synopsis, according to Deadline, reads,
“Set in 1984, the film follows Ohio resident Michael Larson, who steps on to the set of game show Press Your Luck harboring a secret:...
- 5/10/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Paul Walter Hauser will lead the cast of Press Your Luck, a pic based on a true story of an unemployed ice-cream truck driver who won big on a 1980s game show.
Set in 1984, the film follows Ohio resident Michael Larson, who steps on to the set of game show ‘Press Your Luck’ harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak gets threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations. You can see a first look image above.
Joining Hauser in an ensemble cast are Walton Goggins, David Strathairn, Emmy-nominated Maisie Williams, Haley Bennett, Shamier Anderson, David Rysdahl, Johnny Knoxville, Brian Geraghty, Patti Harrison and Shaunette Renée Wilson.
Samir Oliveros directs from a screenplay co-written with Maggie Briggs (Joyland). His company, Plenty Good (Chronicles Of A Wandering Saint) is the producer, and co-producer is Fabula (El Conde). The film is in post-production, with Protagonist Pictures handling international sales and CAA Media Finance representing North American rights.
“Samir has crafted a unique and stylish telling of the incredible true story of a down on his luck everyman gaming the system,” said Protagonist Pictures’ CEO, Dave Bishop. “We couldn’t be happier to be working with the very talented Samir and our friends at Fabula and Plenty Good.”
Press Your Luck is produced by Amanda Freedman, and executive produced by Andrew Hevia, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Hauser, Juan Pablo Solano, Simon Beltran, Sara McFarlane, Damiano Tucci, Tiziano Tucci, Sophia Banks, Arun Thapar, Divya Shahani and Roger Lolly. Constanza Muñoz is co-producer.
Paul Walter Hauser is repped by CAA, Artists First, and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham Llp.; Walton Goggins is repped by CAA, and Darris Hatch Management; David Strathairn is repped by CAA and Ryan Entertainment; Maisie Williams is repped by WME, Ocean Avenue, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein; Haley Bennet is repped by WME, and Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver Thompson; and Johnny Knoxville is repped by CAA, and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern.
Set in 1984, the film follows Ohio resident Michael Larson, who steps on to the set of game show ‘Press Your Luck’ harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak gets threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations. You can see a first look image above.
Joining Hauser in an ensemble cast are Walton Goggins, David Strathairn, Emmy-nominated Maisie Williams, Haley Bennett, Shamier Anderson, David Rysdahl, Johnny Knoxville, Brian Geraghty, Patti Harrison and Shaunette Renée Wilson.
Samir Oliveros directs from a screenplay co-written with Maggie Briggs (Joyland). His company, Plenty Good (Chronicles Of A Wandering Saint) is the producer, and co-producer is Fabula (El Conde). The film is in post-production, with Protagonist Pictures handling international sales and CAA Media Finance representing North American rights.
“Samir has crafted a unique and stylish telling of the incredible true story of a down on his luck everyman gaming the system,” said Protagonist Pictures’ CEO, Dave Bishop. “We couldn’t be happier to be working with the very talented Samir and our friends at Fabula and Plenty Good.”
Press Your Luck is produced by Amanda Freedman, and executive produced by Andrew Hevia, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Hauser, Juan Pablo Solano, Simon Beltran, Sara McFarlane, Damiano Tucci, Tiziano Tucci, Sophia Banks, Arun Thapar, Divya Shahani and Roger Lolly. Constanza Muñoz is co-producer.
Paul Walter Hauser is repped by CAA, Artists First, and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham Llp.; Walton Goggins is repped by CAA, and Darris Hatch Management; David Strathairn is repped by CAA and Ryan Entertainment; Maisie Williams is repped by WME, Ocean Avenue, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein; Haley Bennet is repped by WME, and Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver Thompson; and Johnny Knoxville is repped by CAA, and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern.
- 5/9/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Walter Hauser has added another project to a packed upcoming slate.
The Emmy and Golden Globe winner, who in the last few weeks alone has been tapped to play Chris Farley in Josh Gad’s biopic and has joined the cast of both “Fantastic Four” and the “Naked Gun” reboot, is to lead “Press Your Luck,” a drama-thriller based on the true story of Michael Larson. Protagonist Pictures has unveiled the drama-thriller — from Plenty Good in co-production with Fabula — alongside a first look image and will handle international sales, while CAA Media Finance represents North American rights.
Set in 1984, “Press Your Luck” follows Larson, an unemployed truck driver from Ohio who stepped onto the game show “Press Your Luck” harbouring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak gets threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations.
The...
The Emmy and Golden Globe winner, who in the last few weeks alone has been tapped to play Chris Farley in Josh Gad’s biopic and has joined the cast of both “Fantastic Four” and the “Naked Gun” reboot, is to lead “Press Your Luck,” a drama-thriller based on the true story of Michael Larson. Protagonist Pictures has unveiled the drama-thriller — from Plenty Good in co-production with Fabula — alongside a first look image and will handle international sales, while CAA Media Finance represents North American rights.
Set in 1984, “Press Your Luck” follows Larson, an unemployed truck driver from Ohio who stepped onto the game show “Press Your Luck” harbouring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak gets threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations.
The...
- 5/9/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Protagonist Pictures has unveiled the new drama-thriller Press Your Luck, starring Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird, Richard Jewell, I, Tonya). The company on Thursday also unveiled a first glimpse at the project, based on the “incredible” true story of Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio who steps onto the game show “Press Your Luck” harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak gets threatened when executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations.
The all-star ensemble cast also includes Walton Goggins (Fallout, The Righteous Gemstones, The Hateful Eight), David Strathairn (Nomadland, Good Night and Good Luck), Maisie Williams (The New Look, Game of Thrones), Haley Bennett (Swallow, The Magnificent Seven), Shamier Anderson (John Wick: Chapter 4, “Invasion”), and David Rysdahl (Fargo, Oppenheimer).
Jackass legend Johnny Knoxville, Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker, Chicago P.D.), Patti Harrison (Theater Camp,...
The all-star ensemble cast also includes Walton Goggins (Fallout, The Righteous Gemstones, The Hateful Eight), David Strathairn (Nomadland, Good Night and Good Luck), Maisie Williams (The New Look, Game of Thrones), Haley Bennett (Swallow, The Magnificent Seven), Shamier Anderson (John Wick: Chapter 4, “Invasion”), and David Rysdahl (Fargo, Oppenheimer).
Jackass legend Johnny Knoxville, Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker, Chicago P.D.), Patti Harrison (Theater Camp,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Protagonist Pictures has acquired international sales to Samir Oliveros’ dramatic thriller Press Your Luck, starring Paul Walter Hauser, based on a true story about an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio who arouses suspicion when he goes on a winning streak on the TV game show Press Your Luck.
CAA Media Finance represent North American rights to the film now in postproduction.
The cast also includes Walton Goggins, Maisie Williams, David Strathairn, Haley Bennett, David Rysdahl, Johnny Knoxville, Brian Geraghty, Patti Harrison and Shaunette Renée Wilson.
Oliveros directs from a screenplay co-written with Maggie Briggs, and the film is produced...
CAA Media Finance represent North American rights to the film now in postproduction.
The cast also includes Walton Goggins, Maisie Williams, David Strathairn, Haley Bennett, David Rysdahl, Johnny Knoxville, Brian Geraghty, Patti Harrison and Shaunette Renée Wilson.
Oliveros directs from a screenplay co-written with Maggie Briggs, and the film is produced...
- 5/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
It’s been a few years since FX announced plans to collaborate with Fargo‘s Noah Hawley on an Alien television series, but as we look ahead to the future, the project is closer than ever. With filming having already begun and several cast members announced, the series is taking shape in a way that gives fans insight into what they might be able to anticipate. Below, we’re breaking down everything we know so far about the series as we await its arrival on FX. Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved / Everett Collection Who Stars in the Alien Series? The cast of Hawley’s series includes a few Fargo alums with stars Timothy Olyphant and David Rysdahl among the ensemble that also includes Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, Adarsh Gourav, and Kit Young. What Is the Alien Series About? Inspired by Ridley Scott‘s 1979 sci-fi hit,...
