Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) and Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) are masters in their field. As the Dead Boy Detectives, they specialize in solving supernatural cases that would otherwise remain unsolved — like their own deaths. So cracking the lingering “Case of the Devlin House” should just be a feather in their cap, right?
Well, let’s review how it meets their criteria as a case only they could solve: After freeing Niko (Yuyu Kitamura) from her Sprites infestation in Episode 2, the Dead Boy Detectives, Niko, and clairvoyant Crystal (Kassius Nelson) are ready to take on a new client in Episode 3. When freshly minted ghost Susan arrives in their office (aka Crystal’s apartment), she presumes they know the terrifying lore of the Devlin family’s murder in 1994. But as they’re new in town, alas, they do not.
They soon learn this woman’s brother-in-law snapped one night and killed his...
Well, let’s review how it meets their criteria as a case only they could solve: After freeing Niko (Yuyu Kitamura) from her Sprites infestation in Episode 2, the Dead Boy Detectives, Niko, and clairvoyant Crystal (Kassius Nelson) are ready to take on a new client in Episode 3. When freshly minted ghost Susan arrives in their office (aka Crystal’s apartment), she presumes they know the terrifying lore of the Devlin family’s murder in 1994. But as they’re new in town, alas, they do not.
They soon learn this woman’s brother-in-law snapped one night and killed his...
- 5/2/2024
- by Tara Bitran
- Tudum - Netflix
In Vertigo DC’s ‘Dead Boy Detectives,’ Charles Rowland emerges as one of the compelling protagonists, joined by his ghostly companion, Edwin Paine. Together, they operate the Dead Boy Detective Agency, a venture dedicated to assisting lost souls in their transition to the afterlife. As the narrative unfolds, it delves into Charles’ personal struggles, unveiling the trauma he carries as a victim of physical and emotional abuse.
Charles’ story is an exploration of the lasting impact of mistreatment, even in the realm of the dead. While he dedicates himself to helping others find peace, the series dissects the layers of Charles’ own emotional turmoil, shedding light on his invisible scars. Furthermore, the friendship between Charles and Edwin takes center stage, highlighting the importance of their relationship and why it is crucial that we talk about it.
Spoilers Ahead
How did Charles die?
Charles Rowland was a teenage student at St.
Charles’ story is an exploration of the lasting impact of mistreatment, even in the realm of the dead. While he dedicates himself to helping others find peace, the series dissects the layers of Charles’ own emotional turmoil, shedding light on his invisible scars. Furthermore, the friendship between Charles and Edwin takes center stage, highlighting the importance of their relationship and why it is crucial that we talk about it.
Spoilers Ahead
How did Charles die?
Charles Rowland was a teenage student at St.
- 4/25/2024
- by Shrey Ashley Philip
- Film Fugitives
TriStar Pictures believed they had the surest of things when they hired Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin to make the first Hollywood "Godzilla" flick. The duo had just delivered the biggest film of 1996 in "Independence Day," and appeared poised to become a blockbuster brand name on par with Steven Spielberg and James Cameron. Every studio in town wanted to make their next smash hit. But this is where the trouble started: TriStar wanted Emmerich and Devlin to make its next smash hit.
The 1998 iteration of "Godzilla" did not originate with Emmerich and Devlin. TriStar came very close to greenlighting it in 1994 with Jan De Bont (hot off the success of "Speed") directing a screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio (who would eventually make their franchise fortune on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series), which would've placed it in direct competition with "Independence Day" during the summer of 1996. So this all felt awfully fortuitous.
The 1998 iteration of "Godzilla" did not originate with Emmerich and Devlin. TriStar came very close to greenlighting it in 1994 with Jan De Bont (hot off the success of "Speed") directing a screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio (who would eventually make their franchise fortune on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series), which would've placed it in direct competition with "Independence Day" during the summer of 1996. So this all felt awfully fortuitous.
- 4/20/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Stars: Warren McCook, Rían Early, Colette Lennon Dougal, Declan Rodgers, Sophie Hill, Emily Lamey, Charlie Bonner | Written by Tony Devlin, Paul Kennedy | Directed by Tony Devlin
There’s been a lot of good found-footage films coming out recently, such as Tahoe Joe 2 and Woods Witch. Now there’s The Glenarma Tapes, an Irish film that begins by telling us that seven people went missing in the woods around Glenarma one night in 2020. One was later found near death and in a coma. Two years later, the police found the footage we’re about to see…
The footage starts innocently enough, as we watch Gordy (Warren McCook; Hope Street) go through his day as a student at Mid Ulster College of Art. His friend Jimmy is making a day-in-the-life type film for his class project. He’s certainly an interesting subject, going from making insightful comments about Romeo and Juliet to...
There’s been a lot of good found-footage films coming out recently, such as Tahoe Joe 2 and Woods Witch. Now there’s The Glenarma Tapes, an Irish film that begins by telling us that seven people went missing in the woods around Glenarma one night in 2020. One was later found near death and in a coma. Two years later, the police found the footage we’re about to see…
The footage starts innocently enough, as we watch Gordy (Warren McCook; Hope Street) go through his day as a student at Mid Ulster College of Art. His friend Jimmy is making a day-in-the-life type film for his class project. He’s certainly an interesting subject, going from making insightful comments about Romeo and Juliet to...
- 4/2/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Lainey Wilson is getting ready for her performance at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards!
The 31-year-old Grammy-winning singer went solo while walking the red carpet on Monday (April 1) at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
Lainey‘s boyfriend Devlin “Duck” Hodges didn’t walk the carpet with her and it’s unclear if he attended the event with her or not.
The couple have been dating for over three years, but they only went public as a couple back in May 2023. They walked the red carpet at the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards together.
In a recent interview, Lainey explained why she waited so long to debut her relationship with Devlin, who goes by the name Duck.
“I said, ‘We gonna see if you’re in it for the right reasons.’ Turns out, he is,” Lainey told People. “Somebody said how funny it was watching him high-five all of my artist friends at the ACMs,...
The 31-year-old Grammy-winning singer went solo while walking the red carpet on Monday (April 1) at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
Lainey‘s boyfriend Devlin “Duck” Hodges didn’t walk the carpet with her and it’s unclear if he attended the event with her or not.
The couple have been dating for over three years, but they only went public as a couple back in May 2023. They walked the red carpet at the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards together.
In a recent interview, Lainey explained why she waited so long to debut her relationship with Devlin, who goes by the name Duck.
“I said, ‘We gonna see if you’re in it for the right reasons.’ Turns out, he is,” Lainey told People. “Somebody said how funny it was watching him high-five all of my artist friends at the ACMs,...
- 4/1/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
“Asog” is a 2023 docufiction by Filipino-Canadian director Seán Devlin, making it his second full-length feature. It debuted at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize for Screenwriting, International Narrative Feature at the 2023 Outfest. After “When The Storm Fades” (2018), Devlin comes back with another impactful testimony on the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda, by mixing comedy and realism.
Asog is screening at Cinemasia
Philippines, 2013. The Super Typhoon Yolanda, also called Typhoon Haiyan, devastated the country. It killed thousands of people and destroyed entire towns and islands. Life hasn't been easy since the natural disaster struck the territory, and its citizens still have to get back on their feet. Jaya (Jaya), a non-binary former teacher and comedian, loses their TV show as the studio is washed away in the typhoon. Meanwhile, one of their former students, Arnel (Arnel Pablo), is left alone at home as he recently lost his mother and his father is away.
