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Apple TV+ has launched a new trailer for the immersive nine episode series ‘Calls’ featuring an all-star cast.

Directed by Fede Álvarez (“Don’t Breathe”), each episode follows a darkly dramatic mystery that unfolds through a series of seemingly average, unconnected phone calls that quickly become surreal as the characters face growingly unsettling experiences.

Based on the buzzy Canal+ French series of the same name created by Timothée Hochet, the series is a groundbreaking, immersive television experience that masterfully uses audio and minimal abstract visuals to tell nine bone-chilling, short-form stories.

The stellar cast assembled to bring this Apple Original series of eerie conversations to life includes Nicholas Braun, Clancy Brown, Lily Collins, Rosario Dawson, Mark Duplass, Karen Gillan, Judy Greer, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston, Nick Jonas, Riley Keough, Joey King, Stephen Lang, Jaeden Martell, Paola Nuñez, Pedro Pascal, Edi Patterson, Aubrey Plaza, Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jennifer Tilly.

The SAG Awards are taking a “shorter is better” approach to this year’s ceremony, which will consist of a one-hour, pre-taped telecast, our sister site Variety reports.

The program — which will not have a host or even a set — will consist of a mix of winner announcements, comedy bits and the SAG Awards’ signature “I Am An Actor” mini-speeches from performers.

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Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe director Fede Álvarez has a new series for Apple TV+, and it’s not your typical show. Over the course of nine episodes, the new series Calls will present viewers with a series of phone calls accompanied by “minimal abstract visuals” as creepy, short-form stories unfold. This appears to be more of an old school […]

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Apple TV+ has shared a trailer and revealed the full cast for the short-form audio series “Calls.”

Based on the popular French series of the same name, “Calls” is described as an “immersive television experience” which “uses audio and minimal abstract visuals to tell nine bone-chilling, short-form stories.”

The original series, created by Timothée Hochet, took the format of audio recordings from sources like airplane black boxes, phone calls and cassette tapes to tell the story of a series of tragic events, all connected in one way or another to an impending apocalypse.

Here is the full list of stars who will lend their voices to the series, some of which appear in the trailer above.

Nicholas Braun (“Succession”), Clancy Brown (“The Shawshank Redemption”), Lily Collins (“Emily in Paris”), Rosario Dawson (“Jane the Virgin”), Mark Duplass (“The Morning Show”), Karen Gillan (“Avengers: Endgame”), Judy Greer (“Halloween”), Laura Harrier (“Hollywood”), Paul Walter Hauser...

Apple TV Plus announced the cast and set the premiere date for its genre-bending auditory adaptation of Canal Plus’ “Calls.”

Nicholas Braun, Clancy Brown, Lily Collins, Rosario Dawson, Mark Duplass, Karen Gillan, Judy Greer, Laura Harrier, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston, Nick Jonas, Riley Keough, Joey King, Stephen Lang, Jaeden Martell, Paola Nuñez, Pedro Pascal, Edi Patterson, Aubrey Plaza, Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jennifer Tilly all lent their voices to the project, which will launch with all nine episodes streaming on March 19.

“Calls” is designed to be an immersive television experience that uses audio combined with minimal abstract visuals to tell nine individual short-form stories through nine calls. The show is directed by Fede Álvarez, and each episode will follow a dark and dramatic mystery that unfolds through a series of seemingly average and at times unconnected phone calls. As time goes on in the episodes, characters...

KollywoodActor Chitra, who was popular for her role in TV serial 'Pandian Stores', was found dead in Chennai on December 9. Tnm StaffTamil movie Calls starring late television presenter and actor VJ Chitra will hit theatres on Friday. Calls marks Chitra’s first and last movie to hit the silver screen. Directed by debutant filmmaker J Sabarish, Calls stars Delhi Ganesh, Nizhalgal Ravi, R Sundarrajan, Devadarshini, Vinodhini Vaidyanathan, Jiva Ravi and Sriranjani in important roles. The trailer of the late actor’s debut film was released on January 29. It garnered over 1.5 million views on YouTube. Touted to be a woman-centric film, the plot revolves around the leading lady of the film, who gets caught in the middle of a series of murders. Chitra essays the role of a Bpo professional in the movie. According to reports, Calls is loosely based on Aditi Balan’s debut film Aruvi, which was directed by filmmaker Arun Prabhu.

Given the number of special pandemic reunions and TV episodes set on Zoom calls that came out earlier in the pandemic, you’d think Hollywood would be totally over the gimmick of setting things in a quarantine by now, but no, some big Hollywood people are now just getting around to this timely kind of fun. One such…...

Jim Carrey is moving on from his impersonation of President Elect Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live.

The Truman Show star has impersonated Biden on Saturday Night Live, since the show returned on October 4 for its 46th season. He has not appeared on the show for the last two weeks and revealed on social media that he is now passing on the baton.

“Though my term was only meant to be 6 weeks, I was thrilled to be elected as your SNL President… comedy’s highest call of duty. I would love to go forward knowing that Biden was the victor because I nailed that shit. But I am just one in a long line of proud, fighting SNL Bidens,” he tweeted.

His statement was retweeted by SNL.

“Thank you to Jim Carrey for showing up when it mattered,” the show said.

Carrey relocated to New York to play Biden, alongside Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris,...

BBC Films veteran Joe Oppenheimer is joining Apple’s international development team, reporting to its creative director for Europe, Jay Hunt.

It is the latest addition to the tech giant’s content team as it moves more deeply into original programming. Hunt is one of the best-known programming executives in the U.K. and joined Apple from Channel 4, where she was programming chief, last year. She is leading Apple’s charge in Europe.

Oppenheimer will be a London-based creative on Hunt’s team. In almost two decades at BBC Films, the U.K. pubcaster’s movies division, he oversaw more than 50 projects. His credits include “I, Daniel Blake,” “Testament of Youth,” and “Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.”

He landed an Emmy nomination in 2014 for “One Life,” the Daniel Craig-narrated BBC Films documentary. Oppenheimer was acting head of BBC Films after Christine Langan left for the independent sector to run...