After a few chilling TV shorts, the first glimpse at a story trailer for FX's upcoming drama "The Bridge" has finally aired.
If it's anything like FX's other programs, it'll be grizzly, well acted, well written and addictive.
Premiering July 10, The Bridge is a new drama series set on the Texas-Mexico border. Focusing on two detectives, one from Juarez and the other from El Paso, thrown together by the discovery of a body found on the border bridge between the two countries. The detectives are forced to work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the border.
"The Bridge" stars Academy Award nominee Demián Bichir as Marco Ruiz, Diane Kruger, Ted Levine, Annabeth Gish, and Matthew Lilliard.
Deadline Hollywood reports that while NBC waits to renew "Hannibal", it could be finding a new home....
The series, fromPushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller, got off to a solid ratings start and was in serious contention for an early renewal. The numbers eventually tapered off, and NBC put the renewal decision on hold.Hannibal was well reviewed, and I hear there has been interest from at least one cable network in case NBC passes on a second season.
Wonder who that would be? People have said FX would be fitting for "Hannibal" given their more adult-tuned programs such as "Sons of Anarchy", "Nip/Tuck", "The Americans", and the upcoming "The Bridge".
Other than that I can't think of another suitor, although I've heard USA suggested by some.
Deadline goes on...
Additionally, I hear Amazon, which currently carries repeats of the show, has expressed interest in taking it on. There are no talks going on and Hannibal has not been shopped as the producers are waiting on a renewal at NBC. Hannibal, from Gaumont International Television, is produced under a different model at a license fee that is a fraction of what dramas with similar production values cost.
Well, this would put Amazon on the map. Their other series don't exactly look too good, in my opinion, and "Hannibal" could be their "House of Cards"....
What do you think? Excited at the prospect "Hannibal" could live on?
"Hannibal" airs Thursdays 10/9 central on NBC. Based on the Thomas Harris novel, "Red Dragon".
"Hannibal" explores the early relationship between the renowned psychiatrist and his patient, a young FBI criminal profiler, who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.
NBC still hasn't announced the verdict on whether to renew or cancel Bryan Fuller's seductive and terrifying drama "Hannibal", and Fuller tells Buzzfeed that a verdict might not be reached until next week:
“We have no idea. We may not even know for another week or so. They’re being very close to the vest. But they’re saying Bob Greenblatt doesn’t want to make a decision right away. So we may not hear until next week, or the week after. It’s hard to say.”
It was rumored that the fate of Hannibal would be announced today, Monday May 13; but that was sadly not the case.
"Hannibal", based off of the novel "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris, premiered in April to some good ratings before slipping slightly, and now sitting at an estimated average of around 2 and a half million viewers for the past few episodes.
It's expected that NBC is holding off till the last minute to see how the ratings go, since the show is pulling in some great critical acclaim. Even if NBC drops the ball, due to the show's international finance and handsome pedigree, we might luck out and get "Hannibal" on another channel.
I hope so, because personally I think this is the best show on TV right now.
Facebook Pages of ABC programs posted one of the first official pictures of the cast from the upcoming Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. with a notice that you can get your first preview of CSI: SVU: SUPER-HERO BIG BANG THEORY DIVISON after that fairy-tale show on ABC this Sunday. Plot synopsis also revealed and listed below.
Are you ready for more conspiracy theories? You can get a first look at Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the season finale of Once Upon a Time this Sunday at 8|7c on ABC. #CoulsonLives
Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they investigate the new, the strange, and the unknown across the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary. Coulson’s team consists of Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), highly trained in combat and espionage, Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) expert pilot and martial artist, Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker); brilliant engineer and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) genius bio-chemist. Joining them on their journey into mystery is new recruit and computer hacker Skye (Chloe Bennet). From Executive Producers Joss Whedon (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” ”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”); Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”pilot co-writers (“Dollhouse,” “Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”); Jeffrey Bell (“Angel,” “Alias”); and Jeph Loeb (“Smallville”) comes Marvel’s first TV series. “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” is produced by ABC Studios and Marvel Television.
So when you see that guy with the Adventure Time profile pic or avatar posting OMG I'M SO EXCITED with a Tumblr gif, you'll know that's the fanbase this show will cater to.
