FX has finally released an official trailer for the upcoming seventh season of American Horror Story. The new one-minute American Horror Story: Cult trailer opens in Michigan in 2016 and shows Sarah Paulson’s horrified reaction to the news Donald Trump won the presidential election. AHS: Cult‘s trailer also briefly introduces characters played by Evan Peters, Alison Pill, Billie Lourd, and Cheyenne Jackson.
Politics and clowns mix in the first-look footage as Paulson’s character, Ally, appears to have a fear of both, and visits to her therapist aren’t helping. John Carroll Lynch’s Twisty the Clown makes an appearance in doll form, while Peters’ Kai Anderson seems to be a leader of a cult that takes pleasure from fear and terror.
FX has set a September 5, 2017 at 10pm ET/PT premiere for American Horror Story: Cult. The cast also includes Emma Roberts, Frances Conroy, Mare Winningham, Colton Haynes, Billy Eichner, and Leslie Grossman.
Christian Bale stars in ‘Hostile’ (Photo Credit: Lorey Sebastian – Le Grisbi Productions / Waypoint Entertainment)
Le Grisbi Productions and Waypoint Entertainment have unveiled the first official photo from the dramatic film, Hostiles, starring Christian Bale. The thriller, which comes from writer/director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Out of the Furnace), will have its international premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. In addition to Bale, the Hostiles cast includes Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Adam Beach, Ben Foster, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, and Q’orianka Kilcher.
Scott Cooper, John Lesher, and Ken Kao produced the 19th century Western drama. Masanobu Takayanagi is the cinematographer, Tom Cross is the editor, and Donald Graham Burt is the production designer.
The Plot: Set in 1892, Hostiles tells the story of a legendary Army Captain (Christian Bale) who, after stern resistance, reluctantly agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) and his family back home to tribal lands. Making the harrowing and perilous journey from New Mexico to the grasslands of Montana, the former rivals encounter a young widow (Rosamund Pike) whose family was murdered on the plains. Together, they must join forces to overcome the punishing landscape, hostile Comanche, and vicious outliers they encounter along the way.
Fox is searching for a young actor to star in the upcoming live musical production of A Christmas Story. A casting call is currently underway for an actor aged 9-12 to play the lead role of Ralphie Parker in the three-hour musical set to air live on December 17, 2017. The role of Ralphie in the 1983 Christmas movie was played by Peter Billingsley, with Melinda Dillon and Darren McGavin playing his parents.
Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live) was previously announced to star in the 2017 adaptation as Ralphie’s mom.
Per Fox: “Ralphie is a bright, but not precocious, nine-year-old boy whose only dream is to get a Red Ryder Range Model Carbine Action BB Gun for Christmas. Auditions for the role are open now through Tuesday, August 29, at 11:59 PM PT. Submissions will be accepted digitally only via castittalent.com/A_Christmas_Story. Candidates, ages 9-12, should express strong singing and dancing capabilities and be able to anchor the live three-hour production. As part of the audition, candidates should submit a video performing the original songs ‘Red Ryder BB Gun’ and ‘Before the Old Man.'”
A Christmas Story will be executive produced by Marc Platt (Grease: Live, La La Land), Adam Siegel, Alex Rudzinski, and Scott Ellis. Rudzinski is serving as the live television director and Ellis is the director overseeing the stage direction. Jonathan Tolins and Robert Cary are on board as writers, with Tony Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dear Evan Hansen) composing new songs for the live musical production. Pasek and Paul also wrote the score for the Broadway production of A Christmas Story: The Musical.
Netflix’s new three-minute video goes behind the scenes of the upcoming third season of the critically acclaimed series, Narcos. The latest featurette helps set up the key characters for season three who are taking the place of season one and two’s Pablo Escobar. Netflix will release the entire third season starring Pedro Pascal as DEA agent Javier Peña on September 1, 2017.
Narcos season one premiered on August 28, 2015 and focused on the search for drug kingpin Pablo Escobar (played by Wagner Moura). Season two followed on September 2, 2016 and continued the DEA’s attempt to bring Escobar to justice.
The Season 3 Plot: Now that the bloody hunt for Pablo Escobar has ended, the DEA turns its attention to the richest drug trafficking organization in the world: the Cali Cartel. Led by four powerful godfathers, this cartel operates much differently than Escobar’s, preferring to bribe government officials and keep its violent actions out of the headlines.
