Mehcad Brooks joked while at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con that season two of The CW’s Supergirl opens up with a flash-forward to Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist) and James Olsen’s wedding. Then again, maybe he’s telling the truth. Series executive producer Greg Berlanti confirmed during the summer TCAs that The Flash/Supergirl crossover will be a musical episode (both Benoist and The Flash‘s Grant Gustin co-starred in Glee) so truthfully anything, including a season two episode one flash-forward wedding, is possible.
“It’s a workplace relationship; there’s a lot going on,” explained Brooks on where we actually pick up with James and Kara at the start of the new season. “She’s still finding her footing. She knows who she is as Supergirl. She doesn’t really know who she is as Kara yet. James is finding his footing in National City. So, there’s up and downs like any relationship.”
Brooks says the introduction of Superman won’t cause a rift between James and Kara. “Not at all. He’s very supportive,” said Brooks. “If your best friend started dating your cousin, I would hope you’d be happy – unless your best friend is a complete d-bag and then that says a lot about you! So, he’s supportive. We do have the bro-to-bro conversation about that and he gives me some advice. And, then I end up giving him some advice too about some things.”
Asked if Superman (played by Tyler Hoechlin) will sort of be taking over James’ role as the voice of reason, Brooks replied, “Here’s the thing. Kara lived in Krypton, obviously, and Superman is from Krypton. They are misfits in our world and so they kind of serve this purpose for each other where they don’t feel alone. He helps her sort of juggle her life, helps her sort of find her footing as a superhero and a person. But, I think she needs less mentoring at a certain point.”
Jeremy Jordan who plays Winn Schott says season two will find Winn finally getting to meet the Man of Steel. “Winn loves himself some Superman,” said Jordan. “He’s like the ultimate Superman fanboy and the fact that he gets to meet him and talk and maybe help him out a little bit is like a dream come true for him. There’s some really fun, funny stuff and a cool dynamic between the two of us.”
Jordan also said we’ll see a different Winn than in season one. “Winn’s sort of learned a lot about himself. He’s gotten more confident. We’re going to see him leaving CatCo because, what is he, the IT guy? He doesn’t have an identity to cover up or anything. He can go somewhere and explore his full potential, so we’re going to see that. I think that’s going to really give him the big boost. And, you know maybe confidence is sexy!”
Watch the full Mehcad Brooks and Jeremy Jordan interviews:
Interview by Fred Topel. Article by Rebecca Murray.)
Christian Slater as Mr. Robot, Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, Vaishnavi Sharma as Elliot’s Mother, and Carly Chaikin as Darlene in ‘Mr. Robot’ (Photo by: Michael Parmelee/USA Network)
The sixth episode of season two of the USA Network series Mr. Robot begins like a bizarre sitcom with yellow replacing the red lettering of the title card. An adult Elliot (Rami Malek), dressed like a child in a striped t-shirt, is on a road trip with his family. The color palette is bright and artificial, and the laugh track could not be more out of sync with the violence depicted. While absurd, some parts of this segment have elements of truth from Elliot’s perspective.
When they stop at an E Corp convenience store and find Angela (Portia Doubleday) behind the counter, she tells Elliot that she started as a part-time associate and is now on pace to become a full manager and that “almost makes up for them killing my mom.” Elliot has been troubled by the thought that Mr. Robot (Christian Slater) killed Tyrell (Martin Wallstrom) and in this daydream, Mr. Robot does kill Tyrell with a lug wrench.
Characteristic of a sitcom, there is a heartfelt moment between father and son. Mr. Robot tells Elliot that “truth is painful” and that a “lie is the only remedy. Too much truth will kill you.” He also says that “everything you see is here for you. You should try to go along with it.” Mr. Robot’s words are consistent with the message that he has been giving Elliot: don’t do anything about the nefarious website run by Ray (Craig Robinson).
When Elliot awakens in a hospital bed, Ray is looming over him with the thug Lone Star (Michael Maize) nearby. Ray makes it clear that he expects Elliot to do exactly as he says by way of a story about his dog, Maxine, having a master. Subsequently, Elliot is taken from the bed to a basement. Mr. Robot appears and tells him that he had tried to take the beating for Elliot. Elliot says thank you and they hug.
In another daydream the child Elliot is in a car with his dad after suffering a beating at school. Elliot learns that his father is dying but that he will always be with Elliot. His father takes him to a building that will house their new business, a computer store. It is Elliot who comes up with the name for the business: “Mr. Robot.”
