Everything Coming to Netflix in October
Drama. Comedy. Documentaries. Horror. Animation. The works. While we’re all pretty much white-knuckling it at this point, having a bevy of streaming options is one way to take our minds off, well, everything. To that end, Netflix has released a helpful video that details every new title coming this October. From the majestic and soothing (if you don’t think about climate change) in David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet to director Glean Keane‘s gorgeous Over the Moon,
HBO Max Reveals Trailer For 4-Part Docu-Series “Equal”
HBO Max has released the official trailer for Equal, their four-part docu-series chronicling the untold events leading up to the Stonewall Uprising in New York City that began on June 28, 1969, and marked a massive shift in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. The series is narrated by Emmy, Tony, and Grammy-winning performer Billy Porter (Pose, American Horror Story: Apocalypse), and will likely introduce viewers to a wide range of LGBTQ+ leaders and visionaries for the first time—portrayed by an incredible cast.
Emmys 2020: “Watchmen,” “Succession,” & “Schitt’s Creek” Win Big
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, which aired on Sunday night on ABC, was the most unusual ceremony in the telecast’s history. Yet, this virtual version of the awards ceremony managed to offer a lot of charming and satisfying moments, despite needing to take place remotely thanks to COVID-19. The evening’s big winners were HBO’s Watchmen and Succession, as well as Netflix’s Schitt’s Creek, which all piled on the awards.
How Hitchcock Influenced the Bold Design of Netflix’s “Ratched”
Ratched will keep you on edge. The pseudo-origin story follows nurse Mildred Ratched (Sarah Paulson) from Ken Kesey’s book One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a character first enshrined by Louise Fletcher in the 1975 film adaption.
Penned as a spec script by Evan Romansky, who’s credited as a creator and executive producer, Ryan Murphy stepped in to purchase the rights and turn it into an eight-episode series on Netflix (it begins streaming today),
Tatiana Maslany to Play She-Hulk in Marvel Disney+ Series
A great actress just got a great big role. Deadline reports that Tatiana Maslany will star in the lead role of Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series She-Hulk. This news comes a few days learning that Marry Me director Kat Coiro would be helming the series and serve as executive producer. Maslany, an immensely gifted actress who most recently co-starred in HBO’s excellent Perry Mason,
“The Mandalorian” Nabs 5 Creative Arts Emmys
When we interviewed The Mandalorian‘s Emmy-nominated cinematographer Greig Fraser, we were blown away by his description of how he and his fellow crew members shot Disney+’s live-action Star Wars series. Now, we’re happy to report that Fraser has won the Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) for his work on season one’s episode 7, “The Reckoning.” Fraser shares the award with fellow DP Baz Idoine.
Emmy-Nominated DP Benedict Spence on Shooting “The End of the F***ing World”
Netflix’s The End of the F***ing World is based on Charles Forsman’s graphic novel, is a beguilingly beautiful, darkly comedic series. Adapated by Charlie Covell, the story follows two teen outsiders with different ideas about their relationship. James (Alex Lawther) believes he’s a psychopath, and while he agrees to go on a road trip with Alyssa (Jessica Barden) to find her father, his real plan is to find the perfect time to kill her.
Let’s Unpack the “The Mandalorian” Season 2 Trailer
The Mandalorian‘s season two trailer brought a bantha-sized bounty of enjoyment yesterday. There was The Child (better known as Baby Yoda), under Mando (Pedro Pascal)’s fierce protection, doing his adorable Baby Yoda thing. There was Mando himself, in his Beskar body armor, getting nasty with a stadium full of bad guys at a Gamorrean cage match. There were Mando’s friends, Greef Karga (Carl Weathers), and Cara Dune (Gina Carano), back in action and ready to help advance their own interests and Mando’s alike,
“The Mandalorian” Season 2 Trailer Introduces the Jedis
And here it is, our first look at The Mandalorian‘s season two trailer. Disney+’s hugely popular Emmy-nominated series, the first-ever live-action Star Wars show, wrapped filming its’ second season before COVID-19 shuttered productions around the globe. This means we get a fresh season this October, and frankly, who doesn’t want to be on another planet right now? The trailer opens with an eerily familiar image, however—an Earth-like planet (blue,
VFX Supervisor Laurent Spillemaecker on “The Umbrella Academy” Season 2
How were the superpowered siblings over at The Umbrella Academy going to top season 1’s armageddon-causing shenanigans? How about by dropping the whole family in Dallas, in the early 1960s, and setting their family squabbles in the context of the JFK assassination? The second season of Steve Blackman and Jeremy Slater’s Netflix’s show, based on the comic book series by Gerard Way, managed to deliver on the promise of season one by forcing the super sibs to face not only their own demons but take stock of some of America’s demons to boot.
