Hollywood star Paul Walter Hauser made the most of his night at the Emmys and was spotted with no shoes on after partying to celebrate his win.
Paul was named Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series on the night for his role as chilling killer Larry Hall in ‘Black Bird’, reports Mirror.co.uk.
The actor caused quite a stir as he headed up to collect his award when fans spotted he was chewing on something that they assumed was gum. However, Paul later confirmed it was in fact a piece of dried mango that he was munching on.
As per Mirror.co.uk, many took to X to complain about his appearance as he stood on stage holding his award upside down and reading his speech from his iPhone.
One wrote: “Paul Walter Hauser, Get Rid Of The Gum. That was disgusting.” Another noted: “Paul Walter Hauser smacking...
Paul was named Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series on the night for his role as chilling killer Larry Hall in ‘Black Bird’, reports Mirror.co.uk.
The actor caused quite a stir as he headed up to collect his award when fans spotted he was chewing on something that they assumed was gum. However, Paul later confirmed it was in fact a piece of dried mango that he was munching on.
As per Mirror.co.uk, many took to X to complain about his appearance as he stood on stage holding his award upside down and reading his speech from his iPhone.
One wrote: “Paul Walter Hauser, Get Rid Of The Gum. That was disgusting.” Another noted: “Paul Walter Hauser smacking...
- 1/17/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
“One hundred percent,” Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser said backstage Monday, he’s totally open to do a Calvin Klein underwear ad like Jeremy Allen White’s.
“I think I got some work to do before I get that phone call, but you know me, I’m not afraid of a challenge,” the Black Bird winner added.
How the hell did the conversation evolve to underwear ads backstage?
A reporter asked Hauser why he gave a shout-out to Matt Cardona during his acceptance speech but not Jeremy Allen White during his acceptance speech. The answer morphed into a wrestling promo: Slash Film says that Cardona is an indie wrestler, and that Hauser is scheduled to face him in the ring on March 16 at Wrestling Revolver’s “Ready or Not” show in Clive, Iowa.
As far as why Hauser didn’t name-check White; the actor says, “Because he’s a wrestler in Iron Claw.
“I think I got some work to do before I get that phone call, but you know me, I’m not afraid of a challenge,” the Black Bird winner added.
How the hell did the conversation evolve to underwear ads backstage?
A reporter asked Hauser why he gave a shout-out to Matt Cardona during his acceptance speech but not Jeremy Allen White during his acceptance speech. The answer morphed into a wrestling promo: Slash Film says that Cardona is an indie wrestler, and that Hauser is scheduled to face him in the ring on March 16 at Wrestling Revolver’s “Ready or Not” show in Clive, Iowa.
As far as why Hauser didn’t name-check White; the actor says, “Because he’s a wrestler in Iron Claw.
- 1/16/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“Thank you to the voters in the TV academy, thank you mom and dad, you nurtured what I had in me. Dennis Lehane, Taron Egerton, your talent can move boulders. If I look tall it’s cause I’m standing on both of their shoulders,” rapped out Paul Walter Hauser starting one of the most unusual Emmy acceptance speeches of the night for Black Bird.
He’s taking home the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Or Anthology Series or Movie for his super creepy great nuanced performance as serial killer Larry Hall on the Apple TV+ show. Also unconventional, Hauser was crunching on something in his seat when they called his name and still chewing when he took the stage.
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It was his first Emmy nom and win for Hauser,...
He’s taking home the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Or Anthology Series or Movie for his super creepy great nuanced performance as serial killer Larry Hall on the Apple TV+ show. Also unconventional, Hauser was crunching on something in his seat when they called his name and still chewing when he took the stage.
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It was his first Emmy nom and win for Hauser,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Just two years after winning a Best TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor Emmy for “Mare of Easttown,” Evan Peters currently has a strong shot at conquering the corresponding lead category as the star of “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” By succeeding on this outing, he would not only maintain his perfect acting Emmys record, but would also follow Ed Flanders as the second recipient of both possible limited program performance prizes.
Given the overall strength of this year’s Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actor lineup, Peters’s potential win won’t come easily, if at all. The only other previous Emmy nominee in the mix is Kumail Nanjiani (“Welcome to Chippendales”), with most of the slots being filled by well-known first-timers Taron Egerton (“Black Bird”), Daniel Radcliffe (“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”), Michael Shannon (“George & Tammy”), and Steven Yeun (“Beef”).
In order to tell whether Peters really has anything to worry about,...
Given the overall strength of this year’s Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actor lineup, Peters’s potential win won’t come easily, if at all. The only other previous Emmy nominee in the mix is Kumail Nanjiani (“Welcome to Chippendales”), with most of the slots being filled by well-known first-timers Taron Egerton (“Black Bird”), Daniel Radcliffe (“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”), Michael Shannon (“George & Tammy”), and Steven Yeun (“Beef”).
In order to tell whether Peters really has anything to worry about,...
- 8/31/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2023 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 15 to June 26, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 12. Afterward, final voting commences August 17 and ends the night of August 28. The 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will now take place Monday, January 15, live on Fox at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.
See our previous thoughts on what to expect at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards here.
The State of the Race
Similar to fellow nominee Murray Bartlett, who won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie last year for his role in “The White Lotus,” Paul Walter Hauser has been the category frontrunner this entire year for his portrayal of real life serial...
See our previous thoughts on what to expect at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards here.
The State of the Race
Similar to fellow nominee Murray Bartlett, who won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie last year for his role in “The White Lotus,” Paul Walter Hauser has been the category frontrunner this entire year for his portrayal of real life serial...
- 8/24/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Season 2 of “The Afterparty” may not be eligible at the Emmys until next year, but it could very well help one of its cast members prevail for a completely different show at the 2023 awards (that will be held in 2024).
Paul Walter Hauser has been the odds-on favorite to take home the Best Limited Series/TV Movie Supporting Actor prize for Apple TV+’s “Black Bird” basically all season long. And for good reason. He has triumphed at almost every occasion leading up to the Emmys, having raked in wins at the Critics Choice and Golden Globe Awards. His only loss so far has been at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where he fell to “1883” star Sam Elliott, but he was always going to have a tough time claiming the victory there as the lone supporting player in the single limited series/TV movie actor lineup who was also up...
