A Sizzling Teaser for Season 2 of The Flash
The Flash returns to the CW Network on October 6, bringing back our favorite lightning-struck superhero Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) for season two. Here comes Jay Garrick, the first Flash (?), who has come to warn the current Flash and everybody else that their world is in danger! This prompts the reasonable question from Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes) of exactly how many worlds there are? Many, apparently, but the important take-away here is ours is in danger.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Era Gets Off to Great Start
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert started with a bit of The Colbert Report patriotic absurdity—there was our host, joining Americans from all over the country in a duet of “The Star Spangled Banner,” from bowling alleys to mechanic shops to baseball fields—ending with an umpire yelling “play ball!” The umpire? Watch and see who it is:
Thus begun Stephen Colbert’s reign as the host of the The Late Show,
Boardwalk Empire’s Production Designer on Building Havana & Atlantic City
Bill Groom is a three-time Emmy winner as production designer on HBO’s series Boardwalk Empire. He’s now been nominated a fourth time for his work for the last season of one of the most ambitious mob-centric TV show in history. Centered on the rise of gangster and would-be credible businessman Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi) in prohibition-era Atlantic City, Boardwalk Empire offered a panoramic vision of the power players vying for control of the liquor trade and more, from Chicago's Al Capone to New York's Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky.
Downton Abbey Season Six Fashions: The Times They Are A Changin’
The Crawleys and their downstairs gang will be roaring into the ‘20s bedecked and bejeweled in the latest in 1925 fashions thanks to Downton Abbey costume designer Anna Mary Scott Robins. Robins’ fashions are a vital character in this period drama, and serve the crucial function of moving us along in time.
Gone are the conservative and quite restrictive gear, and slipping are the attitudes of Edwardian England in 1912,
New Gotham Clip: Ginger meets Gorgeous
“So whatcha’ in for?” Jerome Valeska (Cameron Monaghan) asks the beautiful Barbara Keen (Erin Richards). “Killing my parents,” she deadpans. “Me too” Jerome replies, visibly excited, displaying the gleefully sadistic personality of a certain soon-to-be clown prince supervillain of Gotham.
“A girl needs a good friend in here,” Jerome tells Barbara, assuming she’ll be eager to avoid any potential unpleasantness from fellow inmates that, apparently, only Jerome can protect her from.
Watch the Daredevil VFX Reel
One of the nice surprises about Daredevil is how the show has relied less on showy CGI effects and more on fine storytelling. Eschewing the big budget bomb of Daredevil the film, which put Ben Affleck in tights and had him leaping off buildings, Netflix’s version, created by Drew Goddard, builds on the story of Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock), the blind lawyer who uses his other, hugely enhanced senses,
The Joker Comes to Gotham
“The laugh is fabulous. Use that.” This comes from Theo Galavan (James Frain) as he gives some advice to a young, increasingly psychotic Jerome (Cameron Monaghan), who is sliding, gleefully, into the man he will become—the Joker.
Gotham is back for season 2, and at its best, the show has given the villains—all a lot more colorful than the good guys—free reign to run amok and wreak havoc on the city’s citizens.
ZOMBIE ALERT: AMC Releases First Three Minutes of Fear the Walking Dead
Warnings – if you are squeamish and scared of zombies, cover your eyes and peek between your fingers.
AMC has just released the first three minutes of the companion series to its' hit show The Walking Dead, the first taste of the Fear the Walking Dead is going down well. Fear the Walking debuts this Sunday, and from what can make out its' first three minutes, fans will be pleasantly surprised by a healthy dose of not only suspense and gore,
Listen to Abel Korzeniowski’s Music for Penny Dreadful & More
The first time I became aware of Abel Korzeniowski's work was by accident. It was one of those serendipitous Spotify moments; listening to a one of their radio stations, a song from the soundtrack of Tom Ford's A Single Man came on. It was called "Daydreams."
That was all it took. I listened to every song on the Golden Globe nominated score of A Single Man
Emmy-Nominated Composer Sean Callery on 24: Live Another Day & More
Composer Sean Callery is one the most prolific people working in TV today. Callery recently received his 14th Emmy nomination for his work on Fox's 24: Live Another Day. Callery's work can be heard on Showtime's Homeland, CBS's Elementary (both of which he was nominated for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music in 2013), and two more Fox shows—their longest running procedural drama, Bones, and their upcoming,
Post Apocalyptic Animated Comedy Cassius and Clay Will be Awesome
Have you ever watched Archer? If the answer is no, rectify this situation immediately. Comedy Central’s genius animated comedy, created by Adam Reed, is consistently hilarious. This animated spy thriller follows Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) and his often bloody, absurd exploits with his fellow operatives (which includes Chris Parnell, Aisha Tyler and Jessica Walter, the latter best known as Lucielle Bluth on Arrested Development).
