Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with director Reginald Hudlin about his work on ‘Candy Cane Lane,’ his first reaction to the screenplay, reuniting with Eddie Murphy and if his process has changed at all since ‘Boomerang,’ the challenges of mixing live-action with VFX and animation, making a Christmas movie and if he is ready for the film to become a holiday must-watch.
You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch our interviews with Hudlin, screenwriter Kelly Younger, and Production Designer Aaron Osborne.
Moviefone: To begin with, what was your first reaction to Kelly Younger’s screenplay, and can you also talk about the challenges of making a Christmas movie?
Reginald Hudlin: When I first read Kelly Younger’s script, I loved it. My only real note was, as crazy as this is, we don’t go far enough. So, I said, “Let’s make it even crazier.” We had a great time. Whenever you make a Christmas movie, there’s certain expectations, right? So, you’ve got to have great Christmas music, you’ve got to have an emotional impact on people, and you’ve got to have amazing decorations. So, I doubled down, if not tripled down on all that stuff. Then we added elements that you would never normally see in a Christmas movie to make people go, “Whoa, I’ve never seen anything like this before.” So, have your cake and eat it too.
MF: What was it like reuniting with Eddie Murphy, what does he bring to a role like this, and has his process as an actor changed at all since you worked with him on ‘Boomerang’?
RH: Eddie was perfect for this because he’s a family man. He’s like the rest of us. He’s decorating the house and making sure that all the family have great presence. So, we were both very much in the same mindset of we love Christmas, we love Christmas movies, and here’s our contribution. So, we’re doing it from a point of view of, we relate to this character 100%, which is key to me when you make a movie like this. Eddie just keeps getting better, honestly. When you’re sitting in the editing room and you’re watching his performance, both comedically and dramatically, you just go, “Boy, he’s great at his job.” Eddie Murphy is an amazing actor. When people do comedy, they go, “Oh, that’s easy.” It would be the opposite of easy. It’s harder.
MF: Can you talk about your use of VFX in the movie and mixing live-action with computer animation?
RH: It was so much fun. I’ve been dying to work with ILM, Industrial Light & Magic, all those amazing folks. Man, they had so much fun. We were just feeding off each other like, “What about this? What about that?” We had these great vocal performances from these world-class actors, Nick Offerman, Robin Thede, Chris Redd, and then they took that stuff and then added the physical comedy on top of it. So, we were just like, “Oh my God.” We’re all having the best time.
MF: Finally, how do you feel about the idea of ‘Candy Cane Lane’ becoming a holiday tradition and a movie that audiences watch year after year?
RH: When we made the movie, we were like, “Look, let’s pack it with so many jokes, so many visual things going on that you’ve got to see it more than once just to catch all the stuff.” So, it’s all there for you. We start December 1st, but you can watch it all 25 days.
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What is the plot of ‘Candy Cane Land’?
A local neighborhood hosts an annual contest over who has the best decorated home for Christmas; desperate to win, Chris Carver (Eddie Murphy) makes a deal with a charismatic stranger, Pepper (Jillian Bell), for the use of magic to make his home the most festive. He soon learns that Pepper is an evil elf who has made similar deals in the past, with her victims being transformed into plastic dolls. Chris must rally his family to stop Pepper from unleashing misery upon his friends and neighbors and break the deal before he loses everything.
(L to R) Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch and Mimi Rogers as Honey “Money” Chandler on ‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2. Credit: Tyler Golden/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Titus Welliver and Mimi Rogers about their work on ‘Bosch: Legacy’ Season 2, what playing Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch and Honey “Money” Chandler has been like for both of them, respectively, how Harry’s relationship with Maddie has grown over the years and how that was jeopardized by the season 2 cliffhanger, Honey’s relationship with Maddie, shooting her final scene with the late Lance Reddick, his importance to the franchise, and what fans can expect from season 3.
Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch on ‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2. Credit: Tyler Golden/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch the interview.
Moviefone: To begin with, Titus, Harry Bosch has really become your signature character and you will forever be recognized for this role. At this point in your career, what does it mean to you to be on a long-lasting series like this and have the chance to bring Michael Connelly’s popular literary character alive on screen?
Titus Welliver: Look, it’s an absolute dream come true. I mean, I always thought that if I was going to do a series, I would really hope that it offered the sustenance that would carry me through, and the writers have delivered that in spades. I get to work with incredible actors. I mean, I’ve got Mimi and Madison Lintz, Denise Sanchez and Stephen Chang, but over the years, it’s been a revolving door of great guest actors. I’ll do it for another 30 years if they’ll have me. I mean, Mimi joked earlier she was saying, “We’re going to do Bosch and Chandler at the retirement home, which will be called ‘Bosch: Sedentary.’” But it never gets old, and there’s always new stuff to find. Although he’s so clearly defined in the books, there’s those little movements of evolution for Harry. There’s never something where you go, “Oh, he’s a different guy.” He’s the same guy, but he’s always in a state of forward movement. They do a great job of throwing avenues for me to take Harry down, and it’s endlessly rewarding.
Mimi Rogers as Honey “Money” Chandler on ‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2. Credit: Tyler Golden/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
MF: Mimi, what has it been like for you to have this opportunity to explore Honey Chandler over all these seasons and get to work with Titus and Michael Connelly on this franchise?
