ABC Announces 4 Exciting New Series Picked Up for 2021-22 Season!
ABC has announced four new shows that will be coming to the network in the upcoming 2021-22 television season!
It’s currently upfronts week, which is when all of the networks finalize their renewals and cancellations, decide which new shows they’ll pick up, create their schedules for the upcoming season, and then present everything to advertisers.
Usually, upfronts week happens in New York City with all the network’s talent appearing on stage for the advertisers, but that didn’t happen this year or last year because of the pandemic.
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A professional assassin takes a challenging small-town assignment in a thriller starring Anson Mount, Abbie Cornish and Anthony Hopkins.
You know you re in the realm of the archetype when a movie s closing credits favor descriptors over character names: The Waitress, The Loner, The Mentor and, first and foremost,
The Virtuoso s nameless title mercenary. Played by Anson Mount in a tight-jawed register, he s a killer for hire whose armor is starting to crack, ever so slightly, after a hit gone wrong. But it takes more than a little guilt to stop a killer from killing, and it takes more than a handful of archetypes and a smorgasbord of film noir tropes to make a gripping drama.
Directed by Nick Stagliano.
Starring Anson Mount, Abbie Cornish, Anthony Hopkins, Eddie Marsan, Richard Brake, Diora Baird, Chris Perfetti, and David Morse.
A lonesome stranger, secure, nerves of steel, must track down and kill a rogue Hitman to satisfy an outstanding debt. But the only information he’s been given is a time and location where to find his quarry – 5 pm at a rustic diner in the dying town. No name, no description, nothing. When the assassin arrives there are several possible targets, including the county sheriff. Endangering his life, the assassin embarks on a manhunt to find the Hitman and accomplish his mission. But the danger escalates when the erotic encounters with a local woman threaten to derail his task.
Directed by Darius Marder.
Starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Amalric, Domenico Toledo, Chelsea Lee, Shaheem Sanchez and Chris Perfetti.
SYNOPSIS:
Ruben (Riz Ahmed) is forced to face some home truths, as a life altering event sees everything he values slip away. As sound is replaced by silence Ruben’s world is changed forever.
Few films intentionally seek out silence and exist within the moments most movies overlook. In
The Sound of Metal, every moment of audio, either muffled or magnified carries meaning. Screenwriters Darius and Abraham Marder ask their audience to process film in a different way, by making point of view an essential dramatic element. Conversations create their own dynamic; words are formed through physical expression and passions punctuated by fevered gestures.
Sound Of Metal Review: Riz Ahmed Is Brilliant In Captivating Character Study
Sound Of Metal Review: Riz Ahmed Is Brilliant In Captivating Character Study
Sound Of Metal Review: The conviction with which Riz Ahmed plays the drums and uses American Sign Language belies the fact that he had to learn both in order to play the role.
Sound Of Metal: Riz Ahmed in a still from the film. (courtesy: rizahmed)
Cast: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Amalric, Domenico Toledo, Chris Perfetti
Director: Darius Marder
Rating: Four stars ( out of 5)
A self-sustaining bubble made up of sound and its reverberations contains the entire world of heavy metal drummer Ruben Stone, fleshed out absolutely brilliantly by Riz Ahmed. All of a sudden, all that remains is the bubble. Sound goes out of the percussionist s life. He begins to lose his hearing. Stillness threatens to engulf him. And thereby begin the struggles of the newly-deaf protagonist of the marvellously well ch