- 5/6/2024
- TV Insider
Spoiler Alert: This article and video have spoilers for the Season 5.
“The canvas is unlike any other,” reveals David Rysdahl about “Fargo.” In our recent webchat he adds, “You can do extremely funny and there’s extremely dark. It’s like a sheet of music. Getting these scripts feels very lyrical.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Fargo” is the FX anthology series created by Noah Hawley that was inspired by the 1996 Coen brothers film. Each season takes a darkly comedic look at characters dealing with life and crime in the Midwest. The series’ fifth installment tells the story of Dot, played by Juno Temple, whose normal life is disrupted when her abusive ex-husband discovers her whereabouts. Rysdahl plays Dot’s husband Wayne, who now has his life and family in jeopardy.
See‘Fargo’ and ‘True Detective’ are on track for the Emmy face-off we were denied 10 years ago
With...
“The canvas is unlike any other,” reveals David Rysdahl about “Fargo.” In our recent webchat he adds, “You can do extremely funny and there’s extremely dark. It’s like a sheet of music. Getting these scripts feels very lyrical.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Fargo” is the FX anthology series created by Noah Hawley that was inspired by the 1996 Coen brothers film. Each season takes a darkly comedic look at characters dealing with life and crime in the Midwest. The series’ fifth installment tells the story of Dot, played by Juno Temple, whose normal life is disrupted when her abusive ex-husband discovers her whereabouts. Rysdahl plays Dot’s husband Wayne, who now has his life and family in jeopardy.
See‘Fargo’ and ‘True Detective’ are on track for the Emmy face-off we were denied 10 years ago
With...
- 4/26/2024
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
The Alien franchise is set to continue on the small screen with an “FX on Hulu” TV series from Fargo creator Noah Hawley, a show that began filming last year, then had to halt production after a month due to the actors strike. It’s been a few months since we’ve heard any news about this project, as director Fede Alvarez’s film Alien: Romulus (which is set to reach theatres on August 16th) has been getting all of the attention, but now Deadline has confirmed that filming has resumed in Thailand – and Sandra Yi Sencindiver of Foundation has joined the cast to play “a senior member of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation” in multiple episodes. “We hear there’s scope for the character to grow in future seasons.”
One of the first things we heard about the Alien TV series – and one of the most surprising things about it – is...
One of the first things we heard about the Alien TV series – and one of the most surprising things about it – is...
- 4/19/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
There’s a lot going on in the world of Alien at the moment. The original classic is returning to theaters, for starters, and the Xenomorphs will be fighting Marvel’s superheroes in the upcoming mashup comic Aliens vs. Avengers. Of course, the main event for 2024 is Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus, a brand new big screen movie set between Alien and Aliens!
With so much going on, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that Disney is also working on an “Alien” television series, in the works for FX from creator Noah Hawley (“Legion”).
The Alien franchise’s first ever television series is likely to arrive sometime in 2025, set to be the first story in the franchise that takes place on Earth, roughly 70 years in the future.
FX teases, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.”
So what’s the latest on the “Alien” TV series?...
With so much going on, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that Disney is also working on an “Alien” television series, in the works for FX from creator Noah Hawley (“Legion”).
The Alien franchise’s first ever television series is likely to arrive sometime in 2025, set to be the first story in the franchise that takes place on Earth, roughly 70 years in the future.
FX teases, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.”
So what’s the latest on the “Alien” TV series?...
- 4/19/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Foundation star Sandra Yi Sencindiver has joined FX and Noah Hawley’s Alien series which is filming in Thailand.
Exec-produced by Ridley Scott, the prequel series will be set towards the end of this century. It’ll be the first project in the franchise to take place on Earth and has been reported to deal with the emergence of the story’s infamous Weyland-Yutani Corporation and the race between corporations to create new android life.
The series will star Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Adarsh Gourav, Kit Young, Timothy Olyphant, David Rysdahl, Babou Cessay, Erana James, Lily Newmark and Adrian Edmonson.
We understand that Sencindiver appears in multiple eps and will play a senior member of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. We hear there’s scope for the character to grow in future series.
Exec-produced by Ridley Scott, the prequel series will be set towards the end of this century. It’ll be the first project in the franchise to take place on Earth and has been reported to deal with the emergence of the story’s infamous Weyland-Yutani Corporation and the race between corporations to create new android life.
The series will star Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Adarsh Gourav, Kit Young, Timothy Olyphant, David Rysdahl, Babou Cessay, Erana James, Lily Newmark and Adrian Edmonson.
We understand that Sencindiver appears in multiple eps and will play a senior member of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. We hear there’s scope for the character to grow in future series.
- 4/19/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark Ruffalo is returning to the stage in a one-night performance of the new play Ironweed: An Evening of Art & Humanity.
Ruffalo will star opposite Jessica Hecht in a performance set for May 17 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The play is based on William Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which was first published in 1983, and conceived of by Jodie Markell, who directs, and Brad Gilbert, who is the producer.
In addition to the onstage cast, the performance will include excerpts from the audio recording of the play, which is set to be released in fall 2024 and features Norbert Leo Butz, Kristine Nielsen, John Magaro, Michael Potts, David Rysdahl, Frank Wood and Katie Erbe, as well as songs by Tom Waits and an original score by Tamar-kali.
The play is set on All Hallow’s Eve in Albany in 1938. Francis Phelan, played by Ruffalo, returns to his hometown after being...
Ruffalo will star opposite Jessica Hecht in a performance set for May 17 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The play is based on William Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which was first published in 1983, and conceived of by Jodie Markell, who directs, and Brad Gilbert, who is the producer.
In addition to the onstage cast, the performance will include excerpts from the audio recording of the play, which is set to be released in fall 2024 and features Norbert Leo Butz, Kristine Nielsen, John Magaro, Michael Potts, David Rysdahl, Frank Wood and Katie Erbe, as well as songs by Tom Waits and an original score by Tamar-kali.
The play is set on All Hallow’s Eve in Albany in 1938. Francis Phelan, played by Ruffalo, returns to his hometown after being...
- 4/15/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dark Sky Films has acquired the U.S. rights to Booger, Mary Dauterman’s debut feature starring Grace Glowicki.
The distribution deal comes as Visit Films introduces the body horror pic to international buyers in Berlin. Glowicki plays Anna, a New Yorker faced with the sudden and unexpected death of her best friend and roommate, Izzy, played by Sofia Dobrushin.
As Anna grieves, Izzy’s cat, Booger, runs away, leading to a desperate search, only to be bitten on the hand by the cat. Anna soon takes on feline characteristics and her work life and relationship with her boyfriend go downhill.
“It’s great to see filmmakers like Mary Dauterman pushing the boundaries of horror and delivering something truly memorable. We’re thrilled to be bringing this film to audiences worldwide,” Dark Sky Films’ Giles Edwards said in a statement.
The ensemble cast includes Garrick Bernard, Marcia DeBonis, David Rysdahl and indie icon Heather Matarazzo.
The distribution deal comes as Visit Films introduces the body horror pic to international buyers in Berlin. Glowicki plays Anna, a New Yorker faced with the sudden and unexpected death of her best friend and roommate, Izzy, played by Sofia Dobrushin.
As Anna grieves, Izzy’s cat, Booger, runs away, leading to a desperate search, only to be bitten on the hand by the cat. Anna soon takes on feline characteristics and her work life and relationship with her boyfriend go downhill.
“It’s great to see filmmakers like Mary Dauterman pushing the boundaries of horror and delivering something truly memorable. We’re thrilled to be bringing this film to audiences worldwide,” Dark Sky Films’ Giles Edwards said in a statement.
The ensemble cast includes Garrick Bernard, Marcia DeBonis, David Rysdahl and indie icon Heather Matarazzo.
- 2/16/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fargo and Alien are not necessarily two projects that you’d associate with each other but they both come from the mind of Noah Hawley and are for FX.
The former has just finished its fifth season starring Jon Hamm and Juno Temple, while the latter is shooting in Thailand ahead of a 2025 launch.
When asked whether there were plans for a sixth season of Fargo, FX boss John Landgraf said it depends of how Alien pans out.
