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Where to stream Bob Odenkirk’s first post-Better Call Saul series in Canada

After a critically acclaimed six seasons, the Bob Odenkirk-led Better Call Saul came to an end last August.

For many, it even surpassed the parent series Breaking Bad, and its absence has left an Albuquerque-sized hole in our hearts ever since. Thankfully, there’s a new AMC series starring Odenkirk that should help with that: Lucky Hank.

The comedy-drama series premieres on March 19th, with new episodes dropping every Sunday at 9pm ET/6pm PT. In it, Odenkirk plays a cantankerous college English professor whose mid-life crisis affects the lives of everyone around him. Notably, while the series is set in Pennsylvania, it was actually filmed in Vancouver.

Based on Richard Russo’s 1997 novel, Straight ManLucky Hank was developed by Paul Lieberstein (The Office) and Aaron Zelman (Law & Order) and co-stars Mireille Enos (The Killing), Olivia Scott Welch (Fear Street), Diedrich Bader (American Housewife), Sara Amini (Future Man), Cedric Yarbough (Speechless) and Suzanne Cryer (Silicon Valley). Lucky Hank also reunites Odenkirk with Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul executive producer Mark Johnson.

Like Better Call Saul, AMC will air Lucky Hank on both its cable network and AMC+ streaming service. In Canada, AMC+ is available as an $8.99/month channel add-on for Amazon Prime Video. A 30-day free trial is also available.

While Odenkirk’s first series after Better Call Saul would have garnered attention regardless of quality, Lucky Hank has, thankfully, been quite well-received following its premiere at SXSW earlier this month.

It’s worth noting that only the first five seasons of Better Call Saul are streaming on Netflix Canada. The final season, which was at one point streaming on AMC+, isn’t currently on that — or any other — subscription streaming service.

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AMC’s Straight Man, starring Bob Odenkirk, is coming in 2023

Although AMC’s hit series Better Call Saul recently wrapped, Straight Man, a new Bob Odenkirk project is in the works. The series is currently filming and will debut later in 2023 on AMC and AMC+.

Straight Man has no involvement in Vince Gilligan’s Breaking Bad universe. Instead, the new AMC series is described as a “midlife crisis tale.” Starring Bob Odenkirk, Straight Man focuses on a grizzled William Henry Devereaux, Jr. The series is based on Richard Russo’s 1997 novel of the same name.

AMC has said that Straight Man follows Devereaux’s life and career as the “unlikely chairman of the English department in a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt.” Not only will the series cover Devereaux’s career but his family life and the balancing act that goes along with it.

Alongside Odenkirk, the series stars Mireille Enos as Lily Devereaux, William’s wife. Olivia Scott Welch has also been cast as daughter Julie Devereaux. Additional cast members include Diedrich Bader, Sara Amini, Cedric Yarbrough, and Suzanne Cryer.

Straight Man is currently filming in Vancouver, British Columbia. It’s said that filming should wrap by December 2022. The series has been given an order of eight episodes to make up the first season. It’s being adapted by Aaron Zelman and Paul Leiberstein, who is also serving as co-showrunners and directors. Odenkirk is also attached as producer.

While Odenkirk is continuing to work with AMC, former Better Call Saul costar Rhea Seehorn is making her way to Apple TV+ alongside Vince Gilligan. Announced earlier this month, Apple has acquired the untitled “blended, grounded drama” from Gilligan. This project will see Seehorn take the lead.

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Source: @AMC_TV

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La La Land leads Golden Globes nominations

‘La La Land’ leads the Golden Globes nominations with seven nods.

The musical movie – which won eight prizes at the Critics’ Choice Awards last night (11.12.16) – will go up against ’20th Century Women’, ‘Deadpool’, ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ and ‘Sing Street’ in the Best Musical or Comedy Motion Picture category.

Leading lady Emma Stone is up for Best Actress in the same category, but faces stiff competition from the likes of Annette Bening, Lily Collins, Hailee Steinfeld and Meryl Streep.

Emma’s ‘La La Land’ co-star Ryan Gosling will face off against Colin Farrell, Hugh Grant, Jonah Hill and Ryan Reynolds for the Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy gong.

