In only his second major TV series role after his Emmy-nominated turn on HBO’s Westworld, Ed Harris stars alongside Annette Bening and opposite Yellowstone alums Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser in Dutton Ranch, Paramount+’s offshoot from Taylor Sheridan’s hugely popular neo-Western drama.

He didn’t have good experience filming Season 1 to a point where he was looking to leave the show, the Oscar-nominated actor said in an interview with Variety at the red carpet premiere for his upcoming Apple TV movie The Dink.

“Midway through this first season, I was ready to go, I said, ‘Get me the f*ck out of here,’ to tell you the truth. Because I didn’t feel like I was being used… I felt a little bit misled,” Harris said. “Prior to signing on for it, I was talked to quite a bit about what the season was, and what my character was going to do, and that I was one of the four main characters. And that wasn’t really the case.”

Harris said that he brought up his concerns with the powers that be: “I said, ‘I’m feeling underused and inconsequential.’ And they kind of went ‘Oh’. ”

He may have felt like his complaints fell on deaf ear but they were heeded. According to sources, the recent change at the helm of Dutton Ranch, with creator Chad Feehan, who served as Season 1 showrunner, let go ahead of the series premiere, was largely related to how Harris’ character Everett McKinney was utilized — or rather underutilized.

Harris is said to have been involved in picking Feehan’s replacement, SWAT Team creator Benjamin Cavell, who was named showrunner last month.

Apollo 13 star’s concerns are being addressed, and Everett is believed to be front and center in the upcoming Season 2 of the series, from 101 Studios and Paramount TV Studios, which is now being written, with Harris kept in the loop.

According to sources, Harris already has been picked up for Season 2, which is slated to begin production Jan. 15. As he confirmed in the red carpet interview, Harris has a two-year deal for Dutton Ranch, which I hear includes an option for a third.

In the interview, Harris recalled a deleted scene from one of the first episodes that “really pissed me off.”

“One of the things they told me before I signed on, they said, ‘Hey you get to sing.’ You’re in the bar, right? So there’s a scene in there… I’m talking to Kelly at the bar and Cole comes in and says ‘Okay, Everett, C’mon it’s your turn.’ I walk up to the mic and they cut it. They cut the song out…. F*ck you people.”

He clarified that he did film the song which ended up on the cutting room floor.

“They said it was too up for the dark ending of that episode, and that to me was reason enough to say, ‘I’m voiding my contract,’ ” he said.

Harris made the differentiation between his experience filming Season 1 and the final product.

“When I watched this season, and it’s fine, and I thought it’s pretty good,” he said. “I felt fine about what I did in it, and it seemed like I was relatively important to the story, but the doing of it did not feel that way.”

Jessica Chastain is back in the horror genre — and she’s pulling double duty this time.

Universal Pictures released the first trailer for Other Mommy on Tuesday, in which Chastain plays Ursula, a mother whose evil clone — referred to as “Other Mommy” — terrorizes her daughter, Bela (Arabella Olivia Clark). “Can I go inside your heart?” Other Mommy says to Bela.

Things ramp up toward the end of the trailer when it becomes challenging for Bela to tell if she’s indeed talking to her mom or Other Mommy. The trailer has been playing exclusively to screenings of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which is also from Universal.

Here is the official synopsis: “Bela, an 8-year-old girl living in a home with marital problems, confronts a sinister entity that comes out of her closet. The presence, who she calls ‘Other Mommy,’ becomes increasingly threatening to her and her family.”

Other Mommy also marks Chastain’s return to the horror genre. She’s previously starred in Take Shelter (2011), Mama (2013), Crimson Peak (2015) and It: Chapter Two (2019).

The film is an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel Incidents Around the House. Rob Savage (Host, The Boogeyman) is directing from a screenplay by Nathan Elston (Succession). Jay Duplass, Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed and Karen Allen round out the cast.

James Wan (Obsession, Backrooms and Conjuring franchises) of Blumhouse Atomic Monster produces with Michael Clear, Judson Scott, Savage, Josh Malerman and Ryan Lewis serving as executive producers.

Other Mommy is slated to release in theaters on Oct. 9. Watch the trailer below.

EXCLUSIVE: Will Smith looks to have found his first co-star for his next film as sources tell Deadline I Play Rocky star AnnaSophia Robb is set to join Smith in the Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax thriller Supermax. David Gordon Green is directing the pic.

Deadline reported in May that Amazon MGM Studios is closing a deal for worldwide distribution rights for the Miramax film, which will be available in more than 240 countries and territories on Prime Video.

The Picture Company partners Andrew Rona & Alex Heineman will produce alongside Will Smith and Adam Fishbach for Smith’s Westbrook. The film is written by David Weil and David J. Rosen, known for their work on the TV series Hunters and Invasion. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal between Amazon and Miramax.

Weil and Rosen will also executive produce, alongside associate producer Natalie Laine Williams. Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman, President of Film Alexandra Loewy, COO Thom Zadra, and SVP Spencer Ela will executive produce.

Robb is set to play Smith’s young partner in the film as the two detectives enter the depths of a Supermax prison to solve a mysterious murder.

Next up for the young star is a leading role in Amazon MGM’s highly anticipated Peter Farrelly-directed biographical drama I Play Rocky. The movie follows the behind-the-scenes true story of the production of the seminal 1976 classic Rocky. Following the release of the trailer last week, the film is already gaining award season buzz and is set to open this year’s Toronto Film Festival.

Robb is also set to join the recurring cast of hit Prime Video comedy Overcompensating for its second season. The actress is coming off rave reviews for her turn in the Emmy award-winning hit Netflix film Rebel Ridge, opposite Aaron Pierre, with other recent credits including Peacock’s Dr. Death and Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere. Robb initially broke out with various roles across film & television – including Disney’s Bridge to Terabithia, the Bethany Hamilton biopic Soul Surfer and the Sex & the City prequel The Carrie Diaries, where she took on the iconic titular role.

As previously stated, there is a lot of connective tissue on this particular project, The Picture Company just wrapped production on Supermax co-writer Weil’s feature directorial debut, the Amazon MGM Studios’ thriller Tyrant, starring Charlize Theron, Julia Garner and Demi Moore. Supermax also reunites Green with co-writer Rosen, who created the Apple TV series Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, which Green directed and executive-produced.

Robb is represented by CAA and Untitled Entertainment.