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The Pitt may have only just wrapped its excellent first season, but we already know that it’s a show we want to last for years and years. After all, as we’ve seen, medical dramas can easily last for double-digit seasons. With that in mind, TV Insider had to ask star, executive producer, and writer Noah Wyle and executive producer R. Scott Gemmill (who wrote the outstanding Season 1 finale) how long they imagine the show going. Wyle, who played Carter on ER for over 11 seasons, Tom Mason on Falling Skies for five, and Flynn Carsen for a few Librarian movies and across the show, and is in his third season as Harry Wilson on Leverage: Redemption, said he’ll play Robby “as long as you’ll have me.” Gemmill added, “That’s up to you guys. It’s not up to me. ...

A Max original, The Pitt is a medical drama that chronicles one 15-hour shift in the emergency room of the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital. Gritty and authentic, each episode in the show covers a single hour of the shift beginning at seven in the morning. With medical students and interns in tow on their very first day, Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle), the show’s senior attending, navigates the organized chaos that’s become synonymous with working in the ER.

A realistic representation of medical personnel on the frontlines, the series isn’t made for those with a queasy stomach. At any given moment, viewers could witness a simple flesh wound or the inside of someone’s chest cavity. It is an ER after all. Given the scope of the series, The Pitt has an extensive cast, which audiences might recognize from other television shows and movies. Below are the...

Max's new series The Pitt thrives on the strength of its strong cast of characters, who deliver great performances throughout the fast-paced series. Medical drama The Pitt follows the doctors and medical professionals of the emergency department of the fictional Pittsburgh trauma hospital Ptmc. In a unique twist, each episode of the series, which was originally conceived as an ER revival, but failed, unfolds during one hour of a single ER shift, the semi-real-time pace of the series making it feel even more immersive.

The Pitt, which got a solid Rotten Tomatoes score ahead of its debut, is also different from other medical dramas in that if focuses less on the intertwined lives and romances of the doctors, but on the hectic and stressful nature of being a modern-day healthcare worker. The intensity of the trauma center emergency room is put front and center in the medical drama, rather than the personal drama.

A new episode of the Black Sheep video series has just been released, and in this one we’re paying tribute to the late, great Donald Sutherland by taking a look back at the 1994 sci-fi horror film The Puppet Masters (watch it Here)! You can hear all about it by checking out the video embedded above.

Directed by Stuart Orme, who is quite a prolific TV and music video director (best known for his collaborations with Phil Collins), from a screenplay by Hollywood heavy hitters Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio (The Pirates of the Caribbean) and David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight), The Puppet Masters was based on a novel by Robert A. Heinlein and has the following synopsis: An alien spacecraft sets down in rural Iowa, and top-secret government agents Andrew Nivens and his son, Sam, are sent to investigate. Coming along is NASA biologist Mary Sefton, and together they...

Falling Skies was a groundbreaking sci-fi series that delved into a post-apocalyptic world after an alien invasion. The show hit its stride in Season 2 with improved storytelling and character development, attracting mainstream audiences. Despite its initial popularity, Falling Skies began to fade as post-apocalyptic themes fell out of favor in the era of streaming platforms.

Science fiction programming has become dime-a-dozen in the era of prestige television, but this was far from always the case. In previous decades, network television channels largely shied away from this sometimes more esoteric genre. Nevertheless, one network that knows drama took the plunge with a series that lasted from 2011 to 2015.

Falling Skies was one of TNT's biggest forays into the sci-fi genre, and it came out at the perfect time. Encapsulating the era's fascination with post-apocalyptic programming, the show was an example of how stories evolved with creative changes behind the scenes. Though it's now largely forgotten,...

Each Bridgerton actor had a handful of other roles before landing their spot on the sensational Netflix period drama. But many viewers hadn’t quite realized that Jonathan Bailey once had a starring role on Disney Channel.

The series didn’t last for long. But now, Bailey’s fans are having a lot of fun looking up clips of his days with Disney.

Jonathan Bailey Once Worked For The Mouse

Today, Netflix subscribers love and adore Jonathan Bailey as Viscount Anthony Bridgerton. But a decade ago, he played a very different role.

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Disney Channel fans in the United States likely haven’t heard of Groove High. But many viewers in the UK, France, and several other Western European countries remember the short-lived series that aired from 2012-2013.

