Rian Johnson’s Poker Face welcomes a murderers’ row of guest stars in new trailer
Get ready for a ton of celebrities to join Natasha Lyonne in Peacock's upcoming mystery drama
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“Now, you may think you know the story, but there’s one more layer of this blooming onion left to peel back.” No, this is surprisingly not a line from Rian Johnson’s Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion. It’s a quote directly from the newly released trailer of his Peacock series, Poker Face. What can we say, the man loves references and Easter eggs.
Created by Johnson, Poker Face pays homage to old-school mystery shows like Columbo. Natasha Lyonne plays casino hostess Charlie Cale, who has an uncanny ability to sniff out liars. She is forced to go on the run, and with each episode, becomes embroiled in a “case-of-the-week” murder mystery.
During Poker Face’s panel at the Television Critics Association’s (TCA) 2023 winter press tour, Peacock dropped a brand new look inside the show. It features a shit ton of celebrity appearances. Some of them include Adrien Brody, Benjamin Bratt, Stephanie Hsu, Judith Light, Lil Rel Howrey, Jameela Jamil, Tim Meadows, Hong Chau, Simon Helberg, Ellen Barkin, and Tim Blake Nelson. This doesn’t cover them all. And don’t worry, Johnson’s favorite, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is part of the list.
Lyonne will also reunite with her Orange Is The Black co-star Dascha Polanco and Russian Doll’s Chloë Sevigny here. Let’s not forget, she made a brief cameo in Glass Onion as well alongside another surprising lineup of celebrity guest stars. (Trust Johnson to make all these little connections).
The 10-episode Poker Face will commence with four episodes on January 26, with the remaining episodes airing every Thursday on Peacock.
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Fucking Peacock. Even more annoying when, like me, you’re Canadian.
Is fucking a Canadian peacock somehow different than fucking an American one? Or is it just that a Canadian will fuck a peacock in a more annoying way than an American?
Pretty sure Canadians actually fuck Ostriches…. allegedly.
Ahh ok so they just wouldn’t really know their way around a peacock, that makes sense. I mean, peacocks can fly and oh god the screaming, it sounds like a woman being murdered.
The Canadian peacock says “ pardon me” every time they change positions and then says “Thank you, I had a real nice time!” afterwards.
Ha Ha fucking is a general expletive used in anger or exasperation and it’s also a term for intercourse, what clever comedy!
Isn’t everything more annoying when you’re Canadian?
So wait. Did… did the twitter meme about casting Natasha Lyonne in a reboot of Columbo basically happen?!
It reportedly uses the “howcatchem” format of Columbo, where the viewer knows the killer, so , yeah, pretty close.It also has some inspiration from “Murder She Wrote,” since the character moves from place to place and just happens to get involved with a murder at each place.Also a bit of the Fugitive, since she’s on the run from a casino-owner/mob-boss type that she knows is guilty of a murder, who has sicced his muscle on tracking her down.
can natasha lyonne please disappear again
you could try not watching her
Given it’s on Peacock not watching it is even easy, because…. Who has Peacock, anyway?
As this is on Peacock, I’m pretty sure that will be easy to do.
Seems like you problem.
rachel weisz cameo or GTFO
I am so hyped for this show.
It has an awful lot going for it, doesn’t it? Personally, I’m still pissed at Peacock for nixing Saved by the Bell, but…I dunno…are torrents still a thing?/pokerface
I have Peacock and I may still torrent this. Stupid commericals on streaming services!
Also, that SBTB reboot was just about the best-case scenario of any reboot. You can’t do it much better than that.
Diggin’ the grindhouse vibe.
I have no evidence to support this but I’m certain when Glass Onion got its first look The A.V. Club also referred to that cast aa a “murders row”.
I thought Noah Segan was Johnson’s favorite. Also, apparently orange has been the new black for so long its now just the black!
*reads synopsis* Sounds good, I am in.*streams on Peacock* Well, I won’t be watching, but I hope it does well!
They had me at the Burn Notice joke.
I’ve been a Natasha Lyonne fan since Slums of Beverly Hills. I welcome anything with her as the lead.
I had no idea Judith Light was still alive. I hadn’t seen her in anything in 30 years. And now I just saw her in The Menu, and she’s in this? Where have you been, Judith Light?!
Doing a lot of television work, apparently.