It is now two days after the Beijing attack and Darlene (Carly Chaikin) and Mobley (Azhar Khan) are giving Angela a crash course in hacking. Their plan is to hack FBI phones in order to gain access to their emails, text messages, and documents. They need Angela to get inside the E Corp offices to install hardware and put script on the network computers. There is a lot of suspense as Angela runs into problems. She comes out of the restroom where she has been working only to be met by an FBI agent. When he asks her out, she brushes him off. Quickly his demeanor changes and he questions why she is on this floor that is supposed to be off-limits to E Corp employees. She softens and takes him up on his request to meet for lunch. This crisis avoided, she finds a cubicle and starts inputting the computer program Darlene gives her over the phone. While she is working, FBI agent Dominique DiPierro (Grace Gummer) startles her when she comes up from behind.
Dominique’s boss wanted her to take a month’s psych leave after the Beijing shootout she was involved in. Dom responded that if the investigation is disrupted, the Dark Army wins. The Chinese suggested that Uighur separatists were behind the attack on FBI agents, but Dom doesn’t believe that because of their behavior (i.e., shooting themselves).
In a beautiful scene with a mirrored desk in the foreground causing a reflection of the top half of the screen onto the bottom, E Corp CEO Philip Price (Michael Cristofer), learns that congress is unlikely to pass legislation providing a bailout of E Corp. Such a bailout would involve borrowing from the Chinese and given the incident in Beijing that is unlikely to happen. He gets more bad news when his assistant tells him that Minister Zhang’s office is unreachable.
It was a fast-paced episode with much happening for all the characters. The dream sequence was novel and beautifully executed, as was the scene in Philip Price’s office.
Billy Bob Thornton stars as Willie Soke in ‘Bad Santa 2’ (Photo Credit: Jan Thijs / Broad Green Pictures / Miramax)
Broadgreen Pictures and Miramax have released two versions of the Bad Santa 2 trailer: one okay for general audiences and one definitely not safe for kids or for viewing at work. The holiday comedy reunites Bad Santa stars Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, and Brett Kelly and is set for a November 23, 2016 theatrical release. Terry Zwigoff directed 2003’s Bad Santa with Mark Waters (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Mean Girls) directing the sequel starring Thornton, Cox, Kelly, Kathy Bates, Christina Hendricks, Ryan Hansen, Jenny Zigrino, and Jeff Skowron.
The Plot:Bad Santa 2 returns Academy Award®-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America’s favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (TONY COX), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is ‘the kid’ – chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie’s sliver of humanity.
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award®, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie’s horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang’s ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane, played by Emmy Award-nominee Christina Hendricks, the charity director with a heart of gold and libido of steel.
Prepare for the newly elected Mayor Renard (played by Sasha Roiz) to go full out in taking on #TeamGrimm in season six of NBC’s popular dramatic series, Grimm. During our interview at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con, Roiz described what fans of the series can expect from season six and his excitement at being able to take Renard as dark as possible.
Grimm season six will air on NBC on Fridays at 9pm ET/PT this fall.
Sasha Roiz Interview:
What can you say about your evil turn and how far it’s going to go in season 6? Is he always going to be on the outs with the group?
Sasha Roiz: “Well, if I have anything to do with it I would like to take it as dark as possible and as confrontational as we can. I think it’s more interesting. I think we’ve seen him be a participant in the whole gang, and I don’t want it to be predictable. It’s really great that this is a character who’s kept the audiences guessing. People are always suspicious of him, as they should be. I don’t think even Nick or the group ever really trusted him, and now they really have reason to distrust him. Yeah, it’s a full-out war at this point, and that’s really enjoyable for me.”
Will Renard be the major baddie this season?
Sasha Roiz: “It looks like it. It looks like it, which is really great because I like it when the stories and the mythology stay in-house and it’s all about the main characters and their dynamics and inter-relationships. And I think it’s fun for the fans to watch them really be the focus rather than having to bring in a big baddie. We’ve done that.”
How do you want things to end for Renard?
Sasha Roiz: (Laughing) “In a blaze of glory – and it just might. You never know. You live by the sword… So, we’ll see. But they’re definitely full-blown enemies at this point.”
What’s it like with a cast this close to be able to play a full-blown enemy?
