Season three of Freeform’s The Bold Type continues with episode eight, “Revival.” The popular drama, created by Sarah Watson (Pure Genius), airs on Tuesdays at 8pm ET/PT.
The cast of season three includes Katie Stevens as Jane Sloan, Aisha Dee as Kate Edison, Meghann Fahy as Sutton Brady, Sam Page as Richard Hunter, Matt Ward as Alex, Stephen Conrad Moore as Oliver Grayson, and Melora Hardin as Jacqueline, editor in chief of Scarlet magazine. Sarah Watson, David Bernad, Ruben Fleischer, Victor Nelli Jr, and Joanna Coles executive produce, with Holly Whidden and Matt McGuinness co-executive producing.
Season four was confirmed by the network on May 14, 2019. “On The Bold Type, we play characters who are determined to succeed in the New York fashion media business. We balance careers, friendship and love on the daily. But this show is so important to us and our fans because regardless of who you are, we are all just trying to navigate the mess of our lives. And we are so excited to be coming back for season 4! Here’s to more bold stories, friendship and a whole lot of rosé,” said series stars Dee, Fahy, and Stevens in response to the show’s renewal.
The “Revival” Plot: When Adena returns to New York, Kat debates whether she’s ready to see her, but quickly realizes she might not have a choice. Sutton is stretched in too many directions between styling for Oliver and designing for her seminar, causing friction with Richard.
The Bold Type Season 3 Details:
“The Bold Type reveals a glimpse into the outrageous lives and loves of those responsible for the global women’s magazine, Scarlet. The rising generation of Scarlet women leans on one another as they find their own voices in a sea of intimidating leaders. Together they explore sexuality, identity, love and fashion.”
Melora Hardin, Stephen Conrad Moore, and Katie Stevens in ‘The Bold Type’ season 3 episode 8 (Freeform/Jonathan Wenk)Katie Stevens and Melora Hardin in season 3 episode 8 (Freeform/Panagiotis Pantazidis)Katie Stevens and Matt Ward in season 3 episode 8 (Freeform/Jonathan Wenk)Meghann Fahy and Katie Stevens in season 3 episode 8 (Freeform/Panagiotis Pantazidis)Aisha Dee, Nikohl Boosheri, and Katie Stevens in season 3 episode 8 (Freeform/Panagiotis Pantazidis)
The CW’s iZombie continues its march toward the series finale with season five episode five titled “Death Moves Pretty Fast.” Episode five was directed by Linda-Lisa Hayter from a script by Bob and is set to air May 30, 2019.
The season five cast is led by Rose McIver as Olivia “Liv” Moore. Malcolm Goodwin is Clive Babineaux, Rahul Kohli is Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti, Robert Buckley plays Major Lilywhite, David Anders is Blaine DeBeers, Aly Michalka is Peyton Charles, and Bryce Hodgson is Don E.
The “Death Moves Pretty Fast” Plot – BUELLER, BUELLER, BUELLER? — While investigating the death of independently wealthy, 19-year-old, Harris Miller, Liv (McIver), on brain à la Ferris Bueller, attempts to cheer up Ravi (Kohli) who has been spiraling after learning some unfortunate news. Meanwhile, after a nasty fall at the crime scene, Clive (Goodwin) is forced to continue his part of the investigation via FaceTime. Lastly, things are suddenly going from bad to worse for Blaine (Anders).
The Season 5 Plot:
“In season 5 of iZombie, our heroes try to keep the peace in the zombie state that is New Seattle, but with starving zombies on one side, and terrified humans on the other, they’ll have their work cut out for them. Liv faces off with the U.S. military trying to prevent her from bringing the sick and dying into Seattle to give them a lifesaving scratch.
Major, now the head of Fillmore Graves, has to worry about dissent in the ranks dissatisfied with his warmhearted treatment of humans. Peyton, still the acting mayor, will use her power to attempt to make the rest of the world see Seattle as something other than a lawless wasteland. Ravi will work tirelessly on a cure that may be the only thing that can stave off widespread violence. And through it all, Liv and Clive will continue to solve the murder cases that come across Clive’s desk, the murders themselves becoming more and more tied to the societal breakdown taking place all around them.”
The seventh and final season of CBS’s drama Elementary continues with episode two, “Gutshot.” Season seven episode two airs on May 30, 2019 and was directed by Guy Ferland from a script by Jason Tracey and Robert Doherty.
Season seven airs on Thursdays at 10pm ET/PT.