Asog is screening at Cinemasia
Philippines, 2013. The Super Typhoon Yolanda, also called Typhoon Haiyan, devastated the country. It killed thousands of people and destroyed entire towns and islands. Life hasn't been easy since the natural disaster struck the territory, and its citizens still have to get back on their feet. Jaya (Jaya), a non-binary former teacher and comedian, loses their TV show as the studio is washed away in the typhoon. Meanwhile, one of their former students, Arnel (Arnel Pablo), is left alone at home as he recently lost his mother and his father is away.
- 3/5/2024
- by Federica Giampaolo
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Former The Outpost star Jessica Green is returning to the CW for her second series at the network, as a series regular in The Librarians: The Next Chapter, a spinoff of the fantasy adventure series, from writer and executive producer Dean Devlin.
The Librarians: The Next Chapter is a spinoff of the original TV series The Librarians, which followed the adventures of the custodians of a magical repository of the world’s most powerful and dangerous supernatural artifacts. The new series centers on a “Librarian” from the past, who time traveled to the present and now finds himself stuck here. When he returns to his castle, which is now a museum, he inadvertently releases magic across the continent. He is given a new team to help him clean up the mess he made, forming a new team of Librarians.
Green will play Charlie Cornwall, the Guardian. Charlie, having been...
The Librarians: The Next Chapter is a spinoff of the original TV series The Librarians, which followed the adventures of the custodians of a magical repository of the world’s most powerful and dangerous supernatural artifacts. The new series centers on a “Librarian” from the past, who time traveled to the present and now finds himself stuck here. When he returns to his castle, which is now a museum, he inadvertently releases magic across the continent. He is given a new team to help him clean up the mess he made, forming a new team of Librarians.
Green will play Charlie Cornwall, the Guardian. Charlie, having been...
- 2/28/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
After almost a year of radio silence, we have some good news to report about Leverage: Redemption.
The fan-favorite reboot has been renewed for a third season, which is set to air in 2024.
There is a significant change on the horizon for the series.
It will no longer be a Freevee original and has been shifted to Prime Video for the next season.
No reason for the change in streaming home has been given, but it's probably thanks to the devoted audience that has embraced the show since it premiered in July 2021.
Reboots are tricky to pull off, with many imploding once the initial curiosity factor wears off.
But fans have connected with this revamped series, thanks to its featuring many franchise veterans and new characters to tell a different story.
Prime Video Drops Trailers for The Boys & Fallout, and Good News for Reacher Fans
The first two seasons will remain on Freevee,...
The fan-favorite reboot has been renewed for a third season, which is set to air in 2024.
There is a significant change on the horizon for the series.
It will no longer be a Freevee original and has been shifted to Prime Video for the next season.
No reason for the change in streaming home has been given, but it's probably thanks to the devoted audience that has embraced the show since it premiered in July 2021.
Reboots are tricky to pull off, with many imploding once the initial curiosity factor wears off.
But fans have connected with this revamped series, thanks to its featuring many franchise veterans and new characters to tell a different story.
Prime Video Drops Trailers for The Boys & Fallout, and Good News for Reacher Fans
The first two seasons will remain on Freevee,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Leverage: Redemption will be back for a third season on a new platform. Amazon MGM Studios has renewed the popular heist-drama series, whose first two seasons streamed on Freevee, and is moving to Prime Video for Season 3. The third season will premiere on Prime Video next year in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Produced by Electric Entertainment, Leverage: Redemption follows a Robin Hood-esque team of criminals as they stage elaborate cons against corrupt and powerful individuals on behalf of clients who have been wronged. It stars Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf, Aldis Hodge, Noah Wyle, and Aleyse Shannon.
“Fans have been devoted to Leverage: Redemption since the series premiered on Freevee,” says Lauren Anderson, head of AVOD; unscripted and targeted programming, Amazon MGM Studios. “Every season has showcased the fun dynamic between our cast combined with the triumphant, David vs. Goliath stories envisioned by our writers.
Produced by Electric Entertainment, Leverage: Redemption follows a Robin Hood-esque team of criminals as they stage elaborate cons against corrupt and powerful individuals on behalf of clients who have been wronged. It stars Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf, Aldis Hodge, Noah Wyle, and Aleyse Shannon.
“Fans have been devoted to Leverage: Redemption since the series premiered on Freevee,” says Lauren Anderson, head of AVOD; unscripted and targeted programming, Amazon MGM Studios. “Every season has showcased the fun dynamic between our cast combined with the triumphant, David vs. Goliath stories envisioned by our writers.
- 12/5/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Leverage: Redemption” has been renewed for Season 3, but will be changing platforms. The first two seasons aired on Amazon’s Freevee, but Season 3 will debut on sister streamer Prime Video in 2024 instead.
The move is significant, as “Leverage: Redemption,” a revival of the TNT series “Leverage,” was one of the major scripted titles available on Freevee. The show was ordered to series in 2020, when Freevee was still branded as IMDb TV. Freevee’s biggest scripted series at present is “Bosch: Legacy,” while a spinoff of that show was recently ordered at Prime Video as well.
The first two seasons of “Leverage: Redemption” are currently available to stream on Freevee, as is “Leverage” via Electric Entertainment’s Fast Channel and on-demand.
“Fans have been devoted to ‘Leverage: Redemption’ since the series premiered on Freevee,” says Lauren Anderson, head of AVOD; unscripted and targeted programming for Amazon MGM Studios. “Every season has...
The move is significant, as “Leverage: Redemption,” a revival of the TNT series “Leverage,” was one of the major scripted titles available on Freevee. The show was ordered to series in 2020, when Freevee was still branded as IMDb TV. Freevee’s biggest scripted series at present is “Bosch: Legacy,” while a spinoff of that show was recently ordered at Prime Video as well.
The first two seasons of “Leverage: Redemption” are currently available to stream on Freevee, as is “Leverage” via Electric Entertainment’s Fast Channel and on-demand.
“Fans have been devoted to ‘Leverage: Redemption’ since the series premiered on Freevee,” says Lauren Anderson, head of AVOD; unscripted and targeted programming for Amazon MGM Studios. “Every season has...
- 12/5/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The con is still on! But on a new streaming home.
Leverage: Redemption has been renewed for Season 3, TVLine has learned, to premiere in 2024 on Prime Video in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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The first two seasons of the heist drama streamed exclusively on Freevee, Prime Video’s ad-supported hub, and will still be available there.
TVLine hears that at this time,...
Leverage: Redemption has been renewed for Season 3, TVLine has learned, to premiere in 2024 on Prime Video in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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The first two seasons of the heist drama streamed exclusively on Freevee, Prime Video’s ad-supported hub, and will still be available there.
TVLine hears that at this time,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Lainey Wilson is already making CMAs history as one of the most-nominated artists of all time and hopefully she’ll make more history with a bunch of wins during the show.
If Lainey picks up some awards, expect her to thank her boyfriend Devlin Hodges at some point during a speech!
The 31-year-old singer and the 27-year-old former NFL player have been dating for nearly three years, but they only went public as a couple back in May 2023. They walked the red carpet at the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards together.
In a recent interview, Lainey explained why she waited so long to debut her relationship with Devlin, who goes by the name Duck.
Keep reading to find out more…
“I said, ‘We gonna see if you’re in it for the right reasons.’ Turns out, he is,” Lainey told People. “Somebody said how funny it was watching him high-five...
If Lainey picks up some awards, expect her to thank her boyfriend Devlin Hodges at some point during a speech!
