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One of probably the most acknowledged filmmakers working at this time, Rian Johnson is as in style as he’s polarizing. Ranging from extra minor indie hits like Brick (2005) to mid-budget high-concept science fiction movies like Looper (2012) and all the way in which to the colossal funds spectacle of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Johnson’s work is adored by some and chastised by others, and the author/director/producer would not have it some other approach. To put it merely, Rian Johnson would reasonably make a film that audiences hate than one they overlook. He prides himself as a storyteller who actively challenges the norms of the leisure medium and subverts viewers expectations. That subversion of norms and expectations might not at all times hit, however Johnson achieved an absolute residence run with the star-studded homicide thriller, Knives Out (2019). Very a lot impressed by the thriller novels of Agatha Christie (Murder on the Orient Express), Johnson delivered an entry into the long-dormant style to nice success, resulting from its charming characters, hysterical humorousness, and a homicide thriller plot that twisted and was genuinely surprising instructions. In addition to being a large crucial success, with the uncommon prevalence of Rotten Tomatoes’ critics and viewers scores nearly unanimously agreeing with scores of above 90%, Knives Out was additionally a field workplace smash, bringing in over $300 million USD with a funds that is solely estimated to be $40 million.
Fans wished to see extra adventures with Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), and the movie’s success did not go unnoticed by the business, with Netflix buying the now-franchise for 2 sequels for $450 million USD. The first, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), was praised as a sequel that’s simply pretty much as good if not higher than the unique. Clearly, Johnson is becoming proper into the thriller style, however now Johnson is engaged on a completely new challenge that can take audiences exterior the world of Knives Out. Poker Face, to not be confused with the 2022 Russell Crowe movie, is a brand new collection being directed, written, and produced by Rian Johnson himself, making this the primary tv collection that the acclaimed filmmaker has created. Billed as a thriller story, Johnson’s involvement ought to already be sufficient to garner curiosity, however the present has additionally introduced in a fully stellar forged that appears to only get larger and larger. To discover out every part we all know up to now about this mysterious homicide thriller collection, merely learn beneath.
Editor’s Note: This article was final up to date on January 24.
Does Poker Face Have a Trailer?
The first teaser for Poker Face introduces the character of Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne), a bitter detective who’s engaged on fixing a collection of crimes, every one full with a fully star-studded forged. Already the look and elegance of the present seems to be extremely much like that of Knives Out, combining a compelling thriller storyline with efficient moments of humor.
The second trailer delves a bit deeper into Cale’s character, significantly in her borderline supernatural means to at all times inform when somebody is mendacity to her. We additionally be taught that Cale has been dwelling in her automotive for fairly a while, appearing as a drifter who can not help however get entangled within the varied murders she comes throughout. This unimaginable means she has as a human lie detector of kinds catches the eye of a shady particular person performed by Ron Perlman, who enlists the providers of a fixer performed by Benjamin Bratt to seek out Cale and produce her to him alive. So now, along with having to unravel a wide range of homicide instances, Cale can be being pursued by a mysterious murderer.
Another trailer was launched on January 16, 2022, throughout Peacock’s presentation on the TCA. The 90-second spot additional highlighted the collection’ stacked forged.
Will Poker Face be on Cable or on Streaming?
There was an aggressive bidding struggle for Johnson’s new collection, however the streaming service that got here out on prime was Peacock, the service run by Universal Pictures. It’s a large get for the streaming service that has had its justifiable share of high quality unique packages like Bel-Air (2022) and The Resort (2022). The streamer has nonetheless been on the lookout for its very personal streaming vendor, and a thriller collection from the present chief of the style might be simply that.
Does Poker Face Have a Release Date?
The above teaser confirms that Poker Face will arrive on Peacock on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Rather than simply the pilot episode, that date will truly function the discharge of the primary 4 episodes of the present, with the remaining six arriving each following Thursday.
What Is the Plot of Poker Face?
Along with the trailer launch was an official synopsis of the present and a bit extra data on Charlie Cale and her position within the present:
Poker Face is a 10-episode “mystery-of-the-week” collection following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has a unprecedented means to find out when somebody is mendacity. She hits the street along with her Plymouth Barracuda and with each cease encounters a brand new forged of characters and unusual crimes she will be able to’t assist however remedy.
