Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes in ‘The Walking Dead’ season 9 (Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC)
AMC’s unveiled the official The Walking Dead season nine plot description and poster featuring Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes. Season nine will be Lincoln’s final season battling zombies, and during the 2018 San Diego Comic Con he talked about preparing to say goodbye to Rick.
“Well, nine years I was thinking about it because that’s where we live. But, I suppose it had a lot to do with a conversation Scott (M. Gimple) and I had a few years ago – maybe in season four – about shape and finding some way to complete something that was never going to be completed. And then not obviously disturbing the mothership,” explained Lincoln. “There was a certain sense that the story has been a man waking up and you’ve experienced this world through one man’s eyes and it opens up into the extended family. Now, what’s exciting for me is the fact that the narrative has been freed up. It’s already been freed up from the beginning of the season. You’ll see the trailer is a different tone.”
Lincoln added, “It feels like the show I always thought we would head toward when we wrapped the pilot. And so, yeah, sure it was something that I started to think about as my children got older and less portable.”
The network also released a few photos of the cast from the upcoming season. The ninth season is set to premiere on Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT.
Details on The Walking Dead Season 9: Last season brought the culmination of “All Out War,” which pitted Rick Grimes and his group of survivors against the Saviors and their cunning leader, Negan. With Negan’s life in his hands, Rick had a character-defining choice in front of him. By making the unilateral decision to spare Negan, Rick upheld the values his late son, Carl, championed in order to build for the future, but created conflict within his group.
Now, we see our survivors a year and a half after the end of the war, rebuilding civilization under Rick’s steadfast leadership. It is a time of relative peace among the communities as they work together, looking to the past to forge the future, but the world they knew is rapidly changing as man-made structures continue to degrade, and nature takes over, changing the landscape and creating new challenges for our survivors.
As time passes, the communities confront unexpected obstacles, danger, and of course, walkers, but nothing quite prepares them for the formidable force they are about to encounter, which threatens the very idea of civilization that our survivors have worked so hard to build.
Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon (Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC)Danai Gurira as Michonne (Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC)Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier (Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC)Lauren Cohan as Maggie Rhee (Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC)Khary Payton as Ezekiel (Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC)
Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, The Walking Dead, This Is Us, and even Fifty Shades Freed are among the films and television shows fans can vote for in the first round of 2018 People’s Choice Awards nominations. The potential nominees have been announced in 43 – yes, 43! – categories by E!, the new home of the awards show following its move from CBS.
13 categories have been added to this year’s awards:
“The Game Changer of 2018”– Recognizing an athlete who’s had a social/professional impact this year.
“The Style Star of 2018”
“The Beauty Influencer of 2018”
“The Animal Star of 2018”
“The Music Video of 2018”
“The Concert Tour of 2018”
“The Comedy Act of 2018”
“The Pop Podcast of 2018”
“The Revival Show of 2018”
“The Reality Show of 2018”
“The Bingeworthy Show of 2018”
“The Competition Contestant of 2018”
“The Reality TV Star of 2018”
The People’s Choice Awards will air on Sunday, November 11th. Voting is now open at pca.eonline.com and via Facebook and Twitter using the category hashtag and nominee hashtag. Voting will end on Friday, September 14 at 11:59pm ET.
Each of the 43 categories lists 12 potential nominees, however fans are allowed to submit write-in votes. After the voting window closes, the top five finalists in each category will compete for awards. Voting will reopen on September 24th to vote on the finalists.
People’s Choice Awards Sampling of the First Round of Nominees:
Movie of 2018
Black Panther
Avengers: Infinity War
Incredibles 2
Deadpool 2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Fifty Shades Freed
Ready Player One
A Quiet Place
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
A Wrinkle in Time
Ocean’s 8
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Comedy Movie of 2018
Love, Simon
Tag
Game Night
Blockers
I Feel Pretty
Book Club
Life of the Party
Uncle Drew
Overboard
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
Crazy Rich Asians
Action Movie of 2018
Black Panther
Avengers: Infinity War
Deadpool 2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ready Player One
Ant-Man and the Wasp
The Equalizer 2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Rampage
Ocean’s 8
The Meg
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Drama Movie of 2018
Fifty Shades Freed
12 Strong
Annihilation
Red Sparrow
Breaking In
The 15:17 to Paris
Tyler Perry’s Acrimony
Adrift
Midnight Sun
The First Purge
BlacKkKlansman
A Quiet Place
Family Movie of 2018
Incredibles 2
A Wrinkle in Time
Paddington 2
Peter Rabbit
Hotel Transylvania 3
Sherlock Gnomes
I Can Only Imagine
Show Dogs
Early Man
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Christopher Robin
A.X.L.