The 31-year-old singer and the 27-year-old former NFL player have been dating for nearly three years, but they only went public as a couple back in May 2023. They walked the red carpet at the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards together.
In a recent interview, Lainey explained why she waited so long to debut her relationship with Devlin, who goes by the name Duck.
Keep reading to find out more…
“I said, ‘We gonna see if you’re in it for the right reasons.’ Turns out, he is,” Lainey told People. “Somebody said how funny it was watching him high-five...
- 11/8/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Stars: Woody Norman, Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman | Written by Chris Thomas Devlin | Directed by Samuel Bodin
Cobweb begins a week before Halloween when Peter is woken up by the sound of knocking seemingly coming from inside his bedroom wall. You can’t blame him for being creeped out, with its peeling paint and backyard full of rotting pumpkins the house already looks like something out of a horror movie. And then there’s that weird bulging thing the walls in his room do while he’s sleeping.
We also quickly learn that he has no friends and gets bullied at school. His parents Carol and Mark also won’t let him dress up for Halloween, something that may be related to the disappearance of a young girl a few years ago. Unsurprisingly they also don’t believe him about the knocking.
Writer Chris Thomas Devlin, whose only other...
Cobweb begins a week before Halloween when Peter is woken up by the sound of knocking seemingly coming from inside his bedroom wall. You can’t blame him for being creeped out, with its peeling paint and backyard full of rotting pumpkins the house already looks like something out of a horror movie. And then there’s that weird bulging thing the walls in his room do while he’s sleeping.
We also quickly learn that he has no friends and gets bullied at school. His parents Carol and Mark also won’t let him dress up for Halloween, something that may be related to the disappearance of a young girl a few years ago. Unsurprisingly they also don’t believe him about the knocking.
Writer Chris Thomas Devlin, whose only other...
- 10/31/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
The title premiered in Tribeca, and will play at BFI London Film Festival.
UK sales outfit Studio Soho International, the sales arm of Film Soho, has boarded European sales of Seán Devlin’s Asog, with Los Angeles-based finance, production and sales outfit Est Studios representing rights in the rest of the world.
The film premiered in Tribeca, and will also play at BFI London Film Festival. It was part of this year’s Cannes Docs-in-Progress, and blends road movie with elements of documentary. A typhoon survivor, a newly jobless schoolteacher and non-binary Filipino comedian embark on a road trip to a drag pageant.
UK sales outfit Studio Soho International, the sales arm of Film Soho, has boarded European sales of Seán Devlin’s Asog, with Los Angeles-based finance, production and sales outfit Est Studios representing rights in the rest of the world.
The film premiered in Tribeca, and will also play at BFI London Film Festival. It was part of this year’s Cannes Docs-in-Progress, and blends road movie with elements of documentary. A typhoon survivor, a newly jobless schoolteacher and non-binary Filipino comedian embark on a road trip to a drag pageant.
- 10/3/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Given U2’s reputation for pushing technical and creative boundaries with its live concerts, it seemed fitting that the band opened the anticipated Sphere in Las Vegas on Friday with its most ambitious and transportive live show ever: an electrifying live performance and visual odyssey that unfolds on Sphere’s enveloping 160,000-square-foot wraparound interior LED display.
Built for an estimated $2.3 billion, Sphere is a big gamble by Msg mogul James Dolan and Sphere Entertainment Co. (which was formed in April to combine Sphere and Msg Networks) on the future of entertainment. At 336 feet tall and 516 feet wide, the venue is now the largest spherical structure in the world, housing the largest interior and exterior wraparound LED displays. Inside, the enveloping LED display supports a high resolution of 16K, meaning that it delivers images so lifelike that it may make you feel as though you’re no longer in a Las...
Built for an estimated $2.3 billion, Sphere is a big gamble by Msg mogul James Dolan and Sphere Entertainment Co. (which was formed in April to combine Sphere and Msg Networks) on the future of entertainment. At 336 feet tall and 516 feet wide, the venue is now the largest spherical structure in the world, housing the largest interior and exterior wraparound LED displays. Inside, the enveloping LED display supports a high resolution of 16K, meaning that it delivers images so lifelike that it may make you feel as though you’re no longer in a Las...
- 9/30/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Plot: When the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful Game Developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology, they must become spies themselves to save their parents and the world.
Review: Robert Rodriguez has always had two distinct film output: mature genre offerings aimed at adult audiences and family-friendly action flicks aimed at the youngest viewers. While Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios has used in-house special effects work to deliver pulpy flicks like Machete and the recent Hypnotic, the full-blown CGI worlds of the Spy Kids films have given the indie filmmaker a playground to make every childhood fantasy come to life. After four films centered on the Cortez family of spies, Rodriguez and his son Racer Max have written a franchise reboot centered on two new pint-sized agents as they use their knowledge of video games to save their parents and the world.
Review: Robert Rodriguez has always had two distinct film output: mature genre offerings aimed at adult audiences and family-friendly action flicks aimed at the youngest viewers. While Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios has used in-house special effects work to deliver pulpy flicks like Machete and the recent Hypnotic, the full-blown CGI worlds of the Spy Kids films have given the indie filmmaker a playground to make every childhood fantasy come to life. After four films centered on the Cortez family of spies, Rodriguez and his son Racer Max have written a franchise reboot centered on two new pint-sized agents as they use their knowledge of video games to save their parents and the world.
- 9/22/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
The latest film by Sin City director Robert Rodriguez just released and it’s a reboot of his Spy Kids franchise titled Spy Kids: Armageddon. The franchise started with its first installment Spy Kids in 2001 and was very well received by the public. The strong Latino family dynamics and the new technology special effects were all responsible for the overwhelming love the film received. Rodriguez made three more sequels, and they all went down in quality. This new one is a fresh story with a new family that mixes in the fears associated with the budding AI technology. The characters in the film have the same warmth and humorous quality that made the franchise what it is. It is very much a movie for kids with some great moral lessons hidden in the narrative. The elements of video games and technology have their own allure and the film hints at...
- 9/22/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
The seventh episode of the AppleTV+ limited series Hijack aired, and with it, the series came to its conclusion. It was truly a fun ride while it lasted. But every good thing must come to an end eventually, no matter how much you don’t want it to. The final episode had the responsibility of neatly tying up all loose ends, and it tried to do that but, in the process, hurried through the plot. In the previous episode, Robin Allen was shot dead, and now that the plane was nearing London, the question became, will it land safely or will it crash? There were over 200 people on the plane. Saving them by providing external help seemed impossible, even for Louise and Neil. The plan had to be executed from inside the plane. Sam was put on the spot again, and it was left to his negotiating acumen to get the plane to land safely.
- 8/2/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
If the previous episode of Hijack was a little bit of a dud, it’s probably because the series had in its arsenal the latest episode, which absolutely knocked it out of the park with its thrilling turn of events. The hijackers had threatened to do further damage if the authorities didn’t release Edgar Janssen and John Bailey-Brown. Sam was running out of breathing space, as the plane was just a couple of hours away from its destination, and the situation on the flight was dangerously close to getting out of hand. Stuart had lost his brother Lewis, and he could wreak havoc if he lost his composure. Sam knew that and had to come up with a way to minimize the damage. This episode finally showed us the dreaded criminals Edgar and John, to secure whose freedom the plane had been hijacked, apparently. The real shocker came at...
