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Keanu Reeves has been seen across a lot of different genres, embodying characters as versatile as his tremendous acting chops. But while he is more famous for his action projects like the John Wick saga and The Matrix film series, the actor hasn’t hesitated to star in projects of pretty much the opposite themes as well. Like absolute comedy, for instance.

Keanu Reeves in John Wick 4. | Credits: Lionsgate.

Of course, not many people may know about this, but Reeves has even starred in a widely commended sitcom that couldn’t be sillier as compared to his other works. And, ironically enough, what landed him into this sitcom in the first place was nothing other than his sheer friendship with his co-star from his fan-favorite horror-fantasy Constantine, Peter Stormare!

Friendship With Peter Stormare Landed Keanu Reeves in a Sitcom Reeves with Stormare in Swedish Dicks. | Credits: Netflix.

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Lori Petty and Bobby Moynihan have been added to the cast of CBS’ upcoming “NCIS” prequel series “NCIS: Origins.” The thesps will join a cast that also features Austin Stowell, Kyle Schmid, Tyla Abercrumbie, Mariel Molino, Diany Rodriguez and Caleb Foote, with Mark Harmon serving as narrator.

In the series, Petty will play Dr. Lenora Friedman, “a seasoned pathologist at the San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office. As comfortable around the dead she is the living, her passion for the job is infectious.” And Moynihan joins as Woodrow “Woody” Browne, “the wildly overworked senior chemist and director of the Nis Forensic Lab, who compensates for his lack of sleep with an offbeat sense of humor.”

“NCIS: Origins” began production this past Monday; the show premieres on Monday, Oct. 14 at 9 p.m. Et. The series revolves around young Leroy Jethro Gibbs in 1991, years prior to the events of NCIS. “In the series,...

The long-gestating adaptation of “Devil in the White City” is officially ordered to series at Hulu with Keanu Reeves set to star in one of the lead roles, Variety has learned.

The series is based on the book of the same name by Erik Larson. It tells the true story of Daniel H. Burnham (Reeves), a demanding but visionary architect who races to make his mark on history with the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and Dr. H. H. Holmes, America’s first modern serial killer and the man behind the notorious “Murder Castle” built in the Fair’s shadow. News comes as Hulu meets reporters virtually on Thursday for its portion of the TV Critics Association press tour.

Martin Scorsese, Rick Yorn, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson of Appian Way, Stacey Sher, Sam Shaw, and Mark Lafferty serve as executive producers on the series. Reeves will executive produce in addition to starring.

Hulu on Thursday formally announced that Keanu Reeves will executive-produce and star in Devil in the White City, penned by Castle Rock co-creator Sam Shaw.

Based on the best-selling book by Erik Larson, Devil in the White City “tells the story of Daniel H. Burnham, a demanding but visionary architect who races to make his mark on history with the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and Dr. H. H. Holmes, America’s first modern serial killer and the man behind the notorious ‘Murder Castle’ built in the Fair’s shadow,” according to the official logline.

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Exclusive: Vivian Bang, the co-writer and star of the Sundance Film Festival debut White Rabbit, has boarded the New Line ensemble comedy The Parenting for HBO Max.

She joins Brian Cox, Edie Falco, Lisa Kudrow, Dean Norris, Nik Dodani, Brandon Flynn and Parker Posey in the Craig Johnson directed, Kent Sublette scripted movie.

In the pic, a young couple, Rohan and Josh, host a “meet the parents” weekend at a cozy rental house in the country, only to find it is already inhabited by a 400-year-old poltergeist.

Chris Bender and Jake Weiner are producing via their Good Fear Content

Bang played played the role of ‘Jenny’ in Netflix’s hit romcom Always Be My Maybe with Ali Wong, Randall Park, Keanu Reeves and recently appeared on HBO’s comedy series Room 104. She starred in the Warner Bros./TB sitcom Sullivan and Son for three Seasons and as ‘Sun,’ a...

Keanu Reeves is making his first major foray into television: The Matrix actor is in negotiations to star in the Hulu series The Devil in the White City, from executive producers Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, our sister site Deadline reports.

The drama is based on Erik Larson’s 2003 book about the true story of architect Daniel H. Burnham and serial killer Dr. Henry H. Holmes, whose fates were forever linked by The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. It is unclear which of the two characters Reeves is in talks for.

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Exclusive: Keanu Reeves is in talks to head to the World’s Fair in 1893.

