"House of the Dragon" is an upcoming American television series created by George R. R. Martin and Ryan Condal for HBO. The series is set in the world of Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels, which were adapted into the HBO series "Game of Thrones." The series will be a prequel set in the world of Westeros and will chronicle the history of House Targaryen, including events leading up to the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. It is expected to focus on the rise and fall of the Targaryen dynasty, their alliance with the dragonlords of Valyria, and the world-changing events that occurred before the events of the main series. The series is set to be premiered in 2022. "House of the Dragon" was filmed using a combination of live-action and visual effects. The series was filmed on location in several countries, including Spain, to provide the backdrop for the fictional world of Westeros. The visual effects were used to create the dragon creatures, and to enhance and enrich the fantasy world depicted in the series. The production team also used various techniques to create the look and feel of the medieval world, such as using practical effects, such as prosthetic makeup, and constructing detailed sets and costumes. CGI was used to create the dragons and other fantasy elements that appear in the series. The dragons were created through a combination of motion capture, practical effects, and computer-generated imagery. The motion capture was used to capture the movements of the dragons, while the practical effects were used to create the physical appearance of the dragons, and the CGI was used to bring the dragons to life on screen. The series was produced by George R. R. Martin, Ryan Condal, and others, and directed by Miguel Sapochnik and several others.
While on an excursion deep into the Amazon forests Dr Emmet Cole traveled along the Amazon River in search of magic held in the dark recesses of the Amazon. He turned up missing six months ago and now his locating beacon has turned up, giving off signals to help locate it. But when his wife Tess gathers together a crew to seek out the beacon and hopefully, her missing husband, they find their labors useless. Their son Lincoln has his own agenda and is ready to cross his father off as permanently gone. The crew, comprised of new acquaintances and old friends come to realize there is magic in this place and it comes alive when a ghost is unleashed, killing Jed and terrorizing the boat's crew. Starring Bruce Greenwood (Hollywood Homicide, Capote) is Dr. Emmet Cole, his wife Tess is played by Leslie Hope (Teri Bauer wife of Jack Bauer on 24), their son Lincoln is portrayed by Joseph Anderson (The Crazies, Love Happens), and Eloise Mumford previously seen on TV's Lone Star and Crash. Entertaining and filled with lush unfamiliar scenery.
John Grisham knows law and lawyers well because he is one himself. When he writes it usually centers around attorneys and courtrooms. The Firm was a hit movie starring Tom Cruise back in 1993 and was based on Grisham's second novel which became a best seller of the same title in 1991. When a young straight arrow Memphis attorney is hired by an organized crime related enterprise he has no idea what he's getting into until the Chicago mob ties become all too apparent. He then becomes a "whistleblower" for the FBI and helps bring down the Memphis law firm Chicago based mob ties. As the TV series begins Mitchell Y. McDeere (Josh Lucas from A Beautiful Mind, Glory Road) and his family emerge from the witness protection program only to encounter challenges, both new and old, that still threaten him and his family. Also starring in The Firm are Molly Parker (Dexter, Shattered) as Abby McDeere wife of Mitch, Callum Keith Rennie (Rookie Blue, The Killing) as Ray McDeere, Natasha Calis (Gone, Alice) as Claire McDeere, and Juliette Lewis from Natural Born Killers, From Dusk till Dawn as Tammy. Perhaps they should have remained in the security of Witness Protection.
With gorgeous surroundings and picture perfect weather all around them, the competitors of the latest season find Survivor: South Pacific still a rough go for most of the contestants. Sixteen are now castaways which are then split up into two separate tribes. The Upolu and the Savaii go back to Samoa (a previous site for Survivor) and are joined up by Benjamin Wade "Coach" and Oscar Lusth better known as "Ozzy". Coach and Ozzy then each draw an egg that contains either blue or red paint to determine which tribe they will join up with. Now the challenges (and rewards) will be handed out and let the best man, or woman, win the competition! Coach and his tribe members, which include Brandon, Albert, Rick, and Sophie must locate an immunity doll which is hidden somewhere. Christine finds herself with a target on her back and drops out of the competition for the elusive immunity doll. Ozzy finds the hidden doll and the back stabbing continues as Christine followed by Semhar are voted out of the games. As with each year's challenges they try to outdo the last season and viewers are amazed that anyone can survive!