The show followed two pop stars on tour as they reflected on the good old days at their performing arts school,...

We finally got a Halo live-action series, and while fans have mixed feelings about the series, no one can deny the brilliant action and cast in the Paramount+ series. Halo the series is set in the 26th century and will be centered on the Master Chief, the world’s deadliest weapon and their greatest hope in the war with the Covenant (an alien race). While protecting a rebel group from the Covenant on planet Madrigal, Master Chief saves Kwan and also touches an object that seems to unlock his buried memories, and also makes him want to protect Kwan, even if it means going against him the orders given to him by the Unsc. Halo is currently in its second season and if you love the new batch of episodes and want some more similar sci-fi adventure then you might want to check out the shows listed below.

Raised By Wolves...

Movie character recasts are often necessary when actors die during production, but they can be complicated and costly due to scheduling conflicts. In some cases, stand-ins, CGI, old footage, and scene changes are used instead of recasting to honor the deceased actors. Despite the challenges, movies find ways to complete filming and pay tribute to the actors, using various techniques such as recasting, reshooting, and incorporating existing footage.

There have been instances throughout productions where an actor has died during production, which has led to multiple movie character recasts to ensure filming is complete. Unfortunately, there have been many cases of actors dying while they are in the middle of filming a movie. There has been a mixture of cases, with the majority happening off of set but some tragically happening on set. The circumstances bring productions to a halt as they deal with their loss, but the pressure of filming to deadlines always looms.

Writer, director, and filmmaker Christopher Nolan has been reassured by researchers working in the development of artificial intelligence (A.I.) that they recognize parallels between their work and when J. Robert Oppenheimer “fathered” the atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1945. The filmmaker takes this modicum of self-awareness as a hopeful sign, but it is not necessarily a comforting one for those who know the Oppenheimer story—including Christopher Nolan.

The director seemed to suggest as much during a panel in New York City that commemorated the 78th anniversary of the Trinity test in New Mexico—the first time a nuclear bomb was successfully detonated. After the test, Oppenheimer famously quoted the Bhagavad Gita when he reflected, “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”

That legacy and so much more was carefully discussed, and perhaps lightly debated, during the Trinity anniversary panel, where Den of Geek was in attendance.

SeriesFest Season 9 unveiled its list of winners in the independent pilot competition at a ceremony in Denver on Wed, May 10. Jurors screened 55 pilots from creative voices around the globe at this year’s iteration of the television festival.

“The independent pilot competitions are at the heart of our mission. It is why we founded SeriesFest,” said Randi Kleiner, CEO and Co-Founder of SeriesFest. “It was to be a discovery platform for independent artists and give them the opportunity to get their voices heard, their projects seen by an audience and executives, and make new connections. Anyone who has made a pilot deserves to be honored.”

At the awards ceremony, SeriesFest also announced the winners for two initiatives including the Level Forward Impact Award (which went to Sarah Klein and Tom Mason) and Caz Matthews Fund. The Level Forward Impact Award, given to the episodic pilot and team who demonstrate, on...

UFOs are often visible, but not always. Sometimes they make noise, sometimes they are silent. If you’ve never seen a flying saucer, that is proof they are everywhere. This is one of the many amazing things we learn in TCM’s upcoming table read of Ed Wood’s masterwork, Plan 9 from Outer Space.

We once laughed at the horseless carriage, the aero-plane, the telephone, the electric light, vitamins, radio, and even television. But it took a while to get the joke about Plan 9 from Outer Space. Written and directed by Edward D. Wood Jr. in 1959, it was a little-known independent film with a direct line through directors who carried on the DIY-filmmaking spirit like John Cassavetes, Melvin Van Peebles and John Waters. The Cult of Plan 9 began when Ed Wood was posthumously awarded a Golden Turkey Award for Worst Director of All Time in 1980. Though this has been disputed.

"You won't believe what's going on now." Hp has unveiled an official trailer for a short documentary series titled Dear Future Me, from filmmakers Sarah Klein & Tom Mason. Dear Future Me, a new documentary short film in two parts, features both high school seniors opening their prophetic letters and 6th graders writing to their future selves. The results are surprising, engaging, emotional and most of all, heartwarming. But even more than reminiscing about their middle school selves, the letters prompt reflections on identity, race, sexuality and just how much growing and changing kids do in six short years. Of course! This is one of those things we all do in school, or at least we've heard about, and it's a fun exercise in recognizing how fast time passes and how we change as time passes. And it goes without saying, but it's even more poignant to watch this now considering...