Paul Walter Hauser has been the odds-on favorite to take home the Best Limited Series/TV Movie Supporting Actor prize for Apple TV+’s “Black Bird” basically all season long. And for good reason. He has triumphed at almost every occasion leading up to the Emmys, having raked in wins at the Critics Choice and Golden Globe Awards. His only loss so far has been at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where he fell to “1883” star Sam Elliott, but he was always going to have a tough time claiming the victory there as the lone supporting player in the single limited series/TV movie actor lineup who was also up...
- 8/21/2023
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
In Apple TV+’s Black Bird, Dennis Lehane’s limited series about convicted criminal Jimmy Keane (Taron Egerton) trying to elicit a confession from suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), cinematographer Natalie Kingston knew she wanted to tackle toxic masculinity from a fresh angle.
Speaking during Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees event, Kingston, who shot all six episodes, said, “Dennis’ perspective on this was really inspiring and really what got me into this. He wasn’t interested in playing up the violence, being very literal with the story, being on the nose, making these killings feel very heightened or theatrical. It wasn’t about that at all.”
Instead, Kingston noted, the work was to tell “a human story.” Lehane’s telling, based on true events, is “character-driven,” she added, “and it’s about this uncomfortable tense dialogue between these two prisoners and this unlike, false friendship and about the different,...
Speaking during Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees event, Kingston, who shot all six episodes, said, “Dennis’ perspective on this was really inspiring and really what got me into this. He wasn’t interested in playing up the violence, being very literal with the story, being on the nose, making these killings feel very heightened or theatrical. It wasn’t about that at all.”
Instead, Kingston noted, the work was to tell “a human story.” Lehane’s telling, based on true events, is “character-driven,” she added, “and it’s about this uncomfortable tense dialogue between these two prisoners and this unlike, false friendship and about the different,...
- 8/12/2023
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
After picking up Golden Globe and Critics Choice wins this year for his performance as serial killer Larry Hall on Apple TV+’s limited series Black Bird, Paul Walter Hauser also has landed his first Emmy nomination for the role. He is nominated alongside late co-star Ray Liotta in the supporting actor category, an honor he says is “a great creative swan song for people to know how great [Liotta] really was.” Chatting on the morning his nomination was announced, Hauser tells THR how he got in (and out) of the mind of a killer, if he’d take on a role this dark again and his desire to balance both comedic and dramatic projects.
What does it mean to have Ray Liotta recognized alongside you in that category?
It’s completely overwhelming to be in a category with the likes of people like Ray Liotta and Richard Jenkins and Jesse Plemons,...
What does it mean to have Ray Liotta recognized alongside you in that category?
It’s completely overwhelming to be in a category with the likes of people like Ray Liotta and Richard Jenkins and Jesse Plemons,...
- 8/8/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gold Derby can exclusively reveal the episodes selected by the seven nominees for Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor as their 2023 Emmys episode submissions.
SEECan Steven Yeun ‘Beef’ up Best Movie/Limited Actor at the Emmys over Evan Peters?
Murray Bartlett won this category just last year for his performance in season one of “The White Lotus.” This year he’s nominated twice: Best Drama Guest Actor for “The Last of Us” and Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor for “Welcome to Chippendales.” In “Chippendales,” he plays Nick De Noia, the closeted choreographer who clashes with Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee (Best Movie/Limited Actor nominee Kumail Nanjiani) before Nick is murdered. Bartlett submitted for Emmy consideration “Leeches,” the fifth episode of the eight-episode series in which Nick opens a successful Chippendales in New York City and becomes the face of the business on the talk show circuit.
Jesse Plemons‘ performance in “Love and Death...
SEECan Steven Yeun ‘Beef’ up Best Movie/Limited Actor at the Emmys over Evan Peters?
Murray Bartlett won this category just last year for his performance in season one of “The White Lotus.” This year he’s nominated twice: Best Drama Guest Actor for “The Last of Us” and Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor for “Welcome to Chippendales.” In “Chippendales,” he plays Nick De Noia, the closeted choreographer who clashes with Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee (Best Movie/Limited Actor nominee Kumail Nanjiani) before Nick is murdered. Bartlett submitted for Emmy consideration “Leeches,” the fifth episode of the eight-episode series in which Nick opens a successful Chippendales in New York City and becomes the face of the business on the talk show circuit.
Jesse Plemons‘ performance in “Love and Death...
- 7/29/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Ray Liotta’s daughter Karsen has reacted to her late dad’s Emmy nomination.
Ray — who passed away on May 26, 2022 — was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie category for his role in the Apple TV+ series “Black Bird”.
Ray is up against his “Black Bird” co-star Paul Walter Hauser, Murray Bartlett (“Welcome To Chippendales”), Richard Jenkins (“Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”), Joseph Lee (“Beef”), Young Mazino (“Beef”) and Jesse Plemons (“Love & Death”) for the gong.
Karsen said in a statement: “I am so grateful to the members of the Television Academy for honouring my Dad with this nomination,” the Daily Mail reported.
“He was so incredibly proud of his performance in ‘Black Bird’, and it would mean the world to him to be nominated alongside Taron and Paul,” she added, referencing Taron Egerton’s Best Actor in a...
Ray — who passed away on May 26, 2022 — was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie category for his role in the Apple TV+ series “Black Bird”.
Ray is up against his “Black Bird” co-star Paul Walter Hauser, Murray Bartlett (“Welcome To Chippendales”), Richard Jenkins (“Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”), Joseph Lee (“Beef”), Young Mazino (“Beef”) and Jesse Plemons (“Love & Death”) for the gong.
Karsen said in a statement: “I am so grateful to the members of the Television Academy for honouring my Dad with this nomination,” the Daily Mail reported.
“He was so incredibly proud of his performance in ‘Black Bird’, and it would mean the world to him to be nominated alongside Taron and Paul,” she added, referencing Taron Egerton’s Best Actor in a...
