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Toni Collette is taking on an exciting new project.

The 48-year-old actress is joining the cast of HBO Max’s upcoming limited drama series The Staircase, per Deadline.

The eight-episode series focuses on the life of Michael Peterson, played by Colin Firth, and his expansive North Carolina family as well as the mysterious death of his wife, Kathleen.

Toni will play Kathleen in the show, which is based on the numerous books and reports about the case.

Michael Peterson was convicted of the murder of his wife in 2001. He had initially claimed that Kathleen died from falling down the stairs after consuming alcohol and Valium, but an autopsy found that she died from multiple injuries, including blunt force trauma to the back of her head. His charge was eventually reduced to manslaughter in 2017 and he was released from prison.

The Staircase is partially based on the true-crime docuseries of the same name which premiered in 2004 and was released on Netflix as a 13-episode series in 2018.

Check out the trailer for Toni’s latest movie, Stowaway.

The new Netflix movie Stowaway is out now and it’s a suspenseful space film with a great cast that will leave you on the edge of your seat until the final moments.

Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, and Toni Collette are the only four actors seen on screen throughout the entirety of the film, which takes place completely in a spaceship on a mission to Mars.

Here is the film’s official synopsis: “On a mission headed to Mars, an unintended stowaway accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision.”

Just like Netflix’s recent space movie The Midnight Sky, we have a feeling this one is going to be a hit for the streaming service.

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Anna Kendrick holds on tight while falling through space in the first trailer for Netflix’s upcoming Stowaway.

The first trailer comes just a day after the first look pics debuted.

Alongside Anna, the upcoming movie also stars Daniel Dae Kim, Toni Collette, and Shamier Anderson and will debut on Thursday, April 22.

Here is the synopsis: “On a mission headed to Mars, an unintended stowaway accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision.”

“The thing that feels really relevant is less the isolation of it and more that kind of problem-solving part of your brain that we were all engaging so vigorously in the first couple months of the pandemic,” Anna shared with EW about the relevancy of the film. “Just that constant problem-solving of, ‘wait, okay, how do we fix this?’ And just when it seems like you’re onto something, there’s some very obvious fundamental problem.”

There’s an exciting space-set movie heading to Netflix this year and the streaming service just dropped the first-look photos!

Stowaway is a new movie starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Toni Collette, and Shamier Anderson. It will be released on Netflix on April 22.

Here is the synopsis: “On a mission headed to Mars, an unintended stowaway accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision.”

Anna and Toni both opened up to Entertainment Weekly about why they were attracted to the script.

“It was so simple and so lean, but totally compelling,” Anna said. Toni added, “I had never really read anything like it. It is contained and the characters are confined but the questions posed, moral and otherwise, are vast and wide open.”

Anna was asked if she’d ever go to Mars if she were given the opportunity. She said, “Never. Not ever, not in a million years. Never, never, never, never, never, never. I would do a lot of things… I would skydive. I would get a neck tattoo before I’d go to space.”

You’ve gotta see the funny tweet that Anna posted over the weekend!

The trailer for the upcoming Netflix movie I’m Thinking of Ending Things has been released!

Jessie Buckley stars in the film, which was written and directed by Oscar winner Charlie Kaufman. The movie is inspired by the cult horror novel by Iain Reid.

Here’s the film’s synopsis: Despite second thoughts about their relationship, a young woman (Buckley) takes a road trip with her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to his family farm. Trapped at the farm during a snowstorm with Jake’s mother (Toni Collette) and father (David Thewlis), the young woman begins to question the nature of everything she knew or understood about her boyfriend, herself, and the world.

Jessie earned rave reviews for her work in the movie Wild Rose and she earned a BAFTA Award nomination for the project. She also has been seen in the movies Judy and Dolittle, as well as the HBO limited series Chernobyl.

I’m Thinking of Ending Things debuts on Netflix on September 4.

Toni Collette makes her way through baggage claim as she arrives at Sydney International Airport on Monday morning (March 16) in Sydney, Australia.

The 47-year-old Knives Out actress wore a surgical mask across her face as she arrived in Australia.

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Toni will now be self-isolating for the next two weeks under new rules by the Australian government for international arrivals due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The new measure comes as the confirmed cases in Australia climbs to almost 300, with five people dying from the virus.

See a list of every celebrity who has been diagnosed with coronavirus so far.

Toni Collette is heading to the races in the first Dream Horse trailer!

The 47-year-old Oscar-nominated actress stars in the inspiring new movie, based on an incredible true story.

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Here’s the synopsis: “The film tells the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town Welsh bartender, Jan Vokes (Collette). With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites. The group’s investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks with grit and determination and goes on to race in the Welsh Grand National showing the heart of a true champion.”

Damian Lewis also stars in the Euros Lyn directed-movie.

Dream Horse will be out in theaters on May 1.