[Alien] is big imaginative reimagining of that franchise. It was really fun to watch [Noah] take on the Alien franchise in the way I watched him take on Fargo, to try to figure out how to deconstruct where the magic of it comes from and what were the key ingredients and how he can deliver those ingredients in a different way without just repeating things that have been done before,” he said.
“It...
The former has just finished its fifth season starring Jon Hamm and Juno Temple, while the latter is shooting in Thailand ahead of a 2025 launch.
When asked whether there were plans for a sixth season of Fargo, FX boss John Landgraf said it depends of how Alien pans out.
[Alien] is big imaginative reimagining of that franchise. It was really fun to watch [Noah] take on the Alien franchise in the way I watched him take on Fargo, to try to figure out how to deconstruct where the magic of it comes from and what were the key ingredients and how he can deliver those ingredients in a different way without just repeating things that have been done before,” he said.
“It...
- 2/9/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Alien TV series is meant to run for multiple seasons, but Noah Hawley knows where the story is going
The Alien franchise is set to continue on the small screen with an “FX on Hulu” TV series from Fargo creator Noah Hawley, a show that began filming last year, then had to halt production after a month due to the actors strike. Production is set to resume any day now – and during an interview with Collider, Hawley confirmed that while the series is intended to be a recurring show that will last for more than one season, he also knows where the story is going. He’s just not sure yet how many seasons it will take to get there.
Hawley said, “I think that endings are what gives a story meaning, and so you should never start a story without some sense of where it’s going because then you can really build that meaning into it. With Legion, I had what felt like a three-act structure to...
Hawley said, “I think that endings are what gives a story meaning, and so you should never start a story without some sense of where it’s going because then you can really build that meaning into it. With Legion, I had what felt like a three-act structure to...
- 1/19/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
[This story contains spoilers from Fargo’s season five finale, “Bisquik.”]
For Fargo season five star Juno Temple, nothing was going to get in the way of Dorothy “Dot” Lyon’s mostly happy ending.
When the dust settled on Noah Hawley’s tremendous fifth season of Fargo, Dot finally overcame her wickedly abusive ex-husband Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm), his hired gun who happened to be a 500-year-old sin-eater named Ole Munch (Sam Spruell) and her mistrustful mother-in-law, Lorraine Lyon (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Dot thought her quarrel with Munch was settled when he saved her and freed her at Roy’s ranch so she could put a stop to the latter’s vicious cycle of abuse once and for all, but a year after Roy ended up in handcuffs, Dot and her daughter Scotty (Sienna King) arrived home to see Munch sitting in their living room with their respective, unsuspecting husband and father, Wayne (David Rysdahl...
For Fargo season five star Juno Temple, nothing was going to get in the way of Dorothy “Dot” Lyon’s mostly happy ending.
When the dust settled on Noah Hawley’s tremendous fifth season of Fargo, Dot finally overcame her wickedly abusive ex-husband Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm), his hired gun who happened to be a 500-year-old sin-eater named Ole Munch (Sam Spruell) and her mistrustful mother-in-law, Lorraine Lyon (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Dot thought her quarrel with Munch was settled when he saved her and freed her at Roy’s ranch so she could put a stop to the latter’s vicious cycle of abuse once and for all, but a year after Roy ended up in handcuffs, Dot and her daughter Scotty (Sienna King) arrived home to see Munch sitting in their living room with their respective, unsuspecting husband and father, Wayne (David Rysdahl...
- 1/18/2024
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Note: This story contains spoilers from the “Fargo” Season 5 finale.
As touching as Juno Temple’s role on “Fargo” may have been for fans of the FX anthology series, it’s a relationship that goes both ways. The actress described her time on Noah Hawley’s anthology series as both “terrifying” and “one of the most extraordinary experiences” of her career.
“Characters like Dot [do] not come along very often, definitely not to me. I’m eternally grateful to Noah [Hawley] for having the faith in me to play her,” Temple told TheWrap after the crime-drama’s Season 5 finale on Tuesday. “She’s made me a much, much more aware, insightful, maybe even motherly woman. Also, it was something that challenged me in a way that I want to be challenged. I want to feel terrified every day before I go to work because I want to make people proud. This job did that in spades.
As touching as Juno Temple’s role on “Fargo” may have been for fans of the FX anthology series, it’s a relationship that goes both ways. The actress described her time on Noah Hawley’s anthology series as both “terrifying” and “one of the most extraordinary experiences” of her career.
“Characters like Dot [do] not come along very often, definitely not to me. I’m eternally grateful to Noah [Hawley] for having the faith in me to play her,” Temple told TheWrap after the crime-drama’s Season 5 finale on Tuesday. “She’s made me a much, much more aware, insightful, maybe even motherly woman. Also, it was something that challenged me in a way that I want to be challenged. I want to feel terrified every day before I go to work because I want to make people proud. This job did that in spades.
- 1/18/2024
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
[This story contains major spoilers from the season five finale of Fargo.]
Antecedently on Fargo season five, Juno Temple’s Dorothy Lyon battled against a centuries-old sin eater named Ole Munch (Sam Spruell), reckoned with her violent ex-husband and current lawman Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm), all while negotiating family politics with her mother-in-law Lorraine (Jennifer Jason Leigh), and receiving assistance from good souls like deputy Indira Olmstead (Richa Moorjani) and state trooper Witt Farr (Lamorne Morris).
Now, all of those characters are done struggling, at least on screen, and one of them is done struggling forever, thanks to a blade in the dark. As always, Fargo concludes with Coenesque violence, but also, with Coenesque questions — this time, the question being: What do we do with debt? Do we owe, or do we forgive?
The question comes to a head in the final sequence of the finale, in which Dot comes home with daughter Scotty (Sienna King), only to find the sin-eating...
Antecedently on Fargo season five, Juno Temple’s Dorothy Lyon battled against a centuries-old sin eater named Ole Munch (Sam Spruell), reckoned with her violent ex-husband and current lawman Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm), all while negotiating family politics with her mother-in-law Lorraine (Jennifer Jason Leigh), and receiving assistance from good souls like deputy Indira Olmstead (Richa Moorjani) and state trooper Witt Farr (Lamorne Morris).
Now, all of those characters are done struggling, at least on screen, and one of them is done struggling forever, thanks to a blade in the dark. As always, Fargo concludes with Coenesque violence, but also, with Coenesque questions — this time, the question being: What do we do with debt? Do we owe, or do we forgive?
The question comes to a head in the final sequence of the finale, in which Dot comes home with daughter Scotty (Sienna King), only to find the sin-eating...
- 1/17/2024
- by Josh Wigler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Warning: The following post contains spoilers about tonight’s fifth season finale of FX’s Fargo, “Bisquik”
Who knew a TV series based on an iconic Oscar-winning Coen Brothers noir movie had so much juice in it five seasons out?
But Fargo series creator Noah Hawley continues to prove that there’s a thousand bodies buried in those Minnesota snow drifts.
Granted, M.A.S.H. ran for 11 seasons; the industry joke being that the CBS show ran longer than the actual three-year Korean War. But similar to how Larry Gelbart pulled a relentless amount of inspiration from that 1970 Robert Altman, Hawley’s mind for ‘true stories’ about folksy Scandinavian-Midwesterners isn’t blank yet like a freshly fallen snow.
Typically, especially in streaming times, a series checks out around season 3, and to see Fargo in a renaissance, testosterone mode this season has even given Hawley a new sense of hope for the FX series.
Who knew a TV series based on an iconic Oscar-winning Coen Brothers noir movie had so much juice in it five seasons out?
But Fargo series creator Noah Hawley continues to prove that there’s a thousand bodies buried in those Minnesota snow drifts.
Granted, M.A.S.H. ran for 11 seasons; the industry joke being that the CBS show ran longer than the actual three-year Korean War. But similar to how Larry Gelbart pulled a relentless amount of inspiration from that 1970 Robert Altman, Hawley’s mind for ‘true stories’ about folksy Scandinavian-Midwesterners isn’t blank yet like a freshly fallen snow.
Typically, especially in streaming times, a series checks out around season 3, and to see Fargo in a renaissance, testosterone mode this season has even given Hawley a new sense of hope for the FX series.
