Greg Grunberg – Geeking Out _ Season 1, Episode 1 – Photo Credit: Lewis Jacobs/AMC
As some one who started reading comics more than six decades ago and quickly got into science fiction, horror, and mystery movies and TV shows, I find today’s pop culture to be something I could never have even dreamed about even fifteen years ago.
Greg Grunberg, creator of AMC’s Geeking Out (and co-host with the always unfiltered Kevin Smith) is a man after my own heart – and Geeking Out seems to be a dream come true for him. Follow the jump for his take on what the show is all about.
I first met Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens Director Anthony C. Ferrante at a SyFy channel event a few years ago. I didn’t know who he was, but Sharknado was the talk of Comic-Con that year. Everywhere I went people made jokes about it, even a lot of the celebrities that I talked to. The first film touched a cultural nerve, now 4 years later and the franchise is still going strong. The movie debuts on SyFy Channel this week (Sunday, July 31st)
Brad, oh Brad! In the last few years the 70s cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show has made a big comeback. First there was an episode of Cold Case dedicated to it, then Glee did an entire episode centered around it and this fall Fox television is doing a live production of it – similar to how they did the hugely successful Grease Live. RHP fans know who Barry Bostwick is. Dammit, Janet, I love youuuuuuu….
Barry has appeared in numerous productions since RHP and now he’s taking on the Internet with the new Internet Comedy Skirtchasers which is written and directed by Married With Children’s Amanda Bearse. The family comedy is about fathers and daughters finding common ground. We talk a lot about Skirtchasers, how the Internet is changing the script and of course Rocky Horror! I forgot to ask him about making out with Tim Curry. Gah. You can find Skirtchasers here.
Earlier this week I had a chance to participate in an intimate conference call (only 4 others) with Veronica Falcon of USA Network’s latest series Queen of the South. In the series Veronica plays Camila Vargas, a ruthless Mexican cartel lord. Veronica is a well known Mexican actress, but this is her first big American role. QOS debuted on USA Network last week and airs Thursday nights. Check your local time.
James Cameron fans and fans of Avatar, if you want to get a glimpse at what the legendary director is cooking up for the next series of films, look no further than Cirque du Soleil’s new stadium show Toruk. It’s inspired from Avatar and is a prequel tale of sorts, set a thousand years before the events of the film. I spent the last few days hanging out with the folks from Cirque du Soleil’s Toruk. This is the first of several stories. I caught up with one of the stars of the production Daniel Crispin.
They are at Baltimore’s Royal Farms Arena for a very quick hit – June 9th – 12th. Check out the official website to find out when it’s coming to your town.
Bitten (Syfy, Mondays, 11/10C) begins its final season this week and series stars Laura Vandervoort, Grek Bryk and Greyston Holt and Executive Producer J.B. Sugar took a bit of time to chat with a group of bloggers/journalists about it.
In a few cases, the simplest questions sparked the most interesting answers as the four talked about what’s ahead and reminisced about their time on the series. Occasionally, because there were so many participants, the transcriber lost track of which voice belonged to which actor, so there are a few comments ascribed to ‘Male.’
Following the WGN America’s success with “Salem” and “Manhattan,” the burgeoning cable net dives into the rugged and mysterious Appalachian story of the Farrell clan, a family of renegades who’ve been in the hills of Kentucky since before anyone can remember.
We caught up with Producers Peter Mattei & Peter Tolan and some folks from the large ensemble: Ryan Hurst (Sons of Anarchy,) David Morse (Treme, and a boatload of my fav movies including Long Kiss Goodnight – “If you let me go, I’ll leave the use of your legs”), Gillian Alexy (Royal Pains) and more. Outsiders premieres January 26th on WGN America.
Outsiders Kyle Gallner and Christina Jackson Photo. Copyright Michelle Alexandria.
If you are looking for a something different to watch on television, check out WGN America’s latest – Outsiders which debuts tonight (Tuesday). A struggle of power and control set in the rugged hills of Appalachia, “Outsiders” explores the epic battle between the Farrell Clan, a tight-knit family of renegades who have lived atop the rugged Shay Mountain for over two hundred years, and their fight to defend their way of life from the town below and anyone who would dare to challenge them.
So this is actually my 3rd or 4th time interviewing The Fosters’ Hayden Byerly. One day we’ll actually meet and do one of these things in person. He has come a long way in two years. We talk a bit about what’s fans of the show can expect to see in the new season (He’s a pro now so sadly no spoilers), his brand new charity and what’s going on with Jonnor and Braille. We did ask about his off screen relationship with Gavin MacIntosh (Connor). The Fosters airs on Freeform (Formerly ABC Family) and returns Monday, January 25th.
NBCUNIVERSAL EVENTS — NBCUniversal Press Tour, January 2016 — Syfy “The Magicians” Session — Pictured: (l-r) Olivia Taylor Dudley, Sera Gamble, Executive Producer; Hale Appleman, Jason Ralph, Arjun Gupta — (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBCUniversal)
Syfy’s The Magicians (Mondays, 9/8C) is a series that looks at what it might be like to have real magic in a real place (New York City) right now – from the point of view of Quentin Coldwater, a graduate student who kind drifts onto the quad at Breakbills College for Magical Pedagogy, and his best friend, Julia. Created by Sera Gamble (Supernatural) and John McNamara (Vengeance Unlimited, Aquarius), The Magicians is adapted from the bestselling novels by Lev Grossman.
