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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Empire: One Son Too Many, or Not…..?










Will the exit of Jamal
Lyon (Jussie Smollett) in the last episodes of Empire, Season 5, open the door for
a more intimate relationship between Lucious
Lyon and his
illegitimate
son, Jeff Kingsley (A.Z. Kelsey) in season 6?  





Before Empire’s mid-season break,
there were episodes in which Lucious Lyon
(Terrence Howard) was present with a mysterious coffin, and all season long the
question has been whose body is in the coffin. During
Season 5 and the past couple of months, there
has been much speculation, and here are some additional possible
answers







Terrence Howard & A.Z. Kelsey


Before the exit of
Jamal Lyon, the character that is first on the list of is Hakeem Lyon (Bryshere Yazuan Gray). Why Hakeem?
Like the mystery body in the coffin, Hakeem is either suffering from a mysterious disease that causes him to cough up
blood, like lung cancer, or TB would do, or he is suffering from after effects from the gunshots he suffered at the
end of season 4. 

dead

dying or soon to be





Following Hakeem on this list of possible dead is Lucious psychotic,
bipolar mother, Leah Walker played by famed actress Leslie Uggams, and who now
resides in prison for murder and is now a co-conspirer in Jeff Kingsley’s plot
to bring down Lucious. Leah is an antagonist
and prison is no place for the strife she
creates. 







Leslie Uggams


Then there is the person
of Jeff Kingsley’s mother, Tracy, a dying
habitual drug addict who is more in and out of consciousness
and is the source of Kingsley’s hatred of
Lucious. Should she die, could Lucious admit that Kingsley
could be his son, and also acknowledge that
Tracy once meant something to him after all? 





Let’s not forget Andre Lyon
(Trai Byers), who has secrets of his own and has been stumbling very badly and
transparently at being the gangster. He too suffers from bipolar disease, which
causes him to have some dangerous hallucinations. 





Finally, if not surprisingly,
there is Jamal Lyon. Why? Because Jamal has been backpedaling into his old habit of doing illegal drugs to solve his personal problems, and hiding the knowledge from everyone. It would be no
surprise if he suddenly died of an overdose





Ah, what lovely family ties. 







Taraji Penda Henson, Terrence Howard, Trai Byers & Bryshere Yazuan Gray



Nevertheless, someone has died that was dear to Lucious and the
mystery of the coffin needs a resolution, and with the untimely exit of Jamal
Lyon, will this vacancy lead to an expansion of the character of Jeff Kingsley.
If so, in what interesting ways can or will the character of Kingsley develop?







Empire returns March 13th at 8/7c on Fox.


Empire: One Son Too Many, or Not…..?


Will the exit of Jamal Lyon (Jussie Smollett) in the last episodes of Empire, Season 5, open the door for a more intimate relationship between Lucious Lyon and his illegitimate son, Jeff Kingsley (A.Z. Kelsey) in season 6?  

Before Empire’s mid-season break, there were episodes in which Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) was present with a mysterious coffin, and all season long the question has been whose body is in the coffin. During Season 5 and the past couple of months, there has been much speculation, and here are some additional possible answers

Terrence Howard & A.Z. Kelsey
Before the exit of Jamal Lyon, the character that is first on the list of is Hakeem Lyon (Bryshere Yazuan Gray). Why Hakeem? Like the mystery body in the coffin, Hakeem is either suffering from a mysterious disease that causes him to cough up blood, like lung cancer, or TB would do, or he is suffering from after effects from the gunshots he suffered at the end of season 4. 
dead
dying or soon to be

Following Hakeem on this list of possible dead is Lucious psychotic, bipolar mother, Leah Walker played by famed actress Leslie Uggams, and who now resides in prison for murder and is now a co-conspirer in Jeff Kingsley’s plot to bring down Lucious. Leah is an antagonist and prison is no place for the strife she creates. 

Leslie Uggams
Then there is the person of Jeff Kingsley’s mother, Tracy, a dying habitual drug addict who is more in and out of consciousness and is the source of Kingsley’s hatred of Lucious. Should she die, could Lucious admit that Kingsley could be his son, and also acknowledge that Tracy once meant something to him after all? 

Let’s not forget Andre Lyon (Trai Byers), who has secrets of his own and has been stumbling very badly and transparently at being the gangster. He too suffers from bipolar disease, which causes him to have some dangerous hallucinations. 

Finally, if not surprisingly, there is Jamal Lyon. Why? Because Jamal has been backpedaling into his old habit of doing illegal drugs to solve his personal problems, and hiding the knowledge from everyone. It would be no surprise if he suddenly died of an overdose

Ah, what lovely family ties. 