Sasha Roiz: (Laughing) “Oh, it’s just fine. I mean, we are very, very close; it’s quite special after this many years. But, no, it’s great. I never felt comfortable as Renard being part of the gang. It always felt very much like an outfit that didn’t fit quite right on him. So, this feels a lot more appropriate. It really is like two camps, divided, and so there’s some great stuff coming up. Some really great stuff coming up, but it’s full-blown war.”
So there is no redemption for Renard?
Sasha Roiz: “You never know. I haven’t read past three episodes, but I can certainly see this season remaining very antagonistic.”
How do you feel about season six being a shorter season?
Sasha Roiz: “I feel okay about it, to be honest. I don’t know what they have planned for us, to be honest here. I don’t know if they want to pick up a back-end or what they want to do. I really don’t know. But 13 is okay. 22 is long, it’s really long. And, it also gives us a chance to work on other things so I’m kind of excited to have the opportunity to work on some other projects. But, yeah, it’s going to be a really great package. I think it’s really hard to write 22 episodes. 13, you can really focus in and write some great stuff, and have a true arc to it. I’m looking forward to seeing what they come up with. So far I haven’t seen past three episodes and they’re all really intense.”
Have you gotten any negative reactions from fans from the direction that Renard’s been taken?
Sasha Roiz: “Not really. I mean, the typical kind of, ‘Oh, I’m so upset with you!’ They’re not. They’re not because let’s be honest, it’s so much more fun to have bad guys. And I think he’s better as a bad guy. It just fits him better, you know? And let’s be honest, if you’ve been watching the show you know that it was a matter of time. You know what I mean? It’s like watching a lion tamer. You’re like, ‘Yeah, it’s only a matter of time before his head’s bitten off.’ It was fun while it lasted. It’s what it is. Renard’s like this caged animal that’s eventually going to strike.”
Do you think he views himself as the caged animal, as the bad guy?
Sasha Roiz: “No. I think as actors you never judge your character. I mean, I’m talking to you guys on an objective level, but as actors, no. You just find the reason for any of his actions and everything is justified. And in my own world when I think about him or I embody him, everything he does is fully justifiable to me based on his backstory, based on the things he’s undergone. Based on the circumstances of the world, you know? I don’t think there’s a single bad person out there who really thinks of themselves as a bad person, i.e. Donald Trump. But anyway, so, no. I’m not kidding. Sorry, not sorry. But, anyway, so we just kind of like when you have a mission and you have a purpose and it’s utterly justifiable in your universe. That’s all that matters.”
USA Network’s Colony starring Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break, The Walking Dead) and Josh Holloway (Lost) earned a second season renewal after the sci-fi action drama pulled in big ratings for the 10 episode first season. The series features Holloway and Callies as parents living in an occupied Los Angeles who take dramatically different approaches to finding their missing son. Callies’ Katie joins the rebellion while Holloway’s Will collaborates with the occupying force in order to work from within to discover the possible location of his missing son. Teamed up at the San Diego Comic Con, Holloway and Callies discussed what’s in store for the second season and why the sci-fi genre is an important means of delivering themes that resonate with audiences.
Sarah Wayne Callies and Josh Holloway Interview:
Does this mean in season two you will be separated? What does it mean for viewers?
Josh Holloway: “Not necessarily. I mean obviously we start that way because we scatter to the wind. All the characters went poof.”
Sarah Wayne Callies: “Empty house.”
Josh Holloway: “Empty house. So we definitely begin there but we don’t stay there. The show moves and things happen. We…how much can we say? (Laughing) We can’t really say that much.”
Sarah Wayne Callies: “We will work together at some point whether it’s in flashbacks or flashforwards or the present.”
You’ll make up eventually?
Josh Holloway: “Well, I feel like this couple started with true love and a true sense of family. That is paramount for them, so I have faith that they will endure this but it’s not going to be easy. They’re not very happy right now. But, they have a lot to deal with just trying to reunite the family and you solve one problem and another problem arises. So, we kind of have to deal with our relationship as we deal with the current tragedies and things that are happening with our own family and outside of our family. The world really expands this season.
I love Ryan (Condal) and Carlton (Cuse) for this. They made shit hit the fan and everyone went different ways. These storylines open up different parts of the world that they laid out in season one and you start to see the different corners. What is on the Santa Monica side? What does that block look like? What is it like outside the wall? How much more sci-fi element are they bringing in? All of that is increasing so you’ll get a lot of answers and a lot more questions.”
