Akil Wingate

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

In a land of verdant landscapes, the emergence of terrifying creatures forces all to seek refuge in a fortified city -- all but twins Zak and Kyle.

This follow-up to the George Romero/Stephen King-launched anthology series features five new tales of horror and a wraparound. The main stories deal with alternative realities ("Alice"), possessed communication devices ("The Radio"), vampires and serial killers in lust ("Call Girl"), mad inventors ("The Professor's Wife"), and hauntings from beyond the grave ("Haunted Dog").

A young girl from Rouen dreams about directing movies with Julia Roberts. Overprotected by her mother, she hopes to join a prestigeous cinema school in New York City, but nothing happens as expected, and her dreams are cruelly broken. Denying her fate, she leaves France to New York City, with her nutty-aunt's help, dreaming to give her screenplay to Julia Roberts herself.

Alone on a remote island, a plane crash survivor finally gets a chance to contact the outside world.

Michel, subject to violent hallucinatory fantasies, must confront the imminence of death during an extradition flight to the United States. He will experience his hallucinations, the judgment of the other passengers, the firmness of the American judicial system, and the stress of an imminent crash all at once. It's all too much for this weak, aging, and disturbed man.

Julia, a social media influencer, finds herself trapped in an elevator without knowing how she ended up there.

Chicago, winter 1965. The Regal Theater hosts James Brown and Solomon Burke, two monuments of Soul music. Backstage, everyone's under pressure. But in 1960s America, both men know their music has unexpected powers.

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

New passions. New fashions. New Emily? A plucky American marketing whiz spreads her wings in life and love after landing her dream job in Paris.