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‘Vampire Diaries’ – Ian Somerhalder Interview on How the Show Should End

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Rebecca Murray
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The Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder Season 8
Ian Somerhalder from ‘The Vampire Diaries’ (Photo © Richard Chavez)

The CW’s The Vampire Diaries starring Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley will be ending with season eight, and series co-creator Julie Plec said she’d love to see Nina Dobrev return to the show during the final season. During the 2016 San Diego Comic Con, Ian Somerhalder (‘Damon Salvatore’) sat down for interviews and was asked if he’d like to see Damon’s story have a happy ending with Elena. Somerhalder actually has a completely different ending in mind for the series which will kick off its last season beginning on October 21, 2016.

Ian Somerhalder Interview:

How dark does Damon get this year compared to previous seasons?

Ian Somerhalder: “I mean it’s like this show is 50 Shades of Black. How many different shades…it’s dark. Listen, we go into some pretty dark spaces and the world’s in a pretty dark f**king place right now as well and we’re right there in with them. I think one of the reasons we fell in love with this character of Damon Salvatore initially was that he had the ability to be very dark, sadistic, but at the same time he was righteous. He had ill intent, but he had righteous reasons for having those ill intentions. And those are ultimately the most dangerous people in the world. Look what’s going on in the world right now. Look at Munich, look at Orlando. Look at anything we see around us. Ill intent with righteousness makes you very dangerous, and that’s what Damon always has been. Now, when we come into the season we see Damon and Enzo – we know these guys. We know them to be very cruel, calm, collected, super dark, funny characters who basically live with an immense amount of free will. Now, that free will has been stripped from them and now they’re forced to do things they don’t want to do. And so that conflict, that push and that pull is really fun as an actor to play and it’s really fun to watch. And so the level of darkness that comes out of it…Damon is doing the bidding of some other entity that’s really got his head locked in and it’s really karma. Damon’s just done that to so many people.

I mean, the dark sh*t that we did…like season one. I remember episode two of season one of the show, Damon you remember was compelling and seducing and effectively raping 17 year-old Caroline. I mean, that’s some dark sh*t but he was funny while he was doing it and he was righteous in his intent. It doesn’t get much darker than that. You know what I mean? And so going from that guy to now having to do what some other entity wants him to do it is a cool shift. It’s a cool transition.”


Do you want Damon to have a happy ending with Elena?

Ian Somerhalder: “Happy endings don’t happen in Mystic Falls. But for Mystic Falls’ sake because, you know Kevin (Williamson) explained to me…it was really funny. I don’t know if you guys remember this name: Marcos Siega. He directed our pilot. He was our supervising producer, our on the ground director/producer of season one going into season two. He and Julie (Plec) and Kevin established the look of the show, the feel of the show. He came right off of Dexter. He does all of Kevin’s stuff now. Everything that Kevin does, Marcos Siega directs and produces. All of it. I remember the first table read for this show. He slams down the script and he walks in and says, ‘Welcome back, everybody,’ because we got picked up for the show and the pilot was great. He says, ‘I just want you to read the title of the show. It’s called The Vampire Diaries, not The Elena Diaries, not The Stefan Diaries, not The Damon Diaries. It’s The Vampire Diaries. This is a story about a town and the diaries of any vampires that we want. None of you are safe. Any of you can be killed at any given moment. Show up on time, be nice, do good work, and you’ll stick around. And I thought, ‘Sh*t, man, this just happened to me three years ago on Lost!’

But, the happy ending I could see is that this girl gets to live her life never even knowing these two brothers exist. You know, talking about the most epic case of robbing the cradle. You have these guys who are like 160, 170 years-old dating an 18 year-old. Honestly, if this town could be rid of vampires and forget that they existed, I think it would be such an amazing moment for humans. Just to be able to go back and live their life. And as a human, as an audience member realizing that these supernatural beings came in and out of time to serve the purpose of the story but at the end of the day it’s about humanity. That’s what every story is about. It’s about humanity. So, Paul (Wesley) and I think that the boys – the Salvatore brothers – should go to some beautiful island in the Caribbean in their Speedos, sit on the beach all night looking up at the moon, bonding as brothers, drinking 60 year-old Barbados rum. And when the sun comes up they should have their final toast, give each other a hug, and throw their rings into the sea and just poof.'”

