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2014 Pilot Season: ABC

Posted in News, Pilots, Television on March 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »

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While the major networks, for the most part, are still running their annual pilot season throughout the first few months of the year that could all be changing in the very near future. In the meantime, though, let’s take a look at what each of the major networks have in the works for this coming fall’s TV season.

First, here are the dramas that ABC has under consideration and my opinions on which dramas may or may not get picked up:

Agatha: A former convict turned big city criminologist is brought in to help local police crack a case involving a perplexing disappearance. The chief detective she’s been hired to help is her father – and they haven’t talked in fifteen years.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Tom Donaghy (Without a Trace), Mark Gordon (Criminal Minds and Grey’s Anatomy)

CAST: Bojana Novakovic (Rake), Erik Palladino (NCIS: Los Angeles), Aaron Ashmore (Veronica Mars, Smallville and Warehouse 13), Clancy Brown (Sleepy Hollow), Meta Golding (The Tomorrow People), Daniel Henney (X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Revolution), Jee Young Han (the web series City of Dreams) and Christian Keyes (Beauty And the Beast)

American Crime: Set in California’s Central Valley, the pilot centers on a racially charged murder and the subsequent trial, which are examined through the personal lives of the victims, the accused and their families.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: John Ridley (The Wanda Sykes Show, Third Watch)

CAST: Timothy Hutton (Leverage), Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives), Penelope Ann Miller (Mistresses), Benito Martinez (The Shield and Supernatural), W. Earl Brown (Deadwood), Elvis Nolasco (Oldboy), Caitlin Gerard (The Social Network), Richard Cabral (Southland) and newcomer Johnny Ortiz

Clementine: A habitual criminal digs into the mystery of her origins after she becomes the target of a group of zealots who fear she possesses latent supernatural abilities that she will one day harness for either profound good or monstrous evil.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Dean Georgaris (The Manchurian Candidate), Ilene Staple and Mark Gordon (Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy)

CAST: David Strathairn (Alphas), Australian newcomer Sarah Snook, Edwin Hodge (The Purge), Kevin Alejandro (Arrow), Kathleen Munroe (Alphas, Stargate Universe and Resurrection), Mykelti Williamson (Justified) and Nick Gehlfuss (Shameless)

Exposed: Adapted from Liza Marklund’s best-selling novels, it centers on an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth, including making questionable alliances.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Charles Randolph (Love & Other Drugs), Peter Traugott (Samantha Who?) and Rachel Kaplan (Do No Harm)

CAST: Fran Kranz (Dollhouse), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (A Good Day to Die Hard), Brian F. O’Byrne (FlashForward), Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia franchise), Sandrine Holt (House of Cards and Hostages), Pedro Pascal (Graceland and The Good Wife) and Peter De Jersey (Broadchurch)

Forever: Dr. Henry Morgan is New York City’s star medical examiner, but what no one knows is Henry studies the dead for a reason: He is immortal. With the help of detective Jo Martinez, the show peels back the layers of Henry’s colorful and long life through their cases.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Matthew Miller (Chuck), Dan Lin (Sherlock Holmes) and Jennifer Gwartz (Veronica Mars)

CAST: Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four and Ringer), Alana de la Garza (Law & Order), Joel David Moore (Bones), Barbara Eve Harris (CSI), Donnie Keshawarz (Damages and The Sopranos) and Judd Hirsch (Taxi)

How to Get Away With Murder: A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor who become entangled in a murder plot that will rock the entire university and change the course of their lives.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers and Peter Nowalk (all from Grey’s Anatomy)

CAST: Viola Davis (The Help), Tom Verica (The Nine), Lisa Weil (Gilmore Girls and Scandal), Katie Findlay (The Carrie Diaries), Billy Brown (Hostages), Charlie Weber (90210), Aja Naomi King (Emily Owens, M.D.), Matt McGorry (Orange Is The New Black), Jack Falahee (Twisted), Alfred Enoch (Harry Potter franchise) and Karla Souza (Instructions Not Included)

