In the opening scene of Showtime’s Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, episode five “Children of the Royal Sun,” Elsa (Natalie Dormer) goes into what I can only imagine a singles bar where men and women alike seek the pleasure of one another’s company, among other things. Elsa, as beautiful as she is, finds a man who seems to fit the description of her yet to be seen husband, Mr. Branson. Her statement is quite telling, “I think you want to take me home…and I think you want to hurt me.” And with a Cheshire cat grin, the stage is set.
May 23 2020
Walton Goggins Narrates Science Channel and Discovery Channel’s Epic Documentary Nasa & Spacex: Journey to the Future Airing May 25 and May 26
Discovery and Science Channel will document history in the making at the NASA launch of Space X’s Crew Dragon Capsule on Wednesday, May 27 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The networks have also confirmed actor and producer, Walton Goggins, as narrator for the upcoming documentary, NASA & SPACEX: JOURNEY TO THE FUTURE. The special 2-hour documentary will air May 25 on Science Channel, and will rebroadcast on May 26 on Discovery.
May 22 2020
ABC Announces 2020-2021 Slate Including 19 Series Renewed and 2 Straight-to-Series Orders Big Sky and Call Your Mother
ABC Announces 2020-21 which includes renewals for 19 series and two straight-to-series orders from its current crop of pilots – David E. Kelley’s thriller “Big Sky” and the comedy “Call Your Mother” (formerly “My Village”) from Kari Lizer (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”) – as well as the previously announced alternative series “Supermarket Sweep” with Leslie Jones.
May 22 2020
Video: Prodigal Son Renewed for Season 2 on Fox
Fox renews PRODIGAL SON for season 2. The series will return for the 2020-21 slate. PRODIGAL SON follows MALCOLM BRIGHT (Tom Payne), a psychologist who has a gift for understanding how serial killers think, because his father, DR. MARTIN WHITLY (Michael Sheen) was one of the worst, a notorious serial killer called “The Surgeon.”
May 21 2020
Video: Uncork’d Entertainment Presents DRIVEN Starring Casey Dillard and Richard Speight Jr. Available June 16 on VOD and DVD
Uncork’d Entertainment Presents DRIVEN. Written by and Starring Casey Dillard, a film from Glenn Payne. Co-starring Richard Speight Jr. (Supernatural). Emerson Graham’s nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to stop demons from invading the world.
May 20 2020
Video: Lionsgate Thriller ANTEBELLUM Starring Janelle Monáe
Lionsgate presents ANTƎBELLUM, a terrifying new thriller from the producer of the acclaimed films GET OUT and US. Starring Janelle Monáe, as successful author Veronica Henley who finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it’s too late. Releases Aug 21, 2020.
May 20 2020
WarnerMedia Adds New Distribution Parnters For HBO Max Launch on May 27, Includes Samsung, Sony Interactive, Verizon and More
WarnerMedia announced a robust slate of new distribution agreements that will make HBO Max, the company’s highly anticipated streaming platform, widely available to customers at launch on May 27. The newest companies to sign on to distribute HBO Max at launch include Altice USA, Cox Communications, Microsoft, National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), Samsung, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Verizon.
May 19 2020
Freeform 2020-2021 Programming Slate Announced, Season Renewals for Motherland: Fort Salem, Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, Holiday Favorites and More!
Freeform 2020-2021 Programming Announced, highlighted is Freeform’s commitment to bold and boundary-pushing young adult content with the pickups of both “Everything’s Gonna be Okay” and “Motherland: Fort Salem,” as well as the recently announced scripted romantic-comedy series “Love in the Time of Corona,” which begins production this summer.
May 18 2020
Review: TNT’s Snowpiercer Series Premiere “First, the Weather Changed” – 1,001 Cars Full of Mystery
Get ready to have a new favorite weekly drama because TNT’s Snowpiercer is an absolute knockout thrill-ride! From the first moment the series premiere, “First, the Weather Changed,” hits the screen, the graphic novel type animation and haunting narration describing how the earth fell into a new apocalyptic ice age where nothing is able to survive due to extreme temperatures, I knew this would be an intriguing new series.
May 15 2020
CBS All Access Orders New Series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
CBS All Access announced a series order for STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS, based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The series will feature fan favorites from season two of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. The series will follow Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the decade before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.
May 13 2020
AMC Networks Acquires Rights to Anne Rice Literary Catalog Including 18 Titles of “The Vampire Chronicles” and “The Mayfair Witches”
AMC Networks announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Anne Rice’s major literary works, The Vampire Chronicles Series and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches Series, encompassing 18 titles, including such beloved and celebrated works as “Interview With The Vampire,” “The Vampire Lestat,” “The Queen of the Damned,” and “The Witching Hour.”
May 12 2020
Video: Showtime Releases Trailer/Key Art For Limited Series The Good Lord Bird, Premieres Aug 9
Showtime has released the official trailer and key art for new limited series THE GOOD LORD BIRD, premiering Aug 9. Starring and executive produced by Oscar® nominee Ethan Hawke, who plays the controversial abolitionist John Brown, the seven-episode series is from Blumhouse Television and based on the National Book Award-winning novel The Good Lord Bird by bestselling author James McBride.
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