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Dystopia is one of those sub-genres that lends itself to some interesting philosophical ideas and TV show creators take full advantage of that. In the history of cinema, many great directors and storytellers have created some of the most iconic movies set in dystopian societies like Blade Runner and Total Recall. Max (formerly known as HBO Max) hosts almost all of the brilliant HBO and Max shows and some of those are great dystopian shows. So, we decided to compile a list of the best dystopian shows you can watch on Max right now.
Station Eleven Credit – HBO Max
Station Eleven is a post-apocalyptic dystopian drama series created by Patrick Somerville. Based on the 2014 novel of the same name by author Emily St. John Mandel, the HBO Max series is set twenty years after a flu pandemic destroyed...
Dystopia is one of those sub-genres that lends itself to some interesting philosophical ideas and TV show creators take full advantage of that. In the history of cinema, many great directors and storytellers have created some of the most iconic movies set in dystopian societies like Blade Runner and Total Recall. Max (formerly known as HBO Max) hosts almost all of the brilliant HBO and Max shows and some of those are great dystopian shows. So, we decided to compile a list of the best dystopian shows you can watch on Max right now.
Station Eleven Credit – HBO Max
Station Eleven is a post-apocalyptic dystopian drama series created by Patrick Somerville. Based on the 2014 novel of the same name by author Emily St. John Mandel, the HBO Max series is set twenty years after a flu pandemic destroyed...
- 9/23/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Max is one of the best places to find peak drama shows because they have all the HBO shows, which are loved by millions and millions of people. From classic shows like The Sopranos to the wild dramas like Succession, you can find it all on the Warner Bros. streaming service Max. So, we list the ten best drama shows you can find on Max right now.
Oz Credit – HBO
Oz is a prison drama series created by Tom Fontana. The HBO series is set in a fictional men’s prison named Oswald State Correctional Facility in New York and it follows the story of inmates as they strategize and do everything they can to survive and gain power behind bars. Oz stars Christopher Meloni, Dean Winters, Harold Perrineau, Lee Tergesen, Terry Kinney, Kirk Acevedo, Eamonn Walker, J.K. Simmons, Rita Moreno, Luna Lauren Velez, and Ernie Hudson.
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Oz Credit – HBO
Oz is a prison drama series created by Tom Fontana. The HBO series is set in a fictional men’s prison named Oswald State Correctional Facility in New York and it follows the story of inmates as they strategize and do everything they can to survive and gain power behind bars. Oz stars Christopher Meloni, Dean Winters, Harold Perrineau, Lee Tergesen, Terry Kinney, Kirk Acevedo, Eamonn Walker, J.K. Simmons, Rita Moreno, Luna Lauren Velez, and Ernie Hudson.
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- 7/21/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Adapted from the novel of the same name about how 98% of the population tries to live in a world from which the rest of the people have suddenly disappeared, The Leftovers is a unique show in many ways. If the first season was criticized for selling viewers yet another Lost, the second season placed the show in the category of "the best thing on TV right now," and the final season forced the viewers to recognize its obvious greatness.
However, the love from critics and viewers did not translate into a large number of awards – during the entire run, the show received only one nomination for a major award.
This has not stopped The Leftovers from gaining popularity and finding its audience, which continues to grow even seven years after the finale. If you've watched The Leftovers a hundred times and have been looking for something similar, you've just found...
However, the love from critics and viewers did not translate into a large number of awards – during the entire run, the show received only one nomination for a major award.
This has not stopped The Leftovers from gaining popularity and finding its audience, which continues to grow even seven years after the finale. If you've watched The Leftovers a hundred times and have been looking for something similar, you've just found...
- 5/18/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
Simon Hurdon has joined Curate as a manager, based in both Los Angeles and New York.
The Canadian manager brings with him an international client list that includes filmmakers Ariane Louis-Seize (Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person) Caroline Monnet (Bootlegger), Elza Kephart (Slaxx), Amelia Moses (Bleed with Me, Bloodthirsty) and Yves Christian Fournier (Clean Sweep, Everything is Fine).
Hurdon, who was previously an agent at Montreal based Omada Agency, began his career in corporate law and then later entertainment and IP law, before transitioning into representation.
“This is an exciting milestone for Curate. Our guiding light is to be creator driven as well as having an international focus. The idea of local for local is important to us. Simon’s taste and international reach amplifies both of these goals,” said the Curate partners in a statement.
Added Hurdon: “I am so thrilled to be joining the ranks of such an impressive team.
The Canadian manager brings with him an international client list that includes filmmakers Ariane Louis-Seize (Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person) Caroline Monnet (Bootlegger), Elza Kephart (Slaxx), Amelia Moses (Bleed with Me, Bloodthirsty) and Yves Christian Fournier (Clean Sweep, Everything is Fine).
Hurdon, who was previously an agent at Montreal based Omada Agency, began his career in corporate law and then later entertainment and IP law, before transitioning into representation.
“This is an exciting milestone for Curate. Our guiding light is to be creator driven as well as having an international focus. The idea of local for local is important to us. Simon’s taste and international reach amplifies both of these goals,” said the Curate partners in a statement.
Added Hurdon: “I am so thrilled to be joining the ranks of such an impressive team.
- 2/7/2024
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Spoilers for "Futurama" season 11, episode 10 follow.
When it comes to any sort of episodic or anthology-based science fiction series, there will almost always come a point where the characters start to wonder: Is their world even real? Although "The Matrix" is still probably the most famous story about a guy realizing he lives in a simulation, the concept had been driving philosophers crazy long before modern computers even existed.
In Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," written about 2400 years ago, the Greek philosopher described the life of a hypothetical group of people trapped inside a cave since birth, unaware that what they perceive as reality is just a series of elaborate shadows on the cave walls. In 1641, René Descartes wrote about how his senses weren't a reliable indicator that everything around him was truly real, that he couldn't prove with certainty that his whole world was not just an illusion...
When it comes to any sort of episodic or anthology-based science fiction series, there will almost always come a point where the characters start to wonder: Is their world even real? Although "The Matrix" is still probably the most famous story about a guy realizing he lives in a simulation, the concept had been driving philosophers crazy long before modern computers even existed.
In Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," written about 2400 years ago, the Greek philosopher described the life of a hypothetical group of people trapped inside a cave since birth, unaware that what they perceive as reality is just a series of elaborate shadows on the cave walls. In 1641, René Descartes wrote about how his senses weren't a reliable indicator that everything around him was truly real, that he couldn't prove with certainty that his whole world was not just an illusion...
- 9/25/2023
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
Author Deesha Philyaw, whose short story collection The Secret Lives of Church Ladies earned a Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, has signed with Curate Management.
Recently, Philyaw sold her next two books to HarperCollins imprint Mariner Books in a 7-figure deal, with her novel The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, which centers on a megachurch leader, due out in 2025. This will be followed by Girl, Look, which is described by the publisher as a “vivid snapshot of the interior lives of Black women across generations.”
In Hollywood, Philyaw, along with playwright Tori Sampson, will adapt Church Ladies for television, with the project set up at HBO Max with Tessa Thompson executive producing.
Philyaw joins a Curate author clients roster that includes Station Eleven author Emily St. John Mandel, Oscar Hokeah (Calling for the Blanket Dance), and Chantal V.
