Wendy
Here is the fourth episode of the new online series Wendy.
Again, the web series stars Meaghan Martin (10 Things I Hate About You) and Tyler Blackburn (Pretty Little Liars) in a retelling of Peter Pan.
Enjoy!
Archive for September, 2011
Wendy “To Believe”: Episode 4 is Online
Posted in Breaking News, News, Online Series, Video, Web Series on September 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
New Show Introduction: Bedlam
Posted in New Shows, News, Television, Video on September 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Bedlam
The new BBC America drama Bedlam will debut on October 1 at 10 PM.
This supernatural series is set in an apartment building converted from a pre-Victorian lunatic asylum where the current inhabitants experience the darker side of the building’s history when former asylum spirits come back to claim what they believe to be theirs and seek revenge on those who have wronged them. The cast includes Will Young, Charlotte Salt, Theo James, Joanna Page and Ashley Madekwe.
Here is a trailer for Bedlam.
Entertainment Update for September 26
Posted in Daily/Weekly Updates on September 26, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Actor Joe Manganiello (True Blood) will guest star on Two and a Half Men, playing the smoldering hot boyfriend of Bridget, the ex-wife of Walden (Ashton Kutcher). Bridget will be portrayed by Judy Greer, who makes her first appearance on Monday. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
FX has bought the original drama project called Furlough from crime novelist/comic book writer Charlie Huston. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps but the potential series is described as a private detective/prison drama. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
CBS has bought the drama project called Legacy from Jericho co-creator Jonathan E. Steinberg. The potential series centers on a one-term president who goes back to work at his hometown law firm where he hand-picks the cases that really matter to him. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
TV wunderkinds J.J. Abrams and Eric Kripke are working together on a drama project for NBC that is being described as an epic adventure thriller. But, no other details are currently available. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
ABC has picked up another drama project with “magical elements” – this one from Kings creator Michael Green that centers on a female cop who, after pursuing a seemingly unsolvable case, discovers a magical world that exists within New York City. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Director Lee Daniels is working on a series treatment for the classic 1966 novel Valley of the Dolls for NBC. The book spans over two decades, chronicling the lives, career highs and ultimate self-destruction of 3 female best friends: Anne Welles, who works at a Broadway talent agency, Neely O’Hara, a vaudeville star, and Jennifer North, a showgirl. The title of the book refers to a slang for sleeping pills for which the three women become dependent. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
NBC is hoping to, much like what AMC did with the American version of The Killing, make a US version of the Dutch series Borgen (aka Government), into a hit series. Borgen focuses on the fight for political power and its consequences, centering on a smart and sexy 40-year-old populist party leader, who scores a surprise election victory only to discover the biggest challenge of her life is yet to come. Friday Night Lights executive producer Jason Katims is one of the exeuctives in charge of this new potential project. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Kevin Williamson (the man behind The Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle) has just landed a drama pilot with FOX. The project is currently untitled is described as an edge-of-the-seat thriller about a diabolical serial killer who uses technology to create a cult of serial killers, and the FBI agent who finds himself in the middle of it. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actress Jessica Chastain (The Debt) will be on one of two female leads in the upcoming sci-fi thriller film previously called Oblivion that will star Tom Cruise. The film revolves around a soldier stationed on a future Earth, the surface of which was destroyed by aliens. When he discovers a mysterious woman in a crash-landed pod, it sets off a chain of events that cause him to question everything he knows. Other actresses up for the other female lead include Olivia Wilde, Brit Marling and Noomi Rapace. (Justin Kroll at Variety)
Here are the top 10 movies at the box office for this past weekend courtesy of Exhibitor Relations and E! Online:
1. The Lion King, $22.1 million
2. Moneyball, $20.6 million
3. Dolphin Tale, $20.3 million
4. Abduction, $11.2 million
5. Killer Elite, $9.5 million
6. Contagion, $8.6 million
7. Drive, $5.8 million
8. The Help, $4.4 million
9. Straw Dogs, $2.1 million
10. I Don’t Know How She Does It, $2.05 million
Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer (Angels and Demons and Munich) has replaced actress Julia Ormond in the upcoming Superman reboot film called Man of Steel. She will play Lara, Superman’s Kryptonian mother. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)
That’s it. Enjoy!
Chuck Casting: Who Should Play Sarah’s Mom?