Deadline understands that The Matrix star is in negotiations to star in Hulu’s series adaptation of The Devil In The White City, the big-budget take on Erik Larson’s 2003 book.

The Devil in the White City tells the true story of two men, an architect and a serial killer, whose fates were forever linked by The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. It follows Daniel H. Burnham, a brilliant and fastidious architect racing to make his mark on the world and Henry H. Holmes, a handsome and cunning doctor who fashioned his own pharmaceutical “Murder Castle” on fair grounds – a palace built to seduce, torture and mutilate young women. The story takes the viewer on a tour of murder, romance and mystery in the gilded age.

The project would mark Reeves’ first major U.S. TV role.

Nent Group CEO Anders Jensen, the recipient of this year’s Variety Vanguard Award, says the Scandinavian company plans to emulate a BritBox-style model for Nordic Noir when it launches in the U.S. this December.

Speaking with Variety in Cannes during the Vanguard keynote on Monday, Jensen discussed Nent Group-backed streaming service Viaplay’s ambitious expansion strategy, which plans to reach 16 markets by the end of 2023.

The U.S. launch for the company — whose originals slate includes the likes of “Swedish Dicks” and “Pørni” — will come in December, though an exact date is still unknown. Asked whether Viaplay in the U.S. might do for Nordic content Stateside what the BBC and ITV’s streaming service BritBox has done for the exposure of British programming, Jensen agreed that the four-year-old SVOD is “a good analogy to use.”

“There are quite a few similarities,” said Jensen. And, much like BritBox,...

Anders Jensen, president and CEO of Nordic Entertainment Group, has been selected to receive the Variety Vanguard Award for contributions to the global television business.

Jensen will be feted on Oct. 11 at the global content conference and market, which runs Oct. 8 to Oct. 13. Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has become one of Scandinavia’s most prominent media companies. Jensen has been president and CEO of the group since April 2018.

Nent has been active in the streaming arena through its subscription service Viaplay and its advertising-supported service Viafree. The company was spun off of Modern Times Group in 2018 and began trading separately on the Nasdaq Stockholm in March 2019.

“Nordic Entertainment Group is among the most dynamic media companies in Europe and its success is helping to drive the growth of the global content marketplace,” said Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, president and group publisher of Variety. “We’re pleased to recognize Anders Jensen and his...

Showbiz careers have no logic because there are too many unpredictable factors: audiences’ fickle tastes, industry perceptions and, of course, luck. But even given the elusive nature of career success, Keanu Reeves is unique.

For one thing, he is stronger than ever after a 35-year career, showing a longevity that might have surprised even his ardent supporters in the 1980s.

Most actors would be thrilled to have one successful film franchise, but Reeves — who celebrates his 57th birthday on Sept. 2 — has three: “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” which in 1989 established him as a comedy actor; plus “The Matrix” (1999) and “John Wick” (2014), both of which put him in the pantheon of action heroes.

Reeves, who is of Hawaiian, Chinese, English, Irish and Portuguese heritage, made his professional debut in 1984, with small roles in various TV series, then made his big-screen bow in “Youngblood” (1986), which tapped into his skill at hockey.

He...

Nent Group’s Swedish label Brain Academy is plotting two major films from A-list writing-directing teams. The first, “The World Council of Magic,” is helmed by “The Most Beautiful Boy in the World”’s Kristian Petri, based on a screenplay by genre-bending author John Ajvide Lindqvist(”Border,” “Let the Right One In”).

”The World Council of Magic” is my first script not based on one of my stories,” said Lindqvist, often dubbed the Stephen King of Sweden. The film deals with a group of elderly magicians of the practical kind. In their hungry youth, they searched for the secret behind actual magic. Now, when they’re in their seventies, one of them gets the long-awaited revelation that allows him to manipulate the material world with his mind,

“Magic, real magic! But like with all great powers, it comes at a high – and bloody – price” said Lindqvist. “Despite their own lack of powers,...

This summer, speculation was running rampant that Warner Bros. were set to imminently announce the long-awaited sequel to Keanu Reeves’ Constantine, something that had been frequently rumored over the years without any concrete developments being made. It surely wasn’t a coincidence that it happened to coincide with the fifteenth anniversary of the movie’s release, either, as the creative team hopped back onto the interview circuit and revealed all sorts of new details about the longtime cult favorite.

Things have drastically quietened down over the last few months, though, despite star Peter Stormare seemingly confirming that a sequel was definitely in the works. Stormare and Reeves and have been friends for a while, of course, with the former also popping up in John Wick: Chapter 2 and the latter playing a recurring role in Stormare’s short-lived comedy series Swedish Dicks as the ghost of former stuntman Tex Johnson,...

