The news has been floating around the internet for a few weeks that Veronica Mars would be coming back for a fourth season on Hulu.
Well, the official news broke today that Season 4 of Veronica Mars will air in summer 2019 on the streaming service!
Let’s get excited, Marshmellows!!!!
First of all, check out this video message from our leader Kristen Bell.
Next, here are the details from Hulu in their new deal with Warner Bros. Television Group:
• 8 episodes, direct-to-series order, slated for summer of 2019
• Fans can stream seasons 1, 2 and 3 as well as the 2014 feature film beginning in summer 2019
• Series creator Rob Thomas will write the first episode
• The season 4 synopsis is: “Spring breakers are getting murdered in Neptune, thereby decimating the seaside town’s lifeblood tourist industry. After Mars Investigations is hired by the parents of one of the victims to find their son’s killer, Veronica is drawn into an epic eight-episode mystery that pits the enclave’s wealthy elites, who would rather put an end to the month-long bacchanalia, against a working class that relies on the cash influx that comes with being the West Coast’s answer to Daytona Beach.”
Series creator Rob Thomas took to Twitter this afternoon, letting fans know that season 4 will be set against a Spring Break backdrop like the Veronica Mars book The Thousand Dollar Tan Line, BUT that is NOT the story they will be telling. He shared, “We’re five years after the movie. Books are 98% canon. Pony is included. Marcia Langdon is police chief. Spoiler: Neptune (is) finally incorporated.”
Day Two of Comic Con 2018 has come to a close a few hours ago in San Diego, and while there are plenty of parties still underway – that will be happening into the wee hours of the morning – here is a rundown of just SOME of the cool things that took place today at the annual fete.
Dr. Horrible Reunion
Dr. Horrible Reunion [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
Fear the Walking Dead (AMC)
Fear the Walking Dead [Photo Credit: Josh Telles-TV Line Exclusive]
Vikings (History Channel)
Vikings: Alex Hogh Andersen, Georgia Hirst, Alexander Ludwig, Clive Standen, and Katheryn Winnick [Photo Credit:Mike Coppola/Getty Images North America/Zimbio]
The Walking Dead (AMC)
The Walking Dead [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
Castle Rock (Hulu)
The psychological-horror anthology series from J.J. Abrams and Stephen King combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.
Castle Rock [Photo Credit: Josh Telles-TV Line Exclusive]
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
The “Star Trek” universe is expanding. Star Trek: Discovery Co-Creator and Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman announced the upcoming launch of a four-part miniseries titled Star Trek: Short Treks this fall. Rolling out on CBS All Access on a monthly basis, each of the four “Short Treks” episodes will be approximately 10-15 minutes long, and will dig deeper into specific characters and themes explored on Star Trek: Discovery. [Ellis Clopton at Variety]
Star Trek: Discovery [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
Entertainment Weekly’s Brave Warriors
EW’s Brave Warriors: Santiago Cabrera (Salvation), Dylan Bruce (Orphan Black), Eoin Macken (Merlin and Nightflyers), Tom Ellis (Lucifer), and Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange) [Photo Credit: Mike Copploa/Getty Images North America/Zimbio]
Make sure to check out what Roz had to briefly say – further below – about this panel.
Amazon Prime Video Showcase
A Look Inside Good Omens
The Expanse – Thank You to the Fans
Homecoming – Official Teaser
Wynonna Earp (Syfy)
Tim Rozon, Melanie Scrofano, Katherine Barrell, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Shamier Anderson, Varun Saranga and Chantel Riley [Photo Credit: Ben Watts/Entertainment Weekly Exclusive]
Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
By the way, the show was given a second season renewal by Freeform, by the way.
The Passage (FOX)
Based on author Justin Cronin’s best-selling trilogy of the same name, the series focuses on Project Noah, a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but also carries the potential to wipe out the human race. When a young girl, Amy Bellafonte (Saniyya Sidney from Fences and Hidden Figures) is chosen to be a test subject, Federal Agent Brad Wolgast (Mark-Paul Gosselaar from Pitch) is the man who is tasked with bringing her to Project Noah. Ultimately, however, Wolgast becomes her surrogate father, as he tries to protect her at any cost.