Season three’s new characters include:
• Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela (Damian Alcazar) – leader of Cali Cartel, “boss of bosses”
• Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela (Francisco Denis) – the brains behind the rise of the of Cali Cartel and Gilberto’s brother
• Pacho Herrera (Alberto Ammann) – the on-the-low hitman, runs the Mexican connection and international distribution
• Chepe Santacruz Londono (Pepe Rapazote) – runs the satellite NYC empire of the Colombian drug network
• Jorge Salcedo (Matias Varela) – Cali’s head of security who prioritizes his wife and kids’ protection over his bosses
• DEA agents Chris Feistl (Michael Stahl-David) and Daniel Van Ness (Matt Whelan) who enter the operation with enthusiasm and inexperience
• Franklin Jurado (Miguel Angel Silvestre) – the cartel’s money launderer who unknowingly puts his wife, Christina (Kerry Bishe) in mortal danger
• David Rodriguez (Arturo Castro) – Miguel’s oldest son, who is reluctant at first to take a leading role in the cartel structure
Alberto Ammann in ‘Narcos’ season 3. (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Netflix just released the official trailer for Little Evil, a horror comedy from writer/director Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs Evil). The streaming network also unveiled a new poster featuring Adam Scott (Big Little Lies), Evangeline Lilly (Ant-Man), and newcomer Owen Atlas. Donald Faison, Bridget Everett, and Chris D’Elia co-star in Craig’s latest comedy.
Netflix is premiering Little Evil on September 1, 2017.
The Plot: From writer/director Eli Craig, Adam Scott and Evangeline Lilly star in this offbeat comedy about love, family, and the Antichrist. Gary has just married the love of his life, Samantha, and is now the stepfather to her quirky 5 year old son, Lucas (Atlas). But he soon finds himself in increasingly odd situations around the child, which drives him to believe his new stepson may actually be the spawn of Satan.
The CW’s Riverdale will return for what series creator/executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa confirmed will be another difficult year for the high school friends. Season two isn’t going to be any less stressful for Archie and his gang as they deal with school, relationships, and family problems.
Aguirre-Sacasa was teamed up with Casey Cott, who plays Kevin Keller in the popular series based on the Archie Comics, for roundtable interviews at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, and both discussed not only the most difficult scenes of the series but also what’s in store for the Riverdale gang. Season two is set to premiere on October 11, 2017.
Will the group be splintered or broken up, or will they draw closer together in season two?
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: “That’s a good question. Well, Jughead is going to Southside High which is the big thing. And it’s funny, in the first episode because it’s really focused on the direct aftermath of season one, the gang is together which is really, really nice. And even in season two, Pop’s – which is the iconic symbol of Riverdale – is under fire so the gang kind of comes together to save that. And I think partly it was those were just the stories we were telling, but partly was I didn’t want to start splitting them up until episode three. You can start seeing cracks amongst the group. It’s a big episode for Kevin, and some of the core relationships like Kevin and Betty’s friendship gets really tested.”
Casey Cott: “After 13 episodes, I can say there was a lot of drama in season one but there was a lot of relationships that have underlying, underbelly drama waiting to kind of explode. I think that it starts to in a very organic way and it’s really wonderful to play.”
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: “For me, the reason I loved growing up with the Archie characters is because I wanted to be friends with those kids. Like, that was it. I’ve been trying to do this show for the last 15 years. I would talk about it before and get, ‘Why are you obsessed with the Archie characters?’ and I said, ‘Why am I obsessed? It’s because I want to be friends with them.’ So, despite all of the things, I think at the core, it’s a show about there is always an aspirational element to be friends with these kids. So, there’s always trouble, but I hope they’ll always come together. I hope.”
What’s been the most emotional or difficult scene to work on?
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: “I think for me the thing that’s most upsetting is honestly when Betty and Veronica fight. There’s only one or two moments in season one where they fight and it’s really upsetting to me. There’s also in season two in the premiere, it’s a really stressful time for Archie and he and Veronica have a very fractured moment in times of stress. And it’s really upsetting when they’re not together, so that for me is the hardest thing to write.”