Mimi Rogers: Well, it really is a dream come true. It’s not often as an actor that you have the luxury of playing a character over such a long period of time. It’s really through that that you can continue to evolve and find new elements and new areas of creativity. Again, like I said, it’s very rare to have an opportunity to play a character for this long, and I’ve been doing this a long time. This is probably my favorite character and my favorite job, my favorite situation of all time. It’s Michael Connelly’s amazing books. It’s working with Titus. It’s working in LA. We don’t have to leave home. It’s a character, for a woman of a certain age, who’s not a grandmother or a mother or an aunt or a girlfriend, or an ex-wife. She’s Honey Chandler. She’s a fully-fledged character who’s professional and dynamic and intelligent and strong. Seriously, what could be better?
(L to R) Madison Lintz as Maddie Bosch and Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch on ‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2. Credit: Tyler Golden/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
MF: Titus, from the original series all the way to ‘Legacy,’ we’ve really watched Maddie Bosch grow up in front of our eyes. She’s been through so much in this past season alone with her abduction at the beginning and Harry’s betrayal of her at the end. Can you talk about how that relationship has grown and changed, working with Maddison Lintz, and where that relationship might go in season 3?
TW: Well, originally that character was going to kind of come into play maybe for a couple of episodes, and then seeing the chemistry that Madison and I had together, but also the idea of, Harry’s always this kind of isolated lone wolf character. But now if you create a relationship or Harry can be gotten to because he has a vulnerability and an exposure that didn’t exist before because she’s been living away from him, and he didn’t raise her. So, then you bring her into his life and she’s right at that age moving into a teenager, and then there’s that rocky thing. Harry did not have the skillset. He doesn’t know anything about parenting, so it’s all sort of improvised. Then you move it to the place of her as a young adult. Working with Madison, for me, is that you, the audience, have watched her grow up on this show, I’ve had the experience of being able to watch her mature and spread her wings as an artist, going from a child to a young woman. From the beginning, I was always very protective, and I remain the same way. Even though now she’s a grown woman, there’s a cocoon that exists. There’s a sphere, a bubble that is only for Madison and me to exist in that when we’re doing those scenes. We don’t over-rehearse things. We know who these characters are now. We know the dynamics and the relationship, but what we do is we just create a place that’s sacrosanct and it works well. Look, sometimes art imitates life. I know that when Madison started dating, I kept saying, “Oh, when am I going to meet…” She said, “I’m never bringing him to the set. That’s not going to happen because I know that you’ll do something.” I said, “No, what am I going to do? Don’t be ridiculous.” But to be able to witness that as a fellow traveler, it’s incredibly rewarding. I think in this season, we had an ability to move that relationship to the highest stakes emotionally, both individually and together, and it carries through. I think when after you’re dealing with what’s going on in real time in the first two episodes, and then there’s the aftermath and/or the recovery, so even though time has passed, you really do clearly see the thread there as to what’s going on. It’s just the gift that keeps on giving, truly.
(L to R) Mimi Rogers as Honey “Money” Chandler and Madison Lintz as Maddie Bosch on ‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2. Credit: Tyler Golden/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
MF: Mimi, Honey has really become a surrogate mother for Maddie in a way and was pivotal in Harry’s search for her at the beginning of the season. Can you talk about how her relationship to Maddie has really brought Harry and Honey closer together throughout the years?
MR: I mean, it’s interesting because in some odd way, we’re kind of a family unit, and particularly during the time Maddie was working for me in the law office. Between that and then both of us having been targeted by Carl Rogers and what we went through, she and I share a very strong bond, and I think it was a tremendous opportunity for us to see a different side of Chandler’s character. But she cares very much for this young woman in kind of a maternal way. She and Harry have been through all sorts of different phases of their relationship. But this is another way that they’re connected because as you see in the first two episodes, and particularly in the second episode, Honey will do anything. Maddie, she’s not my child, it’s different than what Bosch has but on the next level, she’ll do anything to protect Madison. She’ll do anything to help, and she cares very deeply. So, I love when they intersperse through the series moments where Chandler and Maddie just get to hang out together. Even when she was moving out, I was joking like, “Well, I live in this big house. Why don’t you just have her move in with me? We’ll be roommates.” But it’s been terrific.
(L to R) Mimi Rogers as Honey “Money” Chandler and Lance Reddick as Irvin Irving on ‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2. Credit: Tyler Golden/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
MF: Season 2 of ‘Bosch: Legacy’ was dedicated to the late Lance Reddick, who makes his final ‘Bosch’ appearance in the finale. Mimi, you shared that scene with Lance, what was it like working with him on that day?
MR: Well, that’s one of the few times that Lance, and I had the opportunity to work together, certainly one-on-one, so I hadn’t had the opportunity to get to know him as well as everybody else. Just a gentle giant, just the sweetest guy ever. It came as a terrible shock to all of us, his passing. We had a lovely time shooting that scene. He’s such an imposing figure when you look at him on screen and then when you know him, when you see him in life, he was just a gentle, giant, kind of shy, and just very sweet.
Lance Reddick as Irvin Irving on ‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2. Credit: Tyler Golden/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
MF: Titus, do you have any memories of working with Lance on the series that you could share, and can you talk about his importance to the ‘Bosch’ universe?
