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Lana Parrilla on ‘Once Upon a Time’ and Not Getting Her Happy Ending…Yet

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Rebecca Murray
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Lana Parrilla Once Upon a Time Interview
Lana Parrilla at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con (Photo by Richard Chavez/Showbiz Junkies)

At the end of season three of ABC’s Once Upon a Time it appeared that Regina (Lana Parrilla) was about to get her happily ever after ending. But giving Regina a chance to actually be in a loving, committed relationship based on true feelings that have nothing to do with magic or spells just wasn’t in the cards, and before the credits rolled on the season three finale Regina was once again left heartbroken.

Catching up with Lana Parrilla at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, I had the opportunity to ask her about having that shot at happiness snatched away and what we can expect from the upcoming fourth season of the addictive, entertaining series.

Lana Parrilla Once Upon a Time Interview

So just when it looked like she was getting the chance to be happy, everything got pulled out from underneath her again.

Lana Parrilla: “Yes, it’s not happening. It’s a bummer.”

Is she ever going to be happy?

Lana Parrilla: “Probably not. I am!”

Doesn’t she deserve a little happiness by now?

Lana Parrilla: “I think everyone does, yes. And yes, Regina does. She’s been through hell and back. Poor woman.”

So what’s happening with her this season?

Lana Parrilla: “You know, what’s interesting – and I was just having this conversation with Adam Horowitz – is I never like to know where Regina’s going. I don’t, and that first season I did and I think it was because I was the crazy fan and wanted to know and couldn’t wait. And after that first year I decided that I like being surprised, I like going through whatever Regina’s going through. When the audience experiences it for the first time, I like it experience it for the first time.

So in this fourth season, I don’t know a lot. I don’t know a lot. I refrain from asking, but I will say that she is heartbroken and that it’s not the first time that she’s felt that. We saw what happened last time her heart was broken. Giancarlo [Esposito] is back and Regina goes to visit him in the cell/insane asylum where she locked him. She opens the door and says, ‘I need my mirror. There’s someone standing in the way of my happiness, I need help getting rid of them.’

I don’t know if she’s going to come back as the full-blown Evil Queen that we all love. But, there’s a high chance of that.”

Do you like playing her better as full-blown evil?

Lana Parrilla: “I honestly love both. I really do. I think if I’m the Evil Queen all the time, as an actor you can just kind of get like, ‘Okay, now what?’ Especially after four seasons you want more colors to play, more different sides to a character. I feel that they balance it out so perfectly that I never get bored. I really love playing both sides of her. I really do. I love the flashbacks.

At times when I’m missing the Evil Queen, the satanic side of me, and then I get the opportunity to play that, it’s so much fun and delicious for me. And then when I get to play the vulnerable, redeemed Mayor Regina that we’ve grown to love, it’s refreshing and equally as fun for me to play.”

There’s a panel at Comic-Con on ‘Kick-Ass Women,’ and while she’s not an action woman in the classic sense, do you see her as an action woman because she’s essentially built out of strength?

Lana Parrilla: “Yes, I do see her as a hero. I also from what I’ve seen and I’ve met a lot of fans, she’s been a lot of people’s salvation. They’ve learned so much from her that just because you’re evil doesn’t mean you have to stay that way. Just because you’ve made mistakes and done the wrong things, it doesn’t mean that there isn’t any hope for you.

At the end of the day, that’s what this show is about. And at the end of the day, that’s what everyone wants for themselves too. They want to be happy. If they’re bad, they don’t really feel good about that. I think Regina provides a lot of hope for people out there.”

Hip Hop’s Bow Wow is Joining the ‘CSI: Cyber’ Cast

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Rebecca Murray
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CBS Sets Battle Creek and CSI Cyber Premiere Dates
Dean Winters as Det. Russ Agnew and Josh Duhamel as Special Agent Milt Chamberlain in ‘Battle Creek’ (Photo: Cliff Lipson / ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

CBS announced Bow Wow (real name: Shad Moss) will be joining the cast of CSI: Cyber. The hip-hop artist/actor will be playing a hacker in the new series set to debut during the 2014-2015 season.

