One DP Visualizes Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and now Iron Fist
He’s the go to cinematographer for Marvel's crop of Netflix shows, focusing on a new breed of super-flawed superheroes. First Manuel Billeter filmed private eye Jessica Jones in muted tones appropriate to her downbeat Hell's Kitchen environs. Then he showcased Harlem as backdrop for the bullet-proof ex-con with a mission in Luke Cage. And now, Billeter's serving as director of photographer for martial arts thriller Iron Fist,
Inside Westworld‘s Game-Changing Scene
Did you catch last week's episode of Westworld? If not, read no further—spoiler alert.
Okay, so you caught the seventh episode of Westworld this past Sunday, and perhaps you had a similar experience to one people across the country felt as Theresa (Sidse Babett Knudsen) was flipping through some robot designs in Dr. Ford's (Anthony Hopkins) secret lab—no, please no, anyone but Bernard (Jeffrey Wright). When Theresa shows Bernard the schematic she's found—a robot that looks
Hair & Makeup: Meet the People who Transform SNL Stars
Saturday Night Live is an institution, and that's always felt particularly keenly during presidential election years. This season, of course, we've witnessed Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin transform into Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Their performances have been, in short, hysterical. The nuances of their impersonations, from McKinnon's compassionate take on Hillary's struggles with connecting with audiences, and Baldwin's spot-on physical incarnation of Trump (the pursed lips,
Gilmore Girls Bring the Binge this Thanksgiving
The binging won’t end with the turkey and your great-aunt’s sweet potato pie this Thanksgiving. Netflix is serving up six hours of fresh Gilmore Girls on Black Friday.
Lorelai and Rory are returning to Stars Hollow for four 90-minute episodes of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. The trailer just dropped and fans are rejoicing to see that many of their favorite characters make an appearance.
Rory’s exes are back.
Netflix Horror I am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House Debuts Trailer
There’s been a lot of bad stuff happening in houses this year. The Conjuring 2 and Don’t Breathe come to mind, for example. Those are houses we wouldn’t want to spend a single minute in. And now, right before Halloween, Netflix is releasing Oz Perkins’s (yup, he is in deed the son of Anthony) horror film I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, which will debut on October 28.
The Walking Dead Premiere as Brutal as Promised
Obviously spoiler alert. If you haven't watched the season 7 premiere, stop reaidng now.
Still here? Great. Still feel a little sick from last night's episode? Yeah, us too. Just as Lennie James told us when we interviewed him, The Walking Dead's season 7 premiere was absolutely brutal. As had been hinted at before, Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) doesn't just kill one beloved member of Rick's (Andrew Lincoln) crew,
Let Comedy Icon John Cleese Explain The Walking Dead to you
The long awaited season 7 premiere for The Walking Dead is nigh—this Sunday, October 23. While we’ve written extensively about how brutal the premiere is going to be (we interviewed actor Lennie James, who plays Morgan, and he warned us about it, then Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays the homicidal Negan, went on the radio and he warned people about it), we haven’t gone back over the first six seasons for those of you who haven’t been paying attetnion.
Showtime Releases Twin Peaks Revival Featurette
There's been much to celebrate on TV already this fall, including HBO's sci-fi western epic Westworld and it's new comedy series from Issa Rae, Insecure, to Netflix's Stranger Things and Luke Cage, Fox's Pitch and ABC's Designated Survivor. We love bold, new original work as much as the next TV lover. With that said, we're also huge, huge fans of one particular project;
Darren Fung on Scoring The Great Human Odyssey
Composer Darren Fung’s sweeping score for PBS’ The Great Human Odyssey earned him a Canadian Screen Award for best music, but he almost didn’t take the project on. When anthropologist Dr. Niobe Thompson first approached Fung about the job, the response was unsure. “In all honesty, I kind of thought when Niobe had his vision of what the music was going to be, he couldn’t afford it,” Fung remembered.
Rick’s Met his Match in Season 7 of The Walking Dead
Yesterday we shared this brutal promo for season 7 of The Walking Dead. It showed the direct aftermath of season 6's finale, moments after Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) killed one of the show's longstanding characters. While speculation on who (and it coudl be more than one person) Negan dispatched with his barbed wire covered bat, Lucielle, has been intense, what we've been reminding readers is that the premiere promises to about a lot more than just that one reveal.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Costume Designer Ann Foley Gives Superheroes Style
Throughout four action-packed seasons of ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., costume designer Ann Foley has created the look for an ever-expanding cast of characters in the Marvel Comic Universe (MCU). The show brought on two new characters this season that fans have welcomed feverishly. The antihero Ghost Rider, who has a penchant for flaring up, and android Aida, built in secret by Radcliffe,
Sneak Peek at The Walking Dead Premiere Drops Potential Major Clue
As we’ve discussed before, lots of people were viscerally upset after The Walking Dead’s cliffhanger season 6 finale. Now with the new sneak peek that AMC dropped at New York Comic-Con, we don’t imagine people are going to be any less emotional.