- 1/17/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A 10-episode season is far too short a time to spend with Dot, Wayne, Scotty, Lorraine, Witt, Roy, Indira, and, yes, even Gator. Unfortunately, that’s all we get with FX’s Fargo season five as episode 10, “Bisquik,” brings the second-best season of the series to a close.
The season finale opens with the now-blind Gator (Joe Keery) deserted by his dad and left to make it back to the ranch on his own. He whines as he repeatedly falls and then eventually makes it into the secret tunnel almost by accident.
Gator emerges from the tunnel in a field and is immediately spotted by the FBI. He throws up his hands, no longer the arrogant vape-addict we’ve come to know and loathe.
Meanwhile, “patriots” line the ranch’s fence on Roy Tillman’s orders, fully prepared to take on the FBI. North Dakota Deputy Witt Farr (Lamorne Morris...
The season finale opens with the now-blind Gator (Joe Keery) deserted by his dad and left to make it back to the ranch on his own. He whines as he repeatedly falls and then eventually makes it into the secret tunnel almost by accident.
Gator emerges from the tunnel in a field and is immediately spotted by the FBI. He throws up his hands, no longer the arrogant vape-addict we’ve come to know and loathe.
Meanwhile, “patriots” line the ranch’s fence on Roy Tillman’s orders, fully prepared to take on the FBI. North Dakota Deputy Witt Farr (Lamorne Morris...
- 1/17/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
This article contains spoilers for Fargo season 5 episode 10 and No Country for Old Men.
After an underwhelming fourth season, FX’s Fargo found excellence again with season 5. The fifth season of this anthology series inspired by the Coen Brothers’ film and created by TV auteur Noah Hawley returned to the “present” (or 2019 at least) for an inspired yarn about family, debt, and the creeping fascistic rot in small town America.
The cast was at the top of their game including Juno Temple (Ted Lasso) as the resourceful Dorothy “Dot” Lyon and Jon Hamm (Mad Men) as “constitutional” sheriff Roy Tillman. Fargo season 5 didn’t need to stick the landing for its 10-episode saga about Dot winning her life back from the abusive Roy to have weight. Still, a good ending would have been one hell of a bonus. That ending arrives in the final episode “Bisquik” and thankfully, it’s a good one.
After an underwhelming fourth season, FX’s Fargo found excellence again with season 5. The fifth season of this anthology series inspired by the Coen Brothers’ film and created by TV auteur Noah Hawley returned to the “present” (or 2019 at least) for an inspired yarn about family, debt, and the creeping fascistic rot in small town America.
The cast was at the top of their game including Juno Temple (Ted Lasso) as the resourceful Dorothy “Dot” Lyon and Jon Hamm (Mad Men) as “constitutional” sheriff Roy Tillman. Fargo season 5 didn’t need to stick the landing for its 10-episode saga about Dot winning her life back from the abusive Roy to have weight. Still, a good ending would have been one hell of a bonus. That ending arrives in the final episode “Bisquik” and thankfully, it’s a good one.
- 1/17/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
This post contains spoilers for the season finale of Fargo, now available on FX and streaming tomorrow on Hulu.
At the end of Fargo the movie, justice is mostly done. The kidnapping orchestrated by Jerry Lundegaard, and carried out by Carl Showalter and Gaear Grimsrud, results in a lot of deaths and heartbreak. But Gaear kills Carl (and feeds his body into a wood chipper), Jerry gets arrested, and Marge Gunderson — as morally upright a person as you’ll find in a Coen brothers movie — catches Gaear. As she drives him to jail,...
At the end of Fargo the movie, justice is mostly done. The kidnapping orchestrated by Jerry Lundegaard, and carried out by Carl Showalter and Gaear Grimsrud, results in a lot of deaths and heartbreak. But Gaear kills Carl (and feeds his body into a wood chipper), Jerry gets arrested, and Marge Gunderson — as morally upright a person as you’ll find in a Coen brothers movie — catches Gaear. As she drives him to jail,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Decades after making the sci-fi horror classic Alien, director Ridley Scott returned to the Alien franchise with the intention of making a series of prequels that would tell us all about the “Space Jockey” and the creation of the xenomorph. The mythology Scott presented in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant didn’t sit well with a lot of fans – and when Alien: Covenant underwhelmed and underperformed, his prequel series came to an early end. Now the franchise is set to continue with a new film directed by Fede Alvarez and an “FX on Hulu” TV series from Fargo creator Noah Hawley… and during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hawley confirmed that he’s one of the fans who wasn’t very impressed by the story told in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. So don’t expect to see nods to the mythology or technology of those films in the TV show.
- 1/16/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The Alien franchise will return with its first ever television series in 2025, and it’s set to be the first story in the franchise that takes place on Earth, roughly 70 years in the future.
Creator Noah Hawley‘s take on the Alien franchise has been described as both an “extension and reinvention” of the films, but don’t expect Ridley Scott’s prequel movies to factor into the series. Scott, who’s on board the FX series as producer, dug into the origins of the Xenomorphs in both Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, but Hawley reveals in a new chat with Kcrw’s The Business that he’s not interested in playing with any of those story threads.
Furthermore, he’s only interested in exploring the tech of the original two movies.
“Ridley and I have talked about this — and many, many elements of the show,” Hawley explains. “For me, and for a lot of people,...
Creator Noah Hawley‘s take on the Alien franchise has been described as both an “extension and reinvention” of the films, but don’t expect Ridley Scott’s prequel movies to factor into the series. Scott, who’s on board the FX series as producer, dug into the origins of the Xenomorphs in both Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, but Hawley reveals in a new chat with Kcrw’s The Business that he’s not interested in playing with any of those story threads.
Furthermore, he’s only interested in exploring the tech of the original two movies.
“Ridley and I have talked about this — and many, many elements of the show,” Hawley explains. “For me, and for a lot of people,...
- 1/16/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Fargo” showrunner Noah Hawley teased his new FX series “Alien” in a recent interview with Kcrw’s The Business.
Though plot details are being kept under wraps, Hawley’s “Alien” series is set on Earth and roughly 70 years in future, predating the original film series.
Hawley was asked whether or not he would incorporate the backstory in Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” (2012) and “Alien: Covenant” (2017) into his FX series. The prequel films included a controversial backstory where the aliens were manufactured as a bioweapon by a mysterious race known as the Engineers.
“Ridley and I have talked about this — and many, many elements of the show,” Hawley said. “For me, and for a lot of people, this ‘perfect life form’ — as it was described in the first film — is the product of millions of years of evolution that created this creature that may have existed for a million years out there in space.
Though plot details are being kept under wraps, Hawley’s “Alien” series is set on Earth and roughly 70 years in future, predating the original film series.
Hawley was asked whether or not he would incorporate the backstory in Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” (2012) and “Alien: Covenant” (2017) into his FX series. The prequel films included a controversial backstory where the aliens were manufactured as a bioweapon by a mysterious race known as the Engineers.
“Ridley and I have talked about this — and many, many elements of the show,” Hawley said. “For me, and for a lot of people, this ‘perfect life form’ — as it was described in the first film — is the product of millions of years of evolution that created this creature that may have existed for a million years out there in space.
- 1/15/2024
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
Emmy winner Noah Hawley is teasing his highly anticipated FX Alien prequel series.
The Fargo showrunner was recently interviewed by Kcrw’s The Business, hosted by Hollywood Reporter Editor-At-Large Kim Masters.
Hawley was asked by interviewer Eric Deggans about Alien, which is set on Earth about 70 years into the future, predating the feature film franchise.
Right out of the gate, Hawley showed his understanding of the franchise by giving a rather perfect description of what Alien is really about: “The thing with Alien is that it’s not just a great monster movie. It’s the story of humanity trapped between its primordial parasitic past and its AI future, and they’re both trying to kill us. So, there’s nowhere to go. It’s really a story of does humanity deserve to survive? Does humanity’s arrogance in thinking that we’re no longer food and its arrogance in...
The Fargo showrunner was recently interviewed by Kcrw’s The Business, hosted by Hollywood Reporter Editor-At-Large Kim Masters.
Hawley was asked by interviewer Eric Deggans about Alien, which is set on Earth about 70 years into the future, predating the feature film franchise.
