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The 22nd edition of the Tribeca Festival unveiled a 2023 lineup with a record number of female helmers and heavy on films directed by actors like Chelsea Peretti’s First Time Female Director, John Slattery thriller Maggie Moore(s) with Tina Fey and Jon Hamm, David Duchovny’s Bucky F*cking Dent and Steve Buscemi’s The Listener.

It’s still open season on reexamining political and pop culture events that shaped recent history and offer an illuminating perspective on the current landscape. And at Showtime, “Waco” still provides plenty of food for thought.

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Todd Gilchrist editor At Variety’s 10 Producers to Watch panel, held March 31 at the Sun Valley Film Festival, the first order of business was defining what it means to be a producer, a title — and a role — that encapsulates a number of responsibilities on a film. “The way that I describe it is you’ve got to know a little bit about a lot of things in filmmaking,” said Rachael Fung, whose film “Fremont” later won best narrative film in the festival’s One in a Million category, recognizing features made for less than $1 million. “You’ve got to be able to understand and talk to every single person that touches the film at every single stage. And also it’s about finding those directors and filmmakers and understanding their vision and figuring out the best way to get that to screen.”

Following, the 2018, star-studded six-part scripted limited series depicting the 1993 standoff, co-creators and brothers Drew and John Erick Dowdle are back with a sequel, , which chronicles the aftermath and subsequent trials that followed. The new Showtime series, which premieres April 16, is led by Michael Shannon, who reprises his role as FBI hostage negotiator Gary Noesner, while John Leguizamo and Shea Whigham return as ATF agent Jacob Vasquez and FBI agent Mitch Decker, respectively.While Taylor Kitsch does not return as Koresh, who ultimately died of a gunshot wound during the siege, actor Keean Johnson portrays a young version of the cult leader.   For the Dowdles, the sequel offers them a chance to connect the dots with what happened in Waco to acts of violence and domestic terrorism, including the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, that have followed.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Jessica Chastain will star in the eight-episode limited series “The Savant” at Apple, Variety has learned. The series is inspired by a true story published in Cosmopolitan in August 2019. Exact plot details for the series are being kept under wraps, but the Cosmopolitan article tells the story of a real woman who has come to be known as “the Savant” as she infiltrates hate groups online to help stop large-scale public attacks. The series hails from Fifth Season and Anonymous Content. Melissa James Gibson (“Anatomy of a Scandal,” “The Americans”) will serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner under her overall deal with Fifth Season. Matthew Heineman (“A Private War,” “Retrograde”) will direct and executive produce. Chastain will executive produce in addition to starring via Freckle Films. Kelly Carmichael of Freckle Films also executive produces along with Jessica Giles, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan. Brian Madden, senior VP of development for Hearst Magazines, will produce. Andrea Stanley, writer of the original Cosmopolitan feature, will consult.

Neon has unveiled a raft of cast additions for Joshua Oppenheimer’s musical The End as principal photography begins in Ireland.

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed actor Jack Kesy, who recently set the internet ablaze with his lead casting in Millennium Media’s Hellboy reboot, The Crooked Man.

DC Studios dropped the first trailer for “The Flash” during this year’s Super Bowl to much anticipation.

Waco: The Aftermath, a sequel series to Paramount Network’s 2018 miniseries, has rounded out its cast, finding its Timothy McVeigh and adding the likes of Gary Cole.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The “Waco: The Aftermath” series at Showtime has added 10 new cast members, Variety has learned. The new cast members for the followup to Paramount Networks’ “Waco” include: Shea Whigham, who will reprise the role of Mitch Decker, the FBI agent who managed the situation leading up the siege; Annika Marks, who will reprise the role of Kathy Schroeder, one of the surviving Branch Davidians who was also called upon to testify; Alex Breaux, who will play Timothy McVeigh; Michael Cassidy, who will play Bill Johnston, the lead prosecutor in the trial of the Branch Davidians; Gary Cole, who will play Gordon Novel, described as an “intense private investigator;” Nicholas Kolev, who will play Paul Fatta, another one of the Davidians on trial after the Waco siege; Michael Luwoye, who will play Livingstone Fagan, described as “an extremely bright biblical scholar and one of the surviving Branch Davidians on trial;” Kali Rocha, who will play Ruth Riddle, one of the Branch Davidian survivors facing trial and the possibility of life in jail; Michael Vincent Barry, who will play George Roden, one of the early leaders of the Davidian sect; and Sasheer Zamata, who will play Angie Graham, described as “a smart, experienced ATF agent.”

In November, Austin Butler was in Cincinnati on the set of Jeff Nichols’ film, “The Bikeriders.” He was shooting a scene with co-stars Tom Hardy and Michael Shannon that involved Shannon delivering a two-page monologue. Butler found himself lost in the moment, watching his fellow actor. “Jeff called cut and Mike walks away,” Butler recalls. “And Tom turns to me goes, ‘It doesn’t get any better than that.’” Butler says Hardy was referencing Shannon’s performance, which he says, “wasn’t even watching an actor, it was watching a human being living in front of you.”  The 31-year-old actor could also be referring to the past year of his life, which found his career launched from roles in shows including “Zoey 101” and “The Carrie Diaries” into a bona-fide, world-famous movie star thanks to his turn in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis.” And not just any movie star, but the kind of old-school throwback to a Golden Age that is becoming rarer and rarer in Hollywood where his talent is as recognized as his star quality. 

