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Filming on Criminal Minds Season 19 Has Begun: Who Is Definitely Back?
'The BAU is back on the case,' the Criminal Minds Instagram announced on Friday afternoon, along with a BTS photo signaling that filming on Season 19 has begun. The news comes almost midway through Season 18, which is dropping new episodes every Thursday on Paramount+. (Season 19 was greenlit back on March 5, more than two months ahead of the current season's premiere.) More from TVLine Criminal Minds: The Surprising Story Behind That Shocking Will Scene Criminal Minds: A.J. Cook Opens Up About JJ's Loss, Her Real-Life Sons Playing 'Big Emotions,' and Negotiating That Brief Cameo All Stars 10 Is the Best Drag Race Season in Years - and It's About to Get Even Better (Exclusive Sneak Peek) 'The BAU is back on the case!' the crime drama's IG trumpets. 'A new season of Criminal Minds: Evolution has officially started filming.' To look at the clapboard photo above, Joe Mantegna, Aisha Tyler, Kirsten Vangsness, Adam Rodriguez, A.J. Cook, Paget Brewster and Ryan-James Hatanaka will be back as series regulars for next season — meaning, David, Tara, Penelope, JJ, Emily and Tyler all are safe to buy some green bananas. Might the slippery Sicarius aka Elias Voit (played by Zach Gilford) make it out of this season alive, to taunt the BAU for a fourth straight time? That remains TBD. Season 18 of Criminal Minds: Evolution kicked off on May 8 and picked up six months after prisoners attacked the notorious Sicarius, leading the serial killer's restless followers on the dark web to begin wreaking havoc all over the country. In order to stop this group from killing more innocents, the BAU has been forced to work alongside an increasingly unpredictable — and seemingly amnesic? — Voit, who surely is harboring his own sinister agenda. Other Season 18 cast includes Lucifer alum Aimee Garcia as Dr. Julia Ochoa, a leading neuropsychiatrist assigned to help Voit recover from his injury-induced brain trauma, while franchise vet Matthew Gray Gubler recently made his first Evolution appearance as Dr. Spencer Reid. What are your wishes, hopes and dreams for Season 19? Share 'em in comments! Want scoop on , or for any other TV show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line! Best of TVLine 'Missing' Shows, Found! Get the Latest on Ahsoka, Monarch, P-Valley, Sugar, Anansi Boys and 25+ Others Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More
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16-05-2025
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I streamed every ‘Final Destination' movie in a single weekend — these are the 3 to watch before ‘Bloodlines'
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. I lost countless hours in my teenage years watching (and rewatching) the 'Final Destination' movies. After more than a decade, I'm thrilled to see it make its grand return with 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' set to arrive in movie theaters later this week (on May 16). Ahead of 'Bloodline's' big-screen release, I decided to revisit the grisly series to get back up to speed and see if these teenage favorites had stood the test of time. And what better way to do that than via a mega-movie marathon? In less than 48 hours, I binged all five movies in the series so far, and it was certainly quite the blood-soaked ride. Aside from the fact that I'm now convinced that I see death omens everywhere, I also believe there is a clear 'Final Destination' hierarchy, with the series split into worth-watching entries and a couple that can be easily skipped without missing much. So, if you're wanting to stream a 'Final Destination' flick or two before heading down to your local multiplex, here are the three you should consider first. Just whatever you do, don't bother with 2009's 'The Final Destination'; it's a clear franchise lowpoint and really sucks. The first 'Final Destination' lacks the gory creativity and the tension of future sequels, not to mention its characters are too thinly-sketched to be much more than forgettable fodder, so for me, it's 'Final Destination 2' where the franchise really finds itself. It's also the movie responsible for my ongoing fear of driving on the highway, which is the mark of an effective horror-thriller when it gives you more than just nightmares. A real fan-favorite entry, 'Final Destination 2' focuses on a grisly premonition that sees a logging truck cause a massive pileup. Naturally, our protagonist (played by 'Criminal Minds' alumna A. J. Cook) manages to prevent her own death, alongside her friends and a fortunate few others, but Death starts to come for them in increasingly outlandish ways. I also appreciate that 'Final Destination 2' circles back to resolve the cliffhanger ending of the first movie. Watch "Final Destination 2" on Max now I love rollercoasters, which is perhaps a little surprising considering I first saw 'Final Destination 3' at such a formative age. Packing the franchise's best premonition sequence, this second sequel comes from director James Wong and stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead. In 'Final Destination 3,' the series really gains its confidence, and the elaborate deaths become even more memorable. The double tanning bed kill has been etched into my psyche for almost two decades. Plus, the haunting ending leaves a real impression (even if it does feel just a little cheap). I also appreciate that it makes some attempts to switch up the now-established formula with Polaroid photographs that foreshadow the impending deaths of each survivor of the roller coaster crash. However, the lack of franchise mainstay Tony Todd (who appears via voice only) is a shame. Watch "Final Destination 3" on Max now For my money, 'Final Destination 5' is the best effort in the franchise to date. And it serves as a sort of apology in response to the awfulness of the fourth installment. The switch