Male Movie Star of 2018
Paul Rudd, Ant-Man and the Wasp
Chris Hemsworth, Avengers: Infinity War
Robert Downey Jr., Avengers: Infinity War
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 2
Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther
Dwayne Johnson, Skyscraper
Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Chris Pratt, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
John Boyega, Pacific Rim: Uprising
Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible: Fallout
Pierce Brosnan, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
Nick Robinson, Love, Simon
Female Movie Star of 2018
Evangeline Lilly, Ant-Man and the Wasp
Scarlett Johansson, Avengers: Infinity War
Oprah Winfrey, A Wrinkle in Time
Sandra Bullock, Ocean’s 8
Reese Witherspoon, A Wrinkle in Time
Leslie Mann, Blockers
Anne Hathaway, Ocean’s 8
Lily James, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
Melissa McCarthy, Life of the Party
Bryce Dallas Howard, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place
Jennifer Lawrence, Red Sparrow
Drama Movie Star of 2018
Reese Witherspoon, A Wrinkle in Time
Oprah Winfrey, A Wrinkle in Time
John Krasinski, A Quiet Place
Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place
Natalie Portman, Annihilation
Jennifer Lawrence, Red Sparrow
Chris Hemsworth, 12 Strong
Gina Rodriguez, Annihilation
Ewan McGregor, Christopher Robin
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman
Shailene Woodley, Adrift
Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades Freed
Comedy Movie Star of 2018
Awkwafina, Crazy Rich Asians
Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians
Amy Schumer, I Feel Pretty
Melissa McCarthy, Life of the Party
John Cena, Blockers
Leslie Mann, Blockers
Nick Robinson, Love, Simon
Amanda Seyfried, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
Anna Faris, Overboard
Jon Hamm, Tag
Tiffany Haddish, Uncle Drew
Mila Kunis, The Spy Who Dumped Me
Action Movie Star of 2018
Chris Hemsworth, Avengers: Infinity Wars
Evangeline Lilly, Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 2
Donald Glover, Solo: A Star Wars Story
Alicia Vikander, Tomb Raider
Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther
Danai Gurira, Black Panther
Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Dwayne Johnson, Rampage
Chris Pratt, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Scarlett Johansson, Avengers: Infinity War
Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible: Fallout
TV Show of 2018
The Walking Dead
This Is Us
Grey’s Anatomy
The Big Bang Theory
Will & Grace
WWE Raw
The Good Doctor
13 Reasons Why
9-1-1
America’s Got Talent
Modern Family
Saturday Night Live
Drama Show of 2018
The Walking Dead
This Is Us
Grey’s Anatomy
13 Reasons Why
The Good Doctor
Scandal
Lost in Space
9-1-1
Westworld
Riverdale
The Handmaid’s Tale
Castle Rock
Comedy Show of 2018
Saturday Night Live
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
Will & Grace
Black-ish
Mom
Orange Is the New Black
The Good Place
Atlanta
Santa Clarita Diet
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Insecure
Revival Show of 2018
Will & Grace
American Idol
Trading Spaces
Arrested Development
One Day at a Time
Queer Eye
X-Files
Love Connection
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
Dynasty
Lost in Space
Fear Factor
Reality Show of 2018
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
Queer Eye
The Real Housewives of Atlanta
The Real Housewives of New York City
Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Basketball Wives
Gold Rush
Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta
Love and Hip Hop: New York
Teen Mom
Chrisley Knows Best
Vanderpump Rules
Competition Show of 2018
Nailed It
The Voice
Survivor: Ghost Island
Ellen’s Game of Games
The Amazing Race
Big Brother
Top Chef
MasterChef
RuPaul’s Drag Race
America’s Got Talent
American Idol
The Bachelor
Male TV Star of 2018
Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead
Norman Reedus, The Walking Dead
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
Jesse Williams, Grey’s Anatomy
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Cole Sprouse, Riverdale
Tony Goldwyn, Scandal
Justin Chambers, Grey’s Anatomy
Scott Foley, Scandal
Ian Armitage, Young Sheldon
Freddie Highmore, The Good Doctor
Female TV Star of 2018
Ellen Pompeo, Grey’s Anatomy
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Camila Mendes, Riverdale
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Issa Rae, Insecure
Kristen Bell, The Good Place
Lauren Cohan, The Walking Dead
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Danai Gurira, The Walking Dead
Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory
Drama TV Star of 2018
Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead
Ellen Pompeo, Grey’s Anatomy
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Justin Hartley, This Is Us
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Freddie Highmore, The Good Doctor
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
KJ Apa, Riverdale
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Katherine Langford, 13 Reasons Why
Comedy TV Star of 2018
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Kristen Bell, The Good Place
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Yara Shahidi, Grown-ish
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Tiffany Haddish, The Last O.G.