Taraji Penda Henson, Terrence Howard, Trai Byers & Bryshere Yazuan Gray

Nevertheless, someone has died that was dear to Lucious and the mystery of the coffin needs a resolution, and with the untimely exit of Jamal Lyon, will this vacancy lead to an expansion of the character of Jeff Kingsley. If so, in what interesting ways can or will the character of Kingsley develop?


Empire returns March 13th at 8/7c on Fox.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Some Potentially Interesting New Series 2019



 Showtime’s
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels: It opens in 1938 Los Angeles, a time
and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social
tension. Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the
deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, Penny Dreadful:
City of Angels will explore an exciting mix of the supernatural and the
combustible reality of that period, creating new occult myths and moral
dilemmas within a genuine historical backdrop.

“City of Angeles”
is described by Showtime as a “spiritual descendant” of the original
series. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega
(Daniel Zovatto) is embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich
history of Los Angeles — from the building of the city’s first freeways
and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous
espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio evangelism.

Along with Zovatto, the series stars Nathan Lane, Natalie Dormer, Adriana Barraza, Jessica Garza and Johnathan Nieves.

John
Logan, the creator, writer and executive producer of “Penny Dreadful,”
will return for “City of Angels.” Michael Aguilar (“Kidding”) will also
serve as executive producer. Production on the drama is expected to
begin later this year.




Studio: Showtime, Desert Wolf Productions, Inc.





Frankenstein
Logline: A San Francisco homicide detective is mysteriously brought back to life after being killed in the line of duty, but as he resumes his old life and he and his wife realize he isn’t the same person he used to be, they zero in on the strange man behind his resurrection – Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Jason Tracey (Elementary); EP Rob Doherty
Studio: CBS TV Studios

Evil
Logline: A drama about the battle between science and religion, Evil focuses on a skeptical female clinical psychologist who joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there's a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Robert and Michelle King (The Good Fight); EP Liz Glotzer
Studio: CBS TV Studios

Lincoln

Logline: Based on the bestselling Bone Collector book series, the drama follows legendary forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme (played in the movie by Denzel Washington), who was seriously injured during his hunt for the diabolic serial killer known as the Bone Collector. Called back into action when the killer re-emerges, Lincoln forms a unique partnership with Amelia Sachs (Angelina Jolie in the film), a young beat cop who helps him hunt the deadly mastermind while also taking on the most high-profile cases in the NYPD.
Cast:
Team: W/EP VJ Boyd (Justified), Mark Bianculli; EP Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Universal Television

The CW Batwoman

Logline: Revolves around Kate Kane (Ruby Rose), who, armed with a passion for social justice and flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city's criminal resurgence. But don't call her a hero yet — in a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham's symbol of hope.
Cast: Ruby Rose (Orange Is the New Black), Meagan Tandy (Teen Wolf), Camrus Johnson (Luke Cage), Nicole Kang (You), Rachel Skarsten (Reign)
Team: W/EP: Caroline Dries (The Vampire Diaries); EP Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Geoff Johns; EP/D David Nutter
Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Berlanti Productions

The Lost Boys
Logline: Welcome to sunny seaside Santa Carla, home to a beautiful boardwalk, all the cotton candy you can eat...and a secret underworld of vampires. After the sudden death of their father, two brothers move to Santa Carla with their mother, who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla's eternally beautiful and youthful undead.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Heather Mitchell (Still Star-Crossed); EP Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge, Mike Karz, Bill Bindley; P Rebecca Franco
Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Spondoolie Productions, Gulfstream TV

Untitled Nancy Drew: Set in the summer after her high school graduation,18-year-old Nancy Drew thought she'd be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation — and along the way, uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Noga Landau (The Magicians), Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage; co-EP Lis Rowinski
Studio: CBS TV Studios, Fake Empire

Stumptown: Inspired by the Oni Press graphic novels, the drama follows Dex Parios, a strong, assertive and unapologetically sharp-witted Army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland. With a complicated personal history and only herself to rely on, she solves other people’s messes with a blind eye toward her own.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Jason Richman (Detroit 187); EP Ruben Fleischer, Dave Bernad, Greg Rucka, Matthew Southworth, Justin Greenwood
Studio: ABC Studios, The District

Surveillance: A spy thriller about around the head of communications for the NSA (Sophia Bush), a charming operative who finds her loyalties torn between protecting the government's secrets and her own.
Cast: Sophia Bush, Dennis Haysbert, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Matthew Modine, Allen Leech, Raphael Acloque
Team: W/co-EP David C. White (Sons of Liberty); EP Matt Reeves (The Passage); D/EP Patricia Riggen (Jack Ryan)
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, CBS TV Studios, 6th & Idaho

Some Potentially Interesting New Series 2019

 Showtime’s Penny Dreadful: City of Angels: It opens in 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension. Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels will explore an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of that period, creating new occult myths and moral dilemmas within a genuine historical backdrop.