“Bow Wow is a gifted young actor who will have the responsibility, through his character, to set an example for young people who watch the show to ‘do what’s right’ even when you know ‘nothing but wrong,’” said Anthony E. Zuiker, creator of the CSI franchise. “It will be a redemption story and a cautionary tale all wrapped into one. The role of Nelson required someone with deep acting chops and off-the-charts smarts. Shad Moss is a unique talent that possesses both.”

Moss’ acting credits include Entourage, Moesha, The Steve Harvey Show, Ugly Betty, Smallville, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and Like Mike.

The Plot: CSI: Cyber is a drama inspired by the advanced technological work of real-life Cyber Psychologist Mary Aiken. The show revolves around Special Agent Avery Ryan who heads the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI, a unit at the forefront of solving illegal activities that start in the mind, live online, and play out in the real world.




‘The Strain’ Will Return for a Second Season

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Rebecca Murray
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The Strain Season 2 Poster
Poster for ‘The Strain’ season 2 (Copyright 2014, FX Networks)

After logging the most-watched series premiere in FX’s history with 12.7 million viewers tuning in to check out the series from Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse, it’s a pretty obvious move by FX to give The Strain a second season order. Based on the books by del Toro and Chuck Hogan, The Strain‘s first season still has seven new episodes set to air on Sundays at 10pm ET/PT.

Season two will air in 2015 and consist of 13 episodes.

“We’ve never had any doubts about The Strain,” said John Landgraf, CEO, FX Networks and FX Productions. “Working with Guillermo del Toro, Carlton Cuse, and the brilliant cast led by Corey Stoll has been everything we had hoped it would be and more. It is thrilling when you have a show that is a creative and commercial hit, which is a rare accomplishment in this increasingly crowded marketplace. We look forward to having it on FX for as long as Carlton, Guillermo and Chuck Hogan need to tell this epic tale.”

According to FX, The Strain is ranked #1 in new shows on cable among adults 18 – 49. Overall, the series has been averaging 11 million viewers.

“I am thrilled! Another season to spread the virus!” said del Toro. “Working with Carlton, Chuck and FX has been immensely rewarding and we have such sights to unveil in the upcoming episodes—the blood hits the fan on this one, mankind becomes an endangered species.”

“It’s been immensely satisfying over the last year-and-a-half to work with the incredible team at FX, Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan to bring The Strain to life,” added Cuse. “I am grateful for all the blood, sweat and tears (but mostly blood) given to the project by all involved, and I could not be more excited to continue telling this epic story.”

The Plot:

The Strain tells story of “Dr. Ephraim Goodweather” (Corey Stoll), the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. Goodweather and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.




‘Ant-Man’ Reveals First Photo of Paul Rudd in Character

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Rebecca Murray
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First Photo of Paul Rudd in 'Ant-Man'
Paul Rudd in ‘Ant-Man’ (Photo © Marvel 2014)

Here it is…what do you think? Marvel’s released the first photo of Paul Rudd as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man in Ant-Man. The comic book-inspired film is currently shooting in San Francisco with Peyton Reed at the helm and a cast that includes Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Abby Ryder Fortson, Judy Greer, David Dastmalchian, Wood Harris, John Slattery, Gregg Turkington, and T.I.

Ant-Man will open in theaters on July 17th, 2015.


-By Rebecca Murray

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‘Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead’ Shows Off a New Poster

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Rebecca Murray
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Dead Snow 2 Poster

Because one film about Nazi zombies isn’t enough, Dead Snow 2 will arrive in theaters on October 10, 2014. Tommy Wirkola returns as the writer/director and Vegar Hoel, Martin Starr, and Orjan Gamst star in Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead, now offering up a new poster.

The Plot:

They’re not just zombies. They’re Nazi zombies.

And there’s a lot of them. On the orders of a rotten Führer, the zombies from Dead Snow return to settle old German scores. In the continuation of the epic splatterfest from 2009, Martin, the sole survivor of the first movie, prove that there’s more badass shit in Northern Norway than even Nazi zombies would be prepared for. The table is set for a massive revenge epic, where blood, guts, brains and throats are not the only things dredged up from the darkness. Old hatred never rots.