NBCUniversal’s Peacock is set to go live on July 15 for a national audience, stuffed with more than 20,000 hours for Premium subscribers — and more than 13,000 hours entirely for free.

So what’s on the service? Here’s a breakdown of what to stream on Peacock Free and Peacock Premium, including original TV shows and movies. While Peacock will be available on platforms including those from Apple, Google, Xbox, LG, Vizio, Comcast and Cox, it will not be on Roku or Amazon Fire TV.

Content on both tiers

Both Peacock’s free and premium tiers will feature current-season episodes and specials from NBC and Telemundo; news, sports and pop-culture programming; and more than 30 genre channels including live news from NBC News Now and Sky News, curated channels with clips from shows like “The Office” (which will roll off Netflix at the end of 2020 to come to Peacock in January 2021), “Saturday Night Live,...

Actor Hagen Mills shot ex-girlfriend Erica Price before turning the gun on himself, Price's mother reveals in a new interview.  Two days after Mills, whose credits included Baskets and Swedish Dicks, died in an attempted murder-suicide in Kentucky, Tammy Green-Price tells The Daily Mail she witnessed the terrifying incident and even "prepared to die" while protecting the couple's 4-year-old daughter.  According to Green-Price, Mills forcefully entered her home and tied her arms with duct tape as he waited for Erica to come home. Upon her arrival, Green-Price says Mills shot her daughter at point-blank range. Authorities previously confirmed to E! News that...

Hagen Mills, an actor who appeared in episodes of Baskets and Swedish Dicks, died by suicide at his home in Mayfield, Ky, after shooting and wounding the mother of his young daughter.

According to the Mayfield Police Department, officers responding to a call Tuesday evening were met outside a residence by 34-year-old Erica Price, who had gunshot wounds to her arm and chest. Price told officers that Mills, 29, had shot her and then himself and was inside the home. The actor was pronounced dead at the scene.

Price was transported to a hospital, where she was later in stable condition.

Mayfield police said Price’s mother and her young daughter with Mills had been held inside the home by Mills until Price returned. “When Price entered the residence, she was shot by Mills, before he turned the gun on himself,” police said. “Price’s mother and daughter were not physically injured during the incident.

Hagen Mills, an actor best known for his role in the pilot of “Baskets,” died in an attempted murder-suicide on Tuesday evening. He was 29.

Mills was discovered by police when officers responded to reports of a shooting in Mayfield, Ky., at 5:45 p.m. After investigating, it was determined that Mills had held his 4-year-old daughter with Erica Price and Price’s mother at her home. Upon Erica Price’s arrival, Mills shot her multiple times, wounding her before turning the gun on himself. Price was able to run out of the home and call 911.

According to the police, Price suffered “gunshot wounds to her arm and chest.” She is in stable condition after being treated at a hospital. Her mother and daughter were not physically harmed.

Mills was born and raised in Kentucky before moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Mills began acting in short films in 2011. In...

Hagen Mills, an actor known for appearing in FX’s “Baskets,” died Tuesday in Mayfield, Kentucky, in what local officials are investigating as an attempted murder-suicide.

Mayfield Police Chief Nathan Kent confirmed to TheWrap that Hagen shot 34-year-old Erica Price, with whom he shared a young daughter, before turning the gun on himself.

Price was transported to the hospital and is currently in stable condition. Mills was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Officers responded to a 911 call at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, where they found Price outside of the residence with gunshot wounds to her arm and chest. She informed police that the gunman, 29-year-old Mills, was still inside and had turned the gun on himself.

Police also disclosed that Price and Mills’s daughter was present during the...

Hagen Mills, an actor who appeared in multiple projects, including the FX series Baskets, has died in what authorities suspect was an attempted murder-suicide.

The shooting occurred Tuesday evening in Mayfield, Kentucky, where the 29-year-old actor allegedly opened fire on a woman who was shot multiple times before turning the gun on himself, according to Mayfield police.

The 34-year-old victim was hit in the arm and chest. She was transported to the hospital and is expected to survive. The relationship between Mills and the victim is unclear. 

Mills, whose credits include Baskets, Swedish Dicks and the film Bonnie & Clyde: Justified, was pronounced ...

Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group), one of Scandinavia’s largest media groups, is set to pull out of non-scripted content, and focus on scripted drama and film production and distribution. The company is looking to bring a minority equity partner on board to bolster its scripted drama production business.

