Television TV Show Thread

[Danger Dave]

why are walking dead episodes posted a day before they air?

 

[Loiosh]

It's weird seeing Ser Friendzone as Batman.

 

[Loiosh]

Premiere episode of the Jason Bourne spinoff show TREADSTONE is surprisingly really good. Fantastic action and hand-to-hand combat. The story is not yet completely clear and it continues to weave together a series of events that will likely to interconnect with each other but the characters and the set-up are intriguing enough to follow.

Holy crap the combat was slick.

Hoping they tell a clear story and the plot moves along at a brisk pace, trusting strong writing to keep interest and ratings high.

Expecting the same mysteries that are never resolved with periodic sudden betrayals from trusted characters to keep people talking until interest inevitably wanes. Dave Kalstein (Quantico, NCIS LA) wrote several episodes, so my hopes will probably soon be dashed.

By a trusted character.

 

[IGotAHugePeckah]

Catching up on the greatest show, Always Sunny

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Watchmen first episode. Liked it but LOVED the score by Reznor and Ross.

 

[The Diplomat]

Started Hannibal. I've heard it's amazing, but I waited because it's only three seasons.

I'm forward the end of S1. It's great so far, Mads *is* the show. It still has that NBC crime of the week going on right now, but they're pretty violent for network.

 

[Sycho Sid]

Really like the first episode of Watchmen. Don Johnson was fantastic

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

LORD OF THE RINGS Cast Game of Thrones Actor Joseph Mawle as Its Main Villain

Amazon's highly anticipated Lord of the Rings TV series has found its villain. Game of Thrones grad Joseph Mawle has joined the cast of the scripted drama project, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter. Amazon declined comment.

Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's iconic fantasy novels, J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay (Star Trek 4) serve as showrunners on the series that is set in Middle-Earth's Second Age, before the events of the author's primary trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

Mawle is believed to be playing a villain named Oren in the straight-to-series effort. He joins a cast that also includes Will Poulter (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) and Australian actress Markella Kavenagh.

J.A. Bayona (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) is set to direct the first two episodes and will executive produce along with his producing partner Belén Atienza. Writers Gennifer Hutchison (Breaking Bad), Jason Cahill (The Sopranos) and Justin Doble (Stranger Things) are also EPs, as are Lindsey Weber, Bruce Richmond, Gene Kelly and former Amazon head of genre Sharon Tal Yguado.

Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke said in August that the creative team has been "working for months" on breaking the first season of the show. Production is slated to begin in 2020.

Once production budgets, casting, writers, producers and visual effects are factored in, the total cost for the LOTR series could reach as high as $1 billion.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lord-rings-amazon-series-casts-main-villain-1249174

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Michael Mann to Direct Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe in Pilot Episode of HBO's TOKYO VICE

Michael Mann has been set by HBO Max to direct the pilot episode of Tokyo Vice, the drama series that stars Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe. Mann will potentially direct more episodes of the series in its freshman season, and he becomes executive producer alongside J.T. Rogers, John Lesher, Emily Gerson Saines, Alan Poul, Elgort, Destin Daniel Cretton and Watanabe.

Move brings an A-list filmmaker to one of HBO Max’s first drama series, and was written by Rogers based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. The drama captures Adelstein’s daily descent into the neon soaked underbelly of Tokyo, where nothing, and no one is truly what or who they seem. It is informed by his memoir Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter On The Police Beat In Japan.

Production on the series begins in February on location in Japan. Endeavor Content is serving as the studio as well as handling international sales.

Mann, who is in Japan casting and scouting, has put his indelible stamp on series that include Miami Vice, Crime Story, Robbery Homicide Division and Luck. The director, who exec produced the upcoming James Mangold-directed Ford V Ferraristarring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, will be back from Japan to take part in a MOMA event in Manhattan November 1 that will mark the 20th anniversary of The Insider, the drama that starred Russell Crowe and Al Pacino.

https://deadline.com/2019/10/michae...ansel-elgort-ken-watanabe-hbo-max-1202766347/

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Watched THE POLITICIAN. Entertaining enough. Contained the typical Ryan Murphy ugly, nasty, bitchy characters that I wasn't fond of but thankfully the main character, though has his own flaws himself, still had enough decency and likability to anchor the whole series. Pitch Perfect's Ben Platt is great in this and the occasional singing are welcomed. His rendition of Joni Mitchell's "River" was sublime. The opening title sequence was superbly done.

But the biggest takeaway that I got from the series is the discovery of an up-and-coming actor, David Corenswet, who I thought would be great as Superman.

 

[DesignedFailure]

why are walking dead episodes posted a day before they air?

I think it is too see how many people are still into it. From what I have noticed the only shows that do it are on their last leg or very huge and popular.

 

[TheJewBear]

Anyone else who watched the 1st episode of Watchmen really hate the main black woman's acting? I couldn't stop thinking the whole time that I am watching an actress pretend to be a cop/from Vietnam/"badass". And holy shit her dialogue...feet up on her boss's desk: "I can smell white supremacy. And he smells like bleach." /cringe

 

[315MMAFighter]

 

[Loiosh]

Big dip in quality in Treadstone episode 2.

No action, terrible dialogue, predictable cliches.

Doesn't look good for the series, it's almost as if they hired a different writer and director for the pilot, which was great.

 

[OhBam]

I can't believe so many people LOVE the watchmen TV show. The movie was alright, they did some wicked casting in certain roles, but the show seems too amateurish and hamfisted with the politics. But people still seem eat it up. Are kid inheriting their parents anti-depression medication or something?

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Big dip in quality in Treadstone episode 2.

No action, terrible dialogue, predictable cliches.

Doesn't look good for the series, it's almost as if they hired a different writer and director for the pilot, which was great.

Haven't seen episode 2 of Treadstone yet but that is disheartening to hear.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

SUPERMAN & LOIS TV Show in the Works at The CW

Look, up in the sky, it's another Arrow-verse TV series in the works. Superman & Lois, featuring Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch reprising their roles as the title characters, is in development at The CW.

Former The Flash showrunner Todd Helbing will pen the script and executive produce the potential series. The drama is described as revolving around the world's most famous superhero and comics' most famous journalist as they deal with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today's society. (Helbing stepped down as showrunner on The Flash in March to focus on development.)

Helbing will exec produce alongside Greg Berlanti and his Warner Bros. TV-based Greg Berlanti Productions topper Sarah Schechter and DC's Geoff Johns. The project is based on the characters from DC created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

Hoechlin was first cast as Superman back in 2016 and has appeared in multiple episodes of The CW's Arrow-verse, including Supergirl, and has participated in the franchise's annual crossovers. Grimm grad Tulloch was cast in September 2018 and appeared in last year's crossover.

This is the second Arrow-verse spinoff in the works for the 2020-21 TV season. The CW is also readying a female-focused Arrow spinoff starring Katherine McNamara, Katie Cassidy and Juliana Harkavy as the network is prepping for the next wave of its DC Comics franchise.

The decision to revisit Superman (and Lois) also comes nearly a decade after the former WB Network-turned-CW told Clark Kent's origin story in Smallville, which ran for a decade.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/superman-lois-tv-series-works-at-cw-1250479

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]