Recently, Philyaw sold her next two books to HarperCollins imprint Mariner Books in a 7-figure deal, with her novel The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, which centers on a megachurch leader, due out in 2025. This will be followed by Girl, Look, which is described by the publisher as a “vivid snapshot of the interior lives of Black women across generations.”
In Hollywood, Philyaw, along with playwright Tori Sampson, will adapt Church Ladies for television, with the project set up at HBO Max with Tessa Thompson executive producing.
Philyaw joins a Curate author clients roster that includes Station Eleven author Emily St. John Mandel, Oscar Hokeah (Calling for the Blanket Dance), and Chantal V.
- 9/22/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Gabriel Bier Gislason, the rising genre filmmaker whose feature directorial debut Attachment world premiered to critical acclaim at last year’s Tribeca Festival, has signed with Curate for management.
The Danish-American creative’s horror romance tells the story of Maja (Josephine Park), a Danish has-been actress who falls in love with Leah (Ellie Kendrick), a Jewish academic from London. When Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, and Maja returns with her to London, Maja meets her paramour’s mother, Chana (Sofie Gråbøl), a woman who holds dark secrets.
A festival favorite that went on to screen in competition at Fantastic Fest, Sitges, Outfest, and the BFI London Film Festival, among other venues, Attachment debuted on Shudder last month after being snapped up out of Tribeca.
The Copenhagen-born Gislason earned his Mfa at NYU and splits his time between NYC and Denmark, where he is concurrently developing a TV series for...
The Danish-American creative’s horror romance tells the story of Maja (Josephine Park), a Danish has-been actress who falls in love with Leah (Ellie Kendrick), a Jewish academic from London. When Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, and Maja returns with her to London, Maja meets her paramour’s mother, Chana (Sofie Gråbøl), a woman who holds dark secrets.
A festival favorite that went on to screen in competition at Fantastic Fest, Sitges, Outfest, and the BFI London Film Festival, among other venues, Attachment debuted on Shudder last month after being snapped up out of Tribeca.
The Copenhagen-born Gislason earned his Mfa at NYU and splits his time between NYC and Denmark, where he is concurrently developing a TV series for...
- 8/17/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mackenzie Davis is set to join the cast of Speak No Evil for Blumhouse and Universal.
The film, which will be released August 9, 2024, is a new adaptation of the acclaimed Danish horror film Gæsterne, about a family invited for a weekend at an idyllic country house — a dream holiday that warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.
Written and directed by James Watkins, Speak No Evil is based on the Gæsterne screenplay by Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup. Released in 2022, Gæsterne earned 11 Danish Film Awards nominations, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars.
Davis join James McAvoy, who previously starred in the Blumhouse-produced hit thrillers Split and Glass.
Davis was most recently seen on stage in Simon Stone’s production of Phaedra at the National Theatre and in the acclaimed HBO Max limited series Station Eleven, based on the Emily St. John Mandel novel and adapted for TV by Patrick Somerville.
The film, which will be released August 9, 2024, is a new adaptation of the acclaimed Danish horror film Gæsterne, about a family invited for a weekend at an idyllic country house — a dream holiday that warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.
Written and directed by James Watkins, Speak No Evil is based on the Gæsterne screenplay by Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup. Released in 2022, Gæsterne earned 11 Danish Film Awards nominations, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars.
Davis join James McAvoy, who previously starred in the Blumhouse-produced hit thrillers Split and Glass.
Davis was most recently seen on stage in Simon Stone’s production of Phaedra at the National Theatre and in the acclaimed HBO Max limited series Station Eleven, based on the Emily St. John Mandel novel and adapted for TV by Patrick Somerville.
- 4/24/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: A+E Studios is getting into business with Curate Management and its founder Britton Rizzio. The studio has signed a first-look deal with the company to develop scripted series for broadcast and streaming in the U.S. and international space. Curate says the deal reinforces the company’s commitment to producing content that reflects unique perspectives and stories.
Curate, one of the few female-led-and-run literary management companies in town, was founded by film and TV literary manager Rizzio in 2021 with a focus on creators in film, television and books. The company has seen significant growth with Literary Manager Courtney Conwell joining as Partner and the hire of Becca Rodriguez as Book and IP Manager. In addition, Curate acquired Zipa Entertainment bringing Partner Sofia Escallon into the fold. The acquisition expanded Curate’s reach to Mexico where Escallon is based, with a focus on bilingual and bi-cultural showrunners, writers and directors in Latin America.
Curate, one of the few female-led-and-run literary management companies in town, was founded by film and TV literary manager Rizzio in 2021 with a focus on creators in film, television and books. The company has seen significant growth with Literary Manager Courtney Conwell joining as Partner and the hire of Becca Rodriguez as Book and IP Manager. In addition, Curate acquired Zipa Entertainment bringing Partner Sofia Escallon into the fold. The acquisition expanded Curate’s reach to Mexico where Escallon is based, with a focus on bilingual and bi-cultural showrunners, writers and directors in Latin America.
- 4/7/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
If you saw a bunch of stars ducking into A.O.C. recently, there was a good reason.
President Barack Obama and his Higher Ground production company hosted back-to-back dinners the week of March 13 at the Brentwood hotspot, inviting a slew of Oscar winners, nominees and creative talent, according to multiple sources.
Joining Obama and Higher Ground execs Joe Paulsen and Tonia Davis were Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once duo Daniels (fresh from their best picture win), Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler (also riding high with the success of Creed III), Oscar winner Regina King, Janelle Monáe (featured in the Higher Ground-produced We the People), Colman Domingo (who stars in H.G.’s upcoming Rustin this fall), Better Things creator Pamela Adlon, Oscar-nominated writer and filmmaker Kemp Powers, Station Eleven creator Patrick Somerville, Maid creator and show runner Molly Smith Metzler, and Quinta Brunson, the powerhouse Emmy Award-wining Abbott Elementary creator,...
President Barack Obama and his Higher Ground production company hosted back-to-back dinners the week of March 13 at the Brentwood hotspot, inviting a slew of Oscar winners, nominees and creative talent, according to multiple sources.
Joining Obama and Higher Ground execs Joe Paulsen and Tonia Davis were Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once duo Daniels (fresh from their best picture win), Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler (also riding high with the success of Creed III), Oscar winner Regina King, Janelle Monáe (featured in the Higher Ground-produced We the People), Colman Domingo (who stars in H.G.’s upcoming Rustin this fall), Better Things creator Pamela Adlon, Oscar-nominated writer and filmmaker Kemp Powers, Station Eleven creator Patrick Somerville, Maid creator and show runner Molly Smith Metzler, and Quinta Brunson, the powerhouse Emmy Award-wining Abbott Elementary creator,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tot up the time you’ve wasted scrolling through streaming apps in search of the perfect viewing choice for that particular Tuesday night, and it’ll scare you. Hours of your life, accumulatively spent clicking the right-hand arrow and muting autoplay trailers. Instead of giving your thumb a work-out, you could have been composing symphonies! Writing the next great American novel! Gazing into the eyes of your loved ones! Or even better, actually watching TV.
No more. Every month, Den of Geek picks our TV recommendations to save your time. Here’s what February has to offer…
Best of the Best: Stolen Youth
Stream On: Hulu (U.S.), Disney+ (U.K.)