First Look: ‘Men, Women & Children’ Teaser Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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Chad Kultgen’s novel Men, Women & Children, adapted for the screen by Jason Reitman and Erin Cressida Wilson and directed by Reitman, is showing off a teaser trailer prior to its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Reitman’s (Juno, Up in the Air) film adaptation of Men, Women & Children has a cast list that includes Adam Sandler and Fault in Our Stars‘ Ansel Elgort as well as Kaitlyn Dever, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, and Dean Norris.

The Plot:

Men, Women & Children follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives. The film attempts to stare down social issues such as video game culture, anorexia, infidelity, fame hunting, and the proliferation of illicit material on the internet. As each character and each relationship is tested, we are shown the variety of roads people choose – some tragic, some hopeful – as it becomes clear that no one is immune to this enormous social change that has come through our phones, our tablets, and our computers.

Men, Women and Children Trailer


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‘London Has Fallen’ Finds a Director

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Rebecca Murray
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London Has Fallen Signs Up a Director
Finley Jacobsen and Gerard Butler in FilmDistrict’s ‘Olympus Has Fallen’- Photo credit: Phillip V. Caruso

The Hollywood Reporter says Fredrik Bond (Charlie Countryman) will direct London Has Fallen, the sequel to the 2013 action film Olympus Has Fallen. Gerard Butler’s set to return as the President’s head of Secret Service Mike Banning and Aaron Eckhart will be back as U.S. President Benjamin Asher. Focus Features is eyeing an October 2, 2015 theatrical release.

The first film was directed by Antoine Fuqua and made $161 million worldwide before exiting theaters.

The Plot:

The sequel to the worldwide smash hit Olympus Has Fallen begins in London, where the British Prime Minister has passed away under mysterious circumstances. His funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the Western world. But what starts out as the most protected event on earth, turns into a deadly plot to kill the world’s most powerful leaders and unleash a terrifying vision of the future. Only three people have any hope of stopping it: the President of the United States, his formidable secret service head (Butler), and an English MI-6 agent who rightly trusts no one.”


-By Rebecca Murray

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Jared Gilmore Talks About ‘Once Upon a Time’ Season 4

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Rebecca Murray
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Jared Gilmore Once Upon a Time Interview
Jared Gilmore at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con (Photo by Richard Chavez / Showbiz Junkies)

Season three of Once Upon a Time was a wild one for Jared Gilmore’s character, Henry, and during our interview at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, Gilmore said Henry will be putting to good use lessons learned over the last three seasons as the town of Storybrooke attempts to return to a semblance of normalcy. ABC’s set a September 28, 2014 premiere date for season four and Gilmore’s just as anxious as fans of the popular series to find out what’s in store for Henry, Captain Hook, Gold, Regina, and the rest of the Storybrooke gang.

Jared Gilmore Once Upon a Time Interview

That was quite a journey you went on last year. What’s happening this year?

Jared Gilmore: “This year, I think Henry’s learned a lot from his journey so he can really use all the things he learned while in Neverland – and also New York – to his advantage.”

How far in advance do you know what’s happening with Henry? Are you interested in learning where he’s going?

Jared Gilmore: “Yeah. Every time I read the script I’m so fascinated because I really don’t know what’s going on because every week – or whenever I get the script – I’m blown away when I read it, because it’s so amazing what Eddie [Kitsis] and Adam [Horowitz] write – and all the writers do.”

Did you have any idea this is where Henry would end up at this point?

Jared Gilmore: “I had no idea whatsoever. I started reading season three and Peter Pan was there, I was like, ‘I was like that’s so cool,’ because he’s someone I always wanted to be on the show and I also got a chance to play him for a couple of episodes. So, that was great.”

Are you going to have a lot to do with the Frozen storyline?

Jared Gilmore: “I don’t know. I hope so because I love Frozen. I’ve seen the movie so many times; me and my twin sister love that movie.”

Do you go around singing the songs?

