Tag: Television

T’Challa Visits “Black Jeopardy” on SNL

In one of the most hilarious sketches of the night, host Chadwick Boseman brought his Marvel alter ego King T’Challa of Wakanda (aka Black Panther) to NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

T’Challa struggles during the game until he finally gets the hang of it.

If you missed it, have a chuckle below:

SNL airs Saturday nights @ 11:30pm ET on NBC.

Arrow Star Stephen Amell Believes Black Lightning Crossover Will “Eventually” Happen

New CW hit Black Lightning hasn’t officially joined the Arrowverse just yet, but Arrow star Stephen Amell believes that’s just a small technicality.

Amell was recently asked about the crossover potential and here’s what he had to say:

Everyone pretends like we’re not going to eventually cross over with Black Lightning but we’re probably gonna cross over with Black Lightning because that’s just the way that the world works… I think that anything you can do to expand the universe and to build out what we’ve built on our show would be great. So, I’m glad that show’s doing well, I hope that it has a very successful run, and I would love to be a small part of it in some way shape, or form.

H/T: ComicBookMovie

Once Upon A Time Wraps Production

Once Upon A Time has officially wrapped production. Filming for the series ended with a tweet from series co-creator Adam Horowitz on Saturday.

In honor of the series’ ending, several former castmembers have also tweeted out throwback images and videos. Here’s a standout featuring the young actor that played the Apprentice (Graham Verchere) and Merlin (Elliot Knight).

Once Upon A Time airs Fridays @ 8pm ET on ABC.

Production on American Gods: Season 2 Has Commenced

It looks like American Gods has already started production on Season 2.

Ricky Whittle, the star of the Starz hit (See what I did there?), tweeted an image of him with his amazing co-stars saying “season 2 begins work”.

Since production just started, I think it’s safe to assume that the series will hit our television screens towards the end of 2018 / beginning of 2019.

As Media would say, “Stay tuned.”

Legends of Tomorrow Co-Showrunner Discusses Season Finale: “The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly”

Monday’s season finale episode of Legends of Tomorrow is going to feature a major showdown, as the Legends face off against Mallus and a number of fan favorite characters return for the main event.

Legends co-showrunner Phil Klemmer was interviewed by TVLine, and he gave a preview of the season finale which includes a former team member’s return and some possible good-byes.

Here are some of the most important questions asked / answered:

In his true form, what are Mallus’ powers besides looking damn intimidating? Does he breathe fire…?

He’s, like, a fire-hurling, flying demon. His greatest power, though, is chewing through visual effects money. His one superpower is that every moment he’s on screen, you can imagine a pile of cash turning into smoke.

What is his agenda? What does he “want” most in the world?

He is a sort of bellwether of bad guys to come in Season 4. Up until this point, we’ve been dealing with earthly and historical bad guys, and we certainly had fun with all of that, but this year we dabbled in the world of the occult, through Damien Darhk and his enterprises. But you know that Constantine is coming onto the show [as a regular] next season, so we want to go deeper, we want Mallus to be used as “the tip of the iceberg.” He is not human, and we want to start playing with the idea that Earth hasn’t always belonged just to our kind.

We want to get into the world of fantastic myths and monsters a bit more. It’s kind of presumptuous for anybody to think they have ownership of this Earth or any part of it. Not to get deep into immigration metaphors, but Mallus is an ancient evil, he doesn’t understand humans and doesn’t understand why we have any claim to controlling this world of ours.

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow — “The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly” — Image Number: LGN318a_0206.jpg — Pictured: Franz Drameh as Jefferson “Jax” Jackson — Photo: Colin Bentley/The CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

New photos reveal that Franz Drameh is back for the finale, as Jax. What do you want to say about that encore?

You might have noticed that we’ve included a number of family members of our regular cast on the show as guest stars — like Brandon Routh’s wife Courtney Ford in the role of Nora Darhk, and the guest appearance of Maisie Richardson-Sellers’ mother Joy Richardson as Amaya’s vision quest ancestor. So if you look very closely, you’ll notice that the finale doesn’t just include Franz Drameh but a brief cameo of someone related to him.

The Jax we meet in the finale isn’t the same one who left our team a matter of months ago — he has been inspired by what he learned from his friend and mentor Martin Stein. Being a time traveler is like living in Neverland, where you never have to grow up, and having Jax return to our show after a stint in the real world is a bittersweet reminder of what his friends and former teammates are missing. When we started this show three years ago, we never would have guessed that the youngest Legend would be the first to “grow up,” or that the guy that had to be tricked into joining the team would be the one to answer the Legends’ call in their hour of need.

OK, the big question I have been building up to: Will we see Beebo again? The finale title does have the word “cuddly” in it.

And he is a very cuddly guy. I will say this: Once you’ve invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in CGI assets, it’s a shame to only use them once. That’s why you see Grodd [on a recurring basis] — we finally figured out how to do this really well, so we have to do it again! So keep your eye open for Beebo, for sure.