TW: Well, Lance and I have been friends over 20 something years, so we knew each other long before we ever did ‘Bosch’ together. I remember having to have a nudging conversation with him because he, at first, didn’t want to sign on to play another cop, to which I just said, “Look, you don’t understand. This is going to be something completely different and look at who is involved and who’s writing and who’s producing. Look at the source material.” Thank God he made the decision to come on and do the show. I mean, the character of Irving, I feel like Irving and the city of Los Angeles were these two bookends with Harry in the middle of it. We saw Irving, he was a very political animal. He’d been a righteous cop, but we also found out later that he had played around with evidence in the Preston Borders case, and Harry called him out on that. Irving, he was a very smart guy. He was a good cop. I think certainly the season where Bosch and Irving team up to find who killed his son, for Lance and me, that was great. We were both always giggling about the fact that, “Oh, all we ever do is he comes in, and he goes, ‘BOSCH.’” We were like, “Look, let’s put them together.” The scene in which he discovers his son in the supermarket, to me, is probably one of the most heartbreaking scenes and depictions of that kind of loss. It blew me away. I mean, I watched it repeatedly. It’s very, very hard to talk about him without it being emotional. He was not my friend; he was my brother. I loved and adored him. We were very close. His departure was a shock. It was a body blow, and it has left a wound in many people’s hearts that I don’t think will ever heal. It will heal in the abstract sense of that. But I miss him terribly. When that scene came up with, he and Mimi. In the end, I cried like a baby, as I’m sure many people did, certainly the people that knew him and loved him. I don’t know, it’s kind of inexplicable. I’m inarticulate in being able to express the magnitude of respect and love that I had for him. I mean, pound for pound, one of the greatest actors of our generation, without question. I miss him. I miss him, terribly.
Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch on ‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2. Credit: Tyler Golden/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
MF: Finally, I understand that season 3 will begin shooting early next year. What can you tell the fans to tease them about the upcoming season?
TW: Well, honestly, we really don’t know because everything kind of collided at the beginning of the writers’ room opening back up again, then the next thing, boom, we were back after the strike. We have a sense of what the framework is, but we really don’t know anything. I mean, obviously we closed on a cliffhanger, so it wasn’t closed, and that’s up for interpretation and extrapolation, I think, in the audience’s mind between now and when it comes out. Mimi and I and everybody else are certainly curious about what’s going to happen there. But what I can assure you is the conversations that I have with the writers and the producers is on the level of excitement, which it always is. We’re like little kids hoping for a new bike, and Mimi and I and Madison and everyone involved, we get new bikes every year, so we’re excited. But I could make something up, but then you won’t be my friend anymore, so I’m not going to do that.
(L to R) Mimi Rogers as Honey “Money” Chandler and Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch on ‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2. Credit: Tyler Golden/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
What is the plot of ‘Bosch: Legacy’ Season 2?
Continuing where ‘Bosch’ season 7 left off, ‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 1 saw Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch (Titus Welliver) retiring from the LAPD and working as a private investigator for defense attorney Honey “Money” Chandler (Mimi Rogers). Harry begins investigating businessman Carl Rogers (Michael Rose), who previously hired a hitman to kill Chandler in the final season of ‘Bosch.’ Meanwhile, Bosch’s daughter, Maddie (Madison Lintz), navigates her first days as a patrol officer with the LAPD, working from Hollywood Station, where her father used to be assigned.
The first season of ‘Bosch: Legacy’ ended with Maddie being kidnapped by a serial rapist that she was investigating, and season 2 begins with Bosch and his former partner Jerry Edgar (Jamie Hector) leading the manhunt to find Maddie. The rest of the season is based on Connelly’s book, ‘The Crossing,’ and ties up loose ends from both series.
Who is in the cast of ‘Bosch: Legacy’ Season 2?
Titus Welliver (‘The Town‘) as Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch
(L to R) Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch and Mimi Rogers as Honey “Money” Chandler on ‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2. Credit: Tyler Golden/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
‘Reacher’ Season 2 has launched its first trailer.
The new season finds Reacher aiding some old colleagues.
Prime Video will launch Season 2 in December.
Since punching his way out of the pages of Lee Child’s books, the character of Jack Reacher has been brought to screens by Tom Cruise in the twomovies based on the tough-as-nails soldier-turned-rough-justice-happy drifter who helps the hopeless (and is frequently called into solve trickier, more dangerous issues to do with his old gig) and, more recently, the height-appropriate Alan Ritchson, who took on the role for the Prime Video series that debuted last year.
The small-screen version is back for a second season and a new mystery that draws from Reacher’s past as part of military investigations. What can we expect? Well, lots of punching, some flashbacks and Reacher dishing out what he does best.
And we’re getting our first look at footage from the new show –– which is back on screens in December –– via the first trailer.
What’s the story of ‘Reacher’ Season 2?
Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher in Prime Video’s ‘Reacher’ season 2.
Based on ‘Bad Luck and Trouble’, the 11th book in Child’s global best-selling series, ‘Reacher’s new season begins when veteran military police investigator Jack Reacher (Ritchson) receives a coded message that the members of his former U.S. Army unit, the 110th MP Special Investigations, are being mysteriously and brutally murdered one by one.
Pulled from his drifter lifestyle, Reacher reunites with three of his former teammates turned chosen family to investigate, including Frances Neagley (Maria Sten); Karla Dixon (Serinda Swan), a forensic accountant for whom Reacher has long had a soft spot; and fast-talking, switchblade-wielding family man David O’Donnell (Shaun Sipos).