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“Greetings, my friends. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.” Right from its opening sentence delivered by The Amazing Criswell, you can tell there’s something different about Plan 9 From Outer Space, that it’s not going to be quite like anything you’ve seen before. Then again, that could be said by any movie directed by Ed Wood, who not only told stories with his films, but also celebrated the genres they called home and the people that helped make them possible. In the case of Plan 9 From Outer Space, it’s multiple genres, many people, and an endless amount of entertainment, making it a melting pot of a midnight movie that is perfect for Halloween season viewing.

While it may have been easier for Wood to make Plan 9 From Outer...

Last night in New York at the 18th Tribeca Film Festival, the winners were announced in the competition categories. The top honours went to Burning Cane which took the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae) which won Best International Narrative Feature and Scheme Birds which was named Best Documentary Feature. Here’s a full list of Tribeca 2019 competition winners:

U.S. Narrative Competition Categories

Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature – Burning Cane, directed by Phillip Youmans. The award was given by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal on behalf of the jury.

Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Haley Bennett in Swallow.

Best Actor in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Wendell Pierce in Burning Cane.

Best International Narrative Feature – House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae) directed and written by Bora Kim.

Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Phillip Youmans for Burning Cane.

In an exclusive trailer for the documentary “History of Memory,” filmmakers Sarah Klein and Tom Mason tell four stories about how photographs drastically and forever altered the lives of the people in them halfway across the globe.

“If your family has been in this country a long time, there’s some secrets in your closet,” one woman says in the trailer. “My mother brought out this photo album, and I realized the depth of my mother’s story as passing as a white woman.”

“History of Memory” is a four-chapter film series, one of which is “A Secret Album.” In it, the woman mentioned above discovers her true self and surprising heritage after she uncovers a hidden family photo album.

Also Read: Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro to Reunite for Career-Spanning Tribeca Talk

There’s also the story of an adopted son who discovers newborn photos he never knew...

Robert Heinlein’s frighteningly brilliant sci-fi horror concept spawned an entire generation of biological invasions from outer space. Stuart Orme’s faithful, authorized adaptation has a lot going for it, including sensationally good, gloppy special makeup effects, and a commanding performance from a dour, authoritative Donald Sutherland.

The Puppet Masters

Blu-ray

Kl Studio Classics

1994 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 109 min. / Street Date December 4, 2018 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95

Starring: Donald Sutherland, Julie Warner, Eric Thal, Keith David, Will Patton, Richard Belzer, Tom Mason, Yaphet Kotto, Marshall Bell.

Cinematography: Clive Tickner

Film Editor: William Goldenberg

Original Music: Colin Towns

Special Makeup Effects: Greg Cannom, Larry Odien

Written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, David S. Goyer from the book by Robert A. Heinlein

Produced by Ralph Winter

Directed by Stuart Orme

Paranoid conspiracy movies got an early hold in film noir but really took off in early science fiction, abetted by rumors (and some evidence...

“The fight isn’t over ’til it’s over,” Colonel Weaver reassured members of the 2nd Mass on more than one occasion. Now it really is over: “Falling Skies” aired the finale of its fifth and final season tonight on TNT. Warning: Spoilers Ahead for “Reborn,” the series finale of “Falling Skies.” Tonight’s finale concluded the tale that began with a ragtag team of alien invasion survivors and ended with that same group of survivors becoming heroes, leading the fight to claim back their home, Planet Earth. Tom Mason and co. have battled all manner of extraterrestrial creatures, gruesome weapons that manipulated once-loyal members of the 2nd Mass to turn on their own, and fellow humans (non-alien-manipulated ones) who were plenty troublesome in their own selfish or fearful agendas, as if a powerful alien threat weren’t trouble enough. After the final push brings the 2nd Mass to Washington,...

Falling Skies commences its ten-episode final season with an entertaining uptick in violence...

This review contains spoilers.

5.1 Find Your Warrior

In season four of Falling Skies, Battlestar Galactica veteran David Eick took over as showrunner and producer, and the show shifted subtly from a Revolutionary War parallel to a more traditional war story. Now, with the final season locked in for ten episodes, Eick is promsing even more chaos and carnage, transitioning from the Revolution to Vietnam. He's even gone as far as to call the last season of Falling Skies 'Apocalypse Now on crystal meth'. The family drama is getting put by the wayside for some good, old-fashioned alien murder, or so we're promised.