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Drew Barrymore, Santa Clarita Diet
The 20 new castaways who will be taking part in the 37th season of Survivor will include a scientist, an MMA fighter, a wrestler, a filmmaker, and a S.W.A.T. officer. The 20 competitors will be divided into two tribes that will compete in challenges on the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.
According to CBS’s official announcement of season 37’s castaways, the theme will be “David vs. Goliath.” The David tribe is made up of castaways who’ve overcome adversity. The Goliath tribe members “tend to capitalize on their individual advantages and use it against their opponents.”
Survivor season 37 will premiere on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 8pm ET/PT. Jeff Probst is once again handling the hosting duties and guiding the castaways through tribal councils.
“‘Goliaths’ often have visible advantages, and they capitalize on them to ensure success, whereas ‘Davids’ are often forced to rely on their secret weapons and use these advantages to overcome adversity,” explained executive producer and host Jeff Probst. “It’s two very different approaches to life, but Survivor is the great equalizer, because you never know which skill set will be most useful in this cunning game of social politics.”
Survivor Season 37 Castaways:
“DAVID” TRIBE
Christian Hubicki, 32
Hometown: Baltimore, Md.
Current Residence: Tallahassee, Fla.
Robotics scientist
Nick Wilson, 27
Hometown: Williamsburg, Ky.
Current Residence: London, Ky.
Public defender
Davie Rickenbacker, 30
Hometown: Orangeburg, S.C.
Current Residence: Atlanta, Ga.
Social media manager
Pat Cusack, 40
Hometown: Cohoes, N.Y.
Current Residence: Watervliet, N.Y.
Maintenance manager
Carl Boudreaux, 41
Hometown: Beaumont, Texas
Current Residence: Houston, Texas
Truck driver
Patrick Fugit, Kate Lyn Sheil, Madeleine McGraw, and Briana Venskus in ‘Outcast’ (Photo by Kent Smith / Cinemax)
Season two of Cinemax’s Outcast will finish up its second season with four new episodes in September 2018. The series is airing on Fridays at 10pm ET/PT and is based on the Skybound/Image comic created by Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead).
The cast of season two is led by Patrick Fugit (Gone Girl) and Philip Glenister (Kingdom of Heaven). Wrenn Schmidt (The Looming Tower), Reg E. Cathay (The Wire), Kate Lyn Sheil (House of Cards), Julia Crockett (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), David Denman (13 Hours), and Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation) are also featured in the show’s second season.
The Season 2 Plot: Plagued by demons since childhood, Kyle is on a journey to find answers – but what he uncovers could mean the end of life as we know it. Continuing to probe the mystery of what lies behind the town of Rome’s supernatural manifestations, and why they are drawn to Kyle, the show explores how people cope with extreme circumstances while protecting the ones they love.
Patrick Fugit stars as Kyle Barnes, a young man who has been plagued by demonic possession all his life. With the help of Reverend Anderson, played by Philip Glenister, a preacher who believes he is a soldier in God’s holy war against the forces of evil, Kyle tries to protect those he holds most dear, now that the otherworldly threats prove greater in scope and number than anticipated. His struggle will grow into a fight for all of his hometown, as he discovers the haunting secrets of his own past.