With so many true crime options available in the streaming world, you could be forgiven for thinking that they’re mostly interchangeable. That line of thinking would be a mistake with Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence.
No more. Every month, Den of Geek picks our TV recommendations to save your time. Here’s what February has to offer…
Best of the Best: Stolen Youth
Stream On: Hulu (U.S.), Disney+ (U.K.)
With so many true crime options available in the streaming world, you could be forgiven for thinking that they’re mostly interchangeable. That line of thinking would be a mistake with Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence.
- 2/28/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Danielle Deadwyler’s 2022 was quite remarkable. The actress received some of the year’s best reviews for her performance in “Till,” which garnered her recognition from the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics Choice Awards among other citations. But it’s arguable her best performance came in another project: The HBO Max limited series “Station Eleven.”
Based on the book by Emily St. John Mandel, “Station Eleven” is an apocalyptic story about how the survivors of a catastrophic flu pandemic that kills off 99 percent of the world’s population rebuild in the aftermath. Deadwyler’s character, Miranda, is a key figure in the mythos: she’s the author of the graphic novel “Station Eleven,” which in the story plays a huge role in humanity’s future. Written by Patrick Somerville, “Station Eleven” moves through numerous time frames, allowing even characters like Miranda an opportunity to shine – and the result is...
Based on the book by Emily St. John Mandel, “Station Eleven” is an apocalyptic story about how the survivors of a catastrophic flu pandemic that kills off 99 percent of the world’s population rebuild in the aftermath. Deadwyler’s character, Miranda, is a key figure in the mythos: she’s the author of the graphic novel “Station Eleven,” which in the story plays a huge role in humanity’s future. Written by Patrick Somerville, “Station Eleven” moves through numerous time frames, allowing even characters like Miranda an opportunity to shine – and the result is...
- 2/2/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Gael García Bernal stopped by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Studio at Sundance, presented by Heineken Silver and Origin Spring Water, to discuss his new film Cassandro. The movie, directed by Roger Ross Williams, tells the true story of the homosexual “exótico” wrestler Saúl Armendáriz, who created the famous eponymous wrestling character and rose to international stardom.
While in the Sundance Studio promoting Cassandro, Bernal was asked about his role as Arthur in the criminally underrated HBO literary adaptation Station Eleven, based on the graphic novel by Emily St. John Mandel, and whether we might see him in a rumored second St. John Mandel television project developed from her 2020 novel The Glass Hotel.
“That would be incredible, no?” he responded. “That would be lovely.”
Asked about his opinion of Station Eleven as a completed work, he says, “I love that series, I love how it came out. I feel it’s such an important series,...
While in the Sundance Studio promoting Cassandro, Bernal was asked about his role as Arthur in the criminally underrated HBO literary adaptation Station Eleven, based on the graphic novel by Emily St. John Mandel, and whether we might see him in a rumored second St. John Mandel television project developed from her 2020 novel The Glass Hotel.
“That would be incredible, no?” he responded. “That would be lovely.”
Asked about his opinion of Station Eleven as a completed work, he says, “I love that series, I love how it came out. I feel it’s such an important series,...
- 1/22/2023
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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After several lavish years, in which the bounty of big-name books became almost impossible to keep up with, publishing is finally catching up with itself. 2022 was arguably slower, and quieter, than its recent predecessors — there was no Sally Rooney to adorn tote bags all over Brooklyn, no Jonathan Franzen dominating the discourse. Instead of fighting over which blockbusters deserved their place at the very top, there was time and space for titles of all sorts to find a reading audience. Likely, no two “best of” lists will look alike this year, which means the glitch in the system may finally be repairing itself; the algorithm is weakening. Here, THR chooses its top 10 titles and a host of additional works we hope you’ll pick up.
1. Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel is so good at world-building that...
After several lavish years, in which the bounty of big-name books became almost impossible to keep up with, publishing is finally catching up with itself. 2022 was arguably slower, and quieter, than its recent predecessors — there was no Sally Rooney to adorn tote bags all over Brooklyn, no Jonathan Franzen dominating the discourse. Instead of fighting over which blockbusters deserved their place at the very top, there was time and space for titles of all sorts to find a reading audience. Likely, no two “best of” lists will look alike this year, which means the glitch in the system may finally be repairing itself; the algorithm is weakening. Here, THR chooses its top 10 titles and a host of additional works we hope you’ll pick up.
1. Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel is so good at world-building that...
- 12/24/2022
- by Seija Rankin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Each December, acclaimed television series from the previous 12 months are discussed in the form of “best of...” lists. In these, the same shows are usually bandied around – some deserving (Better Call Saul), others not so (we won’t name names).
Often, though, several key titles are omitted – not because they aren’t any good, but because they haven’t been widely seen. This is understandable; after all, there’s an increasing amount of television to wade through every week.
Perhaps this is why these lists are skewed towards the high-profile releases – the ones that happen to be right there when people browse Netflix or whichever streaming service they have. But the fact remains, there’s a goldmine of under-the-radar shows out there to discover.
In the past year, all of the below deserved more love.
‘As We See It’ (Prime Video)
Season one, premiered 21 January
The media’s representation of...
Often, though, several key titles are omitted – not because they aren’t any good, but because they haven’t been widely seen. This is understandable; after all, there’s an increasing amount of television to wade through every week.
Perhaps this is why these lists are skewed towards the high-profile releases – the ones that happen to be right there when people browse Netflix or whichever streaming service they have. But the fact remains, there’s a goldmine of under-the-radar shows out there to discover.
In the past year, all of the below deserved more love.
‘As We See It’ (Prime Video)
Season one, premiered 21 January
The media’s representation of...
- 12/24/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
This long, arduous year has almost come to an end, which means it’s time for former President Barack Obama to flex on everybody by sharing just how much cool shit he’s read and watched during retirement.
The 61-year-old Obama (or the team of Gen Z/millennial aides that actually craft these lists) first presented his picks for his favorite books of 2022, including a grand total of 13 titles—and a mix of fiction and non-fiction. First on the list, of course, was The Light We Carry by his wife Michelle,...
The 61-year-old Obama (or the team of Gen Z/millennial aides that actually craft these lists) first presented his picks for his favorite books of 2022, including a grand total of 13 titles—and a mix of fiction and non-fiction. First on the list, of course, was The Light We Carry by his wife Michelle,...
- 12/23/2022
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
Patrick Somerville, showrunner of HBO Max’s limited series Station Eleven, has addressed the issue of shows disappearing from the Warner Bros. Discovery streamer.
“TV world is very weird right now,” the writer and producer noted in a social media thread that highlights the topic from a creator’s perspective.
It follows the HBO Max slate review that led to shows such as Westworld, The Nevers and Love Life being pulled from the streamer as well as the cancellation of shows such as Minx, which had been renewed for a second season.
Somerville said that a DVD of his Paramount TV Studios-produced series was now available even if the creative team had been “caught off guard” by its appearance.
“The only way to really ensure shows remain available is that they generate too much interest (and completion) for anyone to justify removing them,” he tweeted. “If you take anything from this thread,...
“TV world is very weird right now,” the writer and producer noted in a social media thread that highlights the topic from a creator’s perspective.
It follows the HBO Max slate review that led to shows such as Westworld, The Nevers and Love Life being pulled from the streamer as well as the cancellation of shows such as Minx, which had been renewed for a second season.
