Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
The cable network AMC has canceled their new drama Low Winter Sun after one season. (Variety)
MINI-SERIES NEWS
CBS has given the greenlight to a new four-hour historical mini-series from actress Roma Downey (Touched By An Angel) and her uber-producer/series creator husband Mark Burnett called The Dovekeepers that is based on the 2011 novel by Alice Hoffman. The story chronicles the struggles of four women during the siege of Masada, when 900 Jews held off Roman soldiers for months after being forced out of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. The network is aiming for a 2015 premiere. (AJ Marechal at Variety)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Here are the top 10 box office movies for this past weekend courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Frozen – $31.6 million
2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – $27 million
3. Out of the Furnace – $5.3 million
4. Thor: The Dark World – $4.7 million
5. Delivery Man – $3.8 million
6. Homefront – $3.4 million
7. The Book Thief – $2.7 million
8. The Best Man Holiday – $2.67 million
9. Philomena – $2.3 million
10. Dallas Buyers Club – $1.5 million
BOX OFFICE TRAILER
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Q&A SECTION (with TV Scoop Team at E! Online, Matt Roush at TV Guide and Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)
Question: New episodes of Sherlock are almost upon us! Got anything I need to know? – Kyle
TV Scoop Team: Have you ever imagined Sherlock standing up in front of a room full of people and talking about how much he loves his best friend John? Because that’s totally happening in season three! Well, kind of. Sherlock will be John’s best man in his wedding to Mary, and yes, he will have to give a toast. But that’s not the only thing he has to worry about: someone at the reception wants the happy couple to suffer, so Sherlock has to give a winning speech and solve a case at the same time. Who else thinks he’s more worried about expressing his feelings for John than about catching a killer?
Question: Revenge me, people! – Shawn
TV Scoop Team: Episode 14, awesomely titled “Payback,” will feature the super lavish and over the top birthday party for Charlotte. (Ah, they grow up so far, don’t they?) And she’s going all Super Sweet 16 with it by having a major pop star sing “Happy Birthday” to her. Of course, she doesn’t have time to plan this event on her own, so expect to see an Ashley 2.0 running around the Hamptons.
Question: Almost Human has quickly become my favorite network show, right behind The Good Wife (best season ever). But how is it doing in the ratings? I hear it is not doing too well. What are Almost Human’s chances of lasting the season? — Gary
Matt Roush: The odds of lasting the season? Probably pretty good. Fox should give this one some time to work out its kinks, but it’s obviously not the breakout hit Sleepy Hollow was. Few shows are. Its fate will likely become clearer when it’s paired next month with The Following (which has its own damage control issues for Season 2).
Question: LOVED Barry Allen on Arrow, Sandra. I was honestly ready to hate on him, but he’s so cute, and I don’t just mean physically. I thought the character himself was really charming and the opposite of a cocky superhero I was expecting. I would love some scoop. — April
Sandra: I loved that Barry was essentially a bit of a fanboy himself, and I think that added to the “cute”ness you reference. That said, in this next episode, Barry’s going to learn that meeting your heroes isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Extra dish: Something VERY concerning happens to Roy in this episode. Well, Roy and another person, now that I think about it. These incidents aren’t related, but the effects of both could(/will) be life-changing.
Question: I’m dying after watching Supernatural’s mid-season finale!! I need scoop!! — Tiffany
Sandra: While we all know that Dean has a hard task in front of him, dealing with Kevin’s death and also tracking down Gadreel (aka the angel inside his brother Sam), but in lighter news, I hear the second half will see the return of Garth (DJ Qualls). We’re going to get an answer about where the heck he’s been and I think you will be surprised. Spoiler Alert: There will be hugs. Elsewhere, and on an unrelated note, I hear the second half will see some people we absolutely did not expect to see.
Question: Any scoop from Teen Wolf premiere? — Nancy
Sandra: There’s a heart-stopping opener featuring Stiles that will freak. you. out. I’d go out on a limb, in fact, and say this is one of the scariest episode they’ve done all season.