- 7/26/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
Stars: Woody Norman, Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman | Written by Chris Thomas Devlin | Directed by Samuel Bodin
Cobweb begins a week before Halloween when Peter is woken up by the sound of knocking seemingly coming from inside his bedroom wall. You can’t blame him for being creeped out, with its peeling paint and backyard full of rotting pumpkins the house already looks like something out of a horror movie. And then there’s that weird bulging thing the walls in his room do while he’s sleeping.
We also quickly learn that he has no friends and gets bullied at school. His parents Carol and Mark also won’t let him dress up for Halloween, something that may be related to the disappearance of a young girl a few years ago. Unsurprisingly they also don’t believe him about the knocking.
Writer Chris Thomas Devlin, whose only other...
Cobweb begins a week before Halloween when Peter is woken up by the sound of knocking seemingly coming from inside his bedroom wall. You can’t blame him for being creeped out, with its peeling paint and backyard full of rotting pumpkins the house already looks like something out of a horror movie. And then there’s that weird bulging thing the walls in his room do while he’s sleeping.
We also quickly learn that he has no friends and gets bullied at school. His parents Carol and Mark also won’t let him dress up for Halloween, something that may be related to the disappearance of a young girl a few years ago. Unsurprisingly they also don’t believe him about the knocking.
Writer Chris Thomas Devlin, whose only other...
- 7/21/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Lionsgate’s new thriller “Cobweb” is the kind of film horror fans live for: A tight, terrifying ride that’s filled with surprises but plays fair with the audience — there are a lot of twists and shocks, but no gimmicks in Chris Thomas Devlin’s screenplay. That script, which placed on the Black List in 2018, follows 8-year-old Peter (Woody Norman) as he becomes convinced that his parents (Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr) are keeping a horrible secret — a secret connected to the tapping he hears from inside his wall. The premise is simple, but Devlin takes it in one unpredictable direction after another, keeping the characterizations and situations just realistic enough for us to stay emotionally invested while letting the story spin off into surreal and horrifying worlds.
That’s a challenging tone to sustain, but the ingenuity of Devlin’s script finds its visual corollary in Samuel Bodin’s direction.
That’s a challenging tone to sustain, but the ingenuity of Devlin’s script finds its visual corollary in Samuel Bodin’s direction.
- 7/20/2023
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Spoiler Alert: The following reveals major plot points from the series finale of FX’s Mayans M.C. titled “Slow to Bleed Fair Son.”
On tonight’s episode of Mayans M.C. titled “Slow to Bleed Fair Son,” the biker gang whose origins date back to Kurt Sutter’s Sons of Anarchy and later expanded into its own spinoff series takes its last ride—and it’s messy as hell.
Without El Padrino Marcus Alvarez (Emilio Rivera) at the helm of the club, it was only a matter of time before the whole thing exploded into chaos. After being ousted by former prospect turned president Ez Reyes (Jd Pardo) in Season 4, it took some time for Alvarez to figure out what his life would look like in a post-Mayans world. As the founding member of the charter, Alvarez struggled but discovered in the finale ever so clearly that he is where...
On tonight’s episode of Mayans M.C. titled “Slow to Bleed Fair Son,” the biker gang whose origins date back to Kurt Sutter’s Sons of Anarchy and later expanded into its own spinoff series takes its last ride—and it’s messy as hell.
Without El Padrino Marcus Alvarez (Emilio Rivera) at the helm of the club, it was only a matter of time before the whole thing exploded into chaos. After being ousted by former prospect turned president Ez Reyes (Jd Pardo) in Season 4, it took some time for Alvarez to figure out what his life would look like in a post-Mayans world. As the founding member of the charter, Alvarez struggled but discovered in the finale ever so clearly that he is where...
- 7/20/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Samuel Bodin established a talent for crafting bone-chilling scares with “Marianne,” a series that saw a fairy tale nightmare spill over into waking life for its protagonists. For his follow-up, Cobweb, Bodin steps further into the realm of fairy tales for a gateway horror effort that plays like a bedtime story. In the severing of reality, though, Cobweb spins a messy web.
Eight-year-old Peter (Woody Norman) suffers night terrors that have his parents, Carol (Lizzy Caplan) and Mark (Antony Starr), at their wit’s end. Peter’s insistence that something’s inside his bedroom walls tapping all night long gets chalked up to an active imagination. The sounds become more consistent, and Mom and Dad’s peculiar reactions to Peter’s claims instill suspicion. Not helping the mounting mistrust is Peter’s school life, where his peers bully him. Peter’s new substitute teacher, Miss Devine (Cleopatra Coleman), takes...
Eight-year-old Peter (Woody Norman) suffers night terrors that have his parents, Carol (Lizzy Caplan) and Mark (Antony Starr), at their wit’s end. Peter’s insistence that something’s inside his bedroom walls tapping all night long gets chalked up to an active imagination. The sounds become more consistent, and Mom and Dad’s peculiar reactions to Peter’s claims instill suspicion. Not helping the mounting mistrust is Peter’s school life, where his peers bully him. Peter’s new substitute teacher, Miss Devine (Cleopatra Coleman), takes...
- 7/19/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
After turning heads with the well-received but short-lived Netflix original horror series Marianne, French director Samuel Bodin moves into features with the visually compelling though ultimately disappointing chiller, Cobweb. Written by Chris Thomas Devlin, who took a stab at rejuvenating the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise in 2022, the script landed on the Black List, among the best unproduced screenplays of 2018, as well as its horror counterpart, the Blood List. That pedigree clearly helped draw a solid cast and crafts team, but after a promising set-up, the story’s internal logic gets scrambled.
Suspenseful though seldom scary, the film is set a week before Halloween and hinges for a good part of its run time on the reliable horror trope of the threat coming from inside the house.
It effectively defies the natural family dynamic of parents as protectors of the vulnerable by giving the young protagonist, Peter (Woody Norman, from C...
Suspenseful though seldom scary, the film is set a week before Halloween and hinges for a good part of its run time on the reliable horror trope of the threat coming from inside the house.
It effectively defies the natural family dynamic of parents as protectors of the vulnerable by giving the young protagonist, Peter (Woody Norman, from C...
- 7/19/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the vast realm of horror films, Cobweb emerges as a new addition inviting audiences into a world where appearances deceive and secrets hide beneath the surface. Directed by Samuel Bodin and written by Chris Thomas Devlin, and starring Lizzy Caplan, Woody Norman, Antony Starr and Cleopatra Coleman, the movie’s strengths lie in the established atmosphere of intrigue and suspense. However, it can’t sustain that as it grapples with missed opportunities and a lackluster conclusion that fails to bring closure to its narrative.
Cobweb starts with Peter (Norman) waking up from a nightmare and he hears noises in his bedroom walls. He runs over to the wall and knocks on it — and it knocks back. His mother Carol (Caplan) bursts into the room to find out what’s going on but ends up tucking him in to go back to bed. The next night he hears the voice...
Cobweb starts with Peter (Norman) waking up from a nightmare and he hears noises in his bedroom walls. He runs over to the wall and knocks on it — and it knocks back. His mother Carol (Caplan) bursts into the room to find out what’s going on but ends up tucking him in to go back to bed. The next night he hears the voice...
- 7/19/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Horror is a genre that constantly tries to upend audience expectations. In this last year alone, horror features like “Barbarian” and “M3GAN” have tried to tell new, unique tales that have franchise potential, so it’s not hard to find a movie that just wants to tell a story in a creative way.
Such is the case with “Cobweb,” a wholly original story written by Chris Thomas Devlin (who wrote the 2022 reboot of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”) that appears to draw heavy inspiration from short-form horror content like “Tales From the Crypt” and features like “The People Under the Stairs.” And if you enjoy those inspirations, “Cobweb” sets itself up to be a success, especially with its leads being Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr, two performers who know how to creep people out.