Sea of Fire: When three teenage girls star in a pornographic film, it tears their families apart and leads to a disappearance, a murder and host of other secrets boiling under the surface in a small town. This pilot is based on the Dutch series Vuurzee.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Jenna Bans (Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy), Alon Aranya (Betrayal and Hostages), David Hoberman (Monk), Todd Lieberman (The Fighter) and Laurie Zaks (Castle)

CAST: Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter), Jack Davneport (Smash), Christina Chang (Nashville), Jeffrey Nordling (Body of Proof and Killer Women), Amanda Detmer (Necessary Roughness), Michael Trucco (Killer Women and Battlestar Galactica), Kevin G. Schmidt (“The Young and the Restless and Unnatural History), Lilli Birdsell (Geek Charming), Isabelle Cornish (Home and Away), Zoe Soul (Prisoners), Keir Gilchrist (United States of Tara) and Morgan Taylor Campbell (Spooksville)

The Visitors: Based on a Ray Bradbury short story, the pilot chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to destroy the world using our most precious resource against us.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Dawn Olmstead (Prison Break), Soo Hugh (Under the Dome), Darryl Frank (Falling Skies and The Americans), Justin Falvey (Las Vegas and Smash) and Steven Spielberg

CAST: Barry Sloane (Revenge), Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes), Lily Rabe (American Horror Story), Brianna Brown (Devious Maids), Derek Webster (Revolution), Catalina Denis (The Assets) and Kyle Harrison Breitkopf (Being Human)

Untitled Richard LaGravenese Project: Set in New York City, it revolves around the love and rivalry between two equally matched, powerful socialites who play out their obsessive attraction and seduction of each other through their manipulation of others.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King), Erwin Stoff (The Matrix) and Wren Arthur (A Prairie Home Companion)

CAST: Rufus Sewell (Eleventh Hour, Katie Holmes (Dawson’s Creek), Melissa George (Alias, Hunted, Grey’s Anatomy), Britne Oldford (Ravenswood), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Smash) and Oded Fehr (The Mummy franchise and Covert Affairs)

Warriors: The series will follow the best and brightest of active duty military doctors and nurses as they practice trailblazing medicine on critically wounded warriors returning home from Afghanistan, on military families and veterans, as well as administering to Washington’s government elite.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Chris Keyser (Party of Five), David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman (The Fighter) and Laurie Zaks (Castle)

CAST: Eloise Mumford (The River and Lone Star); Courtney B. Vance (FlashForward), Morena Baccarin (Homeland and Firefly), Greg Grunberg (Felicity, Alias and Heroes), Abbie Cobb (Suburgatory), Justina Machado (The Fosters), Australian actor Don Hany (Underbelly), Steve Kazee (Tony winner for Broadway’s Once) and newcomer Hampton Fluker

MOST LIKELY TO BE PICKED-UP: How To Get Away With Murder (simply because of Viola Davis alone)

COULD MAYBE GET AN ORDER: Clementine

LONG SHOT (but it sure would be cool to see it): The Visitors

RIP-OFF OF THE SEASON: Forever (does anyone remember New Amsterdam? No?! Nikolaj Coster-Waldau from Game of Thrones played an immortal man too and that show didn’t last long at all)

NOT GONNA HAPPEN: Untitled Richard LaGravenese Project

ABC has also already given an order for three direct-to-series dramas that include the following:

Secrets & Lies – This 10-episode drama will focus on a family man who finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect. He has no choice but to try to find the real killer as his marriage, his kids, his reputation, and his sanity are all at stake.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Barbie Kligman (Private Practice and The Vampire Diaries) and Aaron Kaplan (Terra Nova)

CAST: Ryan Phillippe (Cruel Intentions), Juliette Lewis (The Firm), KaDee Strickland (Private Practice), Clifton Collins (Red Widow), Natalie Martinez (Under the Dome) and Australian actress Indiana Evans (Blue Lagoon: The Awakening)

Joanna Garcia

The Astronaut Wives Club – This is a 10-episode series that will debut on July 24, telling the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history during the height of the space race.