Because you’ve promoted both Matt Ryan (Constantine) and Jes Macallan (Ava) as regulars for next season, does the finale pave way for any exits?

It does, it does. There’s heartbreak in the finale. A Legend leaves.

It could be argued that Amaya’s story, for one, has come full circle.

As far as her and Nate, I don’t know if love is made to last in the world of the Legends.

But at least one seat will be freed up aboard the Waverider itself…?

Yeah, yeah.

D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow airs its Season 3 finale on Monday @ 8pm ET on The CW.

H/T: TVLine

Marvel’s AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Headed Towards Season Six Renewal

So it appears as if the superhero series with the “small, but active fanbase” (per Agent Melinda May) just might live to see Season 6. There are strong rumors circulating the interwebs that ABC is heavily leaning towards renewing Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Although the showrunners have already gone on record stating that they have crafted the Season 5 finale as a potential series finale and the show is definitely on the bubble, MovieTVTechGeeks cites three different sources from ABC, Disney, and the show’s production stating that the series will continue on to a sixth season.

Disney doesn’t want to lose another Avengers connection on network television. With the upcoming season 5 finale coming in May, expect a season 6 announcement which should give diehard fans some good news.

An official confirmation (if it occurs) will (more than likely) happen in (or just before) May when ABC holds its Upfront Presentation.

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. airs Fridays @ 9pm ET on ABC.

H/T: MovieTVTechGeeks

SNEAK PEEK: Empire – Episode 4.12 – “Sweet Sorrow”

Season 4, Episode 12 of Empire airs Wednesday, April 11 on FOX.

In this special featurette, stars Jussie Smollett and Gabourey Sidibe talk about Cookie’s illness, Eddie’s secret plan, and Lucious and Cookie’s next step.

Here’s the official press release of the episode:

THE LYONS DEFY THE ODDS ON AN ALL-NEW “EMPIRE” WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, ON FOX

Rapper Lupe Fiasco and Robin Roberts (“Good Morning America”) Guest-Star

A Lyon health scare shakes up Empire, as Cookie holds down the fort, in spite of it all. Both Andre and Jamal try to right their wrongs, and Jamal makes a shocking revelation on live TV with Robin Roberts (guest-starring as herself). Eager to take Empire to new heights, Eddie’s motives are questioned when numbers don’t add up. Meanwhile, Hakeem and Tiana find common ground and Becky reveals the secret she’s been keeping from J. Poppa in the all-new “Sweet Sorrow” episode of EMPIRE.

Empire airs Wednesdays @ 8pm ET on FOX.

American Gods Announces New Media Role

TVLine reports that the Starz series American Gods will add the role of New Media in the upcoming second season.

The show is looking for a 20-something, Asian woman to play the new series regular, which symbolizes the role of social media in modern American life (the same way that Gillian Anderson’s Media represented television and pop culture in Season 1).

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Production on American Gods‘ sophomore season is scheduled to begin in May.

H/T: TVLine

Joan Collins Joins AHS

Dame Joan Collins has joined the Season 8 cast of American Horror Story in an as-yet specified role.

The Dynasty legend joins returning favorites Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters in the FX anthology series.

The only thing certain about the new season is that it takes place in the future.

H/T: The Hollywood Reporter

Meryl Streep Makes Her Big Little Lies Debut; Plus More Cast Members Announced

Filming has commenced on the second season of HBO’s Big Little Lies and star Nicole Kidman shared on Instagram a sneak peek of multiple Oscar winner Meryl Streep on the series’ set.

Streep has joined the cast as Mary Louise Wright, the mother of Alexander Skarsgard’s deceased character Perry (aka the mother-in-law of Kidman’s widow Celeste).

First day on the set with Meryl and “my” darling boys! #BigLittleLies

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In related BLL news…

TVLine reports that Merrin Dungey is set to return for Season 2 of the HBO drama. Dungey’s Detective Adrienne Quinlan will be a recurring guest star next season.

Also returning: Robin Weigert, who plays Celeste and Perry’s therapist Dr. Amanda Reisman; Kathryn Newton, who plays Madeline’s oldest daughter Abby; and Sarah Sokolovic, who plays Tori, the wife of theater director Joseph, who Madeline had an affair with in Season 1. Weigert will be a recurring guest star, while Newton and Sokolovic will be series regulars.

Joining the cast are: Crystal Fox (The Haves and the Have Nots) as Bonnie’s mother Elizabeth Howard, and Mo McRae (Empire, Pitch) as Michael Perkins, a teacher at the kids’ school who has a beef with Renata.

Season 2 of the Emmy-winning HBO drama will bring back headliners Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Laura Dern, as well as co-stars Shailene Woodley, Adam Scott and Zoe Kravitz.

Big Little Lies‘ seven-episode second season is slated to premiere in early 2019.