The setup is fascinating almost immediately. Young Peter (Woody Norman) lives in an old house with his parents,...
Such is the case with “Cobweb,” a wholly original story written by Chris Thomas Devlin (who wrote the 2022 reboot of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”) that appears to draw heavy inspiration from short-form horror content like “Tales From the Crypt” and features like “The People Under the Stairs.” And if you enjoy those inspirations, “Cobweb” sets itself up to be a success, especially with its leads being Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr, two performers who know how to creep people out.
The setup is fascinating almost immediately. Young Peter (Woody Norman) lives in an old house with his parents,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
Note: This Cobweb interview was conducted prior to the current SAG-AFTRA strike.
Samuel Bodin, the creator of Netflix horror series “Marianne,” returns to the genre with Lionsgate’s horror movie Cobweb, releasing in theaters on July 21.
Cobweb, written by Chris Thomas Devlin, follows eight-year-old Peter as mysterious tappings from within his bedroom walls lead him to suspect his parents (Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr) are hiding a terrible secret.
Ahead of the film’s release, Bloody Disgusting spoke with both Samuel Bodin and Woody Norman about their gateway horror fairy tale and the scares you’ll find nestled within.
Much like “Marianne,” Bodin injects Cobweb with a fairy tale quality, well-suited for the scary bedtime story-like nightmares its young protagonist endures. While the similarities end there between “Marianne” and Cobweb, it does highlight Bodin’s affinity for building backstories.
The filmmaker explains his approach, “I always try to attack a story as the story demands.
Samuel Bodin, the creator of Netflix horror series “Marianne,” returns to the genre with Lionsgate’s horror movie Cobweb, releasing in theaters on July 21.
Cobweb, written by Chris Thomas Devlin, follows eight-year-old Peter as mysterious tappings from within his bedroom walls lead him to suspect his parents (Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr) are hiding a terrible secret.
Ahead of the film’s release, Bloody Disgusting spoke with both Samuel Bodin and Woody Norman about their gateway horror fairy tale and the scares you’ll find nestled within.
Much like “Marianne,” Bodin injects Cobweb with a fairy tale quality, well-suited for the scary bedtime story-like nightmares its young protagonist endures. While the similarities end there between “Marianne” and Cobweb, it does highlight Bodin’s affinity for building backstories.
The filmmaker explains his approach, “I always try to attack a story as the story demands.
- 7/19/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Conor McGregor’s family is growing even bigger.
On Wednesday, the former UFC champ revealed on “Live with Kelly and Mark” that he and fiancée Dee Devlin are expecting their fourth child together.
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Asked about life at home with his three kids, McGregor said, “Things are going well, we’ve also got another one on the way. In a couple more weeks, we’ll be able to find out what the sex of the baby is.
“We’re very excited back home, a lot of great things happening. I’m very, very blessed and very thankful. Every day I smile up to God and thank God,” he added.
McGregor and Devlin have two sons, Conor Jr, 6, and Rian, 2, as well as 4-year-old daughter, Croia Mairead.
“There’s a lot going on. Training is picking up with Junior,...
On Wednesday, the former UFC champ revealed on “Live with Kelly and Mark” that he and fiancée Dee Devlin are expecting their fourth child together.
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Asked about life at home with his three kids, McGregor said, “Things are going well, we’ve also got another one on the way. In a couple more weeks, we’ll be able to find out what the sex of the baby is.
“We’re very excited back home, a lot of great things happening. I’m very, very blessed and very thankful. Every day I smile up to God and thank God,” he added.
McGregor and Devlin have two sons, Conor Jr, 6, and Rian, 2, as well as 4-year-old daughter, Croia Mairead.
“There’s a lot going on. Training is picking up with Junior,...
- 6/15/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
At one point, we didn't think Almost Paradise Season 2 would see the light of day.
The series premiered in 2020 on WGN America and picked up many passionate fans along the way.
The team-up of Christian Kane and Dean Devlin always leads to magic, so we were left in shock when the series was let go by the cable network.
Thankfully, Amazon Freevee stepped in and picked up Almost Paradise Season 2, and it premieres this summer.
As revealed Monday by TV Line, all ten episodes of Almost Paradise Season 2 will wash up on the free streaming service on Friday, July 21.
It will be available in the U.S. and the UK on that date, with other territories likely following shortly after.
Kane returns to star along with returning executive producers and co-showrunners Devlin and Gary Rosen.
Kane plays Alex Walker, a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent forced into early retirement.
The series premiered in 2020 on WGN America and picked up many passionate fans along the way.
The team-up of Christian Kane and Dean Devlin always leads to magic, so we were left in shock when the series was let go by the cable network.
Thankfully, Amazon Freevee stepped in and picked up Almost Paradise Season 2, and it premieres this summer.
As revealed Monday by TV Line, all ten episodes of Almost Paradise Season 2 will wash up on the free streaming service on Friday, July 21.
It will be available in the U.S. and the UK on that date, with other territories likely following shortly after.
Kane returns to star along with returning executive producers and co-showrunners Devlin and Gary Rosen.
Kane plays Alex Walker, a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent forced into early retirement.
- 6/12/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
It is at long last time for Christian Kane and friends to return to Almost Paradise.
TVLine has learned exclusively that Season 2 of the action drama will premiere all 10 episodes on Amazon’s Freevee on Friday, July 21, in the U.S. and UK.
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We also have a first look at the Season 2 trailer (press play above), plus the key art posters (below).
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TVLine has learned exclusively that Season 2 of the action drama will premiere all 10 episodes on Amazon’s Freevee on Friday, July 21, in the U.S. and UK.
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We also have a first look at the Season 2 trailer (press play above), plus the key art posters (below).
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- 6/12/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Speaking to Yahoo! News Stargate (1994) movie co-creator Dean Devlin – currently working on Syfy’s The Ark with Stargate Sg-1 co-creator Jonathan Glassner – dropped a pretty amazing behind-the-scenes snippet from Stargate.
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Fans of Stargate Sg-1 and its successors might have mixed feelings about the Roland Emmerich blockbuster that birthed the saga but given the importance of the Goa’uld System Lords to the overarching mythology it’s mind-boggling that... Ra wasn’t intended to be an alien.
The decision was made after Jaye Davidson’s performance threw the plan into jeopardy.
“He had a terrible substance abuse problem and was uninsurable,” explains Devlin.
“In the version of Stargate that we shot,...
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Fans of Stargate Sg-1 and its successors might have mixed feelings about the Roland Emmerich blockbuster that birthed the saga but given the importance of the Goa’uld System Lords to the overarching mythology it’s mind-boggling that... Ra wasn’t intended to be an alien.
The decision was made after Jaye Davidson’s performance threw the plan into jeopardy.
“He had a terrible substance abuse problem and was uninsurable,” explains Devlin.
“In the version of Stargate that we shot,...
- 5/19/2023
- by James Hoare
- The Companion
Speaking to Yahoo! News about the great ‘What Ifs?’ from his career as a screenwriter, Stargate (1994) movie co-creator Dean Devlin – currently working on Syfy’s The Ark with Stargate Sg-1 co-creator Jonathan Glassner – detailed some of his and director Roland Emmerich’s plans for two further Stargate movies.
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“Roland and I had fallen in love with the idea of taking things that are part of our own mythological subconscious,” Devlin says. “The first movie asks, ‘Did aliens build the pyramids?’ The second one was going to deal with, ‘Why are there pyramids in Mayan culture?’”
