Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Uncategorized, Video on April 6, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On April 10, the new BET drama In Contempt will debut at 10 PM.
Erica Ash (Survivor’s Remorse) stars an opinionated attorney whose passion for her job and clients make her arguably the most talented Public Defender in her district.
The cast includes Megan Hutchings (Reign), Christian Keyes (Let’s Stay Together), Mouna Traoré (Book of Negroes), Tobias Truvillion (Empire and The Blacklist) and Richard Lawson (Grey’s Anatomy).
Here is a trailer for In Contempt.
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on April 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On April 8, the new BBC America series Killing Eve will debut at 8 PM
The series centers on two women: Eve (Sandra Oh from Grey’s Anatomy) is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade MI5 security officer whose desk-bound job doesn’t fulfill her fantasies of being a spy while Villanelle (Jodie Comer from The White Princess) is a mercurial, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her.
The cast also includes Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter franchise).
Here is a trailer for Killing Eve:
Posted in Convention/Event, Geekdom, New Shows, Pictures, Television, WonderCon on March 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The final day of WonderCon 2018 came to close this afternoon, and the day’s event included a Lucifer episode screening this morning that was to include a special video message from of the show’s stars while this afternoon some of the creative minds behind The CW’s new DC series Black Lightning discussed the hit new show after screening this Tuesday’s upcoming episode.
You can find out what was shared during the Black Lightning panel courtesy of Albert Ching at CBR here.
If you want to see some cool cosplayers who were at WonderCon 2018, check out the pictures taken by Jose Vasquez and posted at Temple of Geek as well as those pictures taken by the folks at ComingSoon.Net:
Until next year!
Posted in Convention/Event, Movies, New Shows, Pictures, Television, WonderCon on March 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Matt Ryan in Constantine
The second day of WonderCon 2018 is now behind us and our very own Dominick Dusseault was, once again, there to snap some great pictures of some of the panels that were featured throughout the day at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Eline Powell, Series Lead in Siren
The network and streaming TV shows he was able to cover included the following:
Matt Ryan who was the star of the one-season live-action TV series Constantine who has returned to voice the character of John Constantine in the new animated series Constantine: City of Demons, which is now streaming on the CW Seed website.
Siren:
Siren is set in the picturesque town of Bristol Cove where lives are changed when mermaids come ashore, starting a war between man and mermaid. The series debuts on Freeform on March 29.
Panelists (Left to Right): Eric Wald (Writer), Rena Owen (Cast Member), Ian Verdun (Cast Member), Eline Powell (Series Lead), Alex Roe (Cast Member), Sibongile Mlambo (Cast Member), and Emily Whitesell (Creator).
Supermansion is the base for the League of Freedom, a superhero group, that is led by the aging superhero Titanium Rex and located in the fictional Storm City. Titanium Rex and his fellow superheroes Black Saturn, American Ranger, Jewbot/Robobot, Cooch, and Brad struggle to keep the team relevant even if it involves fighting an assortment of supervillains. The third season of Supermansion will premiere on Crackle on May 7.
Panelists (Left to Right): Heidi Gardner (Writer-Voice Actor), Breckin Meyer (Voice Actor), Yvette Nicole Brown (Voice Actor, Zeb Wells (Writer-Voice Actor) and Matthew Senreich (Writer-Voice Actor).
Panelists (Left to Right): Breckin Meyer and Yvette Nicole Brown
Timeless:
The NBC time-travel series Timeless was saved from an abrupt cancellation last year three days after the axe fell; and the seconds season got underway on March 11 with the next new episode set to air tonight, March 25.
Panelists (Left to Right): Jim Halterman (Moderator), Shawn Ryan (Creator), Paterson Joseph (Cast Member), Sakina Jaffrey (Cast Member), Goran Visnjic (Cast Member) and Malcolm Barrett (Series Lead).
Panelists (Left to Right): Sakina Jaffrey and Goran Visnjic.
Krypton:
The new Syfy series Krypton debuted on March 21. The series follows Superman’s grandfather, Seg-El, whose family, the House of El, has been ostracized and shamed. The next new episode will air on March 28.
Panelists (Left to Right): Damian Holbrook (Moderator), Cameron Welsh (Executive Producer), Wallis Day (Cast Member), Cameron Cuffe (Series Lead), Georgina Campbell (Cast Member), Shaun Sipos (Cast Member) and Dan Evans (DC Entertainment).
Panelists (Left to Right): Wallis Day, Cameron Cuffe and Georgina Campbell.
Impulse:
The YouTube Red series will follow 16-year-old Henrietta, aka Henry, who discovers she has the ability to teleport. The first time she realizes this, she is in a truck with her high school’s Golden Boy, who tries to rape her. She has a seizure and teleports, in the course of which she inadvertently crushes him, leaving him a paraplegic. The series will debut this summer.