As part of the reorg, Nent Group will divest its businesses in non-scripted production, branded entertainment and events. The sales process for the non-scripted production and events businesses will be conducted during the first half of 2020.

The company has been ramping up investment in scripted drama for several years and grew closer to its subsidiary Viaplay, a leading streaming service in the Nordics.

Viaplay premiered 21 high-quality original productions in 2019, and expects to premiere more than 30 original productions in 2020. The streamer has the ambition to premiere a minimum of 40 original productions per year going forward. Some of Viaplay’s most successful drama...

Swedish Dicks backer Nordic Entertainment Group has refocused its studio division to focus on scripted drama and is to sell its non-scripted units.

The company, which has been ramping up its drama titles with projects including Perfect People from Shades of Blue creator Adi Hasak, and The Professionals, a Brendan Fraser-fronted remake of action movie Soldiers of Fortune, is also looking for a minority equity partner to help finance its scripted moves.

The company, which operates Scandinavian streamer Viaplay, is reorganizing its content production and distribution business that comprises 32 companies in 17 countries into a new organization focused on scripted drama production and distribution.

As part of the move, it will divest its non-scripted production, branded entertainment and events businesses.

Last year, Viaplay premiered 21 original productions, expects to premiere more than 30 original productions in 2020, and plans a minimum of 40 original productions per year in the future.

The new scripted production...

With studios in the U.S. and the U.K., the Scandinavian major Nent Group is becoming ever more global with Filippa Wallestam, who became COO of the company and heads up originals, both local and international, along with content acquisitions and programming.

Wallestam, who started in this position in October, spoke to Variety about Nent Group’s global ambitions for the coming years while attending Content London to look for acquisitions, production and co-production opportunities.

“We’re done about 20 originals this year and we plan on doing a lot more going forward, especially more English language series — we already have a handful in the pipeline including two non-scripted series and a documentary,” said Wallestam.

In the vein of its first international hit, the L.A.-based comedy “Swedish Dicks” which Peter Stormare and Keanu Reeves, the company is aiming for projects combining Nordic ideas and stories with international potential.

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Morena Baccarin is set to star in “Home Invasion,” a science-fiction comedy series produced by Nent Group’s Brain Academy (“Conspiracy of Silence”).

The six-part English language series will also star Johan Glans (“Swedish Dicks”) and John Noble (“Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”). “Home Invasion” will premiere across the Nordics in 2020 exclusively on Nent Group’s

ambitious streaming service, “Viaplay.”

Don Bitters (“House of Cards”) will direct and create the visual effects for “Home Invasion.” It’s executive produced by Melanie Dipietro at Brain Academy.

“Home Invasion” will center on a normal family made up of aliens sent to invade Earth. The series tells the story of two burglars who breaks into a house who find themselves face to face with an absurd close encounter.

“Nent Group has a unique ability to bring together talent from all over the world to tell fascinating stories with a Nordic twist.

As everyone correctly fawned over GQ‘s excellent profile of Keanu Reeves last month, there was one throwaway detail in the piece that I couldn’t stop thinking about. In introducing the actor’s friend and occasional “Swedish Dicks” co-star Peter Stormare, GQ noted that the actor once “went to China and made a movie about saving sea turtles, and then, before the film was supposed to open, the Chinese government decided there was some issue with Stormare’s work visa and confiscated the turtle movie.

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John Simm plays a rabble-rousing populist politician in “Cold Courage,” and Lionsgate has stepped up and taken international rights to the series.

Based on the series of novels by Pekka Hiltunen, the drama is billed as the biggest yet out of Finland and will bow on the Viaplay streaming service in Scandinavia. With a cast from all over Europe and a shoot spanning Belgium, Finland, Ireland, and the U.K., “Cold Courage” is international in scope and ambition.

That was part of the appeal for Simm, a familiar face on British TV, playing The Master in “Doctor Who” and starring in a host of other shows for British networks. “There was a point I was on BBC and ITV at the same time and that was a bit much,” he told Variety. “I thought it would be nice to step away from that for a little bit and do something I haven’t done,...

Lionsgate Television has acquired the U.S. remake rights to “Veni Vidi Vici,” the hit Swedish comedy series about a struggling film director who decides to take a job in the adult entertainment industry and starts to live a double life

The 10-part show was created for Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay streaming service and has been picked up in key territories, including in the U.S. by Hulu and in Australia by Sbs. Co-writer, director and star Rafael Edholm is on board to help develop the U.S. adaptation.