Outcast September 2018 Episodes:
Episode #17 (season 2, episode 7): “Alone When It Comes”
Debut date: FRIDAY, SEPT. 7 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)
After Kyle (Patrick Fugit) hastily leaves town with Allison (Kate Lyn Sheil) and Amber (Madeleine McGraw), Megan (Wrenn Schmidt) seeks refuge among Dakota’s (Madelyn Deutsch) flock, while Anderson (Philip Glenister) grows increasingly suspicious of her motivations. Giles (Reg E. Cathey) becomes a person of interest in Rome’s most recent murder. Sidney (Brent Spiner) falls ill after receiving disappointing news from Dr. Park (Hoon Lee).
Written by Helen Leigh; directed by Josef Wladyka.
Episode #18 (season 2, episode 8): “Mercy”
Debut date: FRIDAY, SEPT. 14 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Hoping to figure out why the possessed are slowly dying, Dr. Park (Hoon Lee) recruits a familiar face from Kyle’s past for assistance. Sidney (Brent Spiner) shares details about his kind’s long history on Earth. Bob (M.C. Gainey) shows Kyle (Patrick Fugit) grim evidence of his father’s tactics 30 years ago.
Written by Jeff Vlaming; directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer.
Episode #19 (season 2, episode 9): “This Is How It Starts”
Debut date: FRIDAY, SEPT. 21 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Kyle (Patrick Fugit) is ambushed by an old foe en route to help Giles (Reg E. Cathey), who’s worried that Rose (Charmin Lee) is showing the first signs of possession. Allison (Kate Lyn Sheil) and Amber (Madeleine McGraw) go missing from the motel where they’ve been hiding out. Anderson’s (Philip Glenister) battle with Sidney (Brent Spiner) comes to a head. Kyle receives shocking news about his long-estranged father, Simon (C. Thomas Howell).
Written by Adam Targum; directed by Howard Deutch.
Episode #20 (season 2, episode 10): “To the Sea” (season finale)
Debut date: FRIDAY, SEPT. 28 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Kyle (Patrick Fugit), Bob (M.C. Gainey) and Simon (C. Thomas Howell) pay a visit to the sole survivor of Rome’s possessions 30 years ago. Emboldened by his new “army,” Anderson (Philip Glenister) decides to help Giles (Reg E. Cathey) round up the possessed. Simon attempts to convince Kyle to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to rid Rome of its dark forces for good.
Written by Chris Black; directed by Loni Peristere.
Nathan Fillion returns to a starring role in series television with ABC’s new one-hour drama, The Rookie. Fillion, who spent eight seasons starring in Castle, leads the cast of the new cop series which is set to premiere on October 16, 2018. The Rookie will air on Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT as part of ABC’s fall primetime schedule.
The cast includes Nathan Fillion as John Nolan, Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez, and Richard T. Jones as Sergeant Wade Grey. Titus Makin plays Jackson West, Mercedes Mason is Captain Zoe Andersen, Melissa O’Neil is Lucy Chen, Afton Williamson plays Talia Bishop, and Eric Winter is Tim Bradford.
The series is written by Alexi Hawley (Castle, The Following) who also executive produces. Fillion, Mark Gordon, Michelle Chapman and Jon Steinberg also serve as executive producers on The Rookie. The show’s first episode was directed by Liz Friedlander.
The Plot: Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being a Los Angeles police officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis. If he can’t keep up with the young cops and the criminals, he’ll be risking lives including his own. But if he can use his life experience, determination and sense of humor to give him an edge, he may just become a success in this new chapter of his life.
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Kaitlin Olson as Dee, Charlie Day as Charlie, and Danny DeVito as Frank in ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ (Photo by Evans Vestal Ward/FX)
Danny DeVito was part of a TCA table read for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 13. The episode they read has Mac (Rob McElhenney) officially come out to his father through an interpretive dance. Frank (DeVito) tries to be supportive in his own way too.
DeVito stayed after the read to talk with reporters more. Other episodes this season see Frank and the gang try to solve an escape room and try to make Paddy’s pub great again. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia returns Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 10pm ET/PT on FXX.
Is Frank Reynolds more your signature character now over Louie from Taxi?
Danny DeVito: “Yeah, I think it’s Frank unless you’re a kid. Then it’s Mr. Wormwood. Really, I get a lot of people who grew up with Matilda. So, I do get a lot of Mr. Wormwood and that’s really fun because it’s, ‘I’m going to Guam. Hurry up, the speedboat salesmen are coming.’