Jared Gilmore: “Yeah. [Laughing] For a while I had the lyrics to every song memorized.”

Is there a particular character you wish you got to interact more with, besides Peter Pan?

Jared Gilmore: “Besides Peter Pan? You know I think it would be really interesting to see…well, now I’ll get to spend more time with Gold but another person I think would be interesting to spend more time with is Captain Hook. Captain Hook knew as we happen to [learn] towards the end where Captain Hook was telling Henry about Neal, that was when Henry had no idea. I think it would be very interesting now for Henry to learn more about his dad when he was younger.”

How much have you filmed for the new season?

Jared Gilmore: “Haven’t filmed much at all. We just started filming in the beginning of July. We’re halfway through the second episode.”

How does it feel to play a character who’s really the link between these two worlds? Do you feel any additional weight handling that role?

Jared Gilmore: “You know, not really. Henry and me are still just kids so they don’t feel this. Or, I don’t feel this and he doesn’t feel this.”

Are there any younger storybook characters you’d like to see come on the show? Most of the characters have been adults.

Jared Gilmore: “The real question is, are there any fairy tale kids? I mean, we’ve had Hansel and Gretel, and that’s really all I can think of of more younger fairy tale characters that we could see.”

What’s it like on the set?

Jared Gilmore: “It’s amazing. All the actors are so nice. The crew is amazing, and it’s great coming back every year and seeing friendly faces and getting to film the show again.”

Have you had any interesting fan encounters?

Jared Gilmore: “You know, not really. Most of my fans are quite civil, you can say. They’re all super nice. None of them have been super rude or anything, so that’s great.”

Are you active on Twitter?

Jared Gilmore: “Yeah.”

And nothing weird on Twitter?

Jared Gilmore: “You know a couple people say, ‘I love you,’ but that’s pretty much it.”




A New Trailer Arrives for ‘Homeland’ Season Four

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Rebecca Murray
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When Homeland returns for season four on October 5, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT with back-to-back new episodes, Claire Danes will be back as Carrie Mathison but the setting will change and, of course, Damian Lewis will no longer be a part of the story. Instead, season four will find Carrie still combating terrorists but from a station overseas.

The Plot:

As last season drew to a close, Carrie Mathison (Emmy Award winner Claire Danes), pregnant with the late Brody’s (Damian Lewis) baby, got promoted to a new post overseas, while Saul Berenson (Emmy and Tony® Award winner Mandy Patinkin) contemplated his future outside of the CIA. Season four, filmed entirely on location in South Africa, will find Carrie assigned to one of the most volatile and dangerous CIA stations in the Middle East where she is back on the front lines in the war on terror. Along with Danes and Patinkin, Emmy nominee Rupert Friend will return for season four, along with Tracy Letts, Nazanin Boniadi and Laila Robins who are series regulars.

Homeland Season 4 Trailer


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Kermit the Frog Interview – ‘Muppets Most Wanted’

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Fred Topel
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Muppets Most Wanted Kermit the Frog Interview
GONZO, MISS PIGGY, KERMIT THE FROG, FLOYD, WALTER and SCOOTER in ‘Muppets Most Wanted’ (Photo by: Jay Maidment. ©2014 Disney Enterprises, Inc)

I’ve had a great relationship with Kermit the Frog over the years. I first interviewed him when The Muppet Show came out on DVD. Back then I didn’t know he’d have a comeback movie with 2012’s The Muppets. I interviewed him again for the sequel, Muppets Most Wanted, but now that the movie is out on DVD and Blu-ray, I had even more questions for the Muppet frontman (fruppet?).

Muppets Most Wanted sees the Muppets go on a world tour after reuniting in the previous movie. An evil impersonator, Constantine, replaced Kermit and lets the Muppets perform acts that Kermit would never allow. Meanwhile, Kermit runs the talent show in the Gulag. Mostly, Muppets Most Wanted is all about sequels, being a sequel, and what sequels do right and wrong. That very much appeals to me, because I’m Franchise Fred!

