Naomi Watts to Star in Game of Thrones Prequel Pilot for HBO

Naomi Watts just booked a ticket to Westeros. Deadline reports that the two-time Oscar-nominee will be starring in Jane Goldman (Kingsman: The Secret Service)’s Game of Thrones prequel pilot. The story was written by Goldman and George R. R. Martin and will take place long before Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen were the biggest power couple in the Seven Kingdoms.

The plot details are predictably slim,

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 31, 2018
Give Yourself a Treat and Watch the Trailer for Dogs

Only a few more nights to enjoy the frights and delights of Halloween season binge-watching, but if you’re wondering what to watch next, Netflix has the obvious answer. Dogs. Yup, pure and simple. The new documentary series will spotlight eleven of man’s best friends in heartwarming stories from around the world.

This is the most adorable trailer in a long time. There are so many sweet, furry souls we have serious canine fever.

By Kelle Long  |  October 29, 2018
Supergirl and Batwoman Unite on “Elseworlds” Set

Talk about girl power. The ladies of the DCEU are assembling and we are actually giddy. Supergirl and Batwoman posed together for a pic on the set of the upcoming crossover event, “Elseworlds.” Melissa Benoist posted the smiley pic with new costar, Ruby Rose, who fans are anxious to see as Batwoman. They look so fierce together and are clearly having a good time on set.

It looks like the actors are doing some very early or very late shoot with a dark sky behind them.

By Kelle Long  |  October 29, 2018
Star Trek Getting an Animated Makeover from Rick and Morty Writer

The most delightfully nerdy event in the nerdy history of Star Trek may be what nerded today. CBS All Access has picked up two seasons of a new animated series call Star Trek: Lower Decks. As the title may imply, the stars of the series will be the most mundane among the ship. Rick and Morty writer and Star Trek superfan, Mike McMahan, will helm the project,

By The Credits  |  October 25, 2018
Midge Has Big Goals for Her Career in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 2

Praise be to the comedy gods. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is just weeks away from returning. A lot has happened to Midge since we saw her last, which she will probably catch us up on through her standup routine. A new trailer for season 2 reveals that a year has passed since Midge first walked out on her cheating husband and onto the stage. She took some big risks with even bigger repercussions that will hopefully be addressed when the Emmy winning show returns.

By Kelle Long  |  October 24, 2018

Interview

Sound Designer

The Vietnam War Sound Designer on Enhancing Emotional Memories of the War

The Vietnam War was a harrowing conflict with ramifications that spread far from the fighting. It was the most divisive war of the 20th century that haunted veterans and civilians alike for decades. Cameras captured the brutal battles with unprecedented access. Piecing together hundreds of hours of archival footage and interviews with survivors, celebrated documentarians Ken Burns and Lynn Novick assembled an intimate portrait of the horror and humanity of the war. The Vietnam War created an illusion of immersion that demanded reconstruction of scenes with no or low-quality sound and gripping witness accounts.

By Kelle Long  |  October 24, 2018
Peter Dinklage Feels Good About Tyrion’s Conclusion in Game of Thrones

No, Peter Dinklage has not spilled the beans on how Game of Thrones ends. The man’s no fool, and considering he’s been one of the biggest stars on HBO’s biggest series, he’s not about to give away the game with but one (shortened) season to go. Dinklage was willing, however, to opine about how he feels about Tyrion’s fate, a character that has been, to a large degree, the stand-in for audiences around the globe,

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 16, 2018
Mysterious Masked Figure Featured in First Look of HBO’s Watchmen

Who watches the watchmen? This is one of the most deathless lines from one of the most iconic graphic novels of all time, “Watchmen,” created in the late 80s by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. The phrase is likely based on the Latin “quis custodiet ipsos custodes,” found in the work of a Roman poet named Juvenal, which is literally translated as “Who will guard the guards themselves.” This phrase, seen throughout “Watchmen”

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 16, 2018
Check Out Superman’s Black Suit in Arrowverse Crossover Image

Perhaps Clark Kent is trying to fit in with Batwoman? In a new image from the set of this year’s epic Arrowverse crossover event which is uniting the casts of the CW’s three superhero series (The Flash, Arrow, and Supergirl), everyone’s talking about the one superhero who doesn’t even have his own show on the network. While Ruby Rose’s Batwoman is still the thing we’re most excited about (check out her incredible Batwoman suit here),

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 16, 2018
Jon Favreau Shares new Image of The Mandalorian‘s Weapon

We’re loving the steady stream of images and plot nuggets we’re getting from Jon Favreau’s upcoming live-action Star Wars show The Mandalorian. First, we found out the series name and synopsis, which clued us in that it would take place between the fall of the Empire in The Return of the Jedi and the rise of the First Order in The Force Awakens. 

