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  • ‘Servant’ Season 4 Interviews: Nell Tiger Free and Toby Kebbell

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    Premiering on Apple TV+ beginning January 13th is the fourth and final season of the popular series ‘Servant,’ which is executive produced by acclaimed filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan (‘The Sixth Sense,’ ‘Glass’).

    The series centers on Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) and Sean Turner (Toby Kebbell), a wealthy Philadelphia couple who recently lost their young son, Jericho. After Dorothy suffers a psychotic break the couple undergoes transitory object therapy and use a lifelike “reborn doll,” which Dorothy comes to believe is her “real child.”

    The couple eventually hires a young nanny named Leanne Grayson (Nell Tiger Free) to take care of the “baby” and it is soon revealed that she has supernatural abilities. Dorothy’s alcoholic brother Julian (Rupert Grint), also becomes aware of Leanne’s powers.

    Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Nell Tiger Free and Toby Kebbell about their work on ‘Servant’ Season 4, ending the series, what the show has meant to them, and working with M. Night Shyamalan.

    Nell Tiger Free stars on Apple TV+'s 'Servant' Season 4.
    Nell Tiger Free stars on Apple TV+’s ‘Servant’ Season 4.

    You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch our interviews with Nell Tiger Free and Toby Kebbell about season 4 of ‘Servant.’

    Moviefone: To begin with, now that the series is ending, what has been the defining moment for both of you working on this show?

    Toby Kebbell: I think I don’t get my defining moment really until this finale. I thought I’d had a bunch with the cooking and all the elaborate cookery we did with all the different bizarre creatures, and my wife’s placenta in a croquembouche. But no, I think in season four I’m chasing the truth now. This final season I’m believing in Nell’s hocus-pocus, as Sean sees it.

    With Leanne’s spinning and then that terrible accident happens at the end, so I’m right back to the Sean I used to be. So now, I’m chasing this goal of telling my wife the truth and making sure she listens. It’s actually a really awesome scene. Nell kind of chats to us in a car, and then it’s just me and Lauren and Rupert. It was fantastic. I think that will be it, that will be the defining moment.

    Nell Tiger Free: I think Toby is right. I think that all of us get our big defining moments as we draw this thing to a close. I’ve been lucky that in each season I’ve had kind of a pivot and a turning point, I’ve had an episode that has led me from one thought process to another. I think that the most pivotal moment for me over the four seasons is going to be right up to episode 10, and that’s where my big moment lies. I think that’s the answer.

    Nell Tiger Free in 'Servant.'
    Nell Tiger Free in ‘Servant,’ premiering January 13, 2023 on Apple TV+.

    MF: Finally, what has it been like for both of you to have an opportunity to work with M. Night Shyamalan on this series?

    NTF: It’s been an experience. He was there at the birth of this and he’s there right at the end. Having his voice, his ideas and his thoughts echo through every choice, everything that we make and everything that we create has been a privilege. He’s a great, respected, well accoladed director for a reason. Because he is a master of the genre and he knows what needs to be done to get the best results. It’s been quite the experience.

    TK: I’ll mirror that. It’s been very intriguing just the way he directs. There was a scene between me and Lauren at dinner, it was just a couple’s dinner. It was a one shot and it was very precise the way he wanted to do it. We did it over and over. I mean, almost to the level of (David) Fincher, the number of takes.

    He really got to the point where he was like, “I guess it’s just, I don’t want a single stutter. I don’t want an uh or an um, I just want this to flow through. Can we try it that way?” It was amazing how it turned out. It was so difficult to get through it without an uh. It was four and a half pages of dialogue at the end of the day. So, it was challenging, but he’s the kind of person that you’d raise to that kind of a challenge for.

    Toby Kebbell stars in Apple TV+'s 'Servant' Season 4.
    Toby Kebbell stars in Apple TV+’s ‘Servant’ Season 4.

  • Trailer for ‘Servant’ Season 4

    For three seasons now, ‘Servant’, the creepy, stylish Apple TV+ series created by Tony Basgallop and executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan, has been bringing us ever weirder drama between a family, the nanny they hired to look after their “son” (a doll replacing their deceased infant as a way to deal with grief) and the church that she is now seemingly fighting against.

    With Season 4, it all comes to an end, and the final trailer for the show has now landed. Just don’t expect it all to be wrapped up in a tidy little bow.