- 7/13/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Ray Liotta was honored Wednesday morning with a posthumous Emmy nomination for his work on Apple TV+’s “Black Bird,” an occasion that “would mean the world to him,” his daughter said.
Addressing the recognition, which marks Liotta’s first nomination since winning a Primetime Emmy for his guest work on “ER” in 2005, the late actor’s daughter Karsen Liotta said in a statement to press, “I am so grateful to the members of the Television Academy for honoring my Dad with this nomination. He was so incredibly proud of his performance in ‘Black Bird,’ and it would mean the world to him to be nominated alongside Taron and Paul.”
Liotta, whose performance as Big Jim Keene also earned him a posthumous Critics Choice Award nomination earlier this year, died May 26, 2022 — just two months before the true crime limited series premiered on Apple TV+.
Based on the autobiographical novel “In...
Addressing the recognition, which marks Liotta’s first nomination since winning a Primetime Emmy for his guest work on “ER” in 2005, the late actor’s daughter Karsen Liotta said in a statement to press, “I am so grateful to the members of the Television Academy for honoring my Dad with this nomination. He was so incredibly proud of his performance in ‘Black Bird,’ and it would mean the world to him to be nominated alongside Taron and Paul.”
Liotta, whose performance as Big Jim Keene also earned him a posthumous Critics Choice Award nomination earlier this year, died May 26, 2022 — just two months before the true crime limited series premiered on Apple TV+.
Based on the autobiographical novel “In...
- 7/12/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
On Tuesday morning, Paul Walter Hauser is driving to Starbucks, “keeping it real” he says, in the wake of his brand new Emmy nomination for the role of serial killer Larry Hall in Apple TV+ limited series Black Bird, which already garnered Critics Choice and SAG Awards. It’s been “a very, very fun morning,” and there’s “a crazy amount to celebrate.”
It’s also a big day for SAG-AFTRA talks, and the threat of an actors’ strike looms. It can be tricky for actors to make public statements at this stage, not knowing what’s coming. But Hauser is not one for backing away from difficulty, as evidenced by his heavy-duty Black Bird role.
“I’m not going to be a coward and not say anything,” he says. “I guess what I would say is this: I love our studios and our streamers, and they have been tastemakers...
It’s also a big day for SAG-AFTRA talks, and the threat of an actors’ strike looms. It can be tricky for actors to make public statements at this stage, not knowing what’s coming. But Hauser is not one for backing away from difficulty, as evidenced by his heavy-duty Black Bird role.
“I’m not going to be a coward and not say anything,” he says. “I guess what I would say is this: I love our studios and our streamers, and they have been tastemakers...
- 7/12/2023
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with Karsen Liotta statement: In one of his final roles before he passed away last year at age 67, Ray Liotta’s turn in the Dennis Lehane-created Apple TV+ limited Black Bird has gotten the venerable Goodfellas star an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a limited or anthology series.
Liotta played Big Jim Keene, the former police officer who is devastated when his football hero son Jimmy (Taron Egerton) is sentenced to a decade in prison for drug dealing. Big Jim encourages his son to accept an FBI offer to go from a minimum security to maximum security prison so that he can bond with Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), who is suspected to be a serial killer who may have murdered 18 girls. Hall leads investigators just short of an acknowledgment of the crime and whereabout of the bodies, and young Keene is tasked with discovering the whereabouts of those bodies,...
Liotta played Big Jim Keene, the former police officer who is devastated when his football hero son Jimmy (Taron Egerton) is sentenced to a decade in prison for drug dealing. Big Jim encourages his son to accept an FBI offer to go from a minimum security to maximum security prison so that he can bond with Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), who is suspected to be a serial killer who may have murdered 18 girls. Hall leads investigators just short of an acknowledgment of the crime and whereabout of the bodies, and young Keene is tasked with discovering the whereabouts of those bodies,...
- 7/12/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Ray Liotta received a posthumous Emmy nomination for his role as Big Jim Keene in Dennis Lehane’s “Black Bird,” the Apple TV+ true crime series based on the real life of serial killer Larry Hall.
Liotta was nominated for best supporting actor in a limited series alongside his costar Paul Water Hauser, Richard Jenkins , Murray Bartlett, Joseph Lee, Young Mazino and Jesse Plemons..
Liotta joins the small list of actors who have received posthumous Primetime Emmy nominations, including last year’s nomination of Chadwick Boseman (“What If…?”), Norm MacDonald (“Nothing Special”) and Jessica Walters (“Archer”) and the previous nominations of Carrie Fisher (“Catastrophe”), Audrey Hepburn (“Gardens of the World With Audrey Hepburn”), Anthony Bourdain (Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown”) and Fred Willard (“Modern Family”).
Liotta starred in “Black Bird” opposite Taron Egerton as his character’s son, Jimmy Keene, and Paul Walter Hauser as the infamous Larry Hall. The cast...
Liotta was nominated for best supporting actor in a limited series alongside his costar Paul Water Hauser, Richard Jenkins , Murray Bartlett, Joseph Lee, Young Mazino and Jesse Plemons..
Liotta joins the small list of actors who have received posthumous Primetime Emmy nominations, including last year’s nomination of Chadwick Boseman (“What If…?”), Norm MacDonald (“Nothing Special”) and Jessica Walters (“Archer”) and the previous nominations of Carrie Fisher (“Catastrophe”), Audrey Hepburn (“Gardens of the World With Audrey Hepburn”), Anthony Bourdain (Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown”) and Fred Willard (“Modern Family”).
Liotta starred in “Black Bird” opposite Taron Egerton as his character’s son, Jimmy Keene, and Paul Walter Hauser as the infamous Larry Hall. The cast...
- 7/12/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
While “Black Bird” deals with difficult subject matter, Paul Walter Hauser has an easy time listing the reasons he agreed to play real-life serial killer Larry Hall on the Apple TV+ crime drama.
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“All the elements were there. The writing was immaculate, the character I was portraying was going to be a challenge — which I prefer — and it’s exciting to do something that is kind of brooding and gritty,” said the Golden Globe-winning actor. “I get thought of for a lot of silly things. It was cool to get thought of for something that felt like it would be done by [Darren] Aronofsky, or [Frank] Darabont, or in this case, Dennis Lehane.”