(Note: Historians now prefer “Maya” to “Mayan” when used as an adjective)
This was also territory mined by Stargate Sg-1,...
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“Roland and I had fallen in love with the idea of taking things that are part of our own mythological subconscious,” Devlin says. “The first movie asks, ‘Did aliens build the pyramids?’ The second one was going to deal with, ‘Why are there pyramids in Mayan culture?’”
(Note: Historians now prefer “Maya” to “Mayan” when used as an adjective)
This was also territory mined by Stargate Sg-1,...
- 5/19/2023
- by James Hoare
- The Companion
The revamped CW will have some genre programming, after all.
On Thursday, the network picked up a sequel to the TNT series The Librarians.
The Librarians: The Next Chapter is a spinoff of the original TV series, which followed the adventures of the custodians of a magical repository of the world's most powerful and dangerous supernatural artifacts.
The new series centers on a "Librarian" from the past, who time traveled to the present and now finds himself stuck here.
When he returns to his castle, which is now a museum, he inadvertently releases magic across the continent.
He is given a new team to help him clean up the mess he made, forming a new team of Librarians.
Electric Entertainment and The CW Network produce the new series.
Dean Devlin serves as executive producer and showrunner along with executive producers Rachel Olschan-Wilson and Marc Roskin.
Jonathan English of Balkanic Media serves as producer.
On Thursday, the network picked up a sequel to the TNT series The Librarians.
The Librarians: The Next Chapter is a spinoff of the original TV series, which followed the adventures of the custodians of a magical repository of the world's most powerful and dangerous supernatural artifacts.
The new series centers on a "Librarian" from the past, who time traveled to the present and now finds himself stuck here.
When he returns to his castle, which is now a museum, he inadvertently releases magic across the continent.
He is given a new team to help him clean up the mess he made, forming a new team of Librarians.
Electric Entertainment and The CW Network produce the new series.
Dean Devlin serves as executive producer and showrunner along with executive producers Rachel Olschan-Wilson and Marc Roskin.
Jonathan English of Balkanic Media serves as producer.
- 5/18/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
As The CW cut away most of its scripted series over the past two seasons, then built up its 2023-24 schedule with a number of series that originated elsewhere, a narrative took hold: The network, under new owners Nexstar, was looking for inexpensive programming to fill its lineup and abandoning homegrown original series to chase profits.
It came as something of a surprise, then, when Brad Schwartz, entertainment president at The CW, told reporters Thursday that the network was in production on a dozen scripted shows and developing several others. It’s the first time since local TV giant Nexstar took majority ownership of the network in October 2022 that The CW (which also made some cuts in development and current programming after the ownership change) has really outlined how it plans to find and develop new series.
The network on Thursday announced two series that it’s co-producing for 2024: Joan,...
It came as something of a surprise, then, when Brad Schwartz, entertainment president at The CW, told reporters Thursday that the network was in production on a dozen scripted shows and developing several others. It’s the first time since local TV giant Nexstar took majority ownership of the network in October 2022 that The CW (which also made some cuts in development and current programming after the ownership change) has really outlined how it plans to find and develop new series.
The network on Thursday announced two series that it’s co-producing for 2024: Joan,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Season 1 of the sci-fi thriller series The Ark will be wrapping up next week, when the last episode airs on Syfy on April 19th. But if you’ve been worried that the story is going to end there, we have some good news to share today: Syfy has officially ordered a second season of the show. The Ark season 2 is a go!
Executive producers and co-showrunners Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner told The Hollywood Reporter, “We couldn’t be more excited to get back into space with the crew of the Ark. Syfy continues to be an amazing partner and home for this series.“
The Ark is set 100 years in the future, aboard the first mission to colonize other planets and ensure the survival of humanity. The spacecraft Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet,...
Executive producers and co-showrunners Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner told The Hollywood Reporter, “We couldn’t be more excited to get back into space with the crew of the Ark. Syfy continues to be an amazing partner and home for this series.“
The Ark is set 100 years in the future, aboard the first mission to colonize other planets and ensure the survival of humanity. The spacecraft Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Syfy plans to stay aboard The Ark, handing a Season 2 renewal to the outer space drama, TVLine has learned.
The pickup comes just hours ahead of The Ark‘s penultimate Season 1 episode, airing tonight at 10/9c. The freshman finale follows on Wednesday, April 19.
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“We couldn’t be more excited to get back into space with the crew of the Ark,” co-showrunners Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner said in a statement.
The pickup comes just hours ahead of The Ark‘s penultimate Season 1 episode, airing tonight at 10/9c. The freshman finale follows on Wednesday, April 19.
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“We couldn’t be more excited to get back into space with the crew of the Ark,” co-showrunners Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner said in a statement.
- 4/12/2023
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
Syfy has ordered a second season of “The Ark,” NBCUniversal announced on Wednesday.
Created by Dean Devlin, “The Ark” takes place 100 years in the future when planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet, a lack of life-sustaining supplies and loss of leadership, the remaining crew must become the best versions of themselves to stay on course and survive. Christie Burke, Richard Fleeshman, Reece Ritchie, Stacey Read and Ryan Adams star.
“We couldn’t be more excited to get back into space with the crew of ‘The Ark.’ Syfy continues to be an amazing partner and home for this series,” said executive producers and co-showrunners Devlin and Jonathan Glassner.
Created by Dean Devlin, “The Ark” takes place 100 years in the future when planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet, a lack of life-sustaining supplies and loss of leadership, the remaining crew must become the best versions of themselves to stay on course and survive. Christie Burke, Richard Fleeshman, Reece Ritchie, Stacey Read and Ryan Adams star.
“We couldn’t be more excited to get back into space with the crew of ‘The Ark.’ Syfy continues to be an amazing partner and home for this series,” said executive producers and co-showrunners Devlin and Jonathan Glassner.
- 4/12/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Ahead of the Season 1 finale, Syfy has renewed its hit original series The Ark for a second go-round. The renewal comes amid strong ratings for the series from Independence Day writer-producer Dean Devlin.
The first season of The Ark reached 6.5 million viewers across all platforms, according to Nielsen and Syfy. In L+3, the February 1 series premiere was the best in total viewers (1.1 million) since January 2021 (Resident Alien) and tops in the 18-49 demo since October 2021 (Day of the Dead).
The Ark takes place 100 years in the future when planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet, a lack of life-sustaining supplies and loss of leadership,...
The first season of The Ark reached 6.5 million viewers across all platforms, according to Nielsen and Syfy. In L+3, the February 1 series premiere was the best in total viewers (1.1 million) since January 2021 (Resident Alien) and tops in the 18-49 demo since October 2021 (Day of the Dead).
The Ark takes place 100 years in the future when planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet, a lack of life-sustaining supplies and loss of leadership,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Syfy is remaining aboard The Ark.
The NBCUniversal cable outlet has renewed The Ark — set aboard a spaceship on a planetary colonization mission — for a second season. The pickup comes a week ahead of the show’s first season finale, set for April 19.
“We couldn’t be more excited to get back into space with the crew of the Ark,” executive producers and co-showrunners Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner said in a statement. “Syfy continues to be an amazing partner and home for this series.”
The Ark has been a solid performer for Syfy, with its series premiere in February topping 1 million viewers over three days — the network’s best showing for an original series since Resident Alien in January 2021. NBCU says 6.5 million people have watched at least a few minutes of the show across all platforms (it also streams on Peacock) over the course of the season.
