Category: TV

  • Martin Scorsese Attached to Series Drama Boardwalk Empire

    Director Martin Scorsese made the leap from movies to the television medium. For years now he’s been wanting to be involved with a television show because of the character development and long story arcs, explained Scorsese.

    He’ll be attached to the new series Boardwalk Empire, created by Terence Winter and starring Steve Buscemi. The premise will deal with Prohibition; with crime figures such as Capone and Luciano. The period drama’s first episode will be directed by Scorsese, and he’s made it vocal that he’s interested in directing more episodes.

    A period piece on organized crime drama starring Steve Buscemi — and with Martin Scorsese attached? That’s enough reason to watch the new HBO series.

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  • Comic-Con: Supernatural

    The panel for Supernatural brought out actors Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, and Jim Beaver; along with creator Eric Kripke, show runner Sera Gamble, and writer Ben Edlund.

    Season five wrapped the five-year-long story arc that Kripke wrote for Supernatural, and he considers the upcoming season to be a sequel that won’t be hindered by the prior story. Kripke stepped down from his creative role, but he will still be involved with the direction of the show in some capacity with the writers, and as he put it, “I’m like delightful hemorrhoids, fuzzy hemorrhoids.” He believes the new team has great ideas that will further the show’s success.

    With a fresh start ahead for the show, Gamble told the audience that they want to bring in more monsters on the show, but instead of the typical monster of the week, the monsters will have more of an impact on the overall storyline.

    With Heaven in disarray, Castiel has been assigned to “clean up duty” according to Misha Collins. He compared it to when Russia had a crumbling government many years ago, and joked that Castiel will speak with a Russian accent — going as far as suddenly speaking with the accent.

    Season six will pick up a year after the events of the prior season, with Dean Winchester living a domesticated lifestyle. Then, of course, being pulled back into a life as a hunter. It’s quite the reversal from the first season when Dean was the one pulling Sam back into the fray.

    The cast were relentless on teasing each other. Jared at one point admitted that he didn’t watch the last three episodes, which later caused Misha to say, “Jared is still watching the first season; he can’t answer that question.” Jensen, on directing an episode revolving around Bobby Singer, joked that directing Jim Beaver was extremely difficult. Jim was quick to praise Jensen’s directing, and he became sentimental at one point discussing it — only to quickly add, “Did you really believe that crap?” getting a laugh out of the cast, crew, and audience.

    Supernatural returns on September 24th, and will be airing on Fridays at 9 PM. It’ll be exciting to see the direction they’ll be taking the show — they clearly enjoy their work, and the passion for it is as strong as ever.

  • Disney’s Gargoyles Project

    Disney is acquiring Zoe Green to pen the story on a gargoyles feature that will be produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Jack Leslie. One of the only concrete details on the project is that it’ll be set during the modern times.

    The impression the news gives off is that it’ll be an original story — which is odd to many people since Disney has produced the cartoon Gargoyles in the 90s. It’s a well-made show that would translate smoothly on the big screen. There’s a chance that it is the case, and if so, I’ll be stoked for it.

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  • Third Robot Chicken Star Wars Special

    Premiering on December 12th will be the third installment of Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III by Adult Swim and Robot Chicken. Billy Dee Williams, Ahmed Best, and others will be making a return; along with newcomers Anthony Daniels reprising C3PO, Donald Glover, Mike Henry, and Zac Efron voicing Anakin Skywalker.

    Seth Green says that this time the story will be more linear covering the series from the beginning to end; this time we’ll be seeing it through the eyes of the antagonists in the films.

    The prior specials were hilarious and earned Annie Awards and Emmy nominations — I’m excited to watch the third installment with fellow Star Wars geeks. It’ll be a blast.

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  • Firefly Reunion . . . Sorta

    Yesterday Nathan Fillion posted a picture of himself with part of the Firefly crew and creator Joss Whedon. He captioned it, “Together. Again,” without an elaboration. It’s more than safe to assume he meant the fact that they’re attending his party, but a lot of fans are speculating that a Firefly project is underway. Personally, I think they sacrificed an effigy for swift justice to be served to Fox for their crimes towards good Sci-Fi shows.

  • Marvel Develops a TV Division

    Marvel created a TV division to adapt its comic book characters into live-action and cartoons. There’s a lot of promise that it’ll bring all the characters under one universe, but with their own respective shows; which would make a lot of comic book fans happy — myself included.

    The only odd thing about Marvel Television at this point is their decision to hire Jeph Loeb to run it. He’s contributed to both Smallville and Heroes, so he does know the medium — but he doesn’t exactly have a good track record. The disjointed mess that Heroes became can be partly blamed on Loeb; with the constant characterization changes, plot changes at the drop of a hat, and story-arcs that ultimately went nowhere.

    Marvel is taking a chance with Jeph Loeb, but who knows? Maybe he learned from the mistakes made on Heroes. He might take the fan criticism to heart; especially from the comic fans. Nonetheless, Marvel’s intent on bringing its characters onto both TV and movies, and with the obsession of putting them under one universe is an exciting endeavor. It added a lot to the comic books, and it would definitely add to the other mediums as well.

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  • Supernatural Becomes an Anime

    Anime studio MADHOUSE (Death Note, Vampire Hunter D) is set to produce an anime version of Supernatural. It will be a twenty-two episode long season covering the first two seasons of the show along with original episodes created just for the anime. Episodes will be released beginning on January 12, 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan.

    I didn’t expect Supernatural getting an anime version, but it makes perfect sense. The premise is just itching to be an anime: two brothers driving across the country fighting supernatural creatures and saving people. It’s a good fit for the medium. I just hope that it’ll include the classic rock and humor — and not focus too much on the drama. Otherwise it’ll lose the appeal the television show has.

    Source: (Anime News Network)

  • “The Phantom” Returns on SyFy

    If there’s one reboot I wouldn’t hesitate to advocate, it would be the Phantom. The premise itself justifies rebooting it every so often.

    The Phantom first started as a comic strip created by Lee Falk in 1936 and still continues today. The character also found its way on the mediums of comic books, cartoons, and movies. It’s also the character that started the superhero trend of skintight costumes and masks that do not show the pupils.

    In the story; in 1536, pirates attacked a ship that left Christopher Walker as the only survivor who washed ashore on a Bengallan beach. On the skull of his father’s murderer in the attack, Christopher swore an oath to destroy injustice, and that his sons and their sons will follow.

    After his death, his son assumed the role of the Phantom. With the mantle being passed down from generation to generation, the Phantom gave the impression of being immortal, which earned him the nickname “The Ghost Who Walks”. Each incarnation of the Phantom has no powers, but instead relies on intellect; strength, and on the legend of being immortal, which places an underlining fear in his adversaries.

    SyFy will be bringing the Phantom on TV with a miniseries starring Ryan Carnes; it will premiere on June 20, 2010.

    You can view the Phantom trailer here: (SciFi Wire)