Melanie Lynskey Archives

Hulu Renews 'Castle Rock' Lease for "Wholly Original" Season 2 Story
Abrams, author Stephen King, and executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, the King "shared universe" series based in and around the (in)famous fictional town stars Andre Holland, Bill Skarsgard, Melanie Lynskey, Sissy Spacek, Jane Levy, Scott Glenn, Terry O'Quinn, Noel Fisher, Chosen Jacobs, and Allison Tolman. Hulu Senior Vice-President/Head of Content Craig Erwich revealed that the second season would[...]
Castle Rock Rewind s01e05: A Look Back at Bleeding Cool's Thoughts on 'Harvest'
Andre Holland, Bill Skarsgard, Melanie Lynskey, Sissy Spacek, Jane Levy, Scott Glenn, Terry O'Quinn, Chosen Jacobs, and Allison Tolman headline this season's cast. Hulu In my review of previous episode 'The Box,' I mentioned that it was time for the series to start moving the overarching narrative forward a little faster: wasn't looking so much for questions[...]
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Abrams' Bad Robot Productions (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost), best-selling author Stephen King and executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, Castle Rock stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgård (IT), Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff), Terry O'Quinn (Lost) and Chosen Jacobs (It). Here's a look at[...]
Castle Rock Season 1, Episode 5 'Harvest' Review: "He Feels Wrong"
Abrams' Bad Robot Productions (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost), best-selling author Stephen King and executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, Castle Rock stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgård (IT), Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff), Terry O'Quinn (Lost) and Chosen Jacobs (It). Hulu [...]
Castle Rock Season 1, Episode 4 'The Box' Review: "I'm a Prisoner in There, Too."
Abrams' Bad Robot Productions (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost), best-selling author Stephen King and executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, Castle Rock stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgård (IT), Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff), Terry O'Quinn (Lost) and Chosen Jacobs (It). Credit: Hulu Here's some disturbing[...]
Stephen King's Advice to 'Castle Rock' Viewers: Less Easter Egg Hunting, More Enjoying the Story
Abrams' Bad Robot Productions (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost), King, and executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, the ensemble cast of Castle Rock includes Andre Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgard (IT), Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff), Terry O'Quinn (Lost) and Chosen Jacobs (It). Here's a look back at[...]
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Abrams' Bad Robot Productions (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost), best-selling author Stephen King and executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, Castle Rock stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgård (IT), Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff), Terry O'Quinn (Lost) and Chosen Jacobs (It). Here's our review of[...]
Hulu's 'Castle Rock' Has a Long History of Really Bad Things Happening There
Abrams' Bad Robot Productions (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost), best-selling author Stephen King and executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, Castle Rock stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgård (IT), Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff), Terry O'Quinn (Lost) and Chosen Jacobs (It). Credit: Hulu [...]
Castle Rock Review: Strong Performances and Quality Storytelling Make This Worth a Visit [Spoilers]
Abrams' Bad Robot Productions (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost), best-selling author Stephen King and executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, Castle Rock stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgård (IT), Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff), Terry O'Quinn (Lost) and Chosen Jacobs (It). Here's a look back[...]
Hulu's 'Castle Rock' Expected to Haunt Comic-Con with Screening, Panel and Off-Site Fan Experience
Abrams, Sam Shaw and  Dustin Thomason; and stars Andre Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgard, Sissy Spacek, Jane Levy, Scott Glenn, Terry O'Quinn, Chosen Jacobs, Allison Tolman and Noel Fisher. Credit: Hulu Deadline Hollywood reports (though Hulu has yet to comment) that there will be a screening of first episode 'Severance' as well as a panel with Spacek, Skarsgard, Lynskey and[...]
Castle Rock: Shameless's Noel Fisher Moves to Hulu Psychological-Horror Series
Abrams and Stephen King, as well as and creators/executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason. Combining a number of King's works into a shared universe narrative based around the famed (and infamous) fictional town, Castle Rock's 10-episode first season also stars Andre Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgård, Sissy Spacek, Jane Levy, Scott Glenn, Terry O'Quinn, Chosen Jacobs, and Allison Tolman.  Fisher's[...]
Fargo's Allison Tolman Moving to Hulu's 'Castle Rock' in Recurring Role
Abrams' Bad Robot Productions (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost), best-selling author Stephen King and executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, Castle Rock stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgård (IT), Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff), Terry O'Quinn (Lost) and Chosen Jacobs (It). Deadline Hollywood [...]
Castle Rock Gets July Debut, New Teaser: 'There's Blood in Every Backyard, Inside Every House'
Abrams' Bad Robot Productions (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost), best-selling author Stephen King and executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, Castle Rock stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgård (IT), Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff), Terry O'Quinn (Lost) and Chosen Jacobs (It). Entertainment Weekly [...]
Castle Rock: Chosen Jacobs of 'It' Joins Hulu's Stephen King Series
Castle Rock stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgård (IT), with Jane Levy (Suburgatory) and Sissy Spacek (Carrie). The fictional town of Castle Rock has figured prominently in a number of King's works Cujo, The Dark Half, It, Needful Things, the novella The Body (the basis for the film Stand by Me) and short[...]
Castle Rock: Hulu Releases Super Bowl Teaser for Stephen King Series
Castle Rock stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgård (IT), with Jane Levy (Suburgatory) and Sissy Spacek (Carrie). The fictional town of Castle Rock has figured prominently in a number of King's works Cujo, The Dark Half, It, Needful Things, the novella "The Body" (the basis for the film Stand by Me) and short[...]
The Weekly Static s01e20.3 – 2018 "Cusack" Series: Hulu's Castle Rock
Coming off of the success of the Academy Award winning film Moonlight and at the time finishing work on Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle In Time, Holland covered a variety of topics, including: which King novels he was assigned as "homework;" what he hopes viewers take away from Henry; and why Castle Rock is the best[...]
Castle Rock: Cast & Producers Talk Hulu's Stephen King Series @ NYCC
Abrams keep that secretive town tradition alive. Setting up a series of press roundtables and a panel at the Hammerstein Ballroom as a part of this year's New York Comic Con 2017, Castle Rock stars André Holland, Melanie Lynskey and Bill Skarsgard (Sissy Spacek was on the panel but not available for interviews); and executive producers Sam[...]
'Castle Rock': Terry O'Quinn Locks In Role On Hulu's Upcoming Stephen King Adaptation
He joins fellow cast members André Holland, Scott Glenn, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Lynskey, Jane Levy and Bill Skarsgard. Hulu describes Castle Rock as: "A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King's best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on[...]
'Castle Rock' Adds Melanie Lynskey To J.J. Abrams/Stephen King Series
Hulu's Castle Rock has found its female lead, announcing that Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures) has been signed to star opposite André Holland (Moonlight) in the upcoming psychological-horror drama series from J.J Abrams (Alias, Star Trek) and author Stephen King. Set in the shared universe of King, Castle Rock is named after the fictional town in Maine[...]