to a slightly older cast — the core characters here are office workers rather than high schoolers — helps the movie feel a little less teen slasher, though it's still got all the blood and guts you'd expect from a 'Final Destination' movie. I rank the bridge collapse premonition towards the bottom of the pack, but what comes afterwards solidifies 'Final Destination 5' as my favorite flick in the series. I particularly like that one of the survivors becomes essentially a secondary villain, meaning that Death isn't the only antagonist force within 'Final Destination 5.' The excellent ending, which I naturally won't spoil here, just adds that extra flourish. It's 'Final Destination' at its chilling best. Watch "Final Destination 5" on Max now 5 Max movies to watch now with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes 47 best Netflix movies to stream right now I'm obsessed with Max's Karen Read trial documentary
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24-04-2025
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New Criminal Minds Season 18 Trailer Features a ‘Badass' JJ, Reveals Special Guest Star
Criminal Minds: Evolution not only has set a premiere date for Season 18, but it has already been renewed for a 19th season, by Paramount+. More from TVLine RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 10 Will Be Special Tournament of Champions - Full Cast Revealed First NCIS: Tony & Ziva Trailer Features Disguises, a McGee Shoutout and More SkyMed Season 3 Gets Paramount+ Binge-Drop Date - Watch Trailer Season 18 will premiere Thursday, May 8 with one episode, followed by new episodes dropping weekly. Watch a new trailer above, which kicks off with an always-unsettling 'buried alive' scenario… has JJ (franchise vet A.J. Cook) championing her 'badass' self… and reveals a guest-starring appearance by the late Linda Lavin, in an undisclosed role. Season 18 picks up six months after fellow inmates attacked the notorious Sicarius Killer aka Elias Voit (played by Zach Gilford), leading his restless followers on the dark web to begin wreaking havoc all over the country. In order to stop this nefarious group from killing more innocents, the BAU is forced to once again work in concert with an increasingly unpredictable Voit, who of course has his own agenda. Production on Season 18 wrapped back on Dec. 13, barely four months after filming ramped back up on the series. 'We're back, Profilers!' the crime drama's Instagram announced in August 2024, while also sharing seven BTS photos from Season 18 — including a couple of looks at JJ Jareau's return to a side part hairstyle (seen above), which the well-tressed Special Agent last rocked as recently as Season 9 (one Twitter follower told me). With a premiere date and trailer now in hand, here is everything we know about Criminal Minds Season 18…. The BAU's elite team of profilers will again be comprised of Emily Prentiss (played by Paget Brewster), David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), 'JJ' Jareau (A.J. Cook), Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), Dr. Tara Lewis (Aisha Tyler) and Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez). Also back for another go-round is Ryan-James Hatanaka as onetime person of interest Tyler Green (who last season was veritably deputized as an unofficial BAU helper), and Zach Gilford as captured serial killer Elias Voit. When the Paramount+ sequel series debuted in November 2022, a line of dialogue established that Matthew Gray Gubler's Spencer Reid and Daniel Henney's Matt Simmons have been away on an assignment. Given that little time has passed over the first two Evolution seasons, away on an assignment they both have stayed. Until now. As TVLine reported in mid-December, Gubler — who stars in the CBS drama pilot Einstein, which is waiting on a series order — will return to Criminal Minds for part of one Season 18 episode. Lucifer and Dexter alum Aimee Garcia has a multi-episode arc as Dr. Julia Ochoa, a leading neuropsychiatrist who is 'assigned to help a high-profile patient recover from his injury-induced brain trauma.' Is it me, or does that very much sound like she will be treating serial killer Elias Voit, who in the Season 17 finale was released to gen pop under a pseudonym and promptly took a brutal beating once word leaked out about who he really is…? Showrunner Erica Messer told TVLine that whereas not much time passed across Evolution's first two seasons, a full 'six months' will have passed when Season 18 opens. As indicated above by the news of Zach Gilford's return, 'we still have Voit in our life,' Messer said, but Season 18 promises to be 'a bit more hybrid…. This [next] season will feel a little different, where we're solving standalone 'Catch the Bad Guy' cases.' And though Voit is now behind bars, the BAU agents, after two seasons of cleaning up his murderous messes, 'don't come up for air,' Messer noted. 'It's different this season but it's still a lot. More things happen to this team, but it's a different kind of pace, a different exhaustion.' Criminal Minds Season 18 will span another 10 episodes, as did Evolution's first two cycles. Filming wrapped in mid-December 2024 on the new season, which will premiere Thursday, May 8 (with new episodes dropping weekly). Criminal Minds: Evolution fans got a big surprise last June, when Paramount+ renewed the long-running crime drama for Season 18 ahead of its Season 17 premiere. At the time that filming wrapped on Season 18, franchise vet Paget Brewster was bullish on getting even more cases to crack, sharing on social media, 'We are optimistic we'll get a Season 19.' Indeed, not three months later, Paramount+ officially greenlit Season 19, well ahead of Season 18's premiere date. A revival of CBS' long-running procedural, Criminal Minds: Evolution streams exclusively on Paramount+. The first two seasons dropped new episodes weekly, on Thursdays. 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