I’m from Jersey, a little bit outside from Philly. But wherever I go now, since the show’s been on and very popular all over the world basically, I mean, people will say to me things like, ‘Go Philly! Hey, Philly!’ something like that, you know. So, I think all the people that I’ve encountered so far, no matter how base we are, they just think of it as kind of a cool thing and a feather in their cap, Philly people. They like our show, I think. And we like Philly too.”
Have been asked to do anything so debased that you’ve taken a pause and said, “Maybe not for this one?”
Danny DeVito: “There have been very few things that I’ve said no to. There was one episode that I didn’t want to do, but it was they wrote it as a joke. I get thrown out of windows. I come out of couches naked. I puffed myself up like that makeup was really amazing to do, a lot of fun. I bled all over everything. I’ve done everything. I mean, not everything, because we have a…you still got to do another season of the show and there are probably going to be other things. If anybody thinks of anything that they want to see me do, you can write to them, and if it’s outrageous enough, they’ll put it in the show.”
Do you worry about political correctness and getting in trouble for things you thought everybody would laugh at?
Danny DeVito: “I think the main thing about that is abuse. The main thing about that is respect. There’s funny and then there’s abusive and then there’s jokes and everybody kids each other about stuff. But when there’s the violation of personal space, then I think you’re in a big mess. Since all of this has gone on, women need to be heard and listened to and that’s great, but I really don’t feel like the majority of the comedians in the world or people who poke fun at themselves and each other are abusive. I don’t think that’s the case. There are rare, rare cases of that, and they’ve come to the surface.”
Arnold said he saw the Triplets script. Have you?
Danny DeVito: “No, I haven’t seen it. I don’t know what’s going to happen with that but I’m looking forward to it.”
Danny DeVito: “Dumbo’s beautiful. Tim (Burton) is a genius. It’s really a movie that’s going to be for everybody. We love Dumbo. He’s our precious friend and I think in the hands of a visual artist like Tim, Disney’s got something really special on their hands because that was an experience. It was a really wild, great, fun, colorful experience with Dumbo.”
Was it interesting working with Tim again all these years later?
Danny DeVito: “Tim and I have worked together four times now. It’s always a pleasure. We stay in touch. I go to see his art shows. I’ve done things like that. Even though we weren’t making movies together for a while, we are good friends and we keep in touch.”
How was your experience on Broadway?
Danny DeVito: “That was my first time on Broadway. The amazing thing is doing Arthur Miller, it’s great words. I’ve done two plays now since we’ve been doing Sunny. One was Sunshine Boys which was Neil Simon, so great writing. Arthur Miller, you just can’t beat that gift of language.”
What’s the most important life lesson you’ve learned?
Danny DeVito: “Before you go on a long road trip, you should take a leak. Very, very important. As you get older, the bladder’s like, ‘What?'”
What is your favorite TV comedy of all time and why?
Danny DeVito: “I think it’s I Love Lucy because I grew up watching her and Ethel dig themselves into major, major holes and try to get out. I kind of look at It’s Always Sunny as like I Love Lucy on acid.”
Kaitlin Olson, Rob McElhenney, Danny DeVito, and Charlie Day in ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ (Photo by Patrick McElhenney/FX)
Did Broadway change your Sunny work?
Danny DeVito: “No, I’m looking forward to finding some other play to do too. I really love the experience and I got t to work with terrific actors and wonderful Arthur Miller words. To be an actor, I relish the thought of doing it again.”
What are your thoughts on a Taxi reboot?
Danny DeVito: “I don’t think about that. I don’t think about the reboots and the remakes. I think about possibly doing new things. Although I guess you would say I did the Arthur Miller that’s been done before, but I enjoyed doing it. And Sunshine Boys was lots of fun.”
What is your love of theater about?
Danny DeVito: “Well, theater’s a great thing. I’m an actor so I like to entertain you. It’s great to have an audience. In the theater, you do the shows like live audience, it’s give and take, it’s really good. Taxi used to be in front of a live audience every Friday night. That was great. So movies totally different and television without audiences, but I really dig doing theater. I want to do more of it.”
What career achievement are you most proud of so far?