UPDATE: The Astronaut Wives Club has been pushed back with production now set to start this fall and the series not debuting until mid-season of the 2014-2015 TV season.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Stephanie Savage (Gossip Girl), Josh Schwartz (Chuck) and Michael London (Sideways and The Illusionist)

CAST: JoAnna Garcia Swisher (Once Upon a Time), Azure Parsons (True Detective) and Zoe Boyle (Breathless)

The Club – The 13-episode series will be an upstairs/downstairs soap centered on a private country club.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Susannah Grant (A Gifted Man), Sarah Timberman (Unforgettable and A Gifted Man) and Carl Beverly (Elementary and Justified)

CAST: Callie Hernandez (Sin City 2), Betsy Brandt (The Michael J. Fox Show), Boris Kodjoe (Undercovers) and newcomer Chris Conroy

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Paley Fest 2014: A Look at the Annual Event in Pictures (Part 3)

Posted in Convention/Event, News, Paley Center, Pictures, Television on March 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The final part of the second week of Paley Fest 2014 ran its course over the last four days with the following panels taking to the stage at the Dolby Theatre in the heart of Hollywood:

The Mindy Project – March 25
Community – March 26
Veep – March 27
American Horror Story: Coven – March 28

Here is a look at the above panels in picture form thanks to the photography of Dominick Dusseault.

ENJOY!

The Mindy Project

Community

Veep

American Horror Story: Coven

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Box Office Movies Coming in April

Posted in Movies, News on March 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Based on information provided by Box Office Mojo and some internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in April:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Opens: April 4

Two years after the events of The Avengers, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) resides peacefully in Washington, D.C., struggling to adapt to contemporary society. However, after a S.H.I.E.L.D. compatriot is assailed, Steve becomes entangled in a mystery that may endanger the globe. Together with Natasha Romanoff aka the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Captain America attempts to uncover the growing machination while fending off hired hit men. When the entire scheme is discovered, Captain America and the Black Widow must recruit the aid of the Falcon and soon encounter an unanticipated and powerful adversary – the Winter Soldier. The film also stars Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell, Robert Redford and Samuel L. Jackson.

Dom Hemingway
Opens: April 4

Dom Hemingway (Jude Law) is a larger-than-life safecracker, who is back on the streets of London after 12 years in prison, and it’s time to collect what he’s owed for keeping his mouth shut. Travelling with his devoted best friend Dickie (Richard E. Grant), Dom visits his crime boss Mr. Fontaine (Demián Bichir) in the south of France to claim his reward. But Dom’s drink and drug-fuelled ego decides what he’s lost can’t be replaced. One car accident and a femme fatale later, Dom realizes his priority must be to reconnect with his long-lost daughter Evelyn (Emilia Clarke).

Draft Day
Opens: April 11

The general manager of the Cleveland Browns must fight to land the number one draft pick for his team. The ensemble cast includes Kevin Costner, Frank Langella, Jennifer Garner, Tom Welling, Joe Manganiello, Chadwick Boseman, Rosanna Arquette, Sam Elliott, Terry Crews, Denis Leary and Chi McBride.

Only Lovers Left Alive
Opens: April 11

After being around for centuries, vampire Adam (Tom Hiddleston) is a rockstar who cannot get accustomed to the modern world with all of its new technology. While he lives in Detroit, his wife Eve (Tilda Swinton) lives in Tangier, flourishing in the new world. But when she senses Adam’s depression with society, she gets on a plane and goes to see him. Shortly after Eve gets there, her younger sister, Ava (Mia Wasikowska), shows up after 87 years and disrupts the couple’s idyll reunion. The film also stars John Hurt, Anton Yelchin and Jeffrey Wright.

Rio 2
Opens: April 11

In this computer-animated sequel Blu (Jesse Eisenberg), Jewel (Anne Hathaway) and their three kids (Rachel Crow, Amandla Stenberg and Pierce Gagnon) leave their domesticated life in the city of Rio de Janeiro for a journey to the Amazon rainforest where they encounter a menagerie of characters born to be wild. Upon arrival, the family comes across Jewel’s long-lost father (Andy Garcia), in hiding with a group of other Spix’s Macaws. But things get worse when they realize their Amazonian habitat is under threat and the Blu and Jewel’s old nemesis Nigel (Jemaine Clement) is back for revenge. Other voices will be provided by Leslie Mann, George Lopez, Jamie Foxx, Rodrigo Santoro, Jake T. Austin, Tracy Morgan, Bruno Mars, Kristin Chenoweth, Rita Moreno, Natalie Morales, will.i.am and Janelle Monae.