“Lovecraft Country” Director Cheryl Dunye on Shapeshifting & More in Episode 5
HBO’s Lovecraft Country, created by Executive Producer Misha Green, is being celebrated by viewers and critics alike. The story of two families that come together in the Jim Crow South to battle monsters and white racists in power has horrors both real and imagined, but there are many elements in the storytelling and many challenges to the characters that speak to the state of American race relations today. The misadventures of Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors),
Meet the Background Actors Who Populate HBO’s “Perry Mason” – Part IV
Here are Parts I, II, and III of our deep-dive into the casting, costuming and prepping of Perry Mason’s background actor cast.
A large collection of background actors voicing their objections to a case on the City Hall steps or finding themselves under the spell of Sister Alice at the Radiant Assembly in HBO’s Perry Mason aren’t just dressed, sent over to the set and told,
Meet the Background Actors Who Populate HBO’s “Perry Mason” – Part II
In Part I of our deep dive on the extras—properly known as background actors—in HBO’s Perry Mason, costume designer Emma Potter’s revealed just how much work goes into the wardrobes of folks we often only see on screen for only a matter of seconds. Potter’s approach to the design of the costumes for Perry Mason’s background actors was based on both her research and the sense of Los Angeles in 1932 that she got from reading the scripts for the first time.
Meet the Background Actors Who Populate HBO’s “Perry Mason” – Part I
On the west façade of Los Angeles City Hall, Perry Mason (Matthew Rhys) and Della Street (Juliet Rylance) step out of a car and begin to push their way up the long staircase, through a crowd of 200 protestors, angry about the child murder case Mason is working. But while the crowd appears to be jeering and shaking their fists, they are eerily silent. “It’s like we’re making a silent film,” says one of the extras,
Costume Designer Analucia McGorty on Creating the Looks for the Groundbreaking “POSE”
Set in the Eighties and Nineties, POSE is a dance musical that juxtaposes several versions of life and society in New York: the downtown social and literary scene, the ball culture world, and the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe. So when it comes to what everyone in the show is wearing, Costume Designer Analucia McGorty—recently Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Period Costumes—has some challenging, and extremely fun, work to do.
The First Images From “The Mandalorian” Season 2 Tease Mando’s Allies
The Mandalorian‘s return to Disney+ really can’t come soon enough. The streaming channel’s Emmy-nominated juggernaut, the first-ever live-action Star Wars show, was a visual feast for the eyes. When we spoke to the series’ Emmy-nominated cinematographer Greig Fraser, he explained that The Mandalorian utilized cutting-edge technology that allowed the crew to literally bring the many worlds of the galaxy down to Earth and project them onto the giant LED screens the cast performed in front of.
“Raised By Wolves” Line Producer Cheryl Eatock on Building Ridley Scott’s First TV Series
As one of film’s most innovative directors, Ridley Scott is a master at transporting us to worlds unlike any we’ve seen before. So it comes as no surprise that Raised by Wolves, his first foray into directing episodic television, promises to be a unique, multilayered vision as ambitious in theme and scope as Alien, Blade Runner, and The Martian.
Unspooling in 10 installments on HBO Max,
“Brave New World” VFX Supervisor & Producer Thomas Horton on Peacock’s Ambitious New Series
For visual effects supervisor Thomas Horton, Peacock’s new series Brave New World, which premiered on July 15, presented a serious challenge. Horton was tasked with overseeing the streaming channel’s ambitious adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s legendary sci-fi novel, which despite being published in 1932 still contains so many unkillable themes and foundational science fiction tropes it remains fresh today. Huxley’s vision of a futuristic dystopia ordered by an intelligence-based hierarchy is equaled only by George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four in terms of cultural impact.
Emmy-Nominated Stunt Coordinator Hiro Koda Talks “Stranger Things” Action
Stranger Things Season 3 continues to track the bizarre mysteries unfolding in Hawkins, Indiana circa 1985. Blending sci-fi, action, romance, and comedy the Netflix thriller, nominated for eight Emmys this year, embroils plucky kids, led by Eleven (Milly Bobby Brown) in their ongoing quest to bring down the mysterious “Mind Flayer” monster. Meanwhile, Sheriff Jim Hopper (David Harbour), in between flirtations with local mom Joyce (Wynona Ryder), dukes it out repeatedly with square-jawed Grigori (Soviet-born actor Andrey Ivchenko),
Director Dime Davis on Making Emmy History With “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
Last year, director Dime Davis visited California desert retreat Joshua Tree to take a break from her burgeoning career as director of Showtime drama The Chi and BET rom-com Boomerang. “I’d been trying to get my head together so I wasn’t getting back to people,” Davis recalls. But Robin Thede kept calling. The comedian had created a new sketch series for HBO and wanted Davis to direct the whole thing.