However, as Greg Kinnear shared during his conversation with Hauser for IndieWire’s Awards Spotlight series,...
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“All the elements were there. The writing was immaculate, the character I was portraying was going to be a challenge — which I prefer — and it’s exciting to do something that is kind of brooding and gritty,” said the Golden Globe-winning actor. “I get thought of for a lot of silly things. It was cool to get thought of for something that felt like it would be done by [Darren] Aronofsky, or [Frank] Darabont, or in this case, Dennis Lehane.”
However, as Greg Kinnear shared during his conversation with Hauser for IndieWire’s Awards Spotlight series,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
This year’s first-round Primetime Emmy nominations ballot includes a total of 51 Best Limited Series hopefuls. This is down from 2022’s unusually high total of 61, yet still much higher than 2021’s 37, 2020’s 41, and 2019’s 35.
All 20,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 26 to cast their 2023 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for programs. Unlike the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally. After six years of not having to limit their choices in any categories, members’ selections can now not be greater than the number of eventual nominations for a given award, which, in this case, will be five.
Unlike comedy and drama series, which simply appear on the ballot by name, the limited series submissions include plot descriptions and cast lists. Which of the shows listed below do you think will land in the final lineup on...
All 20,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 26 to cast their 2023 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for programs. Unlike the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally. After six years of not having to limit their choices in any categories, members’ selections can now not be greater than the number of eventual nominations for a given award, which, in this case, will be five.
Unlike comedy and drama series, which simply appear on the ballot by name, the limited series submissions include plot descriptions and cast lists. Which of the shows listed below do you think will land in the final lineup on...
- 6/17/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
While it is easy to understand why audiences seek the thrills and chills of watching murderous characters on TV, it can be a bit harder to understand why creatives would put themselves through hell and back to deliver well-executed depravity that, at its best, morphs into something more poignant.
For Dominique Fishback, star of Prime Video’s “Swarm,” a pitch-black comedy about an obsessed music fan that leans into the “Killer” part of being a Killer Bee, the role of Dre was an opportunity to shirk expectations. “I was very used to playing characters who were considered lovable or likable or easier to put your arm around,” said the actress who, outside of her BAFTA Award-nominated supporting role in “Judas and the Black Messiah,” had been mostly cast as plucky teens. “I didn’t wanna get imprisoned by my own artistry or my own fears that I would disappoint anybody...
For Dominique Fishback, star of Prime Video’s “Swarm,” a pitch-black comedy about an obsessed music fan that leans into the “Killer” part of being a Killer Bee, the role of Dre was an opportunity to shirk expectations. “I was very used to playing characters who were considered lovable or likable or easier to put your arm around,” said the actress who, outside of her BAFTA Award-nominated supporting role in “Judas and the Black Messiah,” had been mostly cast as plucky teens. “I didn’t wanna get imprisoned by my own artistry or my own fears that I would disappoint anybody...
- 6/14/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Paul Walter Hauser has made hamburgers the latest red carpet accessory.
The actor has found himself making the rounds lately thanks to his stunning turn as serial killer Larry Hall in Apple TV Plus’ limited series “Black Bird,” a role that has already netted him a SAG Award nomination and wins from the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards. After Jamie Lee Curtis asked him to bring her a burger to the next event, Hauser showed up at the Critics Choice Awards with a patty – only to learn Curtis couldn’t attend due to Covid. He later proposed to her with a smashburger at the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards and brought 20 burgers to the SAG Awards, where he handed them out to the likes of Adam Sandler. When Hauser’s name was called amongst the nominees in his category, he perfectly timed a blissful bite on camera.
So...
The actor has found himself making the rounds lately thanks to his stunning turn as serial killer Larry Hall in Apple TV Plus’ limited series “Black Bird,” a role that has already netted him a SAG Award nomination and wins from the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards. After Jamie Lee Curtis asked him to bring her a burger to the next event, Hauser showed up at the Critics Choice Awards with a patty – only to learn Curtis couldn’t attend due to Covid. He later proposed to her with a smashburger at the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards and brought 20 burgers to the SAG Awards, where he handed them out to the likes of Adam Sandler. When Hauser’s name was called amongst the nominees in his category, he perfectly timed a blissful bite on camera.
So...
- 6/8/2023
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
This story about Apple TV+’s Black Bird” and Paul Walter Hauser first appeared in the Limited Series/Movies issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
It’s been nearly a year since Dennis Lehane’s “Black Bird” premiered on Apple TV+, and viewers are still buzzing over its star Paul Walter Hauser’s Critics Choice and Golden Globe award-winning performance as real-world serial killer Larry Hall.
Icily textured and eerily unnerving, his portrayal of the notorious Civil War reenactor-turned-murderer — one who could be responsible for as many as 50 young women’s disappearances, per some authorities’ estimates — is more slow-boiling and menacing than mustache-twirling. Hauser, buoyed by Lehane’s script, also telegraphs an internal anguish that echoes behavior up to the present day, seen in the many violent, disenfranchised, often white men making headlines, from Jan. 6 to the mass shooting of the week.
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‘Black Bird’ Star Paul Walter Hauser...
It’s been nearly a year since Dennis Lehane’s “Black Bird” premiered on Apple TV+, and viewers are still buzzing over its star Paul Walter Hauser’s Critics Choice and Golden Globe award-winning performance as real-world serial killer Larry Hall.
Icily textured and eerily unnerving, his portrayal of the notorious Civil War reenactor-turned-murderer — one who could be responsible for as many as 50 young women’s disappearances, per some authorities’ estimates — is more slow-boiling and menacing than mustache-twirling. Hauser, buoyed by Lehane’s script, also telegraphs an internal anguish that echoes behavior up to the present day, seen in the many violent, disenfranchised, often white men making headlines, from Jan. 6 to the mass shooting of the week.
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‘Black Bird’ Star Paul Walter Hauser...
