The Mutant Underground has resurfaced in New York City. At New York Comic Con, stars Emma Dumont (Polaris), Sean Teale (Eclipse), Coby Bell (Jace Turner), Jamie Chung (Blink), Amy Acker (Caitlin Strucker) and Grace Byers (Reeva Payge) joined showrunner Matt Nick on stage to offer fans an inside look at Season 2, which is now airing on Fox. “The two biggest things this year are… there have been some turmoil in the news lately. Something about a divided country. The world of the X-Men is something that reflects a lot of the things that are going on in our world… We really wanted to use the show as a window onto what’s going on in our world right now. One of the really exciting things years is to see the rise of a divided country,” Nix explained. “We’re going to deal with the rise of the Purifiers.” “The other big thing that’s been fun this year is doing deep dives into our characters,” he continued. “We’re going to meet young Polaris this year. We’re going to see the history of the Frosts, or the Stepford Cuckoos. We get to see the background and where the people are coming from for everyone on stage… Really focusing on the characters and what they want and who they are.” “I don’t even think she’s bad, y’all! I just think she’s real passionate, you know what I’m saying? What I love is hat she’s not a one-dimensional character,” Byers shared. “She grew up in poverty. She’s biracial like myself. We really embraced those channels of diversity and intersectionality. She has clawed her way to the top… She’s tired of sitting on the sidelines and watching mutants be slaughtered.” “The difference between Polaris and Eclipse are there are differing ideologies… the place where [they’re] coming from is two wrongs don’t make a right,” Teale countered. “We’re fighting for coexistence instead of a mutant homeland, which is replacing one problem with another.” However, his character just “wants my lady and my baby.” “She’s in a snuggle puddle with her dog and John, There’s so much turmoil and chaos all around her… All good things may or may not come to an end! I think the ideology of what she truly believes I think will come into question as well as her identity. I feel like she’s having identity issues… We’re introducing the Morlocks into the season, and there’s something really appealing about their society and how they live… I think there’s a little push and pull with that element.” “Jace is having problems. He’s having problems. It’s true! his life is pretty much falling apart,” Bell revealed. “He still has that life mission of trying to get justice for his daughter, and now he has no one to help him with that. Along come the Purifiers, and things get really racist really quickly.” “He goes down a dark, dark path this season,” he added. “We’re really playing with a world of true believers. These are people who really believe in their positions… How do you join a hate group without ever sitting down and saying, ‘I’m joining a hate group!'” Nix pitched in. “Every step down that path seems like a reasonable path… You don’t wind up doing evil because you decided to do evil.” “With Jace, I don’t think he necessarily agrees with the Purifiers. He just needs them,” Bell said. “Polaris is on her own team,” Dumont said with a laugh. “You know what? Our show is really good at showing every point of view… Look, Polaris, an alpha female, she wanted to join a group of other strong women who want to take action and I don’t see a problem with that.” “It’s been a rough road. I feel like it’s all going to come around. I am ultra-driven this year to find Andy and, in the meantime, have neglected some other members of my family. For the most part, I think we’re all really excited to see the show… We never get to see it until the night you guys see it.” Head of Marvel TV Jeph Loeb, who moderated panel, then cued the first act of Tuesday night’s episode. Asked how the Disney/Fox merger will impact The Gifted, Loeb simply said that is not yet on the table. “Having the responsibility of creating and running the only live-action Marvel TV series that features the X-Men is an extraordinary responsibility and it’s something that Matt put on his shoulders… You can’t imagine the labyrinth of people that are up his nose every time he wants to write the word ‘the’ and he handles it amazingly.” “Let’s just say, in general, everything is out there to be determined at a future date,” Nix added. “We will see younger Blink this season,” he revealed. “The mythology of the show is that the X-Men have disappeared,” he explained. “Officially, no. Per Jeph Loeb, anything is possible. Wouldn’t that be exciting?” Asked about LGBT represtation on the series, he said, “I think that’s always in the background. One of the things that, when I look at how we’re writing stories, there’s so much crossover between those things. Specifically, those questions are more addressed with Reed’s storyline… There are just so many issues of oppression, different groups, that — in a nice way actually — that we can have those things overlap.” “I think we all can sort of agree that the best X-Men stories are the stories that teach us about tolerance,” Loeb added. The Gifted Season 2 will premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The series’ showrunner is Matt Nix, and the cast includes Stephen Moyer as Reed Strucker, Amy Acker as Caitlin Strucker, Sean Teale as Eclipse/Marcos Diaz, Jamie Chung as Blink/Clarice Fong, Coby Bell as Jace Turner, Emma Dumont as Polaris/Lorna Dane, Blair Redford as Thunderbird/John Proudstar, Natalie Alyn Lind as Lauren Strucker, Percy Hynes White as Andy Strucker and Skyler Samuels as the Frost Sisters. The post appeared first on .
