Celebrity Extra: Outlander
By Dana Jackson
Q: When is "Outlander" returning with new episodes? Will it be the final season, or will there hopefully be more? -- J.S.
A: The eighth and final season of "Outlander" will premiere on Starz on March 6, with 10 episodes airing in subsequent weeks. It is based on the novels by Diana Galbaldon and is the longest-running series in Starz's history. Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe return as Jamie and Claire, respectively, with their story set a year after last season's events concluded.
Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan in "Outlander". Photo Credit: Courtesy of Starz
You may already know this, but "Outlander" has a prequel series that airs on Starz as well. Set in Scotland and England during the World War I era, "Outlander: Blood of My Blood" stars Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield and Jeremy Irvine as the parents of "Outlander's" Jamie and Claire. It has already wrapped production on its second season.
According to TVLine, Heughan has already landed a new gig. He'll star alongside Anna Kendrick ("Pitch Perfect") and J.K. Simmons ("Whiplash") in a six-episode geopolitical thriller titled "Embassy." Meanwhile, Balfe's upcoming film is a remake of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" with Daisy Edgar-Jones ("Twisters"), and it is due out in September 2026.
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Q: So many people, including myself, were disappointed with the finale of "And Just Like That ..." Do you think they'll do a movie or something to wrap it up better? -- A.T.
A: According to Kristin Davis, who played Charlotte in "Sex and the City" and its sequel series "And Just Like That ...," she agrees with fans who feel that they were left hanging by the ending. On her podcast "Are You a Charlotte?" the actress speculated that "we're going to do something else," although nothing official has been announced. Mario Cantone, who played Anthony on both shows, followed up Davis' statement with: "I don't care what anybody says. That was not a series finale. It was a season finale, but that wasn't a series finale."
Davis didn't want to give viewers false hope, however. She said that she doesn't know who "owns [them] right now" and that she has run into showrunner Michael Patrick King, who has not said anything about revisiting the show in the form of a series, a movie, or even a special episode.
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Q: I keep seeing ads for a movie version of the classic novel "Wuthering Heights," but when is it coming out? Will it be on streaming or just in theaters at first? -- R.R.
A: "Wuthering Heights" has been adapted many times for the big screen, but the upcoming version is being directed by arguably the book's biggest fan. The film's director Emerald Fennell recently said at a press event that she first read the novel by Emily Bronte when she was just 14 years old, and she likes to revisit it each year.
First published in 1847, "Wuthering Heights" was adapted for the silver screen in 1939 and starred Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon. The latest version will be released on Feb. 13, with Margot Robbie ("Barbie") and Jacob Elordi ("Frankenstein") as star-crossed lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.
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