That remains to be seen, but after watching the first episode of the season, I can say that there is a very high body count and for once, Falling Skies doesn't trade bloodshed for speeches—you get both,...

“Falling Skies” began as a loose allegory for the American Revolutionary War when the alien invasion TV show first aired in 2011. Humans are fighting on their own turf for independence from extraterrestrials. That analogy evolved, as the finale of season 2 gave viewers their first look at the Volm, a species of alien who act rather like the French do for the Patriots, coming to the aid of the Earthlings. Say good morning, Vietnam, season 5. Showrunner David Eick describes the final season as “‘‘Apocalypse Now’ on crystal meth.” It’s a season of more moral ambiguity. It’s a season when characters push themselves to their absolute limits. The entire series has blended elements of sci-fi, war show, horror and family drama, but for season 5 there will be more focus on “war tales” and “combat stories,” said Eick, the “Battlestar Galactica” alum who came aboard “Falling Skies” as showrunner for season...

Robert Sean Leonard has lined up his first post-House TV gig.

The actor will appear in a five-episode arc on Season 3 of TNT’s sci-fi series Falling Skies, our sister site Deadline reports.

Related | Falling Skies Finale Recap: Watch the Skies

Leonard will play Roger Kadar, PhD, an obsessive and gifted scientist who runs Charleston’s power grid. He lives underground with his pet rats and cool science toys, leading the children of the newfound haven to dub him The Rat King.

Additionally, Gloria Reuben will reunite with her ER costar Noah Wyle in a five-episode stint as Tom Mason’s (Wyle) aide,...

Another day, another Comic-Con schedule! Are you ready to plan out our Saturday at this years convention!? Once again there's a ton of great panels going on including Iron Man 3, Pacific Rim, Man of Steel, The Hobbit, Marvel TV, Django Unchained, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and more!

Saturday has shaped up to be a hell of a great day for those of you attending Comic-Con. I've put *** next to all of the panels that we want to attend, but like every year, I'm sure we'll be covering a lot more stuff.

We'll be wearing our GeekTyrant shirts, so if you see us walking around San Diego and the convention center, please stop and and say hi! We'd love to meet our readers. We will also be holding our annual meet-up on Wednesday night before the crazy geek storm.

Check out the schedule below and let us know what panels you'll be attending,...

Another day, another schedule for the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con. Next up is Day 3 - Saturday, July 14th - which is just about as chock-full of events for the horror crowd as Friday the 13th!

As always, our focus is the horror panels, but included are a few others that we think will be of interest as well. Remember that times and participants are subject to change so keep your eyes on the official Sdcc site for updates. And hopefully they'll provide a fix soon for the Sdcc smartphone app - in years past it's been extremely helpful.

10:00-11:00 Comic-Con How-To: Anatomy of a Fight Scene, Part One— Stories are about conflict, and there is no purer form of conflict than a good ol' fisticuffs-style brawl-or sword fight, laser battle, western shootout, or even two chicks pulling each other's hair. How do you put that much action down on...

Will NCIS climb back up any family trees? What sort of “welcome” does a Falling Skies hero get? How will Five-0‘s McGarrett juggle business with pleasure? Read on for answers to those questions plus other teases from fall and summer shows.

NCIS | As I was hopping on the horn with showrunner Gary Glasberg, one of y’all tweeted me to ask about the “Abby’s brother” storyline touched on early in Season 9. “I can tell you that we are far from done with Abby’s brother,” Glasberg assured. “That’s something we will definitely be touching on in Season...

Attention Terry O’Quinn fans, your favorite mystery man is moving on from his work on Lost, with his sights now set on the science fiction drama series, Falling Skies. Let’s hope that the smoke monsters don’t follow him to the set.

TNT is responsible for Falling Skies, which already has a pretty large fan base. It boasts 6.9 million viewers, in fact. Might O’Quinn bring some Lost fans over to the newer series as well? We’ll find out when the series launches into season two this summer.

The John Locke actor has been cast, according to EW, to play a former history professor and the mentor of Noah Wyle’s character, Tom Mason. O’Quinn will appear in a two-episode arc, which will also serve as a season ender. Wow. Season two hasn’t even begun and we’re already talking about it’s end. I...