Together, they begin to connect the dots in a mystery where the stakes get higher at every turn, and that brings about questions of who has betrayed them — and who will die next. Using his inimitable blend of smarts and size, Reacher will stop at nothing to uncover the truth and protect the members of his unit. If there’s one thing Reacher and his team know for certain, it’s that you do not mess with the Special Investigators. This season, get ready for Reacher and the 110th to hit back hard…
Who else is in ‘Reacher’ Season 2?
A scene from Prime Video’s ‘Reacher’ season 2.
The cast for this new season also includes Ferdinand Kingsley as A.M., a mercenary that homeland security refers to as a “ghost;” Robert Patrick as Shane Langston, head of security for a private defense contractor with a questionable track record; and Domenick Lombardozzi as tough NYPD detective Guy Russo.
Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher in Prime Video’s ‘Reacher’ season 2.
The eight-episode second season will roll out weekly, with the first three episodes premiering on December 15th December, and subsequent episodes dropping every Friday through January 19th, 2024.
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Picking up where ‘Bosch’ season 7 left off, ‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 1 saw Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch (Titus Welliver) retiring from the LAPD and working as a private investigator for defense attorney Honey “Money” Chandler (Mimi Rogers). Harry begins investigating businessman Carl Rogers (Michael Rose), who previously hired a hitman to kill Chandler in the final season of ‘Bosch.’ Meanwhile, Bosch’s daughter, Maddie (Madison Lintz), navigates her first days as a patrol officer with the LAPD, working from Hollywood Station, where her father used to be assigned.
The first season of ‘Bosch: Legacy’ ended with Maddie being kidnapped by a serial rapist that she was investigating, and season 2 begins with Bosch and his former partner Jerry Edgar (Jamie Hector) leading the manhunt to find Maddie. The rest of the season is based on Connelly’s book, ‘The Crossing,’ and ties up loose ends from both series.
Who is in the cast of ‘Bosch: Legacy’ Season 2?
Titus Welliver (‘The Town‘) as Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch
(L to R) Officer Reina Vasquez (Denise G. Sanchez) and Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) in season 2 of ‘Bosch: Legacy.’ Photo Credit: Warrick Page.
‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2 delivers an exciting and personal arc for the lead character, while also bringing back some familiar faces from the ‘Bosch’ universe. Titus Welliver returns with another powerful and commanding performance as Harry Bosch, who is desperately searching for his missing daughter.
Story and character arcs
(Bottom) Madison Lintz in ‘Bosch: Legacy Season 2.’ Credit: Warrick Page/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
The first season of ‘Bosch: Legacy’ ended with Madeline Bosch (Lintz) being kidnapped, and the new season picks up in the aftermath of that event. No longer a cop, Harry Bosch (Welliver) finds himself in unfamiliar territory, unable to lead the hunt to find his daughter and having to rely on his old partner Jerry Edgar (Hector) and the rest of the LAPD to save Maddie. Of course, Bosch is not willing to waste a moment and bumps heads with Jerry and other members of the LAPD along the way, eventually taking matters into his own hands and recruiting Honey Chandler (Rogers) and Mo Bassi (Chang) to help him with his search.
The “Search for Maddie” storyline plays out over two episodes and is basically a ‘Bosch’ movie. In fact, the first two episodes will be released in theaters, so fans can watch it on the big screen. While the storyline is a bit like ‘Taken,’ it feels fresh and original to the show and is acted with urgency by Welliver. The character that he has created, and the relationship with Maddie that we’ve seen grow over seven seasons of the original ‘Bosch’ and the first season of ‘Legacy’ is pivotal to this story arc working. It’s a fun and surprisingly emotional opening to the new season, and nicely ties up the season one cliffhanger. The rest of the season follows Michael Connolly’s ‘The Crossing,’ and introduces a new challenge for Bosch and Chandler, while tying up loose ends from the previous season.
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It’s personal for Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) as season 2 of ‘Bosch: Legacy’ kicks off with a two episode premiere this fall on Amazon Freevee. Photo Credit: Tyler Golden.
Before ‘Bosch,’ Titus Welliver was a journeyman actor, best known for roles in ‘Deadwood,’ ‘Lost,’ ‘Sons of Anarchy’ and Ben Affleck movies like ‘Gone Baby Gone’ and ‘The Town.’ But playing the title character on ‘Bosch,’ and now ‘Bosch: Legacy’ has made Welliver a household name and a bona fide TV star. Playing Michael Connolly’s beloved literary character, Welliver has found depth and new levels in the role bringing him alive on screen in an authentic and captivating way.
It is a perfect marriage of actor and character and that continues with the new season of ‘Legacy.’ Welliver is comfortable in the role and gives a commanding and emotional performance, especially in the first few episodes. It’s one of the rare times that an actor is so believable in a role that you forget they are acting and truly begin to think that they are the character. Harry Bosch is Titus Welliver’s signature role and his performance as this character will forever be synonymous with the actor’s work.
First look at Jerry Edgar’s (Jamie Hector) epic return to ‘Bosch: Legacy’ for season 2. Photo Credit: Greg Gayne.
