Category: Television

CONSTANTINE First Trailer

courtesy Warner Brothers Entertainment
courtesy Warner Brothers Entertainment

NBC is conjuring up John Constantine for Friday night chills this Fall. The network picked up a brand new series starring the DC/Vertigo Comics supernatural superhero.

 

Matt Ryan plays the dark hero who starred in the Hellblazer and now Constantine and Justice League Dark comics. Lucy Griffiths (True Blood) co-stars a woman who shares John’s ability to see lost souls.

 

Here’s the first trailer for Constantine courtesy NBC. Watch and see if you’re feeling the dark magic: Continue reading CONSTANTINE First Trailer

Who Will Be On AGENT CARTER?

Marvel's Agent Carter courtesy Marvel
Marvel’s Agent Carter courtesy Marvel

Agent Carter is coming to ABC television. Hayley Atwell will reprise her role from Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. ABC renewed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a second season, too.

 

Peggy Carter was part of the team who founded S.H.I.E.L.D. and the was great lost love of Steve Rogers. The new series is based on the success of the Agent Carter one-shot that revealed Peggy’s life and career after losing Captain America.

 

The new series is a fun way to explore more of the past of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here are 4 Marvel characters perfect for the Agent Carter series:

Continue reading Who Will Be On AGENT CARTER?

CLARK GREGG At SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014

Clark Gregg in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. courtesy Marvel
Clark Gregg in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. courtesy Marvel

Clark Gregg manages to fight evil Hydra agents and super villains on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and write and direct his own film.

 

The Seattle International Film Festival just revealed a surprise addition to the 2014 lineup.  SIFF favorite Clark Gregg will return to Seattle with Trust Me, a “biting satire about life in Hollywood and the struggle to keep dreams of greatness alive.”

 

Gregg plays Agent Phil Coulson on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and in The Avengers and is a frequent collaborator with Joss Whedon. Gregg brought his directorial debut, Choke, to SIFF 2008 after winning the Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast at the Sundance Film Festival. Continue reading CLARK GREGG At SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR And SERENITY at Seattle International Film Festival

courtesy SIFF.net
courtesy SIFF.net

Browncoats and science fiction have a very stellar reason to attend the Seattle International Film Festival. Acclaimed actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) will receive a SIFF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting prior to the screening of Half of a Yellow Sun on May 19th.

 

Ejiofor is a icon of sci fi from his role in Serenity. The stars of Joss Whedon’s Firefly blasted on to the big screen in this feature film that co-starred Ejiofor as the villain known simply as “The Operative.” Continue reading CHIWETEL EJIOFOR And SERENITY at Seattle International Film Festival

MORENA BACCARIN At FAN EXPO VANCOUVER

courtesy Fan Expo Vancouver
courtesy Fan Expo Vancouver

Morena Baccarin is a shining sci-fi star among a galaxy of celebrity guests appearing at Fan Expo Vancouver this weekend. Fans packed a ballroom Friday evening for the chance to ask questions with Baccarin and lined up today for autographs and to express their endless devotion to Firefly.

 

After Firefly the series and Serenity the movie Baccarin went on to roles on V, Stargate S.G. One and the acclaimed drama Homeland. After playing the heroine Inara she left the Firefly ship to invade Earth as the evil Anna on V.  I asked if the shift to the dark side of sci-fi was on purpose. Continue reading MORENA BACCARIN At FAN EXPO VANCOUVER