Episode two guest stars include Mac Brandt as Patrick Meers, Terry Bell as Tremaine, Christopher Reed Brown as Arnold, Winsome Brown as Elise, and Mike Houston as Marty Bledsoe, and Zachary Knower as Stan Veek. April Ortiz, Jade Radford, Bubba Weiler, Sea McHale, Yaegel T. Welch, Diego Aguirre, and Terrell Wheeler also guest star.
The cast of Elementary is led by Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Joan Watson. Aidan Quinn is Captain Tommy Gregson, Jon Michael Hill is Detective Marcus Bell, and James Frain plays Odin Reichenbach. Virginia Madsen and Jordan Gelber appear in recurring roles as Paige and M.E. Hawes.
The “Gutshot” Plot – Holmes and Watson try to work a stateside investigation from London when someone close to them is gravely wounded by an unknown perpetrator in the United States. However, Holmes’ stateside legal trouble – the result of a confession to a murder he didn’t commit – threatens to derail their efforts.
The Elementary Plot:
“Elementary stars Jonny Lee Miller as Detective Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson in a modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD’s most impossible cases. Initially sober companion and client, Holmes and Watson’s relationship evolved into a symbiotic professional investigative partnership. Once the top homicide consultants for Captain Thomas Gregson, they worked regularly alongside Detective Marcus Bell before Holmes’ false confession to a murder he did not commit forced them to move to London.
Holmes and Watson forge new careers in England as consultants for Scotland Yard until they receive news that a member of their inner circle has been gravely wounded in the United States. As Holmes’ stateside legal trouble threatens to keep them from returning to New York, their greatest foe to date, tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach waits on the horizon to test their limits.”
Disney’s just released a behind-the-scenes “Music of Agrabah” video focusing on the new show-stopping number “Speechless” as well as the other toe-tapping numbers from the live-action Aladdin. Disney veteran and eight-time Oscar winning composer/songwriter Alan Menken joins Oscar-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land) for the minute and a half video to discuss their contributions to the Disney legacy.
The Mouse House also released the full “Speechless” music video starring Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine.
In addition to Naomi Scott, the cast includes Will Smith as the magical Genie; Mena Massoud as the charming scoundrel Aladdin; Marwan Kenzari as Jafar, the powerful sorcerer; Navid Negahban as the Sultan concerned with his daughter’s future; Nasim Pedrad as Dalia, Princess Jasmine’s free-spirited best friend and confidante; Billy Magnussen as the handsome and arrogant suitor Prince Anders; and Numan Acar as Hakim, Jafar’s right-hand man and captain of the palace guards.
Guy Ritchie (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword) directed and John August (Dark Shadows) wrote the screenplay. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich produced, with Marc Platt and Kevin De La Noy executive producing.
The behind-the-scenes team director of photography Alan Stewart, editor James Herbert, production designer Gemma Jackson, and costume designer Michael Wilkinson.
Aladdin opened in theaters on May 24, 2019 and is rated PG for some action/peril.
“I will never turn against our son,” says Tori Breyer (Elizabeth Banks). “He’s not our son,” insists her husband, Kyle (David Denman), as they argue about what their adopted son Brandon is becoming in the horror film, Brightburn.
Tori and Kyle have wanted a child for years and one night as they’re attempting to make one something crashes into their farm. Jump ahead 10 years and Kyle and Tori are raising their adopted son Brandon (Jackson A. Dunn) who’s celebrating his 12th birthday.
It’s at his birthday that Brandon begins acting differently. He starts mouthing off to his father about a present he wants, and begins to withdraw some from Tori and Kyle who he’s always been close to. Brandon also notices other changes that he keeps hidden from his parents…like his ability to fly, having heat vision, and being incredibly strong.
One night Tori finds Brandon in the barn where he’s discovered what’s left of a spaceship. He asks about his real identity and where he came from. Tori finally reveals to the child she’s raised that he arrived in the spaceship that crashed on their property. They took him in as their own son because they had wanted a child for so long.
Initially, Brandon’s upset to learn the truth. However, not long after Brandon realizes everyone on Earth is inferior to him. He decides to do whatever’s necessary to conquer mankind and take the planet for his own.
Brightburn deals with the question of what if a child from another world crash–landed on Earth but instead of becoming a superhero became something deadly, sinister, and virtually unstoppable instead. The R-rated genre-bender is a dark, suspenseful, and at times gory horror film that has more in common with Richard Donner’s 1976 movie The Omen in style and feel than any superhero film.
Elizabeth Banks gives a powerful performance as Tori, the loving mother who adores her adopted son but slowly starts to realize (to her horror) he’s becoming extremely dangerous and deadly. He’s a preteen with zero empathy, conscience, or morals, and the question of how to handle that discovery drives her actions.