Casey Cott: “The most difficult scenes I’ve had have been in season two, in terms of intensity. I think one scene that was pretty tricky was during the pilot was first of all the starting of Moose and I walking down that lane and then discovering Jason’s body. I mean, I don’t know if you’ve discovered a dead body by the river but that was a really cool shot. I remember it was very technical and tripping over his leg and then popping up and seeing the body in the water. That was probably the trickiest because it’s also a scene you’ve got to get right.”
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: “I have a vivid memory that was the next to the last day. It was the last time we were going to be in the mountains. It was the last shot of the day. We were over and the producer was like, ‘We’re going to pull the plug. We’re going to pull the plug,’ and we’re like, ‘We haven’t gotten it!’ It was so stressful.”
Casey Cott: “And it was my first episode ever, so I was like, ‘I’m doing something wrong.’ But luckily most of the scenes, honestly, we have such a good rapport that after you say the words a couple of times it just becomes pretty organic. (Laughing) The writers are okay.”
Now that you’ve established season one are ready to start exploring the further Archie-verse?
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: “Yeah, we are introducing other characters for sure. And yeah, listen, my dream is to be able to bring to life the other Archie franchises kind of like the way Greg (Berlanti) has brought to life so many of the superhero franchises. But you know it’s like in a way your first love is your truest love, so there’s so much to do with Riverdale. There’s so many characters and stories, but I’d love to do that, that’s for sure.”
The CW’s Supernatural Season 12’s finale left a few characters possibly/probably dead, with Castiel among the likely deceased. Misha Collins says that every year prior to doing interviews at the San Diego Comic Con, the cast of Supernatural’s provided with a list of items they’re allowed to talk about for the upcoming season. This year, Collins’ list for Castiel simply said, “Well, nobody’s really dead forever on Supernatural.”
What’s going on with Castiel when the season picks up?
Misha Collins: […] “I’ll just tell you everything that’s going on in the first eight episodes to spite them. So, we find Cas dead. Surprise, surprise. And the most relevant aspect of Castiel’s death this time is how it plays out, how the boys process Castiel’s death. So, ultimately, as the season plays out, Castiel’s death is going to be less important for him because he was just dead than it is for the boys who go through the grieving process and really have to process the loss of their friend.
When he does come back as more than a lifeless body, we find him in a realm that we’ve talked about on Supernatural but we’ve never seen. And, he finds himself alone in this realm with only one other companion who is another powerful being played by a great actor. I can tell you that.”
How would you describe Castiel’s growth over the years in his relationship with the Winchester brothers, and how has that been as an actor to play?
Misha Collins: “I don’t think that there are very many parallels for actors because what we’re doing is actually really weird. We’re playing the same character in an evolving set of circumstances over the course of more than a decade. So, you never get to do that on a play; you rarely get to do that on a television series. I mean, super rarely. It’s very uncommon. And not only that, but layer on top of that the fact that these characters go through circumstances that change wildly and they go through these incredibly life-changing… I mean, we all die but we also take on other personalities.
We get all pop culture downloaded with the snap of the fingers. We change radically in short periods of time, and then also there’s this very gradual morphing that happens over time. Ultimately, I think it ends up being a fairly unconscious process. Like, we are taking in the information and the characters are changing as the storyline dictates. But I don’t think that we’re trying to remember all of the stuff. It’s just sort of become a part of us.
It’s more organic to the process than I would have expected. I would have expected we’d have to sit down and run over things in our heads and refresh our memories about what’s going on. And in fact, it’s more like just having a personality that is changing. I think that’s how the characters develop.”
Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance season 14’s top 10 finalists will be participating in a lengthy tour kicking off on October 5, 2017 in Chicago. The So You Think You Can Dance tour will stop in 34 cities including Boston, Atlanta, Orlando, San Diego, and Los Angeles before finishing up on November 19th in Santa Rosa, CA. The season 14 top 10 finalists – Robert Green, Logan Hernandez, Lex Ishimoto, Koine Iwasaki, Dassy Lee, Kaylee Millis, KiKi Nyemchek, Taylor Sieve, Sydney Tormey, and Mark Villaver – will be joined on the tour by All-Stars Marko Germar and Jasmine Harper.
All-Star Jasmine Harper’s performed with Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Usher, and Pit Bull since being on SYTYCD. Marko Germar was part of Grease Live!, Glee, Austin & Ally, and Teen Beach Movie.