“City of Angeles” is described by Showtime as a “spiritual descendant” of the original series. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) is embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles — from the building of the city’s first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio evangelism.

Along with Zovatto, the series stars Nathan Lane, Natalie Dormer, Adriana Barraza, Jessica Garza and Johnathan Nieves.

John Logan, the creator, writer and executive producer of “Penny Dreadful,” will return for “City of Angels.” Michael Aguilar (“Kidding”) will also serve as executive producer. Production on the drama is expected to begin later this year.


Studio: Showtime, Desert Wolf Productions, Inc.

Frankenstein
Logline: A San Francisco homicide detective is mysteriously brought back to life after being killed in the line of duty, but as he resumes his old life and he and his wife realize he isn’t the same person he used to be, they zero in on the strange man behind his resurrection – Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Jason Tracey (Elementary); EP Rob Doherty
Studio: CBS TV Studios

Evil
Logline: A drama about the battle between science and religion, Evil focuses on a skeptical female clinical psychologist who joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there's a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Robert and Michelle King (The Good Fight); EP Liz Glotzer
Studio: CBS TV Studios

Lincoln

Logline: Based on the bestselling Bone Collector book series, the drama follows legendary forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme (played in the movie by Denzel Washington), who was seriously injured during his hunt for the diabolic serial killer known as the Bone Collector. Called back into action when the killer re-emerges, Lincoln forms a unique partnership with Amelia Sachs (Angelina Jolie in the film), a young beat cop who helps him hunt the deadly mastermind while also taking on the most high-profile cases in the NYPD.
Cast:
Team: W/EP VJ Boyd (Justified), Mark Bianculli; EP Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Universal Television

The CW Batwoman

Logline: Revolves around Kate Kane (Ruby Rose), who, armed with a passion for social justice and flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city's criminal resurgence. But don't call her a hero yet — in a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham's symbol of hope.
Cast: Ruby Rose (Orange Is the New Black), Meagan Tandy (Teen Wolf), Camrus Johnson (Luke Cage), Nicole Kang (You), Rachel Skarsten (Reign)
Team: W/EP: Caroline Dries (The Vampire Diaries); EP Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Geoff Johns; EP/D David Nutter
Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Berlanti Productions

The Lost Boys
Logline: Welcome to sunny seaside Santa Carla, home to a beautiful boardwalk, all the cotton candy you can eat...and a secret underworld of vampires. After the sudden death of their father, two brothers move to Santa Carla with their mother, who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla's eternally beautiful and youthful undead.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Heather Mitchell (Still Star-Crossed); EP Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge, Mike Karz, Bill Bindley; P Rebecca Franco
Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Spondoolie Productions, Gulfstream TV

Untitled Nancy Drew: Set in the summer after her high school graduation,18-year-old Nancy Drew thought she'd be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation — and along the way, uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Noga Landau (The Magicians), Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage; co-EP Lis Rowinski
Studio: CBS TV Studios, Fake Empire

Stumptown: Inspired by the Oni Press graphic novels, the drama follows Dex Parios, a strong, assertive and unapologetically sharp-witted Army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland. With a complicated personal history and only herself to rely on, she solves other people’s messes with a blind eye toward her own.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Jason Richman (Detroit 187); EP Ruben Fleischer, Dave Bernad, Greg Rucka, Matthew Southworth, Justin Greenwood
Studio: ABC Studios, The District

Surveillance: A spy thriller about around the head of communications for the NSA (Sophia Bush), a charming operative who finds her loyalties torn between protecting the government's secrets and her own.
Cast: Sophia Bush, Dennis Haysbert, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Matthew Modine, Allen Leech, Raphael Acloque
Team: W/co-EP David C. White (Sons of Liberty); EP Matt Reeves (The Passage); D/EP Patricia Riggen (Jack Ryan)
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, CBS TV Studios, 6th & Idaho

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Good Omens the TV series, Follow-up 2












For Yanks like me who just love watching British tv series kid,
and let that passion grow into incuding British novels, films, plays, history
based documentaries and what not. Well, here is a delightful news flash.





Good
Omens the series
based on Good
Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
by Terry
Pratchett and Neil Gaiman,  is premiering
on amazon prime on may 5 2019.





As dedicated fans of the Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman  international famous novel know, the series will
follows an angel and a demon bent on stopping the apocalypse, as well as  an 11-year-old Antichrist and a doom-saying
witch with unforeseen problems of their own.







 

The series stars David Tennant as the demon Crowley and
Michael Sheen as the angel Aziraphale trying to prevent the Apocalypse. Other
actors include Anna Maxwell Martin, Josie Lawrence, Adria Arjona, Michael
McKean, Jack Whitehall, Miranda Richardson and Nick Offerman.