Will we get to see the invaders?
Josh Holloway: “Yes, and that’s about all we can say. It’s going to expand in that way.”
You’re both fighting for your family in different ways. What do you think about each other’s arcs in season one? What do you enjoy the most about each other’s characters?
Sarah Wayne Callies: “I see a lot that has to do with the cost. I’ve been doing a lot of reading on the French Resistance during the Second World War and the collaboration, and I think that what Ryan and Carlton have come to as the truth of the situation is that it costs you either way. It costs you to collaborate because there’s that thing inside you that starts to (hurt). I think there’s a kind of self-hatred and a disgust. I know that you struggled with that even off-screen. When you get involved with something that even for the best of reasons takes human life and costs people, there’s a horror I think realizing what you are capable of.
These are people trying to keep a marriage together but they’re also kind of crumbling from within. They don’t have the luxury, really, of separating. We have children and we live in an occupation, we can’t requisition another house.”
Josh Holloway: “We can’t go, ‘I’ll talk to you later.'”
Sarah Wayne Callies: “There’s no therapy.”
Josh Holloway: “You can’t pop in for a little coaching. You have to handle it.”
Sarah Wayne Callies: “You make it work. And, it keeps piling.”
Josh Holloway: “That’s the thing, it keeps piling. It’s evolving and something gets good, something gets worse.”
How did you prepare for this crazy world of the series?
Josh Holloway: “Well, we live in one. Look at us globally.”
Sarah Wayne Callies: “Watch the news. This is the whole reason I wanted to do the show because I think science fiction has an opportunity to examine a current culture in a way that’s palatable. I’ve said this before but the first season of Battlestar Galactica was the most intelligent conversation on the US Patriot Act I saw anywhere to this day. Our show is getting darker because our global politics are getting darker and our domestic politics are getting darker. We have an opportunity to shoot a show not only about the genesis of resistance but the genesis of dictatorship, and we’re shooting it during a very charged election. We’re going to come on the air within weeks of the inauguration; that’s an incredible privilege. And, it’s a lot of our preparation.”
Josh Holloway: “And we’re shooting all over Los Angeles and the locations we find for the ‘occupied’ state of things is not far off. They don’t have to dress it up that much. It’s kind of scary.”
Sarah Wayne Callies: “We’ve got a lot of people living in a lot of shit.”
Josh Holloway: “A lot of people right here living in shit. You’re like, ‘This is not far.’ A shift in global politics, a shift in the economy, and then…”
Sarah Wayne Callies: “This season we’re looking not only into the occupation itself but we’re looking into the psychology of it and our daughter being brainwashed, and what does it mean to turn to a young generation. You look at like the Hitler youth, right? So, you can co-opt an entire generation’s ideology without a gun. You can do it with entertainment. You can do it with books, you can do it with propaganda. So, that’s a war on another front. It’s a war that neither one of us saw coming.”
Josh Holloway: “And as an occupation progresses, so does their surveillance of you.”
Watch the full Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies interview:
ABC’s new dramatic series Time After Time is based on the novel by Karl Alexander which was adapted into the popular 1979 film of the same name starring Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen. Kevin Williamson (The Following, The Vampire Diaries) is writing and executive producing, with Marcos Siega (Blindspot) directing and executive producing. ABC’s planning on launching the series starring Freddie Stroma as H.G. Wells, Josh Bowman as John Stevenson/Jack the Ripper, and Genesis Rodriguez as Jane at midseason.
Marcos Siega says that when Kevin Williamson approached him with the idea of working on a television series adaptation of Time After Time, he instantly fell in love with Williamson’s approach to the project. “It’s not an obvious television series,” explained Siega during our roundtable interview at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con. “It came out of Kevin’s love for the movie. He still doesn’t believe me but I have not watched the movie on purpose; I read the book. I just felt that I’m going to have to execute and I just didn’t want to have the thing in my head of how it was blocked. I did watch the trailer. I was on YouTube and like, ‘I have to see it,’ I just didn’t want to have to watch the whole thing.”