Somerville said that a DVD of his Paramount TV Studios-produced series was now available even if the creative team had been “caught off guard” by its appearance.
“The only way to really ensure shows remain available is that they generate too much interest (and completion) for anyone to justify removing them,” he tweeted. “If you take anything from this thread,...
- 12/13/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Timing, in a sense, was both against and on the side of "Station Eleven" when it premiered in December 2021. Created by Patrick Somerville and adapted from Emily St. John Mandel's 2014 novel of the same name, the HBO miniseries centers on the outbreak of a deadly flu virus. Over the course of one fateful chilly night, those lucky enough to avoid being infected barricade themselves in their homes with whatever supplies they can find. Meanwhile, power grids crash and planes plummet to the ground outside.
For many, a series about a pandemic was understandably the last thing they wanted to watch two years into our own global health crisis. But for others, "Station Eleven" offered a cathartic viewing experience, namely because the show isn't really about a virus wreaking havoc on the planet. Instead, much of the series takes place either right after the outbreak begins or 20 years later when...
For many, a series about a pandemic was understandably the last thing they wanted to watch two years into our own global health crisis. But for others, "Station Eleven" offered a cathartic viewing experience, namely because the show isn't really about a virus wreaking havoc on the planet. Instead, much of the series takes place either right after the outbreak begins or 20 years later when...
- 10/14/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
One of the best miniseries of the past year was "Station Eleven," which tells the stories of a handful of people before and after an apocalyptic pandemic, whose storylines cross in constant unexpected ways. It's the sort of low-key, deeply emotional show that fans of "The Leftovers" would probably love, which makes sense considering there's so much overlap between the two shows' writers' rooms.
The other key similarities between the two shows is that they're both based off a book, and neither of them are afraid to make changes from the source material. "The Leftovers" takes Tom Perrotta's novel of the same name and expands the role of major characters and has more of them cross paths. Nora (Carrie Coon) never gets to hug Holy Wayne (Paterson Joseph) in the book for instance, even though both characters still exist. The show also decides to make Nora related to Matt...
The other key similarities between the two shows is that they're both based off a book, and neither of them are afraid to make changes from the source material. "The Leftovers" takes Tom Perrotta's novel of the same name and expands the role of major characters and has more of them cross paths. Nora (Carrie Coon) never gets to hug Holy Wayne (Paterson Joseph) in the book for instance, even though both characters still exist. The show also decides to make Nora related to Matt...
- 9/30/2022
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
Where do you go after the unthinkable has happened? It's a question people in the real world have been trying to answer as they've navigated the pandemic for the past two years. It also speaks to the heart of "Station Eleven," an affecting HBO miniseries based on Emily St. John Mandel's 2014 post-apocalyptic novel of the same name.
In a plot that hits more than a little close to home after 2020, "Station Eleven" centers on a deadly flu pandemic that wipes out much of the world's population, bringing society to its knees. However, where a franchise like "The Terminator" tends to focus more on the battle to cancel the apocalypse, "Station Eleven" is much more concerned with what comes after, when those who survived have to figure out how to start living again in this strange new world.
Among the characters at the heart of "Station Eleven" is Kirsten, who's...
In a plot that hits more than a little close to home after 2020, "Station Eleven" centers on a deadly flu pandemic that wipes out much of the world's population, bringing society to its knees. However, where a franchise like "The Terminator" tends to focus more on the battle to cancel the apocalypse, "Station Eleven" is much more concerned with what comes after, when those who survived have to figure out how to start living again in this strange new world.
Among the characters at the heart of "Station Eleven" is Kirsten, who's...
- 9/28/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
"Station Eleven" was never going to be the kind of show that sweeps the Emmys. I knew this when I heard that Emily St. John Mandel's much-loved book about a post-apocalyptic theater troupe was getting an adaptation. I knew it when I watched the show and felt my heart shatter, rebuild, and expand in real time. And I knew it when the Emmy nominations came out, with the series' recognition largely relegated to the creative categories.
But "Station Eleven" is a show about hope -- fragile and tentative, yet ever-evolving -- so I'll forgive myself for still hoping Himesh Patel might have been recognized by something as silly as an award show tonight for his profound turn as Jeevan Chaudhary. Perhaps it's only appropriate that his performance as man who spontaneously becomes a child actor's caretaker during the height of a global pandemic remains a joy that exists only...
But "Station Eleven" is a show about hope -- fragile and tentative, yet ever-evolving -- so I'll forgive myself for still hoping Himesh Patel might have been recognized by something as silly as an award show tonight for his profound turn as Jeevan Chaudhary. Perhaps it's only appropriate that his performance as man who spontaneously becomes a child actor's caretaker during the height of a global pandemic remains a joy that exists only...
- 9/13/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
J.R.R. Tolkien fans are finally getting to return to Middle-earth after the conclusion of Peter Jackson's franchise. Amazon Prime Video's "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" is set many generations before Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) and the Fellowship set out on their quest to destroy the One Ring and bring down the dark lord, Sauron. "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogies take place within the Third Age of Middle-earth, but "The Rings of Power" goes back to the Second Age. We finally get to see how Sauron rose to power the first time and the creation of the rings themselves.
"The Rings of Power" features some familiar characters from "The Lord of the Rings." We get to see younger versions of Elrond (Robert Aramayo) and Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), who were originally played by Hugo Weaving and Cate Blanchett, respectively. These characters are very different from who they become.
"The Rings of Power" features some familiar characters from "The Lord of the Rings." We get to see younger versions of Elrond (Robert Aramayo) and Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), who were originally played by Hugo Weaving and Cate Blanchett, respectively. These characters are very different from who they become.
- 9/9/2022
- by Liam Gaughan
- Slash Film
This story about Himesh Patel and “Station Eleven” first appeared in the Down to the Wire: Drama issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
When HBO Max’s sterling limited series “Station Eleven” began filming back in January 2020, lead actor Himesh Patel wasn’t a father, and he certainly wasn’t mired in a global pandemic like the one depicted in the show, which was adapted from Emily St. John Mandel’s novel of the same name. But oh, how things change.
As Jeevan Chaudhary, Patel shines as a character whose first impulse is always to take decisive action and whose second impulse is to immediately second-guess that action. After all, that’s why he ends up looking after young Kirsten (Matilda Lawler) in the aftermath of a tragic accident and why he becomes her reluctant caregiver as the world ends around them. “I’ve felt aimless at times in my life,...
When HBO Max’s sterling limited series “Station Eleven” began filming back in January 2020, lead actor Himesh Patel wasn’t a father, and he certainly wasn’t mired in a global pandemic like the one depicted in the show, which was adapted from Emily St. John Mandel’s novel of the same name. But oh, how things change.
As Jeevan Chaudhary, Patel shines as a character whose first impulse is always to take decisive action and whose second impulse is to immediately second-guess that action. After all, that’s why he ends up looking after young Kirsten (Matilda Lawler) in the aftermath of a tragic accident and why he becomes her reluctant caregiver as the world ends around them. “I’ve felt aimless at times in my life,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Libby Hill
- The Wrap
When writer and producer Patrick Somerville is making something, he wants it to give you that “Everlasting Gobstopper” feeling. To Somerville, that’s a project that is not only beautiful but emotionally true. That focus is one of the reasons his Emmy-nominated adaptation of Emily St. John Mandel’s novel “Station Eleven” connected with so many people.