Fresh off of L.A. Confidential's box office success in 1997, it's now reported by Deadline that James Elroy, the author of the novel the film was based on, and New Regency have several networks vying for his script which is cited as a direct continuation of the '97 film that starred Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Guy Pearce, and Russell Crowe.
Ellroy wrote the project on spec as a TV drama series, which is being pitched to broadcast and cable networks as well as emerging distribution platforms, with multiple outlets interested. I hear theproject is eyeing a straight-to-series commitment. The sequel continues the themes and stories from L.A. Confidential, a murder mystery which examined the intersection of organized crime, police corruption, celebrity and tabloid journalism in 1950s Los Angeles.
If this happens this will be the second series based off of James Elroy's work, with the other being an series bought by FX to be based on Ellroy’s 2012 novella "Shakedown"
the project is set in the tabloid world and underbelly of Los Angeles circa the late 1950s and centers on the city’s top informant/operator/wire tapper/fixer, Fred Otash,who lives and works where the glamour and the grime intersect. A fictionalized version of legendary Hollywood vice cop-turned-private eye Otash, who exposed the sins of the rich and famous in the 1950s magazine Confidential, also appeared in Ellroy’s novelsThe Cold Six Thousand and Blood’s a Rover.
It appears acclaimed period-set dramas like FX's "The Americans", HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" and AMC's "Mad Men" are maybe paving the way for more like them, which is never a bad thing if you ask me. What do you all think? Is it way too late for anyone to care about a sequel to L.A. Confidential? Will these series' take off or fall flat?
/Film apparently got the scoop today on the real reason Clark Gregg's character, Agent Coulson, will be in the planned Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." TV series. Keep in mind this is possibly just a rumor.
As you remember, in Joss Whedon's summer block-buster The Avengers, the flimsy and really poorly written reason why the super-hero team finally decided to unite was due to Loki murdering Agent Coulson, a character which didn't have much of a back-story or emotional attachment to anyone despite the many people who were already killed by that point in the film, and evem then Nick Fury had to exaggerate his death to guilt-trip the team.
Well, with the announcement of The Big Bang Theory With Superheroes Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series, it was revealed Gregg would return to basic cable television as none other than the deceased Phil Coulson.
"Is he going to be The Vision?! What about a clone?! Some super awesome super-hero reason to why he's back?? Is he immortal??" You might all ask, thinking of what imaginative way they could bring back a character that exists in the world of different dimensions, aliens, iron-suits, super-soldiers, flying battleships, and magic cubes?
In the pilot, it’s revealed Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), the ultimate super spy, faked Agent Coulson’s death on purpose to motivate The Avengers. Some S.H.I.E.L.D. members were in on it (including, possibly, Maria Hill played by Cobie Smulders) but The Avengers were not. Their security clearance wasn’t high enough. Coulson was forced to hold his breath as part of the ruse and that’s a point of contention among his colleagues After the fact, Fury moved him to a remote location until things died down, and then he was reinserted into duty at the time of the show.
I'll let that sink in with you for a moment. Keep in mind we wont know till the series premieres; but if that's true, I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. BRAVO JOSS.
When you have a TV series that is based off of a series of movies involving character interaction, psychological analyzing, and heavy character interaction, the format gives you more time and space to build relationships instead of a few two-hour film., which is why many thought pulling an early episode of a drama-dependant series was a bad move.
Well now, you can see the character moments of episode 4 presented as a small web-series brought to you by show-runner Bryan Fuller and NBC.
Fuller pulled the episode- which involved Molly Shannon as an elementary school teacher who brainwashed her students into killing other children- in light of recent events around the United States.
“We want to be respectful of the social climate we’re in right now.”
“I didn’t want to have anyone come to the show and have a negative experience,” Fuller told Variety. “Whenever you [write] a story and look at the sensational aspects of storytelling, you think, ‘This is interesting metaphorically, and this is interesting as social commentary.’ With this episode, it wasn’t about the graphic imagery or violence. It was the associations that came with the subject matter that I felt would inhibit the enjoyment of the overall episode. … It was my own sensitivity.”
The "mini-series", available now through Youtube, will feature a commentary by Fuller, helping the audience understand what's going on, and providing commentary.
"Hannibal" explores the early relationship between the renowned psychiatrist and his patient, a young FBI criminal profiler, who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.