Asked about the show’s premise, Siega said, “What the series is is when H.G. pursues Jack into present day, the series is really about the adventures that H.G. Wells goes on not just pursuing Jack the Ripper but in present day the adventures he goes on and how those adventures informed his novels. So season one for example would be The Island of Dr. Moreau. The inspiration for that novel came out of the things he’s going to experience in present day New York, because he came to pursue Jack the Ripper. What are the events that inspired The Invisible Man? What are the events that inspired War of the Worlds? He’s considered the father of science fiction and a lot of what he wrote about was ahead of his time. The idea is that maybe he was ahead of his time, maybe he got these ideas by actually experiencing things and then he went back and wrote these novels.”
In order to prepare for the role of H.G. Wells, Stroma read The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The Invisible Man. “I’d seen the movie as well,” said Stroma. “What I’ve noticed that we’ve taken that I feel does come from H.G. Wells is his obsession with utopia, which I think he did have. And that’s definitely what we have in this is an H.G. Wells who really believes the best and he thinks that science and technology will help us become a better race so that’s why he’s profoundly disappointed when he comes to modern day and sees everything that he sees.”
Discussing his interpretation of Wells, Stroma said he sees him as very wide-eyed. “There have been moments where I feel he’s a little too wide-eyed because he gives John Stevenson these chances. He expects John Stevenson when he catches him to just be like, ‘All right, come on. We’re going back now.’ He’s a killer and he’s not coming back, but that’s how much he believes John Stevenson will change his ways and be a good person,” explained Stroma. “He really, really does believe that humans have this innate ability to just be full of love, and I think that’s what he seeks out in everyone.”
Watching Stroma as Wells change and adapt will be part of the fun of the series. Plus, at Time After Time‘s core is a love story. “There’s a love triangle in there. He comes to present day and he meets Jane Walker, played by Genesis Rodriguez, and they are immediately sort of put together through situations that are unfortunate for her but she needs him in her life and he needs her to navigate modern day. And then how do we fold Jack the Ripper into that? Eventually he will be part of that threesome,” said Siega.
Check out the full interview with Marcos Siega and Freddie Stroma for more on the first season of Time After Time, Jack the Ripper, and creating the world of the show.
Paramount Pictures just unveiled a new trailer and poster for the action film Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Directed by Edward Zwick who previously directed Jack Reacher star Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is based on Lee Child’s 18th book in the series and features Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge, Danika Yarosh, Patrick Heusinger, Holt McCallany, and Robert Knepper. Paramount Pictures will release the new Jack Reacher film in theaters on October 21, 2016.
The Plot: Major Susan Turner (Smulders) is the Army Major who heads Reacher’s old investigative unit. She is arrested for Treason and knowing that she is innocent, Jack Reacher (Cruise) must break her out of prison and uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear their names and save their lives. On the run as fugitives from the law, Reacher uncovers a potential secret from his past that could change his life forever.
The CW’s Supernatural starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles returns for its 12th season on October 13, 2016. The upcoming season promises major changes are in store for Sam and Dean Winchester with the resurrection of their mother, Mary (Samantha Smith). In our interview with Jared Padalecki at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con, Padalecki said fans of the series can expect big changes for Sam as he adjusts to being around a mother he doesn’t know but that Dean remembers. Padalecki also discussed the Men of Letters, whether Mary will be a hunter, and if he’d like to see Jeffrey Dean Morgan also put in a return appearance.
Jared Padalecki Interview:
Is it going to be interesting to play more of the brotherly dynamic along with their mother this season?
Jared Padalecki: “Yeah. I think one of the things that got me into Supernatural originally was the family dynamic in kind of fantastical circumstances, extraordinary circumstances. It was always kind of a mixture of fantasy but how relationships exist within a bizarre universe. One of the things we’ve never really saw Sam get to be…we’ve seen him be a human, we’ve seen him be a hunter, we’ve seen him be a lover, we’ve seen him be a friend and a brother, and you could argue we’ve kind of seen him be a son but I don’t think so. When we saw Sam with John, it was contentious. It wasn’t like, ‘Hey dad,’ you know, like, ‘I love you.’ It was like, ‘Dad, how dare you?’ you know? ‘How could you do this to me and Dean?’ They never got on. He didn’t have that with Mary. He doesn’t know his mom but he loves his mom anyway. He hasn’t gotten to know her, but he’s going to want to protect his mother and vice versa. I feel like it’s going to be a neat side of Sam that I haven’t been able to explore yet.”
Can you tease what’s going on with the Men of Letters and Sam and Dean?