- 6/7/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Curated by the IndieWire Crafts team, Craft Considerations is a platform for filmmakers to talk about recent work we believe is worthy of awards consideration. In partnership with Apple TV+, for this edition, we look at how the editing, cinematography, and sound created the pulsing drama “Black Bird.”
Adapted from the book “In with the Devil” by James Keene and Hillel Levin, the Apple TV+ limited series “Black Bird” shines a disturbing light on murderer, rapist, and suspected serial killer Larry Hall, who preyed on girls and women during the 1980s and ‘90s. Show creator Dennis Lehane (“Gone Baby Gone”) unravels the story, based on actual events, through a gripping, character-driven six episodes that redefine the psychological crime thriller genre.
The narrative examines the male psyche through the eyes of Hall (Paul Walter Hauser) and Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton), a high school football star turned con serving 10 years without parole...
Adapted from the book “In with the Devil” by James Keene and Hillel Levin, the Apple TV+ limited series “Black Bird” shines a disturbing light on murderer, rapist, and suspected serial killer Larry Hall, who preyed on girls and women during the 1980s and ‘90s. Show creator Dennis Lehane (“Gone Baby Gone”) unravels the story, based on actual events, through a gripping, character-driven six episodes that redefine the psychological crime thriller genre.
The narrative examines the male psyche through the eyes of Hall (Paul Walter Hauser) and Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton), a high school football star turned con serving 10 years without parole...
- 5/17/2023
- by Daron James
- Indiewire
Four TV cinematographers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2023 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, May 17, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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The Bear (FX)
Synopsis: A young chef from the fine dining world returns to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop.
Bio: Andrew Wehde’s career has included “Eighth Grade,” “Grand Army” and “Night Sky.”
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Synopsis: The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill...
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The Bear (FX)
Synopsis: A young chef from the fine dining world returns to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop.
Bio: Andrew Wehde’s career has included “Eighth Grade,” “Grand Army” and “Night Sky.”
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Synopsis: The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill...
- 5/10/2023
- by Chris Beachum and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
“Love & Death” is set to premiere Thursday on HBO Max (soon to be just “Max”) and is expected to be a strong Emmys player for the cable and streaming platform in the limited series races. Elizabeth Olsen’s turn as the unfiltered adulterous Candy Montgomery, along with Jesse Plemons’ performance as the dim-witted and simple churchgoing husband of her friend Betty Gore, are expected to be among the top prospects in the acting races, but not where pundits had initially speculated.
Variety has learned exclusively that Plemons will be submitted for supporting actor in a limited series and not the lead actor race category, which was assumed early on. So, unsurprisingly, Olsen will be the sole leading acting submission for the series.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Emmy predictions.
The true-life crime series created by Emmy winner David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies”) tells the story of Texas housewife Candy who,...
Variety has learned exclusively that Plemons will be submitted for supporting actor in a limited series and not the lead actor race category, which was assumed early on. So, unsurprisingly, Olsen will be the sole leading acting submission for the series.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Emmy predictions.
The true-life crime series created by Emmy winner David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies”) tells the story of Texas housewife Candy who,...
- 4/25/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
In Black Bird, Apple TV’s dramatic take on the true crime memoir about a suspected serial killer Larry Hall, star Taron Egerton admits that his portrayal of FBI operative Jimmy Keene differs from the real-life person who helped authorities to find Hall’s victims.
The psychological thriller actually zeroes in on Jimmy’s evolution as a former high school football hero-turned-alleged drug dealer who’s sent to prison to elicit a confession from Hall. (Keene was cleared of all charges).
The six-parter from Dennis Lehane dropped on Apple last summer.
“Dennis’ angle on the show was to take a guy from A to B — A being a lack of self awareness in terms of having a moral code, an attitude toward to women, to B, [a person] who has discovered some humanity and some responsibility to everyone around him,” explained Edgerton on Sunday during Deadline’s Contenders TV event. “He does grow, but it costs him dearly.
The psychological thriller actually zeroes in on Jimmy’s evolution as a former high school football hero-turned-alleged drug dealer who’s sent to prison to elicit a confession from Hall. (Keene was cleared of all charges).
The six-parter from Dennis Lehane dropped on Apple last summer.
“Dennis’ angle on the show was to take a guy from A to B — A being a lack of self awareness in terms of having a moral code, an attitude toward to women, to B, [a person] who has discovered some humanity and some responsibility to everyone around him,” explained Edgerton on Sunday during Deadline’s Contenders TV event. “He does grow, but it costs him dearly.
- 4/16/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
After sitting in second place ever since our predictions center launched, Paul Walter Hauser (“Black Bird”) recently dethroned Richard Jenkins (“Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”) from the top spot in our limited series/TV movie supporting actor Emmy odds. If he indeed prevails, he will continue the trend of this award going to a first-time nominee.
Hauser would be the seventh out of eight actors under the popular vote system — which was introduced in 2016 after the TV academy did away with the preferential ballot — and the fifth in a row to win this category on his maiden Primetime Emmy nom. Under this system, the rookie contender-turned-champ trend was started by Sterling K. Brown with his victory for “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” in 2016. It survived another year, thanks to Alexander Skarsgard (“Big Little Lies”), before getting intercepted by Jeff Daniels (“Godless”) in 2018 — at which point...
Hauser would be the seventh out of eight actors under the popular vote system — which was introduced in 2016 after the TV academy did away with the preferential ballot — and the fifth in a row to win this category on his maiden Primetime Emmy nom. Under this system, the rookie contender-turned-champ trend was started by Sterling K. Brown with his victory for “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” in 2016. It survived another year, thanks to Alexander Skarsgard (“Big Little Lies”), before getting intercepted by Jeff Daniels (“Godless”) in 2018 — at which point...
- 4/3/2023
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Evan Peters and his “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” dad Richard Jenkins are the odds-on favorites to take home the Emmys for Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actor and Best Limited Series/TV Movie Supporting Actor, respectively. They’re already Emmy winners in the opposite categories, and if they prevail in September, they’ll join a small group of men who’ve won both limited/TV movie acting prizes.