Per Fox: “Fall’s hottest ticket will feature this season’s most popular routines, as well as original pieces created specifically for the nationwide tour, with the theme, ‘All the Right Moves.’ 19 Entertainment and dick clark productions will present audiences across the country with the opportunity to experience live the action brought into their living rooms each week on the beloved summer series, with a variety of sizzling, one-of-a-kind dance routines they have come to enjoy and expect from their favorite dancers.”
Season 14 of So You Think You Can Dance is currently airing on Mondays at 8pm ET/PT. This season’s judges are Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, and Vanessa Hudgens, with Cat Deeley hosting.
So You Think You Can Dance Tour Dates:
10/5/17 – Chicago, IL at Chicago Theatre
10/6/17 – Detroit, MI at Fox Theatre
10/7/17 – Indianapolis, IN at Murat Thatre
10/8/17 – Greensburg, PA at Palace Theatre
10/10/17 – Englewood, NJ at Bergen PAC
10/11/17 – Baltimore, MD at Lyric Theatre
10/13/17 – Boston, MA at Orpheum Theatre
10/14/17 – Brookville, NY at Tilles Center
10/15/17 – Mashantucket, CT at Foxwoods Resort
10/17/17 – Morristown, NJ at Mayo Performing Arts Center
10/18/17 – Bethlehem, PA at Bethlehem Event Center
10/20/17 – Red Bank, NJ at Count Basie Theatre
10/21/17 – Washington, DC at Warner Theatre
10/22/17 – Norfolk, VA at Chrysler Hall Theatre
10/24/17 – Wilmington, NC at The Wilson Center at Cape Fear
10/25/17 – Durham, NC at Durham Performing Arts Center
10/26/17 – Atlanta, GA at Cobb Energy Performance Arts Centre
10/28/17 – Orlando, FL at Hard Rock Live
10/29/17 – Clearwater, FL at Ruth Eckerd Hall
10/30/17 – Fort Myers, FL at Barbara B Mann Performing Arts
11/1/17 – Melbourne, FL at King Center
11/2/17 – Fort Lauderdale, FL at Au-Rene Theater Broward
11/3/17 – Sarasota, FL at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
11/4/17 – Orange Park, FL at Thrasher-Horne Center
11/5/17 – New Orleans, LA at Saenger Theatre
11/7/17 – Sugar Land, TX at Smart Financial Centre
11/8/17 – Grand Prairie, TX at Verizon Wireless Theatre
11/10/17 – San Antonio, TX at Majestic Theatre
11/12/17 – Phoenix, AZ at Comerica Theatre
11/14/17 – San Diego, CA at San Diego Civic Center
11/15/17 – Los Angeles, CA at Dolby Theatre
11/17/17 – Las Vegas, NV at The Pearl Concert
11/18/17 – Reno, NV at Grand Theatre at the Grand Sierra
11/19/17 – Santa Rosa, CA at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger in ‘Midnight Sun.’
Open Road Films has unveiled the first three photos from the romantic drama, Midnight Sun. The first photos from the film feature Midnight Sun‘s stars Bella Thorne (Famous in Love) and Patrick Schwarzenegger (The Long Road Home). Additional cast members include Rob Riggle, Quinn Shephard, and Ken Tremblett. Midnight Sun‘s based on Taiyô no uta by Kenji Bando and was adapted by Eric Kirsten, with Scott Speer (Finding Carter, Step Up Revolution) directing.
Open Road Films is targeting a March 30, 2018 theatrical release.
The Plot:Midnight Sun, an epic romantic drama, follows 17-year-old Katie Price (Thorne), sheltered since childhood with a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight. Katie’s world opens up after dark when she ventures out to play her guitar for travelers. One night, she meets Charlie (Schwarzenegger) whom she has secretly admired for years. She hides her condition from him, and the two embark on a uniquely powerful romance. Rob Riggle plays Katie’s loving and compassionate father, Jack, who endeavors to give his daughter a good life.
Patrick Schwarzenegger and Bella Thorne in ‘Midnight Sun.’Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger in ‘Midnight Sun.’