St. Vincent
Opens: April 11

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door. The film stars Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Terrence Howard and Nate Corddry.

Heaven Is For Real
Opens: April 16

Based on the book by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent, the film focuses on the story of a four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor (Greg Kinnear) who experienced heaven during emergency surgery. He talked about looking down to see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn’t know what to believe, but soon the evidence was clear. In heaven, Colton met his miscarried sister whom no one ever had told him about and his great-grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born. He shared impossible-to-know details about each. Colton went on to describe the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how “reaaally big” God and his chair are, and how the Holy Spirit “shoots down power” from heaven to help us. The cast includes Kelly Reilly and Thomas Haden Church.

Transcendence
Opens: April 18

Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is an artificial intelligence researcher who strives to create a machine that possesses sentience and collective intelligence. Extremists who oppose technological advancement target him, but their actions drive him toward his goal. Caster also wants to become part of the new technology, and his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and his best friend Max Waters (Paul Bettany), also researchers, question the wisdom of this drive. Caster’s goal to acquire knowledge becomes one to acquire power, and he seems to be unstoppable. The film also stars Morgan Freeman, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy, Cole Hauser, Lukas Haas and Clifton Collins, Jr.

Earth to Echo
Opens: April 25

When a group of young friends begin to receive bizarre encrypted messages on their cell phones, they embark on an incredible adventure to discover the meaning behind these communications. Soon enough, they realize that the messages they are receiving are from a mysterious being from another world – one who desperately needs their help. The cast prominently consists of unknowns.

The Other Woman
Opens: April 25

After discovering her boyfriend (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is married, a woman (Cameron Diaz) tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on (Leslie Mann), she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend. When yet another affair is discovered (this time with model Kate Upton), all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the serial adulterer. The cast also includes singer Nicki Minaj, Taylor Kinney (Chicago Fire) and veteran actor Don Johnson.

The Quiet Ones
Opens: April 25

A University physics professor (Jared Harris) assembles a team to help create a poltergeist. The film also stars Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) and Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel).

Movies coming out in May will be posted at the end of April.

Enjoy!

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Paley Fest 2014: A Look at the Annual Event in Pictures (Part 2)

Posted in Convention/Event, News, Paley Center, Pictures, Television on March 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The second week of Paley Fest 2014 got underway starting on March 21 with Mad Men taking the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The panels that followed Mad Men included:

The Vampire Diaries and The Originals – March 22
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD – March 23
Masters of Sex – March 24

Here is a look at the above panels in picture form thanks to the photography of Dominick Dusseault.

ENJOY!

Mad Men

The Originals

The Vampire Diaries

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Masters of Sex

Part 3 of the Paley Fest 2014 in Pictures will roll out this weekend, covering the following upcoming panels:

The Mindy Project – March 25
Community – March 26
Veep – March 27
American Horror Story: Coven – March 28

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Paley Fest 2014: A Look at the Annual Event in Pictures (Part 1)

Posted in Convention/Event, News, Paley Center, Pictures, Television on March 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Paley Fest 2014 got started on March 13 with Veronica Mars as the opening panel and over the course of the next week six other shows have been spotlighted including:

Orange Is the New Black – March 14
How I Met Your Mother – March 15
Pretty Little Liars and Lost – March 16
Parks and Recreation – March 18
Sleepy Hollow – March 19

There are eight more panels yet to come from March 21 through March 28, but for now let’s take a look at the above panels in picture form thanks to the photography of Dominick Dusseault.

ENJOY!

Veronica Mars

Orange Is the New Black

How I Met Your Mother

Pretty Little Liars

Lost

Parks & Recreation

Sleepy Hollow

Part 2 and Part 3 of the Paley Fest 2014 in Pictures will roll out over the next week, covering the following upcoming panels:

Mad Men – March 21
The Vampire Diaries and The Originals – March 22
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD – March 23
Masters of Sex – March 24
The Mindy Project – March 25
Community – March 26
Veep – March 27
American Horror Story: Coven – March 28

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The 100 at Comic Con 2013

Posted in Comic Con, News, Television on March 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »

[Photo Credit: WBTV]

[Photo Credit: WBTV]

Last July the cast and creative minds behind the new CW futuristic drama The 100 – which will debut on March 19 – graced the stage at San Diego Comic Con 2013, giving attendees a look inside the upcoming show.

