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.
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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,
Kid Flash is Back inThe Flash’s Season 3 Trailer
The CW has released an extended trailer for season three ofThe Flash, and it's a hoot. A lot of crazy stuff went down in season two, and the new trailer catches us up to all the mayhem that took place, including a clue as to how Kid Flash is going to play out this season. The takeaway is this; two Flashes are better than one…until they're not.
The premiere of season three is titled “Flashpoint,”
Tom Hardy & Ridley Scott Team up for FX’s Taboo
Tom Hardy came up with the story for Taboo with his father, Chips. Yup, you’re already intrigued, and also a bit touched. And you're well aware Hardy doesn't really make bad career decisions, so anything he's involved in warrants a good long look.
In Taboo, Hardy plays a rogue adventurer named James Keziah Delaney, who spends a decade swashbuckling around Africa in the early 19th century. He finally returns to London in 1814 and discovers he’s been left a strange legacy (and a huge shipping empire!) by his murdered father.
The Walking Dead Introduces King Ezekiel
The last time we checked in with The Walking Dead, we were parsing a new promo to see if there were any clues as to who Negan (Jeffery Dean Morgan) had offed in season 6's brutal finale. Now with the season 7 premiere only a few weeks away, AMC has dropped a new teaser, including an introduction to a brand new character…and his pet tiger.
Introducing King Ezekiel (Khary Payton),
Designated Survivor Premieres on ABC
The conceit for Designated Survivor is a chilling one, especially in a time of ambient anxiety over of terrorism. A low-level cabinet member named Tom Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland) is whiling away the 90 minutes or so while the president is giving his State of the Union Address in a secure location, serving as the country's "designated survivor." In the unlikely event that something happens during the State of the Union and, say,
Jonathan Ames Talks Season 2 of Blunt Talk
The idea was an inspired one. Novelist, screenwriter and TV creator Jonathan Ames, the man behind HBO's beloved (but short-lived) detective comedy Bored to Death, got an email from his agent saying that Seth McFarlane was looking to create a comedy for Sir Patrick Stewart. Stewart had proven his comedic chops by lending his voice to several episodes of McFardland's Family Guy, and now the budding mogul wanted to create a whole show around the legendary British thespian and movie star.
Luke Cage & the Appeal of Old-School Gravitas
We already have our calendars marked to binge watch the latest Marvel installment Luke Cage when it premieres next weekend. Luckily, Netflix knew we were having trouble waiting and released a new featurette with cast and crew interviews.
In a market saturated with CGI battles, intergalactic foes, or criminally insane madmen, Luke Cage appears to be more understated, giving us a street-level view of the good, the bad and the ugly.
The Cast and Crew of Westworld Tease the First Season
HBO has been releasing incredible trailers with sweeping scenery and stunning visual effects for sci-fi thriller Westworld. The latest sneak peak features mini on set interviews with the cast and crew. JJ Abrams, Evan Rachel Wood and Jonathan Nolan lend their insight about what we’ll be seeing from the android theme park gone awry.
Nolan asks, “What happens to a place where you live without limits, supposedly consequence free?”
Game of Thrones Spinoff Possible at HBO
Game of Thrones made history last night at the Emmys, breaking Fraiser’s record and becoming the most awarded scripted show in TV history with its’ 38 award. (For the second year in the row, GoT hauled in 12 Emmys). So it’s not surprising that HBO isn’t discounting the possibility there might be a spinoff once GoT ends its run after it’s shortened eighth season.
