Fannish!News: It’s relatively painless. Relatively.
Let’s see what has happened since last we spoke.
In tv-land, the last of the casting and development news for Fall 2010 is coming in. AMC’s zombie show Walking Dead finally has a lead star, Andrew Lincoln from Love Actually. Showtime has ordered the family drama Shameless by John Wells (ER, The West Wing) with William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, and Allison Janey to series. This should be interesting. And ABC has released their premiere dates for their summer series The Gates and Scoundrels as well. And it may or may not be spoiler but Caprica’s Paula Malcolmson (Amanda Graystone) is doing some episodes for Sons of Anarchy. Does this mean her character really died? Also, there was an interesting article on the rise in popularity of showrunners like Joss Whedon, J.J. Abrams, etc. and the ways they’re connecting with their fans. Very interesting.
Oh, and did everyone see the Battlestar Galactica Easter eggs? Too cute to miss. Also, Fringe has a nifty promotion poster I’d love to have.
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In Whedonverse, there’s a lovely YouTube video of Neil Patrick Harris’ singing resume, and of course includes Dr. Horrible. And on that note, there’s also a behind the scenes video from the set of Glee, which includes NPH and a 10 sec shot of Joss Whedon. Spot him if you can! And since last time, Joss Whedon being on the director short list for The Avengers has been confirmed by L.A. Times. So, it wasn’t an April Fools prank, guys. Phew. But others are saying he might not want the job anyway. Dollhouse’s ‘Epitaph One’ has been nominated for a Hugo award. Take that, naysayers. Oh, and the cover art for BtVS Season 8 #37 has been released. And if you’ve been following the storyline this season, it’s a doozy. io9 has an article about the biggest tearjerkers in scifi and two Whedonverse events made the list, but I want to know what are your top tearjerker moments?
The premiere for Twilight: Eclipse has been announced for June 24th at Grauman’s in Hollywood. Billy Condon is becoming the frontrunner to direct Twilight: Breaking Dawn. Stephenie Meyer has released a bonus chapter from her novel The Host, which I won’t be reading until I’m completely done with the book. (Not too long from now.) And Rob’s Water for Elephants has gotten Rodrigo Prieto as cinematographer.
In movies, Christopher Nolan’s Inception finally has a plot, brought to you by LATimes. Don’t read if you don’t even want to know the premise behind that awesome trailer. If you were hoping for a third Tron movie, then you’re in luck. Anton Yelchin (Star Trek and Terminator 4) will be starring in the remake of Fright Night about vampires, and it will be written by our very own Marti Noxon. Martin Strong (Sherlock Holmes) has been cast as Sinestro in the Green Lantern movie. Some of you may have seen clips from the movie Kick-Ass, well Hit Girl will be starring in the remake of the Swedish vampire movie, Let Me In. And just because ridiculous scientific plots are all the rage, check out the trailer for Adrien Brody’s Splice.
Bringing things back down to earth, the glorious Netflix Instant Watch is coming to the iPad. Now, I don’t have an iPad, I wish I did, but I can imagine how awesome it would be to watch movies on the road. And word is, Instant Watch is also coming to the iPhone as well. Glorious. And I’m out.
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