McCanna Anthony “Mac” Sinise, a musician and son of actor Gary Sinise, died on Jan. 5 following a battle with a rare spinal cancer called Chordoma. He was 33.
The CSI: NY actor shared the news of his son’s death on his Instagram and his foundation’s website Tuesday, where he wrote a heartfelt tribute.
“The week the album [Resurrection & Revival] went to press, Mac lost his battle with cancer,” Gary wrote. “He died on January 5, 2024 at 3:25pm, and was laid to rest on January 23rd. Like any family experiencing such a loss, we are heartbroken and have been managing as best we can. As parents, it is so difficult losing a child. My heart goes out to all who have suffered a similar loss, and to anyone who has lost a loved one. We’ve all experienced it in some way. … I am so blessed, fortunate, and proud to be his dad.
The CSI: NY actor shared the news of his son’s death on his Instagram and his foundation’s website Tuesday, where he wrote a heartfelt tribute.
“The week the album [Resurrection & Revival] went to press, Mac lost his battle with cancer,” Gary wrote. “He died on January 5, 2024 at 3:25pm, and was laid to rest on January 23rd. Like any family experiencing such a loss, we are heartbroken and have been managing as best we can. As parents, it is so difficult losing a child. My heart goes out to all who have suffered a similar loss, and to anyone who has lost a loved one. We’ve all experienced it in some way. … I am so blessed, fortunate, and proud to be his dad.
- 2/28/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
McCanna Anthony “Mac” Sinise, a multi-instrumental musician and the son of actor Gary Sinise, died of a rare cancer called chordoma on Jan. 5. He was 33.
Gary Sinise confirmed his son’s passing in a tribute posted to his foundation’s website, in which he detailed his years-long battle with the disease as well as his unfaltering commitment to making music, which included recording his album “Resurrection and Revival” in the final months of his life.
Gary Sinise wrote, “The week the album went to press, Mac lost his battle with cancer. He died on January 5, 2024 at 3:25pm, and was laid to rest on January 23rd. Like any family experiencing such a loss, we are heartbroken and have been managing as best we can. As parents, it is so difficult losing a child. My heart goes out to all who have suffered a similar loss, and to anyone who has lost a loved one.
Gary Sinise confirmed his son’s passing in a tribute posted to his foundation’s website, in which he detailed his years-long battle with the disease as well as his unfaltering commitment to making music, which included recording his album “Resurrection and Revival” in the final months of his life.
Gary Sinise wrote, “The week the album went to press, Mac lost his battle with cancer. He died on January 5, 2024 at 3:25pm, and was laid to rest on January 23rd. Like any family experiencing such a loss, we are heartbroken and have been managing as best we can. As parents, it is so difficult losing a child. My heart goes out to all who have suffered a similar loss, and to anyone who has lost a loved one.
- 2/27/2024
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
At their nearest point, Taiwan and mainland China are less than a hundred miles apart. But historically and politically – for over 70 years – a broad gulf has separated them. In the case of the Kinmen Islands, part of Taiwan, the paradox between geography and history is even more stark: the islands sit but a few miles from the mainland city of Xiamen, in the increasingly fraught waters of the Taiwan Strait.
The opening frames of the Oscar-nominated short film Island in Between, directed by S. Leo Chiang, show an old tank moored on a sandy beach of Kinmen, its rusted barrel aimed out to sea. The image makes for a startling reminder of the uneasy co-existence between the two countries — independent countries, that is, from Taiwan’s point of view; the Chinese government considers Taiwan simply another province of the People’s Republic.
The strait between Kinman Island in Taiwan and mainland China.
The opening frames of the Oscar-nominated short film Island in Between, directed by S. Leo Chiang, show an old tank moored on a sandy beach of Kinmen, its rusted barrel aimed out to sea. The image makes for a startling reminder of the uneasy co-existence between the two countries — independent countries, that is, from Taiwan’s point of view; the Chinese government considers Taiwan simply another province of the People’s Republic.
The strait between Kinman Island in Taiwan and mainland China.
- 2/27/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Tatiana Maslany, Elliot Page, Martin Short and Ingrid Haas are among Canadian actors supporting a letter calling on fellow performers in British Columbia to vote down a proposal by American producers to extend their Union of British Columbia Performers/Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (Ubcp/Actra) labor deal for another year to March 31, 2025 in return for a 5 percent wage increase.
That agreement between the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP) and its local counterpart, the B.C. branch of the Canadian Media Producers Association, and local representatives for IATSE 891, IATSE 669, Teamsters 155, the Directors Guild of Canada’s B.C. branch and Ubcp/Actra, now faces ratification votes by the wider memberships.
In all, 68 Canadian actors put their names to the July 10 letter that urges West Coast performers with the Ubcp/Actra union to reject a “preemptive deal” they claim will undercut current contact talks stateside with...
That agreement between the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP) and its local counterpart, the B.C. branch of the Canadian Media Producers Association, and local representatives for IATSE 891, IATSE 669, Teamsters 155, the Directors Guild of Canada’s B.C. branch and Ubcp/Actra, now faces ratification votes by the wider memberships.
In all, 68 Canadian actors put their names to the July 10 letter that urges West Coast performers with the Ubcp/Actra union to reject a “preemptive deal” they claim will undercut current contact talks stateside with...
- 7/14/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
You loved her in Escape From New York. Now, prepare to watch Adrienne Barbeau make another great escape — this time courtesy of the 118.
Barbeau guest stars in Monday’s episode of 9-1-1 (Fox, 8/7c), playing a bride who gets trapped on the way to her wedding, and TVLine has your exclusive first look at her disastrous big day.
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- 5/5/2023
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Kyle Allen has the power, apparently!
The alum of The Path and American Horror Story has landed the role of He-Man in the live-action Masters of the Universe movie, which is now being developed by Mattel and Netflix.
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- 1/28/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: CBS is developing Married With Friends, a multi-camera comedy inspired by and starring real-life married couple Blake Lee and Ben Lewis (Arrow).
Written by Julia Meltzer, with Fam and In the Dark creator Corinne Kingsbury supervising, Married With Friends is an ensemble about a millennial friend group navigating life, friendships, and romantic relationships (or lack thereof) with Arthur and Bo – a gay, married couple, played by Lee and Lewis, – as the glue that holds them all together.
Kingsbury executive produces via her Eighty-Two Cents productions. Lee, Lewis and Meltzer is co-executive producer. CBS Studios produces in association with Eighty-Two Cents.
Lee and Lewis previously starred together in Lifetime’s first LGBTQ+ holiday movie, The Christmas Setup. The film was nominated for a 2021 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie.
The project marks a reunion for Lewis and Kingsbury who worked together on another CBS/CBS multi-camera comedy,...
Written by Julia Meltzer, with Fam and In the Dark creator Corinne Kingsbury supervising, Married With Friends is an ensemble about a millennial friend group navigating life, friendships, and romantic relationships (or lack thereof) with Arthur and Bo – a gay, married couple, played by Lee and Lewis, – as the glue that holds them all together.
Kingsbury executive produces via her Eighty-Two Cents productions. Lee, Lewis and Meltzer is co-executive producer. CBS Studios produces in association with Eighty-Two Cents.