Right out of the gate, Hawley showed his understanding of the franchise by giving a rather perfect description of what Alien is really about: “The thing with Alien is that it’s not just a great monster movie. It’s the story of humanity trapped between its primordial parasitic past and its AI future, and they’re both trying to kill us. So, there’s nowhere to go. It’s really a story of does humanity deserve to survive? Does humanity’s arrogance in thinking that we’re no longer food and its arrogance in...
- 1/13/2024
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Juno Temple as Dorothy “Dot” Lyon in ‘Fargo’ season 5 (Photo Cr: Michelle Faye/FX)
FX’s Fargo season five episode eight, the season’s penultimate episode, is one of the series’ finest hours of storytelling. It opens with Ole Munch (Sam Spruell) punishing Gator (Joe Keery) for his innumerable acts of cruelty, topped off by the murder of Ole’s elderly mother.
Gator tries to bribe Ole into letting him go, but Ole doesn’t care one iota about promises of women, weapons, or cash. Tied to a chair, Gator can only whimper and beg as he realizes Ole’s about to take a red-hot knife to his eyes. An eye for an eye, correct? “This for that,” says Ole, adding, “What is taken must be given.”
Over at the Tillman Ranch, Dot (Juno Temple) is back in the game after a brief moment of despair at the end of episode seven.
FX’s Fargo season five episode eight, the season’s penultimate episode, is one of the series’ finest hours of storytelling. It opens with Ole Munch (Sam Spruell) punishing Gator (Joe Keery) for his innumerable acts of cruelty, topped off by the murder of Ole’s elderly mother.
Gator tries to bribe Ole into letting him go, but Ole doesn’t care one iota about promises of women, weapons, or cash. Tied to a chair, Gator can only whimper and beg as he realizes Ole’s about to take a red-hot knife to his eyes. An eye for an eye, correct? “This for that,” says Ole, adding, “What is taken must be given.”
Over at the Tillman Ranch, Dot (Juno Temple) is back in the game after a brief moment of despair at the end of episode seven.
- 1/11/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Fargo creator Noah Hawley is making an Alien TV series for “FX on Hulu”, and the show started filming in Bangkok, Thailand last year – but then, after a month, production had to be paused to wait out the Screen Actors Guild strike. That strike is now over, and Alien is expected to resume filming any day now. As production revs back up, Deadline has learned that Moe Bar-El, whose previous credits include The Peripheral, Better, Femme, and Count Abdulla, has been cast in a recurring role. They just weren’t able to dig up any details on the role he’ll be playing.
Bar-El joins previously announced cast members Sydney Chandler (Pistol) as the meta-human Wendy, who has the body of an adult, but the brain and consciousness of a child; Essie Davis (The Babadook) as Dame Silvia, Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World) as a soldier named Cj,...
Bar-El joins previously announced cast members Sydney Chandler (Pistol) as the meta-human Wendy, who has the body of an adult, but the brain and consciousness of a child; Essie Davis (The Babadook) as Dame Silvia, Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World) as a soldier named Cj,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The cast for FX’s “Alien” series continues to grow, with Deadline reporting that actor Moe Bar-El (The Peripheral) joins in recurring capacity. More interestingly, the announcement gives a bit more insight to the many of the characters in the series.
The series is “set in a time period before Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley and is the first story in the franchise that takes place on Earth, roughly 70 years in the future.” FX originally noted, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.”
Bar-El joins previously announced cast members Babou Ceesay (“Guerrilla,” “Damilola”), Jonathan Ajayi (“Wonder Woman 1984,” “Noughts and Crosses”), Erana James (“Uproar,” “The Wilds”), Lily Newmark (“Pin Cushion,” “Sex Education”), Diêm Camille (“Washington Black,” “Alex Rider 3”), and Adrian Edmondson, Timothy Olyphant (“Fargo”), David Rysdahl (“Fargo”), Essie Davis (The Babadook), Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World), Samuel Blenkin (“Black Mirror...
The series is “set in a time period before Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley and is the first story in the franchise that takes place on Earth, roughly 70 years in the future.” FX originally noted, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.”
Bar-El joins previously announced cast members Babou Ceesay (“Guerrilla,” “Damilola”), Jonathan Ajayi (“Wonder Woman 1984,” “Noughts and Crosses”), Erana James (“Uproar,” “The Wilds”), Lily Newmark (“Pin Cushion,” “Sex Education”), Diêm Camille (“Washington Black,” “Alex Rider 3”), and Adrian Edmondson, Timothy Olyphant (“Fargo”), David Rysdahl (“Fargo”), Essie Davis (The Babadook), Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World), Samuel Blenkin (“Black Mirror...
- 1/4/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Olivier Award nominee Moe Bar-El (The Peripheral) has been tapped for a major recurring role in the first season of Noah Hawley’s Alien series for FX, Deadline has learned. Details as to his characters are under wraps.
The actor joins a cast that includes Sydney Chandler as the meta-human Wendy, Alex Lawther as soldier Cj, Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, a CEO, Essie Davis as Dame Silvia, Adarsh Gourav as Slightly, Kit Young as Tootles, and David Rysdahl in an undisclosed role. Also aboard is Timothy Olyphant, and while his role has not yet been confirmed, Deadline hears he’ll be playing Kirsh, a synth who acts as a mentor and trainer for Wendy, a character with the body of an adult, but the brain and consciousness of a child.
Exec produced by Ridley Scott, the new Alien series is set in a time period before Sigourney Weaver...
The actor joins a cast that includes Sydney Chandler as the meta-human Wendy, Alex Lawther as soldier Cj, Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, a CEO, Essie Davis as Dame Silvia, Adarsh Gourav as Slightly, Kit Young as Tootles, and David Rysdahl in an undisclosed role. Also aboard is Timothy Olyphant, and while his role has not yet been confirmed, Deadline hears he’ll be playing Kirsh, a synth who acts as a mentor and trainer for Wendy, a character with the body of an adult, but the brain and consciousness of a child.
Exec produced by Ridley Scott, the new Alien series is set in a time period before Sigourney Weaver...
- 1/4/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
FX is gearing up to put viewers back into the world of Alien with the vision of Noah Hawley, and while details of the highly-anticipated prequel series remain minimal, star David Rysdahl is hinting at some good things ahead. Rysdahl is currently starring in Hawley’s Fargo for the network as car salesman and dutiful husband Wayne Lyon (below) in Year 5 of the acclaimed anthology series. When TV Insider caught up with the star regarding his ongoing role in the Midwest-set dark comedy, we asked him about what fans might be able to expect from the forthcoming Alien project. (Credit: Frank W Ockenfels III/FX) “I mean, if you would’ve told me two years ago that I would’ve been in Fargo and then in Alien, I would’ve been like, ‘What are you on?'” Rysdahl exclaims. “So the idea that I get to [star in these shows]… I mean, I grew...
- 12/30/2023
- TV Insider
This article contains spoilers for Fargo season 5 episode 7 “Linda.”
FX’s Fargo is not shy about indulging one-off sojourns into the realm of the fantastical. The show’s second season featured a UFO deus ex machina while season 3 took time out for a trip to a celestial bowling alley that might be the afterlife or at least the soundstage for The Big Lebowski.
Fargo‘s latest dip into the dreamworld, however, is one of its most impressive yet. Fargo season 5 episode 7 “Linda” finds our hero Dorothy “Dot” Lyon (Juno Temple) visiting the mysterious Camp Utopia to find her abusive ex-husband Roy Tillman’s (Jon Hamm) first wife Linda (Kari Matchett). In the process she stumbles into a whole bunch of other Lindas (who greet with one another with a cheerful “Hi Linda” like in Barbie) … and some puppets.
At first glance, the proceedings come across as reality – albeit a strange reality.
FX’s Fargo is not shy about indulging one-off sojourns into the realm of the fantastical. The show’s second season featured a UFO deus ex machina while season 3 took time out for a trip to a celestial bowling alley that might be the afterlife or at least the soundstage for The Big Lebowski.
Fargo‘s latest dip into the dreamworld, however, is one of its most impressive yet. Fargo season 5 episode 7 “Linda” finds our hero Dorothy “Dot” Lyon (Juno Temple) visiting the mysterious Camp Utopia to find her abusive ex-husband Roy Tillman’s (Jon Hamm) first wife Linda (Kari Matchett). In the process she stumbles into a whole bunch of other Lindas (who greet with one another with a cheerful “Hi Linda” like in Barbie) … and some puppets.
