Watch the First Trailer for David Fincher’s Netflix Series Mindhunter

Director David Fincher might be the greatest living director when it comes to crime thrillers. On the big screen, he has delivered a series of sensational crime films, including Se7en, Zodiac, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Gone Girl. Fincher is now one of the leading lights behind Netflix’s new series Mindhunter, based on John Douglas and Mark Olshaker’s book, “Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit,” that detailed the work of the FBI’s Investigative Support Unit. 

By  |  August 1, 2017

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Actor

Talking to Emmy-Nominated Ewan McGregor About Splitting Himself for his Fargo Dual Roles

For years, Ewan McGregor yearned to play a role that required complete physical transformation, but the timing couldn’t have been worse when Fargo creator Noah Hawley asked the svelte actor to grow a beer belly. “I had a jawline that you could cut paper on and I’d never been so fit in my life,” laughs McGregor, who remembers returning to Los Angeles in top physical condition after shooting “Trainspotting 2” in his native Scotland.

By  |  August 1, 2017

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Composer

Emmy Nominated Planet Earth II Composers on Scoring the Most Interesting Animals in the World

Ten years after the original series aired, BBC returns to explore our natural world in Planet Earth II. The stunning exploration of the green planet’s jungles, grasslands, deserts and more spawned a viral video of a daring iguana escaping certain death that couldn’t be more hair-raising if it had been scripted. The show’s dynamic score earned composers Jasha Klebe and Jacob Shea of Bleeding Fingers Music an Emmy nomination. The duo had worked separately on major blockbusters including 

By  |  August 1, 2017
Crucial Questions After Watching Game of Thrones‘ “The Queen’s Justice”

Game of Thrones thrives on the power of the unanswered question, and last night’s episode gave fans several more to grapple with. Never a series to short change the unknown, while “The Queen’s Justice” addressed some questions, those answers proved to be double-edged swords, leaving fans with a lot of room to question and wonder.

Jon and Daenerys’ first meeting was a loaded one, yielding a lot of uncertainty.

By  |  July 31, 2017
Game of Thrones Recap: “The Queen’s Justice”

Awkward helloes and brutal goodbyes animated “The Queen’s Justice,” an episode that brought people together in various, mostly uncomfortable scenarios. Before we touch upon the main course, that tasty nice-to-meet-you that took place in Dragonstone, let’s briefly pay a few words to the bizarre Stark reunion up north. What to make of Bran finally arriving in Winterfell, reunitied with Sansa for the first time in years? It was odd and painful, the two Starks have suffered so much since they last saw each other,

By  |  July 31, 2017

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Hair/Makeup

Head of The Defenders Makeup Department on Juggling Four Marvel Superheroes

The Netflix residents of the Marvel Universe are all coming together for the first time on screen to team up as The Defenders. Makeup department head Sarit Klein had an intimate knowledge of the show’s characters going into production. She also worked as makeup head of previous installments Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist.

By  |  July 31, 2017
Check out This Potentially Deadly Omission in Tyrion’s Letter to Jon Snow

A meeting between Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen has long topped the wish list of Game of Thrones fans everywhere. And it appears as though this wish will be granted (finally) this Sunday, with the teaser for this season’s third episode showing what appears to be Jon and Davos arriving at Dragonstone. Yet those hoping for a swift and sure alliance between Jon and Dany – two of the most beloved characters in the whole series – might be disappointed.

By  |  July 28, 2017
Mahershala Ali Will Star in True Detective Season 3

There are few actors we could think of who could enliven HBO’s resurrected True Detective series better than Mahershala Ali. The Oscar-winning actor who was so instantly memorable in Moonlight, and so excellent on TV in Luke Cage and House of Cards, has been confirmed for season three of True Detective by HBO’s president of programming Casey Bloys. Scripts for the first five episodes have already been written,

By  |  July 27, 2017
Game of Thrones Episode 3 Images Hint at Epic Meeting in Dragonstone

After six seasons of waiting for Daenerys to make it to Westeros, for Jon to rise and become the leader he is, and, for the two possible siblings to finally meet, things are happening at lightning speed here in season seven of Game of Thrones. In the upcoming episode, only the third of the season, Jon will land in Dragonstone and have that face-to-face with Dany fans have been clamoring for. 

New images released by HBO show Jon,

By  |  July 27, 2017

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Production Designer

Key and Peele Production Designer Reflects on a Career of Comedy

Production designer Gary Kordan is setting the scene for some of the funniest shows on television. From instantly iconic sketch comedy to powerhouse sitcoms, Kordan has built backdrops for some of the top comedians in Hollywood. His work adds realism and exceptional detail to outrageous scripts by heavyweights like Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.

Key and Peele is the gold coin in my pocket as a job in the television industry for a production designer,” Kordan said of the Peabody award winning sketch comedy show.