Jackson A. Dunn is very effective as Brandon, the boy from outer space who as he begins to hit puberty starts to realize who and what he really is and what he wants to be to mankind. Dunn captures both the bright and likeable side of Brandon and later the eerie, sociopathic, and evil side of his personality.
Disturbing and gruesome, Brightburn is a strongly acted, well-paced film that puts a terrifying twist on the superhero genre that’s sure to creep out the audience. See it, if you dare.
GRADE: B
MPAA Rating: R for horror violence/bloody images, and language
CBS’s new summer series Blood & Treasure continues with season one episode three airing on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 10pm. “Code of the Hawaladar” was directed by Alrick Riley from a script by Taylor Elmore.
Episode three guest stars include David Paetkau, Jeremie Jacob, Jean-Alexander Letourneau, Amin Bhatia, and Fajer Al-Kaisi. Shadi Janho, Hazgary Colin, Marco Zingaro, and Christopher Vanni Ranno also appear in the third episode of the action-adventure series.
The cast is led by Matt Barr (Valor) as Danny McNamara and Sofia Pernas (The Brave) as Lexi Vaziri. Michael James Shaw is Aiden Shaw, Katia Winter is Gwen Karlsson, James Callis is Simon Hardwick, Oded Fehr is Karim Farouk, Alicia Coppola is Dr. Anna Castillo, and Mark Gagliardi plays Father Chuck.
The “Code of the Hawaladar” Plot – Danny poses as arms dealer Aiden Shaw in order to extract information on the location of terrorist Karim Farouk from a middleman who owes Shaw money. Also, Farouk obtains a clue to the location of the sarcophagus of Cleopatra, and Lexi bonds with Father Chuck when she seeks his help to decipher encoded information.
The Season 1 Plot, Courtesy of CBS:
“Blood & Treasure is a globe-trotting action-adventure drama about a brilliant antiquities expert and a cunning art thief who team up to catch a ruthless terrorist who funds his attacks through stolen treasure. Danny McNamara is a former FBI agent specializing in stolen arts and antiquities. Lexi Vaziri is a resourceful art thief who is haunted by the tragic loss of her father, which she blames on Danny. When terrorist Karim Farouk absconds with a priceless artifact and kidnaps Danny’s mentor, Dr. Anna Castillo, Danny recruits Lexi to help him bring Farouk to justice and rescue Anna.
As they chase down Farouk, they encounter unscrupulous individuals who may either be useful allies or dangerous enemies, including Aiden Shaw, an arms dealer who acts solely in his self-interest, and Simon Hardwick, an expert at procuring pilfered artifacts. Danny and Lexi are assisted by Father Chuck, a childhood friend of Danny’s who works at the Vatican Foreign Ministry in Rome.
Their hunt draws the attention of Interpol agent Gwen Karlsson, who wants Farouk brought to justice, but won’t allow Danny and Lexi to break international laws in the process. As they crisscross the world hunting their target, Danny and Lexi unexpectedly find themselves at the center of a 2,000-year-old battle for the cradle of civilization.”
FXX’s critically acclaimed adult animated comedy Archer returns with season 10 on May 29, 2019. The new season, titled Archer: 1999, finds the gang in space on board the M/V Seamus. Archer and his friends will face aliens and space pirates while stuck together on the salvage ship.
The returning voice cast who’ll be handling new versions of their characters includes H. Jon Benjamin as Captain Sterling Archer, Aisha Tyler as Co-Captain/Archer’s ex-wife Lana Kane, and Jessica Walter as Archer’s mother, Malory Archer. Judy Greer voices the ship’s pilot, Cheryl/Carol Tunt, and Chris Parnell is First Mate Cyril Figgis. Amber Nash voices the ship’s muscle, Pam Poovey, and Adam Reed voices the “out-of-place-in-space” courtesan, Ray Gillette. Lucky Yates’ Krieger is a synthetic human with questionable morals.
Season 10 will air on Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT on FXX. Archer After Hours hosted by Amber Nash and Lucky Yates will stream immediately following the season premiere on Facebook. The network’s ordered three episodes of the after-show to stream on May 29, June 26, and July 24.
The cast of Archer made the trip to the 2019 WonderCon to promote the upcoming season. Aisha Tyler joined us for a roundtable interview to discuss this season’s adventure in space and what’s in store for Lana.
Has the fact the show reinvents itself every season been a creative challenge for you every year?
Aisha Tyler: “Oh, not challenging. It makes the show interesting to do, interesting to watch. I think probably maybe fans kind of struggled to adjust in the beginning until they realized it was something we were going to be doing every season.