The remake is also being developed by Fredrik Lundberg for HandsUp Sthlm, together with Kim Magnusson (“I Kill Giants”) and Madwood Studios’ Michael Flutie (“Westside”), for both the U.S. and international markets.

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has a longstanding relationship with Lionsgate Television, as the U.S. company is handling the worldwide sales of Nent Group’s original productions “Swedish Dicks,...

Glen Basner’s FilmNation Entertainment and Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) are joining forces to launch a new U.K.-based TV company which will develop, produce and finance premium scripted TV content for global audiences.

The joint venture will operate under the FilmNation brand and is currently assembling its creative team. As both companies boast a deep knowledge of the global content marketplace and have successful track records, the new banner will work with a wide variety of U.K. studios, talents and co-financiers.

An independent film powerhouse founded by Basner 10 years ago, FilmNation has recently started focusing more on content creation, with B.O. hits such as “Arrival” and “The Big Sick,” and has a flurry of high-profile TV projects in the pipeline, notably “I Know This Much Is True” (currently in pre-production) starring Mark Ruffalo for HBO, and “Feminist Fight Club” and “The House of the Spirits” for Hulu.

Sweden’s media group Mtg has secured a credit facility of SEK1 billion ($112 million) from the Stockholm-based bank Nordea.

Mtg is also still looking to sell its 95% stake in Bulgarian commercial media group Nova and is currently in talks with several buyers. Mtg had previously made an agreement to sell Nova to Ppf Group, but the deal was not approved by Bulgaria’s anti-trust board.

Mtg will be splitting off its TV operations, including Mtg Studios and Splay Networks, into a separate entity, Nent Group (Nordic Entertainment Group), in March. Nent Group will also be listed on the stock market. The banner encompasses the TV channel TV3, the satellite TV platform Viasat and the streaming service Viaplay, as well as the production outfit Nice Entertainment and the distribution banner Drg. The banner’s original drama credits include “Veni Vidi Vici,” “Black Lake,” “Swedish Dicks” and, most recently, the fantasy thriller “Hidden.

“I’m Dying Up Here” (Showtime) Sunday, May 6 at 10 p.m.

“Sweetbitter” (Starz) Sunday, May 6 at 8:30 p.m.

“Vida” (Starz) Sunday, May 6 at 8 p.m.

“Safe” (Netflix) Thursday, May 10

“All Night” (Hulu) Friday, May 11

“Patrick Melrose” (Showtime) Saturday, May 12 at 9 p.m.

“Little women” (PBS) Sunday, May 13 at 8 p.m.

“13 Reasons Why” (Netflix) Friday, May 18

“Fauda” (Netflix) Thursday, May 24

“Picnic at Hanging Rock” (Amazon) Friday, May 25

“The Bachelorette” (ABC) Monday, May 28 at 8 p.m.

“Six” (History) Monday, May 28 at 10 p.m.

“100 Code” (Wgn) Tuesday, May 19 at 10 p.m.

“America’s Got Talent” (NBC) Tuesday, May 29 at 8 p.m.

“Animal Kingdom” (TNT) Tuesday, May 29 at 9 p.m.

“Beat Shazam” (Fox) Tuesday, May 29 at 8 p.m.

“Love Connection” (Fox) Tuesday, May 29 at 9 p.m.

“Queen Sugar” (Own) Tuesday, May 29 at 10 p.m.

“World of Dance” (NBC) Tuesday, May 29 at 10 p.m.

“American Ninja Warrior” (NBC) Wednesday, May 30 at 8 p.m.

“MasterChef” (Fox) Wednesday, May 30 at 10 p.m.

“Reverie” (NBC) Wednesday, May 30 at 10 p.m.

“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix) Wednesday, May 30

“Pose” (FX) Sunday, June 3 at 9 p.m.

“Succession” (HBO) Sunday, June 3 at 10 p.m.

“Dietland” (AMC) Monday, June 4 at 9 p.m.

“So You Think You Can Dance” (Fox) Monday, June 4 at 8 p.m.

“Whose Line Is It Anyway?” (CW) Monday, June 4 at 9 p.m.

“Humans” (AMC) Tuesday, June 5 at 10 p.m.

“Teachers” (TV Land) Tuesday, June 5 at 10:30 p.m.

“Younger” (TV Land) Tuesday, June 5 at 10 p.m.

“Condor” (Audience) Wednesday, June 6 at 10 p.m.

“American Woman” (Paramount) Thursday, June 7 at 10 p.m.

