Peter Dinklage, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Emilia Clarke in ‘Game of Thrones’ (Photo: courtesy of HBO)
As if it wasn’t already a certainty, the second official trailer for HBO’s Game of Thrones season seven confirms the upcoming season will be packed with epic battles. The new two-minute trailer includes clips of impressive fight scenes along with brief glimpses of all the key players. Trailer #2 begins with Sansa Stark walking through the snow and ends with her saying, “When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.”
The trailer also features Kit Harington as Jon Snow warning the warring families, “For centuries our families fought together against their common enemy. Despite their differences, together. We need to do the same if we’re going to survive, because the enemy is real. It’s always been real.”
Season seven stars Lena Headey as Queen Cersei, Kit Harington as Jon Snow, Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark, Maisie Williams as Arya Stark, Aidan Gillen as Littlefinger, Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister. The cast also includes Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm, Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth, Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei, Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane, and Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy.
Game of Thrones season seven premieres on July 16, 2017.
Portrait of artist Pablo Picasso September 11, 1956 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Arnold Newman/Getty Images)
National Geographic announced Pablo Picasso will be the subject of the second season of Genius. The anthology series’ first season wrapped up on June 20, 2017 and focused on Albert Einstein, played by Geoffrey Rush as Professor Albert Einstein and Johnny Flynn as a younger Einstein. Season one snagged the highest ratings for any new National Geographic series, with more than 45 million people tuning in.
The scripted anthology series is executive produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, writer Ken Biller, Francie Calfo, and Gigi Pritzker. Ken Biller is also handling showrunner duties for season two. Nat Geo will begin shooting season two this summer and is targeting a 2018 premiere.
“We are thrilled with the enthusiastic response audiences and critics have had for Genius over the last nine weeks, and are excited to be delving back in to the concept with season two,” stated CEO of National Geographic Global Networks Courteney Monroe. “More so than any of his contemporaries, Picasso’s work dramatically expressed the modern age and defined new cultural norms. We are excited to explore his life and his genius with the incredibly talented team behind the series.”
“The remarkable story of artistic visionary Pablo Picasso is the perfect subject for season two of Genius,” said executive producer Ron Howard. “Picasso was a trailblazer who left a profound artistic and cultural impact on the world and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with National Geographic and Fox 21 Television Studios in telling the untold story behind the brilliant individual.”
“Season one has been a fantastic experience for all of us, and we owe a big debt to Courteney, Carolyn and the Nat Geo team for being such great partners,” commented Bert Salke, president of Fox 21 Television Studios. “Picasso is arguably one of the most influential artists of the last century with a life story almost too fantastic to be reality. It’s the perfect next chapter for Ron, Brian, Ken and this franchise.”
Details on Pablo Picasso’s Career, Courtesy of National Geographic: The artistic career of Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso spanned more than 80 of his 91 years, much of it in his second home of France. Much like the subject of the first season of GENIUS, Albert Einstein, Picasso imagined and interpreted the world in totally new and unorthodox ways, and constantly reinvented our perceptions of art and creativity. The prolific artist generated more than 50,000 works, among the most notable being The Old Guitarist from his Blue Period, now on display at the Art Institute of Chicago; Guernica, inspired by the Nazi bombing of a small Spanish town of the same name, currently on display at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain; and Les Demoiselles D’Avignon, inspired by lover and muse Fernande Olivier, now on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
His passionate nature and relentless creative drive were inextricably linked to his personal life, which included tumultuous marriages, numerous affairs and constantly shifting political and personal alliances. He lived most of his life in the vibrant Paris of the first half of the 20th Century and crossed paths with writers and artists including Ernest Hemingway, Coco Chanel, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Gertrude Stein, Georges Braque, and Jean Cocteau. Picasso constantly reinvented himself, always striving to innovate and push the boundaries of artistic expression.
Karin Konoval, Terry Notary, Andy Serkis and Michael Adamthwaite on the set of Twentieth Century Fox’s ‘War for the Planet of the Apes.’
