Monthly Archives: May 2015
ABC Cancels Forever, Cristela, and Resurrection
Lest you think that it was all happy renewal news over at ABC -- what with the pick ups of Agent Carter, Agents of SHIELD, and many more -- four shows have been canceled.
As EW.com reports, freshman shows Forever and Cristela have been dropped. Sunday night's Resurrection is gone as well.
Cooking-themed competition series The Taste has also been canceled.
Kurtwood Smith and Matt Craven in Resurrection.
ABC Cancels Forever, Cristela, and Resurrection
Lest you think that it was all happy renewal news over at ABC -- what with the pick ups of Agent Carter, Agents of SHIELD, and many more -- four shows have been canceled.
As EW.com reports, freshman shows Forever and Cristela have been dropped. Sunday night's Resurrection is gone as well.
Cooking-themed competition series The Taste has also been canceled.
Kurtwood Smith and Matt Craven in Resurrection.
Marvel’s Agent Carter Renewed for Season 2
ABC has picked up Marvel's Agent Carter for a second season.
But that's not all...
ABC has also renewed Secrets and Lies, Black-ish, Fresh Off the Boat, The Goldbergs, The Middle, Modern Family, Galavant, Castle, Grey's Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Scandal, Nashville, American Crime, The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars, Shark Tank, 20/20, American's Funniest Home Videos, and Beyond the Tank.
Muppets Among New ABC Series Ordered for Next Season
ABC has ordered nine new shows for the next fall season - including a revival of The Muppets!
Per THR, the new Muppets series comes to us from Big Bang Theory co-creator Bill Prady and Bob Kushell (3rd Rock From the Sun). It's described as a contemporary, documentary-style show that will explore the Muppets' personal lives and relationships, both at home and at work, as well as romances, break-ups, achievements, disappointments, wants and desires; a "more adult" Muppet show, for kids of all ages.
Could These Marvel Figurines Be Any Cuter?
Vinyl Sugar has released official glam shots and release information for its ultra-cute Marvel Dorbz line, which features many characters from the newly released favourite Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Iron Man, Captain America, Beast, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, and Deadpool will be available this August. Scarlet Witch, Magneto, Mystique, Hulk, and Spider-Man will follow later in 2015.
Each vinyl figure stands at three inches tall and comes in window-box packaging to display each character fully through front and back box panels. Check out glam shots of each figure in our gallery above.
The figures are now available for preorder at Entertainment Earth.
Once Upon a Time Renewed; Galavant May Live On
ABC, for whatever reason, typically wait until right until the end of the TV season to give their official renewals - even on shows that are a lock to return.
Thursday night, those renewals began to come in, with Once Upon a Time the first show we're hearing is now officially back, thanks to a tweet from co-creator Adam Horowitz.
Season 5 of #OnceUponATime is officially a go! Thank you all for your support! Excited to bring you more!
— Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) May 8, 2015
Kate Upton and Alexandra Daddario to Star in ‘Road Trip Sex Comedy’
Alexandra Daddario joins Kate Upton in The Layover, an upcoming movie billed as a "road trip sex comedy."
Alexandra Daddario in True Detective.
The news was announced by producers Keith Kjarval and Aaron L. Gilbert. Daddario joins a cast that also includes Rob Corddry, Kal Penn, Matt Jones, and Matt Barr. William H. Macy is directing.
In The Layover, Daddario and Upton will play a pair of lifelong best friends who decide to escape their problems by taking a vacation - only to find that their plane has been rerouted by a hurricane warning. The two friends will then find themselves in "hilarious" competition for the same guy during their extended layover in St. Louis.
Idris Elba Breaks 88-Year-Old UK Speed Record
The Wire actor Idris Elba this weekend broke a speed record in Wales.
According to CNN Money, Elba smashed an 88-year-old "flying mile" speed record, in which a car's speed is timed between two points one mile apart from each other. Unlike most races, a flying mile doesn't start from a dead stop - the driver is allowed to build speed before entering the timed zone.
Elba averaged 180.4 miles per hour in a Bentley Continental GT Speed, with a top speed of 186.4 miles per hour. The last flying mile record holder in the UK was motor racing journalist Sir Malcolm Campbell, who in 1927 hit 174.2 miles per hour in a specially built Napier-Campbell Blue Bird race car.
The Saddest Big Bird Story You’ll Ever Read
Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer behind Sesame Street's iconic Big Bird character as well as Oscar the Grouch, has relayed a story that left Reddit weeping.
Doing a Reddit AMA to promote his forthcoming documentary I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story, one reader posed Spinney a question: "What has been your most meaningful interaction with a child during filming? Or maybe from someone who grew up watching you and relayed a poignant story?"
SHIELD’s Ming-Na Wen On the MCU’s Crossover Heroines
We've got your exclusive look at the second video in Marvel's "It's All Connected" series - this time featuring Head of Marvel TV Jeph Loeb sitting with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resident "cavalry" Ming-Na Wen.
Together they briefly discuss the notable female characters who've helped bridge the MCU gap between the blockbuster movies and the ABC series, like Sif and Maria Hill.
Peggy Carter, who not only showed up on SHIELD in a flashback but had her own companion series, also gets a nice shout out. Check it out!
IGN will be releasing a new "It's All Connected" video each day for the next few days, showcasing Loeb and S.H.I.E.L.D. stars chatting about how the ABC series plays into the larger Marvel picture.