Original series ‘Bosch’ fans will be delighted at the return of Jamie Hector as Jerry Edgar in the opening episodes, and the actor seems right at home reprising his role. It’s a different dynamic for Edgar and Bosch this time around and Hector and Welliver play off each other great, never letting you forget the respect the two characters have for each other. Also returning from the original series are Gregory Scott Cummins and Troy Evans, who play former detectives Crate and Barrel, respectively, and bring humor and heart to their roles.
‘Bosch’ fans have watched the character of Maddie Bosch grow up on screen through the course of the franchise, and actress Madison Lintz continues to play the character with integrity and grace. Her relationship with her father is at the heart of the new season, and Lintz and Welliver have some great scenes together.
Mimi Rogers’ Honey “Money” Chandler is again a strong ally to Bosch, and her own history with Maddie fuels her desire to help Harry find her. Originally an adversary to Bosch, the character of Chandler has become pivotal to the overall series and fills an important role as Bosch’s confidant. Maurice “Mo” Bassi played by Stephen Chang, who was introduced in the first season of ‘Bosch: Legacy’ and is a tech expert that helps Bosch and Chandler, has an expanded role and his own arc in the new season. Chang is a talented and unique actor, who has created a fascinating and colorful character that is a fun addition to the series.
Final Thoughts
(L to R) Honey Chandler (Mimi Rogers) and Bosch (Titus Welliver) reunite in season 2 of ‘Bosch: Legacy.’ Photo Credit: Greg Gayne.
‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2 continues to build on the world that has been created by author Michael Connolly and remains the best cop show on television. Titus Welliver delivers another layered, thoughtful, and explosively powerful performance as his signature character, and also continues to be the best and perhaps most underrated actor working on TV today.
‘Bosch: Legacy’ receives 10 out of 10 stars.
(Right) Titus Welliver in ‘Bosch: Legacy’ Season 2. Credit: Warrick Page/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
(Right) Titus Welliver in ‘Bosch: Legacy’ Season 2. Credit: Warrick Page/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
Are you ready to see Titus Welliver’s Harry Bosch taking down bad guys and making worse choices on the big screen? No, there aren’t plans for a ‘Bosch’ movie spin-off (yet), but Amazon Freevee is offering up the next best thing.
The free-with-ads service that carries ‘Bosch: Legacy’ is planning a batch of free screenings of the first two episodes of Season 2 around the country.
What’s the story of ‘Bosch: Legacy’?
(L to R) Honey Chandler (Mimi Rogers) and Bosch (Titus Welliver) reunite in season 2 of ‘Bosch: Legacy.’ Photo Credit: Greg Gayne.
The series, a follow-up to Prime Video’s acclaimed ‘Bosch’ show based on the works of Michael Connelly, follows Harry Bosch, a retired homicide detective turned private investigator, as he embarks on the next chapter of his career; attorney Honey “Money” Chandler (Mimi Rogers), who struggles to maintain her faith in the justice system after surviving an attempted murder; and Maddie Bosch (Madison Lintz), as she discovers the possibilities and challenges of being a rookie patrol cop on the streets of Los Angeles.
During Season 2, Bosch and Chandler work together to seek out a killer who just might find them first. As a result of being kidnapped by a masked assailant, Maddie’ law enforcement career hangs in the balance. The FBI scrutinizes Carl Rogers’ (Michael Rose) murder and places Bosch and Chandler under suspicion.
(Bottom) Madison Lintz in ‘Bosch: Legacy Season 2.’ Credit: Warrick Page/Amazon Freevee. Copyright: Amazon Freevee.
Who else is in ‘Bosch: Legacy Season 2’?
First look at Jerry Edgar’s (Jamie Hector) epic return to ‘Bosch: Legacy’ for season 2. Photo Credit: Greg Gayne.
The new season includes the return of beloved characters from the original ‘Bosch’ series, including Jerry Edgar (Jamie Hector), Det. Robert “Crate” Moore (Gregory Scott Cummins), and Det. “Barrel” Johnson (Troy Evans), who join Bosch and Honey, Maurice “Mo” Bassi (Stephen A. Chang), and Det. Reina Vasquez (Denise Sanchez) in the search to find Maddie before time runs out.
How can I see ‘Bosch: Legacy’s first two episodes in theaters?
It’s personal for Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) as season 2 of ‘Bosch: Legacy’ kicks off with a two episode premiere this fall on Amazon Freevee. Photo Credit: Tyler Golden.
The advanced screening event will take place at select theater locations at 7:00pm local time on October 18th.
Ticket reservation will require the pre-purchase of a $10 concession voucher at participating theaters. Purchase of one concession voucher grants the customer one reserved seat at a screening of their choice.
Anyone under the age of 17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for the entire screening. No one under the age of 12 will be admitted.
If you’re also interested in a chance to win a watch party kit from Freevee and Fooji for when the show is back, head here.
When will ‘Bosch: Legacy’ be on TV screens?
(L to R) Officer Reina Vasquez (Denise G. Sanchez) and Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) in season 2 of ‘Bosch: Legacy.’ Photo Credit: Warrick Page.
If you can’t make it to one of the screenings, you still won’t have long to wait as ‘Bosch: Legacy’ returns to Freevee with the first four episodes on October 20th.
‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2 premieres October 20th on Freevee.
Happy James Bond Day to all who celebrate. We hope Mr. San(ta)guinetti has brought you lots of lovely gifts, such as watches with magnetic functions or a rocket jet pack.
