Showtime has released the first trailer for Waco: The Aftermath, the follow-up to 2018’s drama series Waco. The series focuses the fallout and trials of the surviving members of the Branch Davidian sect and the events that ultimately led to the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. Watch the trailer below… Coinciding with the 30th anniversary […]
Taylor Kitsch signs on for Neill Blomkamp’s Inferno
Having dropped out of the planned sequel RoboCop Returns due to scheduling issues, District 9 director Neill Blomkamp is currently prepping his next film, the sci-fi thriller Inferno, and Deadline brings word that Taylor Kitsch (Waco) has signed on to lead the cast. According to the trade, the film will see Kitsch as “a cop […]
Taylor Kitsch stars as David Koresh in new trailer for Waco miniseries
Paramount Network has released a new trailer for its upcoming drama Waco which stars Taylor Kitsch as cult leader David Koresh and explores the standoff between the Branch Davidian religious sect and the U.S. government in 1993. The limited series features a cast that also includes Michael Shannon, John Leguizamo, Andrea Riseborough, Rory Culkin, Melissa Benoist, Paul […]
First look at Taylor Kitsch as David Koresh in Waco
Paramount Network has released three first look images of Taylor Kitsch as cult leader David Koresh in the upcoming limited series Waco. The six-part drama explores the standoff between the Branch Davidian religious sect and the U.S. government in 1993, which ended with the deaths of 82 cult members and four ATF agents. Take a look […]
First trailer for Waco limited series arrives online
Following a first look at Taylor Kitsch as cult leader David Koresh [check it out here], Paramount Network has now debuted the first trailer for the upcoming limited drama series Waco which features a cast that also includes Michael Shannon, John Leguizamo, Andrea Riseborough, Rory Culkin, Melissa Benoist, Paul Sparks, Shea Whigham, Camryn Manheim, and Julia […]
John Leguizamo joins Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch in Waco event series
Back in August it was reported that Taylor Kitsch (True Detective) and Michael Shannon (Midnight Special) had joined an event series based around the 1993 Waco standoff, and now Deadline is reporting that John Leguizamo has joined the cast as ATF agent Robert Rodriguez, who was sent into David Koresh’s Mount Carmel to gather evidence […]
Taylor Kitsch and Michael Shannon set for Waco miniseries
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Taylor Kitsch (True Detective) and Michael Shannon (Midnight Special) are set to star in a new miniseries from Weinstein Television which will dramatise the deadly 1993 standoff between the Branch Davidians and the federal government in Waco, Texas. Titled Waco, the miniseries has been written by John Erick Dowdle and […]
Melissa Benoist and Julia Garner join Waco
Paramount Network and Weinstein Television have added Melissa Benoist (Supergirl) and Julia Garner (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) to the cast of the upcoming Waco limited series, with Benoist set to play Rachel Koresh, the wife of cult leader David Koresh, and Garner as Rachel’s younger sister Michelle Jones. The six-part series will explore […]
Jaume Collet-Serra to direct Waco
The Shallows director Jaume Collet-Serra has signed on to direct Waco, a drama based upon the 1993 standoff between the U.S. government and David Koresh’s Branch Davidians, which ended with the death of 76 people. The film has been scripted by Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty) and Marc Haimes (Kubo and the Two Strings) and […]
Why Are 1990s Crime Stories So Popular?
Neil Calloway looks at why true stories from the 1990s seem to be everywhere… You only have to be a casual observer of TV and film to know that high profile crimes from the 1990s are pretty hot right now. From I, Tonya on the big screen to The People V OJ Simpson, The Assassination […]