October 07, 2018
Fans have been abuzz since announced the . It’s been nearly three decades since the beloved character appeared on television, and back then it was still Leonard Nimoy, in the role he originated. But now CBS All Access has released a new trailer, offering a first look at actor Ethan Peck as the Enterprise‘s young science officer. In the footage, Spock and his adoptive sister Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) share a vision of an entity, dubbed the “red angel,” tearing across the universe with questionable intentions. The young Vulcan joins the Discovery and Enterprise in search of this mysterious being. RELATED: A fully bearded Spock is wheeled in and shocked back to consciousness for his introduction to Discovery, set a decade before the events of the classic television series. “As a child, I had the same vision again and again,” he says. “Now I understand its meaning, and where it must lead.” In its first season, Discovery introduced series protagonist Burnham as an orphaned human raised on Vulcan by Spock’s parents, Sarek and Amanda Grayson, played by James Frain and Mia Kirshner. In a surprise twist, the U.S.S. Enterprise, then under the command of Christopher Pike, appeared in the season finale, teeing up an appearance by Spock. RELATED: The cast and crew of Discovery appeared Friday at New York Comic Con to promote Season 2. Inhumans star Anson Mount elucidated on the traits that set Christopher Pike apart as a starship captain, while Peck discussed how he landed the iconic role of Spock. Returning Thursday, Jan. 17, on CBS All Access, Star Trek: Discovery stars Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Shazad Latif, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Mary Chieffo, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck and Michelle Yeoh. The post appeared first on .
October 07, 2018
AMC’s will be bringing back three fan-favorite characters for the upcoming ninth season. Showrunner Angela Kang revealed the details at on Saturday, confirming Shane (Jon Bernthal), Hershel (Scott Wilson) and Sasha (Sonequa Martin-Green) would be making appearances despite their characters being dead. RELATED: Kang, a writer on the series since Season 2, took over from Scott Gimple for what promises to be a landmark season, with Andrew Lincoln’s Rick and Lauren Cohan’s Maggie departing. Their departures could be tied to the returning characters via flashbacks, as Shane and Rick shared a strong friendship which turned sour, and Maggie was, of course, Hershel’s daughter. It remains to be seen how Sasha factors in, although Rick did act as a mentor for her and she was also Maggie’s close friend and close confidant. There’s also the possibility any one, or all three, could feature in a dream sequence, as we don’t know for sure , with the show’s creative team doing a good job to keep everything under wraps. Unfortunately, not long after the casting announcements were made, news came out regarding the . The actor filmed his scenes for the upcoming season prior to his death. RELATED: The Walking Dead stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Lennie James, Alanna Masterson, Josh McDermitt, Christian Serratos, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The series returns for its ninth season Sunday, Oct. 7, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC. The post appeared first on .
October 07, 2018
Alright Team Flash, it's time to gear up for another season of time traveling, alternate universes, and metahuman showdowns. The season four finale of ties up a few loose ends, but unsurprisingly, it also leaves us with a whole lot of questions for season five. Before we speed back into action on Oct. 9, let's refresh our memories about some of the major cliffhangers from the last season and see how they might develop in the upcoming new episodes.
October 07, 2018
Amazon has released two new banners for its forthcoming Prime series, . Following the debut of the show’s first teaser trailer, Amazon has unveiled two brand new banners for the series teasing both The Boys and The Seven. RELATED: The first banner, which you can see below, focuses on The Boys and is an expanded look at the . The image recreates the iconic cover of the book’s first issue and features Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Jack Quaid as Wee Hughie, Karen Fukuhara as The Female, Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, and Tomer Kapon as The Frenchman. The below banner gives us our best look yet at The Seven, a group of heroes associated with Vought International. From left to right is actress Erin Moriarty (Jessica Jones) as Starlight, Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl) as The Deep, Dominique McElligott (House of Cards) as Queen Maeve, Nathan Mitchell (Supernatural) as Black Noir, Jessie T. Usher (Independence Day: Resurgence) as A-Train, and Antony Starr (Banshee) as Homelander. The series hails from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and was , prior to landing at Amazon. The duo also stepped behind the camera to helm the pilot. The series, which is based on the Dynamite Entertainment comic that ran from 2008 to 2012, takes a very different approach to superheroes than most other comic book shows. The comic depicted a world in which superheroes had become amoral celebrities that often engaged in destructive and selfish behavior with The Boys, a CIA squad, being brought in to keep them in check — or kill them if ultimately needed. RELATED: Based on the comic series of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys is developed for television by Eric Kripke, Evan Goldberg, and Seth Rogen. The adaptation stars Karl Urban, Elisabeth Shue, Erin Moriarty, Antony Starr, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, Chace Crawford, Nathan Mitchell, Laz Alonso, Jack Quaid, and Karen Fukuhara. It is expected to premiere on Amazon sometime in early 2019. The post appeared first on .