Lee and Lewis previously starred together in Lifetime’s first LGBTQ+ holiday movie, The Christmas Setup. The film was nominated for a 2021 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie.
The project marks a reunion for Lewis and Kingsbury who worked together on another CBS/CBS multi-camera comedy,...
- 1/27/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Warning: Do not read if you haven’t seen Season 1, Episode 3 of “Loki,” streaming now on Disney Plus.
Marvel Studios has its first official Lgbtqia+ superhero — or, depending on your point of view, supervillain.
On the latest episode of the Disney Plus series “Loki,” Tom Hiddleston’s titular god of mischief confirms what had been long established in the pages of Marvel comics, that he is bisexual.
It happens during a conversation Loki has with a Loki “variant” named Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), who revealed herself at the end of last week’s episode just as she launched her grand scheme to wreak havoc on the Time Variance Authority. As they sit on a train waiting to arrive at a critical destination, the discussion turns to love. Sylvie says she’s been in “a serious, long-distance relationship with a postman” while she skitters through time and across apocalypses to avoid detection by the Tva.
Marvel Studios has its first official Lgbtqia+ superhero — or, depending on your point of view, supervillain.
On the latest episode of the Disney Plus series “Loki,” Tom Hiddleston’s titular god of mischief confirms what had been long established in the pages of Marvel comics, that he is bisexual.
It happens during a conversation Loki has with a Loki “variant” named Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), who revealed herself at the end of last week’s episode just as she launched her grand scheme to wreak havoc on the Time Variance Authority. As they sit on a train waiting to arrive at a critical destination, the discussion turns to love. Sylvie says she’s been in “a serious, long-distance relationship with a postman” while she skitters through time and across apocalypses to avoid detection by the Tva.
- 6/23/2021
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
Moved to tears. That's how Cruel Summer star Blake Lee, who made history alongside husband Ben Lewis by starring in Lifetime's first queer Christmas film, The Christmas Setup, felt watching the gay love story unfold on the Freeform hit. For those unfamiliar with the show, the teen thriller offered up a tender moment in episode three when they had closeted teen couple Vince (Allius Barnes) and Ben (Nathaniel Ashton) share a moment at a secret gay bar. "The producers showed us the clip where they go to the gay bar and they dance together," Blake told E! News. "And they showed it to us when we were shooting in Texas still and all of us were crying. One, I mean, I think it's so important for...
- 6/5/2021
- E! Online
Annabeth Gish has never been a true-crime aficionado, but that changed when she decided to star as the title character in Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, which premieres Saturday at 8/7c on Lifetime.
The small-screen film tracks Jennifer and Fotis Dulos’ whirlwind romance and marriage, the birth of their five children, his infidelities and their acrimonious divorce, which led up to her suspicious and widely reported disappearance two years ago. Fotis (played by Batwoman‘s Warren Christie), who was arrested and charged for his soon-to-be ex-wife’s murder, took his own life in January 2020. After the made-for-tv offering ends,...
The small-screen film tracks Jennifer and Fotis Dulos’ whirlwind romance and marriage, the birth of their five children, his infidelities and their acrimonious divorce, which led up to her suspicious and widely reported disappearance two years ago. Fotis (played by Batwoman‘s Warren Christie), who was arrested and charged for his soon-to-be ex-wife’s murder, took his own life in January 2020. After the made-for-tv offering ends,...
- 6/4/2021
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Universal Content Productions (UCP) has unveiled its latest slate of podcasts for its UCP Audio division including an art heist series, a missing persons case and a series based around the Olympics.
The company is adding Alligator Candy, Loot: Scandalous Stories Of The Art World and the unnamed Olympics project to its slate of shows, which will all be eyed for TV adaptations down the line. They join previously announced Do You Know Mordechai? and The End Up and come after the launch of The Lost Kids and The Followers: House of Prayer.
UCP is using its podcast slate as a development tool and springboard to birth new projects that could end up in scripted or non-fiction television. The company is currently developing a docuseries adaptation of The Lost Kids, for instance.
Alligator Candy follows the mysterious 1973 disappearance of writer and producer David Kushner’s older brother, Jon, who...
The company is adding Alligator Candy, Loot: Scandalous Stories Of The Art World and the unnamed Olympics project to its slate of shows, which will all be eyed for TV adaptations down the line. They join previously announced Do You Know Mordechai? and The End Up and come after the launch of The Lost Kids and The Followers: House of Prayer.
UCP is using its podcast slate as a development tool and springboard to birth new projects that could end up in scripted or non-fiction television. The company is currently developing a docuseries adaptation of The Lost Kids, for instance.
Alligator Candy follows the mysterious 1973 disappearance of writer and producer David Kushner’s older brother, Jon, who...
- 4/7/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Podcasting is so hot right now. Top tier talent both in front of and behind the camera are rapidly moving into the medium, buoyed by the opportunities to tell different types of stories.
Deadline has been increasing its coverage of podcasting over the last 12 months, breaking stories about the likes of Demi Moore making QCode’s Dirty Diana and Elle Fanning narrating a non-fiction series about a deadly internet diet drug that cooks people alive. We’ve covered the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Jordan Peele and Will Ferrell moving into the medium as well as the plethora of TV and film projects that are now in development based on podcast IP.
This move has undoubtedly sped up since the pandemic hit – it’s easier to produce a podcast under lockdown than film or TV – and many of the major Hollywood studios are increasingly entering the arena with the likes of...
Deadline has been increasing its coverage of podcasting over the last 12 months, breaking stories about the likes of Demi Moore making QCode’s Dirty Diana and Elle Fanning narrating a non-fiction series about a deadly internet diet drug that cooks people alive. We’ve covered the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Jordan Peele and Will Ferrell moving into the medium as well as the plethora of TV and film projects that are now in development based on podcast IP.
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- 12/26/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Performer | Kaley Cuoco
The Show | HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant
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The Episode | “Arrivals and Departures” (Dec. 17, 2020)
The Performance | As intense as her performance was during the Episode 6 meltdown, the dramedic thriller’s eighth and final episode gave Cuoco something new and differently engaging to do: play Cassie Bowden as someone just a bit more sober, and thus a bit more able to sincerely engage with those around her.
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The Episode | “Arrivals and Departures” (Dec. 17, 2020)
The Performance | As intense as her performance was during the Episode 6 meltdown, the dramedic thriller’s eighth and final episode gave Cuoco something new and differently engaging to do: play Cassie Bowden as someone just a bit more sober, and thus a bit more able to sincerely engage with those around her.
- 12/19/2020
- by Team TVLine
- TVLine.com
Did Lifetime give us a near-perfect Christmas film while breaking new ground in the process?
Why yes, indeed they did. The Christmas Setup had everything you could possibly ask for, and it just so happened to be the network's first queer holiday rom-com too.
And given their successful execution of this one, while filming during a pandemic to boot, hopefully, it won't be the last.
Hugo and Patrick were the actual leads, and thankfully, they avoided the traditional coming out story trope, so for those factors alone, it's likely the best queer holiday film we've seen thus far.
And if the more adorable aspects of a film appeal to you, then this one starred a real-life married couple: Arrow's Ben Lewis and Park and Rec's Blake Lee, so the chemistry was as natural as can be, and it had the queen that is mother-fudging Fran Drescher.
