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On August 16, the new period piece drama Leonardo will debut on The CW at 8 PM.
The series recounts Leonardo da Vinci’s (Aidan Turner) extraordinary life through the works that made him famous, through the stories hidden within those works, revealing little by little the inner torment of a man obsessed with attaining perfection.
The cast includes Giancarlo Giannini, Freddie Highmore and James D’Arcy [among others].
Here is a trailer for Leonardo:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on August 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The small screen series adaptation of the box office movie A League of Their Own will debut online on Amazon on August 12.
This version will tell the story of an entire generation of women who dreamed of playing professional baseball, taking a deeper look at race and sexuality, following the journey of a whole new ensemble of characters as they carve their own paths towards the field, both in the League and outside of it.
The cast includes Dale Dickey, D’Arcy Carden, Kelly McCormack, Nick Offerman, Abbi Jacobson, Alex Desert and Melanie Field [among others].
Here is a trailer for A League of Their Own:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on August 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On August 12, the Apple TV+ drama Five Days at Memorial will debut online.
The limited eight-episode series is based on actual events and adapted from the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sheri Fink. It chronicles the impact of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on a local hospital. When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make decisions that would follow them for years to come.
The cast includes Vera Farmiga, Michael Gaston, Robert Pine, Cherry Jones, Julie Ann Emery, W. Earl Brown, Cornelis Smith, Jr., Adepero Oduye and Molly Hager.
Here is a trailer for Five Days at Memorial:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on August 1, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Sandman, the small screen adaptation of the Neil Gaiman graphic novel, will debut online on Netflix on August 5.
Based on the popular comic book, the series will be focused on when the Sandman, aka Dream (Tom Sturridge) – the powerful cosmic being who controls all our dreams – is unexpectedly captured and held prisoner for over a century, he must journey across different worlds and timelines to fix the chaos his absence has caused.
The ensemble cast includes Boyd Holbrook, Charles Dance, David Thewlis, Gwendoline Christie, Jenna Coleman, Joely Richardson, the voices of Mark Hamill and Patton Oswalt, Stephen Fry and Kirby Howell-Baptiste.
Here is a trailer for The Sandman:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on July 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Apple TV+ drama Surface will debut online on July 29.
The series stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki and The Morning Show) as Sophie, a woman who has suffered a traumatic head injury that has left her with extreme memory loss, believed to be a result of a suicide attempt. As Sophie embarks on a quest to put the pieces of her life back together with the help of her husband and friends, she begins to question whether or not the truth she is told is in fact the truth she has lived.
The cast includes Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Francois Arnaud, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Stephan James.
Here is a trailer for Surface:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on July 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On July 29, the new drama Paper Girls will debut online on Amazon Prime.
Based on the comic book, the drama will be set in the early morning hours after Halloween 1988. Four paper girls – Erin, Mac, Tiffany, and KJ – are out on their delivery route when they become caught in the crossfire between warring time-travelers, changing the course of their lives forever. Transported into the future, these girls must figure out a way to get back home to the past, a journey that will bring them face-to-face with the grown-up versions of themselves.
While reconciling that their futures are far different than their 12-year-old selves imagined, they are being hunted by a militant faction of time-travelers known as the Old Watch, who have outlawed time travel so that they can stay in power. In order to survive, the girls will need to overcome their differences and learn to trust each other, and themselves.
Ali Wong, Adina Porter and Nate Corddry star.
Here is a trailer for Paper Girls:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Video on July 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The new drama The Resort will debut online on Peacock on July 28.
A multi-generational, coming-of-age love story disguised as a fast-paced mystery about the disappointment of time.
An anniversary trip puts a marriage to the test when the couple finds themselves embroiled in one of the Yucatan’s most bizarre unsolved mysteries that took place fifteen years prior.
The series stars Cristin Milioti, Debby Ryan, Dylan Baker and Nick Offerman.
Here is a trailer for The Resort:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on July 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On July 28, the limited series Keep Breathing will debut online on Netflix.
After her private plane crashes in the remote Canadian frontier, lone survivor and New York lawyer, Liv (Melissa Barrera), must battle both an unforgiving wilderness and past personal traumas to stay alive.
The cast includes Austin Stowell.
Here is a trailer for Keep Breathing:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on July 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The reboot series Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin will debut online on July 28 on HBO Max.
Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in present day, a disparate group of teen girls – a brand-new set of Little Liars – find themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret sin committed by their parents two decades ago…as well as their own.
The cast includes Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Maia Reficco, Alex Aiono, Zaria, Malia Pyles, Mallory Bechtel and Eric Johnson.
Here is a trailer for Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin:
Posted in Breaking News, Comic Con, Convention/Event, Geekdom, Movies, New Shows, News, Television on July 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »
It’s Day Two of San Diego Comic Con, and while there were endless panels and events all over the place around and inside the convention center, the following were some of the bigger shows and/or movies that were highlighted throughout the day today:
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
You can check out this article from the folks at TV Line.
And, here is a direct link to the full trailer for the much anticipated small screen adaptation of the legendary movies based on the even more legendary story by J.R.R. Tolkien:
Paper Girls
The brand new Amazon Prime retro series is based on the comic book of the same and set in the early hours after Halloween in 1988, centered around four paper girls who are out on their delivery route where they get caught in the crossfire between warring time-travelers.
You can read this article about the show’s panel courtesy of Yahoo News; and watch the Entertainment Weekly interview with the cast and creatives too.
Here is a trailer for the new drama:
The Walking Dead Franchise
Here is the trailer for the latest installation of The Walking Dead Universe: Tales of the Walking Dead:
As well as an article from the folks at Variety about the new show.
And here is an article, also from Variety, about the final episodes of the flagship series – The Walking Dead.
Then there is the news that the Rick Grimes movies are being scrapped for a limited series that will star Andrew Lincoln and Danai Guirira. You can read more about it here courtesy of the folks at TV Line.
For All Mankind
Not only has the show been given a season four renewal (YES!!), but they made an appearance at Comic Con. You can read an article from Deadline here, and they included a couple pictures of the cast and creatives who were on hand to talk all things alternate space drama.
Green Lantern: Beware My Power
The animated movie, starring Aldis Hodge as the voice of John Stewart, was one of the big, end of the day panels to take the stage. Read this exclusive article from the folks at ComicBookMovies.com
You can also check out this cool cavalcade of photos, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, showing just some of the celebs and creatives who were on hand at Comic Con yesterday.
Again, this was just a small sample of the panels and events that took place at San Diego Comic Con 2022 today.
Make sure to come back tomorrow for even more, as Saturday is always the BIG day at the annual fete.
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