The 100 is actually based on the book by Cass Morgan, which at the time of Comic Con 2013 was set to be published that fall, making it an interesting case for the executive producers and writers to adapt it to the small screen.

Matthew Miller and Jason Rothenberg, the Executive Producers on the panel, shared that even the show was adapted from the book, which was released in September, they weren’t “handcuffed it” to.

The 100 is set 97 years after a nuclear Armageddon decimated planet Earth, destroying civilization. The only survivors are the 400 inhabitants of 12 international space stations that were in orbit at the time of the disaster. Three generations have been born in space, the survivors now number 4,000. But with resources running out on their dying “Ark” – the 12 stations now linked together and repurposed to keep the survivors alive – Draconian measures, including capital punishment and population control, are the order of the day. In order to survive, the leaders of the Ark take ruthless steps to ensure their future, including secretly exiling a group of 100 juvenile prisoners to the Earth’s surface to test whether it’s habitable.

In essence the show will have two very distinct sets of locations and characters: the juveniles on Earth and the rest of the survivors on the Ark. The executive producers joked that The 100 can be looked at as Battlestar Galactica meets Lost.

The 100

The discussion then shifted over to the cast on the panel, which included newcomer Eliza Taylor (who plays lead character Clarke Griffin, the daughter of the head doctor aboard the Ark), Thomas McDonell (who plays mystery delinquent Finn), Marie Avgeropoulos (who plays stowaway Octavia Blake), Henry Ian Cusick (who plays Councillor Kane) and Isaiah Washington (who plays Chancellor Jaha).

Henry shared that his character, who is one of the leaders on the Ark, makes a “big move” in the pilot. Without spoiling what happens in the debut episode, which was actually screened during the panel, Councillor Kane makes a “move to exert control” on the Ark and viewers “will have to tune in to see” just what Kane will do next. Whereas Isaiah, who essentially plays the President of the survivors on the Ark, not only has the concerns of all those on the Ark but he also has a teenaged son, who is one of the 100 juveniles on Earth. It should also be noted that there are very few good feelings between Kane and Jaha, making for a contentious relationship between the two leaders.

On the other hand, the teens on Earth have a lot to deal with; namely being on a planet ravaged by massive devastation and Lord of the Flies-like competition between the 100 teens who now inhabit the planet. Eliza shared that her character Clarke is “a natural born leader” who learns “quickly that she has to step up” once they are on the ground for the first time in their lives.

For Marie’s character Octavia, who was hidden on the Ark by her mother who had a second child which is illegal in their world, has a “close sibling bond” with her older brother Bellamy, who conned his way onto the ship that took the 100 to Earth. Bellamy has his own mission on Earth, to do whatever the hell he wants, whenever the hell he wants, forcing his beliefs on the delinquents who splinter off from the purpose of their ‘mission’ on the planet: to see if the Earth is habitable.

To learn what happens both on the Ark and on Earth, make sure to watch the debut episode of The 100 on The CW on March 19 at 9/8c.

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Veronica Mars Takes Over

Posted in Breaking News, Geekdom, Marathon, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television on March 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Veronica Mars Movie Poster

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, you know about the Kickstarter campaign that made Veronica Mars the Movie a possibility. And, you know that this is the big week for the movie’s premiere, a reunion panel at the annual Paley Fest in Hollywood, California and the official opening of the film at the box office.

But that’s not all!

The folks over at the cable network Pivot – where episodes of Veronica Mars (the TV series) have been reairing – is planning a 23-hour marathon of the acclaimed series. It will start tomorrow, Wednesday, March 12 at 1 AM (Eastern Time)/10 PM (Pacific Time) and it will run through Thursday, March 13 at 12 AM (Eastern Time)/9 PM (Pacific Time).