Apologies, I may...
Why yes, indeed they did. The Christmas Setup had everything you could possibly ask for, and it just so happened to be the network's first queer holiday rom-com too.
And given their successful execution of this one, while filming during a pandemic to boot, hopefully, it won't be the last.
Hugo and Patrick were the actual leads, and thankfully, they avoided the traditional coming out story trope, so for those factors alone, it's likely the best queer holiday film we've seen thus far.
And if the more adorable aspects of a film appeal to you, then this one starred a real-life married couple: Arrow's Ben Lewis and Park and Rec's Blake Lee, so the chemistry was as natural as can be, and it had the queen that is mother-fudging Fran Drescher.
Apologies, I may...
- 12/13/2020
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
The Christmas Setup is Lifetime’s first LGBTQ+ Christmas movie, but that’s “not necessarily the most accurate way to describe it,” star Ben Lewis tells TVLine.
The Arrow vet stars alongside his real-life husband Blake Lee (Parks and Recreation, Mixology) as former high school classmates in the holiday flick (airing this Saturday, Dec. 12 at 8/7c). When Lewis’ Hugo, a successful big city attorney, returns home to Milwaukee for Christmas, his mom Kate (The Nanny’s Fran Drescher) arranges for Hugo to run into his secret crush Patrick (Lee), who’s back after a successful stint in Silicon Valley.
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The Arrow vet stars alongside his real-life husband Blake Lee (Parks and Recreation, Mixology) as former high school classmates in the holiday flick (airing this Saturday, Dec. 12 at 8/7c). When Lewis’ Hugo, a successful big city attorney, returns home to Milwaukee for Christmas, his mom Kate (The Nanny’s Fran Drescher) arranges for Hugo to run into his secret crush Patrick (Lee), who’s back after a successful stint in Silicon Valley.
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- 12/11/2020
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
As the writer of “The Christmas Setup,” Lifetime’s first-ever holiday movie centered on a gay romance, Michael Murray has felt a sense of responsibility to the LGBTQ+ community since he first began scripting the project back in March.
But it wasn’t until Lifetime announced in August that it had given the movie the green light that Murray had a “freakout” and “major meltdown” over just how big a deal his little movie was going to be.
“It was like, ‘Oh my God, what have I done now? I hope I’ve been responsible in the portrayal of my life, our community, of Christmas movies — the whole thing. That I’ve checked all the boxes,'” Murray, who is gay, told TheWrap. “And of course at that point I thought, ‘It’s probably too late. I hope I have!’ I don’t think I completely panicked until the script was done.
But it wasn’t until Lifetime announced in August that it had given the movie the green light that Murray had a “freakout” and “major meltdown” over just how big a deal his little movie was going to be.
“It was like, ‘Oh my God, what have I done now? I hope I’ve been responsible in the portrayal of my life, our community, of Christmas movies — the whole thing. That I’ve checked all the boxes,'” Murray, who is gay, told TheWrap. “And of course at that point I thought, ‘It’s probably too late. I hope I have!’ I don’t think I completely panicked until the script was done.
- 12/10/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
The first person to say “finger-lickin’ good” can kindly show themselves out.
Lifetime and KFC revealed on Monday that Mario Lopez will play Colonel Sanders in A Recipe for Seduction, which is being touted as a “Lifetime Original Mini-Movie Presented by Kentucky Fried Chicken,” but is surely just a long commercial. I mean, that’s what we want to assume. (Update: It’s indeed a 15-minute mini-movie, I am assured.)
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Lifetime and KFC revealed on Monday that Mario Lopez will play Colonel Sanders in A Recipe for Seduction, which is being touted as a “Lifetime Original Mini-Movie Presented by Kentucky Fried Chicken,” but is surely just a long commercial. I mean, that’s what we want to assume. (Update: It’s indeed a 15-minute mini-movie, I am assured.)
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- 12/7/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
This year marks the first season in which Lifetime and Hallmark are including LGBTQ characters and storylines in their holiday movies in a prominent way: Hallmark with “The Christmas House,” featuring Jonathan Bennett and Brad Harder as a gay couple looking to adopt, and Lifetime has “The Christmas Setup,” the channel’s first-ever movie starring gay leads, played by married-in-real-life couple Ben Lewis and Blake Lee. While Lifetime’s movie is a bigger stride, as it features a gay couple as the leads rather than part of an ensemble, both projects mark significant turning points for the holiday-tv-movie landscape, which has seen a lack of LGBTQ representation in years past. So why did the cable channels decide 2020 was the year to make a change — even though each is still devoting a large portion of its slate to heterosexual-centric romances? Also Read: 'Princess Switch 2': Did You Spot the 'A Christmas Prince' Cameo?...
- 11/24/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Turn on the twinkling holiday lights and cuddle up with a soft blanket because Lifetime's 2020 Christmas movie schedule is here - and the first movie premieres Oct. 23! Hopeless romantics, Christmas enthusiasts, and happy-ending seekers will love the amazing holiday-themed movies playing on Lifetime this season. Expect to see some familiar faces, like Tiffany Haddish, Beverley Mitchell, Mario Lopez, Melissa Joan Hart, Kelly Rowland, Vanessa Lachey, Kyla Pratt, and many others. Read the full schedule and list of stars below and get ready to mark your calendar for some serious holiday viewing!
It's a Wonderful Lifetime 2020 Schedule
Oct. 23, 8 p.m. Et – Christmas on Ice: starring Abigail Klein, Ryan Cooper, Caroline Portu, Will Lyman, and Meara Mahoney Gross
Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Et – Christmas Unwrapped: starring Amber Stevens West, Marco Grazzini, Cheryl Ladd, and executive producer Tiffany Haddish
Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Et – Forever Christmas: starring Chelsea Hobbs, Christopher Russell,...
It's a Wonderful Lifetime 2020 Schedule
Oct. 23, 8 p.m. Et – Christmas on Ice: starring Abigail Klein, Ryan Cooper, Caroline Portu, Will Lyman, and Meara Mahoney Gross
Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Et – Christmas Unwrapped: starring Amber Stevens West, Marco Grazzini, Cheryl Ladd, and executive producer Tiffany Haddish
Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Et – Forever Christmas: starring Chelsea Hobbs, Christopher Russell,...
- 10/21/2020
- by Sydni Ellis
- Popsugar.com
For the first time, a cable Christmas movie will center on an LGBTQ+ couple, and now we want to know what The Christmas Setup is about! The upcoming Lifetime original movie was announced as part of the network's annual set of holiday originals, and it marks a milestone as Lifetime's first movie with an LGBTQ+ romance as the central plot. It's not the very first time a gay couple has been seen in a Lifetime original - last year's Twinkle All the Way featured an onscreen kiss between two gay supporting characters - but it's the first one that puts their story front and center.
Here's how Lifetime is currently describing the movie, as detailed on its press site:
"Hugo, a New York corporate lawyer and his best friend Madelyn head to Milwaukee to spend the holidays with his mom Kate, who is also in charge of the local Christmas celebrations.