By  |  July 27, 2017
The Last Game of Thrones Scripts Have Already Been Written

We are only two episodes into season seven, but all of Game of Thrones final six scripts for season eight have already been written. The only thing HBO and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have yet to announce is a season 8 premiere date.

The final four episodes of the series were penned by Benioff and Weiss, with Dave Hill writing season 8’s premiere and Bryan Cogman writing the second episode.

By  |  July 27, 2017
Comic-Con 2017: Dissecting The Walking Dead Season 8 Trailer

Comic-Con did not disappoint The Walking Dead fans in Hall H and beyond over the weekend. A trailer for the upcoming Season 8 was released, chock full of details for the taking. With the eighth season premiere also marking the show’s 100th episode, big things loom ahead for the series. Using the comic books as a guide, there are plenty of standout moments and references to be found in the trailer.

By  |  July 26, 2017
What Does Arya’s Reunion With her Direwolf Nymeria Mean for Game of Thrones

The Starks have long been poster children for misfortune and loss, outdone perhaps only by their direwolves. Of the original six that were found by Robb Stark in the first season of Game of Thrones, four of the direwolves have been killed off. Often used as symbols for various members of the Stark family, the mythical wolves have be subject to much abuse, ending up dead more often than not.

Last season alone saw the deaths of two of the direwolves,

By  |  July 26, 2017
Is There a Secret Hidden in Game of Thrones‘ Opening Credits?

If you think the Emmy-winning title sequence of Game of Thrones is simply a pretty recap of Westeros geography, think again. It is well-known by now that the locations featured in the opening credits change each week based upon what takes place in the following episode. But with Season 7 underway, some eagle-eyed viewers (with a h/t to Buzzfeed for finding them) have noticed some landscape changes that could have big implications for show.

By  |  July 26, 2017

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Cinematographer

How Emmy Nominated Queen Sugar and 13th DP Kira Kelly is Breaking the Mold

It was a no brainer for cinematographer Kira Kelly to take the call when director Ava DuVernay sought her out. The project they initially discussed didn’t pan out, but Kelly was soon tapped for DuVernay’s stirring documentary 13th. Kelly’s mesmerizing work was the perfect fit for the high pressure interviewees she filmed and earned her an Emmy nomination alongside her co-DP Hans Charles. Following the success of 13th, DuVernay brought Kelly on to season two of her hit show Queen Sugar.

By  |  July 26, 2017
Comic-Con 2017: Marvel’s The Defenders Pilot—What we Know

Marvel’s The Defenders producer Jeph Loeb gave the Hall H crowd a gift at Comic-Con; he screened the first episode of Marvel and Netflix’s superhero crossover team-up series The Defenders. Here’s brief run down of some what was gleaned at the screening, including the second trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_6J9BqgonU

What We Know:

Elektra Natchios (Elodie Young) is back. Yes, she was apparently dead at the end of Daredevil season 2,

By  |  July 25, 2017
Comic-Con 2017: Watch Westworld‘s Intense Season two Trailer

Opening with the world’s most symbolic player piano, the Westworld season two trailer that debuted at Comic-Con this past weekend is a glorious melange of intriguing stand-alone images that upend a lot of what you might have expected. While we’ve previously written about how creators and showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy had hinted at a non-linear timeline for season two, there are shots in this trailer that look like they depict the aftermath of the hosts’

By  |  July 25, 2017
Comic-Con 2017: Seth MacFarlane Debuts his new Show The Orville

Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) is adding to his TV Empire with new show The ORVILLE. The trailer for the new sci-fi comedy made its debut at Comic-Con. The trailer looks like the new show is going to provide the same humor that people have come to expect from MacFarlane.

The new show will star MacFarlane as the Captain of the Orville, Ed Mercer, along with Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Lights) who will play Mercer’s ex-wife.

By  |  July 24, 2017
Game of Thrones Recap: “Stormborn”

Well, Game of Thrones season seven has their first official villain (not counting Cersei, or the Night’s King, or the ice giant Wun Wun), and it’s Euron Greyjoy. Granted, in Westeros, “bad” is mostly relative, but when someone comes around who really likes killing, your Ramsay Boltons or your Mountains, you can credibly chalk them up in the villain category, and Euron Greyjoy is most certainly a villain. The second episode of the seventh episode,

By  |  July 24, 2017
Comic-Con 2017: FX Announces American Horror Story: Cult

The long awaited season 7 American Horror Story title has been announced – American Horror Story: Cult. The announcement comes after a series of crypt clues were posted by showrunner Ryan Murphy (Glee), with more news spilling out last night at Comic-Con.

Prior to the announcement Murphy posted a photo of a woman covered in bees to Instagram. To unveil the announcement,

By  |  July 21, 2017