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 15, 2018
The CW Reveals First Image of Ruby Rose as Batwoman

We were thrilled when we heard that Ruby Rose was going to be Batwoman for the CW. The multi-talented Rose is stepping into the role of heroine Kate Kane. Rose will be introduced during the Arrowverse’s “Elseworlds” crossover event (prepare to see The Flash, Arrow, and Supergirl forming a super-team and taking on the villains of Gotham City), and then she’ll be getting her own series next year. Now, we’ve got our first look at Rose as Batwoman,

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 9, 2018

Interview

Casting Director

Maniac Casting Director Avy Kaufman on Matching Parts and Players

Avy Kaufman segued from casting print ads to film and television 30 years ago, and based on the success and scope of her work since then; casting director is the role she was born to play. Her 256 credits, according to imdb.com, include a range of genres produced by big studios and indie filmmakers alike. Among her most notable movie projects are The Sixth Sense, Brokeback Mountain and Syriana. For television,

By Julie Jacobs  |  October 8, 2018
Behold First Image From the Star Wars TV Series The Mandalorian

Yesterday we shared the news that production is not only officially underway for Jon Favreau’s new Star Wars TV series, but that it’s called The Mandalorian and follows a “lone gunfighter” in the era between The Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. Now Disney has released the first image from set, and it’s been revealed that none other than Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi and Jurassic World star Bryce Dallas Howard will be directing an episode a piece.

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 5, 2018
NYCC: Watchmen Co-Creator Dave Gibbons on the New HBO Series

Comic artist Dave Gibbons is intimately acquainted with the outlaw superheroes of the Watchmen, having inked the characters penned by Alan Moore more than 30 years ago. However, there are still parts of the story that can amaze even him. HBO will be debuting a TV series of the cult classic next year starring Jeremy Irons (Justice League), Regina King (The Leftovers),

By Kelle Long  |  October 4, 2018
The Star Wars TV Series Title & Synopsis Have Been Revealed

The Star Wars TV series has its title and a synopsis. Iron Man and The Jungle Book director Jon Favreau (as well as Solo: A Star Wars Story actor), your producer and writer on the new Star Wars TV series, has revealed our first major details on Instagram. The series will be titled The Mandalorian,

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 4, 2018
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Drops Witchy New Trailer

Turning sixteen has long been a threshold for teenagers, the moment when you start to exert more independence (and, if you play your cards right, your driver’s license) and become your own person. For Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka), the titular star of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, turning sixteen means deciding between the mortal world and the witch world, and the consequences of this decision are a little more severe than anything your average sixteen-year-old has to face.

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 3, 2018
CBS Reveals the First Look at the Set of The Twilight Zone

Sixty years after The Twilight Zone first made contact with our world, the portal is opening once again. This time, it may be opening for you. The classic anthology series about a normal day that slips into the supernatural is returning to CBS. If you own every episode on DVD as I do, you’ll remember the pauses for ‘station identification’ followed by the CBS logo. You can now revisit all of the classics on CBS All Access and the station announced yesterday that production has begun on the Jordan Peele reboot.

By Kelle Long  |  October 3, 2018
Jennifer Beals Will Play an Original Character on DC’s Swamp Thing

The Swamp Thing better watch its slimy back. There’s a badass sheriff in town looking to take down anyone who threatens the peace. DC announced that Jennifer Beals has joined Swamp Thing as Sheriff Lucilia Cable and she joins a cast of strong female leads.

Crystal Reed and Maria Sten have already been cast on the series. The watery monster has not yet been announced, suggesting an emphasis on the strong women in the town.

By Kelle Long  |  October 1, 2018
Black Mirror May Let you Choose Your Own Ending

If there were a single television series you could pick to attempt a “choose your own ending” gambit, we can’t think of a better option than Black Mirror. Charlie Booker‘s consistently brilliant, often terrifying sci-fi techno-horror series has delivered some of the most shocking endings on TV in the last four years; offering viewers a chance to steer a character out of (or deeper into) one of Black Mirror‘s nightmares has a ton of potential.

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 1, 2018
Beverly Plays Matchmaker with Freddy Krueger in The Goldbergs Promo

Halloween is set to revive Michael Myers’ killer career in just a few short weeks, which could inspire some of our other favorite boogeymen to crawl out of the shadows. Could Freddy Krueger be the next villain to haunt our dreams? Yes and no. If you want to head back to Elm Street, you’ll still have to settle for queuing up your DVD copy. However, if you want to see Robert Englund back in the knife gloves,

By Kelle Long  |  September 24, 2018