October 06, 2018
Fans of the original She-Ra: Princess of Power will no doubt remember one of the Princess of Power’s biggest rivals was Catra, the Horde soldier with the power to transform into a panther with the use of a magic mask stolen from the Queen of the Magicats. In the pilot, Adora was her Force Captain before defecting to the rebellion, and the two remained enemies for the remainder of the series. Netflix’s new series sees a similar origin story for Adora and Catra in so far as they’re both in Force Training in the Fright Zone with other members of the Horde when the series starts. Adora discovers the Sword of Protection in the Enchanted Forest after leaving the Fright Zone, meets Glimmer and Bow and eventually joins the Rebellion when she sees what the Horde is really up to on Etheria. Sure, He-Man’s been eliminated from the equation, but the bones of the story are pretty much unchanged — except for one key aspect, that is: Adora’s relationship with Catra. RELATED: Instead of the two going from essentially co-workers to enemies, Noelle Stevenson’s story introduces them as best friends raised in the Horde together, and probably the only real family either has ever known. This makes Adora’s eventual change in loyalty especially resonant considering she’s leaving behind real relationships that were based on truth, even if her upbringing was based on a lie. According to Stevenson, their friendship serves as a foundation for both of their journeys as the show moves forward which is a drastic change from the 80s cartoon: “That was one of the first things that I knew about my version of the show,” Stevenson told the press at New York Comic Con. “One that it was something that the executive I was developing it with she said, “You know I always kinda thought that Adora and Catra should know each other. They would’ve grown up together, why did they never have any kind of connection?” And I was like, “I love that!” It’s also just a relationship that I really gravitate toward. The sort of like people who are inseparable who shape each other so much and then the moment that they’re sort of removed from that, where they grow past each other… Adora and Catra, they’re so co-dependent at the beginning of the show. So much of Adora’s journey to being a hero and Catra’s journey to being a villain… it’s them having to figure out who they are outside of that relationships with each other. “It’s so fraught, it’s so tragic in so many ways especially Catra. She takes it really, really personally,” Stevenson continued. “For Catra its personal, for Adora it’s ideological. She’s like, ‘I need to do the thing that’s right, even if I leave behind this person who is so important to me.’ And Catra’s like, ‘How could you do that? What could possibly be more important than the relationship we have?’ And so that’s just always been a relationship dynamic that I’ve really gravitated towards, and I really wanted to showcase the complexity of it here.” RELATED: The relationship between Adora and Catra marks just one more way Stevenson has updated the original property to reflect the way storytelling has evolved in the 30 years since She-Ra: Princess of Power aired. The characters’ images have been changed to exhibit more diversity and body positivity, the , and now Catra and She-Ra have a relationship that deepens their adversity rather than just being two women who once competed for the attention of the same father figure and whose lives still revolve around him, albeit in different orbits. Stevenson’s proven herself more than capable of creating something new, but familiar from the bones of something old. The entire first season of She-Ra: Princesses of Power premiers on Netflix on November 16. The post appeared first on .
October 06, 2018
Bad days are inevitable, but they're also numbered when you find a for coping with stress. The excellent news is that can be incredibly simple with no extravagant getaway weekend required. Sometimes, all you need is a heartwarming, happy show to remind you of the existence of human kindness and decency when the world seems like it's on fire. So grab your blanket, a cup of hot cocoa, and your trusty laptop. From to , we're sending positive vibes your way with this round-up of beloved, feel-good series on Netflix that you can stream instantly!
October 06, 2018
Netflix’s slow rollout of the deadly antagonist in Season 3 finally reaches its target today with a new teaser that, while never mentioning the name Bullseye, nevertheless showcases the assassin’s emblem and signature unerring aim. The minute-long promo, released in conjunction with the drama’s New York Comic Con presentation, introduces actor Wilson Bethel (How to Get Away With Murder) as Benjamin “Dex” Poindexter, a troubled FBI agent with a lethal aim, mental issues, and no apparent qualms about using deadly force. Employed by the manipulative Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio), it’s of course to impersonate the Guardian of Hell’s Kitchen, and to give New York City “a new villain.” Netflix also released four new images of Bethel as Dex, which you can see in the gallery below. RELATED: Introduced in Marvel comics 1976, Bullseye attempted, but failed, to kill Wilson Fisk, yet convinced the Kingpin to hire him as his chief assassin, only to be fired following a humiliating defeat by Daredevil. He escaped from prison and impaled Fisk’s new assassin, Daredevil’s former lover, in a bid to get rehired. In a 1990 story arc, Bullseye encountered an amnesiac Matt Murdock, and used the opportunity to impersonate Daredevil to commit robberies in an effort to ruin the vigilante’s reputation. His role in Daredevil Season 3 would seem to combine that arc with the seminal “Born Again” storyline, in which Fisk hired a violent psychiatric patient to masquerade as Daredevil, in hopes of framing Matt Murdock for murder and draw him out of hiding. , which was bolstered by . Netflix finally tipped its hand on Thursday, with the release of , an alias used by Bullseye in the comics. Arriving Friday, Oct. 19, on Netflix, Marvel’s Daredevil Season 3 stars Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Joanne Whaley, Vincent D’Onofrio and Wilson Bethel. RELATED: The post appeared first on .
October 06, 2018