This appears to indicate that Poker Face might be extra of an episodic collection reasonably than a serialized one, that means that every episode will comprise its personal self-contained story reasonably than a bigger overarching season narrative, however solely time will inform what is actually the case for the mysterious present.
Who Is Making Poker Face?
As talked about above, Rian Johnson would be the creator of the collection, along with directing, writing, and producing the anticipated present. Though that is the primary time Johnson has created a collection of his personal, this isn’t the primary time he is been concerned in a success collection. Johnson directed an episode of Terriers (2010) in addition to three of probably the most celebrated episodes of Breaking Bad (2008-2013), so this is not fully new territory for him.
Joining Johnson for the remainder of the crew embody Alice Ju, Wyatt Cain (Prodigal Son), Christine Boylan (Marvel’s The Punisher), Joe Lawson (Shameless) and CS Fischer as writers, Christine Ng (ZIWE) and Steve Yedlin (Looper) as cinematographers, Glenn Garland (The Lords of Salem), Bob Ducsay (Knives Out), and Paul Swain (The Unicorn) as editors, Bret Howe (Euphoria) and Mary Vernieu (Promising Young Woman) as casting administrators, and Judy Rhee (Better Call Saul) as manufacturing designer. Executive producers are Ram Bergman (Brick, Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Nena Rodrigue, Nora Zuckerman (Fringe, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), and Lilla Zuckerman (Fringe, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Series star Natasha Lyonne can be credited as a author and government producer.
Who’s Starring in Poker Face?
Strap yourselves in as a result of the forged checklist for Poker Face is nothing wanting bonkers. Starring within the collection is Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll), who’s the lead crime solver of Charlie Cale, a no-nonsense detective who has a present for recognizing lies in a suspect. Lyonne may also be joined by Megan Suri (13 Reasons Why), Colton Ryan (The Girl From Plainville), and Brandon Michael Hall (Search Party), however these names are solely scratching the floor of who might be part of the collection.
The remainder of the forged consists of names together with (*inhales*) Adrien Brody (The French Dispatch), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Stephanie Hsu (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Nick Nolte (The Mandalorian), Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen), Benjamin Bratt (Coco), Hong Chau (Watchmen), Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), Jameela Jamil (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law), Chloë Sevigny (We Are Who We Are), Ellen Barkin (Animal Kingdom), Judith Light (Who’s the Boss?), Tim Meadows (Mean Girls), Okay Kallan (Knives Out), Sprague Theobald (Bull), David Castañeda (The Umbrella Academy), Danielle Macdonald (Bird Box), Dascha Polanco (In The Heights), Nicholas Cirillo (Outer Banks), Audrey Corsa (All Rise), Niall Cunningham (And Just Like That), Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory), S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order), Charles Melton (Bad Boys for Life), Reed Birney (Mass), Hong Chau (The Whale), Kerry Frances (Knives Out), Rhea Perlman (Cheers), Rowan Blanchard (Girl Meets World), Chelsea Frei (The Cleaning Lady), Cherry Jones (The Eyes of Tammy Faye), Luis Guzmán (Wednesday), Clea DuVall (Argo), Shane Paul McGhie (What Men Want), Angel Desai (Jessica Jones), Jasmine Aiyana Garvin, and Leslie Shiva (Shades of Blue) (*exhales*).
When requested about casting the collection Johnson stated:
“In the room, generally we might have a placeholder actor, and it could find yourself being them, or surprisingly another person.”
Will Poker Face Get a Season 2?
No follow-up season has been greenlit simply but, however set photographs appear to point a second season is probably going. In what seems to be crew t-shirts, the brand and title checklist “Poker Face: Season 1”. If the producers had been prepared to checklist this as a season 1, certainly a second season is on the very least being thought-about.
When requested if there could be future seasons, Johnson answered by saying:
“There are infinite tales to inform. As folks watch increasingly more episodes and notice how distinct every one is … there’s countless risk.”
Lyonne additionally appeared down for extra seasons and even has a ‘set quantity’ on what number of seasons she’d need to do.
“76!”
If that is humanly potential, why not.