Question: My jaw is on the floor from Scandal. I know ANY mid-season finale tease you give me is going to be vague, but I want it anyway!! — Lizzie
Sandra: When I spoke with Guillermo Diaz about the episode, he claimed, “I think Shonda’s outdone herself. Characters end up doing things you wouldn’t expect. It’s a wild ride. We can’t wait for the fans to see it and experience what we’re shooting now. It’s good. It’s so hard to say! There’s so much we’ve shot, so I’m trying not to reveal too much.”
TV SCOOP (with Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)
‘SLEEPY HOLLOW’: FOUR BURNING QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Sleepyheads, I adore you and all your questions. And I promise there’s much more from my chat with executive producer Alex Kurtzman coming. Look for some great stuff Monday and in an upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly. For now, here are four of the questions you sent me via Twitter, answered!
After the introduction of Capt. Irving’s family & the announcement of Ichabod’s father, will there be more family members added? – SHollowSource
Well, as you pointed out, Ichabod’s dad is on the way and will be played by Victor Garber. Beyond that, though, Kurtzman said they “very well might” explore bringing in Abbie’s father next season. “There’s definitely a story to be had there and a deep and impactful one for Abbie and Jenny. So it’s entirely possible that we will,” he says.
I loved Tom Mison’s brilliant sword fighting scenes. Will we see a lot more of him fighting in future episodes/season 2? — @savvyanna10
The upcoming season finale is “massive,” according to Kurtzman. And he means that in more ways than one. “What we love about it is that it’s massive both emotionally and size and scope,” he says. “I think one of the things we’ve always felt is that one of the first questions we always ask when breaking an episode is what is the story about emotionally? It’s not what’s the monster of the week. It’s what’s going on with our characters.”
Will we learn what happened to Baby Crane? At least his name? Thank you! — @Dionysius1
Yes. You’ll find out what happened to his son in the next episode. The next episode is going to be about Ichabod finding out what happened to him.
Anything about Abbie’s storyline in particular we can look forward to? — @shiftingnewton
We’re going to learn some more details about her family AND answer some major questions about Abbie and Jenny’s encounter with Moloch. “One of the big things we’re going to start tackling is what they don’t remember about what happened to them in the forest that day,” teases Kurtzman. “They only remember seeing Moloch and then they blacked out and woke up by the side of the road and then don’t remember what happened. So the mystery of what happened to them is something we’re going to play out. And that may provide us with some answers for some of the bigger threats that are coming.” That’s right…BIGGER. No wonder they needed a two-hour finale.
‘REVOLUTION’ BOSS TEASES MONROE’S SON
An exciting mid-season finale on Revolution is going to lead into a second half that will see Monroe on daddy duty! As you may have heard, Mat Vairo is set to play his son, named Connor, in a recurring role when the show returns on January 8.
“Trusting that guy into the position of father has brought out some really unexpected and interesting colors in the character,” teases executive producer Eric Kripke.
And not long after we meet Conner, he adds, he will find himself among the group of people hoping to bring down the season’s big bad. “The second half of the season is part of our group marshaling their forces and pulling everyone together — that includes Monroe’s son and Neville — and bringing everyone together against the bad guys,” he says. “Meanwhile, the bad guys’ plan becomes terrifyingly clear as well as the audience getting to know really the big bad of the season, which is the president of the ‘United States’ — in quotes. All the chess pieces are moving into position for a final confrontation.”
Bonus scoop: Look out for the addition of a female warlord named Duncan (played by Katie Aselton), who, Kripke teases, “has a war clan similar to Titus, except she’s not completely bird-sh– crazy.” “Our heroes — though they were battling war clans at the beginning of the season — find themselves in the interesting and uncomfortable position of allying themselves with a war clan in the second half of the season in order to defeat the patriots”.
That’s it. Enjoy!
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