Here's how Lifetime is currently describing the movie, as detailed on its press site:
"Hugo, a New York corporate lawyer and his best friend Madelyn head to Milwaukee to spend the holidays with his mom Kate, who is also in charge of the local Christmas celebrations.
- 9/17/2020
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
Lifetime has already gotten a headstart on the cheesy cuteness with the casting for their first Lgtbq+ Holiday film, The Christmas Setup.
If people aren't excited enough, the network has cast real-life married actors Ben Lewis and Blake Lee (Parks & Recreation) as the leading men.
They get five snowflakes for chemistry before we've even seen the film based on this couple who has been married since 2016.
And if that casting news isn't sweet enough, the film will also star the iconic Fran Drescher as Hugo's meddling, matchmaker mom, Kate.
And rounding out the cast is Glow's Ellen Wong as Bff, Madelyn.
The Christmas Setup is written and directed by members of the LGBTQ+ community, and the network worked extensively with GLAAD.
The film follows New York lawyer Hugo (Lewis), who, along with his best friend Madelyn (Wong), travels to Milwaukee to spend the holidays with his mom Kate (Drescher...
If people aren't excited enough, the network has cast real-life married actors Ben Lewis and Blake Lee (Parks & Recreation) as the leading men.
They get five snowflakes for chemistry before we've even seen the film based on this couple who has been married since 2016.
And if that casting news isn't sweet enough, the film will also star the iconic Fran Drescher as Hugo's meddling, matchmaker mom, Kate.
And rounding out the cast is Glow's Ellen Wong as Bff, Madelyn.
The Christmas Setup is written and directed by members of the LGBTQ+ community, and the network worked extensively with GLAAD.
The film follows New York lawyer Hugo (Lewis), who, along with his best friend Madelyn (Wong), travels to Milwaukee to spend the holidays with his mom Kate (Drescher...
- 9/16/2020
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
Real-life couple Ben Lewis (“Arrow”) and Blake Lee (“Fam”) have been cast in “The Christmas Setup,” Lifetime’s first-ever LGBTQ-lead original holiday movie, while Jacky Lai (“V-Wars”), Tony Giroux (“Motherland: Fort Salem”) and Tzi Ma (“Mulan”) will star in “A Sugar & Spice Holiday,” centered on an Asian American Family, the network announced Monday.
Lifetime also said it is working with GLAAD and Cape (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), on the respective movies, to ensure they represent the communities depicted accurately.
“The world we create on camera should reflect the world we live in. ‘The Christmas Setup’ and ‘A Sugar & Spice Holiday’ are important additions to the It’s a Wonderful Lifetime slate because they continue our effort to tell the stories of the diverse communities represented by our viewers,” said Amy Winter, executive vice president and head of programming, Lifetime and Lmn. “Our hope with these inclusive films and...
Lifetime also said it is working with GLAAD and Cape (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), on the respective movies, to ensure they represent the communities depicted accurately.
“The world we create on camera should reflect the world we live in. ‘The Christmas Setup’ and ‘A Sugar & Spice Holiday’ are important additions to the It’s a Wonderful Lifetime slate because they continue our effort to tell the stories of the diverse communities represented by our viewers,” said Amy Winter, executive vice president and head of programming, Lifetime and Lmn. “Our hope with these inclusive films and...
- 9/14/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Lifetime has cast married actors Ben Lewis and Blake Lee as the stars of “The Christmas Setup,” the network’s first-ever holiday movie centered on a gay romance.
Additionally, the cable channel has set Jacky Lai (“V-Wars”), Tony Giroux (“Motherland: Fort Salem”) and Tzi Ma (“Mulan”) as the leads of “A Sugar & Spice Holiday,” Lifetime’s first film focused on an Asian-American family and and featuring an Asian director, writer, casting director and cast.
Described as a “feel-good LGBTQ holiday romance,” “The Christmas Setup” was set as part of Lifetime’s lineup of holiday movies for the season, which begin airing Oct. 23, last month. The movie follows New York lawyer Hugo (Lewis), who heads to Milwaukee with his best friend Madelyn (Ellen Wong) to spend the holidays with his mom Kate (Fran Drescher), who is also in charge of the local Christmas celebrations.
Per Lifetime, “Ever the matchmaker, Kate arranges...
Additionally, the cable channel has set Jacky Lai (“V-Wars”), Tony Giroux (“Motherland: Fort Salem”) and Tzi Ma (“Mulan”) as the leads of “A Sugar & Spice Holiday,” Lifetime’s first film focused on an Asian-American family and and featuring an Asian director, writer, casting director and cast.
Described as a “feel-good LGBTQ holiday romance,” “The Christmas Setup” was set as part of Lifetime’s lineup of holiday movies for the season, which begin airing Oct. 23, last month. The movie follows New York lawyer Hugo (Lewis), who heads to Milwaukee with his best friend Madelyn (Ellen Wong) to spend the holidays with his mom Kate (Fran Drescher), who is also in charge of the local Christmas celebrations.
Per Lifetime, “Ever the matchmaker, Kate arranges...
- 9/14/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
In a strong contender for Perfect Casting of the Year, Ben Lewis (Arrow, Shadowhunters) and Blake Lee (Parks and Recreation, Mixology) — who are married in real life — have been tapped to partake in The Christmas Setup, Lifetime‘s first holiday movie with a lead LGBTQ storyline.
A feel-good LGBTQ holiday romance, The Christmas Setup, which also was written and directed by members of the LGBTQ community, follows Hugo (played by Lewis), a New York lawyer who heads to Milwaukee with his best friend Madelyn (Glow‘s Ellen Wong) to spend the holidays with his mom Kate (The Nanny‘s Fran Drescher), who is (of course!
A feel-good LGBTQ holiday romance, The Christmas Setup, which also was written and directed by members of the LGBTQ community, follows Hugo (played by Lewis), a New York lawyer who heads to Milwaukee with his best friend Madelyn (Glow‘s Ellen Wong) to spend the holidays with his mom Kate (The Nanny‘s Fran Drescher), who is (of course!
- 9/14/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Lifetime has set the cast for The Christmas Setup, its first holiday movie with a lead LGBTQ storyline, and A Sugar & Spice Holiday, its first movie centered on an Asian American family. Real-life married couple Ben Lewis and Blake Lee will headline The Christmas Setup, along with Fran Drescher and Ellen Wong (Glow); and Jacky Lai (V-Wars) and Tony Giroux (Motherland: Fort Salem) will star in A Sugar & Spice Holiday, alongside Tzi Ma (Mulan).
Written by Michael J. Murray, The Christmas Setup follows the story of New York lawyer Hugo (Lewis) who heads to Milwaukee with his best friend Madelyn (Wong) to spend the holidays with his mom Kate (Drescher), who is also in charge of the local Christmas celebrations. Ever the matchmaker, Kate arranges for Hugo to run into Patrick (Lee), Hugo’s high school friend and secret crush,...
Written by Michael J. Murray, The Christmas Setup follows the story of New York lawyer Hugo (Lewis) who heads to Milwaukee with his best friend Madelyn (Wong) to spend the holidays with his mom Kate (Drescher), who is also in charge of the local Christmas celebrations. Ever the matchmaker, Kate arranges for Hugo to run into Patrick (Lee), Hugo’s high school friend and secret crush,...