Charlie's Angels first came our way back in 1976 and was a huge hit! Now this "reboot" promises to be at least as successful as the original due to beauty and brilliant writing. Seems these three young, self confident, and self reliant women each have a rather shady past. One was a cat burglar, another was a dirty cop, and the third was booted out of the Marine Corps. But Charlie Townsend (Victor Garber), who just happens to be extremely wealthy and dedicated to fighting crime, helps these young ladies get back on the right track when he hires them to assist in solving crimes. As he directs them over the telephone we never actually see who Charlie is but just hear his voice. Abby Sampson (Rachel Taylor of Grey's Anatomy) is a thief who originally came from a wealthy family. Kate Prince (Annie Lionzeh formerly from General Hospital) is an ex cop who got involved with corruption while with the Miami PD. Then there is Gloria Morales (briefly played by Nadine Velazquez from My Name is Earl before the character is killed off). And once Gloria is killed in a car bombing she is replaced by Eve French (Minka Kelly most recently seen on Parenthood). Eve was close with Gloria and now she loves to race fast cars and chase down bad guys. Look for some well written scripts (Alfred Gough & Miles Millar) as well as plenty of fast action from these beauties!
Each one hour episode of The Glades, which is filmed in and around the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area and concentrates on a crime that eventually is solved even as we, the viewers, speculate on "who done it" only to be proven wrong at show's end. Very entertaining and always plenty of plot twists to keep us guessing. Detective Jim Longworth is portrayed by Matt Passmore, who may just be the best thing to come out of Australia in quite a while! He has talent, good looks, speaks impeccable American style English, and did I mention is good looking? Passmore has been busy in his native land since attending the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney back in 1999. He moved from Chicago where he was also a cop down to Florida hoping for a more peaceful lifestyle. He is joined by fellow and equally talented cast mates Kiele Sanchez (Samantha Who?, Lost) who plays Callie Cargill, a love interest for Longworth and med student who helps out with solving crimes. Carlos Gomez (Desperado, Fools Rush In) is Dr. Carlos Sanchez a medical examiner who goes along with Longworth as he solves local crimes.
A TV sitcom that is shown on the Disney Channel, A.N.T. Farm begins with episode one's imaginative title, TransplANTed. Advanced Natural Talents (A.N.T.) are gifted program participants in middle school. The series centers on 11 year old Chyna Parks who is a musical prodigy who joins others her age with special natural gifts including Olive, who has perfect recall or an eidetic memory and Fletcher, who is an artistic genius with a serious crush on Chyna. There are those in school who are jealous of the gifted kids, especially Lexi who is the most "popular girl" and sees Chyna as competition for the most popular category (which Chyna could care less about). Chyna Parks is played by China Anne McClain from Tyler Perry's House of Payne. Sierra McCormick (Romantically Challenged, Medium) is Olive Doyle a girl who recalls everything she sees, hears, or reads. Jake Short (Dexter, Zeke & Luther) is Fletcher Pumpernickel Quimby, who is an artistic genius with a big time crush on Chyna. Lexi Reed is the selfish self-centered "it" girl in school who worries about competition from Chyna and is played by Stefanie Scott from The New Adventures of Old Christina and Sons of Tucson. Entertaining Disney style film with a good theme involved.
Bear Grylls is host and also the one who gets unceremoniously dropped off into various situations each week and has to survive by using his wits and bare hands for the most part. He will actually do a "fly over" and check out the terrain he will be faces with and a crew spends about a week checking over the situation to determine what he has to expect. As with any "reality" program there is at least one each camera person and sound engineer or we (the viewing audience) would see and hear nothing. The situations may include attacks by alligators or falling into quick sand. He may parachute from a helicopter, run through forest fires, drink fecal liquids, even eat deer drippings, whatever it takes to simply survive! Bear may even need to construct a raft to ford rivers and must know the basics of survival without a restaurant nearby. Special guest stars pop in occasionally, including Will Ferrell (Blades of Glory, Land of the Lost) and Jake Gyllendhaal (Brothers, Love and Other Drugs).