At first glance, the proceedings come across as reality – albeit a strange reality.
- 12/27/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Sam Spruell as Ole Munch in ‘Fargo’ season 5 episode 7 (Photo Cr: Michelle Faye/FX)
FX’s Fargo season five episode seven begins with the introduction of an obnoxious new character. However, don’t get too attached to the deadbeat dude as Ole Munch (Sam Spruell) decides to wipe him off the face of the earth in an act that’s brutal yet justifiable within the episode’s first five minutes. Can’t say that the jerk didn’t have it coming.
Dot (Juno Temple) is burning the candle at both ends, trying to keep ahead of Roy Tillman and his many minions. She briefly nods off at the wheel but wakes before the car drifts off the road. Dot wisely decides to grab a meal and a coffee at a roadside café.
Poor Dot, she nods off again right at the table, waking to the delivery of smiley face pancakes.
FX’s Fargo season five episode seven begins with the introduction of an obnoxious new character. However, don’t get too attached to the deadbeat dude as Ole Munch (Sam Spruell) decides to wipe him off the face of the earth in an act that’s brutal yet justifiable within the episode’s first five minutes. Can’t say that the jerk didn’t have it coming.
Dot (Juno Temple) is burning the candle at both ends, trying to keep ahead of Roy Tillman and his many minions. She briefly nods off at the wheel but wakes before the car drifts off the road. Dot wisely decides to grab a meal and a coffee at a roadside café.
Poor Dot, she nods off again right at the table, waking to the delivery of smiley face pancakes.
- 12/27/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Jon Hamm as Roy Tillman in ‘Fargo’ season 5 (Photo Cr: Frank W Ockenfels III/FX)
FX’s Fargo season five episode six immediately reveals the reason behind the episode’s title. Banker Vivian Dugger (Andrew Wheeler) stumbles out of The Tender Trap strip club only to discover Sheriff Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm) waiting outside. Roy points out Vivian’s legally not allowed to be near one of the strippers, and Vivian fumbles for an appropriate response before reminding Roy that he already sent him a re-election donation.
Roy cuts to the chase and orders Vivian to stop all negotiations to sell his bank to Lorraine Lyon.
Dot’s daughter, Scotty (Sienna King), eats her breakfast, oblivious to the fact that her babysitter, Minnesota Police Deputy Indira Olmstead (Richa Moorjani), has had a rough morning that began with a threatening phone call from a debt collector. Indira’s day goes from...
FX’s Fargo season five episode six immediately reveals the reason behind the episode’s title. Banker Vivian Dugger (Andrew Wheeler) stumbles out of The Tender Trap strip club only to discover Sheriff Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm) waiting outside. Roy points out Vivian’s legally not allowed to be near one of the strippers, and Vivian fumbles for an appropriate response before reminding Roy that he already sent him a re-election donation.
Roy cuts to the chase and orders Vivian to stop all negotiations to sell his bank to Lorraine Lyon.
Dot’s daughter, Scotty (Sienna King), eats her breakfast, oblivious to the fact that her babysitter, Minnesota Police Deputy Indira Olmstead (Richa Moorjani), has had a rough morning that began with a threatening phone call from a debt collector. Indira’s day goes from...
- 12/20/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Fargo Season 5 Review: Fargo Returns With An Excellent Inversion Of The Original Film(Photo Credit –YouTube)
FX makes Fargo comeback with an amazing season full of twists and turns and many comebacks to the original film. This is a back-to-form season that also dares to do something new.
Fargo Season 5 Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Juno Temple, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Rysdahl
Creator: Noah Hawley
Director: Noah Hawley, Donald Murphy
Streaming On: FX, Hulu
Language: English
Runtime: 10 Episodes, Around 1 Hour Each.
Fargo Season 5 Review: Fargo Returns With An Excellent Inversion Of The Original Film(Photo Credit –YouTube) Fargo Season 5 Review: What’s It About:
Fargo returns to FX after a long absence, and it brings all of its signature quirkiness, delightful humor, and bizarre violence. The fifth season of the show comes from the mind of Noah Hawley, who has been the brainchild of the operation since the beginning. In this new season,...
FX makes Fargo comeback with an amazing season full of twists and turns and many comebacks to the original film. This is a back-to-form season that also dares to do something new.
Fargo Season 5 Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Juno Temple, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Rysdahl
Creator: Noah Hawley
Director: Noah Hawley, Donald Murphy
Streaming On: FX, Hulu
Language: English
Runtime: 10 Episodes, Around 1 Hour Each.
Fargo Season 5 Review: Fargo Returns With An Excellent Inversion Of The Original Film(Photo Credit –YouTube) Fargo Season 5 Review: What’s It About:
Fargo returns to FX after a long absence, and it brings all of its signature quirkiness, delightful humor, and bizarre violence. The fifth season of the show comes from the mind of Noah Hawley, who has been the brainchild of the operation since the beginning. In this new season,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Nelson Acosta
- KoiMoi
The upcoming ‘Alien’ TV series is creating a buzz, and David Rysdahl, a star in the show, is adding to the excitement. He promises the series will offer a fresh, thrilling experience while respecting the original Alien movie’s essence. This is not a simple copy of the old story; it’s something new and different.
Noah Hawley, the showrunner, is known for his work on ‘Fargo.’ He’s using the same approach for ‘Alien.’ He looks at the core of the original movie – its themes, worldview, and intent – and then reimagines it. This means we can expect the series to feel familiar but also surprisingly new.
Rysdahl emphasizes that this new series will not just replay the old plot points. Instead, it will explore the Alien universe in a novel way, maintaining the excitement and thrill of the original. Fans of the franchise should be ready for an adventure...
Noah Hawley, the showrunner, is known for his work on ‘Fargo.’ He’s using the same approach for ‘Alien.’ He looks at the core of the original movie – its themes, worldview, and intent – and then reimagines it. This means we can expect the series to feel familiar but also surprisingly new.
Rysdahl emphasizes that this new series will not just replay the old plot points. Instead, it will explore the Alien universe in a novel way, maintaining the excitement and thrill of the original. Fans of the franchise should be ready for an adventure...
- 12/8/2023
- by Hrvoje Milakovic
- Fiction Horizon
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Fargo Year 5, Episode 4, “Insolubilia.”] For any fans who have been tuning in to FX‘s latest installment of Fargo, they’ve seen Juno Temple‘s Dot Lyon making weapons out of household items, ranging from hairspray and a lighter to a custom-made zombie killer (nail bat). While kidnappers attempted to grab the Minnesota housewife in the first episode of the season, she managed to thwart them with her inventive attitude and drive to survive. But in the most recent fourth episode, “Insolubilia,” Dot was forced to get even more physical as former stepson Gator (Joe Keery) came for her and her family with a new crew. (Credit: FX) Booby-trapping her house like a Home Alone movie, Dot knocks one of the kidnappers out with a sledgehammer rigged to a chain above her front door and confuses others with her Halloween decorations littering the hallway. When Dot’s husband Wayne (David Rysdahl...
- 12/6/2023
- TV Insider
[This story contains spoilers from Fargo season five, episode four, “Insolubilia.”]
For the last five years, Fargo star David Rysdahl has been quietly turning in a number of quality performances, and now the audience and industry alike are catching on.
Beginning with Dead Pigs, Cathy Yan’s feature directorial debut premiered at 2018’s Sundance Film Festival garnering Rysdahl and the rest of the cast a special jury prize for ensemble acting. But despite the recognition and rave reviews, the foreign-language film failed to receive distribution until a year after Yan’s second feature, Birds of Prey, had been released by Warners in 2020. That same year, Rysdahl stood out again in another Sundance darling, Edson Oda’s Nine Days.
Everything would soon change for Rysdahl in 2022, when he was cast in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Black Mirror season six and Noah Hawley’s fifth season of Fargo. In the latter project, Rysdahl plays Wayne Lyon, a well-intentioned car salesman,...
For the last five years, Fargo star David Rysdahl has been quietly turning in a number of quality performances, and now the audience and industry alike are catching on.