“The Four” (Fox) Thursday, June 7 at 8 p.m.

“Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger” (Freeform) Thursday, June 7 at 8 p.m.

“Nashville” (Cmt) Thursday, June 7 at 9 p.m.

“Big Hero 6: The Series” (Disney) Saturday, June 9 at 9 a.m.

“The $100,000 Pyramid” (ABC) Sunday, June 10 at 9 p.m.

“Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC) Sunday, June 10 at 8 p.m.

“Claws” (TNT) Sunday, June 10 at 9 p.m.

“To Tell the Truth” (ABC) Sunday, June 10 at 10 p.m.

“The Bold Type” (Freeform) Tuesday, June 12

“”Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back” (Fox) Wednesday, June 13 at 9 p.m.

“Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce” (Bravo) Thursday, June 14 at 10 p.m.

“Marlon” (NBC) Thursday, June 14 at 9 p.m.

“Strange Angel” (CBS All Access) Thursday, June 14

“Goliath” (Amazon) Friday, June 15

“The Affair” (Showtime) Sunday, June 17 at 9 p.m.

“Deep State” (Epix) Sunday, June 17 at 9 p.m.

“Shades of Blue” (NBC) Sunday, June 17 at 10 p.m.

“Drunk History” (Comedy Central) Tuesday, June 19 at 10 p.m.

“Yellowstone” (Paramount) Wednesday, June 20 at 9 p.m.

“Young & Hungry” (Freeform) Wedneday, June 20 at 8 p.m.

“Detroiters” (Comedy Central) Thursday, June 21 at 10 p.m.

“The Gong Show” (ABC) Thursday, June 21 at 8 p.m.

“Queen of the South” (USA) Thursday, June 21 at 9 p.m.

“Shooter” (USA) Thursday, June 21 at 10 p.m.

“Luke Cage” (Netflix) Friday, June 22

“Preacher” (AMC) Sunday, June 24 at 10 p.m.

“Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (CW) Monday, June 25 at 8 p.m.

“Glow” (Netflix) Friday, June 29

“Masters of Illusion” (CW) Friday, June 29 at 8 p.m.

“Power” (Starz) Sunday, July 1 at 9 p.m.

“Sacred Games” (Netflix) Friday, July 6

“Heathers” (Paramount) Tuesday, July 10 at 10 p.m.

“The Outpost” (CW) Tuesday, July 10 at 8 p.m.

“Burden of Truth” (CW) Wednesday, July 11 at 8 p.m.

“Harlots” (Hulu) Wednesday, July 11

“Snowfall” (FX) Thursday, July 19 at 10 p.m.

“Trial & Error: Lady Killer” (NBC) Thursday, July 19 at 9 p.m.

“Outcast” (Cinemax) Friday, July 20 at 10 p.m.

“Castle Rock” (Hulu) Wednesday, July 25

“Swedish Dicks” (Pop) Thursday, July 26

“Casual” (Hulu) Tuesday, July 31

“Mr. Mercedes” (Audience) Wedneday, August 22 at 10 p.m.

“The Innocents” (Netflix) Friday, August 24

“Jack Ryan” (Amazon) Friday, August 31

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Refinery29, the media and entertainment player that targets millennial females, is the latest content company to plot an over-the-top video push.

Refinery29’s Channel29 is set to launch in the fourth quarter of 2018, as a live and on-demand video destination available on connected-tv devices, smart TVs and the company’s existing digital platforms. It’s designed as a new vehicle to reach engaged audiences with an expanded lineup of original news, entertainment and lifestyle programming — and shopping opportunities.

The company didn’t share many details of Channel29 except that it will be free to watch and ad-supported, and will feature commerce components. R29 also called out its major site redesign last month, intended to put the focus on “consumer action” — to discover and watch content, as well as shop through its ecommerce portal.

The new website design is intended to better “integrate our editorial and shopping experiences,” said Sarah Personette,...

Pop said it would expand its lineup of original series with a new series led by actress Anna Paquin and three new pilots.

The cable network, owned jointly by CBS Corp and Lionsgate, aims for young adults and tends to compete with networks such as Bravo, E! and Lifetime. Pop was once better known as the TV Guide Channel, and showed TV favorites alongside a scrolling grid of programming on the set-top box. Since 2015, however, it has curated a group of original series and older favorites that celebrate fandom.

“We are heading into this year’s upfront with an ever-growing linear television audience, a premium slate of original content with A-list talent, and carriage across all major distributors and almost every over-the-top service,” said Brad Schwartz, President of Pop. “Building on this momentum, we’re introducing more premium scripted content than ever before.”