Hollywood actress Jessica Chastain left viewers shocked on Sunday evening as she slipped and fell on the stairs just moments after picking up an award for her performance in George and Tammy.The 45 year had just scooped the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series at this year’s SAG Awards when the unfortunate moment happened. After delivering a heartfelt speech in which she dedicated her award to costar Michael Shannon, Jessica also shared a piece of sage wisdom she had been told by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. According to the star, he had previously visited her university, Juilliard, while she was still a student and given her class of one piece of advice.

Charna Flam Showtime’s upcoming series, “Waco: The Aftermath,” will debut on the streaming service and on-demand April 14, followed by its linear premiere on April 16 at 10 p.m. A first-look image has been released in addition to the premiere date (see above). “Waco: The Aftermath” follows the 2018 limited series “Waco,” which retold the true story of the 51-day standoff between a small religious community and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). “The Aftermath” stars Michael Shannon, who reprises his role as Gary Noesner, a FBI hostage negotiator suffering from PTSD after the failed negotiations in Waco. Shannon is rejoined by John Leguizamo as Jacob Vasquez, an undercover ATF agent. The upcoming five-episode series will document the fallout of the disaster, including the trials of the surviving Branch Davidian members and the rise of homegrown terrorist Timothy McVeigh.

DC’s long-anticipated superhero pic The Flash will be getting its first-ever public screening at the 2023 edition of CinemaCon, Deadline hears. The debut screening is set to take place on April 25, ahead of Warner Bros’ official slate presentation at the Las Vegas confab, showcasing the most promising, upcoming big-screen titles for theater owners.

The Paramount Global operation under Chris McCarthy continues to shift finished series to Showtime, which was added to his portfolio in November. The Waco sequel, Waco: The Aftermath, which had been produced for Paramount+, will now be carried by Showtime –debuting on streaming and on demand Friday, April 14, and on-air Sunday, April 16, at 10 PM.

Christopher Vourlias “Perpetrator,” director Jennifer Reeder’s provocative new horror noir that she describes as a “celebration of the girl gone wild,” world premieres Feb. 17 in the Panorama section at the Berlin Film Festival. Written and directed by Reeder, “Perpetrator” follows an impulsive teenage girl who must unlock a mysterious power to survive when the young women in her town continue to go missing. The film stars Kiah McKirnan (“Mare of Easttown”), Christopher Lowell (“My Best Friend’s Exorcism”), Melanie Liburd (“The Idol”), Ireon Roach (“Candyman”), and Alicia Silverstone (“Clueless”). It is produced by Gregory Chambet for WTFilms and Derek Bishé for Divide/Conquer.

Jessica Chastain pushed forward with the promotional push for her most recent television series, George & Tammy, which comes just over nine weeks after the premiere, and more than a month after the finale.On Sunday, the Hollywood leading lady attended a screening of the six episode show, starring Chastain and Michael Shannon as country music legends Tammy Wynette and George Jones, at The Whitby Hotel in the heart of upper midtown Manhattan.After being driven to the the hotel, the Oscar-winning actress was easily noticeable when she stepped out of her vehicle in a striking 70s style red suit, consisting of loose-fitting slacks that flared out wide enough to cover her white shoes.There was also double-breasted blazer that was left unbuttoned, giving a better view of the perfectly matched shirt she wore underneath.And in keeping with the color theme, Chastain would also don super-cool red glasses with light red-colored lenses, as soon as she made her way back on to the bustling streets ahead of the event.

Though Marvel Studios has faced its fair share of difficulties over the years, it pales in comparison to what DC Studios has been through since launching their own shared cinematic universe with 2013’s “Man of Steel.” DC’s movies have become synonymous with dysfunction, repeatedly suffering from troubled productions, fan hostility, and critical antipathy.  READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2023 No matter: here comes “The Flash,” perhaps DC’s most controversial and longest-gestating project yet.

Warner Brothers Pictures has released the first poster for the upcoming action adventure The Flash, in spite of the controversy surrounding star Ezra Miller.In the Twitter post revealing the new art, the movie studio wrote, 'Check out the teaser poster for @TheFlash.'The tweet encouraged fans to 'tune in during the big game for the official trailer. #TheFlashMovie'The graphic shows the back of comic book hero as he as he stands on a large black platform overlooking what appears to be the Bat Cave. The Flash symbol and the words 'Worlds Collide' are written right above the June 16 release date.  Official: Warner Brothers Pictures released the first poster for the upcoming action adventure The Flash, in spite of the controversy surrounding star Ezra Miller tweeting, 'Check out the teaser poster for @TheFlash and tune in during the big game for the official trailer'A Batman symbol arches out of the roof and bright white light is streaming into the scene. The highly anticipated film is expected to include Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck as the Caped Crusader.Troubled star Miller, who originated the role in 2016's Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, will head the cast, which also includes Michael Shannon as General Zod.It was unclear if the film would ever make it to theatres after the release was placed in jeopardy several times as Ezra, 30, dealt with a number of personal and legal issues. The actor identifies as non-binary and goes by they/them pronouns. The Fantastic Beasts franchise star has been accused of harassing behavior and was issued a court order in June to stay away from a woman and her child in Massachusetts. Another order of protection has been issued to prevent Ezra from having contact with 18-year-old

If Pam Grier and David O. Russell work together, it will be tailor-made for the actress’ talents and not a simple cameo.