And if you’re wondering why October 5th is James Bond Day, that’s because it marks the date that first official Bond movie ‘Dr. No‘. was released in the U.K.
Prime Video is bringing a present of its own, dropping the first brief trailer for Bond-based reality competition ‘007: Road to a Million’.
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What is ‘007: Road to a Million’ all about?
Brian Cox in Prime Video’s ‘007: Road to a Million.’ Credit: Jemma Cox. Copyright: Prime Video.
Here’s the basic description for the show…
Nine pairs of everyday people are unleashed on an epic adventure through a series of James Bond-inspired challenges, to find questions hidden around the world, all for a shot at winning a life-changing £1 million prize (roughly $1,281 million).
The Controller (Brian Cox) is the on-screen mastermind behind the game, he dictates where the pairs go, and what they must do and sets their questions. He watches on from the shadows following the pair’s every move, reveling as his often merciless and punishing plans unfold in front of him.
In total, The Controller has hidden 10 questions around the world for each pair, who each have a chance of winning a £1 million.
Find them, answer them, win £1 million…But it won’t be that easy!
Brian Cox in Prime Video’s ‘007: Road to a Million.’ Credit: Jemma Cox. Copyright: Prime Video.
To reach these questions, the pairs face gut-wrenching Bond-inspired challenges which will push their physical strength and mental reserves to the limit. Each question is worth an increasing amount of money, if answered correctly, they bank the cash and continue to the next question, get it wrong their journey is over.
From the wilds of the Scottish Highlands and the remote Chilean desert to the bustling streets of Venice and the luxurious Caribbean coastline of Jamaica. Packed with drama, epic locations, nail-biting challenges, and emotions running high, ‘007: Road to a Million’ promises a series that will have you on the edge of your seat.
We have Amazon’s purchase of MGM to thank for all of this. With that deal including rights to most of the Bond back catalogue, the company has naturally been exploring ways to utilize it for its Prime Video service.
While that of course led to worries about low-rent spin-offs and endless prequel stories about a young Q at school, the famously protective Bond production team at EON (led by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson) have worked to ensure that’s not the case. They have, however, consented to this Bond-adjacent reality series.
Here’s what 72 Film boss David Glover had to say about the show when it was originally announced:
“I first had this idea over three years ago. Dan Grabiner and the U.K. Originals team took it to a whole other level. To be working with Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli and the Bond franchise is a privilege and a dream come true.”
We hope it’s entertaining, or Bond will be rolling in his grave (er, spoilers for ‘No Time to Die’).
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When will ‘007: Road to a Million’ be on screens?
Brian Cox in Prime Video’s ‘007: Road to a Million.’ Credit: Jemma Cox. Copyright: Prime Video.
The show will launch globally on Prime video on November 10th
Brian Cox in Prime Video’s ‘007: Road to a Million.’ Credit: Jemma Cox. Copyright: Prime Video.
Can you picture Titus Welliver’s Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch going full Liam Neeson in ‘Taken’? We certainly can. And he’ll have to put his full rule-bending skill set to use as his daughter Madeline (Madison Lintz) was abducted at the end of Season 1.
As the teaser for Season 2 shows, Harry will stop at nothing to find both her and the people responsible.
(L to R) Officer Reina Vasquez (Denise G. Sanchez) and Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) in season 2 of ‘Bosch: Legacy.’ Photo Credit: Warrick Page.
What’s the story of ‘Bosch: Legacy’?
It’s personal for Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) as season 2 of ‘Bosch: Legacy’ kicks off with a two episode premiere this fall on Amazon Freevee. Photo Credit: Tyler Golden.
The series, a follow-up to Prime Video’s acclaimed ‘Bosch’ show, follows Harry Bosch, a retired homicide detective turned private investigator, as he embarks on the next chapter of his career; attorney Honey “Money” Chandler (Mimi Rogers), who struggles to maintain her faith in the justice system after surviving an attempted murder; and Maddie Bosch, as she discovers the possibilities and challenges of being a rookie patrol cop on the streets of Los Angeles.
During Season Two, Bosch and Chandler work together to seek out a killer who just might find them first. As a result of being kidnapped by a masked assailant, Maddie’ law enforcement career hangs in the balance. The FBI scrutinizes Carl Rogers’ (Michael Rose) murder and places Bosch and Chandler under suspicion.
(L to R) Honey Chandler (Mimi Rogers) and Bosch (Titus Welliver) reunite in season 2 of ‘Bosch: Legacy.’ Photo Credit: Greg Gayne.
First look at Jerry Edgar’s (Jamie Hector) epic return to ‘Bosch: Legacy’ for season 2. Photo Credit: Greg Gayne.
The new season includes the return of beloved characters from the original Bosch series, including Jerry Edgar (Jamie Hector), Det. Robert “Crate” Moore (Gregory Scott Cummins), and Det. “Barrel” Johnson (Troy Evans), who join Bosch and Honey, Maurice “Mo” Bassi (Stephen A. Chang), and Det. Reina Vasquez (Denise Sanchez) in the search to find Maddie before time runs out.
(Right) Anthony Michael Hall joins ‘Bosch: Legacy’ as Special Agent Barron. Photo Credit: Tyler Golden.