Pop’s new series include “Clique,” a...

Now more than ever, the world needs to be reminded to be excellent to each other. Talk of a third “Bill and Ted” movie has kept hope alive that we’ll see Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted “Theodore” Logan once again, even if George Carlin’s death means Rufus won’t be joining them. Last night at New Yorker Festival, Keanu Reeves offered the whoa-worthy news that the third installment has a title: “Bill and Ted Face the Music.”

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“We’re trying” to get it made, Keanu said. “There’s a script out there. We’re just trying to get it made. Show business is tough.” As for the plot, “it’s a cautionary tale. They’re supposed to save the world. But when we see them, they haven’t saved the world, and...

Here’s one for the Sad Keanu file: “Replicas,” an upcoming sci-fi thriller in which our man plays a scientist attempting to bring his family members back to life after they die in a car accident. Since such endeavors tend to be incident-free, we’ve no reason to think that this won’t end in a total success and a happy reunion. Watch the trailer, which just debuted at New York Comic-Con, below.

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Here’s the synopsis: “Neuro-scientist William Foster (Reeves) is on the verge of successfully transferring human consciousness into a computer when his family is tragically killed in a car crash. Desperate to resurrect them, William recruits fellow scientist Ed Whittle (Middleditch) to help him secretly clone their bodies and create replicas. But he soon faces a...

It’s the season finale of Swedish Dicks, and Keanu Reeves’ character Tex is back in the picture again, to make some very familial threats.

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Have you been itching for a television show with a name like Swedish Dicks starring Peter Stormare as a stuntman turned private detective who wears a mustache better than the love child of Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck? Then you are very lucky that such a thing exists and that the series created by Stormare will be getting a second season. We here have an exclusive clip from the American-Swedish comedy featuring Stormare, Johan Glans and Vivian Bang.  No Keanu Reeves (who also has a... Read More...

Keanu Reeves is an expert when it comes to ghosting.

In an exclusive sneak peek at Wednesday’s Swedish Dicks, the actor makes his first appearance as Tex, the late best friend of Ingmar (Peter Stormare), who blames himself for his former partner’s death during a stunt gone wrong.

“Careful or you’ll end up like me,” Reeves, 52, warns Stormare in the clip as he prepares to throw himself off the roof of a Los Angeles building.

Ingmar presses Tex for what really happened on the day of his death before realizing that his ghostly pal is no longer by his side.

Network: Pop. Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: August 9, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Peter Stormare, Johan Glans, Vivian Bang, Felisha Cooper, Traci Lords, and Keanu Reeves. TV show description: A single-camera comedy, the Swedish Dicks TV show centers on former stuntman Ingmar (Stormare) and a Swedish DJ, Axel (Glans). While Ingmar is having trouble letting go of the past, Axel is a bit lost in the digital world. Together, they decide to move forward and open Swedish Dicks, a private detective agency. Once upon a time, Ingmar managed to make a living in show business. But ten years ago, his best friend Tex (Reeves) died as the result of injuries sustained in an...

A funny, fresh detective comedy is tough to do in any language. Many shows have tried to infuse the sordid world of cheap private investigators with some offbeat humor, but “Swedish Dicks,” the latest attempt, co-created and starring Peter Stormare, bases its story in L.A. with an international and bilingual twist.

Stormare plays Ingmar, a broke ex-Hollywood stuntman who opens up an unusually affordable detective agency. Working out of a nondescript downtown L.A. office, one particular job brings fellow Swedish ex-pat Axel (Johan Glans) into his professional orbit. After the two narrowly escape the clutches of a particularly twisty gig, they go into business together. Operating under an agency with the same name as the show’s title, these two Swedes handle their client’s unconventional requests wherever in the city they might lead.

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Summer TV is almost over. (Didn’t it seem like just yesterday when “Twin Peaks” was right around the corner?)

As audiences begin the final push towards fall, there are still new shows worth your time. We’ve gathered some of this month’s biggest TV premieres from across network, cable and streaming to add to your personal viewing calendar.

“What Would Diplo Do?” (August 3, Viceland)

James Van Der Beek takes the role of a lifetime as Diplo, the world-famous DJ (who may or may not have spoiled West Coast viewers on the “Breaking Bad” Season 4 finale back in 2011). As Van Der Beek told IndieWire’s Liz Shannon Miller, it’s a series that fulfills a career-long dream, in a way. How well does he pull off the beanie look and channel an internationally recognized producer? We’re eager to find out.