The main reason why it happened is because Adam Reed writes every single episode of the show and he just got f**king bored. You know what I mean? (Laughing) It’s like, ‘I’m sick of writing the same stuff.’ So, it’s really a way for him to make the show dynamic so that he can stay excited about writing it.
But it’s been super fun for us. We were literally just talking and I was like, ‘I would really love another season where we’re drug dealers. Can we go back to that?’ It was my favorite season. But it’s fun because the characters stay the same; it’s just the context that changes. The dynamic between these characters is why people love the show. It’s really just a workplace comedy that kind of keeps moving around from office to office, but the way they relate to each other – the interactions, the comedy – that stays the same.
And then it’s fun for the animators too because they get to re-envision the show every season, like a new look and a new feel. I think having been on a lot of other shows, you don’t want to get into a rut where you’re kind of just playing the same stuff every day. It can happen like that in 10 years on the show. Everything can feel similar to what’s happened before. So, for us it’s just been fun. It’s really playful.”
Lana Kane (voice of Aisha Tyler) and Sterling Archer (voice of H. Jon Benjamin) in ‘Archer: 1999’ (Photo Credit : FXX)
With the drastic change this season into a story set in space, does it feel like you’re taking a step back to regular continuity?
Aisha Tyler: “Well, I can’t tell you any granular details about this season. In some ways the dynamic between the characters is very different this year. Like Archer and Lana – their past is a little different. Their history’s a little different, but the dynamic of how they interact is the same. So, I can’t tell you that these floating threads are going to get resolved this season. I think they probably won’t, you know? But, it’s fun.
This is a show you can go back and watch again and again and find those little Easter eggs and beats that are buried in other episodes. I think some of those will pay off in really fun ways this year. But then in other ways we’ll still have questions, which is like part of the fun of Archer.”
How well do you know Lana by now?
Aisha Tyler: “I think I know her really well. I think she’s evolved because I’ve played her…shows are living animals, right? Part of it is the way the character’s written but then a part of it is the way that you play it. The writing tends to respond to the way that the actor builds the character as well. So, I think I know her really well.
She’s really interesting. But I think at the same time she’s also an evolving person. Her desires, her goals are changing all the time. In the beginning what I really wanted was for her to take over the agency. That was originally my goal for Lana; she was originally going to have Malory’s job. And now I don’t think I or Lana care about that anymore. I think who wants to boss these a**holes around, right? I mean, more than she already does.
This season you’re going to see Lana in more of a leadership position which I think is probably more trouble than it’s worth, looking at this group of people. Be careful what you wish for.”
What’s the setup? Are you on a space station and it’s just the crew or are you interacting with other people?
Aisha Tyler: “I think if you look at all these past seasons, they’ll all been an homage to a genre. Archer Vice was almost like an homage to those movies from the ‘70s – the Convoy movies and the Starsky and Hutchs, and then also like Miami Vice in the ‘70s and ‘80s. And then we had the noir season. Then the last season was really all about those…not just the Raiders of the Lost Ark and all that stuff…but also those ‘20s and ‘30s swashbuckling films.
So, this is an homage to space films in general. It’s like Alien, but also a series like Star Trek. You’re going to see a lot of visual and creative cues that you love from those kinds of movies. We’re like kind of space piratey so maybe a little Firefly. You know what I mean? It’s pretty cool.”
Suranne Jones stars in ‘Gentleman Jack’ (Photo Credit: HBO)
HBO and BBC have renewed Gentleman Jack for a second season midway through the series’ eight-episode first season. Season one debuted on April 22, 2019 and will wrap up on June 10th. New episodes air on Mondays at 10pm ET/PT.
BAFTA Award winner Suranne Jones (Doctor Foster) stars along with Sophie Rundle, Gemma Whelan, Timothy West, and Gemma Jones.
Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley) created the drama, writes, and co-directs. Wainwright also executive produces with Faith Penhale, Laura Lankester, and Ben Irving. Phil Collinson serves as a producer.
“We’re thrilled that Anne Lister’s story has resonated so powerfully with audiences in the U.S. and abroad, and we’re grateful to Sally Wainwright and the entire Gentleman Jack family for bringing her story to life,” said Francesca Orsi, executive vice president, HBO Drama Programming. “Anne’s journey is an important and courageous one and we can’t wait to share this next season with the world.”