Damien Chazelle has also received a nod for Best Director for the movie – which tells the story of a jazz pianist falling for an aspiring actress in LA – and the film’s ‘City Of Stars’ soundtrack tune is up for Best Original Song, while the musical movie is also fittingly up for Best Original Score.

‘Moonlight’ will do battle with ‘La La Land’ in the Score and Screenplay categories and is closely behind in the list of nominations with six nods.

The coming-of-age movie – which stars Naomie Harris and Mahershala Ali – is also up for the coveted Best Drama Motion Picture award alongside ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, ‘Hell Or High Water’, ‘Lion’ and ‘Manchester By The Sea’.

TV series ‘The Night Manager’ received nods for Best Limited Series, as well as Best Actor and Best Actress in a Limited Series for Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman respectively, while the show’s villain Hugh Laurie is up for Best Supporting Actor.

Hiddleston will go up against ‘The Night Of’ pair Riz Ahmed and John Turturro as well as Bryan Cranston (‘All The Way’), and Courtney B Vance (‘The People Vs OJ’).

Popular HBO drama ‘Game of Thrones’ is also up for two nods – Best Drama TV series, where it will face off against ‘The Crown’, ‘Stranger Things’, ‘This Is Us’ and ‘Westworld’, and Best Supporting Actress for Lena Heady, who plays Cersei Lannister.

‘Kubo and the Two Strings’, ‘Moana’, ‘My Life as a Zucchini’, ‘Sing’ and ‘Zootopia’ are on course for the Best Animated Motion Picture prize after receiving nods in the category.

‘Moana’ and ‘Sing’ will also do battle in the Best Original Song category for their respective songs ‘How Far I’ll Go’ and ‘Faith’.

The nominations were announced on NBC’s ‘Today’ show live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, where the awards will be handed out at the ceremony hosted by Jimmy Fallon, on January 8, 2017.

Golden Globes 2017, full list of nominations:

Best Motion Picture – Animated:

‘Kubo and the Two Strings’

‘Moana’

‘My Life as a Zucchini’

‘Sing’

‘Zootopia’

Best Actor in a Limited Series:

Riz Ahmed, ‘The Night Of’

Bryan Cranston, ‘All the Way’

Tom Hiddleston, ‘The Night Manager’

John Turturro, ‘The Night Of’

Courtney B. Vance, ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story’

Best Original Score:

‘Moonlight’

‘La La Land’

‘Arrival’

‘Lion’

‘Hidden Figures’

Best TV Series, Comedy or Musical:

‘Atlanta’

‘Black-ish’

‘Mozart in the Jungle’

‘Transparent’

‘Veep’

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language:

‘Divines’, France

‘Elle’, France

‘Neruda’, Chile

‘The Salesman’, Iran/France

‘Toni Erdmann’, Germany

Best Supporting Actress, TV:

Olivia Colman, ‘The Night Manager’

Lena Heady, ‘Game of Thrones’

Chrissy Metz, ‘This Is Us’

Mandy Moore, ‘This Is Us’

Thandie Newton, ‘Westworld’

Best Actress in a TV Musical/Comedy:

Rachel Bloom, ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, ‘Veep’

Sarah Jessica Parker, ‘The Divorce’

Issa Rae, ‘Insecure’

Gina Rodriguez, ‘Jane the Virgin’

Tracee Ellis Ross, ‘Black-ish’

Best Actress in a Limited Series/TV Movie:

Felicity Huffman, ‘American Crime’

Riley Keough, ‘The Girlfriend Experience’

Sarah Paulson, ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story’

Charlotte Rampling, ‘London Spy’

Kerry Washington, ‘Confirmation’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture:

Mahershala Ali, ‘Moonlight’

Jeff Bridges, ‘Hell or High Water’

Simon Helberg, ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’

Dev Patel, ‘Lion’

Aaron Taylor Johnson, ‘Nocturnal Animals’

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture:

Damien Chazelle, ‘La La Land’

Tom Ford, ‘Nocturnal Animals’

Barry Jenkins, ‘Moonlight’

Kenneth Lonergan, ‘Manchester by the Sea’

Taylor Sheridan, ‘Hell or High Water’

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

‘American Crime’

‘The Dresser’

‘The Night Manager’

‘The Night Of’

‘The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story’

Best Original Song – Motion Picture:

‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’, ‘Trolls’

‘City of Stars’, ‘La La Land’

‘Faith’, ‘Sing’

‘Gold’, ‘Gold’

‘How Far I’ll Go’, ‘Moana’

Best TV Series, Drama:

‘The Crown’, Netflix

‘Game of Thrones’, HBO

‘Stranger Things’, Netflix

‘This Is Us’, NBC

‘Westworld’, HBO

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

’20th Century Women’

‘Deadpool’

‘Florence Foster Jenkins’

‘La La Land’

‘Sing Street’

Best Motion Picture – Drama:

‘Hacksaw Ridge’

‘Hell or High Water’

‘Lion’

‘Manchester by the Sea’

‘Moonlight’

Best Supporting Actor – Series, TV Movie or Miniseries:

Sterling K. Brown, ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story’

Hugh Laurie, ‘The Night Manager’

John Lithgow, ‘The Crown’

Christian Slater, ‘Mr. Robot’

John Travolta, ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story’

Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama:

Rami Malek, ‘Mr. Robot’

Bob Odenkirk, ‘Better Call Saul’

Matthew Rhys, ‘The Americans’

Live Schreiber, ‘Ray Donovan’

Billy Bob Thornton, ‘Goliath’

Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama:

Caitriona Balfe, ‘Outlander’

Claire Foy, ‘The Crown’

Keri Russell, ‘The Americans’

Evan Rachel Wood, ‘Westworld’

Winona Ryder, ‘Stranger Things’

Best Director – Motion Picture:

Damien Chazelle, ‘La La Land’

Tom Ford, ‘Nocturnal Animals’

Mel Gibson, ‘Hacksaw Ridge’

Barry Jenkins, ‘Moonlight’

Kenneth Lonergan, ‘Manchester by the Sea’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

Annette Bening, ’20th Century Women’

Lily Collins, ‘Rules Don’t Apply’

Hailee Steinfeld, ‘The Edge of Seventeen’

Emma Stone, ‘La La Land’

Meryl Streep, ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:

Amy Adams, ‘Arrival’

Jessica Chastain, ‘Miss Sloane’

Ruth Negga, ‘Loving’

Natalie Portman, ‘Jackie’

Isabelle Huppert, ‘Elle’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:

Casey Affleck, ‘Manchester by the Sea’

Joel Edgerton, ‘Loving’

Andrew Garfield, ‘Hacksaw Ridge’

Viggo Mortensen, ‘Captain Fantastic’

Denzel Washington, ‘Fences’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy:

Anthony Anderson, ‘Black-ish’

Gael Garcia Bernal, ‘Mozart in the Jungle’

Donald Glover, ‘Atlanta’

Nick Nolte, ‘Graves’

Jeffrey Tambor, ‘Transparent’

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama:

Caitriona Balfe, ‘Outlander’

Claire Foy, ‘The Crown’

Keri Russell, ‘The Americans’

Winona Ryder, ‘Stranger Things’

Evan Rachel Wood, ‘Westworld’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture:

Viola Davis, ‘Fences’

Naomie Harris, ‘Moonlight’

Nicole Kidman, ‘Lion’

Octavia Spencer, ‘Hidden Figures’

Michelle Williams, ‘Manchester by the Sea’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

Colin Farrell, ‘The Lobster’

Ryan Gosling, ‘La La Land’

Hugh Grant, ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’

Jonah Hill, ‘War Dogs’

Ryan Reynolds, ‘Deadpool’

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Jesse Bradford Joins Son of Mourning

The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Jesse Bradford (Flags of Our Fathers), Steven Weber, Bob Odenkirk and Edward Hermann have joined the cast of the satirical comedy Son of Mourning.

In the movie, Joseph Cross (Untraceable) plays the role of a copywriter who returns home to sort out his parents’ divorce. After a series of natural catastrophes, people begin to believe that he is Jesus Christ. Subsequently, he gets approached by people wanting to exploit him, including a Hollywood agent (Bradford) and the lieutenant governor (Weber).

Heather Graham, Lorraine Bracco, Tim Curry, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Stephen Root are also on board for the film.

Jesse Bradford is about to finish shooting the film Perfect Life and will start juggling three new projects at once; Son of Mourning, Table for Three and W.