Posted in Breaking News, Casting, Geekdom, News, Television on September 26, 2011| 1 Comment »
It’s been buzzed about on Twitter and talked about at numerous fans sites as well as being reportrf on at various entertainment news sources today that the folks over at the NBC series Chuck are looking to cast Sarah’s (Yvonne Strahovski) mom. I’ve seen a handful of actresses’ names thrown around as to who should play the part; and I was pleasantly surprised to find a few that I thought up on my own PRIOR to visiting their sites as some of the top contenders.
Lindsay Wagner
As I have done in the past, I am throwing my own list and those will follow below. First, here is the short description of Sarah’s mom. Her name is Emma and she is described as a beautiful blonde who is, in essence, a walking hug. This could potentially be a recurring character in the final season of the fan-favorite series.
Here is my list (in no particular order):
Erin Gray
Lindsay Wagner – Lindsay starred as Jamie Summers in the original Bionic Woman and is an icon in the genre world, which would fit right into the world of Chuck.
Erin Gray – Appearing in the early 80’s cult classic Buck Rogers as Wilma Deering, Erin would be any geek’s dream-come-true mother-in-law.
Cheryl Ladd
Cheryl Ladd – Cheryl was Kris Munroe in the 1970’s perennial series Charlie’s Angels and could be considered the precursor for Sarah Walker, right?
Anne Lockart
Anne Lockart – Anne may not be as well known as the aforementioned actresses, but she was Sheba in the original Battlestar Galactica and that should count for something. Shouldn’t it?
Wendy Kilbourne
Wendy Kilbourne – Wendy hasn’t really done any acting since the 90’s [she married former North & South co-star James Read and has been a devoted wife and mother since then], but she has history with actor Gary Cole, who, as any faithful Chuck viewer knows, plays Sarah’s dad. Wendy appeared on Cole’s Midnight Caller TV series and her casting would be a unique casting choice to have these two reunited on screen.
Who do you think should be cast as Sarah’s mom. Please share your thoughts.
Box Office Movies Coming Out in October
Posted in Movies, News on September 26, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Based on information provided by the Dark Horizons site and internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in movie theatres in October:
Dirty Girl
Opens: October 7
Danielle (Juno Temple) is a troubled and promiscuous Oklahoma high school student in the 1980s. She argues with her mother (Milla Jovovich) who is about to marry a Mormon, and amidst the chaos she befriends Clarke (Jeremy Dozier), a shy, gay classmate. Together they flee in Clarke’s homophobic father’s car and embark on a road trip to Los Angeles, where Danielle expects to find her birth father.
Ides of March
Opens: October 7
The film is about an idealistic young media strategist working for a governor who is the rising Democratic star battling for his party’s Presidential nomination. The cast includes Ryan Gosling, George Clooney (who also directed the film), Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti.
Johnny English Reborn
Opens: October 7
Johnny English, a clumsy British MI7 Special Agent, becomes embroiled in a plot by a band of assassins to kill the Chinese Premier. The cast includes Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Gillian Anderson, Dominic West and Rosamund Pike.
Real Steel
Opens: October 7
A near future-set story where robot boxing is a popular sport and centering on a struggling promoter (Jackman) who thinks he’s found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he also discovers he has an eleven-year-old son who wants to know his father. The cast includes Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Durand, Anthony Mackie and Hope Davis.
Wanderlust
Opens: October 7
After an urban couple purchases a place in New York, the husband loses his job. With no other options, the couple leaves for Georgia to live with family. Along the way, they stay at a bed and breakfast hotel that turns out to be a hippie commune. The film stars Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston.
Footloose
Opens: October 14
A remake of the 1984 movie in which a rebellious teenager moves into a town where dancing has been banned. The film stars Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Miles Teller.
The Big Year
Opens: October 14
Based on the award-winning non-fiction book by Mark Obmascik the film chronicles an annual contest in which bird-watchers travel across North America for 12 months to attempt to spot the greatest number of rare birds. The cast includes Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Steve Martin.
The Thing
Opens: October 14
Paleontologist Kate Lloyd and her two aides join a Norwegian scientific team in the Antarctic that has stumbled across a crashed alien spaceship. When an experiment frees one of the beings from its frozen prison, a being with the ability to perfectly mimic any life form it touches, they must stop it reaching civilization. The cast includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton and Eric Christian Olsen.