- 9/14/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Jacky Lai (V-Wars), Tony Giroux (Motherland: Fort Salem) and Tzi Ma (Mulan, Wu Assassins) will enjoy A Sugar & Spice Holiday, in Lifetime’s first movie centered on an Asian-American family and featuring an Asian director, writer, casting director and cast.
Premiering December 2020, the movie follows Suzie (played by Lai), a rising young architect who returns to her small hometown in Maine for Christmas, where her Chinese-American parents, Pete (Ma) and Mimi (Motherland: Fort Salem‘s Lillian Lim), run the local Lobster Bar.
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Premiering December 2020, the movie follows Suzie (played by Lai), a rising young architect who returns to her small hometown in Maine for Christmas, where her Chinese-American parents, Pete (Ma) and Mimi (Motherland: Fort Salem‘s Lillian Lim), run the local Lobster Bar.
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- 9/14/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Are we all doing Ok? Arrow just gave us what might be one of its best episodes and most anticipated episodes ever, finally converging the future storyline with present day, and reuniting three fourths of a seriously tortured family. It was wonderful, filled with typical Arrow fights and explosions and arrows, but also with emotions we didn't even know Oliver Queen was capable of. There was a lot of stuff to deal with, like the return of the Deathstrokes and the impending Crisis, but there was plenty of time for family bonding, including a heartbreaking scene with William and several attempts to get Mia to open up in any way. We talked to Ben Lewis about what it was like to shoot such a...
- 11/6/2019
- E! Online
Oliver Queen and his kids take on a terrorist in a Deadshot mask in one of Stephen Amell's best performances to date
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This Arrow review contains spoilers.
Arrow Season 8 Episode 4
Stephen Amell has done some of his best work so far this season, and this episode tops it all. Amell has long said that the only thing Oliver has left to do is leave a legacy, and there’s no more literal translation of that than his children. After (for them) decades and his own death, in “Present Tense” he finally gets to see them again. For him, it’s a preview of how it will all turn out, a chance to skip ahead to a part of the book he knows he won’t live long enough to read.
I’m sure there will be a Monitor- or Crisis-related explanation for how this has happened,...
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This Arrow review contains spoilers.
Arrow Season 8 Episode 4
Stephen Amell has done some of his best work so far this season, and this episode tops it all. Amell has long said that the only thing Oliver has left to do is leave a legacy, and there’s no more literal translation of that than his children. After (for them) decades and his own death, in “Present Tense” he finally gets to see them again. For him, it’s a preview of how it will all turn out, a chance to skip ahead to a part of the book he knows he won’t live long enough to read.
I’m sure there will be a Monitor- or Crisis-related explanation for how this has happened,...
- 11/5/2019
- Den of Geek
Arrow‘s 2040 timeline has revealed its own Deathstroke, and beneath the marauder’s mask is the face of no less than John Diggle and Lyla Michaels’ biological son, John Jr. aka JJ. How did the apple fall so far from the tree? And is JJ truly ruthless enough to slay Mia’s brother William or any other member of Future Team Arrow — stepbrother Connor (Joseph David-Jones) included?
The second episode of Arrow‘s farewell run left us with that question, as JJ aimed to “rip the heart out” of the Unification movement by targeting its members, William (Ben Lewis) included.
The second episode of Arrow‘s farewell run left us with that question, as JJ aimed to “rip the heart out” of the Unification movement by targeting its members, William (Ben Lewis) included.
- 10/27/2019
- TVLine.com
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What's This TV Show About?
Airing on The CW television network, the Arrow TV show stars Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Katie Cassidy, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, Katherine McNamara, Ben Lewis, Joseph David-Jones, and Charlie Barnett. Others appearing in the final season include Willa Holland, Colton Haynes, Colin Donnell, Josh Segarra, John Barrowman, Susanna Thompson, Lamonica Garrett, Rila Fukushima, Byron Mann, Lexa Doig, and Audrey Marie Anderson. The series begins with billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Amell) being shipwrecked and presumed dead for...
Will Arrow have a satisfying conclusion? Has the Arrow TV show been cancelled? Renewed for a ninth season on The CW? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Arrow, season nine. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on The CW television network, the Arrow TV show stars Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Katie Cassidy, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, Katherine McNamara, Ben Lewis, Joseph David-Jones, and Charlie Barnett. Others appearing in the final season include Willa Holland, Colton Haynes, Colin Donnell, Josh Segarra, John Barrowman, Susanna Thompson, Lamonica Garrett, Rila Fukushima, Byron Mann, Lexa Doig, and Audrey Marie Anderson. The series begins with billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Amell) being shipwrecked and presumed dead for...
- 10/17/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
There's no need to worry if Arrow will be cancelled or renewed for a ninth season on The CW. The network has already announced that season eight is the end. Could strong ratings ensure that an Arrow spin-off series is produced? Stay tuned.
An action-adventure series, the Arrow TV show stars Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Katie Cassidy, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, Katherine McNamara, Ben Lewis, Joseph David-Jones, and Charlie Barnett. Others appearing in the final season include Willa Holland, Colton Haynes, Colin Donnell, Josh Segarra, John Barrowman, Susanna Thompson, Lamonica Garrett, Rila Fukushima, Byron Mann, Lexa Doig, and Audrey Marie Anderson. The series begins with billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Amell) being shipwrecked and presumed dead for five years. He returns home to Star City, bent on righting the wrongs of his family and fighting injustice as the Green Arrow. In season eight, following the arrival of a...
An action-adventure series, the Arrow TV show stars Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Katie Cassidy, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, Katherine McNamara, Ben Lewis, Joseph David-Jones, and Charlie Barnett. Others appearing in the final season include Willa Holland, Colton Haynes, Colin Donnell, Josh Segarra, John Barrowman, Susanna Thompson, Lamonica Garrett, Rila Fukushima, Byron Mann, Lexa Doig, and Audrey Marie Anderson. The series begins with billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Amell) being shipwrecked and presumed dead for five years. He returns home to Star City, bent on righting the wrongs of his family and fighting injustice as the Green Arrow. In season eight, following the arrival of a...
- 10/16/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Will Oliver survive the eighth and final season of the Arrow TV show on The CW? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Arrow is cancelled or renewed for season nine. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the eighth season episodes of Arrow here.
An action-adventure series on The CW, the Arrow TV show stars Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Katie Cassidy, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, Katherine McNamara, Ben Lewis, Joseph David-Jones, and Charlie Barnett. Others appearing in the final season include Willa Holland, Colton Haynes, Colin Donnell, Josh Segarra,...
An action-adventure series on The CW, the Arrow TV show stars Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Katie Cassidy, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, Katherine McNamara, Ben Lewis, Joseph David-Jones, and Charlie Barnett. Others appearing in the final season include Willa Holland, Colton Haynes, Colin Donnell, Josh Segarra,...
- 10/16/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Ever since Arrow‘s seventh season finale aired this past May, we’ve known it to be an absolute certainty that Oliver Queen will die during the “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover event. When it comes to specifics, however, we’re just going to have to tune in to find out how it all goes down.
