📸 Todd on the Town: From 'Apples' to Austin

Sam Neill’s character plays the father of Essie Randles’ character in author Liane Moriarty’s latest television adaptation. Moriarty’s past adaptations include Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers.

From left: Liz Jenkins, chief business officer, NBCUniversal Studio Group; Beatrice Springborn, president, Universal Content Productions; star and executive producer Annette Bening, Pearlena Igbokwe, chairman, Universal Studio Group; Kelly Campbell, president, Peacock & direct to consumer, NBCUniversal; Shannon Willett, chief marketing officer, Peacock; Lisa Katz, president, scripted content, NBCUniversal.

From left: CAA’s partner and managing director Kevin Huvane and Chip Sullivan, executive vice president, communications, NBC Entertainment.

From left: Director Alex Garland, Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny and Wagner Moura at a panel at the premiere of the dystopian A24 film Civil War at the Paramount Theatre in Austin on March 14. (Photo: January Images)

Xochitl Gomez and Kirsten Dunst share a moment at the Civil War premiere. (Photo: January Images)

From left: Kirsten Lepore, Daniel Kwan, Alex Garland and Daniel Scheinert hit the Garland-directed Civil War at Bullock Texas State History Museum. Kwan and Scheinert premiered their Oscar-winning film Everything Everywhere all at Once at SXSW two years ago and were this year’s keynote speakers. (Photo: January Images)

Nicolas Cage at the Arcadian premiere at the Paramount Theatre on March 11. In the action/thriller, Cage plays a father of twin boys trying to survive post-apocalyptic terrors. (Photo: January Images)

Director/writer/star of Prime Video’s Música, Rudy Mancuso (right), played the theme song from the film at the ZACH Theatre on March 13 while the star of the film and his girlfriend, Camila Mendes, captured it on her phone.

From left: Amazon MGM Studios head of docs Brianna Oh, producer Mary Viola, Mancuso and senior development executive at Amazon MGM Studios Lucia Ledonne attend Amazon MGM Studios SXSW Música Premiere on March 13.

Francesca Reale, star of the coming-of-age film Música, hit the lively after-party.

From left: Manager Lena Roklin, Amazon MGM Studios casting departments’ Lisa Soltau, Slate PR’s Ina Treciokas and agent Tracy Brennan at Amazon MGM Studios SXSW Música premiere party.

Lucy Boynton and Justin H. Min at a photo op for the premiere of their romantic sci-fi film, The Greatest Hits, from Searchlight, on March 14. (Photo: January Images)

From left: KiKi Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk) and Thomas Doherty (Gossip Girl) star in IFC’s Dandelion about a troubled singer played by Layne, who performed songs at the SXSW festival.