That’s a happy ending.

Ian Somerhalder: “That’s a happy ending. They’re in a great place. They had great lives.”

Watch the full Ian Somerhalder interview:

‘Supernatural’ Season 12: Jensen Ackles Interview

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Rebecca Murray
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Supernatural Jensen Ackles Season 12
Jensen Ackles from ‘Supernatural’ at Comic Con 2016. (Photo © Richard Chavez)

The CW’s Supernatural will kick off its 12th season on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 9pm ET/PT. The upcoming season finds Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) dealing with their mother, Mary (Samantha Smith), who has been resurrected 30 years after her murder. Sam and Dean will have to attempt to connect with a mom Sam never knew while she has to catch up on three decades of their lives as well as 30 years-worth of technological advances. During the 2016 San Diego Comic Con, Ackles provided a sneak peek into what fans can expect from season 12 and what Dean will be going through as he reconnects with Mary.

Are you looking forward to playing the relationship between Dean, Sam, and their mom?

Jensen Ackles: “I mean, yeah. Three’s company, right? Here we go. It will be an interesting dynamic for sure. It will lend itself to some cool things, but I also think it’s going to be very difficult because it’s going to be an adjustment not only on the brothers’ part but Mary as well. She’s adjusting to a whole new world with modern technology and all the things that have happened over the past 30 some odd years. But she’s also got to accept and deal with the fact that both of her now grown sons are hunters and have been since the day she died essentially, which was a life that she tried so desperately to get away from and protect them from. I think that’s going to be difficult for her to accept and I think it’s going to be difficult for the brothers to try to find a way to adapt to her presence. I think that she makes them vulnerable because now she’s essentially an asset that they have to protect and if something happens to her, then that kind of opens it up for anybody to kind of take a shot at the brothers.”


Will you be stepping into the director’s chair again?

Jensen Ackles: “Not this year. I took a little break to spend some more time at home, but I hope to at some point.”

How do you feel Dean’s story arc will change this season?

Jensen Ackles: “We’ve still got some things on the table. There’s still all the things that go bump in the night. They’re still out there. There’s still ghosts, there’s still vampires, there’s still people to save. So there will still be a lot of that. Dealing with mom’s presence I think is going to add to the storyline and that arc will be interesting. Then also finding Lucifer (to be played by Rick Springfield), trying to find a way to put a cap on that. What I do like is the fact that the brothers are together and will be kind of alongside each other trying to figure this out together, as opposed to one being infected with some sort of demon blood or one’s possessed by an angel – whatever it is. The brothers, Sam and Dean, are back together and they’re going to try and deal with all this stuff together.”

Do you feel there are two distinct relationships: one that Sam will have with Mary and one that Dean will have with Mary?

Jensen Ackles: “Possibly. I’ve only read a few scripts ahead and I don’t know if there is a massive difference. They’re all strangers…well, not the brothers. She’s a stranger to them and they’re strangers to her. And, I definitely think that Dean is definitely going to try and figure out how to relate to her and probably spend a little bit more time trying to navigate that than Sam. Sam’s just like, ‘I don’t know her. I don’t know who this is,’ you know? So, yeah, I think you’ll see a little bit more from Dean’s perspective on her presence than necessarily Sam’s.”

Supernatural Cast Photos from Comic Con

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‘Bates Motel’ Season 5 – Vera Farmiga Interview on Norma’s Death

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Rebecca Murray
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Bates Motel star Vera Farmiga
Vera Farmiga from ‘Bates Motel’ at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con (Photo © Richard Chavez)

A&E’s critically acclaimed Bates Motel will, unfortunately, be ending after season five. The final season will find Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga) dead to everyone but Norman (Freddie Highmore) whose fragile mental state continues to erode as he carries on conversations with his deceased mother. During the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con, I had the opportunity to speak with Farmiga about her death scene in season four and what we can expect as the show heads into its final season. Farmiga hasn’t seen any season five scripts but says she’s game for anything series creators/writers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin have in store for Norma.

Vera Farmiga Interview:

It was so sad to watch Norma die. How was it to play that scene?