Krypton won’t premiere on Syfy until 2018, however attendees at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con had the opportunity to get the scoop on the series from the show’s star Cameron Cuffe and executive producers Damian Kindler and Cameron Welsh. The series is set two generations before Superman and focuses on Superman’s grandfather and his fight to redeem the House of El’s name. Sitting down for roundtable interviews, Cameron Cuffe talked about playing Seyd-El, his love of comic books, and the world in which the upcoming series takes place.
What’s it been like entering the world of Superman so far?
Cameron Cuffe: “It’s thrilling. Before I was ever an actor I was just a dude who loved movies and comic books, so it’s epic for me to be here.”
Can you talk about your character and where we pick up with him at the start of the series?
Cameron Cuffe: “My character, Seyg-El, is the eventual grandfather of Superman. He is the scion of the once great House of El that was once at the very top of Kryptonian society. Through no fault of his own, it has been stripped of its rank and sent to the very bottom. Essentially, he’s left for dead. So when we meet him, he’s been growing up in a very, very harsh environment where he has to struggle to survive. And so the elements of this legacy that’s out there and this sense of whatever it was that his family stood for, he’s sort of very isolated from, he’s very separate from. What’s real for him, and the stakes for him, is just making sure he gets through another day. That’s where we meet him at the beginning of our story.”
What are some of the key relationships in the story?
Cameron Cuffe: “In Krypton, we have some incredible characters as well as other Houses. One of them is with Lyta Zod. We have a fantastic actor, Georgina Campbell, who’s playing that role. She’s epic in it. So, within Krypton there’s a very precise society and there’s a Guild system. She’s within the military guild, she’s a soldier, and Seyg is a hustler from the streets. And, it should be oil and water and especially in a society that is leaning authoritarian. They have very precise ideas about who you are, what you can do, and what you can stand for. And so for that to happen is an act of rebellion. That is probably the most central relationship for Seyg-El in the show.”
You want to make this your own character but as an actor are you interested in honoring the legacy of Christopher Reeve and everyone who came before you?
Cameron Cuffe: “Our first exposure with this character for a lot of us would have been Christopher Reeve’s magnificent performance, and the credence he gave not only to Superman but to Clark Kent. I love his performance and everything he did as a person, too. But, for me it’s about the new story. This is forging a new path and people aren’t really sure what to expect. That’s one of the most exciting things for us is delivering a new story that is set within this fantastic world that has this great history that we’re so proud to be a part of.”
Did you watch all the movies and read Superman comics?
Cameron Cuffe: “Since I could read. I grew up in the time of the great animated series so I watched Batman, Superman, and Batman Beyond so I knew who these guys were. That was the time when nerd culture was starting to become pop culture. And then I think I was 10 and I was wandering around a book shop. I found one of those big encyclopedias on Batman and I was like, ‘There were three Robins!’ That was the first time I realized how deep these stories were and how interconnected their relationships were. It blew my mind. It is mythology. And since then, the first trade paperback I bought was Geoff Johns’ Teen Titans and that was the thing that made me a convert. I’ve been buying comic books ever since.”
Then how did it feel when you got this role?
Cameron Cuffe: “As an actor, I started out in London. I was doing stage and I aspired to do stage and indie films for the rest of my career, so this was something I never even dreamed of. It was so far off the radar for me and I was content to be a fan. So now that I’m a part of it, it’s just a dream. It doesn’t feel real. I feel like I’m going to wake up any second.”
Will Seyg-El have help clearing his name?
Cameron Cuffe: “Yes. So much of the story is how that ‘S’ comes to mean what it means to us now. And, Seyg isn’t a complete character when he begins, and he needs to fill that role as well. So, yes, that is one of his primary motivators for sure.”
Will there be a romance?
Cameron Cuffe:“Yes, there is the forbidden relationship with Lyta Zod. It’s a star-crossed romance.”
Is the show connected to the DC film universe or is it a stand-alone thing?
Cameron Cuffe: “The thing is DC is so great in letting people grow and develop their own paths. We don’t want to answer that question just yet. We want to forge our path, that’s the most important thing. Tell the best story we can while paying homage to the things that have come up before and the things that are coming up now. I can tell you there will be some things you’d be familiar with that you might not expect to see on Krypton.”
Watch the full Cameron Cuffe Krypton interview:
(Interview by Richard Chavez. Article by Rebecca Murray.)
