Invasion (2021 TV Series)
''Invasion'' is an American Science fiction on television, science fiction television series created by Simon Kinberg and David Weil (showrunner), David Weil that premiered on Apple TV+ on October 22, 2021. It is shown in English, Japanese, and Pashto. It has received a mixed critical response, praising the acting, music and pacing, but criticizing the underuse of the aliens. In Germany, the show is called ''Infiltration''. It was renewed for a second season in December 2021, which premiered on August 23, 2023. It was renewed for a third season in February 2024. Premise Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of a handful of ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the increasing chaos around them. Cast Main * Golshifteh Farahani as Aneesha Malik * Shamier Anderson as Trevante Cole * Shioli Kutsuna as Mitsuki Yamato * Firas Nassar as Ahmed "Manny" Malik (season 1) * Bill ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Apple TV+
Apple TV+ is an American subscription over-the-top streaming service owned by Apple. The service launched on November 1, 2019, and it offers a selection of original production film and television series called Apple Originals. The service was announced during the Apple Special Event of March 2019, where entertainers from Apple TV+ projects appeared onstage, including Jennifer Aniston, Oprah Winfrey, and Steven Spielberg. The service can be accessed through Apple's website and through the Apple TV app, which has gradually become available on many Apple devices and some major competing digital media players, including some smart TV models and video-game consoles. Apple TV+ has over 45 million paid memberships. Apple plans to expand the services' availability, and there are workarounds for subscribers whose device is not presently supported. Access is included as part of the Apple One subscription. Most of the content is available in Dolby Vision profile 5 and Dolby At ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Drama (film And Television)
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brad Anderson (director)
Brad Anderson (born April 5, 1964) is an American film director, producer and writer. A director of thriller and horror films and television projects, he is best known for directing '' The Machinist'' (2004), starring Christian Bale, psychological horror film '' Session 9'' (2001) and '' The Call'' (2013), starring Halle Berry. He also produced and directed several episodes of the Fox science fiction series ''Fringe''. Earlier in his career he directed the romantic comedies '' Next Stop Wonderland'' (1998) and '' Happy Accidents'' (2000). Biography Early life Anderson was born in Madison, Connecticut, the son of Pamela Taylor Anderson, a community services administrator. He is the nephew of Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor. Before he began his film career, he attended Bowdoin College, where he majored in anthropology and Russian. He then went to London to finish his film education at London Film School before returning to Boston. Film career Anderson started out ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aditi Kapil
Aditi Brennan Kapil is an American playwright and screenwriter. Kapil has had plays commissioned from Yale Repertory Theatre (''Imogen Says Nothing''), La Jolla Playhouse (''Brahman/i''), South Coast Repertory Theatre (''Orange''), Mixed Blood Theatre (The Displaced Hindu Gods Trilogy, ''Agnes Under the Big Top'', and ''Love Person''), and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (translating ''Measure for Measure'' with dramaturg Liz Engelman and an American Revolutions commission). She is a Mellon Playwright-in-Residence at Mixed Blood Theatre, an artistic associate at Park Square Theatre, a Core Writer at The Playwrights' Center, and a Resident Writer at New Dramatists. Early life Kapil is of Indian descent and was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She grew up in Sweden before moving to Minnesota to attend Macalester College. At Macalester, she intended on becoming a journalist until the college's only journalism professor died. She was taking an acting class at the time, and that intr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alik Sakharov
Alik Sakharov (born May 17, 1959) is a film and television director. A former director of photography, he is an active member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Career Sakharov entered the US film scene when he began sharing the responsibilities of a lighting cameraman in 1985 in the New York industrial video scene, eventually progressing to shooting music videos, commercials, narrative films. Sakharov served as Director of Photography on numerous feature films, as well as a formidable number of programs for network television and premium cable, most notably on HBO's ''The Sopranos'' (38 episodes), and, as Director/cinematographer, on HBO's ''Rome'' (10 episodes), and ''Game of Thrones'' (8 episodes). He served as Director/co-Executive Producer on the third season of Starz' television series '' Black Sails''. In seasons one and two of Netflix series ''Marco Polo'' Sakharov directed: "Feast"; "The Fourth Step"; "Lost Crane"; "The Fellowship". He directed a ''Mar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amanda Marsalis