20th Century Fox’s new video from War for the Planet of the Apes takes viewers behind the scenes and provides a detailed look at WETA Digital’s process of transforming actors into their ape characters via performance capture technology. The two and a half minute video provides behind the scenes footage of the actors in their motion capture suits as well as the resulting CG apes.
“The way that you can read genuine emotion has reached another level,” says Andy Serkis (‘Caesar’). “It looks insanely realistic. It’s just such a brilliant technology and I’ve embraced it. I actively want to push the boundaries so that this movie is the most thrilling on every single level.”
War for the Planet of the Apes was written by Matt Reeves and Mark Bomback, with Reeves directing. The cast includes Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Karin Konoval, Judy Greer and Terry Notary. 20th Century Fox will launch the latest Apes film in theaters on July 14, 2017.
The Plot: In War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
David Castro, Emeraude Toubia and Will Tudor in ‘Shadowhunters’ season 2 episode 14 (Photo by John Medland / Freeform)
Freeform’s Shadowhunters season two episode 13 ended with a shocking pairing that generated a lot of buzz online. Are Jace and Maia a couple now or was that scene at the end of episode 13 just a big tease and a one-off that won’t happen again? The episode also found Simon enjoying his fame due to his ability to walk around in the sunlight and Magnus had his feelings for and commitment to Alec tested. Up next, season two episode 14 titled ‘The Fair Folk’ airing on June 26, 2017.
The season two cast includes Katherine McNamara as Clary Fray, Dominic Sherwood as Jace Wayland, Alberto Rosende as Simon Lewis, Emeraude Toubia as Isabelle Lightwood, Matthew Daddario as Alec Lightwood, Isaiah Mustafa as Luke Garroway, and Harry Shum Jr. as Magnus Bane. Guest stars include David Castro as Raphael and Will Tudor as Sebastian.
‘The Fair Folk’ Plot: Alec has big plans to mend fences with the Downworlders, while Jace and Clary are summoned by the Seelie Queen.
A scene from ‘Shadowhunters’ (Photo by John Medland/Freeform)Will Tudor and David Castro (Freeform/John Medland)Will Tudor and Emeraude Toubia (Freeform/John Medland)David Castro in ‘Shadowhunters’ (Freeform/John Medland)
Miles Teller stars in the action drama Thank You for Your Service which just debuted a new trailer and poster. Based on David Finkel’s book and inspired by true events, Thank You for Your Service was adapted for the screen and directed by Jason Hall who makes his feature film directorial debut with the war drama. In addition to Teller, the cast includes Haley Bennett, Joe Cole, Amy Schumer, Beulah Koale, Scott Haze, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Brad Beyer, Omar J. Dorsey, and Jayson Warner Smith.
DreamWorks Pictures has set an October 27, 2017 theatrical release date.
The Plot:Thank You for Your Service follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they’ve left the battlefield.
After spending two seasons on the recently cancelled Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Daniel Henney’s moving to Criminal Minds as a series regular. Henney will be reprising his role as Special Agent Matt Simmons on the upcoming 13th season of Criminal Minds which is set to premiere on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 10pm ET/PT.
Per CBS: “Formerly with the International Response Team, Special Agent Simmons joins his colleagues in the Behavioral Analysis Unit, whom he has consulted with in the past, including helping with the release of Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) when he was arrested in Mexico last season.”
Season 13 stars Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Aisha Tyler, Kirsten Vangsness, and Adam Rodriguez. Series regular Damon Gupton, who played Stephen Walker on 15 episodes in season 12, is not returning for season 13.
Daniel Henney’s other credits include Revolution, Hawaii Five-O, Three Rivers, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
The cast of Netflix’s new series GLOW discuss their characters and the appeal of the project in this new nearly three-minute behind the scenes video. The series was created by Liz Flahive (Homeland, Nurse Jackie) and Carly Mensch (Orange is the New Black) and stars Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Marc Maron, Britney Young, Jackie Tohn, Kate Nash, and Chris Lowell. Flahive, Mensch, Jenji Kohan and Tara Herrmann serve as executive producers.
GLOW will premiere on Friday, June 23, 2017.