Vera Farmiga: “I loved it. I have been emoting so much for years, and I couldn’t wait for serenity. I really couldn’t. I worked very hard for it, but it’s been an emotionally frantic thing to execute for me. And I actually, to be really honest with you, was really psyched to relax and fall asleep. I rubbed it into the boys’ faces. They had this thing where they would call me ‘Easy Money’ because all of a sudden they had to take over, and they had to deliver really, really huge emotional stuff. But for me it was a chance to just fall asleep, nod off, and hover on that sort of sleep and that was the key for me to play.

There was one moment which was really dark and it was the first time – the moment where they actually dug me six feet under, put me in the coffin, and closed the coffin and started shoveling dirt – I literally felt the fear and paralysis and the awareness for me like I don’t know what. There was literally a moment where my spirit just kind of jolted out of my body. I don’t know, it was just a really strange moment. That was the hardest thing for me.”

Was it sad?

Vera Farmiga: “It was sadder than I thought it would be. I thought I could rest on the laurels of my Eastern European stoicism about it. I was like, ‘Yeah, whatever. She dies.’ Like, I have these supercharged storytelling experiences my whole career, but this one really hit me hard.”

How has it been being in a TV series for going on five years? It’s the first time, isn’t it?

Vera Farmiga: “It’s the first time. I’ve done a couple of them where they only went to 13 episodes. I loved this role. I loved my collaborators. I have such close friends now, and you can see that chemistry on the scene. You can see how we absolutely adore each other and how close we are and how affectionate we are. I think it just comes across. You know, that’s a cool thing for me to experience because usually when you work so long with people, there’s no lukewarm attitude. You’re either going to love each other or you’re going to come out the other way, and I adore them.”

What’s your role as an executive producer?

Vera Farmiga: “I think in the capacity that I do I’ve always been very vocal about my ideas and keeping making sure…I mean I’m on set every day making sure that tonally everybody is on the same page. I’ve directed before and the boys will tell you that even though I haven’t directed a single episode I’m always directing them. I’m always bossing people around and doing my thing, and they let me. In that respect, I think is where you see ‘executive producer.’ I’m always kind of doing backup. It just has been the case.

And this year what I really love is that after I directed Higher Ground, I think one of the most enriching experiences for me to be a part of where I thrived, and probably if I didn’t do what I do, I would be an editor. I love that process, and this year they made me privy to all the footage and I was able to see directors’ cuts and give them my impressions and ideas. That was really fun for me to do as an executive producer on the series.”

Are you looking forward to this next season where there are more intimate scenes between you and Freddie Highmore because that’s all it can be with Norma dead?

Vera Farmiga: “You know what? I have no idea what’s in store. I don’t even know how I’m going to approach Norma. Until they give me some words…and I haven’t seen a single page of season five. I only imagine that they have no rules anymore. They’re throwing all the rules out because she’s there. They choose to push her out that season four window and she’s fallen 12 stories high like a Hefty cinch sack filled with vegetable soup and now Norman’s got to pick up all these pieces, these fractured pieces of his psyche, so I think it’s going to be very interesting. I have no idea what’s in store but I’m game for it.”

Do you really enjoy doing horror projects?

Vera Farmiga: “Bates Motel, I don’t look at it as a horror. There’s horrifying events that happen to real people but there’s nothing supernatural. To me I always treat it like a delicate love story and that’s my approach. Even in, to be honest with you, The Conjuring it’s like we’ve taken that genre and turned it on its head. When have you ever seen song and dance numbers and love stories as a part of a horror film? And so I don’t approach them in…I don’t even know what that means.

I look at my characters and I’ll be wowed by them in terms of who they are and what they’ve come through in life and where they’re going. That’s how I approach it. If it happens to be in a drama film, great. The fact is I’d done almost probably around 50 films and only four or five of them have been horror.”

Watch the Vera Farmiga interview:

‘Jason Bourne’ Movie Review – Bourne is Back

By
Kevin Finnerty
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Matt Damon in Jason Bourne
Matt Damon stars in ‘Jason Bourne’ (Photo © 2016 Universal Studios)

“It’s started again – a new program ‘Ironhand.’ It’s even worse than before,” says Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) who has reconnected with Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) in Greece to warn him the CIA is back to training assassins like he used to be in the latest installment in the Bourne action film series, Jason Bourne.