The Passage [Photo Credit: Josh Telles-TV Line Exclusive]
Preacher (AMC)
Preacher: EP Evan Goldberg, EP Sam Catlin, EP Seth Rogen, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, and Domninic Cooper [Photo Credit: Peter Larsen, Orange County Register]
Here is what Roz had to report about what happened to her or what she witnessed today at Comic Con 2018 Day Two:
It was a fun day of awkward stories that finally got to some of the Hollywood double standards at the EW’s Brave Warriors panel, especially when Tom Ellis revealed a less than ideal situation in a sex scene.
Biggest highlight, though, was running into someone from the show that started me coming to Comic Con! Francis Capra, Weevil, is always a treat to see!
The first full day of Comic Con 2018 got underway today in San Diego with loads and loads of panels, focusing on upcoming movies, new and returning TV shows, special salutes to women in the industry and so much more.
Naturally, it’s impossible to focus on every single panel that took place today, but the following includes brief details, pictures and/or trailers for many of the scripted TV shows that were on the schedule today as well some really cool photos of cosplayers and celebs in attendance today.
Siren (Freeform)
Eric Wald, Rena Owen, Alex Roe, Eline Powell, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Ian Verdun and Emily Whitesell [Photo Credit: Jerod Harris/Getty Images North America/Zimbio]
TLC member and self-professed #1 fan Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas moderated the panel, focusing on the new Freeform series about mermaids in the small coastal town of Bristol Cove. During the panel executive producers Emily Whitesell and Eric Wald confirmed that season two will see new mermaids in town, “It will give us a chance to dig even more into the mermaid mythology; what their lives are like, what their social structures are like.” [Devan Coggan at Entertainment Weekly]
Charmed (The CW)
Jessica O’Toole, Madeleine Mantock, Sarah Jeffery, Melonie Diaz and Jennie Snyder Urman [Photo Credit: Getty Images]
The 1998-2006 WB series is getting a reboot this fall with a story that is very reminiscent of the original with a few tweaks. Mel and Maggie are sisters who live with their college professor mother. After she dies under mysterious circumstances, they are reunited with their long-lost sister Macy as they begin to manifest their dipowers. Macy is a scientist, who, while embracing her role as a witch, she wants to find a scientific explanation as to how their powers work. The show looks to rely a lot on humor, and will touch on a lot of prescient issues, such as LGBT relationships and the #MeToo movement. Executive Producer Jennie Snyder Urman shared that the original show had such strong powerful women and that in today’s world, there wasn’t a better time to bring back a show with empowered women. [Donnie Lederer at Syfy Wire]
Doctor Who (BBC America)
Doctor Who Panel: [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault)
odie Whittaker with Sonic Screwdriver [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
Our very own Roz got to see part of the show’s panel, introducing the new FEMALE Doctor Who – Jodie Whittaker herself – along with two of her three new companions. The first, albeit short, official trailer for Season 11 was shown and according to Roz, “even though I only heard part of the panel, I’m excited to see a female doctor even if the Doctor’s gender isn’t at the heart of the episodes. Hearing that the season will be stand-alone (episodes) and (meant as) a way to get more people into the show (that) makes me hopeful that little girls everywhere will see that they can travel the stars.”
Jodie Whittaker at Her Universe Fashion Show [Photo Credit: Roz Foster]
What was even more exciting was that Doctor Who lead Jodie Whittaker crashed the Her Universe Fashion Show, which Roz was attending, and Roz was able to snap this great shot of Jodie in full Doctor Who regalia. Here are a few other pictures of some of the great fashions:
[Fashion Show Photo Credit: Roz Foster]
Make sure to also check back here after the convention has ended for Roz’s full report on the Her Universe Fashion Show that will include video of Jodie crashing the event and more great photos from the event.
In the meantime, enjoy the season 11 official trailer:
Impulse (You Tube Originals)
Maddie Hasson [Photo Credit: Melissa Lowery]
The You Tube Originals series based on the novel Impulse by Steven Gould, which received a second season order, took to the stage for the first time; and my friend and editor at NiceGirlsTV, Melissa Lowery, had the opportunity to speak with lead actress Maddie Hasson in the press room, and here is the great photo she snapped of the talented actress.
Tell Me a Story (CBS All Access)
The new series set in modern-day New York City takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller.
James Wolk and Paul Wesley [Photo Credit: Ben Watts/Entertainment Weekly Exclusive]
Origins (You Tube Premium)
A group of people are sold the promise of a new life on a faraway planet that’s being colonized by a corporation called Siren. Of course, that doesn’t go as planned, and the 11 passengers have to figure out what went wrong and how they will survive, while also flashing back to the lives they left behind on Earth.