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The HBO Max project was no easy task though.
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The HBO Max project was no easy task though.
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- 8/16/2022
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Verve has promoted Melissa Darman to partner.
Darman, who joined Verve in 2014, started her career at ICM before pivoting to the studio system to work in comedy development at ABC Network. She then moved onto Lionsgate before joining Verve, where she has continued to focus on comedy during her time as an agent on the TV literary team.
“Working at Verve continues to be rewarding on a daily basis,” Darman said in a statement. “I could not be more proud to be a part of such a forward-thinking company that cares equally about the well-being and success of both its employees and clients. I’m thrilled to be a part of the leadership that grows and strengthens the company, and our industry, every day.”
With the elevation of Darman, that brings the total number of partners at Verve to 11. Darman joins founders Bryan Besser, Adam Levine and Bill Weinstein, and...
Darman, who joined Verve in 2014, started her career at ICM before pivoting to the studio system to work in comedy development at ABC Network. She then moved onto Lionsgate before joining Verve, where she has continued to focus on comedy during her time as an agent on the TV literary team.
“Working at Verve continues to be rewarding on a daily basis,” Darman said in a statement. “I could not be more proud to be a part of such a forward-thinking company that cares equally about the well-being and success of both its employees and clients. I’m thrilled to be a part of the leadership that grows and strengthens the company, and our industry, every day.”
With the elevation of Darman, that brings the total number of partners at Verve to 11. Darman joins founders Bryan Besser, Adam Levine and Bill Weinstein, and...
- 8/12/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The creators and star of the HBO Max series Station Eleven became worried about releasing a show about a pandemic during the second year of the Covid pandemic. However, creator Patrick Somerville, director Hiro Murai and star Himesh Patel focused on the limited series’ hopeful message.
“We just tried to stay true to our initial conceit, which was to make this pandemic show about intimacy and people, and not be about despair,” Murai said at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees award-season event.
Contenders TV: The Nominees — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
Based on the Emily St. John Mandel novel, Station Eleven depicts both a present-day pandemic and 20 years in the future when society rebuilds. In the future, people have returned to nature and continue acting to share stories.
“It didn’t need to be about the pandemic to get what was beautiful about [the book] into the show,” Somerville said. “It was...
“We just tried to stay true to our initial conceit, which was to make this pandemic show about intimacy and people, and not be about despair,” Murai said at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees award-season event.
Contenders TV: The Nominees — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
Based on the Emily St. John Mandel novel, Station Eleven depicts both a present-day pandemic and 20 years in the future when society rebuilds. In the future, people have returned to nature and continue acting to share stories.
“It didn’t need to be about the pandemic to get what was beautiful about [the book] into the show,” Somerville said. “It was...
- 8/6/2022
- by Fred Topel
- Deadline Film + TV
Train rides have proven to be a mixed bag for Himesh Patel.
In HBO Max’s Emmy-nominated limited series “Station Eleven,” Patel’s character, Jeevan Chaudhary, is on an outbound Chicago train when his physician sister calls to inform him of a lethal virus seizing the city. It’s a sobering conversation — one made all the more surreal by real-world events — that forever changes the course of Jeevan’s life. He heeds her warning to prepare for the worst, becoming one of the few survivors left to forge mankind’s future.
In a twist of fate, Patel was aboard a train on Emmy nominations morning, headed to visit his parents in London, when his phone lit up with messages. This time, good news was waiting. He had been nominated for lead actor in a limited series, the sole thespian among the ensemble to be recognized.
“I couldn’t exactly react...
In HBO Max’s Emmy-nominated limited series “Station Eleven,” Patel’s character, Jeevan Chaudhary, is on an outbound Chicago train when his physician sister calls to inform him of a lethal virus seizing the city. It’s a sobering conversation — one made all the more surreal by real-world events — that forever changes the course of Jeevan’s life. He heeds her warning to prepare for the worst, becoming one of the few survivors left to forge mankind’s future.
In a twist of fate, Patel was aboard a train on Emmy nominations morning, headed to visit his parents in London, when his phone lit up with messages. This time, good news was waiting. He had been nominated for lead actor in a limited series, the sole thespian among the ensemble to be recognized.
“I couldn’t exactly react...
- 8/1/2022
- by Hunter Ingram
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Creators Torrey Speer, Nora McInerny and Katie O’Brien have signed with Curate for management.
Speer received WGA and PGA award nominations this year for her work on Apple TV’s The Morning Show, where she served as supervising producer on the first two seasons of the Jennifer Aniston/Reese Witherspoon drama series. Speer broke into television writing as an assistant in the writers rooms for NBC’s Friday Night Lights and Parenthood before going on to write for three seasons of A&e’s Bates Motel starring Vera Farmiga. She later wrote for Youtube’s original drama series Impulse directed by Doug Liman.
McInerny’s writing career began in 2014 when the obituary she wrote with her husband Aaron went viral, revealing his true identity as Spider-Man and his cause of death as a radioactive spider bite that led to his demise from brain cancer. Since then, she has published multiple novels including her memoir,...
Speer received WGA and PGA award nominations this year for her work on Apple TV’s The Morning Show, where she served as supervising producer on the first two seasons of the Jennifer Aniston/Reese Witherspoon drama series. Speer broke into television writing as an assistant in the writers rooms for NBC’s Friday Night Lights and Parenthood before going on to write for three seasons of A&e’s Bates Motel starring Vera Farmiga. She later wrote for Youtube’s original drama series Impulse directed by Doug Liman.
McInerny’s writing career began in 2014 when the obituary she wrote with her husband Aaron went viral, revealing his true identity as Spider-Man and his cause of death as a radioactive spider bite that led to his demise from brain cancer. Since then, she has published multiple novels including her memoir,...
- 8/1/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Succession” dominated this year’s Emmy nominations with 25 noms — including a record-breaking 14 in the acting categories, the most ever for a series. But beyond the upcoming Season 4, HBO/HBO Max chief content officer Casey Bloys said there’s no report yet on how much longer the show will continue after that.
“Those questions, ‘How many more seasons do you want to go and do you have the story to tell?’ We always will defer to our showrunners,” Bloys told Variety on Tuesday afternoon, still on a high after HBO and HBO Max scored a combined 140 nominations — a new record for the company, beating out a singular HBO’s 137 nods in 2019. “So that is really for [creator] Jesse Armstrong to decide. He wanted to break this season, the fourth season, and then see how he was feeling. I think he’s currently deciding what he wants to do. I don’t think...
“Those questions, ‘How many more seasons do you want to go and do you have the story to tell?’ We always will defer to our showrunners,” Bloys told Variety on Tuesday afternoon, still on a high after HBO and HBO Max scored a combined 140 nominations — a new record for the company, beating out a singular HBO’s 137 nods in 2019. “So that is really for [creator] Jesse Armstrong to decide. He wanted to break this season, the fourth season, and then see how he was feeling. I think he’s currently deciding what he wants to do. I don’t think...
- 7/12/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Summer is the time to savor books, and with audiobooks, you can enjoy the latest celebrity biography or literary sensation on a road trip or long plane ride. What could be better company for a long solitary stroll in nature than immersing yourself in the four-century long saga of “Sea of Tranquility” or listening to the intimate yet humorous confessions of Molly Shannon while on an extended train ride?