Danny DeVito: “I love all the things I’ve done. I’m really very lucky to have been in so many good – had so many good parts. It’s great to work with good writers. It’s nice to be with friends.”
What haven’t you done yet that you’re dying to do?
Danny DeVito: “Keep going. Tomorrow morning. You’ve gotta wake up in the morning. That’s the big thing so I haven’t done that yet. Gotta do that.”
Have you kept in touch with Mara Wilson since she became a writer herself?
Danny DeVito: “Yes, yes. As a matter of fact, Mara and I were together. We had a reunion with Matilda. If you buy the Blu-ray for Matilda, in the middle of the Blu-ray I put a garden party that we had with all the grown-up kids. You get to see Bruce Bogtrotter and Lavender and Matilda and Mrs. Trunchbull was there. Embeth, Miss Honey was there.”
Did it happen very quickly when you started acting?
Danny DeVito: “No, it didn’t. Every actor’s got a lot of things they have to – it’s not an easy task becoming an actor and getting work, so you have to keep in there and be positive about it and just keep being tenacious and going after it and look for that. It’s like hunting, look for the right thing so you keep working on it and don’t give up and don’t let anybody tell you that you can’t do it.”
Nickelodeon’s ‘Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ voice cast: Kat Graham (April O’Neil), Josh Brener (Donatello), Omar Miller (Raphael), Brandon Mychal Smith (Michelangelo) and Ben Schwartz (Leonardo).
Nickelodeon announced their plans to being the voice cast of the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series to the 2018 New York Comic Con. The series will present a panel that will include a Q&A with series stars Omar Miller, Josh Brener, Brandon Smith, and Kat Graham, as well as voice director Rob Paulsen and executive producers Andy Suriano and Ant Ward.
The panel will take place on Friday, October 5, 2018 at 4:15pm ET/PT on the Main Stage at the Javits Center. Nickelodeon plans to show off brand new clips from the series and will have giveaways for fans in attendance. They also teased there will be “special guests.”
Nickelodeon will also be hosting an autograph signing session with the show’s voice talent and executive producers. The signing will take place at the IDW booth.
Additional daily booth activities for Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans in attendance include:
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Experience: Attendees can step inside the Turtles’ secret lair under the streets of New York City for a gif opportunity.
The Loud House Photo Opp. Enter the Loud family’s living room, sit on the couch and take a group photo with Lincoln Loud and his 10 sisters.
Costumed-Character Appearances: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will make appearances at Nick’s booth at select times during the convention.
Giveaways: Enter for a chance to win special prizes over the course of the convention.
The Plot:Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reimagines the characters in a fresh new way, featuring jagged-shelled Raphael as a snapping turtle, wielding twin tonfas as his weapons; Leonardo as a red-eared slider, using an ōdachi sword; Donatello as a soft-shell turtle, sporting a tech-bo staff; and Michelangelo as a box turtle, arming himself with a kusari-fundo. Along for the adventure is the Turtles’ most trusted ally, April O’Neil, a street savvy native New Yorker and Splinter, father figure and sensei to the Turtles.
The Turtles hold distinct personality traits and skills, including: Raphael, as the oldest and biggest brother, he is the leader full of enthusiasm and bravado; Leonardo, the self-professed ‘coolest’ brother possesses irreverent charm and a rebel heart; Donatello, a mechanical genius and tech wizard whose ninja skills are second only to his coding; and Michelangelo, the youngest brother, a skateboarder and artist who is wild and imaginative.
Freeform’s “31 Nights of Halloween” lineup will include multiple screenings of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Monster House, Monsters University, The Goonies, and Warm Bodies. The special holiday primetime schedule will kick off on October 1, 2018 with ParaNorman and will finish up on October 31st with a Hocus Pocus marathon. Both Hocus Pocus and The Nightmare Before Christmas are celebrating their 25th anniversaries this year.
The Halloween-themed lineup also includes the premiere of Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic which will debut on October 14th. The special provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Disney parks’ preparations for Halloween. Per Freeform, “viewers will learn how the dedicated team of Disney cast members bring Halloween to life with pumpkins, ghosts and ghoulish delights around every corner of these magical destinations.”
This year marks the network’s expansion of Halloween programming from 13 nights to 31.