A Discovery of Witches (Sundance Now)
Owen Teale, Valarie Pettiford, Alex Kingston, and Teresa Palmer [Photo Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images]
Based on the Deborah Harkness best-selling novel, the series picked up by Sundance Now is a contemporary love story that begins against the backdrop of Oxford academic life, in a world where small numbers of witches, vampires and daemons live and work, unseen amongst humans, hiding in plain sight. Brilliant historian Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer) is a reluctant witch denying her heritage when the discovery of a bewitched manuscript in Oxford’s Bodleian Library throws her into the heart of a dangerous mystery – and into the path of the enigmatic vampire and geneticist, Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode), who hides a dark family secret.
Nightflyers (Syfy)
David Ajala, Jodie Turner-Smith, Angus Sampson, Gretchen Mol, and Eoin Macken [Photo Credit: Ben Watts Entertainment Weekly Exclusive]
Chloe Bennett [Photo Credit: Ben Watts Entertainment Weekly Exclusive]
In 2093, in hopes of making contact with a mysterious alien life at the edge of our solar system, a group of maverick scientists and a powerful telepath embark on an expedition aboard The Nightflyer. As they race towards first contact, terrifying and violent events begin to occur, causing the once tight-knit crew to mistrust each other. It’s not long before their main mission becomes survival.
Marvel Rising: Secret Warrior (Digital Short Series)
Secret Warriors will be part of a bigger project, also titled Marvel Rising. The franchise will launch with a digital short series about Spider-Gwen and her new secret identity Ghost-Spider. The cast members include Dove Cameron, Chloe Bennet, Tyler Posey and Milana Vayntrub [among others].
The Audience Network adaptation of the Stephen King trilogy will be back with its second season on August 22, but the second season will actually be based on “End of Watch,” the third book in the trilogy. The problem with using “Finders Keepers,” – the second book in the trilogy – according to Executive Producer and Director Jack Bender – was that “our heroes didn’t come into it until halfway through the book.” [Josh Weiss at Syfy Wire]
Sona Series (Streaming Series)
The 8-episode short form sci-fi series created by and starring actress Ashley Clements (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and the film Non-Transferable) focuses on what happens when Lieutenant Belyn Sona (Clements), a United Earth Space Corps officer, has to choose between her alien husband and her home planet, she has no option but betrayal. Trapped in an escape pod with no knowledge of her husband’s whereabouts, Sona is forced to reckon with what truly matters, and what it takes to survive. The series was filmed mostly on an escape pod set built in her Clements’ own apartment.
[Photo Credit: @actorpat]
[Photo Credit: Ashley Clements at Facebook]
[Photo Credit: Ashley Clements at Facebook]
Project Blue Book (History Channel)
Titans (DC Universe)
Magnum P.I. (CBS) and Breaking Bad 10th Anniversary (AMC)
Magnum PI [Photo Credit: Ben Watts Entertainment Weekly Exclusive]
Breaking Bad Panel [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
Breaking Bad 10th Anniversary: Top row L-R: Patrick Fabian, AMC’s Charlie Collier, Giancarlo Esposito, RJ Mitte, Michael Mando, Dean Norris, Aaron Paul, Vince Gilligan, and Peter Gould. Bottom row L-R: Rhea Seehorn, Bob Odenkirk, Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, and Betsy Brandt. [Photo Credit: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for AMC]
Check out these great photos of John Barrowman, the cast of the upcoming box office movie The Predator, the cast of Wynonna Earp and some great cosplayers.
John Barrowman “A Photo Says It ALL” [Photo Credit: Erin Wilhelm at Bleeding Cool]
The Predator Panel [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
Olivia Mun and Sterling K. Brown (The Predator) [Photo Credit: Eric Charbonneau/REX/Shutterstock/Entertainment Weekly]
Tim Rozon, Melanie Scrofano, Katherine Barrell, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Shamier Anderson, Varun Saranga and Chantel Riley [Photo Credit: Ben Watts/Entertainment Weekly Exclusive]
Hela and Doctor Strange [Photo Credit: Richard Vogel/APREX/Shutterstock]
Gamora (Guardians of the Galaxy) [Photo Credit: Joe Scarnici/Getty Images/Entertainment Weekly]
Bizzaro, Mr. Freeze, Lady Green Arrow and Aquawoman [Photo Credit: David Maungepa/EFE/REX/Shutterstock/Entertainment Weekly]
The Netflix streaming series Godless will debut online on November 22.
