TNT Scraps 'Snowpiercer' Final Season; Ezra Miller Pleads Guilty; Chelsea Handler Talks Critics Choice Awards; 'Missing' Review

[View on web]( [New reader? Subscribe]( January 14, 2023 What's news: Agatha: Coven of Chaos sets its directors as production nears start. Morgan Freeman joins Nicole Kidman in Taylor Sheridan's Lioness. Disney Channel revives Phineas and Ferb. New York's Adult Survivors Act ushers in a new phase of #MeToo-era litigation. Lisa Marie Presley will be laid to rest at Graceland next to her son. — [Ryan Gajewski]( TNT Pulls 'Snowpiercer' Final Season ►"This was a difficult decision." Snowpiercer, the lone remaining scripted series on TNT, is now the latest show to be scrapped in Warner Bros. Discovery's ongoing content write-offs. The network said it continues to work with producers on finding a home for the fourth and final season, which had already wrapped production. Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs star on the series that's based on the 2013 sci-fi film. [The story.]( —Directing the chaos. Agatha: Coven of Chaos, the spinoff of Marvel's Emmy-winning WandaVision that stars Kathryn Hahn, begins production Tuesday in Atlanta, having lined up its directing talent and supporting castmembers. THR's [Borys Kit]( has the scoop on the show's helmers, including standouts from Netflix's Wednesday and Peacock's A Friend of the Family. [The story.]( —🎭 Casting news 🎭 Morgan Freeman has joined Nicole Kidman in Taylor Sheridan's upcoming Paramount+ series Lioness, a CIA drama from the Yellowstone creator. The pair of Oscar-winning performers are part of a cast that also includes Zoe Saldaña and Laysla De Oliveira. [The story.]( —"Daredevils don’t lead an easy life." Robbie Knievel, the second-generation motorcyclist and daredevil who jumped the fountains of Caesars Palace and the Grand Canyon in the high-flying bootstraps of his father, Evel Knievel, has died. He was 60. [The obituary.]( Ezra Miller Pleads Guilty to Trespassing ►Avoiding jail. Ezra Miller appeared in a Vermont court to agree to a plea deal that resolves a May 2022 incident in which they allegedly stole liquor from a neighbor's home. The Flash actor in October pleaded not guilty to the charges, which included petit larceny and burglary, the latter of which carries a maximum sentence of 25 years. [The story.]( —"Next to her beloved son Ben." Lisa Marie Presley will be laid to rest at Graceland alongside late son Benjamin, according to a representative for Presley's daughter, actress Riley Keough. Benjamin, who died in July 2020 at age 27, is buried in the Meditation Garden of the expansive estate in Memphis, Tennessee. [The story.]( —"My heart is completely shattered." Tributes to the late Lisa Marie Presley continued pouring in from Hollywood figures, with Elvis star Austin Butler and director Baz Luhrmann among those sharing remembrances. Presley died Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest. [The story.]( Chelsea Handler Talks Hosting Critics Choice Awards ►"I haven't done something like this in a long time." For Chelsea Handler, the invitation to host Sunday's 2023 Critics Choice Awards came right on time. THR's [Beatrice Verhoeven]( spoke to the comedian about her preparations and what is and isn’t off-limits. [The interview.]( —"There will be a lot of cases against employers." As Harvey Weinstein's sentencing looms and Danny Masterson moves toward a retrial, a new phase in #MeToo-era litigation is underway in New York as a result of the state's Adult Survivors Act — and a case involving former president Donald Trump is one of the first to test its limits. The ASA was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on May 24, and effectively suspends time constraints on claims involving sex offenses for a one-year period that began on Nov. 24. [The story.]( —"We couldn't be happier to continue." Phineas and Ferb is returning to Disney following co-creator Dan Povenmire's overall deal. As part of the pact, he'll deliver two more seasons of the animated series that launched in 2007. [The story.]( Laura Poitras on Challenging Big Pharma ►"It's a sign of a society that's simply not functioning." With her latest project, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, filmmaker Laura Poitras tries her hand at an artist documentary, albeit one that perhaps only Poitras could have helmed. THR's [Katie Kilkenny]( interviews the Oscar-winning director about shooting footage of protests inside some of the world's major museums and the state of journalism in documentary filmmaking. [The interview.]( —Un-airing. Netflix has canceled Uncoupled, the comedy from co-creators Darren Star and Jeffrey Richman that features Neil Patrick Harris. The series, which debuted in July, co-stars Tisha Campbell and Marcia Gay Harden. [The story.]( —Blazing a trail(er). Four decades after Mel Brooks recounted the History of the World, Part I, a sequel is on its way. Hulu has released a star-packed trailer for History of the World, Part II, an eight-episode sketch series that will take a tour through the past with the Blazing Saddles director's distinct comic sensibility. [The trailer.]( Film Review: 'Missing' ►"A pulsating and alarming story." THR arts and culture critic [Lovia Gyarkye]( reviews Nick Johnson and Will Merrick's Missing. A stand-alone sequel to 2018's Searching, the mystery stars Storm Reid, Nia Long and Ken Leung. [The review.]( In other news... —Amanda Seyfried is working [on a stage musical adaptation of Thelma & Louise]( —Top Gun: Maverick sound credits [cause stir as Oscar nomination voting begins]( —Aftersun writer-director [Charlotte Wells on the ambiguity of her personal film]( —Storm Reid [discusses Missing, The Suicide Squad and The Last of Us]( —Amy Winehouse [biopic Back to Black releases first look]( What else we're reading... —Aja Romano on what's behind the "old man-ification" of TV, including Yellowstone's success [[Vox]( —Janice Hallett explores the complications involved in writing books about true crime [[Guardian]( —Ben Lindbergh on how HBO's The Last of Us compares to previously unsuccessful video game adaptations [[Ringer]( —Amy Argetsinger writes that Lisa Marie Presley understood how to live as a nepo baby [[WaPo]( —Xuan Thai takes a closer look at the devoted fan base of the NFL's Buffalo Bills after the city's difficult year [[ESPN]( Today... ...in 1972, NBC debuted Sanford and Son, starring Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson. [The original review.]( Today's birthdays: Jason Bateman (54), LL Cool J (55), Faye Dunaway (82), Steven Soderbergh (60), Carl Weathers (75), Grant Gustin (33), Emily Watson (56), Holland Taylor (80), Adjoa Andoh (60), Jeanine Mason (32), Lawrence Kasdan (74), Kelly McCormack (32), Dave Grohl (54), Mark Addy (59), Trieste Kelly Dunn (42), Zach Gilford (41), Kevin Durand (49) Michael Levin, who portrayed the fiery reporter Jack Fenelli on all 13-plus years of the ABC daytime soap opera Ryan’s Hope, has died. He was 90. [The obituary.]( Do you have THR's next big story? Confidentially share tips with us at [tips@thr.com](mailto:tips@thr.com?subject=). This email was sent to {EMAIL} by Penske Media Corporation. Please add email@email.hollywoodreporter.com to your address book to ensure delivery to your inbox. Visit the [Preferences Center]( to update your profile and customize what email alerts and newsletters you receive. 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