Executive producer Dick Wolf (Photo by Elizabeth Sisson/NBC)
NBC has ordered a 13 episode season of Law & Order: Hate Crimes from executive producer Dick Wolf. The timely, just-announced series is a Universal Television production and is inspired by New York’s Hate Crimes Task Force.
Dick Wolf co-created Law & Order: Hate Crimes with Warren Leight (former showrunner of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit). Wolf, Leight, Peter Jankowski, Michael Chernuchin, Julie Martin, Mariska Hargitay, Alex Chapple, and Arthur Forney will serve as executive producers.
According to the network, the new Hate Crimes Unit will be introduced during the 20th season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
“As Law & Order: SVU enters its remarkable 20th season, it is exciting to get back into business with Dick Wolf on a new Law & Order incarnation that feels extremely timely,” stated Lisa Katz, Co-President of Scripted Programming, NBC Entertainment. “Considering that last year there was a double-digit rise in hate crimes in our 10 largest cities — the highest total in over a decade — it seemed like this topic is begging to be explored.”
NBC Entertainment Co-President of Scripted Programming Tracey Pakosta said, “We’re confident that Dick and Warren will examine these cases in all their complexity and deliver another riveting series for our country, currently grappling with an escalation of these crimes and the motivations behind them.”
“As with all of my crime shows, I want to depict what’s really going on in our cities and shine a light on the wide-ranging victims and show that justice can prevail,” explained Dick Wolf. “Twenty years ago when SVU began, very few people felt comfortable coming forward and reporting these crimes, but when you bring the stories into people’s living rooms – with characters as empathetic as Olivia Benson – a real dialogue can begin. That’s what I hope we can do with this new show in a world where hate crimes have reached an egregious level.”
“I’m extremely impressed by the actual men and women investigating these cases in a city as complicated and diverse as New York,” said co-creator Warren Leight. “The work they are doing puts them on the front lines in a battle for the soul of our city and nation. I’m thrilled about the chance to reunite with Dick and NBC to portray the reality of this crisis.”
The Plot:Law & Order: Hate Crimes is set in New York City, where crimes motivated by discrimination are vigorously investigated by an elite, specially trained team of investigators. Going behind the headlines and viral videos, these diverse, dedicated and passionate detectives will stop at nothing to bring these criminals to justice.
Two weeks out from the premiere of the fifth season of BoJack Horseman, Netflix has released the official season five trailer. Netflix has also unveiled the official poster for the adult animated series.
BoJack Horseman season five is set to launch globally on September 14, 2018.
The critically acclaimed animated series was created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. Bob-Waksberg executive produces with Steven A. Cohen, Noel Bright, and voice cast members Will Arnett (Flaked, Arrested Development) and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad).
The Plot: “All right, season five of BoJack Horseman, here we go. Has it really been five seasons? Where does the time go, huh? Anyway, this season finds BoJack (voiced by Will Arnett) starring in a new TV show called Philbert, playing a character with disturbing parallels to BoJack’s real life, echoes that force BoJack to confront himself and his past in ways large and small, but the main thing that happens this season is Diane gets a haircut. We spent a lot of time figuring out the haircut — the style, the volume, the bounce, the sheen — and we’re really proud of the way it came out. We really think people are going to like this new season, and Diane’s new haircut!”
A Look Back at Season 4, Courtesy of Raphael Bob-Waksberg: “Bam boom, BoJack Horseman season four synopsis, here we go. Okay, so this season is full of all the things people love about their favorite depressed talking horse. First of all, you’ve got BoJack himself, who is up to his old tricks. Then you have Princess Carolyn, who is one cool cat. While Princess Carolyn toys with the idea of starting a family, BoJack has family issues of his own. This season, on BoJack Horseman.
Meanwhile, Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter have family issues of their own. You might say their marriage is ‘in a pit,’ if you know what I mean (which you won’t, until you watch the season). Meanwhile Todd has issues of his own — as he explores his own evolving sexual identity and also in some episodes doesn’t do that. Oh! And Mr. Peanutbutter’s running for governor now; I forgot to mention that, that’s important. Also, in one episode BoJack wears a new hat! Bet you want to tune in to see that new hat, huh? Okay, I lied, there’s no new hat. I just really want you to watch the new season of BoJack Horseman!”
