The fourth and final season of “Evil” will premiere Thursday, May 23, on Paramount+, the streamer announced Monday. Production recently began in New York City on the previously announced four bonus episodes. Season 4 will include 14 episodes premiering weekly.
The series is a psychological thriller that investigates the origins of evil and the church’s unexplained mysteries including demonic possession. The official description of the upcoming season reads: “Kristen, David and Ben continue to assess cases that involve wayward technology, possessed pigs, demonic oppression and infestation, a dance muse conjured by alleged witches and an evil relic.”
The series stars Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi, Michael Emerson, Kurt Fuller, Andrea Martin, Christine Lahti, Brooklyn Shuck, Skylar Gray, Maddy Crocco and Dalya Knapp.
“Evil” is produced by CBS Studios in association with King Size Productions. Robert King, Michelle King, Liz Glotzer, Rockne S. O’Bannon and Sam Hoffman serve as executive producers.
Watch the official trailer below.
In other TV roundup news:
PROGRAMMING
Latino Alternative TV (LATV) has a new parent media brand, LatiNation Media. LatiNation Media will serve as the media company that LATV’s linear, AVOD, and FAST network will live within, as well as the production studios LatiNation Studios, and digital content network and digital ad solutions LatiNation Digital.
The official description of the media company reads, “LatiNation Media is the evolution of this established bilingual Latin content brand. LATV is the English-language content company, catering to and delivering a valuable 18+ Hispanic audience. Under this umbrella brand, LatiNation Media reaches over 70% of the U.S. Hispanic audience, 18-49, who consume content in English. Also, LatiNation Media has the #1 Hispanic digital sales network this year by ComScore.”
LATV will also release three new series including “Al Madrigal,” hosted by the comedian and centered on disinformation egarding politics, immigrants, human rights, and the elections. Comedy series “Funny or Die” and “Lone Lobos” are based on podcasts from Lone Lobos, Agushto Papa, and Snow Tha Product.
Returning series include “Drag Latina,” a drag competition that features Latinas competing for the crown, and “The Q Agenda,” which features conversations on news, politics and social trends.
PARTNERSHIPS
The film school at the Savannah College of Art and Design is partnering with the Writers Guild Foundation as part of its upcoming programming series SCAD TVfest: Screenwriting. The program will premiere April 19 and feature a WGF pop-up library and three additional events.
All sessions will be hosted at the university’s theater complex in Midtown Atlanta, SCADshow.
Tickets are free for SCAD students, faculty and staff. Tickets for SCAD alumni are $5 and $10 for the public. Tickets are available for purchase at the official event site.
CASTING
MGM+ announced Jessica Frances Dukes has been casted as Emma in its six-episode limited series “Earth Abides,” which is based on George R. Stewart’s classic sci-fi novel of the same name. Dukes joins Alexander Ludwig, who stars as Ish.
The series follows survivors avoiding the slide into human extinction after a plague sweeps the globe. It is slated to debut on MGM+ later this year.
Created by writer and showrunner Todd Komarnicki (Sully), the series comes from MGM+ Studios and executive producers Kearie Peak and Lighthouse Productions’ Michael Phillips and Juliana Maio. Additional writers include Karen Janszen, Tony Spiridakis, Evan Hart and Kyle Stephen.
Dukes is represented by Schachter Entertainment, Innovative Artists and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.
Dates
Peacock’s “Those About to Die” will premiere on July 18. During WWE WrestleMania on Sunday the teaser trailer was released.
The show takes place in Ancient Rome and explores the world of spectacle-driven gladiatorial competition. It shows the business of entertaining audiences with characters from all sides of the Roman Empire who face conflict when sports, politics and dynasties interfere.
Anthony Hopkins stars in the drama, with an ensemble cast including Iwan Rheon, Sara Martins, Tom Hughes, Jojo Macari, Moe Hashim, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Rupert Penry-Jones, Gabriella Pession, Dimitri Leonidas, Emilio Sakraya, David Wurawa, Pepe Barroso, Gonçalo Almeida, Eneko Sagardoy, Romana Maggiora Vergano. Roland Emmerich and Marco Kreuzpaintner direct and executive produce.
“Those About to Die” will include 10 episodes, each at 60 minutes.
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