Beginning with Dead Pigs, Cathy Yan’s feature directorial debut premiered at 2018’s Sundance Film Festival garnering Rysdahl and the rest of the cast a special jury prize for ensemble acting. But despite the recognition and rave reviews, the foreign-language film failed to receive distribution until a year after Yan’s second feature, Birds of Prey, had been released by Warners in 2020. That same year, Rysdahl stood out again in another Sundance darling, Edson Oda’s Nine Days.
Everything would soon change for Rysdahl in 2022, when he was cast in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Black Mirror season six and Noah Hawley’s fifth season of Fargo. In the latter project, Rysdahl plays Wayne Lyon, a well-intentioned car salesman,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Fargo Year 5 Episode 4, “Insolubilia.”] Fargo‘s fifth year took a terrifying turn for Dot (Juno Temple) and her family in Episode 4, “Insolubilia,” as Gator (Joe Keery) the son of her possessive former husband Roy (Jon Hamm), broke in with intentions to kidnap her. The Halloween-timed scheme unfolds in her booby-trapped home while her husband Wayne (David Rysdahl) and daughter Scotty (Sienna King) take temporary refuge in the attic of their home until their hideaway is uncovered. While Dot takes on the kidnappers single-handedly for the first half of the break-in, soon the whole family is involved as Wayne listens to her instructions but begs for answers as to why this mystery man is calling his wife “Nadine.” Once the immediate threats are neutralized, Dot tells her family to escape down the laundry shoot, but Wayne opts for the trellis out his and Dot’s bedroom window, forgetting that she’s...
- 12/6/2023
- TV Insider
This article contains spoilers for Fargo season 5 episode 4.
Something festive, something spooky, something downright oogie boogie has been lurking around Fargo season 5 since its very first scene.
Flash back, if you will, to the opening moments of episode 1 “The Tragedy of the Commons.” The viewer is immediately thrust into chaos. Punches are being thrown at a meeting of the Fall Festival Planning Committee in Scandia Middle School. Look past the melee of writhing white Midwesterners towards to stage and what do you see? That’s right: crude plywood renderings of the iconic landscapes from the 1993 animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Later on, as Dorothy Lyon (Juno Temple) is being escorted out of the school, we see two Nightmare Before Christmas posters, confirming it as Scandia Middle School’s fall show.
Now, at the beginning of episode 4 “Insolubilia,” Fargo season 5 kicks its Nightmare Before Christmas appreciation up a notch. Not...
Something festive, something spooky, something downright oogie boogie has been lurking around Fargo season 5 since its very first scene.
Flash back, if you will, to the opening moments of episode 1 “The Tragedy of the Commons.” The viewer is immediately thrust into chaos. Punches are being thrown at a meeting of the Fall Festival Planning Committee in Scandia Middle School. Look past the melee of writhing white Midwesterners towards to stage and what do you see? That’s right: crude plywood renderings of the iconic landscapes from the 1993 animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Later on, as Dorothy Lyon (Juno Temple) is being escorted out of the school, we see two Nightmare Before Christmas posters, confirming it as Scandia Middle School’s fall show.
Now, at the beginning of episode 4 “Insolubilia,” Fargo season 5 kicks its Nightmare Before Christmas appreciation up a notch. Not...
- 12/6/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Joe Keery as Gator Tillman in ‘Fargo’ season 5 episode 4 (Photo Cr: Michelle Faye/FX)
Gator (Joe Keery) and his three minions make their move as FX’s Fargo season five episode four, “Insolubilia,” gets underway. The foursome splits into two twosomes and enters the Lyons’ home. Are they surprised to find the doors unlocked? Probably, but it’s impossible to tell because of their Nightmare Before Christmas masks.
Armed with tasers, knives, and guns – and half a brain between them – they slowly make their way through the house. Smoke pours out of the oven and Dot (Juno Temple) watches from inside a closet, waiting to launch her attack.
The tension ratchets up along with the action as the lights go out, a smoke alarm sounds, and a strobe light flashes. It turns out the strobe light’s coming from a plastic jack-o-lantern with a maniacal laugh. While one intruder’s distracted looking at the pumpkin,...
Gator (Joe Keery) and his three minions make their move as FX’s Fargo season five episode four, “Insolubilia,” gets underway. The foursome splits into two twosomes and enters the Lyons’ home. Are they surprised to find the doors unlocked? Probably, but it’s impossible to tell because of their Nightmare Before Christmas masks.
Armed with tasers, knives, and guns – and half a brain between them – they slowly make their way through the house. Smoke pours out of the oven and Dot (Juno Temple) watches from inside a closet, waiting to launch her attack.
The tension ratchets up along with the action as the lights go out, a smoke alarm sounds, and a strobe light flashes. It turns out the strobe light’s coming from a plastic jack-o-lantern with a maniacal laugh. While one intruder’s distracted looking at the pumpkin,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The cast for FX’s upcoming “Alien” series continues to grow, with Variety reporting this week that six more actors have signed on to star in the franchise’s first small screen outing.
Babou Ceesay, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diêm Camille, and Adrian Edmondson have all been cast in the series.
Sydney Chandler stars in FX’s “Alien” as Wendy, said to be “a hybrid, a meta-human who has the brain and consciousness of a child but the body of an adult.”
The previously announced cast also includes Timothy Olyphant (“Fargo”), David Rysdahl (“Fargo”), Essie Davis (The Babadook), Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World), Samuel Blenkin (“Black Mirror”), and Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger).
FX’s “Alien” series is expected sometime in 2025.
Creator Noah Hawley‘s take on the Alien franchise has been described as both an “extension and reinvention” of the films that have come before it,...
Babou Ceesay, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diêm Camille, and Adrian Edmondson have all been cast in the series.
Sydney Chandler stars in FX’s “Alien” as Wendy, said to be “a hybrid, a meta-human who has the brain and consciousness of a child but the body of an adult.”
The previously announced cast also includes Timothy Olyphant (“Fargo”), David Rysdahl (“Fargo”), Essie Davis (The Babadook), Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World), Samuel Blenkin (“Black Mirror”), and Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger).
FX’s “Alien” series is expected sometime in 2025.
Creator Noah Hawley‘s take on the Alien franchise has been described as both an “extension and reinvention” of the films that have come before it,...
- 11/30/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Fargo creator Noah Hawley is making an Alien TV series for “FX on Hulu”, and it actually started filming in Bangkok, Thailand earlier this year – but then production had to be paused to wait out the Screen Actors Guild strike. That strike is now over, and as Alien gears up to go back into production in the new year, we’ve been hearing new bits of casting news. Earlier this week, we heard that Timothy Olyphant (Justified) and David Rysdahl, who worked with Hawley on Fargo season 5, are in the cast. Now Variety reports that the main cast is rounded out by six more names: Babou Ceesay (Guerrilla), Jonathan Ajayi (Wonder Woman 1984), Erana James (The Wilds), Lily Newmark (Sex Education), Diêm Camille (Washington Black), and Adrian Edmondson (The Young Ones).
These new additions join previously announced cast members Sydney Chandler (Pistol) as the meta-human Wendy, who has the body of an adult,...
These new additions join previously announced cast members Sydney Chandler (Pistol) as the meta-human Wendy, who has the body of an adult,...
- 11/30/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Sheriff Roy Tillman believes he's above the law in the fifth season of the Fargo TV show on FX. As we all know, Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Fargo is cancelled or renewed for season six. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the fifth season episodes of Fargo here.
An FX anthology drama series, the fifth season of the Fargo TV show stars Juno Temple, Jon Hamm, Joe Keery, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Rysdahl, Lamorne Morris, Sam Spruell, Richa Moorjani, and Dave Foley. The story begins in 2019 and is set in Minnesota and North Dakota. After an unexpected series of events lands Dorothy 'Dot' Lyon (Temple) in hot...
An FX anthology drama series, the fifth season of the Fargo TV show stars Juno Temple, Jon Hamm, Joe Keery, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Rysdahl, Lamorne Morris, Sam Spruell, Richa Moorjani, and Dave Foley. The story begins in 2019 and is set in Minnesota and North Dakota. After an unexpected series of events lands Dorothy 'Dot' Lyon (Temple) in hot...
