I'm sure that you, just like your trustworthy spy, are among those that found themselves appalled after seeing the trailer for CBS's new Star
The series will premiere September 10 and 17th
Trek: Discovery television series, which disappointed so many trekkies around the globe with its almost offensive offer of non stop explosions, violence and fire, not to mention the randomly chosen cast. Star Trek is all about science, psychology, anthropology, other cultures not about beating some aliens up, so the new Star Trek series, which is heading towards becoming a major flop, seemed like a betrayal for most of the fans and I've noticed hordes of them saying they're more excited about Fox's THE ORVILLE than about the new adventures of Star Fleet ships. If I tell you THE ORVILLE is a comedy, you will understand the level of their
Seth MacFarlane is the captain of the ship
disappointment even more. Seth MacFarlane, the lead star and the creator of THE ORVILLE said that much himself saying that his series
Adrianne Palicki as Kelly Grayson
occupies the space Star Trek left behind en route to dystopia, opting for hopeful optimism of sf instead of the currently modern Star Trek grimness.
TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO COMEDY HAS GONE BEFORE Set four centuries from now, The Orville follows the obviously Star
Trek and Galaxy Quest inspired adventures in the final frontier of the
Seth Grimes as Gordon
middling USS Orville. Its human and alien crew tackles the battles and
politics of speed of light galactic travel and the workplace dramas that
Penny Johnson Jerald as Dr Claire Finn
never change, no matter what century it is, travelling on the
not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth’s interstellar fleet.
Facing
Mark Jackson as Isaac
cosmic challenges from without and within, this motley crew of
space explorers will boldly go where no comedic drama has gone before.
CHARLIZE THERON GUEST STAR
New sf comedy will launch it's two premiere episodes on Sunday evenings September 10 and 17th and will then move on to Thursday
Peter Macon as Bortus
nights from September 21st! Beside Seth MacFarlane the cast also includes Adrianne Palicki, Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald,
Halston Sage as Alara Kitan
Peter Macon, Halston Sage, J Lee, Mark Jackson and Chad Coleman with producers David A. Goodman and Brannon Braga. It
J.Lee as John Lamarr
has been confirmed recently that Charlize Theron will guest star in the 13 episode series which had a pilot directed by John Favreau.
NBC is to release the first trailer for the comeback of their WILL & GRACE sitcom, which will return to Thursday nights with This Is Us this Autumn with 12 and possibly even more new episodes. Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Eric McCormack and Sean Hayes, are all returning in their original roles. I will replace the US only trailer below as soon as the non geoblocked one appears.
CBS ORDERS '9JKL' SITCOM CBS has ordered new multicamera sitcom 9JKL. Starring
Mark Feuerstein it is inspired by the time he lived in apartment 9K in
the building he grew up in, right between his doting parents’ apartment
9J, and his brother, sister-in-law and their baby’s apartment 9L, and
his attempts to set boundaries with his intrusive but well-meaning
family. Linda Lavin, Elliott Gould, David Walton play his parents and
his brother.
FOX ORDERS 'ORVILLE' SETH MACFARLANE SF COMEDY
Fox has ordered 13 episodes of Seth MacFarlane's sf comedy THE ORVILLE in which the story is set 300 years in the future. It follows the adventures of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth’s interstellar Fleet. Facing cosmic challenges from without and within, this motley crew of space explorers will boldly go where no comedic drama has gone before. MacFarlane stars, writers, creates and executive produces the series which will air on Thursdays this Autumn.
FOX ORDERS 'THE RESIDENT'
STARRING MANISH DAYAL AND MATT CZUCHRY
Fox has also ordered Manish Dayal's medical series THE RESIDENT which follows a tough, brilliant senior resident who guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine. Matt Czuchry, Emily VanCamp and Bruce Greenwood also star.
LATEST SITCOM CANCELLATIONS! ABC has put Carol Burnett's sitcom HOUSEHOLD NAME to a 'rework' stage
but it did order the return of ROSEANNE after cancelling their six year
long, 2nd best watched, sitcom LAST MANSTANDING! CBS has ordered BY
THE BOOK (aka Living Biblically) multi camera sitcom while cancelling 2
BROKE GIRLS after 6 years and THE ODD COUPLE! CBS has also passed on DISTEFANO and
BROTHERED UP sitcom pilots. FreeForm has cancelled their own 6 year
long sitcom BABY DADDY last weekend to the shock of fans since it was
their best watched comedy ever and will end on its 100th episode.