This seven-part epic western focuses on notorious criminal Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels from The Newsroom) and his gang of outlaws, who are on a mission of revenge against Roy Goode (Jack O’Connell from Unbroken), a son-like protégé who betrayed the brotherhood. While on the run, Roy seeks refuge with hardened widower Alice Fletcher (Michelle Dockery from Downton Abbey and Good Behavior), an outcast herself, in a worn-down, isolated mining town of La Belle, NM — governed mainly by women. When word reaches La Belle that Griffin is headed their way, the town bands together to defend against the murderous gang in a lawless western frontier.
The cast includes Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy), Scoot McNairy (Halt and Catch Fire), Sam Waterston (Law & Order) and Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie)
On November 14, the new Hulu series Future Man will debut online today.
Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) stars as Josh Futturman, a janitor by day/gamer by night who is recruited by mysterious visitors to travel through time in order to prevent the extinction of humanity.
The cast includes Eliza Coupe (Happy Endings and Quantico) and Ed Begley, Jr.
On September 14, the 10-part thriller Riviera will debut on the streaming service Sundance Now today.
Set in the south of France, Georgina (Julia Stiles from 10 Things I Hate About You and the Bourne franchise) is newly married to billionaire Constantine Clios (Anthony LaPaglia from Without a Trace) when he is killed in a yacht explosion.
She is shocked to discover the fortune that maintained his immaculate, ever-so-tasteful lifestyle is tainted with dishonesty, double-dealing, crime, and ultimately murder. Helped by Constantine’s first wife, Georgina will undergo an education in lying, double-dealing, outright theft and shocking criminality.
She has to learn fast to maintain the Clios mansion and save the family from its enemies and from itself. Hiding her bloodstained fingers inside Chanel gloves, she soon reveals herself to be an A-plus student in the brutal art of survival.
The cast includes Lena Olin (Alias), Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones), Adrian Lester (Undercover and The Day After Tomorrow) and Phil Davis (Poldark).
The popular web series Con Man will make its TV debut, all 13 episodes of its first season back-to-back, on Syfy starting at 10 PM on September 9.
The critically acclaimed web series follows the journey of Wray Nerely (Alan Tudyk), a washed-up, former sci-fi celebrity who revisits his glory days on the convention circuit.
The star-studded first season features Nathan Fillion, Seth Green, Felicia Day, Sean Astin, James Gunn and Tricia Helfer [among countless others.]
Have you heard about the new comedy web series called SIBS from brother and sister co-creators and stars Kimberly Niccole and Bryan Scamman?
The first season of their laugh-out-loud, ridiculous comedy web series follows the misadventures of a maladjusted, but fun-loving brother-sister duo attempting to “adult” and make something of themselves in the vlogging/selfie culture of Los Angeles.
SIBS will be holding a special screening in Los Angeles tomorrow, Sunday, August 27 at The Three Club located at 1123 Vine Street [Los Angeles 90038] from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. The talented siblings will screen the short-film style version of their season finale episodes entitled “Super Secret Canadian Spy Movie” with a Q&A to follow.
Here is the trailer for that special screening:
If you would like to RSVP for the Los Angeles screening of SIBS, go here.
On August 18, the complete season of Marvel’s The Defenders will stream on Netflix.
Show Synopsis: The 8-episode series follows Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Danny Rand/Iron Fist (Finn Jones), a quartet of singular heroes with one common goal – to save New York City. This is the story of four solitary figures, burdened with their own personal challenges, who realize they just might be stronger when teamed together.
The cast includes Carrie-Ann Moss, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Elodie Yung, Rachael Taylor, Rosario Dawson, Scott Glenn and Sigourney Weaver.
On May 12, the new Netflix streaming series Anne will air online.
Anne is a coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and many challenges, fights for love and acceptance and her place in the world. Set in Prince Edward Island in the late 1890s, the series centers on Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty), a young orphaned girl who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an aging sister and brother.
Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform the lives of Marilla (Geraldine James) and Matthew Cuthbert (R.H. Thomson) and eventually the entire small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination. Anne’s adventures will reflect timeless and topical issues including themes of identity, feminism, bullying and prejudice.