    ‘Servant’, for those who might not have been aware until now, follows Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) and Sean (Toby Kebbell) Turner, a seemingly well-to-do couple living in Philadelphia. He’s an experimental chef, and she’s a TV reporter. But their lives are struck by tragedy when their baby son Jericho dies.

    Plunged into the depths of grief, Dorothy retreats from the world, causing more concern for Sean and her brother Julian (Rupert Grint). To try and help them both recover, Sean buys a doll that could pass for Jericho and hires a nanny, Leanne Grayson (Nell Tiger Free).

    Nell Tiger Free in 'Servant.'
    Nell Tiger Free in ‘Servant,’ premiering January 13, 2023 on Apple TV+.

    But that’s just the tip of the oddness iceberg, as there are signs that Jericho might be back alive and the demure, nervous Leanne belongs to a church––or is it a cult?––that has designs on the child and the family.

    And, as the series has gone on, the plot turns have become ever stranger (which, let’s be honest, is something we’d expect with Shyamalan’s name among the credits).

    Season 3 ended as the enigmatic and malevolent Leanne had grabbed the resurrected baby Jericho from Dorothy as the latter fell through their brownstone’s rotted staircase.

    Dorothy is back and seemingly recovered in the new season, as much as the severely paranoid woman can recover. “She scares me,” Ambrose’s character admits as Leanne puts on dark lipstick and glides around the house, more powerful than ever. But who really has the power?

    Tony Revolori and Nell Tiger Free in 'Servant.'
    (L to R) Tony Revolori and Nell Tiger Free in ‘Servant,’ premiering January 13, 2023 on Apple TV+.

    Season 4 promises to tip into the apocalyptic as Leanne displays more abilities, manipulating people and animals around her––and even power lines. ‘Servant’ is certainly not looking to go out quietly.

    Here’s the official synopsis: “Leanne’s war with the Church of Lesser Saints heightens, threatening Spruce Street, the city of Philadelphia and beyond. Meanwhile, the shattered Turner family must not only confront the increasing threat of Leanne, but the certain reality that Dorothy is waking up. As the Turner family brownstone continues to crumble, questions are finally answered: Who is Leanne Grayson and who is the child in their home?”

    We’ll find out when ‘Servant’ Season 4 kicks off with its first episode on Friday January 13th, with further episodes of the 10-episode final run launching weekly.

    Toby Kebbell, Rupert Grint and Nell Tiger Free in 'Servant.'
    (L to R) Toby Kebbell, Rupert Grint and Nell Tiger Free in ‘Servant,’ premiering January 13, 2023 on Apple TV+.

  • Vin Diesel’s ‘Bloodshot’ Superhero Movie Casts Its Villain  

    For the past few years, Vin Diesel has been alternating between Groot and Dominic Toretto in back-to-back blockbuster franchises. But he’ll soon play a live-action superhero in his own comic book film, “Bloodshot,” which starts filming in July, aka in the next few weeks.

    According to TheWrap, the film just cast Toby Kebbell in the villain role of “Axe.” In Valiant comics, there is a power-hungry computer wizard named Ax, so this could be the guy.

    British actor Toby Kebbell is known from his roles in “War Horse,” “Fantastic Four,” “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” “Warcraft,” “A Monster Calls,” and the fantastic “Black Mirror” episode “The Entire History of You.”

    The rest of the “Bloodshot” cast so far includes Michael Sheen, Eiza González, Sam Heughan, Talulah Riley, and Alex Hernandez .

    “Bloodshot” follows a mortally wounded soldier who is resurrected with cutting-edge nanotechnology, then tasked with rounding up superpowered outcasts called “harbingers.”

    Back in January, TheWrap reported that this project will be part of a five-film shared universe plan based on the Valiant comic books “Harbinger” and “Bloodshot.” TheWrap also said the plan is to follow “Deadpool” and “Logan” with an R-rated take on “Bloodshot” that “will be tonally and aesthetically influenced by high-concept, sci-fi blockbusters of the late ’80s including ‘Robocop,’ ‘Terminator,’ and ‘Total Recall.’”

    There’s no word yet on the release date for “Bloodshot,” but with filming starting in July, photos and other intel should be coming relatively soon.

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  • ‘Ben-Hur’ Is Ready for the Chariot Race of His Life in This Epic Exclusive Clip

    'Ben-Hur' (2016) Exclusive Clip | You Should Have Killed Me

    Are you not entertained?