These aren’t the typical beach reads — instead you’ll find food for thought from some of entertainment’s most fascinating personalities, like Bob Odenkirk and Shannon, in-depth looks at entertainment icons like Nicolas Cage and “Mad Max” and the latest works from stars of the literary world like Ocean Vuong, Otessa Moshfegh and Bolu Babalola. Looking for the audio version of a page-turner? For a hard-to-put down mystery, try “Two Nights in Lisbon” with a dash of international intrigue or...
These aren’t the typical beach reads — instead you’ll find food for thought from some of entertainment’s most fascinating personalities, like Bob Odenkirk and Shannon, in-depth looks at entertainment icons like Nicolas Cage and “Mad Max” and the latest works from stars of the literary world like Ocean Vuong, Otessa Moshfegh and Bolu Babalola. Looking for the audio version of a page-turner? For a hard-to-put down mystery, try “Two Nights in Lisbon” with a dash of international intrigue or...
- 7/8/2022
- by Wilson Chapman, Sasha Urban, Pat Saperstein and Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
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In 2021, Claire Foy won her second Emmy for playing Queen Elizabeth on Netflix’s The Crown, a bizarre guest acting triumph for what was barely even a cameo. The easiest way to interpret Foy’s victory is that Emmy voters have lost all ability to judge guest acting categories, which require a complete overhaul. Or, looking at Olivia Colman’s win for playing Queen Elizabeth on The Crown, we can be generous and say that what voters truly enjoy is double casting, the comparative pleasures of watching actors put unique-but-complementary spins on a shared role.
Thanks to Showtime’s Yellowjackets, voters could fill out the lead and supporting actress fields on the drama side with double-cast actors. For Melanie Lynskey’s Shauna, don’t forget the foundation laid by teenage Shauna, Sophie Nélisse. Think Christina Ricci was delightfully unhinged as grown-up Misty? Be...
In 2021, Claire Foy won her second Emmy for playing Queen Elizabeth on Netflix’s The Crown, a bizarre guest acting triumph for what was barely even a cameo. The easiest way to interpret Foy’s victory is that Emmy voters have lost all ability to judge guest acting categories, which require a complete overhaul. Or, looking at Olivia Colman’s win for playing Queen Elizabeth on The Crown, we can be generous and say that what voters truly enjoy is double casting, the comparative pleasures of watching actors put unique-but-complementary spins on a shared role.
Thanks to Showtime’s Yellowjackets, voters could fill out the lead and supporting actress fields on the drama side with double-cast actors. For Melanie Lynskey’s Shauna, don’t forget the foundation laid by teenage Shauna, Sophie Nélisse. Think Christina Ricci was delightfully unhinged as grown-up Misty? Be...
- 6/26/2022
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Deep Dive” is a in-depth podcast and video essay series with the stars and creative team behind an exceptional piece of filmmaking. For this spring edition, the IndieWire Crafts team partnered with HBO Max to take a closer look at the limited series ”Station Eleven” with creator Patrick Somerville, star Mackenzie Davis, and nine key members of the creative team behind the series finale “Unbroken Circle.”
Endings are hard for any television show, but at times the odds of “Station Eleven” pulling off a satisfying conclusion seemed about as low as, well, surviving a global pandemic that wipes out 99 percent of the world’s population. There is an episodic nature to the series: Instead of stringing out one single story over 10 hours, creator Patrick Somerville and team explore the lives of a far-flung ensemble impacted by a deadly flu virus. “Station Eleven” skips freely through time, from the first hours...
Endings are hard for any television show, but at times the odds of “Station Eleven” pulling off a satisfying conclusion seemed about as low as, well, surviving a global pandemic that wipes out 99 percent of the world’s population. There is an episodic nature to the series: Instead of stringing out one single story over 10 hours, creator Patrick Somerville and team explore the lives of a far-flung ensemble impacted by a deadly flu virus. “Station Eleven” skips freely through time, from the first hours...
- 6/16/2022
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
“It is about what really matters to us when everything’s gone and that is art and love,” declares Matilda Lawler about the young teenager she portrays on “Station Eleven,” the HBO Max limited series set in the aftermath of a fictional catastrophic pandemic that wipes out most of civilization. For our recent webchat the wise-beyond-her-years 13 year-old actress adds, “I love that it was such a hopeful story.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Station Eleven” was created by Patrick Somerville, based on the 2014 fantasy novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world, a group of survivors who make their living as traveling performers encounter a violent cult led by a man whose past is unknowingly linked to a member of the troupe. While it confronts the harsh realities of what happens to humanity after a catastrophic deadly virus,...
“Station Eleven” was created by Patrick Somerville, based on the 2014 fantasy novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world, a group of survivors who make their living as traveling performers encounter a violent cult led by a man whose past is unknowingly linked to a member of the troupe. While it confronts the harsh realities of what happens to humanity after a catastrophic deadly virus,...
- 6/16/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“I don’t think I’ll ever work on a show like this again or have this kind of experience again,” declares Emmy-nominated director Jeremy Podeswa (“Boardwalk Empire,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Pacific”) about the emotional impact that working on “Station Eleven,” had on him personally. “Watching the show, there’s a lot of cathartic, very moving, very powerful moments, even though there is humor and other things too. But at the end of the day, when we were doing these scenes that were really powerful, and there were many of them, we were all incredibly moved, and I was crying all the time,” he shares, adding for our recent webchat. Also serving as executive producer, he adds that “it allowed us to have this release through the characters and through the story, and it was really meaningful I think for everybody.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
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- 6/10/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
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As unlikely as it may have seemed in a moment when the real-world pandemic was yet again shuttering communities, the meditative, elegiac HBO Max limited series Station Eleven — which depicts the emotional and interpersonal repercussions of an even more cataclysmic, and thankfully fictional, outbreak — was embraced by audiences and critics alike.
Adapted for television by Patrick Somerville from the best-selling novel by Emily St. John Mandel, the show offers a bittersweet portrait of survivors making their way into an uncertain future 20 years later. It was received as a balm for a pandemic-addled viewing public, offering pathways of collective hope and connection as characters ventured out of a grim period.
Central to the show’s ensemble were Jeevan (Himesh Patel), an adrift young man, and Kirsten (played as a girl by Matilda Lawler and as an adult by Mackenzie Davis), the child actress he...
As unlikely as it may have seemed in a moment when the real-world pandemic was yet again shuttering communities, the meditative, elegiac HBO Max limited series Station Eleven — which depicts the emotional and interpersonal repercussions of an even more cataclysmic, and thankfully fictional, outbreak — was embraced by audiences and critics alike.
Adapted for television by Patrick Somerville from the best-selling novel by Emily St. John Mandel, the show offers a bittersweet portrait of survivors making their way into an uncertain future 20 years later. It was received as a balm for a pandemic-addled viewing public, offering pathways of collective hope and connection as characters ventured out of a grim period.
Central to the show’s ensemble were Jeevan (Himesh Patel), an adrift young man, and Kirsten (played as a girl by Matilda Lawler and as an adult by Mackenzie Davis), the child actress he...