After years of living off the grid, Bourne is contacted by Nicky, who, while working with a blogger/journalist, has stolen proof via secret CIA files that the agency is once again training assassins to kill anyone they want regardless of the reason. Nicky has also reached out to Jason because she has discovered some hidden truth’s about his father and the CIA. She knows deep down Jason wants to learn the truth about what happened to his father and why he volunteered to become the most lethal killing operative the agency ever had.

During their quick but informative meeting, Jason realizes that Nicky is being hunted by some of the agency’s operatives. The two friends once again team up to try and get out of Greece alive. Their objective is to make their way to Parson’s blogger associate to expose what the CIA is doing and to allow Jason to know everything about his past finally.

Action-packed and with a strong cast, Jason Bourne is a worthy installment in the assassin-on-the-run series but falls short of introducing any interesting characters or in unveiling a surprising backstory. It’s nowhere near as good as the first film, 2002’s The Bourne Identity, or the third film, 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum, which is this critic’s personal favorite.

Damon is once again perfect in the role of Bourne. He owns the character and knows exactly how to play him, just as Sean Connery owned the role of Bond back in the 1960s. It’s almost impossible to imagine anyone else portraying this character, and in fact, it appears the idea of Jeremy Renner taking over the franchise (which was the setup for 2012’s The Bourne Legacy) has been abandoned, with director Paul Greengrass and Damon now back in the Bourne fold. Damon also got back into great physical shape to portray the mid-life ex-assassin who has been living in rough remote areas as an underground prize fighter to make a living and survive.

Julia Stiles is solid as Nicky, the young woman who abandoned the agency after realizing what they turned David Webb (aka Jason Bourne) into and how they hunted him as he fought to find the truth out about himself and regain his humanity. Parsons eventually became Bourne’s second most important ally, and the two actors once again click on screen as they join together in the best chase sequence of the film.

Alicia Vikander is effective as hungry and ambitious CIA officer Heather Lee, the right arm of the CIA Director Robert Dewey. It’s clear she has her own agenda in hunting down both Bourne and Parsons and seems to be willing to play any and all sides to get what she wants from the agency. It’s unfortunate that’s where her character’s development ends. Vikander’s Heather Lee is not even in the same league as Joan Allen’s character Pam Landy as far as intelligence or depth of character.

Tommy Lee Jones IS Tommy Lee Jones as CIA Director Robert Dewey who wants to put down Bourne no matter what the cost. It’s a completely unoriginal, one-dimensional character that Jones manages to infuse with his personality.

The action scenes, while extremely well-choreographed, suffer at times with the shaky, hand-held camera style that director Paul Greengrass has made his hallmark. This is abundantly clear late in the film during the ambitious car chase in Las Vegas. It’s very hard to follow exactly which vehicle just hit another vehicle, and the blurred camera footage is likely to give a few audience members a headache.

Still, while not being in the same league as some of the earlier Bourne films, Jason Bourne is an entertaining addition to the action movie series. It’s good to have Bourne back.

GRADE: B-

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action and brief strong language

Running Time: 123 minutes

Release Date: July 29, 2016




‘The 100’ Season 4: Eliza Taylor Interview on Clarke and Saying Goodbye to Lexa

By
Rebecca Murray
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Eliza Taylor in The 100
Eliza Taylor from ‘The 100’ at Comic Con 2016 (Photo Credit: Richard Chavez)

The CW’s The 100 cast once again participated in the San Diego Comic Con, with Eliza Taylor, Lindsey Morgan, Marie Avgeropoulos, Henry Ian Cusick, Christopher Larkin, and Richard Harmon taking questions from fans on Friday, July 22, 2016. The cast also sat down for interviews at the Con where Eliza Taylor told us she’s hoping season four of the popular sci-fi action drama isn’t quite as dark as season three.

Eliza Taylor Interview:

How is Clarke going to move on from everything that happened last season?

Eliza Taylor: “How does she ever move on? I don’t know. I mean, yet again we’re faced with another issue, another save the world moment which distracts her from all the other save the world moments so she doesn’t really ever move on. One thing that might be cool about this season is having her actually get to have a moment where she breaks down or actually gets to process everything that’s happened to her. I don’t know if that’s going to happen because Jason [Rothenberg] doesn’t tell us anything. But, what I really hope for this season is that it’s going to be a lot more hopeful. I want there to be more hope. Last season was dark, even for us. Even for us, and that’s saying something!”


Have you asked Jason for that moment for Clarke?

Eliza Taylor: “No, I never ask. No. I don’t know. I mean, I know that I’ve been doing this for three years but Comic Con is still terrifying to me. Talking to Jason, the guy who hired me, is still terrifying to me. You know, stepping on that red carpet stuff it’s all… This time three years ago I was waiting on tables, so it’s different and I’m still nervous as f**k all the time.”

In the season finale Clarke has a chance to really say goodbye to Lexa. What did it mean for her to be able to say goodbye?

Eliza Taylor: “She already had to say goodbye once which was f**king hard. Sorry! I keep swearing. It’s just really hard. Really f-ing hard. And then at the end to see her again and for her to say, ‘I will always be with you,’ I think that was easier. God, it was the love of her life, but it was something she needed to hear. Like, you will always be with me and I know it and I feel you every day. And, that’s what she needed. So, yeah.”

How do you get into and out of the mindset needed for playing such darkness?

Eliza Taylor: “It’s really hard. It’s really hard. Yeah, there have been times where I’ve gone home from doing a really emotional scene and just sobbed because it’s incredibly hard to get out of. A lot of people say that when you play a character it’s 70% you and 30% the character. You put so much of yourself and your feelings into whatever your character’s going through then of course you’re going to take them home with you, you know? My boyfriend could have proposed to me yesterday and then I have to do a scene where I murder 30 children. I’m not going to be happy about the proposal. I’m going to be like, ‘Must get clean!’ in the shower with my engagement ring for hours. It’s a terrible analogy but that’s how it feels. It’s very tricky and it’s something that you do have to learn to separate yourself from as much as you can.”

Clarke was separated from the main cast last season. Do you hope she’ll be back with them in season four?

Eliza Taylor: “Yeah, I would love that, to be honest. It would be so nice to be with everyone again. For like four or five months I was away from all of them. I was in Polis, I was doing my thing, doing Alycia [Debnam-Carey], and then finally it was like the band was back together. It was so nice because it was like us from the pilot. I miss that so much so I hope in the season we get to do more of that.”

Watch the full Eliza Taylor interview:





‘The Last Man on Earth’ Season 3 – Will Forte and Kristen Schaal Interview

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Rebecca Murray
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Last Man on Earth Will Forte and Kristen Schaal
Will Forte and Kristen Schaal in the “Falling Slowly” episode of ‘The Last Man on Earth’ season two (Photo © 2016 Fox Broadcasting Co)

Seated next to his onscreen love interest Kristen Schaal, Fox’s The Last Man on Earth series creator/writer/executive producer/actor/all around pretty cool guy Will Forte kicked off our roundtable interview at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con by joking that for season three he’ll be doing interviews while wearing shades. He was also sporting more hair than when we last saw his character, Phil ‘Tandy’ Miller, at the end of season two. However, the hair won’t be sticking around for much longer.

“We have to shave it off again in a couple of weeks – and the eyebrows,” said Forte, somewhat regretfully.

Season two ended with the very real possibility that Phil’s brother, Mike (played by Jason Sudeikis), has died as a result of the virus. Asked if there’s any possibility Sudeikis will reprise his role ever again, Forte replied, “Never say never on anything. We like to keep our options open, but it was a very, I thought, fitting ending to that story so it would have to be a really good reason to mess with that. It seemed like a good ending point. But, you know, Jason Sudeikis – he’s just awesome and we had so much fun. He’s just amazing so…”

“So we don’t want him back,” interjected Schaal.

“We did not see him actually die. We assume that he’s dead,” said Forte. “But, you know what your high school wrestling coach tells you about assuming.”

Forte says the process of coming up with scripts involves batting around ideas in the writers room. “It always leads to somebody coming up with something good,” explained Forte. “It’s usually pretty obvious what the good ideas are because you’re throwing around so many bad ones all day. It’s just trial and error. You usually know when it’s worth trying out because you go, ‘Wait a second, that’s all right.'”

“I’ll think in little dialogue chunks and then stuff will come from there, at least with me,” said Forte. “Everyone kind of has their own process. How do you think of stuff?”

“I guess I’m more visual. I try to see it. I see it first in my head,” answered Schaal, adding that she was told to think in set pieces. “It’s really hard, you know? In your favorite movies there’s these key moments and these set pieces. Meet the Fockers there’s a cigarette on the roof and the cat, and that was a set piece and it leads to another set piece.”


Will we be seeing any surprise guests in season three that will help push the story forward? “Well, the end of season two there are three people in hazmat suits coming towards us with guns. We know who one of the people is in a hazmat suit. We know who one of the other ones is. We still don’t know who the third one is, but I’m very excited about the one that we do know. Obviously I’m not going to tell you who this man or woman is, but it’s very fun. We’re very excited. Other than that, we’re still charting the course for the season. We don’t like to get too comfortable in one situation. There could be a change of scenery. A lot of fun ideas though. We also have some ideas that are kind of like the season two appendicitis situation where things got pretty serious and we kind of had to deal with the more serious part of what it would be like to live in this scenario. We have something that’s quite different than that but in the same territory of a little more on the dramatic side, approaching it from a more real point of view.”

“The story will be moved,” added Schaal.

When asked if there are any little moments in the show that really say a lot about their characters, Forte replied, “We haven’t done it for so long because we were done with it for so long. I can’t think of it.”

“I think there are nice little moments when Carol and Tandy are starting to sort of copy each other. Like, she wants to say, ‘Boom,’ now and try to make jokes,” answered Schaal. “She’s trying to adopt a sense of humor, which is really nice.”

“It’s really fun getting to know everybody so well because then when you’re together doing a scene, you can bring in these… Like, she’s the improv queen and you just bring in these elements that weren’t even in the script. They just organically come from being with each other for so long. I think there are a lot of those moments,” said Forte. “I mean, we plan for a lot of those moments and some just kind of come out of the relationships that we all have and the trust that we have in each other.”

For more with Forte and Schaal, including their riffs between questions, watch our interview video from Comic Con:

‘Masterminds’ Trailer with Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, and Jason Sudeikis

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Rebecca Murray
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Masterminds Movie with Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Wiig

Relativity Studios released a new trailer for Masterminds, a comedy film that’s a mini-Ghostbusters reunion. Kristen Wiig stars alongside her fellow Ghostbusters Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones in the film, inspired by true events. The cast also includes Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Ken Marino, Devin Ratray, Jon Daly, and Mary Elizabeth Ellis, and Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre) directs from a screenplay by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, and Emily Spivey. Relativity has set a September 30, 2016.

The Plot: In this action comedy inspired by true events, David Ghantt (Galifianakis) discovers the true meaning of adventure far beyond his wildest dreams. He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. Day in and day out he drives an armored vehicle, transporting millions of other people’s money with no escape in sight. The only glimmer of excitement is his flirtatious work crush Kelly Campbell (Wiig) who soon lures him into the scheme of a lifetime.

Along with a group of half-brained criminals led by Steve Chambers (Wilson) and an absurdly faulted heist plan, David manages the impossible and makes off with $17 million in cash…only problem is he foolishly hands the money over to this wild group of double crossers and has been set up to take the fall. With the bandits blowing the millions on lavish and ridiculous luxuries, they leave behind a glaring trail of evidence. Now on the lam and in over his head, David must dodge the authorities, evade a hilarious hit man, Mike McKinney (Sudeikis), and try to turn the tables on the ones he trusted most.

Watch the Masterminds trailer:

First Photo: Tyler Hoechlin as Superman in ‘Supergirl’

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Rebecca Murray
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Melissa Benoist as Supergirl and Tyler Hoechlin as Superman in ‘Supergirl’ (Photo: Frank Ockefels III and Diyah Pera © 2016 The CW Network, LLC.)

The first official photo of Superman in Supergirl has arrived. The photo features Supergirl star Melissa Benoist in her full costume standing next to series newcomer Tyler Hoechlin (Teen Wolf) as Superman in a costume designed by Kiersten Ronning. Superman will be introduced in the beginning of season two. Supergirl will join The CW primetime lineup on October 10, 2016 at 8pm ET/PT after airing season one on CBS.

In addition to Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El/Kara Danvers/Supergirl and Hoechlin as Superman/Kal-El/Clark Kent, the Supergirl cast includes Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen, Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers, Jeremy Jordan as Winn Schott, David Harewood as Hank Henshaw, Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant, Peter Facinelli as Maxwell Lord, and Jenna Dewan Tatum as Lucy Lane.

The Plot: Supergirl is an action-adventure drama based on the DC character Kara Zor-El, Superman’s (Kal-El) cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents’ help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex, and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin in order to keep her identity a secret. Years later at 24, Kara lives in National City assisting media mogul and fierce taskmaster Cat Grant. She works alongside her friend and IT technician Winn Schott and famous photographer James Olsen, who Grant just hired away from the Daily Planet to serve as her new art director. However, Kara’s days of keeping her talents a secret are over when Hank Henshaw, head of a super-secret agency where her sister also works, enlists her to help them protect the citizens of National City from sinister threats. Though Kara will need to find a way to manage her newfound empowerment with her very human relationships, her heart soars as she takes to the skies as Supergirl to fight crime.

‘Once Upon a Time’ Season 6: Colin O’Donoghue, Josh Dallas Say Bromance is Blossoming

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Rebecca Murray
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Once Upon a Time Colin O'Donoghue and Josh Dallas
Jared Gilmore, Adam Horowitz, Lana Parrilla, Edward Kitsis, Josh Dallas, Emilie de Ravin, Colin O’Donoghue, and Rebecca Mader (Photo © Richard Chavez)

Once Upon a Time‘s Colin O’Donoghue and Josh Dallas were teamed up for interviews at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con where they promised that not only will their bromance be back on in season six, it will be blossoming. Season five finished up with Hook (O’Donoghue) and Emma (Jennifer Morrison) actually saying they love each other and with Mr. Hyde (Sam Witwer) arriving in town.

Season five also set up the return of the Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla) and all Oncers know that means trouble for our favorite Storybrooke characters. And in our interview, O’Donoghue and Dallas spoke about what the return of the Evil Queen means for Snow, Charming, Hook, and Emma.

Josh Dallas and Colin O’Donoghue Interview:

How is Charming going to feel having to face the Evil Queen again?

Josh Dallas: “It’s deja vu for real. I mean, the Evil Queen is back and she’s back with a vengeance and she’s full-on evil. Much like the whole basis of Once Upon a Time the Evil Queen going after Snow White and wanting her dead, and that’s definitely going to be the case. She’s going to go after his wife full force, which means she’s going to go after Charming too. In fact, she’s going after all of these characters.”

Colin O’Donoghue: “She’s going after everybody.”

Josh Dallas: “She’s taking no prisoners. She’s really doing some mental manipulation with everybody and it’s going to turn everybody inside of themselves. They’re going to have a lot internally to kind of deal with.”

We know you’ve only read up to episode three so far. What can you tease about what you’ll be doing and who you’re going to be interacting with that we might not expect?

Josh Dallas: “I mean, you’re definitely going to see a more meaningful friendship grow between Hook and Charming. It just might get rocked by something later on. What else?”

Colin O’Donoghue: “We know that Hyde is still around so they have to figure out what his agenda is. He’s there to sort of rough things up as well. So, it’s great for the Evil Queen. You’ve got Mr. Hyde there just having a great old time.”

Josh Dallas: “I really don’t know why we buy real estate in Storybrooke. It is the worst town in America to live!”

Are you happy the story will be taking place in Storybrooke instead of some alternate land?

Colin O’Donoghue: “I think it’s been fun to sort of play around over the few seasons with all the different worlds that we’ve gone to. I think the season will be in a different way fun because each character will have to delve in deep and look at who they are as people this season more so than any other season.”

Josh Dallas: “And you’re still going to experience other worlds, Fairy Tale Land, and we’ll still see other worlds other than Storybrooke for sure. Maybe not as much, but you will definitely see those flashbacks.”

How do you think Hook and Emma’s relationship will evolve this season after exchanging I love yous at the end of last season?

Colin O’Donoghue: “I mean, I think it’s going to be the same as every year. I think it’s going to be complicated in a different way. [Laughing] We know after the end of last season that it’s true love. The only way that she could save Hook was to sacrifice her heart at the time to save him. That opened the door and the only way that would open is if it was true love, so we know that. So now they have to figure out how they move forward knowing that because it’s such a big…true love is such a rare thing and it’s such a huge part of the show. And also I mean the Evil Queen is back and she’s going to be gunning for Snow and Emma so who knows how that’s going to affect things. It’ll be complicated.”

It was mentioned we’ll be getting more of Hook’s history. Can you expand on that?

Colin O’Donoghue: “I can’t really go into it because it’s such a big spoiler, but it’s going to test some relationships that he has in Storybrooke. I think it’s going to make him sort of reflect even more on who he was, who he is now, and how can he sort of forgive himself if he can for his past. That’s really what it’s going to be. More so than anything it’s just going to really affect a couple of specific relationships that he has.”

Will it test his relationship with Emma?

Colin O’Donoghue: “I’m sure it will be tested. A lot of the things that Hook did in his past a lot of people wouldn’t really be able to forgive. But, Emma has said before that she’s willing to move on from that and leave his past to where it is. But at the moment we’re not there in the shooting so we haven’t read exactly what that’s going to be yet.”

Will we see any consequences of the fact that he was brought back from the dead?

Colin O’Donoghue: “I don’t know. I’m sure along the way there’s probably going to be something. You know, I mean again it’s one of those things where it’s so early in the season and Eddie and Adam will give us little tidbits just so we know some of the bigger things we need to know. And then we read the episodes week-to-week, similar to the way people watch them, so at the moment I don’t know but I’m pretty certain it must have some sort of consequence or whatever. Much like him having the darkness inside him, it will always be there in a way. So, there’s bound to be some sort of thing.”

What do you do to keep your character new and fresh to you?

Josh Dallas: “I mean, the great thing about it is that they do keep changing it up so they do keep giving you challenges as an actor to play and new challenges for the characters to play. There’s always something new happening and a new facet to the character that just makes it deeper and more full. They just keep writing new things, that’s the great joy.”

Colin O’Donoghue: “It’s also we’re lucky in this show that every episode week-to-week is really different. The relationships, especially in the core characters, are all so complex. It’s always fresh. Working with an amazing cast and crew in Vancouver, it’s just really fun and fresh every day.”

Is there anyone you’re hoping you have more scenes with this season that you maybe didn’t get to in the past seasons?

[Josh clears his throat, hinting Colin should say it’s him.]

Colin O’Donoghue: [Taking his time] “No…”

[Josh makes more throat-clearing noises.]

Colin O’Donoghue: “No, it’s pretty good. [Laughing] I was pretty satisfied last season. No, actually it is going to be fun because we are going to have quite a bit to do together this season. That’s going to be interesting because we don’t always get a chance to do that so it’s going to be fun.”

The bromance is back on?

Colin O’Donoghue: “The bromance is back on.”

Josh Dallas: “Back on and blossoming!”

Watch the full Josh Dallas and Colin O’Donoghue interview:





‘Ballers’ with Dwayne Johnson Renewed for Season 3

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Rebecca Murray
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Ballers Season 2 Dwight Johnson, John David Washington, Omar Benson Miller
Dwayne Johnson, John David Washington, and Omar Benson Miller in ‘Ballers’ (Photo: Jeff Daly / Courtesy of HBO)

HBO’s football comedy Ballers will be back for a third season. Season two is currently airing on Sunday nights and stars Dwayne Johnson (Central Intelligence, the Fast and Furious franchise) and Rob Corddry (Childrens Hospital, Hot Tub Time Machine) as financial managers working with high-powered professional athletes. The season two cast also includes John David Washington, Omar Benson Miller, Donovan Carter, Troy Garity, Jazmyn Simon, London Brown, Arielle Kebbel, Dulé Hill, Richard Schiff, and Andy Garcia. Season two, which kicked off on July 17, 2016 and drew in 5.7 million viewers, consists of 10 half-hour episodes.

Ballers was created by Boardwalk Empire‘s Stephen Levinson and is executive produced by Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Peter Berg, Evan Reilly, Rob Weiss, Julian Farino, and Denis Biggs. Announcing the show’s renewal, HBO Programming President Casey Bloys said, “Dwayne Johnson, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg and the rest of the Ballers team have once again delivered a winner for our viewers. We look forward to another great season of Ballers next year.”

The Ballers Plot: Looking at the whirlwind lifestyles and real-life problems of former and current football players, Ballers stars Dwayne Johnson as ex-superstar Spencer Strasmore, who has reinvented himself as a financial manager for today’s players in sun-soaked Miami.

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