Father of Invention
Opens: October 21
Millionaire infomercial guru, Robert Axle (Kevin Spacey) loses everything when one of his inventions has a design flaw that accidentally chops off the fingers of thousands of customers. After serving eight years in prison, a disgraced Axle is released, and ready to redeem his name and rebuild his empire with a new innovation.
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Opens: October 21
All four names belong to one girl (Elizabeth Olsen). She is Marcy May to fellow members of her religious cult; she’s Marlene to prying outsiders and she’s Martha to her estranged sister (Sarah Paulson) who helps her re-enter normal life after she leaves the “family”.
The Three Musketeers
Opens: October 21
The hot-headed young D’Artagnan (Logan Lerman) along with three formerly legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers (Matthew Macfadyen, Luke Evans and Christoph Waltz) must unite and prevent a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war. The film co-stars Milla Jovovich and Orlando Bloom.
Anonymous
Opens: October 28
This film claims that Edward de Vere (Rhys Ifans), the Earl of Oxford, was the actual author of the stories by William Shakespeare and that he was the center of a power struggle within Queen Elizabeth’s court. The cast includes Vanessa Redgrave and David Thewlis.
In Time
Opens: October 28
In a future where aging has stopped and people must pay to stay alive, a man is accused of murder when he inherits a fortune and he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage in tow. The film stars Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde and Matthew Bomer.
Like Crazy
Opens: October 28
This is a love story about a London girl (Felicity Jones) and an LA guy (Anton Yelchin) who fall madly for each other in college, then try to sustain that passion on opposite sides of the world despite work, immigration law and their own misplaced hesitation. The film also stars Jennifer Lawrence.
The Rum Diary
Opens: October 28
Johnny Depp stars in the tale about an expat American newspaperman down and out in Puerto Rico. The film also stars Amber Heard and Aaron Eckhart.
NOTE: Any of the opening dates for the above movies can be changed at the last minute so please check your local theatres for confirmation.
Movies coming out in November will be posted at the end of October.
Enjoy!
TV Recommendations: Monday, September 26
Posted in Recommendations, Television, TV Calendar on September 26, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:
NOTE: There will be a marathon of episodes of Alphas on Syfy throughout the day, leading to the season finale tonight.
6:30 PM:
Letters to Juliet movie on Showtime
7 PM:
Alice in Wonderland movie on Starz
8 PM:
Terra Nova on FOX (2-Hour Series Premiere)
The Lying Game on ABC Family (NEW)
NCIS on USA Network
The Perfect Storm movie on AMC
Father of the Bride movie on Encore
9 PM:
Hart of Dixie on The CW (DEBUT)
Dying Young movie on Fox Movie Channel
9:30 PM:
The Big C on Showtime (Reair)
10 PM:
Castle on ABC (NEW)
Alphas on Syfy (Season Finale) [NOTE: The episode will run for 63 minutes]
The Closer on TNT (Reair)
The Client movie on TV Guide Network
10:05 PM
On Golden Pond (classic) movie on Flix
10:30 PM:
The Big C on Showtime (Season Finale)
Enjoy!
Castle Convention Tickets on Sale Today
Posted in Charity Event, Convention/Event, News, Reminder, Television on September 25, 2011| 1 Comment »
ATTENTION: The one-day only Castle Convention will be held on November 12 in Los Angeles with tickets going on sale today (September 25) at 7 PM (Pacific Time).
Check out their official website to find out more details.
TV Recommendations: Sunday, September 25
Posted in Television, TV Calendar on September 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:
5:30 PM:
Finding Nemo (animated) movie on ABC Family
5:45 PM:
The A-Team movie on More Max
6 PM:
The Librarian movie on TBS
6:10 PM:
Letters to Juliet movie on Showtime2
7 PM:
NCIS on USA Network
Personally Yours movie on Hallmark
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King movie on TNT
8 PM:
NCIS on USA Network
Taken movie on FX
9 PM:
Drop Dead Diva on Lifetime (FINALE)
NCIS on USA Network
A Crush on You movie on Hallmark (Reair)
9:30 PM:
The Big C on Showtime (Reair)
9:35 PM:
Jerry Maguire movie on Encore
10 PM:
Against the Wall on Lifetime (NEW)
Camelot on Starz (Reair)
Psych on ION
NCIS on USA Network
Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie on Cinemax
Taken movie on FX
Enjoy!
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