The new clip begins directly after Negan (Jeffery Dean Morgan) dispatched one of the show’s bigger stars. Dean himself admitted on the Erik Negal podcast had hard this has all been.
Atticus Shaffer Talks Growing Up on The Middle
Over the impressive seven season run of ABC’s The Middle, Brick has been the oft forgotten third child of Frankie (Patricia Heaton) and Mike Heck (Neil Flynn). His family has literally forgotten him at work and school, but actor Atticus Shaffer has become a fan favorite. A child actor no more (he just turned 18), Atticus has played Brick Heck since he was eight years old.
Socially awkward, book smart Brick is a sage and precocious observer who often teaches adults a life lesson or two.
A Series of Unfortunate Events Comes to Netflix
Netflix’s latest direct-to-streaming production, a TV series adaption of Lemony Snicket’s critically acclaimed A Series of Unfortunate Events, has unveiled its first trailer. The bestselling 13-part children’s series was released between 1999 and 2006, and has already seen a theatrical adaption starring Jim Carrey as the evil Count Olaf in 2004.
This time around, Neil Patrick Harris is taking the reigns as he stalks and traumatizes the Baudelaire orphans, Violet (Malina Weissman),
Marvel’s Iron Fist Releases First Photo, Netflix Premiere Date
If you've already devoured Luke Cage season 1, don't sweat it—Marvel is no done extending it's ever-expanding universe on Netflix. Your next taste will be in the form of Iron First , which will be unveiled on the s treaming platform on March 17, 2017, starring Finn Jones as the titular superhero.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lYcmsfrI-U
Yeah, there's not much to go on in the above teaser, but Netflix has provided the photo above and a synopsis of the show:
Fifteen years after being presumed dead in a plane crash,
HBO’s Westworld‘s Stunning Premiere Draws Largest Audience in 3 Years
From the very opening title sequence, you could sense you were embarking on something exciting. We've been looking forward to HBO's Westworld ever since we first heard Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy Nolan were taking on J.J. Abrams' long gestating passion project, and this past Sunday's premiere didn't disappointment. Viewers now have a legitimate reason to be excited that the network has hit upon its next great drama, and HBO itself must feel good about the premiere's ratings.
HBO Releases Teaser for Intriguing The Young Pope
HBO released the first teaser of their intriguing ten-episode series from Paolo Sorrentino, director of the Academy Award-winning film The Great Beauty. The Young Pope features Jude Law as Lenny Belardo, the first American and youngest person to ever become Pope. He's joined by Academy Award winner Diane Keaton as Sister Mary, a nun from the U.S. now living in Vatican City. Production began in early August. Here’s HBO’s release on the show:
Born Lenny Belardo,
Hitchcock Stories Getting a TV Reboot
Alfred Hitchcock has not been on the small screen for more than fifty years, but Universal Cable Productions is reimagining stories by the master of suspense. Variety reported that the Alfred Hitchcock Estate has given their blessing to the production company for a new anthology series called Welcome to Hitchcock.
Hitchcock’s mid-century program Alfred Hitchcock Presents featured a different suspense story each week. The upcoming series is set to follow a new story arc each season and will draw from classics by the famous director like Psycho,
Westworld Drops New Featurette as Premiere Looms
If you’re not excited about HBO’s sci-fi/western epic Westworld, you might not have been paying close enough attention. Luckily, HBO keeps giving us new glimpses into their ambitious series (a re-make of the 1973 Michael Crichton film that takes the premise and expands it, grounds it, and gives it much grittier, gutsier tone).
"Imagined you were completely immersed in a fantasy, one in which you could do whatever you want,
Superman Joins Supergirl in Season 2 Trailer
After sharing the CW’s season three trailer for The Flash with you yesterday, we’re back to give you the good stuff once more, this time it’s the season two trailer for Supergirl. We’re a little less than two weeks away from the season two premiere, which is titled “The Adventures of Supergirl.”
Here’s a synopsis for the premiere:
“When a new threat emerges in National City,