Hi Kermit, it’s me, Franchise Fred. thank you for talking to me again. I think I’m going to make “We’re Doing a Sequel” the Franchise Fred theme song. Can I have your permission?

KERMIT: “Here at the Muppets I have all of the responsibility but none of the authority, therefore I can grant you permission and it won’t mean a thing. So, I suggest you see the songwriter Bret McKenzie who wrote that and all the songs for Muppets Most Wanted. I don’t think he has the authority to grant permission either; but he sure is fun to talk with.”

Sequelitis is a big theme of Muppets Most Wanted. Is this something you’ve wanted to explore over the previous sequels since The Great Muppet Caper?

KERMIT: “Well, as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew points out in the song, and I quote: ‘I don’t mean to be a stickler, But this is the seventh sequel to our original motion picture.’ First of all, I don’t think anyone has given Dr. Honeydew (or Bret McKenzie) the credit they deserve for rhyming ‘stickler’ and ‘motion picture’. That takes real talent. And second, I think that with the Muppets there’s always new possibilities to explore. We start a movie never knowing how it’s all going to work out in the end. The possibilities are boggling – as is the budget. When we make a sequel it’s like reality TV, but it’s surreal and at the movies. Does that make sense? Good. Cause I got lost somewhere back around ‘stickler’.”

This is true, my sister used “Somebody’s Getting Married” from your movie The Muppets Take Manhattan as her own wedding March. So are you and my sister the only two couples who have ever gotten married to that song? (She hired an a cappella group to learn the lyrics!)

KERMIT: “Wow! I am so impressed. And in the case of your sister, it was a REAL wedding, as opposed to the purely-fictional-&-so-it-didn’t-really-count-in-a-court-of-law wedding that Miss Piggy and I acted out in The Muppets Take Manhattan. Congratulations to your sister, and to whoever had to sing the Swedish Chef’s part on ‘Somebody’s Getting Married’.”

I’m very concerned about this Statler and Waldorf cut of the movie. How did your biggest hecklers get final cut over James Bobin?

KERMIT: “Oh, that was easy, they just locked up James Bobin, stole the film master and re-cut it to the way they thought it should be. And I believe once you see their ‘Detractor’s Cut” of Muppets Most Wanted, you’ll wish you were locked up with James Bobin, too.”

I think Gonzo’s indoor running of the bulls is a great idea. What was your objection to it?

KERMIT: “Oh, I wasn’t worried about Gonzo, but I didn’t want to see any bulls get injured. (Fortunately, no bulls were injured. However, Salma Hayak was pretty banged up and our hardwood floors are definitely going to have to be replaced.).”

This is Ray Liotta’s second appearance in a Muppet movie. What brought him back?

KERMIT: “Ray’s agent lost a bet to Pepe at a game of Texas Hold ‘Em. (Words of advice: never ever play poker with a four-handed prawn.) So, we won Ray’s appearance in the Muppets Most Wanted. We’re thrilled. Ray is a triple threat—he can sing, dance and look extremely threatening, all at the same time.”

Danny Trejo got cut out of the last Muppets movie. Did he threaten you to make sure he was in this one? Did he insist on getting to sing this time?

KERMIT: “Danny reminds me of Animal. A kind and gentle soul who can look scary if you don’t know any better. He didn’t threaten us to be in the movie – and an even bigger surprise: we didn’t have to threaten him to be in the movie. As for singing. Sheesh, why would you have Danny Trejo in a movie if you weren’t going to have him sing, right?”

Did Bret McKenzie share his Oscar for “Man or Muppet” with you?

KERMIT: “He did. He let each of us hold it. In fact, Miss Piggy’s been holding it now for a year and a half and she’s not letting go.”

Have you spoken to Sylvester Stallone about joining the cast of The Expendables? He was on the original Muppet Show in the ‘80s.

KERMIT: “I haven’t spoken with Sly. (I call him Sly, he calls me Fly.) But yes, he was on The Muppet Show in the ‘80s and I think he’s finally forgiven us, so maybe we could sign on if they make another Expendables sequel. I know Animal would fit right in. But I worry that Miss Piggy might hurt some of the other guys.”

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