Deadline got the scoop earlier today that acclaimed film-maker Guillermo Del Toro (Pacific Rim, Pan's Labyrynth, Hellboy II: The Golden Army) has teamed up HBO to bring Naoki Urasawa's 18-volume manga, "Monster" to life.
Del Toro will co-write the story with Steven Thompson, best known for his work on Dr. Who andSherlock. Thompson will write the pilot, which del Toro intends to direct.
Sounds like a good team. I love "Sherlock"; not too big on Dr. Who though. "Monster" is described by some as a very stylized world, being a fairy tale meets noir pulp, which is a perfect fit for Del Toro.
The thriller is about the worldwide search by a young doctor for the most evil sociopath that has ever lived. He is a 12-year-old boy, and the doctor’s decision to save his life has unwittingly unleashed a Pandora’s Box that leaves the doc battling to stop a plot of mass genocide.
Obviously no word yet on a release date or any casting info; but with such a huge network like HBO getting into the manga game, and Del Toro's anime influenced Pacific Rim hitting theaters, could we be seeing more major Hollywood interest in manga? We all know AKIRA and Neon Genesis Evangelion were kicked around for a while; but the projects were too ambitious and risky for their studios to go ahead with.
The first preview for the Michael Bay (Bad Boys II, The Rock, The Island, Armageddon) produced Starz drama, "Black Sails" has found it's way online, showing us a brief glimpse of what to expect from this "Treasure Island" prequel. Hint: violence, lesbians, and pirate-ships.
The official synopsis:
“The eight-episode first season of the pirate adventure centers on the tales of Captain Flint and his men, and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island. Toby Stephens (Die Another Day) stars as Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.”
Neil Marshall, who directed the "Game of Thrones" episode 'Blackwater', which features a very well done Naval battle, is directing the pilot, set to air in 2014. The cast includes a varied mix of handsome and tan men in their 20s, and attractive women, so basically what you'd expect from something Bay has his hands on.
Also from the Starz press release:
“I’m excited to branch out into television,” says Michael Bay, the record-breaking director/producer of such big screen hits as Transformers and Bad Boys, “especially doing a long-form series for STARZ, a network known for supporting cutting edge programming.”
I love pirates, and if there's one thing I'd like to see on TV that isn't fucking zombies, it'd be either dinosaurs or pirates. Sadly, "Terra Nova" was canned, so that takes care of that. If the show goes the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End route, which is what it sounds like with pirates trying to carve out their place in this rapidly changing world, it will make for some great action and drama.
Starz has had a pretty good run of luck with it's original programming, such as "Spartacus", "Boss", the short-lived "Camelot", and the new "DaVinci's Demons". I think this shows us Starz is a definite power with a varied and colorful roster of shows. Love him or hate him, Michael Bay knows how to draw in the crowds, and "Black Sails" looks like it'll be no exception.
When you have a show that gives your network it's highest ratings to date, with the series premier of the Psycho prequel nabbing over 3 million viewers, chances are you're going to want to keep it going.
Yesterday, April 8, A&E confirmed they would be renewing their stay at The Bates Motel, with pre-production on Season 2 set to begin later this year, according to their release:
“Bates Motel’ has garnered critical acclaim and a loyal audience in its first few weeks,” said DeBitetto. “With superb writing and exceptional acting, led by the critically acclaimed performances of Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore, we’re incredibly excited to see where Carlton and Kerry take Norma and Norman Bates next.”
Season two of “Bates Motel” will begin pre-production later this year on ten new episodes slated to premiere in 2014.
Since it's March 18 premier, "Bates Motel" has held it's 2.5 million viewers nicely, with several "meta" experiences set up such as the iPhone app for the sketchbook in the show, and the characters' blogs, such as Norman's http://iamnormanbates.com/ and Emma's: http://www.aetv.com/bates-motel/emmas-blog/
In “Bates Motel,” following the tragic death of her husband, Norma Bates buys a motel on the outskirts of the idyllic coastal town of White Pine Bay, seeking a fresh start. As Norma and Norman get ensconced in their new home, they discover this town isn’t quite what it seems, and the locals aren’t so quick to let them in on their secrets. But the Bates’ are done being pushed around and will do whatever it takes to survive – and will do whatever it takes to protect their own secrets.
"Bates Motel" airs Mondays at 10/9 central on A&E.
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