“The success...
The NBCUniversal cable outlet has renewed The Ark — set aboard a spaceship on a planetary colonization mission — for a second season. The pickup comes a week ahead of the show’s first season finale, set for April 19.
“We couldn’t be more excited to get back into space with the crew of the Ark,” executive producers and co-showrunners Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner said in a statement. “Syfy continues to be an amazing partner and home for this series.”
The Ark has been a solid performer for Syfy, with its series premiere in February topping 1 million viewers over three days — the network’s best showing for an original series since Resident Alien in January 2021. NBCU says 6.5 million people have watched at least a few minutes of the show across all platforms (it also streams on Peacock) over the course of the season.
“The success...
- 4/12/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Crime dramas are rarely revolutionary – we often watch them because they’re comfortingly formulaic – but every so often you get a gem that changes the game. We saw it with Line of Duty, Happy Valley, and Luther – and now Blue Lights is here to make you sit up, stop scrolling and get invested.
What the detectives from the above shows all have in common is experience, but Blue Lights focusses on three fresh-faced officers on probation in Belfast, Northern Ireland’s most dangerous city. Annie (Katherine Devlin) is scrappy and impetuous, Tommy (Nathan Braniff) is bookish and a terrible shot, and Grace (played by Trying’s Sian Brooke) is naively optimistic about making a difference despite having joined the force in her forties after a career as a social worker.
The good news is that what they lack in policing potential, they make up for in instant likeability, and this...
What the detectives from the above shows all have in common is experience, but Blue Lights focusses on three fresh-faced officers on probation in Belfast, Northern Ireland’s most dangerous city. Annie (Katherine Devlin) is scrappy and impetuous, Tommy (Nathan Braniff) is bookish and a terrible shot, and Grace (played by Trying’s Sian Brooke) is naively optimistic about making a difference despite having joined the force in her forties after a career as a social worker.
The good news is that what they lack in policing potential, they make up for in instant likeability, and this...
- 3/28/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Actor Ryan Devlin hosted the MTV reality dating show Are You the One? until season 6, when Terrence J took over. Currently, in its ninth season with Kamie Crawford as the presenter, many viewers still miss Devlin and are curious about what happened to the Michigan native as he’s primarily stepped away from television since his departure as host. Where is he now?
Where is Ryan Devlin now?
When reality dating experiment Are You the One? premiered on MTV in 2014, actor Ryan Devlin was tapped to host. He remained the presenter for the first five seasons until actor Terrence J replaced him in season 6.
Following his exit from the show in 2017, Devlin appeared in episodes of Olive Forever (2018), the sitcom Another Period (2018), and the supernatural crime drama iZombie (2019). The actor has since stepped away from television, last appearing in a 2019 episode of the mystery drama show Veronica Mars.
? Ryan Devlin...
Where is Ryan Devlin now?
When reality dating experiment Are You the One? premiered on MTV in 2014, actor Ryan Devlin was tapped to host. He remained the presenter for the first five seasons until actor Terrence J replaced him in season 6.
Following his exit from the show in 2017, Devlin appeared in episodes of Olive Forever (2018), the sitcom Another Period (2018), and the supernatural crime drama iZombie (2019). The actor has since stepped away from television, last appearing in a 2019 episode of the mystery drama show Veronica Mars.
? Ryan Devlin...
- 3/12/2023
- by Tamara Grant
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick and took the marquee film prize at the Cinema Audio Society’s 59th annual Cas Awards, which were handed out Saturday night at the Intercontinental Downtown Los Angeles.
The race for the Cas’ marquee Motion Picture: Live Action statuette saw the sound-mixing teams behind the two top-grossing films of 2022 — Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water — against All Quiet on the Western Front, Elvis and The Batman. All five also are up for the Best Sound Oscar.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio continued its string of awards-season wins by taking the Cas Award for Animated Motion Picture. The first film award of the night, for Documentary, went to the sound team behind Neon’s David Bowie pic Moonage Daydream.
The TV prizes went to Only Murders in the Building (half-hour), the now-wrapped AMC drama Better Call Saul (one hour), Disney+ drama Obi–Wan...
The race for the Cas’ marquee Motion Picture: Live Action statuette saw the sound-mixing teams behind the two top-grossing films of 2022 — Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water — against All Quiet on the Western Front, Elvis and The Batman. All five also are up for the Best Sound Oscar.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio continued its string of awards-season wins by taking the Cas Award for Animated Motion Picture. The first film award of the night, for Documentary, went to the sound team behind Neon’s David Bowie pic Moonage Daydream.
The TV prizes went to Only Murders in the Building (half-hour), the now-wrapped AMC drama Better Call Saul (one hour), Disney+ drama Obi–Wan...
- 3/5/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The sound mixing team from Top Gun: Maverick won the live-action feature competition at the 59th Cinema Audio Society Awards, Saturday night at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The award went to production mixer Mark Weingarten, rerecording mixers Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor, scoring mixers Al Clay and Stephen Lipson, and Foley mixer Blake Collins.
Maverick topped a field that included the sound mixing teams on All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman and Elvis — a field that mirrors the Oscar nominations in sound, an award that combines sound editing and mixing.
Last weekend, the Motion Picture Sound Editors honored a trio of Oscar nominees in its live action feature categories At the org’s 70th Golden Reel Awards, Top Gun: Maverick won the prize for effect/Foley, Elvis claimed the trophy for music editing, and All Quiet on the Western Front picked up...
Maverick topped a field that included the sound mixing teams on All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman and Elvis — a field that mirrors the Oscar nominations in sound, an award that combines sound editing and mixing.
Last weekend, the Motion Picture Sound Editors honored a trio of Oscar nominees in its live action feature categories At the org’s 70th Golden Reel Awards, Top Gun: Maverick won the prize for effect/Foley, Elvis claimed the trophy for music editing, and All Quiet on the Western Front picked up...
- 3/5/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Peter J. Devlin — who started his career as an audio assistant at the BBC and went on to work on big action movies including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and smaller dramatic films such as Frost/Nixon — will accept the Cinema Audio Society’s Career Achievement Award. Devlin has worked on more than 70 films and received Oscar nominations for five of them, including Star Trek and Pearl Harbor. Last year, he became the first production sound mixer to be elected a governor of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Regarding working on the Black Panther series, Devlin says it was important to be involved early on, with collaborators including costume designer Ruth E. Carter, who “spent so much time with me, weeks ahead of the project, to go through all the different costumes and devise a plan as to how to get those mics on those actors.”
He remembers Chadwick Boseman with respect and warmth.
Regarding working on the Black Panther series, Devlin says it was important to be involved early on, with collaborators including costume designer Ruth E. Carter, who “spent so much time with me, weeks ahead of the project, to go through all the different costumes and devise a plan as to how to get those mics on those actors.”
He remembers Chadwick Boseman with respect and warmth.
- 3/3/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you want to attract a younger audience, you have to watch what they watch. Not what you think they are watching, says producer Dean Devlin, best known for “Independence Day” and “Stargate.” But he never designs his shows for one market.
“It’s no longer all about gender or age demographic. If you go to a sci-fi convention, they are not just kids, they are not just older people. It’s everybody!”
At Berlinale Series Market Selects, which runs as part of the European Film Market in Berlin, with his latest show, sci-fi series “The Ark,” Devlin continues to pay homage to the kind of stories he loved as a child, from Douglas Trumbull’s “Silent Running” to “The Omega Man.”