Amanda Marsalis is an American film director and photographer. Career Marsalis grew up in the East Bay of San Francisco and moved to Los Angeles when she was 12 or 13. Photographic career Marsalis attended California College of Arts and Crafts where she studied with Larry Sultan, Chris Johnson, Susan Ciriclio and Jim Goldberg. Her works were published in ''Vogue'', ''Conde Nast Traveler'', '' GQ'', and ''The New York Times Magazine''. Directing career Marsalis made her directorial debut with the film ''Echo Park'' starring Mamie Gummer and Tony Okungbowa. She was referred to the producers by Rebecca Walker, an author with whom she had worked previously. The film premiered at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival. It was acquired for distribution in 2016 by ARRAY. In 2015, Marsalis created a short documentary on Reese Witherspoon for '' Glamour'' when Witherspoon was honored with the ''Glamour'' ''Woman of the Year Award'' on the 25th anniversary of the event. Marsalis directe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jakob Verbruggen
Jakob Verbruggen (born in Merksem in 1980) is a Belgian television and film director. He studied at the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) in Belgium.Jakob Vebruggen - RITCS Career He has directed episodes of '' The Fall'', '' London Spy'', and ''''. In 2016 he directed " Men Against Fire", an episode of the third series ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tamara Lawrance
Tamara Naomi Lawrance (born 1994)Bowie-Sell, Daisy ''WhatsOnStage''. 14 February 2017. is a British actress. She is known for her performances as Prince Harry's republican girlfriend in the 2017 BBC television film ''King Charles III'', and as Viola in the 2017 production of ''Twelfth Night'' at the National Theatre cinecast internationally on NT Live. In 2018 she received the second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards for this performance as Viola.Masso, Giverny"Natalie Simpson wins 2017 Ian Charleson Award" ''The Stage''. 18 May 2018 ''WhatsOnStage'' named her one of "10 theatre faces to look out for in 2017"Hewis, Ben"10 theatre faces to look out for in 2017" ''WhatsOnStage.com''. 27 December 2016. and ''The Guardian'' listed her in "20 talents set to take 2017 by storm".Logan, Brian; Makrell, Judith; Gardner, Lyn; et al"Get ready, here I come: 20 talents set to take 2017 by storm" ''The Guardian''. 7 January 2017. In December 2018 she starred as Miss July, a former slave on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Togo Igawa
, known professionally as , is a Japanese character actor who works primarily in British theatre, films and television. He was nominated for a BAFTA award in 2012 for his role in Total War: Shogun 2. Career Igawa founded ''Black Tent Theatre'', a theatrical group in Japan before moving to the UK and becoming the first Japanese member of The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986. He went on to have roles in major films such as ''Revolver'', '' Memoirs of a Geisha'', '' The Last Samurai'', and '' A Matter of Size''. Additionally, Igawa provides the voices of Professor Moshimo in '' Robotboy'', and Hiro in the ''Thomas & Friends'' franchise starting with 2009's ''Hero of the Rails''. He also appears in 2011's '' Johnny English Reborn'', the sequel to '' Johnny English'', as English's Tibetan guru and is in the 2012 film '' Gambit'' playing businessman Takagawa. His television roles have included appearances in ''Lovejoy'', '' Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters'', '' The IT Crowd'', '' Torchw ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rinko Kikuchi
is a Japanese actress, and was the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years, for her work in '' Babel'' (2006). Kikuchi's other notable films include '' Norwegian Wood'' (2010), which screened in competition at the 67th Venice Film Festival and Guillermo del Toro's science fiction action film ''Pacific Rim'' (2013). For her role in the drama film '' Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter'' (2014), Kikuchi received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead. She is currently seen in the HBO Max crime drama series '' Tokyo Vice''. Early life Kikuchi was born on January 6, 1981, in Hadano, Kanagawa, the youngest of three children. She was discovered by a talent agent inside the shopping mall Laforet Harajuku at the age of 15. Career Kikuchi made her debut in 1999, under her birth name, Yuriko Kikuchi, with the Kaneto Shindo film ''Will to Live''. Soon after, in 2001, she starred in the celebrated Kazuyoshi Komuri film , which was featur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Olivia-Mai Barrett
Olivia-Mai Barrett is an English actress from London, United Kingdom. She began her career in music videos and the Disney series Penny on M.A.R.S. ''in'' which she played the title role and '' Alex & Co.'' on the Disney Channel. In 2019, she was the sole actress in the last of eight episodes of the BBC mini-series, ''Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle'', a series showing life in the UK for successive generations of people with Caribbean heritage, as Michaela Williams.https://youngviclondon.wordpress.com/2019/02/14/soon-gone-a-windrush-chronicle/ In ''The Observer'', Kwame Kwei-Armah was quoted as saying "Her performance was incredible, I was amazed at how she brought such empathy and insight to the part". Barrett shares the same background as her character in the series, as her father is mixed-race and her grandfather Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alex Hernandez (actor)
Alex Hernandez is an American actor who is best known for his regular roles on ''Unreal'' (2018), ''The Peripheral'' (2022) and ''Sugar'' (2024) and his performance capture as Lincoln Clay on ''Mafia III ''Mafia III'' is a 2016 action-adventure video game developed by Hangar 13 and published by 2K. It was released in October 2016 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, in May 2017 for macOS, and in October 2021 for Google Stadia. It is the ...'' (2016). Filmography Film Television Video Games References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Alex Living people American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors 1988 births ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |