Apparently Hollywood’s not quite finished with the idea of bringing more Chronicles of Narnia books to the screen. TriStar Pictures, the C.S. Lewis Company, Entertainment One, and the Mark Gordon Company are teaming up on a new Narnia film based on C.S. Lewis’The Silver Chair. David Magee (Life of Pi, Finding Neverland) has been tapped to adapt the novel for the screen, with Mark Gordon, C.S. Lewis’ stepson Douglas Gresham, Vincent Sieber, and Melvin Adams producing.
The official announcement did not provide any details on the cast or confirm whether any of the actors involved in the first three Narnia films – The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – will be involved in The Silver Chair. The press release did say those involved in the production are taking a “fresh approach to capture a broad global audience.”
“Developing this project with The C.S. Lewis Company has been immensely exciting and a real joy. We are so pleased to team up with our good friends at TriStar and our partners at eOne to introduce this new, magical chapter of the Narnia franchise to fans around the world, both old and new,” said Gordon.
“It’s been both fun and exciting to work with Mark Gordon and David Magee to develop the next Narnian movie, and now it’s a thrill to welcome Tristar to our Narnia family. I greatly look forward to plunging again into the joys and challenges of once more bringing Narnia to the screen, this time with the wonderful story of The Silver Chair,” said Gresham.
The Book’s Plot: Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, a noble band of friends is sent to rescue a prince held captive. But their mission to Underland brings them face-to-face with an evil more beautiful and more deadly than they ever expected.
What can we expect when NBC’s Grimm when it returns for the sixth season this fall? According to Bitsie Tulloch, Grimmsters should be ready for the possibility Eve has lost her powers right when the fight’s heating up with newly elected Mayor Sean Renard (Sasha Roiz). Tulloch and her Grimm co-stars including fiance David Giuntoli once again participated in the San Diego Comic Con where they discussed season six while keeping things as spoiler free as possible. Chatting about the upcoming season, Tulloch told us Eve is still around as we pick up season six.
Bitsie Tulloch Interview:
Was that a fun arc to play last season?
Bitsie Tulloch: “It was really fun. I loved it. It was more difficult for me than at least… You know, I’ve really been able to play three characters on Grimm, so I consider myself really lucky. Warm Juliette, evil Juliette, and then Eve, and Eve has been the hardest because I’m loud, I’m expressive, I’m warm and Eve is cold and calculating and robotic. You know, really there’s a tremendous amount of conservation of energy. But I watched some great movies for inspiration – Ex Machina, the Luc Besson Nikita. I went into it and Norberto Barba was really great about coaching me, and it ended up being super fun. It was funny because I started training to put muscle mass on, so I was thinking, ‘Oh, I’m going to be doing fight scenes right and left,’ but Eve is so powerful all she has to do is look at someone and make their head explode so there was very little actual fighting.”
This next season will we still be seeing Eve or are you back to Juliette?
Bitsie Tulloch: “It’s Eve. It’s a continuation of where five left off so we don’t know that it’s Juliette yet. We know that it’s Eve and she might be feeling some feelings and some guilt. That’s probably one of the main storylines that’s going to get resolved throughout season six.”
That will be an interesting arc for you to play, putting those two together and kind of almost fighting for her soul.
Bitsie Tulloch: “I love that. Like, there being a push/pull almost like a Jack the Ripper thing going on. Like, ‘Who is it going to be?'”
And you obviously want her to end up with Nick, right?
Bitsie Tulloch: “You know, I’ve said this before. Eve doesn’t need a man, just so we are all clear. I know there’s a lot of ‘shipping’ and some people like #Nadalind, people like #Nickette. From my point of view Eve doesn’t need a man so if she ends up single or with someone else, then more power to her.”
In season six they’ll all be going against Renard. How pivotal a role will Eve play in that?
Bitsie Tulloch: “Well, at this point Burkhardt and probably Eve…we don’t know yet if she’s lost all of her powers. So, from the knowledge that the fans have, Eve is still as powerful as Renard going forward. But she also might lose her powers – that’s why you guys all have to watch.”
Even if she does lose her powers, she’ll still be able to be part of the fight, right?
Bitsie Tulloch: “She’s very much included in the gang going forward.”
How do you feel about having a shorter season?
Bitsie Tulloch: “Honestly, we are so grateful to even be going into a sixth season. That doesn’t happen that often anymore. And by the end of season six, we will have shot 123 episodes of television and I’ve nothing but gratitude. I know David, my love, is exhausted so he’s kind of like, ‘All right, I’ll take it,’ you know? And he’s also really excited about directing so it’s all good.”
Are you looking forward to having him direct?
Bitsie Tulloch: “I really am. He’s very prepared. He’s been shadowing on set for almost two years. Any day off he’s been reading books; he’s taken meetings. He really is ready for this. He was in pre-production all last week and he’s doing pre-production all next week, and then he starts shooting on Monday.” (Note: the interview took place on July 23rd.)
And that adds a new element to the series.
Bitsie Tulloch: “Well they had to logistically because in a typical Grimm episode, he’s primarily in most of the scenes. So it’s a really cool way they wrote him out that I can’t wait for people to see and I also can’t talk about it!”
CBS will launch the 2016 reboot of the action series MacGyver on September 23rd at 8pm ET/PT. The original MacGyver starred Richard Dean Anderson as a guy who could get out of any situation by using whatever miscellaneous items – paper clips, toothpicks, etc – he found. The new series starring Lucas Till in the title role will also be filled with MacGyverisms, according to executive producers James Wan and Peter Lenkov. During our interview at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con, Wan and Lenkov talked about how the two shows compare and what made Lucas Till the right guy to lead the cast.
The MacGyver Plot: “MacGyver, a reimagining of the classic series, is an action-adventure drama about 20-something Angus “Mac” MacGyver, who creates a clandestine organization within the U.S. government where he uses his extraordinary talent for unconventional problem solving and vast scientific knowledge to save lives. Joining his team on high-risk missions around the globe is maverick former CIA agent Jack Dalton and Patricia Thornton, ex-field agent turned director of operations and Riley Davis, an unpredictable computer hacker with a chip on her shoulder. At home, MacGyver is entertained by his ambitious roommate, Wilt Bozer. Under the aegis of the Department of External Services, MacGyver takes on the responsibility of saving the world, armed to the teeth with resourcefulness and little more than bubble gum and a paper clip.”
James Wan and Peter Lenkov Interview:
Why do you think now is the right time for a new MacGyver TV series?
James Wan: “I actually think more than ever this is the perfect landscape to bring a show like this. He’s such a different hero in a lot of ways. In a lot of ways he’s like an anti-hero. I don’t mean in a Clint Eastwood kind of way. He’s a guy that doesn’t use guns to solve problems and in the climate that we live in today, it’s kind of refreshing to see an action hero who uses violence only as a last resort to deal with things. He likes to solve his problems with his brains, and find ways to kind of engineer his way out of these predicaments that he gets himself into. So, I think that’s kind of cool.
As Peter has pointed out in the past that with a lot of the cop shows out there, a lot of the action shows out there, it is just so violence-heavy. Again, whereas we do have violence in our show but it’s more action-driven and action in a fun-hearted way.”
Will people recognize the tone from the original or is this something completely different?
James Wan: “I think that tone is very important, that we never lose that tone in this new version. That tone’s very important to us, but of course you know we’re now living in a different time. That show played today would be very different, you know what I mean? You take that show directly out of the ’80s and put it in 2016, I don’t know if it would resonate as well given how much diet of action stories that we’ve seen today. But keeping the tone and that spirit and that philosophy like the original is very important to us.”
Is the tongue still very much in the cheek?
James Wan: “I think so.”
Peter Lenkov: “Yes, I think so. But I think we approach everything with the same… Look, there’s a lot of ingredients in the show – a lot of humor, a lot of heart, a lot of action, adventure, MacGyverisms – but yes, tongue in cheek.”
Is there an element of nostalgia to the new show as well?
Peter Lenkov: “I think so. A lot of reboots don’t work. They don’t work for a number of reasons, but I think this one belongs on TV today because of the character. I think James explained why. […]The fact that we rely on technology and all those things, it’s almost like retro. It almost goes back to a certain way of thinking that allows people to be creative again, not rely on technology, not rely on apps, smart phones, or PDAs.”
He’s not going to be Googling his way out of this?
Peter Lenkov: “No. He is a little bit like a Luddite in that way. There’s a little bit of that retro quality and I think it actually works today.”
James Wan: “I actually think the show’s more relevant today in a lot of ways because we’re such a technologically-driven society today. We so rely on technology it’s kind of cool to see an action hero who doesn’t use any of that stuff. Peter has a great line in the pilot script where MacGyver is talking to a hacker and he tells this hacker, ‘Well, you know how you hack computers? Well, I hack everything else.’ I think that’s such a great line and I think that sums up who MacGyver is in this show, that basically retains the spirit of the original but gets to put it out there through the filter of a very sort of modern sensibility.”
Who comes up with the inventions, the MacGyverisms?
Peter Lenkov: “Well, you know what we do is that always story comes first because you’re not going to write to a MacGyverism. You write to a situation and then you try and figure out how to solve it. Sometimes you’re reverse engineering a situation using whatever you would find in that situation. So, we create a solve and then we send it to our tech advisor. We get notes and we get it back. The tech advisor exists because we want to make it as real as possible. But it’s really using our imaginations. It’s very much MacGyver. It’s like we try and get into a situation and try and solve it in a very unique way. A lot of it is research, a lot of it is relying on a tech advisor. A lot of it is just being creative. And that’s where they come from. It’s the fun of writing the show.”
James Wan: “I guess for Peter too it’s important not to be driven by the set piece. It should be driven by the characters and the amazing chemistry between Lucas Till and George Eads. Those guys are so much fun. When I’m directing them on the set, I’m cracking up half the time just because the sh*t that they talk to each other and throw each other, it’s so amazing. I like that and I think that’s kind of unique.
But I will say this, I’ve met and I’ve had many meetings with the original creator of MacGyver, Lee Zlotoff, and he did say in later episodes what they would do is they would go to Cal Tech and they would talk to the students, the kids at Cal Tech, and he would go, ‘Okay, what would you guys do for us that would be a cool MacGyverism that we could do on our show?’ These kids would come up with all these crazy scientific things, and then they would write the episode to those things. I don’t think we’re doing that.”
Peter Lenkov: “We may. Who knows?”
James Wan: (Laughing) “We may down the line!”
James, how hands on are you with the show given all of your film projects?
James Wan: “I mean, I don’t have to be as hands on because Peter is so incredible at what he does. This is a guy who rebooted Hawaii Five-O, who took another classic old property and made it really successful in our time. I feel very fortunate and I feel very lucky that Peter is running this. But Peter knows that I’m such a big fan of MacGyver. I’ve been wanting to do this back when it was a feature project. I’ve been chasing it for a long time and so the opportunity…I feel lucky that my schedule’s finally cleared up, that I can actually come back. When I read Peter’s pilot for this, I was blown away. I was like, ‘You know what? I’ve got to come back. I’ve got to find a way to make this somehow.'”
How important was it to make the lead character younger in this version?
Peter Lenkov: “It wasn’t, really. Somebody else asked that question and it’s interesting because we never looked at it as going for age; we looked at best actor for the role. I think when James was casting this he just found the right actor. It’s all that. It’s all chemistry. It’s all driven by the right face out there on screen because you’ve got to believe he’s MacGyver. I think despite the fact that he looks a little young, he is MacGyver. When you see him on screen you are going to say, ‘Oh yeah, I get it. I know why they cast him.’ You have to watch the first episode to see and once you see him in action, once you see him as MacGyver, you’re going to be hooked. So, it was not age-driven. It was best actor won the role.”
James Wan: “So the good thing is hopefully, if we are fortunate enough to have many seasons, he’ll eventually grow into it.”
How difficult was it to find the right MacGyver?
James Wan: “We looked at so many people. I mean, I felt for me trying to reboot this early on the hardest part was how do you get over people’s perception of who MacGyver is? Everyone sees MacGyver as Richard Dean Anderson. He’s so synonymous to this character, right? And so we looked at a lot of people. I was just watching this going, ‘Oh man, this is never going to work. We’re never going to find (him). All the original fans are going to hate us.’ Then finally Lucas just showed up beaming with charisma. His hair was kind of long as well so he had a bit of that mullet thing going on, too. And so I just fell in love with this guy. When we saw him, we all – the studio, producers, we all just go, ‘I think we’ve got our MacGyver.’ He and George are the most important thing with moving this show ahead.”
And you were both fans of the original series?
James Wan: “Oh, hell yes. I was such a big fan that when I was in my teens I went and bought a red Swiss Army pocket knife. I’ve had that since I was a teenager.”
Is Richard Dean Anderson going to be involved at all?
Peter Lenkov: “We’re hoping. That’s the plan. He knows we want him, so that’s the plan.”
James Wan: “We’ve got to get him out of retirement!”
Watch the full James Wan and Peter Lenkov interview:
Aimee Garcia (Dexter) joins the cast of Fox’s hit series Lucifer for the show’s second season. Garcia will be playing a forensic scientist who isn’t afraid to challenge Lucifer (played by Tom Ellis). Sitting down for interviews at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con, Garcia explained how her character, Ella, will be interacting with Ellis as Lucifer and she provided a little insight into Ella’s personality.
Aimee Garcia Interview:
What can you tell us about Ella?
Aimee Garcia: “Ella is da bomb! Ella is completely uninhibited. She’s fearless, she’s free. She’s a forensic scientist. She’s brilliant. Because she is so smart, sometimes she speaks non sequitur because there’s so much synaptic activity going on in her grey cell matter that it’s firing on all cylinders and she’s five steps ahead of everybody else. And, she really dances to her own beat. It would not be unusual for her to sing at a crime scene or break out into a (groove) in her lab.
She’s very playful. She’s very fun, and I think she’s very intriguing to Lucifer because she’s a woman of faith. She is so confident in her relationship with the Big G and he is so un-confident in his relationship with the Big G. I always liken it to like the writers say, ‘Like a rock star,’ where a rock star is an inspiration to people he doesn’t know globally but maybe not the best father to his own kids. So in the same way, God is an inspiration to people he hasn’t met – including me. He’s probably changed my life and become a rock, but for his own kid he’s apparently not the best dad and abandoned his kid. So, Lucifer is so intrigued because she has no… She’s so confident and all the other characters, like Chloe’s really guarded and defensive. She’s like this detective who’s a single mom or she’s having troubles in her marriage. I feel like (Ella’s) just the opposite of her. She’s very confident and her compass is very…she knows where her North Star is. But, she’s also very playful and fun. I would say she’s the light in this kind of dark world. She offers a little goof and she’s fun.”
How does Lucifer react to her? Will we see a lot of clashes?
Aimee Garcia: “No. He’s mystified. For example, she’s the kind of person who will just hug him. And the writers are so lovely. They’re like, ‘Just follow your instincts behaviorally, if you feel like doing something.’ On the last take on Tom (Ellis’) coverage I said, ‘You know what? I’m going to hug him and I’m not going to tell him.’ We did it and he’s in this suit and this very good posture, and he has almost like a regal feel to him as Lucifer. I just come up, completely invade his space, give him a hug. Tom continues the scene completely confused and a little bit uncomfortable, but he continues. Then it was, ‘Cut,’ and I was like, ‘Am I going to get fired?’ And then he’s like, ‘I loved it.’
So, she has this childlike quality about her and she doesn’t treat Lucifer with kit gloves and doesn’t walk on eggshells around him. She completely invades his personal space at all times. Every scenes she’s like (touching him), ‘I got you, bud. It’s cool.’ Or, she’s like, ‘Luc,’ and he says, ‘Ifer.’ She has no boundaries and no sense of space. Lucifer doesn’t even know what to do with her but there’s some fun stuff coming up which I’m not allowed to talk about but I’m like giddy inside. So, yeah, I’m really excited.”
Mike Colter stars in ‘Luke Cage’ (Photo Credit: Myles Aronowitz/Netflix)
Netflix just unveiled the first official full trailer for the upcoming action series Luke Cage starring Mike Colter in the title role. The series is based on the Marvel comics and is the third collaboration between Marvel and Netflix, joining the streaming service’s Jessica Jones and Daredevil. Luke Cage is set to premiere on September 30, 2016 at 12:01am PT, with all 10 episodes available then for those into binge-watching.
The Plot: After a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage (Mike Colter) becomes a fugitive trying to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City. But he is soon pulled out of the shadows and must fight a battle for the heart of his city – forcing him to confront a past he had tried to bury. The cast also includes Mahershala Ali (Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes), Alfre Woodard (Mariah Dillard), Simone Missick (Misty Knight), Theo Rossi (Shades), Frank Whaley (Rafael Scarfe) and Rosario Dawson (Claire Temple).
Gotham‘s Michael Chiklis wouldn’t give away much about what’s in store for Captain Barnes in season three of the popular Fox series, but he did tease that huge changes he’s excited about playing are coming in the third season. Chiklis kicked off our interview at the San Diego Comic Con while at the same time trying to arrange a time and place to meet up with his daughter who also made the trek to San Diego for the sold-out convention. After passing off his phone so the arrangements could be confirmed, Chiklis told us his daughter is a comic book fan who just graduated from college and that he was the commencement speaker. How cool is that?!
Getting down to business, Michael Chiklis provided a little insight into the upcoming third season of the gritty drama which will premiere on September 19, 2016.
Michael Chiklis Interview:
How much of Vic Mackey from The Shield is part of Captain Barnes?
Michael Chiklis: “He was sort of the antithesis of that. What’s going to happen this year with my guy is very much the reason I took the role, in all honesty. But the wonderful thing about television series is you get to spend quite a bit of time setting the pick, or a series of picks, that you don’t have to play out instantaneously, right? So, I knew what’s coming was going to come in the next season, so it allowed me to really establish that I’m playing a law-and-order zealot, the antithesis of Vic Mackey, absolutely strident, unyielding with regard to the law. And the inherent tension between Ben (McKenzie’s) character and mine would be that Ben is being pulled into the Vic Mackey of it all, descending into darkness, and I’m trying to pull him out of it with less and less effectiveness. And then I get terribly injured and now I’m a depleted, injured, weakened guy watching this happen, still trying to keep up the good fight, and then something crazy happens. That I can’t tell you about.”
How many episodes will it be before we see this craziness?
Michael Chiklis: “The beginning of the craziness is the fourth episode. The very beginning of my craziness… I cannot tell you what happens, but I can tell you this it will change my character inexorably. It will completely change his relationship with Gordon and everybody. It’s the reason I was like, as an actor, ‘Okay, I’ll do that. That’s interesting to me.’ So, I’m excited. Now the payoff is starting to present itself for the groundwork we’ve laid. Because a lot of people have been sort of like, ‘What’s happening here? I know something’s going to happen.’ You know what I mean? Yeah, something’s going to happen!”
You’ve worked in the genre before. What sets this apart for you?
Michael Chiklis: “I think it was the concept, honestly. Just when I heard the concept of this show, I was like, ‘That’s smart. That’s cool.’ Take a sort of secondary character from an existing pantheon of characters and focus on him 20 years before, so that we can look at (it) all. I just thought it was brilliant, really, from a conceptual standpoint. It also gave us an opportunity to look at characters in their conception and also gives you the latitude to create a number of new characters.”
The Flash‘s Candice Patton believes fans of the comic book-inspired The CW series are going to love the Flashpoint storyline coming up on the show’s third season. Patton and her fellow The Flash cast members were a big draw at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con, presenting a panel with a Q&A for fans of the show as well as participating in interviews in support of the upcoming season. Season three will premiere on October 4th and commenting on the upcoming Flashpoint storyline, Patton said, “I love Flashpoint. I love what they’re doing with it. It’s our different take on it. I’m really pleased with what the writers have come up with. I think fans will be equally as pleased. It’s all of your favorite characters but with a slightly different twist. And Nora and Henry are alive and well. Barry’s never lived with Joe and Iris, so things are quite different.”
Candice Patton Interview:
How much of the relationship between Barry and Iris has changed?
Candice Patton: “It’s changed a lot. It’s changed a lot because having not grown up together it’s a different dynamic. They will find each other in Flashpoint. You will see them interacting, but it’s very different. I hope fans are still pleased by that. There’s good stuff in general in store for Barry and Iris this season. Fans can rest assured.”
You and Grant Gustin have worked together for two years, but this season you have to act differently toward each other even though you’re playing the same characters. How is that to play?
Candice Patton: “It’s pretty normal for us on The Flash. We’ve done the Earth-2 stuff; we’ve been playing versions of our characters and interacting as different versions so it’s pretty normal for us. And, it’s fun. It’s probably the best part of my job the fact that I’m on a show where I get to expand and play, and not always play one version of Iris West. It’s great.”
Will you be doing any cross-overs to the other DC shows?
Candice Patton: “I don’t know. I wish they would tell me. I feel like I’m the only actor on The Flash who has not crossed over with anybody. It’s a shame. I hear it’s a lot of hard work though, so maybe I shouldn’t be complaining. It’s probably inevitable with the four-way cross-over I would go somewhere. I think the most sense would be at Catco so that’s Supergirl. I’m hoping that’s a possibility. I would never turn down the opportunity to work with Calista Flockhart. Hopefully they can figure out how to arrange that.”
Candice Patton: “I have not yet worked with Tom. I have not yet worked with Tom – I can say that much. But he is around and we’ve just started. He’s a great addition to our cast. I think people are going to love his character. I think he’s going to elevate our show, so I’m excited to have him.”
How is the West family unit in the upcoming season? Are they in a good place?
Candice Patton: “Yeah. I think the West family…I think what I can say is the West family is a tight unit and no matter what happens, they always find a way back to each other. We’re really all we’ve got. The West family is strong and will stay strong.”
Does Iris interact with Wally in the Kid Flash outfit at all?
Candice Patton: “Yes, she does. She’s very much a part of that realm in the Flashpoint.”
What did you think seeing him in the suit?
Candice Patton: “Awesome. I think anytime we have speedsters on the show it’s cool. I know Keiynan (Lonsdale) was so excited to suit up. He looks great in it. I think they did a great job with the Kid Flash suit.”
Have you ever requested your own suit?
Candice Patton: “I’m always dropping hints. I was asking Todd (Helbing) and Aaron (Helbing) the other day, ‘So, have you ever thought about putting Iris in a suit?’ And they’re like, ‘Do you want to do that?’ I’m like, ‘Maybe not permanently, but maybe for like one episode.’ So, I don’t know. If I were on a different Earth or a different timeline, I would love to suit up. I don’t think it makes sense for her to stay in a suit, but just for something fun for the fans – or mostly just fun for me because I love leather.”
How many scripts have you read so far?
Candice Patton: “I’ve read four. They’ve released four to us.”
And Flashpoint carries through at least four episodes?
Candice Patton: “What I will say is Flashpoint has an effect throughout the entire season. I won’t say how long Flashpoint is, but Flashpoint… Barry going back in time and creating a flashpoint definitely has an effect throughout the entire season.”
How does it feel to be in a third season?
Candice Patton: “I feel old. It feels good. I feel like a pro at Comic Con. I remember doing this the first season and feeling so nervous and scared, and now it’s old hat. But, it’s good. We’ve stood the test of time which I think is the best thing I can say. We’re in a show that people still enjoy and are excited to see. As an actor usually you’re just trying to get a job and pay your rent, so this is icing on the cake the fact that I’m on a successful show, I’m playing an iconic character, and that fans around the globe…when I travel around the world and see how many people are responding to the show, it’s incredible.”
Are you working with any different actors in the Flashpoint storyline?
Candice Patton: “Yes. I have a lot more screen time with Grant which is really great. I love seeing our dynamic when we’re all together. I think there will be a lot more stuff with Keiynan, too, which is really great. I love West family stuff. And Iris will still very much be a part of #TeamFlash in S.T.A.R. Labs. She’s very much in the mix, which I’m happy about.”
Watch the full Candice Patton interview:
(Interview by Fred Topel. Article by Rebecca Murray.)
Bones stars Tamara Taylor and John Boyd said what they’re most excited about for the upcoming 12th and final season of the Fox series is the fact that Emily Deschanel is directing the season premiere. During interviews at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con, Taylor said she believes it’s the perfect way to kick off the show’s final season and Boyd confirmed the episode will start off the last season with a bang.
Asked how it feels to actually head into the final season, Taylor admitted she has mixed emotions. “It’s interesting to know it’s official but with that said it’s kind of beautiful to be able to be present so that we can love each other, laugh, and bring as much passion and attention to what we’re doing (as possible). It’s nice to actually be given the warning ahead of time,” explained Taylor.
So, with the show heading into its final season, what are their hopes for the outcome of their characters? “For my character I think it’s pretty obvious Cam’s getting married. That’s going to be the big one. I don’t know what after that. I think that’s probably going to be enough for me,” replied Taylor.
“I think for Aubrey just to get to officiate Cam’s wedding,” joked Boyd. “I think that’s what I’d like to see, for me.”
Looking back over the seasons, both Taylor and Boyd were able to come up with what they believed they’ll take away as their characters’ most memorable moments. “I think a really memorable moment was the goodbye in Booth’s office at the end of season 10, at the end of my first season,” said Boyd. “You know, saying goodbye to this character that Aubrey had gained his trust and come in after Sweets death. That goodbye at the end of season 10…when we shot it we really didn’t know if we were going to be back or not so it was just a really, really memorable moment. Booth walking out with his bobblehead Bobby, walking out the door, and us not knowing if we were going to see him again.”
“For me, it was probably I don’t know how many seasons ago this would be..two or three…when Arastoo got poisoned,” offered Taylor. “That was kind of a big, fun episode. It was just an interesting story, interesting to get to play with Cam just being vulnerable which doesn’t happen very often.”
As for what they’re allowed to say about what fans can expect from the final season, Taylor revealed, “We’ve been given a couple of hints. Two recurring characters are going to die. So, we’ve been given a few hints. A villain from the first season is coming back. Like a big, big bad scary villain and, again, I kind of go back into the Bones history and that could be a couple of characters. They’ve given us a few hints but no idea how it’s going to end.”
“I think the writers are really going to do their best to bring back fan favorites, like Stephen Fry, Betty White… We’re just going to hope that everyone is available to come and play with us,” added Taylor.
Watch the full Tamara Taylor and John Boyd interview:
(Interview by Fred Topel. Article by Rebecca Murray.)
FX’s third season of the horror series The Strain debuts on August 28, 2016, promising more drama, more character development, and more vampires. For the third year in a row, FX brought the cast of The Strain to the San Diego Comic Con to promote the series which is based on the popular books by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. Kevin Durand and Miguel Gomez who play fearless vampire hunters Fet and Gus, respectively, were paired up for roundtable interviews where they provided a few non-spoilerish details on the upcoming third season.
Kevin Durand and Miguel Gomez Interview:
Is it going to be a splintered group when we pick up season three?
Kevin Durand: “To a certain degree. I can really only speak from the perspective of my character. Once again he kind of goes off on his own and has his own plan of attack. He’s trying to take it to a different level so he can be more effective in trying to destroy the opposition which is getting more and more terrifying every day, the way that they’re multiplying. He’s trying to figure out how to do this. We all are; everyone writes our own parts of the narrative. Do they eventually all come together? (Laughing) Please tune in on Sundays to FX.”
Miguel Gomez: “That would be nice, right? My character has been by himself from day one. I’ve never actually got to work with anyone else in the cast. Maybe like a day or two with Kevin or a day or two with David (Bradley). But, you know it would be nice if they’d sort of unite.”