“It’s so exciting that so many people have had such a positive response to Suranne’s exuberant performance as the brilliant, life-affirming Anne Lister and to Sophie Rundle’s beautiful performance as her courageous partner, Ann Walker,” stated Sally Wainwright. “I’m utterly delighted that we’ve been recommissioned, because there are so many more big, bold stories to tell about Anne Lister and Ann Walker. A massive thank you to the BBC and HBO and to everyone at Lookout Point.”
“I’m so thrilled that I will be joining Sally Wainwright on the second part of Anne’s journey,” added series star Suranne Jones. “We always dreamed there would be more, and now we get to play it all out. A huge thank you to the BBC, HBO and Lookout Point for giving us our second series. It’s such amazing and positive news. I love working with the brilliant and talented Sophie Rundle and can’t wait to create some more Lister and Walker moments with her too.”
The Season 1 Plot:
“Set in the complex, changing world of 1832 Halifax, West Yorkshire – the cradle of the evolving Industrial Revolution – Gentleman Jack follows Anne Lister, who is determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home, Shibden Hall, by reopening the coal mines and marrying well. But the charismatic, single-minded, swashbuckling Lister – who dresses head-to-toe in black and charms her way into high society – has no intention of marrying a man.
Based in historical fact, the show examines Lister’s relationships with her family, servants, tenants and industrial rivals and, most importantly, would-be wife. The real-life Anne Lister’s story was recorded in the five million words of her diaries, and the most intimate details of her life, once hidden in a secret code, have been decoded and revealed for the series.”
The first teaser trailer for Star Trek: Picard begins with a voice-over. “15 years ago today you led us out of the darkness. You commanded the greatest rescue armada in history. Then, the unimaginable. What did that cost you? Your faith? Your faith in us? Your faith in yourself? Tell us, why did you leave Starfleet, Admiral?”
Sir Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard comes into frame. He doesn’t answer the question but simply looks straight into the camera. The minute-long trailer ends with the tagline: “The end is only the beginning.”
CBS All Access also released the official poster for the upcoming sci-fi series.
Joining Sir Patrick Stewart in the new Star Trek series are Alison Pill (The Newsroom, the American Horror Story anthology), Michelle Hurd (Lethal Weapon), Evan Evagora, Isa Briones (American Crime Story: Versace), Santiago Cabrera (Big Little Lies), and Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful, Mr. Mercedes).
The latest Star Trek spinoff is executive produced by Alex Kurtzman, Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, James Duff, Patrick Stewart, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. Aaron Baiers co-executive produced and Kirsten Beyer is a supervising producer on the series. The first two episodes are directed by Hanelle Culpepper.
CBS Television Studios is producing the series in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.
The Details:
“Star Trek: Picard features Sir Patrick Stewart reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation. The new series will follow this iconic character into the next chapter of his life.”
As teased with the release of the poster on May 22, 2019, Paramount Pictures has finally released a trailer for Terminator: Dark Fate. The film brings back original franchise stars Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger in lead roles, and brings James Cameron back as a hands-on producer.
The two and a half minute teaser trailer confirms the studio didn’t skimp on the action budget. The teaser sets up the story, introducing Sarah Connor (Hamilton) to a new group of survivors ready to save the world. It also features a face-to-face meeting between Sarah and The Terminator (Schwarzenegger)…the chills!
Paramount also released a behind-the-scenes featurette starring Cameron, Hamilton, Schwarzenegger, and director Tim Miller (Deadpool).
The new entry in the blockbuster sci-fi franchise wisely ignores everything that happened in the series’ universe since Terminator 2: Judgment Day. “We pick up the characters that we knew from Terminator 2 and carry them forward,” explains James Cameron.
In addition to Hamilton and Schwarzenegger, the cast includes Natalia Reyes (Birds of Passage, Lady, La Vendedora de Rosas), Mackenzie Davis (Halt and Catch Fire, Blade Runner 2049), Diego Boneta (Scream Queens, Monster Party), and Gabriel Luna (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Wicked City).
David Goyer (the Dark Knight trilogy), Justin Rhodes, and Billy Ray wrote the screenplay from a story by Goyer, Rhodes, James Cameron, Charles Eglee, and Josh Friedman. Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Edward Cheng, Tim Miller, John J. Kelly, Bonnie Curtis, and Julie Lynn served as executive producers, with James Cameron and David Ellison producing.
The franchise kicked off with The Terminator in 1984, followed by Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines arrived in 2003, Terminator Salvation opened in theaters in 2009, and the most recent entry, Terminator Genisys, was released in 2015.
James Cameron directed the first and second Terminator films, with Jonathan Mostow (U-571) taking over the reins for Terminator 3. McG (Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle) took on the task of directing Terminator Salvation and Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) was at the helm of Terminator Genisys.