What do you do when Hollywood Spy reaches 5 million visitors? I guess you SING like all these adorable animals are doing in the new animated movie we're spotlighting today with the new character posters! Coming from Illumination Entertainment it will bring music to cinemas this December featuring more than 85 classic pop tracks from famous artists!
SING YOUR TAIL OUT! In a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, a koala named Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) works to keep his theatre from closing down. To this end, Buster and his sheep friend Eddie (John C. Reilly)
hold a singing contest to raise money, and the entire town auditions
for a part in the show. The leading five are an overworked pig named
Rosita (Reese Witherspoon) with her pig partner named Gunter (Nick Kroll), an arrogant and gambling white mouse named Mike (Seth MacFarlane), a punk rock porcupine named Ash (Scarlett Johansson), a timid teenage elephant named Meena (Tori Kelly), and a British gorilla named Johnny (Taron Egerton), who wants to sing instead of following his family's criminal footsteps.
STELLAR VOICE CAST
The exquisitely stellar voice cast includes Matthew McConaughey as Buster Moon, an optimistic koala, who plans to save his theatre from closure by holding a singing competition; Reese Witherspoon as Rosita, a domestic pig, who gave up her teenage music dreams to become a devoted wife of Norman, and mother to 25 piglets;
Seth MacFarlane as Mike, a white jazz mouse with a big Frank Sinatra-esque voice and an arrogant attitude;
Scarlett Johansson as Ash, a crested porcupine punk rocker who takes part in an alternative rock music group with her boyfriend;
John C. Reilly as Eddie, a Suffolk sheep, and Buster's partner that doubts the future of the theatre; Tori Kelly as Meena, a teenage Indian elephant with an exquisite voice, and severe stage fright;
Taron Egerton as Johnny, an English accented mountain gorilla, who wants to sing, but his father wants him to follow his family’s criminal footsteps;
Nick Kroll as Gunter, Rosita's German accented, very optimistic and bubbly dance partner;
Nick Offerman as Norman, a domestic pig and Rosita's oblivious husband;
Garth Jennings as Miss Crawl, an elderly green iguana who is Buster's assistant and offers Johnny piano lessons;
Jennifer Saunders as Miss Nana Noodleman! Rea Perlman also lends her voice to one of the characters in the hilarious animated movie!
In today's casting news, 'Deadline' reports that Andy Serkis will direct inspiring drama movie BREATHE starring Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield (I don't think I've ever heard of a more unappealing casting in my life, especially given the nature of the movie)! Based on the true story of Robin (Garfield), a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralysed. Claire Foy will portray Robin’s devoted and determined wife Diana. Together they refuse to be imprisoned by his suffering, travelling the world and transforming the lives of others with their humour, courage and lust for life!
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SETH MACFARLANE IN SF DRAMEDY SERIES AT FOX In TV news, here's something I don't think we've had before: a sf
comedy drama series! SethMacFarlane will apparently create, produce and
star in new sf hourlong dramedy series, currently untitled, which
already has 13 episodes ordered by Fox! Set 300 years in the future, the
show follows the adventures of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line
exploratory ship in Earth’s interstellar fleet. Facing cosmic challenges
from without and within, this motley crew of space explorers will
boldly go where no comedic drama has gone before. JOSH HUTCHERSON TO LEAD HULU'S NEW COMEDY SERIES Speaking
of sf comedy series, Hulu is also preparing one with Josh Hutcherson
and ElizaCoupe which has just added Derek Wilson to the cast as well!
Titled FUTURE MAN, this high concept half hour sf comedy series will see
Hutcherson playing Josh Futterman, a janitor by day, world-ranked gamer
by night, who is tasked with preventing the extinction of humans after
mysterious visitors from the future proclaim him the key to defeating
the imminent super-race invasion. Derek Wilson will play Wolf, a
futuristic soldier, another character in the Cybergeddon video game, who
has no respect for Josh and no faith in his ability to carry out the
mission.