Just six actors have swept both categories, which have undergone various name changes over the years. Laurence Olivier reigns supreme with five trophies total. He has four in lead for “The Moon and Sixpence” (1960), “Long Day’s Journey into Night” (1973), “Love Among the Ruins” (1975) and “King Lear” (1984), and one in supporting for “Brideshead Revisited” (1982).
Michael Moriarty has four, but they come with an asterisk. He owns lead and supporting statuettes for “Holocaust” (1978) and “James Dean” (2002), respectively, and won two Emmys...
Just six actors have swept both categories, which have undergone various name changes over the years. Laurence Olivier reigns supreme with five trophies total. He has four in lead for “The Moon and Sixpence” (1960), “Long Day’s Journey into Night” (1973), “Love Among the Ruins” (1975) and “King Lear” (1984), and one in supporting for “Brideshead Revisited” (1982).
Michael Moriarty has four, but they come with an asterisk. He owns lead and supporting statuettes for “Holocaust” (1978) and “James Dean” (2002), respectively, and won two Emmys...
- 3/31/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
After breaking into the comedy series and drama series categories at the Emmys, thanks to “Ted Lasso” and “Severance,” respectively, Apple TV+ is now finally expected to foray into the limited series race with “Black Bird.”
The six-part crime drama currently sits in third place in our limited series odds, behind only “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” and “Fleishman Is in Trouble”. The show, which premiered last summer, is one of the most critically acclaimed limited series of this Emmy cycle so far, with a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 97 percent (based on 79 reviews) and a Metacritic score of 80 (based on 29 reviews), whose early release has given it a head start in the race. While it was shut out of all major guilds sans the Screen Actors Guild Awards — where it nabbed bids for Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser — over the winter, it did receive noms from...
The six-part crime drama currently sits in third place in our limited series odds, behind only “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” and “Fleishman Is in Trouble”. The show, which premiered last summer, is one of the most critically acclaimed limited series of this Emmy cycle so far, with a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 97 percent (based on 79 reviews) and a Metacritic score of 80 (based on 29 reviews), whose early release has given it a head start in the race. While it was shut out of all major guilds sans the Screen Actors Guild Awards — where it nabbed bids for Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser — over the winter, it did receive noms from...
- 3/27/2023
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh, and Ke Huy Quan in ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ (Photo Credit: Allyson Riggs / A24)
Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan became the first Asian actress and actor to win Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role/Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Everything Everywhere All at Once also scored wins in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture categories.
SAG members spread out the wins in the television categories, with The White Lotus the only nominee to earn multiple awards. Additional 29th Annual SAG Awards television winners included Abbott Elementary, 1883, The Bear, Hacks, George & Tammy, and Ozark.
This year’s SAG Awards took place in Los Angeles and streamed live on YouTube on February...
Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan became the first Asian actress and actor to win Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role/Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Everything Everywhere All at Once also scored wins in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture categories.
SAG members spread out the wins in the television categories, with The White Lotus the only nominee to earn multiple awards. Additional 29th Annual SAG Awards television winners included Abbott Elementary, 1883, The Bear, Hacks, George & Tammy, and Ozark.
This year’s SAG Awards took place in Los Angeles and streamed live on YouTube on February...
- 2/27/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
SAG Awards nominee profile: Taron Egerton (‘Black Bird’) would be third youngest male TV winner ever
Just last year, Michael Keaton’s Screen Actors Guild Award victory for “Dopesick” made him the fifth man to win the organization’s Best TV Movie/Miniseries Actor prize after losing on his first lead film bid (for 2014’s “Birdman”). Now, since Taron Egerton has earned guild recognition for Apple TV+’s “Black Bird” after coming up short on his nomination for the 2019 film “Rocketman,” the group is already on the verge of gaining its sixth member. If he triumphs on this outing, the 33-year-old will also follow comedy champ Sean Hayes and limited series victor Darren Criss as the third youngest man to ever win an individual SAG Award for TV acting.
The four actors who preceded Keaton in eventually spinning their initial lead film losses into TV movie or miniseries wins were Paul Newman, Kevin Kline, Paul Giamatti and Bryan Cranston. Keaton and Giamatti stand apart from the...
The four actors who preceded Keaton in eventually spinning their initial lead film losses into TV movie or miniseries wins were Paul Newman, Kevin Kline, Paul Giamatti and Bryan Cranston. Keaton and Giamatti stand apart from the...
- 2/20/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
After turning in many worthy performances across film and television for nearly two decades with no nominations to show for it, Paul Walter Hauser finally landed his first individual Screen Actors Guild Award bid this year. He is nominated for his chilling turn as suspected serial killer Larry Hall on Apple TV+’s “Black Bird” in the limited series/TV movie actor category. If Hauser prevails at the ceremony on February 26, he will have another statuette to, uh, lock up in his trophy case beside his Critics Choice Award and Golden Globe Award for the same role.
Based on “In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption,” James Keene‘s 2010 memoir which he wrote with Hillel Levin, the six-part miniseries follows Keene (Taron Egerton), a one-time high school football star and decorated policeman’s son-turned-drug dealer, as he is sentenced to 10 years...
Based on “In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption,” James Keene‘s 2010 memoir which he wrote with Hillel Levin, the six-part miniseries follows Keene (Taron Egerton), a one-time high school football star and decorated policeman’s son-turned-drug dealer, as he is sentenced to 10 years...
- 2/20/2023
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Of the three former film acting Golden Globe winners currently in the running for the Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actor award, only Taron Egerton (“Black Bird”) has a chance to set a new record as the youngest man to ever be honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for both big and small screen work. This distinction has been held since 1988 by Robin Williams, who was 28 when he won Best TV Comedy Actor for “Mork & Mindy” and 36 when he clinched his first Best Film Comedy/Musical Actor trophy for “Good Morning, Vietnam.” Egerton, who won the same film award for “Rocketman” in 2020, would displace Williams by a margin of more than three years.
On Apple TV+’s “Black Bird,” Egerton plays James Keene, an incarcerated drug dealer who agrees to work a confession out of serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser) in exchange for a shorter sentence.
On Apple TV+’s “Black Bird,” Egerton plays James Keene, an incarcerated drug dealer who agrees to work a confession out of serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser) in exchange for a shorter sentence.