    In “Ben-Hur,” out in theaters August 19, Jack Huston attempts to fill the shoes of Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. This exclusive clip from Paramount Pictures shows Ben-Hur and Messala preparing for their epic chariot race, as Pilou Asbæk‘s Pontius Pilate warms up the blood-thirsty crowd, and Morgan Freeman‘s trainer Sheik Ilderim watches and waits.

    Pontius Pilate: “People of Jerusalem, friends of Rome. We celebrate the power of man. You will see them race for glory. You will see them fight for honor. You will see them die for you!”

    Messala: “You should’ve stayed away.”
    Ben-Hur: “You should’e killed me.”
    Messala: “I will.”

    Game on! This is actually the fourth film adaptation of Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel, “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ,” starting with two silent films and then, of course, the 1959 classic that won 11 Academy Awards. Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore said (via the New York Times) that this 2016 movie isn’t a remake of the Charlton Heston version, but a new interpretation of the original novel.

    “Ben-Hur,” directed by Timur Bekmambetov (“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”), will be released August 19.ben-hurWant more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook.

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  • ‘Warcraft’ Trailer Pits Orcs Against Humans in Epic Battle

    Warcraft movieOrcs and humans are destined to be enemies — or are they?

    The first trailer for “Warcraft,” the movie adaptation of the massively popular video game “World of Warcraft,” sets the two sides against each other. The orcs’ world is dying, and they are fleeing to the human realm. The humans are ready to fight back, and the battle promises to be epic and bloody. But perhaps one human leader and one orc warrior —Anduin Lothar (Travis Fimmel) and Durotan (Toby Kebbell) — can bridge the divide and form an alliance for peace.
    Can “Warcraft” be the next “Lord of the Rings”? It certainly seems to want to try. But the graphics and production design look, well, not as refined. The movie could certainly use another trailer that explains the story a bit more, too. Neither this one, nor the official synopsis, is particularly revealing:

    The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people and their home

    “Warcraft” opens in theaters June 10, 2016.

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  • ‘Fantastic Four’s Toby Kebbell Defends His Villainous Character Dr. Doom


    Just call him misunderstood.
    “Fantastic Four” actor Toby Kebbell says his villainous character Dr. Doom shouldn’t be hated on so much.

    “He’s a guy who’s been told he’s a genius and told he’s bright,” Kebbell explains. “He has all these fantastic ideas, and then the politics of it all, and the B.S. make sure it doesn’t come to fruition. So, he’s frustrated and anguished with it all.”

    Kebbell adds that the Dr. Doom you will see in the latest of the Marvel comics series film adaptations differs from the one you may recall.

    “I remember Doom from reading the hand-me-down comics,” he says. “I remember how just filled with hate and arrogance he was. This version and the origin is less that he’s all powerful or all arrogant.”

    See Dr. Doom is all his glory, when the film about earth-saving superheroes – which stars Miles Teller, Jamie Bell, Kate Mara and Michael B. Jordan – in theaters on Friday.

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  • The New ‘Fantastic Four’ Trailer Is Pretty Fantastic

    The first teaser for Fox’s expensive reboot of Marvel’s “Fantastic Four,” was all about mystery and atmosphere. It was intriguing and atmospheric, and certainly hooked those of us who appreciate a less-is-more approach, but we’re about to enter the summer movie murder-dome; it’s time to show off the goods or get out of the race. And the goods are certainly on display in this new trailer for “Fantastic Four,” which beams into cinemas in August.

    This new trailer sets up the basic premise more clearly: a group of daring scientist adventurers travels to an alternate dimension, get doused with radiation, and return home with superpowers. Reed Richards (Miles Teller) can stretch, Sue Storm (Kate Mara) can turn invisible and has force fields, Johnny Storm (Michael B. Jordan) can light on fire and fly and Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) turns into a rocky monster known as The Thing. (Also, Victor Domashev (Toby Kebbell) gets zapped and turns bad. (Honestly plot specifics are still a little fuzzy.) The main threat seems to be that their doorway to another dimension has been left open, which will undoubtedly cause certain problems for those us on earth. So they’ve got to team up and get super-heroic!

    “Fantastic Four” was directed by Josh Trank, who helmed the low-budget, found-footage superhero romp “Chronicle,” and you can tell that he accomplishes a kind of tactile earthiness to something that could have gotten very silly very quickly. It’s also nice that it’s punctuated with moments of humor, since the first trailer was almost uncomfortably solemn. Other thoughts: The Thing looks great, as does Kate Mara’s hair, and hey, it’s Reg E. Cathey as Dr. Franklin Storm! That is so, so awesome!

    “Fantastic Four” lights up on August 7th.