Swarm
Critics’ Conversation: In the Shadow of ‘Succession,’ a TV Spring Full of Risks and Rewards
THR’s TV critics found plenty to praise (and puzzle over) on the small screen the past few months — including a Netflix standout stained by controversy, a true original on Peacock and shows that understood the appeal of formula done right.
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‘Transformers’ Stars Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback to Receive Rising Stars Award at CinemaCon
CinemaCon has zeroed in on a pair of Transformers stars to receive some special shine later this month. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts duo of Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback are set to receive CinemaCon’s Rising Stars of the Year Award during the Big Screen Achievement Awards on April 27. The ceremony, held at The […]
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Inside Amazon Studios: Big Swings Hampered by Confusion and Frustration
It’s long been an open secret that Jeff Bezos has yearned for his own Game of Thrones, and that Amazon’s big swing as it reached for its own massive hit was The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, believed to be the most expensive series ever made. Last September, the show began with […]
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‘Swarm’ Star Dominique Fishback Leaned on Faith, Friends and a Therapist to Manifest Her Serial Killer Role
On a bright sunny morning in Los Angeles via a Zoom video call, Dominique Fishback was sporting a Romeo and Juliet-inspired sweatshirt (“I’m a romanticist at heart,” she says) and a 100-watt smile to match the light coming into her room. Fishback’s warm demeanor matches most of the characters she’s played previously; more recently she […]
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‘Swarm’ Boss Janine Nabers Peels Back the Layers of True Crime-Inspired Series and Its Antihero
[This story contains spoilers to the entire season of Swarm.] Following this weekend’s release of Swarm, viewers on social media are still abuzz (and attempting to recover) from analyzing the performance of Dominique Fishback as Andrea “Dre” Greene, a strangely warped sweet-faced psychopath serial killer in Amazon Prime Video’s new binge watch. And if you […]
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Billie Eilish’s Creepy ‘Swarm’ Character Is Inspired by a Real Cult
[This story contains major spoilers for Swarm season one, episode four, “Running Scared.”] Swarm, co-created and co-executive produced by Janine Nabers and Donald Glover, features a slew of celebrity cameos, including Rory Culkin and Paris Jackson. But episode four’s celebrity guest star — the Grammy-winning Billie Eilish — has delivered one of the series’ buzziest appearances. Set between 2016 and […]
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Events of the Week: ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods,’ ‘Swarm’ and More
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Swarm, Extrapolations and Lucky Hank. Shazam! Fury of the Gods premiere Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, Rachel Zegler, Adam Brody, Ross Butler and […]
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Donald Glover on Expanding the ‘Atlanta’ Universe With ‘Swarm’ — a “Post-Truth TV Show” About Obsession With a Beyoncé-like Pop Star
Swarm, the new Amazon series from the minds of Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, premiered (fittingly) on a dark and stormy Tuesday night in Hollywood. The subversive horror show, which stars Dominique Fishback as a woman turned mad by standom for a Beyoncé-like pop star, is part of the same universe as Glover’s Atlanta; several […]
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‘Swarm’ Review: Dominique Fishback Is Brilliant in Amazon’s Slippery Horror-Comedy Hybrid
Janine Nabers and Donald Glover's new seven-part show stars Fishback as a young woman whose obsession with a Beyoncé-esque pop star gets out of hand.
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Chloe Bailey Recalls Reconnecting With Malia Obama on the ‘Swarm’ Set | SXSW 2023
Award-winning Atlanta creator Donald Glover has a new television project, Swarm, part of his eight-figure overall deal with Amazon Prime. The series, which will be available to stream on Prime Video March 17, had its world premiere Friday at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Cast members Dominique Fishback and Chloe Bailey […]
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SXSW: ‘Mrs. Davis’ Is a Perfectly Timed Warning About AI Madness
What if ChatGPT, but too much? Too popular, too omniscient, and far too nefarious than today’s cutting-edge chatbots? That’s the premise of Mrs. Davis, an ultra-ambitious series from Big Bang Theory veteran Tara Hernandez and Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof. Mrs. Davis, premiering at SXSW before its April 20 streaming debut on Peacock, tells the story […]
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First Full ‘Swarm’ Trailer Shows the Dark Side of Fandom
The first full look at Swarm shows an obsessed fan’s descent into depression and violence. The upcoming Prime Video series from co-creators and executive producers Janine Nabers and Donald Glover (Atlanta) stars Dominique Fishback as Dre, “a young woman obsessed with the world’s biggest pop star who sets off on an unexpected cross-country journey.” The […]
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