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Hulu has released the trailer for Difficult People Season 3, which premieres Tuesday, Aug. 8. Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner are among good company in the star-studded promo, with appearances by Lucy Liu (Elementary), Jane Krakowski (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Maury Povich (say what?), and a (heated) argument between Eichner and Sulu himself, John Cho.

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Pop is switchings things around this summer. Recently, the network announced new premiere dates for Swedish Dicks and Nightcap.A new comedy, Swedish Dicks follows an aging ex-stuntman (Peter Stormare) and an optimistic Swedish DJ (Johan Glans) as they team up to solve crimes in Los Angeles. The cast also includes Keanu Reeves, Traci Lords, Margaret Cho, Anthony Lapaglia, and Eric Roberts.Read More…...

Ira Gladnikoff replaces Jonas Karlén, who has led Viaplay since 2015.

Ira Gladnikoff has become head of Viaplay, Modern Times Group’s (Mtg) Nordic video streaming service. She takes over from Jonas Karlén, who has led Viaplay since 2015.

Gladnikoff has been at Mtg since 2015 most recently serving as Viaplay’s chief commercial officer.

Anders Jensen, Mtg Evp, chairman of the Nordic Entertainment Management Board and Mtg Sweden CEO said: “We wish Jonas well in his new ventures and thank him for his nine years at Mtg and leading the successful development of Viaplay.

“It is great that we have a ready made successor in Ira, who has extensive experience in the online video entertainment space and, as Cco of Viaplay, has been responsible for so much of Viaplay’s commercial success.”

Gladnikoff added: “Viaplay is a passion of mine and I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity to lead such a great team. We provide...

Original comedy series Swedish Dicks, starring Peter Stormare and Johan Glans, premieres on Pop on Wednesday, August 2, with a 10 episode first season. Swedish Dicks, a new scripted procedural comedy from...

There’s plenty of private eyes to hire in Los Angeles. The ones you’d probably want to go to are the “Swedish Dicks,” an ex-stuntman (Peter Stormare) and a DJ (Johan Glans) with a dream. They stars of the Pop series probably aren’t the best detectives L.A. has to offer, but they do have one thing […]

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Tiffani Thiessen might be hearing some familiar bells in her next TV series.

The former Saved by the Bell star has joined the cast of Netflix’s forthcoming high school-set multi-cam comedy Alexa & Katie, our sister site Deadline reports.

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The show centers around lifelong best friends Alexa (Paris Berelc) and Katie (Isabel May), who are eagerly anticipating the start of their freshman year of high school. The pals confront a crisis that leaves them feeling like outsiders at a time when what seems to matter most is fitting in. Beverly Hills,...

"One of the downsides of being a private dick is you make a lot of enemies." Pop has released a new preview for their upcoming TV series Swedish Dicks.The comedy follows an aging ex-stuntman (Peter Stormare) and an optimistic Swedish DJ (Johan Glans) as they team up to solve crimes in Los Angeles. The cast also includes Keanu Reeves, Traci Lords, Margaret Cho, Anthony Lapaglia, and Eric Roberts.Read More…...

Although he rarely gets the opportunity to take on leading roles, Peter Stormare is always a highlight of whatever he appears in, which immediately places Swedish Dicks, a TV series in which he stars as a former stuntman turned private investigator, on my list of must-watch television. The series follows Ingmar Andersson (Stormare) as he begins a new career in Los Angeles as a private dick. He... Read More...

The avalanche of content that has landed in the Peak TV era, has meant there’s been no shortage of streaming services to use. While we all know the big players like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu there are just as many companies serving niche corners of the market, or corporate upstarts like Pop, backed by CBS-Lionsgate, who will be hosting the first season of the upcoming “Swedish Dicks.” And part of the lure of the new show is the appearance of none other than Keanu Reeves, albeit in a supporting role.

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Pop TV has ordered three new scripted TV shows: Clique; Hot Date; and Swedish Dicks, Private Investigators.A drama series, Clique stars Aisling Franciosi, Synnove Karlsen, and Louise Brealey. Check out the preview, below.From College Humor, the Hot Date TV series is a sitcom starring Emily Axford and Brian K. Murphy. Watch the preview for it, as well.Swedish Dicks, Private Investigators is also a comedy, featuring an aging stuntman. Peter Stormare, Johan Glans, Keanu Reeves, and Vivian Bang star.Read More…...