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  • ‘Ambitious’ ‘This Is Us’ Season 3 Will Feature Flash-Forward Timeline and ‘Some Wallops’

    ‘Ambitious’ ‘This Is Us’ Season 3 Will Feature Flash-Forward Timeline and ‘Some Wallops’

    Ron Batzdorff/NBC

    Acclaimed NBC drama “This Is Us” doesn’t shy away from emotional moments or unconventional storytelling techniques, and according to the show’s creator, its upcoming third season will have plenty of both.

    While chatting with Entertainment Weekly, Dan Fogelman discussed some of the plotlines that await fans of the series when it returns this fall. But of course, Fogelman couldn’t help but be a bit vague about exactly what will happen. Hey, this show is still part mystery, after all.

    One key mystery that will be addressed, however, is whatever was happening with Randall (Sterling K. Brown) and a grown-up Tess in the flash-forward timeline from the season two finale. We already know that Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) doesn’t die, but whatever tragedy does befall the Pearson clan (and the infamous “her”) will come into clearer focus.

    The show will jump between that era and the present (and yes, will still include flashbacks to the past), in order to add context to each timeline.

    “The question isn’t just who’s estranged, or who’s in prison, or any of the other theories that I’ve heard from people, it’s about where are all the other characters at that point in their lives,” Fogelman explained to EW.

    And speaking of that point in their lives: The producer revealed that that future timeline would mark the “ending timeline” of the series, with no flash-forwards occurring after that era. Does that mean that Brown used some of that old age makeup to film some of the final scenes of the series?

    Fogelman isn’t talking, though he did leave fans with this appropriately anguished tease about season three:

    “There’s humor and love and levity after a very heavy season which I always like when we do. And then… some wallops. It’s our most ambitious season. It’s going to pack a great deal of emotion, and the story lines are going to surprise people.”

    We’re both excited and nervous to see what’s in store for the Pearsons.

    “This Is Us” returns for season three on NBC on September 25.

    [via: Entertainment Weekly]

  • ‘This Is Us’ Season 3 Filming Has Begun, and The Cast Is So Adorably Happy

    ABC

    At last, “This Is Us” Season 3 is filming. Better still, the first day back, July 10, brought some fun photos and video from the cast.

    Based on what we’ve seen on social media, the cast and crew were just as excited to get back to filming as fans are to see them do it. Leading up to their new beginning, star Chrissy Metz said it felt like “the night before the first day of school” and shared “gratitude for each one of you who are as excited as we are to share these new chapters together.”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BlCBWZHgPvS/

    And that was only the beginning. There were numerous posts from her co-stars and the crew on July 10. Let’s start with our favorite: a video tweeted by Sterling K. Brown that shows him making the most of Day 1 alongside his onscreen wife, Susan Kelechi Watson.

    Brown and Watson doing the Shiggy? Yes, please. When the co-stars weren’t dancing around on set, though, they were hard at work. Both actors were in the first scene, which we know thanks to a photo from “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman.

    Brown and his co-stars later had a lot more to say about the day. Clearly, they were happy to be reunited and resume work on the hit NBC drama.

    “This Is Us” returns to NBC on Sept. 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

  • ‘Life Itself’ Trailer Might Make You Cry Harder Than ‘This Is Us’

    Life Itself
    Amazon Studios

    Find a private corner to watch the trailer for “Life Itself” because it may make you ugly cry.

    The movie was written and directed by Dan Fogelman, the creator of NBC’s feel-good-also-sad family drama “This Is Us.” And as viewers of that show know, Fogelman knows how to pull on heartstrings and get the tears flowing.

    Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wild star as a young New York couple who fall in love as college students, become newlyweds and then later parents. The multigenerational saga follows “the unexpected twists of their journey and how they create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.”

    The movie has a fantastic cast including Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Mandy Patinkin, Olivia Cooke, and Laia Costa. And if the trailer’s opening line of dialogue delivered by Isaac is indicative of what to expect — bring a lot of tissues.

    “Life Itself” opens in theaters September 21.