Does Gus still have his little army?
Miguel Gomez: “Gus always has something up his sleeve. He’s always figuring out what to do and what’s the best way to attack the Strigoi, especially after the city has taken everything that he loves. This season it’s crazy because it goes from bad to worse and he keeps losing everything that’s close to him. I think he’s getting to the point where it’s, ‘What is there left for me to fight for?’ I think he’s getting to the point where they’re stripping anything superficial or any desire he has – money and all that kind of stuff, that place where you met him – of wanting material things. He’s starting to see the real things life is about, especially when you lose everything you love, what’s really important in life. Now I think it comes down to him ready to fight or die.”
Do you think Gus believes there’s a cure that can save his mother?
Miguel Gomez: “He can’t believe that his mom is gone. He can’t come to grips with that. Because if he loses his mom, what do you have to live for? You lost your best friend, you lost your brother, and essentially he feels like it’s his fault. If he loses her, where does he go from there? And that’s where we pick up this season. He has this friend, Angel, and we’ll see what happens with that. He’s kind of like a father figure. Fet is kind of like an ally. It’s really crazy. It’s going to be an interesting season.”
Is this season more physically intense for you than the previous two seasons?
Kevin Durand: “I think what was most intense for me was just having the opportunity to delve a little deeper beyond just all of the physical action that I’m usually called upon to do, which I love. There’s a lot more of that. But, a lot of it was just kind of looking beneath the surface and knowing the guy a little bit better. Seeing things that came to fruition because of his own lack of stepping up and taking action. We kind of see a different side of him that was really a great challenge to play.
What’s great about the season is like the second season, if you read the books we have it as a strong core skeleton but there’s so much new stuff that has come about because a television show is its own live, living, breathing organism. So, some things fit the books, some things don’t. It’s evolved into its own thing and it’s exciting for us to read the scripts every week because we don’t know what’s going to happen. That’s pretty exciting.”
Miguel Gomez: “I’m always excited to see his character, the nuances that you bring to the character, this really strong vibe but at the same time really funny. That’s one of my favorite characters is Fet because he and Gus have a lot of similarities but you bring that comedy to it because it’s so real. You know what I mean? Sometimes the things that are funny are the most real things. Comedians talk about a lot of times we laugh because it’s kind of true. What’s burned in my head is the first season when you shot Sean Astin’s character out of nowhere. Boom! And then you get to the second season and this season, and now you get to see more of the vulnerable side of you with the different relationships and characters you interact with. It’s pretty cool. Fet is a really great character.”
You sound like a huge fan.
Miguel Gomez: “I am. I’m a fan. I’m a huge fan.”
Kevin Durand: “I’m your biggest fan, too.”
Miguel Gomez: (Laughing) “I’m a fan of the character – I don’t like this guy.”
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Elijah Wood, Samuel Barnett, and a Corgi star in ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ (Photo Credit: BBC America)
Anyone who’s a fan of Douglas Adams’ work knows not only about his most famous novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy but also other stories he wrote including Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. While Hitchhiker’s Guide got a flashy book-to-screen adaptation starring Martin Freeman and Zooey Deschanel back in 2005, Dirk Gently has bobbled in and out of television.
When the reports came in that BBC America was formally giving the green light to a Dirk Gently adapted television series, fans’ ears perked up, curious to know how this iteration of the story would fare. The BBC had previously dealt with the Dirk Gently property twice before – once through an adapted radio series and once through another television adaptation – so it’s not like this is the property’s first brush with being broadcasted in another form.
In the forefront of the new series is series executive producer and scriptwriter Max Landis, practically shouting from the rooftops at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con about what an intriguing and fun series BBC America has in store for everyone. Alongside Landis is executive producer Robert Cooper, along with the rest of the cast which includes Samuel Barnett (Penny Dreadful), Elijah Wood (Wilfred, the Lord of the Rings film franchise), Hannah Marks (Awkward) and Jade Eshete (Shades of Blue) singing the praises of the new series while participating in a panel at the Con as well as roundtable interviews.
Dirk Gently is set to premiere on October 22nd on BBC America.