- 1/6/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
There are a lot of different techniques and strategies on which actor Paul Walter Hauser leaned to prepare for his transformative turn as (suspected) real-life serial killer Larry Hall on the Apple TV+ miniseries “Black Bird.” But chief among them, the actor divulges in a recent webchat with Gold Derby, was “people-watching” (watch the full exclusive video interview above).
“I think some of the best stuff that I’ve tried to do or that people have said they liked — I’m ripping it from somebody I saw at the airport, some dude I stood next to at a urinal, or literally [fellow actor] Vincent D’Onofrio,” admits Hauser. “To play [Hall], I studied D’Onofrio in ‘Full Metal Jacket.’ There were just a couple of things I aped. One of them is that kind of Kubrick stare, the famous long, soulless, soul-being-sucked-out stare.”
Based on James Keene and Hillel Levin‘s 2010 memoir “In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero,...
“I think some of the best stuff that I’ve tried to do or that people have said they liked — I’m ripping it from somebody I saw at the airport, some dude I stood next to at a urinal, or literally [fellow actor] Vincent D’Onofrio,” admits Hauser. “To play [Hall], I studied D’Onofrio in ‘Full Metal Jacket.’ There were just a couple of things I aped. One of them is that kind of Kubrick stare, the famous long, soulless, soul-being-sucked-out stare.”
Based on James Keene and Hillel Levin‘s 2010 memoir “In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero,...
- 11/14/2022
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Paul Walter Hauser isn't afraid to explore his dark side, even if it's at the detriment of his vocal chords. The star lost 40 pounds and took on a creepy voice to play accused serial killer Larry DeWayne Hall opposite Taron Egerton, in the Apple TV+ true crime series Black Bird—none of which was required, by the way. "It's not like Larry Hall is as famous as somebody doing like a Rolling Stones biopic and playing Mick Jagger," he told E! News. "You could probably get away with not nailing Larry's voice, but for me, it's part of what helps me understand the character." So while the high-pitched voice "sucked" and was, at times, painful to imitate,...
- 7/11/2022
- E! Online
As Jimmy Keene, Oscar-nominee Taron Egerton goes from regular prison inmate to maximum security lockup in a bid to extract a murder confession from another inmate in “Black Bird.”
The drama, inspired by real events, tells a compelling tale about a star high school athlete-turned-minor-drug-kingpin, who is sent to prison after accepting a plea deal he’s assured by his retired police officer father (Ray Liotta) will only keep him inside for two years.
But, when Jimmy learns his dad has had a stroke over his fall from grace, and continues to face serious medical issues, Egerton’s character strikes a bargain with detectives and the Da’s office to be transferred to the worst prison in the state on assignment. At the supermax, known for housing the criminally insane, and the most violent, Jimmy’s role is to befriend and coax a confession from suspected serial killer Larry Hall...
The drama, inspired by real events, tells a compelling tale about a star high school athlete-turned-minor-drug-kingpin, who is sent to prison after accepting a plea deal he’s assured by his retired police officer father (Ray Liotta) will only keep him inside for two years.
But, when Jimmy learns his dad has had a stroke over his fall from grace, and continues to face serious medical issues, Egerton’s character strikes a bargain with detectives and the Da’s office to be transferred to the worst prison in the state on assignment. At the supermax, known for housing the criminally insane, and the most violent, Jimmy’s role is to befriend and coax a confession from suspected serial killer Larry Hall...
- 7/8/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
When Kary Antholis in 2019 stepped down as President, HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming, to launch Crime Story Media, his exit package included him staying on as executive producer on projects he had developed at the network that tackle crime and criminal justice. That included David Simon and George Pelecanos’ limited series We Own This City, which premiered April 25, and Dennis Lehane’s Black Bird, which ended up moving to Apple TV+. Headlined by Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser and featuring Ray Liotta in his final TV role, the series premieres July 8.
Crime Story, dedicated to content that explores the criminal legal process, quickly made its mark in the podcast arena with The Crime Story Podcast, hosted by Antholis, which has produced 370 episodes so far; Firebug; as well as Jury Duty distributed by Acast, which has amassed 3.2 million downloads to date with its three seasons focused on the Robert Durst trial,...
Crime Story, dedicated to content that explores the criminal legal process, quickly made its mark in the podcast arena with The Crime Story Podcast, hosted by Antholis, which has produced 370 episodes so far; Firebug; as well as Jury Duty distributed by Acast, which has amassed 3.2 million downloads to date with its three seasons focused on the Robert Durst trial,...
- 7/8/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Life is a series of trials and errors — where, if you’re lucky, you can follow your passions from one interest to the next until you’ve amassed a wealth of experiences. Dennis Lehane, an award-winning novelist, playwright, producer, and screenwriter, has done just that, carving out an enviable career across a wide swath of the entertainment industry. His novels have been adapted into movies; his movies have gone on to critical acclaim; his TV work elevated some of this century’s best shows.
But for years, the next item on Lehane’s to-do list was showrunning. The writer behind episodes of “The Wire” and “Boardwalk Empire” had tried, multiple times, to develop and run his own series, but greater forces kept his dream at a distance.
Now, with the Apple TV+ six-part limited series “Black Bird,” Lehane can add that key credit to his resume — and better yet, even as a first-time showrunner,...
But for years, the next item on Lehane’s to-do list was showrunning. The writer behind episodes of “The Wire” and “Boardwalk Empire” had tried, multiple times, to develop and run his own series, but greater forces kept his dream at a distance.
Now, with the Apple TV+ six-part limited series “Black Bird,” Lehane can add that key credit to his resume — and better yet, even as a first-time showrunner,...
- 7/8/2022
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Paul Walter Hauser has range, folks. The actor, who broke out in 2017's "I, Tonya," seems equally comfortable playing goofy comedic characters as he does portraying creeps and weirdos. In the new Apple TV+ drama "Black Bird," which comes from crime novelist Dennis Lehane and is inspired by a true story, Hauser delivers one of the best performances of his career as Larry Hall, a serial confessor who might have murdered several young girls in the Midwest in the 1990s. The series is a showcase for two powerhouse performances from Hauser and co-star Taron Egerton ("Rocket...