Now Archer creator Adam Reed is teaming up with writer and executive producer Megan Ganz,
Vin Diesel’s Beard, Angelina Jolie’s Rage & Marisa Tomei Enters Empire
A few new tasty trailers have been released, and they really couldn't be more different. Let's take a quick peek:
The Last Witch Hunter
At six seconds into The Last Witch Hunter trailer, we finally find out what Vin Diesel might look like if he played a young Saint Nicholas. That beard! Only this is no Christmas movie. The Last Witch Hunter is Diesel’s return to playing a kind of super soldier (think Riddick) in a world gone witchy.
“People are Losing Their Minds” in the New Fargo Season 2 Trailer
Welcome to Luverne, Minnesota, in 1979, where the folksy accent and winter hats with ear flaps makes everyone seem nice; but don’t trust their bright, friendly patter or their puffy winter gear, because Luverne is the setting for season two of Fargo. The first full length trailer is here and there is a whole lot going on, including an insanely promising cast, a murder in a diner, and a surprisingly excellent Richard Nixon impression. (For an in-depth looking on how the show is scored,
Rectify Creator Ray McKinnon on Teaching Aussies the Georgia Accent
On the Sundance TV drama Rectify, which airs it's third episode of it's third season this Thursday evening (at 10/9 C), Daniel Holden moves back to his tiny Georgia hometown after spending 19 years on Death Row for the murder of a local 16-year old girl. Contending with tense family members and suspicious locals, Daniel articulates a jumble of confused feelings in a lugubrious, utterly convincing southern drawl. His Georgia dialect sounds authentic but in fact,
Comic-Con 2015: Art Directors From Fantastic Four, Batman v. Superman, Jurassic World, Terminator Genisys & More
Before the sets are designed and the stunts are mapped out, before the costumes are created and sometimes even before there is a script, there are the illustrators of the Art Directors Guild, who come in at the very beginning to literally sketch out what the movie will look like. Their panel’s title referred to them as the “hidden gems” of film and television. Illustrators from superhero and fantasy films talked about how they got started and how they work.
Supergirl, Teachers, Impastor & More: TV Takes the Stage at Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con long ago transcended its origins as a couple of hundred fans swapping comic books and now covers every kind of entertainment. This is where content creators can reach the kind of passionate fans who don’t wait for anyone else to tell them what’s cool and love to spread the word about new movies, games, and TV shows. I always describe it as the Iowa Caucuses of pop culture.
So when TV Land wants to reboot its image as a place to find the series you watched as a kid and be seen as a place to go for contemporary and very NSFW new comedies,
Mulder & Scully are Back in 201 Days of The X-Files
When people think of the iconic TV duos of all time they think of Laverne & Shirley, Lucy & Ethel, Felix & Oscar, Jerry & Elaine – and of course, Mulder & Scully. The new 40-second promo for the upcoming Fox X-Files miniseries has just been released; in it we get our first glimpse of David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson back together after 13, long, Mulder-and-Scully-less years.
When we say glimpse,
This Sneak Peak at AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead Raises One Huge Question
AMC’s zombie ratings colossus, The Walking Dead, wrapped up arguably their best season to date this past March with their season five finale. So it was hardly surprising when word came they’d be expanding the franchise with Fear the Walking Dead, a companion series set in Los Angeles and featuring new storylines and characters.
So what have we gleaned from the feautrette AMC just released today?
Modern Family Editor Tony Orcena on the Show’s Trickiest Episode
Tony Orcena has edited 32 episodes of Modern Family, but the one he gets asked about most was one of the most discussed comedy episodes of 2015. This was the episode that was filmed entirely on a variety of personal devices—phones, computers—as Claire, stuck at an airport, is desperately trying to track down Haley after an argument. "Connection Lost" was a first for television, and it couldn't have been possible with Orcena's editing skills.
Cutting Chaos With Homeland Editor Jordan Goldman
You may watch Homeland and assume the reason you're so riveted is the subject matter (international espionage), the performances (Claire Danes brilliant, bi-polar CIA operative Carrie Mathison, Mandy Patinkin's CIA chief Saul Berenson, etc.), and, of course, the relentless action. And you wouldn't be wrong. But what you might be missing is another key element that makes watching Homeland so intense: it's edited to put you, the viewer, in the character's shoes.