Jared Padalecki: “Yeah, they don’t know… It was kind of an unfortunate miscommunication. Sam thought his brother was dead so he was upset and pissed and sad, and the British Men of Letters didn’t exactly put their best foot forward. I think Sam probably figures, ‘Aren’t we all on the same team? This isn’t the way we should have started.’ But the Brits think they know some things about us that they might be mistaken about, some things they might be right about. But I think the Brits are trying to figure out why we’re not run the way they are. But we’re not legit Men of Letters. I mean, we’re legacies so I guess you could argue we’re kind of Men of Letters, but we weren’t initiated. We didn’t study the things they studied. They are much more regimented and structured and are trying to figure out if Sam and Dean are just lying and they actually do have ulterior motives. Sam and Dean don’t really answer to anybody. They have a car and a bunker, and they kind of travel around staying in motel rooms. They’re not used to having higher powers to answer to. So, we’re going to see worlds collide.”
How do you think Sam’s story arc will change this season?
Jared Padalecki: “I think for me most of it’s going to be about experiencing Sam as a son. We’ve seen him as a brother but seeing Sam, he’s been through so much and he wants to make the world a better place, but now getting to see him be a son and love and protect his mother… You know, Sam lost his father and he already lost his mother once. Mary’s a hunter and she was a hunter and so I’m sure Mary’s going to want to hunt. She’s back and she’s not just going to want to sit around, ‘Hey guys, I’ll see you when you get back.’ I’m sure she’s going to want to be part of it, but Sam’s going to want to protect her because it’s his mom. Meanwhile, Dean has a relationship with her as well so it’s going to change the Sam and Dean dynamic. Usually it’s been like we only have each other. We’ve had Cas and we’ve had others like Bobby who want to help, but now we have mom, too. We get to fight with each other, we get to fight with her, and we get to figure out how we can trust each other. There’s kind of a feeling or sensation that if you want to protect somebody, you have to hide them away. But sometimes the best way to protect somebody is to let them do what they do.”
Will there be scenes of Sam and Dean trying to explain this new world to Mary since she’s been dead for so many years?
Jared Padalecki: “Yeah. The writers have done a good job of playing the reality of it because if you died in 1982, cell phones and Skype and internet was…not even Back to the Future had come out yet. ‘I guess maybe they’ll have cool shoes in the future’ – they had no idea of what we’re going to know now. And so we play that without getting too cheesy about it. […]We’re not making her stupid; we’re just making her like she’s in a new world.
What’s funny is I thought about that before I read the scripts, going I hope they don’t make it (jokey) and they didn’t. She’s a strong woman, you know? She’s a mother and she’s a daughter and she’s a hunter so she’s not completely oblivious. But, there is some funny moments. That being said, there is some comedic fish-out-of-water moments we’ll have for sure.”
If they can bring back your mom, should they be bringing back Jeffrey Dean Morgan too?
Jared Padalecki: “Well, he’s Walking Dead right now. Yeah, you know what? I love JDM and I think the feeling’s mutual. As far as I’m concerned he can be in every scene I do for the rest of my life. That having been said, I think it disrupts the Sam and Dean dynamic because so much of what made Sam and Dean Sam and Dean is that that’s all they had was each other. They had to make it work with each other come good, come bad. That’s why even though we’ve got all of these characters we love – the Charlies and the Bobbies and the Joes and Ashes and Rufuses and Castiel, obviously – it’s tough to get a character that the boys have to rely on. It’s nice to have help, but if Jeffrey Dean was back and he wasn’t in every scene it wouldn’t make sense because he’s our dad, right? He’s the one who taught us how to hunt even though Mary was the original hunter. So, I love him. If they can find a way for him to come back and it doesn’t change the story too much…but that would be really hard and difficult. I’d love to see him back.”
CBS has confirmed they’ve renewed Zoo for a third season and Big Brother for seasons 19 and 20. Season three of the dramatic series Zoo will air next summer while seasons 19 and 20 of Big Brother will air in the summers of 2017 and 2018. Making the announcements, CBS said Zoo‘s the 2016 summer’s second most watched original scripted broadcast series. Zoo is based on the book by James Patterson and stars James Wolk, Kristen Connolly, Billy Burke, Nonso Anozie, Alyssa Diaz, and Josh Salatin. Author Patterson executive produces along with Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Michael Katleman, James Mangold, Cathy Konrad, Bill Robinson, and Leopoldo Gout.