If we can bank on anything, it’s that Ollie will likely die a hero’s death. After all, would you expect anything less from the guy whom we have to thank for the entire Arrowverse even being around? I highly doubt he’s going to get eaten by T-Rex while sitting on the toilet like that dude in Jurassic Park, or something equally inconsequential.
Seemingly backing up the vaguest of suspicions is that of actor Stephen Amell himself, who posted a rather amusing meme on Twitter. Seen below, the bloodied Emerald Archer’s...
If we can bank on anything, it’s that Ollie will likely die a hero’s death. After all, would you expect anything less from the guy whom we have to thank for the entire Arrowverse even being around? I highly doubt he’s going to get eaten by T-Rex while sitting on the toilet like that dude in Jurassic Park, or something equally inconsequential.
Seemingly backing up the vaguest of suspicions is that of actor Stephen Amell himself, who posted a rather amusing meme on Twitter. Seen below, the bloodied Emerald Archer’s...
- 10/3/2019
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
After a lengthy summer hiatus, most of our favorite Arrowverse shows will return next week, those being Supergirl, The Flash and Black Lightning, with the series premiere of Batwoman preceding them all. In a cruel twist of fate, we’ll be forced to wait an additional week for Arrow‘s eighth and final season to kickoff. Legends of Tomorrow, meanwhile, won’t arrive to the party until January of 2020.
With us being a stone’s throw away from showtime though, the network has finally coughed up the official synopsis for the premiere episode, “Starling City.” So, without further delay, here it is:
Season Premiere – While trying to decipher The Monitor’s (guest star Lamonica Garrett) mission, Oliver (Stephen Amell) returns to Starling City where he encounters familiar faces. Meanwhile, Mia (Katherine McNamara) and William’s (Ben Lewis) team clash with a new foe. James Bamford directed the episode written by...
With us being a stone’s throw away from showtime though, the network has finally coughed up the official synopsis for the premiere episode, “Starling City.” So, without further delay, here it is:
Season Premiere – While trying to decipher The Monitor’s (guest star Lamonica Garrett) mission, Oliver (Stephen Amell) returns to Starling City where he encounters familiar faces. Meanwhile, Mia (Katherine McNamara) and William’s (Ben Lewis) team clash with a new foe. James Bamford directed the episode written by...
- 9/30/2019
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Take a look at new footage from the eighth and final season of the live-action drama series "Arrow", based on the DC Comics character 'Green Arrow', premiering the first of ten new episodes, October 15, 2019 on The CW:
Based on the comic book character created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, the series is set in the 'Arrowverse', starring Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, Katie Cassidy Rodgers, Joseph David-Jones, Katherine McNamara, Ben Lewis, Mia Smoak, William Clayton and Charlie Barnett.
The TV series follows 'Oliver Queen', who claimed to have spent five years shipwrecked on 'Lian Yu', an island in the North China Sea, before returning home to 'Star City' to fight crime and corruption as a secret vigilante whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrow.
"...in the eighth season, 'Oliver' will fight in a final battle that will have the entire 'multiverse' hanging in the balance.
Based on the comic book character created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, the series is set in the 'Arrowverse', starring Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, Katie Cassidy Rodgers, Joseph David-Jones, Katherine McNamara, Ben Lewis, Mia Smoak, William Clayton and Charlie Barnett.
The TV series follows 'Oliver Queen', who claimed to have spent five years shipwrecked on 'Lian Yu', an island in the North China Sea, before returning home to 'Star City' to fight crime and corruption as a secret vigilante whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrow.
"...in the eighth season, 'Oliver' will fight in a final battle that will have the entire 'multiverse' hanging in the balance.
- 9/24/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The CW’s Arrow let fwip! with its final season trailer on Tuesday, and the 90-second video is a veritable “Oliver Queen, This Is Your Life!”
When last we tuned in, Oliver and Felicity’s bliss as new parents was abruptly interrupted by the arrival of the Monitor, who came to collect on the deal Oliver made during “Elseworlds” — to do “whatever the multiverse requires to survive the crisis that is looming.” The Monitor went on to say that he has seen Oliver’s “inexorable and unavoidable” future, where the archer dies during said crisis. And while Oliver’s passing cannot be prevented,...
When last we tuned in, Oliver and Felicity’s bliss as new parents was abruptly interrupted by the arrival of the Monitor, who came to collect on the deal Oliver made during “Elseworlds” — to do “whatever the multiverse requires to survive the crisis that is looming.” The Monitor went on to say that he has seen Oliver’s “inexorable and unavoidable” future, where the archer dies during said crisis. And while Oliver’s passing cannot be prevented,...
- 9/24/2019
- TVLine.com
Arrow's Queen family reunion just keeps getting bigger and bigger! TV Guide has confirmed that Thea Queen (Willa Holland) will return in a recurring role for the final season of Arrow, where she'll reunite with her brother Oliver (Stephen Amell) and nephew William (Ben Lewis), as well as meet her...
- 9/18/2019
- by Lindsay MacDonald
- TVGuide - Breaking News
With fall season about to get underway, it's time to take a look at some of the biggest casting changes.
Some shows are losing multiple stars, while others are gaining a handful.
Related: 73 Couples We'll Go to Hell Shipping
We've rounded up the biggest news below
Be sure to bookmark the page as we will continue to update it as news breaks.
1. Arrow - Emily Bett Rickards is Out Emily Bett Rickards announced earlier this year that she was bowing out of Arrow ahead of its final season. 2. Arrow - Katherine McNamara Has Been Promoted There will be a lot more Mia Smoak during Arrow's eighth and final season. Kat McNamara has been promoted to series regular. 3. Arrow - Ben Lewis Has Been Promoted Ben Lewis, who plays the adult iteration of William Clayton-Queen will also be a series regular. 4. Arrow - Joseph David-Jones Has Been Promoted There will...
Some shows are losing multiple stars, while others are gaining a handful.
Related: 73 Couples We'll Go to Hell Shipping
We've rounded up the biggest news below
Be sure to bookmark the page as we will continue to update it as news breaks.
1. Arrow - Emily Bett Rickards is Out Emily Bett Rickards announced earlier this year that she was bowing out of Arrow ahead of its final season. 2. Arrow - Katherine McNamara Has Been Promoted There will be a lot more Mia Smoak during Arrow's eighth and final season. Kat McNamara has been promoted to series regular. 3. Arrow - Ben Lewis Has Been Promoted Ben Lewis, who plays the adult iteration of William Clayton-Queen will also be a series regular. 4. Arrow - Joseph David-Jones Has Been Promoted There will...
- 9/18/2019
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Whenever I take on the task of reviewing Arrow either at the start of a new season or months after it whenever the requisite home video release drops, I often wonder if I’ll run out of things to say. After all, this show’s about to head into its eighth and final season, and I’m about to reflect on the seventh. Fortunately, the producers aren’t keen to rest on their laurels, and are willing to take a few risks even late in the game.
When it comes to those risks, though, I think it may be subjective as to which viewers enjoyed them most. If for any reason the past year of broadcasting proved divisive, I can certainly understand why, because the Arrow we received was very different from that of years prior.
For those not up to speed, it’s important to remember that season 6 ended...