Panelists (Left to Right): Doug Liman (Executive Producer), Gene Klein (Executive Producer), Lauren LeFranc (Showrunner), Missi Pyle (Series Lead), Maddie Hasson (Series Lead) and Daniel Maslany (Cast Member).
And, he covered one upcoming box office movie:
Bad Samaritan:
The film Bad Samaritan focuses on a poor restaurant valet who uses the cars entrusted to him by the restaurant clientele to break into their homes. One night, he finds more than he bargained for when breaking into one house only to discover a woman imprisoned there. Frightened of going to jail, he abandons her and calls the police, only to find himself in a game of cat-and-mouse with the psychotic home owner. The film will be released on May 4, 2018.
Panelists (Left to Right): Scott Mantz (Moderator), Dean Devlin (Director), Brandon Boyce (Writer), Jacqueline Byers (Cast Member), Carlito Olivero (Cast Member) and Kerry Condon (Cast Member).
COMING NEXT: Day Three of WonderCon 2018 report.
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On March 29, the two-hour series premiere of the new Freeform drama Siren will air at 8 PM.
When a mysterious girl (newcomer Eline Powell) arrives in the coastal town of Bristol Cove, she proves that the local legend about the ancient creature known as Mermaid is much more than legend and inadvertently causes a war for the ocean to begin.
The cast includes Alex Roe (The 5th Wave) and Sibongile Mlambo (Teen Wolf).
Here is a trailer for Siren:
Posted in Convention/Event, New Shows, Television, Video, WonderCon on March 24, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Wonder Con 2018 got underway yesterday, and among the TV dramas that were featured on the stage at the Anaheim Convention Center included:
The Expanse:
Season 3 of the Syfy drama will premiere its third season starting on April 11. Here is the exclusive first look video screened at WonderCon 2018:
Cloak & Dagger:
Thanks to Albert Ching over at CBR, we get a report on the Wonder Con 2018 panel for the new Freeform series based on the Marvel comic book which will debut on June 7.
You can check out that report here.
Meanwhile, Joshua Davison over at Bleeding Cool had this to share about Cloak & Dagger.
And, you can also read what Laura Prudom had to share about the new show via IGN.
The 100:
The much-anticipated 5th season return of The CW post-apocalyptic series will start on April 24.
You can see what Pamela Gocobachi had to share about the show at Hypable here.
Pamela also included video interviews with some of the cast on hand at WonderCon as well as a sneak peek at the new poster for season 5. You can check out those interviews and details here.
And, if you’d like to watch a full video of the WonderCon 2018 panel for The 100, check out this video by Fandomnessa:
COMING NEXT: Saturday’s Panels and Pictures
Posted in New Shows, Reminder, Television, Video on March 22, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On March 26, the new AMC period piece drama The Terror will debut at 9 PM.
The series centers on the Royal Navy’s perilous voyage into uncharted territory as the crew attempts to discover the Northwest Passage. Faced with treacherous conditions, limited resources, dwindling hope and fear of the unknown, the crew is pushed to the brink of extinction.
The cast includes Tobias Menzies (Outlander and Game of Thrones), Jared Harris (The Crown), Ciaran Hinds (Game of Thrones), Ian Hart (Rogue and The Bridge) and Trystan Gravelle (Mr. Selfridge).
Here is a trailer for The Terror:
Posted in New Shows, Reminder, Television, Video on March 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The new FX drama Trust will debut on March 25 at 10 PM.
The 10-episode series is set in 1973, centering on the abduction in Italy of John Paul Getty III (relative newcomer Harris Dickinson), then-heir to Getty Oil. Getty Oil.
Veteran actor Donald Sutherland will star as J. Paul Getty. The cast also includes Hilary Swank and Brendan Fraser.
Here is a trailer for Trust:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The two-hour series debut of Station 19, the Grey’s Anatomy spin-off, will debut on ABC on March 22 at 9 PM.
The series follows a group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19 – from captain to newest recruit – as they risk their lives and hearts both in the line of duty and off the clock.
The cast includes Jaina Lee Ortiz (Rosewood), Jason George (Grey’s Anatomy), Grey Damon (Aquarius and The Flash), Barrett Doss (Iron Fist), Alberto Frezza (Dead of Summer), Jay Hayden (The Catch), Okieriete Onaodowan (Thank You For Sharing), Danielle Savre (Too Close to Home) and Miguel Sandoval (Medium).
Here is a trailer for Station 19:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The new Syfy drama Krypton will debut on March 21 at 10 PM.
Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, the series follows Superman’s grandfather (Cameron Cuffe from The Halcyon) – whose House of El was ostracized and shamed – as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.
The cast includes Georgina Campbell (Broadchurch), Elliot Cowan (Da Vinci’s Demons), Ann Ogbomo (World War Z), Rasmus Hardiker (Your Highness), Wallis Day (Will), Aaron Pierre (Tennison) and Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones).
Here is a trailer for Krypton:
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