- 6/10/2022
- by Scott Huver
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This story about “Station Eleven” co-stars Mackenzie Davis and Matilda Lawler first appeared in the Limited Series / Movies issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Mackenzie Davis likes to say that her now teenage co-star Matilda Lawler “originated” the role of their “Station Eleven” character, Kirsten, whom they each play at different ages in Patrick Somerville’s HBO Max drama adapted from Emily St. John Mandel’s novel.
Lawler plays Kirsten as a girl separated from her family and stuck with a stranger on Day 1 of a global pandemic, and Davis picks up the character 20 years later after she’s survived a whole lot.
But Davis hates it when actors in a series share little notebooks of plans and character tics that cue an audience that we’re watching the same person. She’d much rather that process happen through “osmosis”—and fortunately for Davis, Lawler didn’t need any advice...
Mackenzie Davis likes to say that her now teenage co-star Matilda Lawler “originated” the role of their “Station Eleven” character, Kirsten, whom they each play at different ages in Patrick Somerville’s HBO Max drama adapted from Emily St. John Mandel’s novel.
Lawler plays Kirsten as a girl separated from her family and stuck with a stranger on Day 1 of a global pandemic, and Davis picks up the character 20 years later after she’s survived a whole lot.
But Davis hates it when actors in a series share little notebooks of plans and character tics that cue an audience that we’re watching the same person. She’d much rather that process happen through “osmosis”—and fortunately for Davis, Lawler didn’t need any advice...
- 6/10/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
“It’s a strange thing to have had this opportunity, but I’m so grateful to have been able to pack my own experiences over the last couple of years inside of the making of the show,” declares producer Nate Matteson about “Station Eleven,” set in the aftermath of a flu pandemic that wipes out most of civilization. Both Matteson and producing partner Hiro Murai, who also directed the pilot (for which he was recently nominated for a DGA Award) and third episode in the series, appear genuinely moved by the experience of bringing this series to life when the world was collectively living through a real-life pandemic.
“We were isolated for so long and we were all trying to figure out how to emotionally cope with the idea of a pandemic and our need for community,” explains Murai. “It weirdly became a great place for us to figure out...
“We were isolated for so long and we were all trying to figure out how to emotionally cope with the idea of a pandemic and our need for community,” explains Murai. “It weirdly became a great place for us to figure out...
- 6/9/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“She is fierce in just saying ‘I’m going to blow up what’s not working, I’m going to set a fire,’” declares Danielle Deadwyler about the woman she portrays on “Station Eleven,” the HBO Max limited series set in the aftermath of a fictional catastrophic pandemic that wipes out most of civilization. For our recent webchat she adds, “I think that those things are super attractive, like that’s somebody who’s going for the life that they actually want yet don’t know if they can attain. I think that’s all of us. That’s the beauty of the show. Everybody’s doing something that they don’t necessarily think they would have done before.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Station Eleven” was created by Patrick Somerville, based on the 2014 sci-fi/fantasy novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after...
“Station Eleven” was created by Patrick Somerville, based on the 2014 sci-fi/fantasy novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after...
- 6/8/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“It’s hard to tell really earnest stories. It’s easier to tell a cynical or horrifying story,” declares Mackenzie Davis about about “Station Eleven,” the HBO Max limited series set in the aftermath of a fictional catastrophic pandemic that wipes out most of civilization. For our recent webchat she adds, “I loved the mission of the series, which was to tell a post-apocalyptic story without using any of the tropes or easy markers of a post-apocalyptic story. So, rather than savage humanity, and non-stop bloodshed, it was art and the things that are actually worth living for,” she says. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Station Eleven” was created by Patrick Somerville, based on the 2014 sci-fi/fantasy novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world, a group of survivors who make their living as traveling...
“Station Eleven” was created by Patrick Somerville, based on the 2014 sci-fi/fantasy novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world, a group of survivors who make their living as traveling...
- 5/24/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“There’s something about strings that really emulate human voices,” declares composer Dan Romer about the profound human emotion that string instruments like the cello and violin so often elicit in music. For our recent webchat about his acclaimed original score for “Station Eleven,” he adds that “there’s something about the swell and the shakiness of strings that reminds us of our own voices more than other instruments.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
The HBO Max limited series is set in the aftermath of a fictional catastrophic pandemic that wipes out most of civilization. Romer’s ambitious score features a blend of immersive, ambient synth elements and plucky, percussive strings on the one hand, and then rousing melodies that evoke the series life-affirming core theme — that in the face of the hardship and loss that follows a world-ending catastrophe like a perilous global pandemic, art, music and theater live on and sustain humanity.
The HBO Max limited series is set in the aftermath of a fictional catastrophic pandemic that wipes out most of civilization. Romer’s ambitious score features a blend of immersive, ambient synth elements and plucky, percussive strings on the one hand, and then rousing melodies that evoke the series life-affirming core theme — that in the face of the hardship and loss that follows a world-ending catastrophe like a perilous global pandemic, art, music and theater live on and sustain humanity.
- 5/19/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“There’s something about this show,” declares executive producer Jessica Rhoades about “Station Eleven,” the HBO Max limited series set in the aftermath of a fictional catastrophic pandemic that wipes out most of civilization. “I know people cried a lot towards the end of our show, but there were a lot of happy tears too and there was a lot of catharsis,” she says with. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Station Eleven” was created by Patrick Somerville, based on the 2014 sci-fi/fantasy novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world, a group of survivors who make their living as traveling performers encounter a violent cult led by a man whose past is unknowingly linked to a member of the troupe. The series has been met with rave reviews from critics, buoyed by strong word of...
“Station Eleven” was created by Patrick Somerville, based on the 2014 sci-fi/fantasy novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world, a group of survivors who make their living as traveling performers encounter a violent cult led by a man whose past is unknowingly linked to a member of the troupe. The series has been met with rave reviews from critics, buoyed by strong word of...
- 5/17/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“I remember damage.” That haunting quote, from the novel “Station Eleven,” by Emily St. John Mandel, becomes an ongoing theme in the TV series of the same name, adapted by Patrick Somerville for HBO Max. “Station Eleven” started in development, and even began shooting, before the Covid-19 pandemic. But the ten-episode series — about the aftermath of a devastating flu that wipes out most of the world, and the survivors who attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew – obviously took on an entirely new resonance when the real-life pandemic hit.
What does “I remember damage” mean to the show’s stars? What’s it like to promote a show about live after a pandemic… during a pandemic? How did the cast and crew keep the show’s action straight while shooting, given its jumps between multiple timelines? And could there ever be a second season? Stars Mackenzie Davis and Himesh Patel,...
What does “I remember damage” mean to the show’s stars? What’s it like to promote a show about live after a pandemic… during a pandemic? How did the cast and crew keep the show’s action straight while shooting, given its jumps between multiple timelines? And could there ever be a second season? Stars Mackenzie Davis and Himesh Patel,...
- 5/14/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
“I found it so incredibly moving,” three-time Emmy-nominated production designer Ruth Ammon (“Heroes”) reveals about the profound impact that working on “Station Eleven” had on her. “Especially being someone who’s on the road all the time for work, the idea of the traveling artist just obviously connected with me,” she says. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Station Eleven” was created by Patrick Somerville, based on the 2014 sci-fi/fantasy novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world, a group of survivors who make their living as traveling performers encounter a violent cult led by a man whose past is unknowingly linked to a member of the troupe.