When it comes to those risks, though, I think it may be subjective as to which viewers enjoyed them most. If for any reason the past year of broadcasting proved divisive, I can certainly understand why, because the Arrow we received was very different from that of years prior.
For those not up to speed, it’s important to remember that season 6 ended...
- 8/21/2019
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
The adventures of Oliver Queen are soon to end as Arrow reaches its eighth and final season this fall. However, whether by accident or design, season 7 of the show came up with a way for the Green Arrow corner of the Arrowverse to be continued following the Emerald Archer’s exit. Flash-forwards were introduced in the season, exploring the next generation of heroes protecting Star City in the year 2040.
Fans have gotten very hungry for a spinoff featuring Katherine McNamara’s Mia Smoak Aka Blackstar, daughter of Oliver and Felicity, ever since season 7 wrapped up. But could it actually happen? Well, the good news is that it’s definitely being discussed behind the scenes. However, it doesn’t look like it’s a particularly high priority at present, what with the network developing a new Arrowverse property for the 2020/21 season.
So, how are fans taking this news? Well, there are conflicting responses online.
Fans have gotten very hungry for a spinoff featuring Katherine McNamara’s Mia Smoak Aka Blackstar, daughter of Oliver and Felicity, ever since season 7 wrapped up. But could it actually happen? Well, the good news is that it’s definitely being discussed behind the scenes. However, it doesn’t look like it’s a particularly high priority at present, what with the network developing a new Arrowverse property for the 2020/21 season.
So, how are fans taking this news? Well, there are conflicting responses online.
- 8/13/2019
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
With fall season about to get underway, it's time to take a look at some of the biggest casting changes.
Some shows are losing multiple stars, while others are gaining a handful.
Related: 73 Couples We'll Go to Hell Shipping
We've rounded up the biggest news below
Be sure to bookmark the page as we will continue to update it as news breaks.
1. Arrow - Emily Bett Rickards is Out Emily Bett Rickards announced earlier this year that she was bowing out of Arrow ahead of its final season. 2. Arrow - Katherine McNamara Has Been Promoted There will be a lot more Mia Smoak during Arrow's eighth and final season. Kat McNamara has been promoted to series regular. 3. Arrow - Ben Lewis Has Been Promoted Ben Lewis, who plays the adult iteration of William Clayton-Queen will also be a series regular. 4. Arrow - Joseph David-Jones Has Been Promoted There will...
Some shows are losing multiple stars, while others are gaining a handful.
Related: 73 Couples We'll Go to Hell Shipping
We've rounded up the biggest news below
Be sure to bookmark the page as we will continue to update it as news breaks.
1. Arrow - Emily Bett Rickards is Out Emily Bett Rickards announced earlier this year that she was bowing out of Arrow ahead of its final season. 2. Arrow - Katherine McNamara Has Been Promoted There will be a lot more Mia Smoak during Arrow's eighth and final season. Kat McNamara has been promoted to series regular. 3. Arrow - Ben Lewis Has Been Promoted Ben Lewis, who plays the adult iteration of William Clayton-Queen will also be a series regular. 4. Arrow - Joseph David-Jones Has Been Promoted There will...
- 8/10/2019
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Arrow actor Colton Haynes, who plays Roy Harper on the series, said today via Twitter that he was not asked back as a series regular for Arrow’s eighth and final season.
“Getting a lot of angry messages so just to clarify…I didn’t exit the last season of Arrow,” he tweeted. “I was not asked to come back for the final season as a series regular. But y’all know Roy…he’s never gone for too long.”
What that means as far as his appearance schedule on the final season of the show is unclear. Series Ep Beth Schwartz told GreenArrowTV.com that “We hope to have him back,” adding, “We love him and he’s obviously one of the foundations of the show.” However, she did not outline any particular path.
Haynes returned to being a series regular for the seventh season of Arrow last year,...
“Getting a lot of angry messages so just to clarify…I didn’t exit the last season of Arrow,” he tweeted. “I was not asked to come back for the final season as a series regular. But y’all know Roy…he’s never gone for too long.”
What that means as far as his appearance schedule on the final season of the show is unclear. Series Ep Beth Schwartz told GreenArrowTV.com that “We hope to have him back,” adding, “We love him and he’s obviously one of the foundations of the show.” However, she did not outline any particular path.
Haynes returned to being a series regular for the seventh season of Arrow last year,...
- 8/10/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Could it be that Arrow will wrap its eight-season run without putting a bow on Roy Harper’s past or future stories?
For the CW series’ 10-episode farewell run, Colton Haynes is not continuing as a series regular, the status he enjoyed in Season 7 when he reprised his role as Roy aka Arsenal. But “we hope to have him back,” showrunner Beth Schwartz told Green Arrow TV while making the rounds at the TCA press tour.
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For the CW series’ 10-episode farewell run, Colton Haynes is not continuing as a series regular, the status he enjoyed in Season 7 when he reprised his role as Roy aka Arsenal. But “we hope to have him back,” showrunner Beth Schwartz told Green Arrow TV while making the rounds at the TCA press tour.
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- 8/8/2019
- TVLine.com
Arrow season 8 will be the show’s last, but thanks to the ever-growing DC shared universe it’s created on The CW, fans are holding out hope that this isn’t it for the Emerald Archer’s corner of the Arrowverse. In fact, the series recently set up the perfect spinoff – continuing the adventures of Oliver Queen’s kids, Mia (Katherine McNamara) and William (Ben Lewis), in Star City 2040, as seen in the flash-forwards.
Fans have frequently called for such a show to happen, but The CW hasn’t responded to the speculation…until now, that is. At the TCAs this past weekend, the network’s president Mark Pedowitz was asked about the potential for an “Arrow Beyond” type spinoff. Interestingly, he didn’t rule out the idea, but admitted that discussions hadn’t really come down either way on the concept just yet. So, it sounds like it’s a possibility,...
Fans have frequently called for such a show to happen, but The CW hasn’t responded to the speculation…until now, that is. At the TCAs this past weekend, the network’s president Mark Pedowitz was asked about the potential for an “Arrow Beyond” type spinoff. Interestingly, he didn’t rule out the idea, but admitted that discussions hadn’t really come down either way on the concept just yet. So, it sounds like it’s a possibility,...
- 8/8/2019
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
With fall season about to get underway, it's time to take a look at some of the biggest casting changes.
Some shows are losing multiple stars, while others are gaining a handful.
Related: 73 Couples We'll Go to Hell Shipping
We've rounded up the biggest news below
Be sure to bookmark the page as we will continue to update it as news breaks.
1. Arrow - Emily Bett Rickards is Out Emily Bett Rickards announced earlier this year that she was bowing out of Arrow ahead of its final season. 2. Arrow - Katherine McNamara Has Been Promoted There will be a lot more Mia Smoak during Arrow's eighth and final season. Kat McNamara has been promoted to series regular. 3. Arrow - Ben Lewis Has Been Promoted Ben Lewis, who plays the adult iteration of William Clayton-Queen will also be a series regular. 4. Arrow - Joseph David-Jones Has Been Promoted There will...
Some shows are losing multiple stars, while others are gaining a handful.
Related: 73 Couples We'll Go to Hell Shipping
We've rounded up the biggest news below
Be sure to bookmark the page as we will continue to update it as news breaks.