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- 7/7/2022
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
It would appear easy enough to lose “Black Bird” in the shuffle of true-crime prestige TV series. It’s got the usual mix of name talent both young-ish (“Rocketman” and “Kingsman” star Taran Egerton; “Richard Jewell” star Paul Walter Hauser) and established (Greg Kinnear; the late Ray Liotta); it’s got real-life mystery that’s compelling but not wildly unpredictable; it’s even got a forgettable title that doesn’t reveal its connection to the story at hand until late in the series. So it’s a wonderful surprise to realize so quickly that this six-episode Apple TV+ series is more than the sum of its familiar parts: It’s an unexpectedly exacting and quietly gripping series of interlocking character studies.
The premise evokes both “The Departed” and “Zodiac.” In one storyline, cocky and charming drug dealer Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is nabbed and unexpectedly sentenced to a decade in prison,...
The premise evokes both “The Departed” and “Zodiac.” In one storyline, cocky and charming drug dealer Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is nabbed and unexpectedly sentenced to a decade in prison,...
- 7/7/2022
- by Jesse Hassenger
- The Wrap
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Disclaimer: No matter what you may have gathered from film and television, given the opportunity to sit down in a sterile room opposite a manacled serial killer, chances are very poor that you would be able to get him to share intimate details about his crimes and subtextual lessons about life.
Just because you see things done in scripted form doesn’t mean you can execute them in real life, and just because something was done in real life doesn’t mean it’s going to be transferred believably into scripted form. Oh, and just because something real isn’t transferred believably into scripted form doesn’t necessarily mean the result will be bad.
Dennis Lehane’s new six-part drama, Black Bird, is based on James Keene’s memoir In With the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption.
Disclaimer: No matter what you may have gathered from film and television, given the opportunity to sit down in a sterile room opposite a manacled serial killer, chances are very poor that you would be able to get him to share intimate details about his crimes and subtextual lessons about life.
Just because you see things done in scripted form doesn’t mean you can execute them in real life, and just because something was done in real life doesn’t mean it’s going to be transferred believably into scripted form. Oh, and just because something real isn’t transferred believably into scripted form doesn’t necessarily mean the result will be bad.
Dennis Lehane’s new six-part drama, Black Bird, is based on James Keene’s memoir In With the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption.
- 7/7/2022
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
True Crime has become one of the hottest tickets on TV.
Whether a movie, docuseries, or scripted show, the lure of our darker side persists.
Dennis Lehane is a master of our darker side. As an author and filmmaker, his work looks into what drives people to darkness and how they come back from it.
Lehane's work on the page and screen meld beautifully with Black Bird, an adaptation of In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by James Keene.
Jimmy Keene is a successful drug dealer living a lavish lifestyle. He came from humble beginnings, but Jimmy is anything but humble himself. His friends still watch his high school football tapes, and Jimmy relishes the lavish praise and attention he receives.
Larry Hall's beginning was a little less stellar. He, too, came from humble beginnings, and whether it was...
Whether a movie, docuseries, or scripted show, the lure of our darker side persists.
Dennis Lehane is a master of our darker side. As an author and filmmaker, his work looks into what drives people to darkness and how they come back from it.
Lehane's work on the page and screen meld beautifully with Black Bird, an adaptation of In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by James Keene.
Jimmy Keene is a successful drug dealer living a lavish lifestyle. He came from humble beginnings, but Jimmy is anything but humble himself. His friends still watch his high school football tapes, and Jimmy relishes the lavish praise and attention he receives.
Larry Hall's beginning was a little less stellar. He, too, came from humble beginnings, and whether it was...
- 7/7/2022
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
To celebrate the release of Black Bird, the latest original series streaming on Apple TV+, we had the pleasure of chatting to its cast and executive producer about this thrilling new drama.
Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero and decorated policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum-security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is to elicit a confession and find out where the bodies of several young girls are buried before Hall’s appeal goes through. But is this suspected killer telling the truth? Or is it just another tale from a serial liar?
Both Taron Edgerton and Paul Walter Hauser...
Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero and decorated policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum-security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is to elicit a confession and find out where the bodies of several young girls are buried before Hall’s appeal goes through. But is this suspected killer telling the truth? Or is it just another tale from a serial liar?
Both Taron Edgerton and Paul Walter Hauser...
- 7/7/2022
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Taron Egerton is at the center of Apple’s new drama “Black Bird,” a show that asks him, foremost, to be a reactive force. Tangled in the prison system after his plan to plead out for a short narcotics-charge sentence blows up, Egerton’s Jimmy Keene is offered the opportunity to get out. His freedom depends on his managing to elicit information out of maximum-security prisoner Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser) before he’s freed on appeal. Against Hauser’s massive performance of criminal insanity or just plain insanity, Egerton is forced to be resourceful, to find ways to show us who Jimmy is beyond the object of misfortune: That he largely succeeds pulls “Black Bird” over the line.
Like many shows today, “Black Bird” would plainly work better as a movie; it was developed and executive produced by Dennis Lehane, whose novels, including “Mystic River” and “Shutter Island,” have been grist for films.
Like many shows today, “Black Bird” would plainly work better as a movie; it was developed and executive produced by Dennis Lehane, whose novels, including “Mystic River” and “Shutter Island,” have been grist for films.
- 7/6/2022
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Taron Egerton is shedding his good boy persona in Apple TV+'s Black Bird. In Black Bird, the British actor, who starred in Rocketman, plays real-life convict Jimmy Keene, who is sent to prison on a conspiracy to distribute cocaine charge. But then, the FBI offers him the opportunity to walk free—but only if he can get suspected serial killer Larry Hall to share where he buried his alleged victims. Jimmy takes the FBI up on their offer, sending him down a dark path that shakes him to his core. "Larry gets in his head," Egerton says in an exclusive video. "And Jimmy is horrified by it." Writer Dennis Lehane, who adapted the real-life Jimmy...
- 7/6/2022
- E! Online
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