The Plot: Inspired by the short-lived but beloved show from the 80s, GLOW tells the fictional story of Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie), an out-of-work, struggling actress in 1980s Los Angeles who finds one last chance for stardom when she’s thrust into the glitter and spandex world of women’s wrestling. In addition to working with 12 Hollywood misfits, Ruth also has to compete with Debbie Eagan (Betty Gilpin), a former soap actress who left the business to have a baby, only to be sucked back into work when her picture perfect life turns out not to be what it seems. At the wheel is Sam Sylvia (Marc Maron), a washed-up, B-movie director who now must lead this group of women on the journey to wrestling super stardom.
Bruno Mars, Mumford & Sons, Blink-182, and Future have been confirmed to headline the 2017 Music Midtown Festival taking place September 16-17 at Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. Other confirmed performers at this year’s festival include Wiz Khalifa, Weezer, Big Sean, HAIM, Young the Giant, Bastille, Two Door Cinema Club, Tove Lo, Russ, Milky Chance, Collective Soul, The Strumbellas, Oh Wonder, Judah & The Lion, The Naked and Famous, Zara Larson, Dua Lipa, Broods, PVRIS, Vintage Trouble, Lizzo, Joywave, Bibi Bourelly, COIN, AJR, Circa Waves, Missio, Hiss Golden Messenger, Daye Jack, and Midnight Larks.
Tickets go on sale on June 23rd at 10am ET via musicmidtown.com.
Commenting on the 2017 lineup of artists, Live Nation Atlanta President Peter Conlon said, “I’m so proud of our line-up this year. We have an incredibly diverse group of artists and some of the biggest names in music. We received such great feedback from the fans after expanding Music Midtown to two full days in 2016, so we are keeping with that model to give people the most time to enjoy the music, food, and beautiful Piedmont Park on Saturday and Sunday.”
2016’s lineup was topped by The Killers, Beck, and deadmau5. Other 2016 acts included Alabama Shakes, ColleGrove (2 Chainz and Lil Wayne), CHVRCHES, Band of Horses, Big Boi, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Leon Bridges, Mayor Hawthorne, Lucius, Peter Bjorn and John, and Pete Yorn.
Keanu Reeves and Lily Collins star in ‘To the Bone’ (Photo by Gilles Mingasson / To the Bone Productions LLC)
Lily Collins (The Last Tycoon, Rules Don’t Apply) stars in To The Bone which just debuted a new trailer. The dramatic film written and directed by Marti Noxon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, UnReal) will be released simultaneously on Netflix and in Los Angeles theaters on July 14, 2017. In addition to Collins, the cast includes Alex Sharp (How to Talk to Girls at Parties), Keanu Reeves (John Wick 2), Carrie Preston (True Blood), Lili Taylor (American Crime), and Liana Liberato (If I Stay).
The Plot: Ellen is an unruly, 20-year-old anorexic girl who spent the better part of her teenage years being shepherded through various recovery programs, only to find herself several pounds lighter every time. Determined to find a solution, her dysfunctional family agrees to send her to a group home for youths, which is led by a non-traditional doctor. Surprised by the unusual rules-and charmed by her fellow patients-Ellen has to discover for herself how to confront her addiction and attempt self-acceptance, in order to stand a chance against her demons.
CBS Films and Lionsgate have released a new restricted (not safe for work or kids) trailer for American Assassin, the action drama directed by Michael Cuesta (Homeland, Dexter). The film’s based on Vince Flynn’s American Assassin novel of the Mitch Rapp series and was adapted for the screen by Stephen Schiff, Michael Finch, Edward Zwick, and Marshall Herskovitz. The cast includes Dylan O’Brien (Teen Wolf), Michael Keaton (Birdman), Taylor Kitsch (True Detective), Sanaa Lathan (Shots Fired), Shiva Negar (Four in the Morning), and Scott Adkins (Doctor Strange).
American Assassin is set to open in theaters on September 15, 2017.
The Plot:American Assassin follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien), a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton). The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Taylor Kitsch) intent on starting a World War.