1. Arrow - Emily Bett Rickards is Out Emily Bett Rickards announced earlier this year that she was bowing out of Arrow ahead of its final season. 2. Arrow - Katherine McNamara Has Been Promoted There will be a lot more Mia Smoak during Arrow's eighth and final season. Kat McNamara has been promoted to series regular. 3. Arrow - Ben Lewis Has Been Promoted Ben Lewis, who plays the adult iteration of William Clayton-Queen will also be a series regular. 4. Arrow - Joseph David-Jones Has Been Promoted There will...
- 8/2/2019
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
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Arrow has cast Charlie Barnett as the adult version of JJ, Diggle and Lyla's Flashpoint-born son
While it might feel like Arrow is getting ready to say goodbye with its final, 10-episode season starting this fall, there’s still time to say hello to at least one new face. At Comic Con, Arrow’s producers announced that we’re finally going to see JJ, John Diggle’s (David Ramsey) son, in Arrow’s flash-forwards, played by Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll, Tales of the City).
So far, we’ve only met JJ (short for John Jr.) in the present tense where he’s a baby. JJ is a living artifact of the Flashpoint storyline. In the original timeline, Diggle and Lyla (Audrey Marie Anderson) had a daughter they named Sara, after Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) who was – at the time – deceased. Barry Allen’s (Grant Gustin...
Arrow has cast Charlie Barnett as the adult version of JJ, Diggle and Lyla's Flashpoint-born son
While it might feel like Arrow is getting ready to say goodbye with its final, 10-episode season starting this fall, there’s still time to say hello to at least one new face. At Comic Con, Arrow’s producers announced that we’re finally going to see JJ, John Diggle’s (David Ramsey) son, in Arrow’s flash-forwards, played by Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll, Tales of the City).
So far, we’ve only met JJ (short for John Jr.) in the present tense where he’s a baby. JJ is a living artifact of the Flashpoint storyline. In the original timeline, Diggle and Lyla (Audrey Marie Anderson) had a daughter they named Sara, after Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) who was – at the time – deceased. Barry Allen’s (Grant Gustin...
- 7/21/2019
- Den of Geek
The first teaser video for Arrow‘s final season emotionally revisits all those whom Oliver Queen has loved… and lost… over the years, before teases the familiar faces he will encounter while fulfilling his commitment to the Monitor.
In the Season 7 finale, The Monitor (played by Lamonica Garrett) came to collect on the deal Oliver made during “Elseworlds.” In a flashback to that conversation, the Monitor promised Oliver “the means to save” Barry and Kara from their fatal fates. But in trade, Oliver must do “whatever the multiverse requires to survive the crisis that is looming. When it is time.
In the Season 7 finale, The Monitor (played by Lamonica Garrett) came to collect on the deal Oliver made during “Elseworlds.” In a flashback to that conversation, the Monitor promised Oliver “the means to save” Barry and Kara from their fatal fates. But in trade, Oliver must do “whatever the multiverse requires to survive the crisis that is looming. When it is time.
- 7/20/2019
- TVLine.com
Arrow‘s flash-forward family is expanding: Charlie Barnett (Chicago Fire) has joined the CW drama’s eighth and final season in the series-regular role of John Diggle, Jr., aka J.J., it was announced at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday.
The adult version of John Diggle and Lyla Michaels’ biological son has thus far only been mentioned in the 2040 Star City timeline, where he is the leader of the Deathstroke gang. He and his adopted brother Connor Hawke, who is an agent of Knightwatch, have a fractured relationship that will pit them against each other.
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The adult version of John Diggle and Lyla Michaels’ biological son has thus far only been mentioned in the 2040 Star City timeline, where he is the leader of the Deathstroke gang. He and his adopted brother Connor Hawke, who is an agent of Knightwatch, have a fractured relationship that will pit them against each other.
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- 7/20/2019
- TVLine.com
We’ll be meeting John Diggle’s other son in the eighth and final season of the CW’s Arrow.
Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll) is set as a new series regular in the role of John Diggle, Jr. Known as J.J., John Diggle, Jr. is the Flashpoint-born son of John Diggle (David Ramsey) and Lyla Michaels (Audrey Marie Anderson). We meet J.J. in the future as the leader of the Deathstroke Gang, where he faces off against Mia and his adopted brother, Connor. Fans first learned of John Diggle’s other son following last season’s introduction of next-gen vigilantes Mia Smoak and Connor Hawke.
The new casting was announced during Arrow‘s panel today at Comic-Con in San Diego, where cast and producers elaborated on what’s in store for the future in the CW/Wbtv’s hit DC series’ final season
Barnett joins previously announced new series regulars Katherine McNamara,...
Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll) is set as a new series regular in the role of John Diggle, Jr. Known as J.J., John Diggle, Jr. is the Flashpoint-born son of John Diggle (David Ramsey) and Lyla Michaels (Audrey Marie Anderson). We meet J.J. in the future as the leader of the Deathstroke Gang, where he faces off against Mia and his adopted brother, Connor. Fans first learned of John Diggle’s other son following last season’s introduction of next-gen vigilantes Mia Smoak and Connor Hawke.
The new casting was announced during Arrow‘s panel today at Comic-Con in San Diego, where cast and producers elaborated on what’s in store for the future in the CW/Wbtv’s hit DC series’ final season
Barnett joins previously announced new series regulars Katherine McNamara,...
- 7/20/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Russian Doll” star Charlie Barnett has joined the final season of “Arrow” as John Diggle, Jr. — the other son of John Diggle.
The CW superhero series announced Barnett’s casting during the show’s farewell Comic-Con panel on Saturday, giving this description for the character, who joins following last season’s introduction of next-gen vigilantes Mia Smoak (Katherine McNamara) and Connor Hawke (Joseph David-Jones):
Diggle, Jr. — known as J.J. — is the Flashpoint-born son of John Diggle (played by David Ramsey) and Lyla Michaels (played by Audrey Marie Anderson). We meet J.J. in the future as the leader of the Deathstroke Gang, where he faces off against Mia and his adopted brother, Connor.
Also Read: San Diego Comic-Con 2019 Schedule: Here Are All the Must-See Panels and Screenings
On top of the Diggle family drama, The CW warns that “with the reappearance of The Monitor (Lamonica Garrett) in the season seven finale of ‘Arrow,...
The CW superhero series announced Barnett’s casting during the show’s farewell Comic-Con panel on Saturday, giving this description for the character, who joins following last season’s introduction of next-gen vigilantes Mia Smoak (Katherine McNamara) and Connor Hawke (Joseph David-Jones):
Diggle, Jr. — known as J.J. — is the Flashpoint-born son of John Diggle (played by David Ramsey) and Lyla Michaels (played by Audrey Marie Anderson). We meet J.J. in the future as the leader of the Deathstroke Gang, where he faces off against Mia and his adopted brother, Connor.
Also Read: San Diego Comic-Con 2019 Schedule: Here Are All the Must-See Panels and Screenings
On top of the Diggle family drama, The CW warns that “with the reappearance of The Monitor (Lamonica Garrett) in the season seven finale of ‘Arrow,...
- 7/20/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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