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The series has been met with rave reviews from critics, buoyed by strong word of mouth as audiences inevitably draw...
“Station Eleven” was created by Patrick Somerville, based on the 2014 sci-fi/fantasy novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world, a group of survivors who make their living as traveling performers encounter a violent cult led by a man whose past is unknowingly linked to a member of the troupe.
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The series has been met with rave reviews from critics, buoyed by strong word of mouth as audiences inevitably draw...
- 5/12/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“What I love most was that it was a joyful book. It was a not a book about pain or death, even though a lot of it happened between chapter breaks, and that spirit, that idea felt very radical to me,” declares creator and showrunner Patrick Somerville about what attracted him to adapting the 2014 sci-fi/fantasy novel “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel for television. “What if you didn’t keep doubling down on storytelling about loss after one great loss, but you do one great loss and then you show the rebuild from that point forward,” he explains. “I love how warm the novel was and we tried very hard to make that reflected in the show.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Station Eleven” is set 20 years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world, as a group of survivors who make their living as...
“Station Eleven” is set 20 years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world, as a group of survivors who make their living as...
- 5/11/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“I have all kinds of little playlists and my secret weapon folder,” two-time Emmy nominated music supervisor Liza Richardson reveals about how she is often curating lists of left-field oddities, deep cuts and needle-drops. “I’m always judging,” she says. “I’m always asking myself, ‘is it good enough to survive being on my Spotify playlist?’ It has to be so good if I’m going to leave it on there. Does it have certain things that I’m looking for like a hook or a certain layer of sophistication or a certain layer of humor or irony?”
Richardson supervised all of the music featured in the HBO Max limited series “Station Eleven,” which is set in the aftermath of a fictional catastrophic pandemic that wipes out most of civilization. “I loved the group that I worked with. I mean, that’s a huge part for me. We had so much fun,...
Richardson supervised all of the music featured in the HBO Max limited series “Station Eleven,” which is set in the aftermath of a fictional catastrophic pandemic that wipes out most of civilization. “I loved the group that I worked with. I mean, that’s a huge part for me. We had so much fun,...
- 5/9/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“It deals with trauma and pain and the end of the world,” declares Himesh Patel about “Station Eleven,” the HBO Max limited series set in the aftermath of a fictional catastrophic pandemic that wipes out most of civilization. “But it’s ultimately a story about love and reconciliation, community, art and celebrating the best things about humanity,” he says. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
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“Station Eleven” was created by Patrick Somerville, based on the 2014 sci-fi/fantasy novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world, a group of survivors who make their living as traveling performers encounter a violent cult led by a man whose past is unknowingly linked to a member of the troupe.
The series has been met with rave reviews from critics, buoyed by...
See Exclusive Video Interview: Hiro Murai (‘Station Eleven’ director)
“Station Eleven” was created by Patrick Somerville, based on the 2014 sci-fi/fantasy novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world, a group of survivors who make their living as traveling performers encounter a violent cult led by a man whose past is unknowingly linked to a member of the troupe.
The series has been met with rave reviews from critics, buoyed by...
- 4/26/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
From solemn explorations of humanity to nerdy humor, this month’s science fiction runs the gamut. See our picks for top new science fiction books in April 2022.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Type: Novel
Publisher: Knopf
Release date: April 5
Den of Geek says: Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven introduced a beautiful new voice. Her novels intertwine with each other, but also work as poetic science fiction stand-alones.
Publisher’s summary: Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an airship terminal—an experience that shocks him to his core.
Two centuries later a famous writer named Olive Llewellyn is on a book tour. She’s traveling all over Earth,...
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Type: Novel
Publisher: Knopf
Release date: April 5
Den of Geek says: Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven introduced a beautiful new voice. Her novels intertwine with each other, but also work as poetic science fiction stand-alones.
Publisher’s summary: Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an airship terminal—an experience that shocks him to his core.
Two centuries later a famous writer named Olive Llewellyn is on a book tour. She’s traveling all over Earth,...
- 4/8/2022
- by Megan Crouse
- Den of Geek
On the April 5, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about what they've been up to at the virtual water cooler.
Opening Banter:
At The Water Cooler:
What we've been Doing:
Ben saw his favorite band in Orlando.
Ht in Par-ee!
What we've been Reading:
Ben read Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.
Hoai-Tran read The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
What we've been Watching:
Ben watched the first five episodes of Tokyo Vice, Our Flag Means Death, and Bad Day at Black Rock.
The post Daily Podcast: Mini-Water Cooler: Paris, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Bad Day at Black Rock, and More appeared first on /Film.
Opening Banter:
At The Water Cooler:
What we've been Doing:
Ben saw his favorite band in Orlando.
Ht in Par-ee!
What we've been Reading:
Ben read Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.
Hoai-Tran read The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
What we've been Watching:
Ben watched the first five episodes of Tokyo Vice, Our Flag Means Death, and Bad Day at Black Rock.
The post Daily Podcast: Mini-Water Cooler: Paris, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Bad Day at Black Rock, and More appeared first on /Film.
- 4/5/2022
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
One of the best shows of 2021 is spawning two more series, although they're not sequels: according to a New Yorker profile, the team behind HBO Max's heart-rending limited series "Station Eleven" are set to adapt two more novels by "Station" author Emily St. John Mandel.
Mandel published the National Book Award finalist on which that series was based in 2014, and has since written two more novels, "The Glass Hotel" and "The Sea of Tranquility." Both will get the HBO Max adaptation treatment, with "Station Eleven" writer and showrunner Patrick Somerville returning to co-write.
The news comes...
The post Station Eleven Team Reunites For The Glass Hotel and Sea of Tranquility Adaptations at HBO Max appeared first on /Film.
Mandel published the National Book Award finalist on which that series was based in 2014, and has since written two more novels, "The Glass Hotel" and "The Sea of Tranquility." Both will get the HBO Max adaptation treatment, with "Station Eleven" writer and showrunner Patrick Somerville returning to co-write.
The news comes...
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- 4/1/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
On the heels of the success of HBO Max’s post-apocalyptic limited series Station Eleven, created by Patrick Somerville based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel, Somerville and St. John Mandel Mandel are teaming up for series adaptations of Mandel’s most recent book, The Glass Hotel, and her upcoming novel Sea of Tranquility.
The two Station Eleven followup series are in development at HBO Max. Paramount TV Studios, which is behind Station Eleven, has optioned The Glass Hotel and Sea of Tranquility and is producing the potential two new series, which are not envisioned as sequels to Station Eleven.
St. John Mandel and Station Eleven writer/showrunner Somerville will co-write both new series, which reunite the producing team behind Station Eleven. It includes St. John Mandel as well as Somerville and David Eisenberg through their company Tractor Beam, Jessica Rhoades through her Pacesetter Productions,...
The two Station Eleven followup series are in development at HBO Max. Paramount TV Studios, which is behind Station Eleven, has optioned The Glass Hotel and Sea of Tranquility and is producing the potential two new series, which are not envisioned as sequels to Station Eleven.
St. John Mandel and Station Eleven writer/showrunner Somerville will co-write both new series, which reunite the producing team behind Station Eleven. It includes St. John Mandel as well as Somerville and David Eisenberg through their company Tractor Beam, Jessica Rhoades through her Pacesetter Productions,...
- 4/1/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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