“I don’t pay any attention to trends. When we did ‘Stargate,’ every studio in Hollywood said that science fiction was dead. And then we had a hit,...
“It’s no longer all about gender or age demographic. If you go to a sci-fi convention, they are not just kids, they are not just older people. It’s everybody!”
At Berlinale Series Market Selects, which runs as part of the European Film Market in Berlin, with his latest show, sci-fi series “The Ark,” Devlin continues to pay homage to the kind of stories he loved as a child, from Douglas Trumbull’s “Silent Running” to “The Omega Man.”
“I don’t pay any attention to trends. When we did ‘Stargate,’ every studio in Hollywood said that science fiction was dead. And then we had a hit,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
At Berlin’s European Film Market, which wrapped Feb. 22, the indie industry was back in force, and plenty of deals got done.
Amazon Prime Video snatched up international rights to AGC Studio’s The Order, a white supremacist thriller starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult from Assassin’s Creed director Justin Kurzel; also, in a deal with sales outfit Rocket Science, Amazon grabbed pirate-themed survival thriller The Bluff, starring Zoe Saldaña from Anthony and Joe Russo’s Agbo banner.
Black Bear International sold out most of Europe and a number of other international territories for Nicolas Cage serial killer movie Longlegs, and the Jamie Bell-Margaret Qualley musical biopic Fred & Ginger. Buyers across Europe pounced on Dogman, Luc Besson’s comeback movie, starring Caleb Landry Jones, which Kinology is selling, with a domestic deal expected soon. And there was considerable heat around Voltage’s Milli Vanilli biopic Girl You Know It’s True,...
Amazon Prime Video snatched up international rights to AGC Studio’s The Order, a white supremacist thriller starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult from Assassin’s Creed director Justin Kurzel; also, in a deal with sales outfit Rocket Science, Amazon grabbed pirate-themed survival thriller The Bluff, starring Zoe Saldaña from Anthony and Joe Russo’s Agbo banner.
Black Bear International sold out most of Europe and a number of other international territories for Nicolas Cage serial killer movie Longlegs, and the Jamie Bell-Margaret Qualley musical biopic Fred & Ginger. Buyers across Europe pounced on Dogman, Luc Besson’s comeback movie, starring Caleb Landry Jones, which Kinology is selling, with a domestic deal expected soon. And there was considerable heat around Voltage’s Milli Vanilli biopic Girl You Know It’s True,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Topher Hansson, Kamarra Cole, Lisa Wilcox, C.J. Graham, Michael Shields, Trent Haaga, Felissa Rose, Warrington Gillette | Written by Vincent Cusimano, Lola Devlin | Directed by Tom Devlin
Teddy Told Me To, the directorial debut of effects artist Tom Devlin is based on a character he created for an episode of SyFy’s makeup show Face Off back in 2011. Teddy was designed to be the villain for a slasher film, and now eleven years later, he’s just that.
The film opens with a YouTuber sneaking into an old haunted attraction, “abandoned since all the way back in the 90s!”, only to meet a bloody end. That video is being watched by Danny and Zoe who are meeting a realtor about that very property.
Of course, they buy it and renovate it with visions of making a killing in the spooky season. When their groundskeeper Ron tells them somebody made a...
Teddy Told Me To, the directorial debut of effects artist Tom Devlin is based on a character he created for an episode of SyFy’s makeup show Face Off back in 2011. Teddy was designed to be the villain for a slasher film, and now eleven years later, he’s just that.
The film opens with a YouTuber sneaking into an old haunted attraction, “abandoned since all the way back in the 90s!”, only to meet a bloody end. That video is being watched by Danny and Zoe who are meeting a realtor about that very property.
Of course, they buy it and renovate it with visions of making a killing in the spooky season. When their groundskeeper Ron tells them somebody made a...
- 2/16/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Exclusive: Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has expanded its production arm with a double promotion and the hire of industry vet Brandon W. Lambdin.
The Ark and Leverage: Redemption producer has brought in Lambdin in the newly-created role of VP of Physical Production and he will handle all aspects of production, budgeting and scheduling for Electric’s TV and film projects.
Meanwhile, Mark Franco has been promoted to Head of Production and Cynthia Hajj to Production Executive. Franco has been with Devlin’s outfit for almost 20 years and will oversee production on all projects focused on the workflow and processes from camera through post production. Hajj, who founded boutique indie Homage Arts and Production before joining Electric, will work across the outfit’s productions. Erica Small has also joined from Skybound as Senior Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs.
Producer-distributor Electric had a busy 2022 with Syfy’s The Ark, Amazon Freevee...
The Ark and Leverage: Redemption producer has brought in Lambdin in the newly-created role of VP of Physical Production and he will handle all aspects of production, budgeting and scheduling for Electric’s TV and film projects.
Meanwhile, Mark Franco has been promoted to Head of Production and Cynthia Hajj to Production Executive. Franco has been with Devlin’s outfit for almost 20 years and will oversee production on all projects focused on the workflow and processes from camera through post production. Hajj, who founded boutique indie Homage Arts and Production before joining Electric, will work across the outfit’s productions. Erica Small has also joined from Skybound as Senior Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs.
Producer-distributor Electric had a busy 2022 with Syfy’s The Ark, Amazon Freevee...
- 2/16/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Two different types of viewers tuned in to check out The Ark on Syfy last week: those looking for a fun sci-fi adventure and those seeking a cutting edge space epic. While the pilot certainly met the needs of those expecting an enjoyable romp, others may have found any true depth lacking in the premiere, even though judging by a single episode might be considered unfair.
The Ark showrunners Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner admit they were going for familiarity over anything cutting edge. “There was a real desire to make a really comfortable old shoe but to put a new spin on it … bucking the trend lately of these incredibly dark and edgy shows that often are unique for unique’s sake, as opposed to storytelling’s sake,” says Devlin.
Glassner agrees that darker isn’t always better. “[The Ark is] kind of what I wanted to see on...
The Ark showrunners Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner admit they were going for familiarity over anything cutting edge. “There was a real desire to make a really comfortable old shoe but to put a new spin on it … bucking the trend lately of these incredibly dark and edgy shows that often are unique for unique’s sake, as opposed to storytelling’s sake,” says Devlin.
Glassner agrees that darker isn’t always better. “[The Ark is] kind of what I wanted to see on...
- 2/6/2023
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
Space travel used to be romantic, both in real life and pop culture. These days, space travel is kind of a bummer. In the real world, rocketship rides are now most associated with billionaires, for whom such trips represent one small step for objectivism and one giant leap for their egos. Meanwhile, on television, NASA is getting spanked by Russia in the space race, and most shows are about voyagers who only venture beyond the atmosphere out of desperation. Whatever happened to genuine interstellar wanderlust?
If anyone was going to bring back Roddenberry-style space romps about quixotic adventurers for whom exploring the unexplored is its own reward, it would be Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner. Devlinco-wrote 1994’s “Stargate,” while Glassner helped adapt the film into the durable drama “Stargate: Sg-1.” Both are avowed Trekkies who have spent the bulk of their careers making deep space exploration look rewarding relative to its risk.
If anyone was going to bring back Roddenberry-style space romps about quixotic adventurers for whom exploring the unexplored is its own reward, it would be Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner. Devlinco-wrote 1994’s “Stargate,” while Glassner helped adapt the film into the durable drama “Stargate: Sg-1.” Both are avowed Trekkies who have spent the bulk of their careers making deep space exploration look rewarding relative to its risk.
- 2/1/2023
- by Joshua Alston
- Variety Film + TV
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