We can expect plenty more of Bosch shoving boundaries to do his job, getting in his superiors’ faces and dishing out rough justice. Because what’s ‘Bosch: Legacy’ without the title character going rogue?
Whereas ‘Bosch’ was on the main Prime Video service, ‘Bosch: Legacy’ screens on Amazon’s ad-supported Freevee service. It has already been renewed for a third season.
‘Bosch: Legacy’s first four episodes debut on Freevee on October 20th. Two new episodes will arrive each Friday until the Season finale on November 10th.
‘Bosch: Legacy’ season 2 premieres October 20th on Freevee.
Premiering on Prime Video beginning August 18th is the new series ‘Harlan Coben’s Shelter,’ which is based on the author’s 2011 novel.
What is the plot of ‘Harlan Coben’s Shelter’?
After his father’s sudden death, Mickey Bolitar (Jaden Michael) starts a new life in Kasselton, New Jersey, where he becomes entangled in the mysterious disappearance of Ashley Kent (Samantha Bugliaro), a student at his school, leading him to discover a dark underworld in the quiet suburban community.
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with veteran actress Constance Zimmer about her work on ‘Harlan Coben’s Shelter,’ if she was familiar with Coben’s books, preparing for her role, Shira and Mickey’s relationship, and the themes of the series.
(L to R) Missi Pyle as Hannah, Constance Zimmer as Shira Bolitar in ‘Harlan Coben’s Shelter.’ Credit: Michael Parmelee/Prime Video Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.
You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch our interviews with Zimmer, Jaden Michael, Adrian Greensmith, and Abby Corrigan.
Moviefone: To begin with, were you familiar with Harlan Coben’s novels before shooting the series?
Constance Zimmer: I actually was not, but I read the script, and I loved the script so much that I went and I read the book in two days, but I stopped after the first book because I realized that I didn’t want to know anymore. I wanted to be trapped in the mystery and the secrets because my character isn’t in the books, I’m like an amalgamation of a character. So there was something fun about me not wanting to know what the end result was and just letting Harlan tell me the things that I needed to know and keep the things secret that I shouldn’t know.
MF: When you started shooting did you know how season one would end?
CZ: I didn’t. I had a long talk with Harlan, and he told me what the arc was going to be for the first season, and this’ll happen and that’ll happen, but we haven’t figured out yet how, where, when, why, or by whom, all of that kind of stuff. So I had ideas, but definitely reading the scripts, there were surprises and things that he did not tell us. Then all of a sudden you’re like, “Wait, what?” And it changes everything. What’s fun is when it’s something that you’re not supposed to know, and then you find out as the actor and the character at the same time. It makes for fun performances.
(L to R) Constance Zimmer as Shira Bolitar, Jaden Michael as Mickey Bolitar in ‘Harlan Coben’s Shelter.’ Credit: Michael Parmelee/Prime Video Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.
MF: Is it difficult to prepare for a role when you don’t know your character’s full arc?
CZ: Not necessarily. It’s funny because, actually, there are certain actors that never want to know. They just want to read the scripts and find out. Then there’s other actors that want to know everything. I am in between. I like knowing the arc. I like knowing the beginning, middle, and the end because I just like to understand where I want to hold my emotions and when I want to let them go. That for me is the biggest prep as far as what I think allows you to go, “Oh, I can let loose in this emotion because this is the biggest thing that’s going to happen to me.” Where if I knew that it wasn’t and it was a tiny little blip on the radar, then I could hone that in and save it for later.
MF: Can you talk about Shira and Mickey’s relationship and where they are at this point in their lives?
CZ: So they’ve come together because Mickey’s father died in a car accident, and his mother is in rehab because of the tragedy. So I, being the sister and the only responsible adult, apparently, he’s put in my care. So I moved back to Castleton to our childhood home to take care of Mickey and help him get through this new school that he’s now in. So I’m coming back into my childhood, that I ran away from. Mickey and Shira are oddly very similar in what they are going through and struggling with, but in a different way. Obviously, they both lost somebody incredibly important to them. But then there’s the underlying of Castleton and what it’s going to bring up for Mickey and what it’s going to bring up for Shira that makes them need to come together, whether they want to or not. But it’s going to take a while. I have to earn his trust.
Jaden Michael as Mickey Bolitar in ‘Harlan Coben’s Shelter.’ Credit: Michael Parmelee/Prime Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.
MF: Finally, from a parental point of view, what do you think are the themes of this series that will resonated with kids?
CZ: I like when unlikely friends come together and form bonds that are stronger than family. For me, it’s the chosen family. When you’re young, such an incredibly important part of growing older is who you are surrounded by. I think for me, the fact that you can see how one person can make a difference and how, together as a group, they can do anything, is like the power of young minds coming together for a common good. There’s nothing better than that. They don’t accept no as an answer, and that to me, I love, and that is what the generation of today should be doing. We shouldn’t be sitting down and accepting things for how they are anymore because we can change it, but we have to do it together. So I think seeing them come together as unlikely characters, their bond is going to be stronger than any bond they’ve had in their life. I love that. I see that my daughter’s 15, and I see her forming relationships with people that she just met six months ago, and they are now the strongest, most beautiful relationships that she may have in her whole life. So that to me is really nice about the story. You wouldn’t think that they would all be friends, but they are because they have a common goal, which is to solve this problem, and then how they all do it together. I love all that. I love those kinds of shows where you see everybody uses what they’re good at and then they put it all together.