- 11/30/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Noah Hawley’s “Alien” series at FX has filled out its main cast with six new additions, Variety has learned exclusively.
Babou Ceesay, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diêm Camille, and Adrian Edmondson have all been cast in the series.
They join previously announced cast members Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, David Rysdahl, Samuel Blenkin, and Adarsh Gourav.
Plot and character details are being kept under tight wraps on the project, which was first announced in December 2020. The only detail that has been confirmed is that the show will take place on Earth in the not-too-distant future.
Scripts for the series were completed ahead of the recent writers’ strike, and production began on the show in Thailand in July after the onset of the SAG-AFTRA strike with the British cast members who were members of Equity, the British entertainment union. Production was eventually placed on hold,...
Babou Ceesay, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diêm Camille, and Adrian Edmondson have all been cast in the series.
They join previously announced cast members Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, David Rysdahl, Samuel Blenkin, and Adarsh Gourav.
Plot and character details are being kept under tight wraps on the project, which was first announced in December 2020. The only detail that has been confirmed is that the show will take place on Earth in the not-too-distant future.
Scripts for the series were completed ahead of the recent writers’ strike, and production began on the show in Thailand in July after the onset of the SAG-AFTRA strike with the British cast members who were members of Equity, the British entertainment union. Production was eventually placed on hold,...
- 11/29/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Fargo Year 5, Episodes 1-3.] When it comes to Fargo, the series isn’t one you’d expect to pull blatant influences from other popular culture, but Year 5 is flipping the script a bit with its Nightmare Before Christmas influences. As viewers who tuned into the first three episodes saw, and heard, there is more than one allusion to the Tim Burton stop-motion animated classic. The first tease occurs while Dot (Juno Temple) attempts to sleep after being booked by the police in the first installment, “The Tragedy of the Commons.” Fearful about what might be coming for her, we see a flash of masked individuals donning the likeness of Jack Skellington and other characters from the film. (Credit: FX) And as the second episode, “Trials and Tribulations,” comes to a close, Dot sits down to dinner with her husband Wayne (David Rysdahl) and daughter Scotty (Sienna King) at the moment...
- 11/29/2023
- TV Insider
Joe Keery as Gator Tillman and Jon Hamm as Roy Tillman in ‘Fargo’ season 5 episode 3 (Photo Cr: Michelle Faye/FX)
Sheriff Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm) is listening to “Sixteen Tons” on the radio while he rolls up to the murder scene/gas station as FX’s Fargo season five episode three gets underway. For once, his son Gator (Joe Keery) has done the right thing by not broadcasting the fact Ole Munch killed his partner and left a menacing sign on his dead body. So far, only Roy’s aware the gas station’s upped its body count by one.
Gator praises Ole Munch’s big balls, and Roy points out Munch has altered the size of Gator’s. They’ve gotten smaller.
Roy orders Gator to dig up all the info he can on Ole Munch. And he warns his son to sleep with his gun cocked until the situation’s handled.
Sheriff Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm) is listening to “Sixteen Tons” on the radio while he rolls up to the murder scene/gas station as FX’s Fargo season five episode three gets underway. For once, his son Gator (Joe Keery) has done the right thing by not broadcasting the fact Ole Munch killed his partner and left a menacing sign on his dead body. So far, only Roy’s aware the gas station’s upped its body count by one.
Gator praises Ole Munch’s big balls, and Roy points out Munch has altered the size of Gator’s. They’ve gotten smaller.
Roy orders Gator to dig up all the info he can on Ole Munch. And he warns his son to sleep with his gun cocked until the situation’s handled.
- 11/29/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
In the mood for some musical holiday cheer?
Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, the 2021 Roku Channel TV-movie that served as a conclusion to NBC’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, will air on VH1 Friday, Dec. 8 at 11 pm Et. (An encore presentation will air Saturday, Dec. 9 at 10:30 am Et.)
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Picking up after the events of the Season 2 finale cliffhanger,...
Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, the 2021 Roku Channel TV-movie that served as a conclusion to NBC’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, will air on VH1 Friday, Dec. 8 at 11 pm Et. (An encore presentation will air Saturday, Dec. 9 at 10:30 am Et.)
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Picking up after the events of the Season 2 finale cliffhanger,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Just one day after we learned that Timothy Olyphant (“Fargo”) has joined the cast of FX’s “Alien” series, Deadline reports that David Rysdahl (“Fargo”) has also signed on.
The upcoming series will reteam both Olyphant and Rysdahl with creator Noah Hawley, who of course previously created the small screen version of “Fargo” they starred in.
Sydney Chandler stars in FX’s “Alien” as Wendy, said to be “a hybrid, a meta-human who has the brain and consciousness of a child but the body of an adult.”
FX’s “Alien” series is expected sometime in 2025.
Essie Davis (The Babadook), Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World), Samuel Blenkin (“Black Mirror”), and Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger) will also star.
Creator Noah Hawley‘s take on the Alien franchise has been described as both an “extension and reinvention” of the films that have come before it, with Ellen Ripley not involved.
The upcoming series will reteam both Olyphant and Rysdahl with creator Noah Hawley, who of course previously created the small screen version of “Fargo” they starred in.
Sydney Chandler stars in FX’s “Alien” as Wendy, said to be “a hybrid, a meta-human who has the brain and consciousness of a child but the body of an adult.”
FX’s “Alien” series is expected sometime in 2025.
Essie Davis (The Babadook), Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World), Samuel Blenkin (“Black Mirror”), and Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger) will also star.
Creator Noah Hawley‘s take on the Alien franchise has been described as both an “extension and reinvention” of the films that have come before it, with Ellen Ripley not involved.
- 11/28/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
David Rysdahl plays the role of Wayne Lyon in the current season (which happens to be the fifth season) of the FX TV series Fargo (you can read our review Here) – and now Deadline reports that Rysdahl is reteaming with Fargo creator Noah Hawley on the Alien TV series he’s making for “FX on Hulu”. This is the second bit of Alien casting we’ve heard about in the last 24 hours, as last night it was revealed that Timothy Olyphant (Justified) is also in the cast.
Details on Rysdahl’s character are not yet available. He joins a cast that includes Sydney Chandler (Pistol) as the meta-human Wendy, who has the body of an adult, but the brain and consciousness of a child; Essie Davis (The Babadook) as Dame Silvia, Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World) as a soldier named Cj, Samuel Blenkin (Black Mirror) as a CEO named Boy Kavalier,...
Details on Rysdahl’s character are not yet available. He joins a cast that includes Sydney Chandler (Pistol) as the meta-human Wendy, who has the body of an adult, but the brain and consciousness of a child; Essie Davis (The Babadook) as Dame Silvia, Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World) as a soldier named Cj, Samuel Blenkin (Black Mirror) as a CEO named Boy Kavalier,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: After working with Noah Hawley on the fifth season of his Emmy-winning drama Fargo, which just debuted last week, David Rysdahl has solidified his place in his FX family with a series regular role in his Alien prequel series, Deadline can exclusively reveal.
Details as to his character are under wraps. But Rysdahl joins a cast that includes Sydney Chandler as the meta-human Wendy, Alex Lawther as soldier Cj, Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, a CEO, Essie Davis as Dame Silvia, Adarsh Gourav as Slightly, and Kit Young as Tootles. Announced as joining prior to Rysdahl was Timothy Olyphant, and while his role has not been confirmed, Deadline hears he’ll be playing Kirsh, a synth who acts as a mentor and trainer for Wendy, a character with the body of an adult, but the brain and consciousness of a child.
The new Alien series, exec produced by Ridley Scott,...
Details as to his character are under wraps. But Rysdahl joins a cast that includes Sydney Chandler as the meta-human Wendy, Alex Lawther as soldier Cj, Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, a CEO, Essie Davis as Dame Silvia, Adarsh Gourav as Slightly, and Kit Young as Tootles. Announced as joining prior to Rysdahl was Timothy Olyphant, and while his role has not been confirmed, Deadline hears he’ll be playing Kirsh, a synth who acts as a mentor and trainer for Wendy, a character with the body of an adult, but the brain and consciousness of a child.
The new Alien series, exec produced by Ridley Scott,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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