Included in this Veronica Mars marathon will be the series pilot, the last two episodes of season two and the entire season three, including the series finale. Throughout the marathon will be original interviews with the cast, producers, scholars and some of the the show’s biggest fans who share their favorite moments and talk about the lasting impact the show made on them and the television landscape.

Please make sure to check your local listings to make sure you receive Pivot and if you do, check your local listings for exact air times.

Enjoy!

PS: Make sure to see Veronica Mars the Movie in theatres starting this Friday, March 14!!

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Support a Worthy Cause and Event: I Want My Nerd HQ 2014

Posted in Breaking News, Causes, Charity Event, Comic Con, Geekdom, News, Recommendations on March 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Nerd Machine

If you’ve attending San Diego Comic Con over the last few years, you’ve heard about a little thing called “Nerd HQ” the brainchild of Chuck star Zachary Levi.

This event isn’t just a fun pop culture event that coincides with the annual fete in San Diego, it also supports a very worthy cause: Operation Smile.

Check out the “I Want My Nerd HQ 2014” Indiegogo campaign RIGHT HERE to learn all the details of how you can make the event possible and support a worthy organization.

You owe it to yourself to get involved!

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Breaking News: The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet Book Cover Revealed

Posted in Books, Breaking News, News, Online Series, Recommendations, Reminder, Web Series on March 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lizzie Bennet Book

The following is a verbatim article from the folks at Pemberley Digital, the fictional company run by William Darcy in the successful (and Emmy winning) web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries regarding the soon to be released The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet, which will be published on July 1, 2014 and available for pre-order via various outlets such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBookstore and more:

A modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice based on the Emmy Award-winning phenomenon, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.

There is a great deal that goes into making a video blog. Lizzie Bennet should know, having become a YouTube sensation over the course of her year-long video diary project. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries chronicled Lizzie’s life as a twenty-four-year-old grad student, struggling under a mountain of student loans and living at home with her two sisters—beautiful Jane Bennet and reckless Lydia Bennet. What may have started as her grad student thesis grew into so much more, as the videos came to inform and reflect her life and that of her sisters. When rich, handsome Bing Lee comes to town, along with his stuck-up friend William Darcy, things really start to get interesting for the Bennets—and for Lizzie’s viewers. Suddenly Lizzie—who always considered herself a fairly normal young woman—was a public figure. But not everything happened on-screen. Luckily for us, Lizzie kept a secret diary. The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet provides more character introspection as only a book can, with revelatory details about the Bennet household, including Lizzie’s special relationship with her father, untold stories from Netherfield, Lizzie’s thoughts and fears about life after grad school and becoming an instant web celebrity.

Written by Bernie Su, the series’ executive producer, co-creator, head writer, and director, along with Kate Rorick, the novelist, TV writer, and consulting producer on the series, the novel features a journal-entry format and design, complementing the existing web series, while including plenty of fresh twists to delight fans and new readers alike. The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet expands on the phenomenon that captivated a generation and reimagines the Pride and Prejudice story like it’s never been done before.

To read more about The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet, please go here.

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New Show Introduction: Believe

Posted in News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Believe

On March 10, the new NBC drama Believe will air its series premiere at 10 PM.

Levitation, telekinesis, the ability to control nature, see the future… since she was born, Bo (newcomer Johnny Sequoyah) has had gifts she could neither fully understand nor control. But now that she is 10 years old, her powers have become stronger and the threat from malevolent forces that would use her abilities to control the world has grown more dangerous. With her life and future in jeopardy, Bo’s protector, Milton Winter (Delroy Lindo), turns to an unlikely source to keep her safe: Tate (Jake McLaughlin from Crash), a wrongfully imprisoned death row inmate who’s lost his will. Tate and Bo begin an extraordinary journey, one in which trust must be earned. On the run and traveling from city to city, every place they stop and everyone they meet will be changed forever. But they’ll have to keep going to stay one step ahead of the sinister forces after Bo’s power… because it will take a miracle to keep them safe forever.

The cast includes Jamie Chung (Once Upon a Time) and Kyle MacLachlan (Desperate Housewives and Twin Peaks).

Here is a trailer for Believe.

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