Season two of Zoo will wrap up on September 6th with a two-hour finale.
Once again hosted by Julie Chen, this season of Big Brother has been in the top 10 among adult viewers and is the “most social series on TV,” per CBS. Big Brother is currently airing on Sundays at 8pm ET/PT, Wednesdays at 8pm ET/PT, and Thursdays at 9pm ET/PT. 87 high definition cameras record the goings-on of the housemates, with 100 microphones in the house picking up conversations 24 hours a day. The winner of the reality competition will receive a $500,000 grand prize for outlasting their fellow housemates and being the last to actually leave the Big Brother house.
Teen Wolf star Dylan Sprayberry joked that the facial hair he was sporting at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con was all his and had nothing to do with his Teen Wolf character, Liam. “This is Dylan’s look. Liam couldn’t pull this off. Liam’s not that cool!” said Sprayberry, laughing. “He came from prep school – he’s pretty clean cut.”
Sprayberry was one of the Teen Wolf cast members who showed up at Comic-Con to talk about the show’s sixth and final season, answering questions during roundtable interviews about Liam’s relationship with Hayden (played by Victoria Moroles), Scott (Tyler Posey), and Mason (Khylin Rhambo), as well as what we can expect from a more mature Liam.
Dylan Sprayberry Interview:
What is coming up in season six?
Dylan Sprayberry: “There’s a lot coming up in season six. We have the Ghost Riders. We have a Nazi werewolf, which is pretty cool…no, they’re not pretty cool. Dangerous – you shouldn’t talk to them. (Laughing) I’m digging myself in a hole. What we have coming up in season six is a lot of surprises, some new people, some new villains, and a lot of romance and a lot of sweat.”
Everyone wants to know about Liam and Hayden. What’s going on there?
Dylan Sprayberry: “Layden is great. Liam and Hayden are doing very well. We pick up the next season a little bit further ahead from where we left last season. It just seems like they’ve grown up, like they’ve gotten better control of their emotions toward each other and they know how to be in a relationship. It just seems like they’ve grown up and they’ve become more mature as individuals and as partners which was really fun to play because that’s just what I’m learning as a person is how to be more mature as I’m growing up and how to be in a relationship with someone else and be able to share problems and know how to not be selfish. That seems like the tone of this season.”
Hayden has style. Is Liam going to pick up anything from her? Is she going to take him shopping?
Dylan Sprayberry: “Hayden does have style. Oh no, she’s dressing him every day. She’s telling him what to wear. Don’t worry about that. He is looking cooler, but not because of that. He’s getting help – lots of help.”
If you could give Liam any of your characteristics, what would you give him?
Dylan Sprayberry: “I think the ability to take a joke. I don’t think Liam can take a joke. He gets really defensive.”
Will he still have anger management issues?
Dylan Sprayberry: “A lot of people ask that and that’s a fair question. I think for him with the fact that he’s now a werewolf and he has all of these abilities and much bigger problems to worry about, he’s learning how to take care of the anger management. But that’s always going to be a part of his life and who he was before. That’s kind of how everyone is.
You know who you came from and you know where you’re going, and he knows he has a darker side. That’s something he has to deal with and really know how to control. I think for the most part he’s able to handle it, but there will be like certain scenes or scenarios this season where some of that does come out, some of that rage does come out. What’s Liam without a little bit of anger? A little bit of yelling?”
What’s going on with the relationship between Liam and Scott?
Dylan Sprayberry: “I think as Liam’s growing, it seems like he’s becoming more of a young adult as well. He’s getting smarter, he’s not as naive and easily tricked. I think that Scott sees that Liam’s really trying to put in the effort to show him that he can be a leader one day. It seems like they’re almost working together a little bit more. It’s like when the young protégé kind of figures his stuff out and then the teacher acknowledges it. Now they’re kind of like working together instead of one’s up here and one’s down here.”
After everything they went through last season, how is the friendship between Liam and Mason?
Dylan Sprayberry: “We do pick up a little bit later on. It’s already been a while since all that happened. I think the idea is that if you’re going to be a werewolf, you’re going to have to learn how to deal with this kind of stuff. So, he’s accepted that all that happened. They worked it out and it just made them closer as friends. They figured it all out. Everything’s out in the open. Everyone knows what happened and they’ve really become close because of it.”