(L to R) Adrian Greensmith as Arthur “Spoon” Spindell, Jaden Michael as Mickey Bolitar, Abby Corrigan as Ema Winslow in ‘Harlan Coben’s Shelter.’ Credit: Michael Parmelee/Prime Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.
The fourth and final season of the popular Prime Video series ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,’ starring Krasinski, is set to premiere on June 30th.
In honor of the final season of the series, which introduces Michael Peña as Domingo “Ding” Chavez, who could receive a spin-off of his own in the future, Moviefone is counting down the best Jack Ryan movies of all time.
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot (Morgan Freeman) recruits a young analyst (Ben Affleck) to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
When a squad of Russian soldiers kills his family in retaliation for his role in a top-secret op, Sr. Chief John Kelly (Michael B. Jordan) pursues the assassins at all costs. Joining forces with a fellow SEAL (Jodie Turner-Smith) and a shadowy CIA agent (Jamie Bell), Kelly’s mission unwittingly exposes a covert plot that threatens to engulf the U.S. and Russia in an all-out war. Torn between personal honor and loyalty to his country, Kelly must fight his enemies without remorse if he hopes to avert disaster and reveal the powerful figures behind the conspiracy.
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Alec Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it – because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. The hunt is on!
What is the plot of ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ Season 4?
The fourth and final season of ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ finds the titular character on his most dangerous mission yet: facing an enemy both foreign and domestic. As the new CIA Acting Deputy Director, Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) is tasked with unearthing internal corruption, and in doing so, uncovers a series of suspicious black ops that could expose the vulnerability of the country. As Jack and the team investigate how deep the corruption runs, he discovers a far-worse reality—the convergence of a drug cartel with a terrorist organization—ultimately revealing a conspiracy much closer to home and testing our hero’s belief in the system he has always fought to protect.
Who is in the cast of ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ Season 4?
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Michael Peña and Louis Ozawa about their work on ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ Season 4, how Peña’s character is different than Jack Ryan, why Ozawa’s character is torn between business and family, and working opposite actor and filmmaker John Krasinski.
(L to R) Michael Peña and Louis Ozawa star in Prime Video’s ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ Season 4.
You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch our interviews with Peña and Ozawa, as well as Betty Gabriel and Abbie Cornish.
Moviefone: To begin with, Michael, what were some of the aspects of this character that you were excited to explore on screen? Also, how is Domingo Chavez similar and different from Jack Ryan?
Michael Peña: I mean, I got to be honest with you, there’s not a lot of similarities. He’s like this cerebral kind of a person and he figures things out. I think Chavez is more of a fill-player. He fills out the situations and I think that he has a lot more experience, especially in battle, so to speak. For me, the interesting part of it, which was difficult as well, he’s not a character that emotes very much, and it’s more about the amount of focus that he has on the task at hand. So he’s that kind of guy. For the most part, what you see in the series is somebody who’s very motivated, but very focused on one thing, and he’s not very animated.
(Left) Louis Ozawa as Chao Fah in Prime Video’s ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ Season 4. Attila Szvacsek/Prime Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.
MF: Louis, your character, Chao, is a family man but also a ruthless businessman, and he seems torn between the two. Can you talk about that?
Louis Ozawa: Absolutely. Family comes first with him. But he’s a self-made man and he’s not a unambitious man. I think ultimately his hubris, his ambition, is a bit of his downfall, too. So it’s a delicious combination to kind of play off of. He’s got his ambitions and that that’s at odds with his family. I think he’s similar to Jack Ryan in a sense that he’s always thinking two, three, four steps ahead of everyone. He thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room, and maybe he’s not. It’s been a joy to play this role. I was saying earlier that I get to scratch every itch that an actor has, in this role.
(L to R) Michael Peña as Domingo Chavez, and John Krasinski as Jack Ryan in Prime Video’s ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ Season 4. Credit: Jonny Cournoyer/Prime Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.
MF: Michael, what was it like for you working with John Krasinski on this series?
MP: I mean, he had a lot of input on the writing and the directing, and of course the producing of it all. Sometimes it’s interesting because when you’re doing something with a person that’s producing whatever it is that you’re doing, you see them and they’re looking at you. You’re like, “Is he acting with me or is he looking at how I’m doing it?” So it can make you a little bit self-conscious about it. Because he’s like, “Right, right. Can you do that again?” So, it’s literally the director just right there.
John Krasinski as Jack Ryan in Prime Video’s ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ Season 4. Credit: Jonny Cournoyer/Prime Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.
MF: Finally, Louis, what was your experience like working with John Krasinski?
LO: Well, John is fairly hands-on being a director, so, as the executive producer, has a lot of creative input into every scene that we’re in. But he’s also an actor. So, one of my most emotional scenes that I had, he gave me the space. He said, “Hey, we need to give Louis a few minutes to be there. Whatever you need in this moment, if you need to call your wife and talk to her.” He was recollecting kind of moments from ‘A Quiet Place’ and how he got into that place. He was like, “I just got on the phone with my wife,” which is weird because she was on set. But anyway, he was like, “Yeah, you can get on the phone with your kids, whatever it takes.” So I appreciate both the fact that he is a director and an actor.
John Krasinski as Jack Ryan in Prime Video’s ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ Season 4. Credit: Attila Szvacsek/Prime Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.
