Tag: Perry Mason
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‘Perry Mason’ Deserves a Season 3
When reviewing the second season of Perry Mason, which ended up being one of the more pleasant surprises of the year that surpassed its first by leaps and bounds, there was a feeling that the final episode could work as a series finale. At the time, the montage it concluded with had everything returning to…
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Creating a ’30s-Era Skid Row for a New Season of ‘Perry Mason’
When production designer Keith Cunningham joined the second season of HBO’s “Perry Mason,” he was excited to lean into the depiction of economic inequity in ’30s Los Angeles that the series introduced in its first season. “A lot of this season is about really exploring the world of the haves and the have-nots,” Cunningham told…
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Perry Mason Exec Producers On Season 2’s ‘Wonderfully Messy’ Starting Place [Exclusive Interview]
This post contains mild spoilers for the season 2 premiere of “Perry Mason.”HBO’s “Perry Mason” is back, and the second season starts not only with a bang, but with a fire. If you’ve seen the episode, you may or may not know that the flammable event we saw unfold is part of real Los Angeles…
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CBS Orders Matlock Reboot Starring Kathy Bates In The Title Role
Don’t let the cancellation of Hulu’s “Reboot” fool you — resurrecting old TV series from the dead is still all the rage. “That ’70s Show,” “The Wonder Years,” “Perry Mason,” and “DuckTales,” among others, have all found their way back to our screens. So I guess it was only a matter of time before someone…
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‘Perry Mason’ Season 2 Teaser: Matthew Rhys Is Tangled Up in a New Murder Case
Perry Mason is back on (another) case.Emmy winner Matthew Rhys reprises his detective role for HBO’s “Perry Mason,” with the second season premiering two years after the reboot premiered. Per the official synopsis, months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered. When the…
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Louise Fletcher, Oscar-Winning One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Actor, Has Died
Louise Fletcher, best known for her Academy Award-winning role as Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” has died at the age of 88. Fletcher’s family confirmed to Deadline through her agent that she died in her sleep at her home in Montdurausse, France, on Friday.Fletcher was born to deaf parents in Birmingham,…
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Creative Arts Emmy Analysis: ‘The Mandalorian’ Leads, ‘The Underground Railroad’ Disappoints
Disney+ flexed its sci-fi and superhero muscles at the Creative Arts Emmys on Tuesday. “The Mandalorian” came roaring back for Season 2 to lead all craft nominations with 17, followed by Marvel’s trippy “WandaVision,” which scored 15. However, Netflix did better overall, with “The Queen’s Gambit” seizing 12 noms, “The Crown” (Season 4) capturing 11,…
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Richard Donner, Director of ‘Superman’ and ‘The Goonies,’ Dies at 91
Richard Donner, director of the original “Superman” film as well as “The Goonies” and all four “Lethal Weapon” films, has died at the age of 91. Deadline reported that his wife, Lauren Schuler Donner and business manager confirmed his passing. No cause of death has been provided.Richard Donner spent nearly two decades working on some…
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‘Why Women Kill’s’ Veronica Falcon on Beating the Odds as a Foreign Actor on American TV
Veronica Falcon has had quite the 2021 — and we’re only halfway through it. This year alone the actress has created eye-catching characters in the Paramount+ series “Why Women Kill” and HBO’s “Perry Mason,” as well as made a very brief appearance in Disney’s “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” But while Falcon is getting…
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‘Mare of Easttown’ Evolves HBO’s ‘True Detective’ Model, and Proves Why Season 4 Can Wait
Stop me when you can name the HBO drama matching the below description:An investigator plagued by the past has to get to the bottom of a pivotal case in order to save the day — and themselves.Did you guess “The Outsider”? Maybe “The Night Of”? Perhaps you thought of “Sharp Objects,” or even “Perry Mason”?…