SYFY'S 'THE MAGICIANS' SERIES
STELLA MAEVE AND HALE APPLEMAN TO LEAD THE CAST
I have a bunch of updates for you on upcoming TV projects in next two days! I've recently informed you that SyFy is preparing new fantasy 
series THE MAGICIANS about young students of magic in New York who discover that the magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real and poses grave danger to humanity. Now, the cast has been assembled: Stella Maeve will play Julia Quentin, a wealthy and brilliant Ivy Leaguer who seems destined for success, but her future plans are forever altered after she is denied admittance to the mysterious Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy. Hale Appleman will play Eliot, a student at the Brakebills who will prove a sometimes frustrating ally in Quentin’s fortunes,
and may soon factor into a series of perilous adventures. Arjun Gupta will play Penny, Quentin’s roommate at Brakebills. He is bedevilled by voices that hint at pathways to other worlds.
series THE MAGICIANS about young students of magic in New York who discover that the magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real and poses grave danger to humanity. Now, the cast has been assembled: Stella Maeve will play Julia Quentin, a wealthy and brilliant Ivy Leaguer who seems destined for success, but her future plans are forever altered after she is denied admittance to the mysterious Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy. Hale Appleman will play Eliot, a student at the Brakebills who will prove a sometimes frustrating ally in Quentin’s fortunes, and may soon factor into a series of perilous adventures. Arjun Gupta will play Penny, Quentin’s roommate at Brakebills. He is bedevilled by voices that hint at pathways to other worlds.
'LUMEN' FANTASY SERIES
SAM JAEGER LEADS THE CAST
Another sf series, over at TNT, will be LUMEN, which has just hired
Sam Jaeger in the lead role. The famous author of fantasy books suddenly
disappears, and a family of four finds themselves transported to the
mystical alternate world that inspired her work. Jaeger will play
Michael Hartman, the stepfather of 16-year-old Charlie whose obsession
with finding the author thrusts his family into the surreal world of
Lumen.
MICHAEL GROSS IN 'GRACE & FRANKIE' NETFLIX SITCOM
Something that is shaping up to become one of
the most hilarious of the future sitcoms, GRACE AND FRANKIE has just
added famous Michael Gross! This highly delightful Netflix comedy will
follow Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as the title characters, two old
rivals whose husbands (Michael Sheen and Sam Waterston) suddenly go gay
and decide to get married! Coming from FRIENDS creator Marta Kauffman,
and also starring Barry Bostwick, Brooklyn Decker, Ethan Embry, Geoff
Stults, Joe Morton, the sitcom will see Gross playing an enthusiastic
gay caterer :)
Another sf series, over at TNT, will be LUMEN, which has just hired
Sam Jaeger in the lead role. The famous author of fantasy books suddenly
disappears, and a family of four finds themselves transported to the
mystical alternate world that inspired her work. Jaeger will play
Michael Hartman, the stepfather of 16-year-old Charlie whose obsession
with finding the author thrusts his family into the surreal world of
Lumen.MICHAEL GROSS IN 'GRACE & FRANKIE' NETFLIX SITCOM
Something that is shaping up to become one of
the most hilarious of the future sitcoms, GRACE AND FRANKIE has just
added famous Michael Gross! This highly delightful Netflix comedy will
follow Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as the title characters, two old
rivals whose husbands (Michael Sheen and Sam Waterston) suddenly go gay
and decide to get married! Coming from FRIENDS creator Marta Kauffman,
and also starring Barry Bostwick, Brooklyn Decker, Ethan Embry, Geoff
Stults, Joe Morton, the sitcom will see Gross playing an enthusiastic
gay caterer :)
'BABY DADDY' HIRES
CHRISTA B. ALLEN AND SETS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Speaking of sitcoms, our absolutely favourite one, ABC Family's BABY DADDY will present us with a Christmas special on December 10th, before the fourth season of the popular comedy starts sometime early next year. While the Christmas episode (see the first picture below) will give us the chance to see the happy family and friends, Ben (Jean Luc Bilodeau), Danny (Derek Theler), Bonnie (Melissa Peterman), Riley (Chelsea Kane) and Tucker (Tahj Mowry) celebrate the holiday with baby Emma, the upcoming new season will see Christa B. Allen as the new guest star! She will play Robyn, a funny, smart, athletic, corporate attorney who works at the law firm with Riley. 
When Riley begrudgingly sets Robyn up with best friend Danny, they immediately hit it off. You can check out a short teaser for Christmas episode here!
I tried reading the first Magicians book but just couldn't get into it. Interesting concept, though, so we'll see how the TV series turns out.
ReplyDeletehope the series will be better than the books :)
DeleteLumen sounds interesting. Gotta see Grace and Frankie!
ReplyDeleteChange of clothes I see. (Argyle) Lovely leaves go with the fabUlous Dezzyballs.
GRACE AND FRANKIE will be a total riot!
DeleteAs soon as the snow starts Dezzy will change into Ice King when it comes to my stylish outfits :).... gotta set the trends as expected :)
Ooh, the Ice King :) And will it be raining snow? You know how much I love the snow :)
DeleteNot sure about the snow, but you never know :) It sometimes slows down the page too much so I didn't use it last winter
DeleteSplit the link so it only snows on half of the page. I had to do that with raining hearts one February! Will you wear snow goggles?
DeleteOf course not, goggles aren't stylish, I'm too fancy for that :))) I will be clad in white and baby blue
DeleteHot damn!
Deletefit for wintery royals!
DeleteA 50-something woman told me that she had trouble dating because she noticed all of the men in her social circle had realized they were gay during their midlife crises. I hadn't personally seen that, but I found it interesting. It looks like the Michael Gross sitcom covers that...
ReplyDeleteYou mean after 50 years of dealing with women, men tend to go gay? :))))
DeleteI really liked The Magicians so I'll probably check out the series.
ReplyDeleteglad to hear it!
DeleteWasn't Gross the day on Family Ties?
ReplyDeleteI mean dad
Deleteyep, he's the one, but he looks much much older these days
DeleteI've known lots of "midlife gays" among the baby boomers. I wonder if that phenomenon will decrease as people start coming out younger and younger now. Time will tell.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing they were always gay but couldn't come out before the times have changed and became less judgemental
DeleteI'm burned out on all the new shows. I know they need to create them but they are all bleeding together. Maybe I'm tired (and cranky).
ReplyDeleteactually, we didn't have many new shows this year... this season has been the weakest I remember! I'm waiting for the midseason to see if there will be new things
DeleteGrace and Frankie is the one I'm looking forward to. The actors and the premise promise hilarity. Also Netflix has turned out some real top notch work of late.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen VICIOUS, dahlink? I swear my tummy hurt from laughter while I watched McKellen and Jacobi play together! They're so wonderfully and deliciously naughty together
DeleteIt's nice to see that the Parenthood actors are finding roles now that the show is about done. I hope Erika Christensen gets a good role somewhere, because I really like her too!
ReplyDeleteI must say I've never heard of her :)
DeleteI only saw her in one movie before, then really became a fan once she started on Parenthood. I'd say she's pretty underrated, kind of like Emily.
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