With the explosive 2-hour finale looming, this is a good time to reflect back on Falling Skies’ spectacular first season. From the reveal of a third creepy alien species that may be running everything, to the fact that the Skitters may have once been humans just like us, the first season of Falling Skies has been a fantastic ride.

Initially, the series began merely as a story about a small group of survivors who were in the midst of retreating and regrouping — while they tried to find the supplies and weaponry they needed to escape complete annihilation. But it quickly turned into a tale of how these few men and woman decided to return and enact their revenge on the aliens relentlessly pursuing them.

While the mantra: ‘retreat, regroup, return, revenge’ sounded good in theory, when it was first spoken, it seemed that Tom Mason’s words were an illusory...

Comic-Con International has unleashed the full schedule for Wednesday and Thursday for the San Diego Comic-Con 2011, and there is going to be a ton of stuff to keep you incredibly busy and entertained.

Like I've been saying it's never to early to start planning, and there is a ton of stuff here that we are looking forward to checking out. I've gone through the list and put exclamation points next to all of the events that we are looking forward to attending. What panels and events are you looking forward to?

We will be at Comic-Con in full force this year, bringing you everything you need and want to know about. We will also be having a GeekTyrant meet-up this year, which we announce soon.

See you at the con!

Wednesday July 20th

!!! 6:00-9:00 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle, and Supernatural...

The aliens are coming this summer as Stephen Spielberg's epic new series Falling Skies hits screens. We caught up with star Noah Wyle to find out more about the show. Noah takes on the part of history teacher-turned-warrior Tom Mason in this alien invasion series, which picks up six months after extra-terrestrials descended on earth, killing 80 per cent of the world's population.

When former ER star Noah Wyle got wind of Matthew Fox’s comeback with the cult adventure-drama, Lost, he pulled up his bootstraps and decided he, too, would try to board the 90’s heartthrob comeback train. The result is his new TV series Falling Skies on TNT which debuted Sunday night.

Wyle’s thinking makes sense, and he was he even shrewd enough to jump aboard a train conducted by Steven Spielberg, the closest thing to a sure shot in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Fox was only able to muster Spielberg acolye J.J. Abrams to guide his comeback. But as you'll see, landing Spielberg seems to be Wyle's only advantage in the comeback game.

Let’s compare and contrast the two former idols and see who comes out on top in this battle of 90s Heartthrobs.

Battle, Round 1: Sexiness

Matthew Fox vs. Noah Wyle

With Lost, Fox did a wonderful job...

HBO Films has an incredible feature coming your way beginning May 23rd. The cast is amazing, and the subject is one that is sure to grip you. Check out the info below - including a trailer and several photos - and make sure you catch Too Big To Fail.

An HBO Films presentation of a Spring Creek/Deuce Three production, a film by Curtis Hanson, Too Big Too Fail is based on Andrew Ross Sorkin’s bestselling book of the same name. Directed by Oscar®-winner Curtis Hanson (“L.A. Confidential”) and debuting Monday, May 23 (9:00-10:45 p.m. Et/Pt), the film offers an intimate look at the epochal Wall Street financial crisis of 2008 and explores the inner sanctum of the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world’s economy in a matter of a few weeks. Centering on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the...

By Charlie Jane Anders of io9

We've seen the first seven hours of Steven Spielberg's new alien-occupation show Falling Skies, airing this summer. And the good news is, this could be one of the most thought-provoking and intense stories about alien invasion you've ever seen.

The bad news is, Falling Skies gets off to kind of a rocky start in its first couple of episodes, but then it does pick up dramatically later on. Here's our spoiler-free preview.

Very few creators have attempted to tell the story of life after an alien invasion . not immediately after, but six months after, in the case of Falling Skies. And it's a brilliant conceit, allowing the show to explore a lot of post-apocalyptic themes about survival after a disaster, and how desperate circumstances bring out the best and worst in people. It's sort of similar to Day of the Triffids, in all its various incarnations,...

In the Fox series Party of Five, an irresponsible older brother (Matthew Fox) must take care of his siblings after their parents are killed by a drunk driver. The other siblings are played by Scott Wolf, Neve Campbell, Lacey Chabert, and Jacob Smith. Others in the cast include Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paula Devicq, Scott Grimes, Michael Goorjian, Jeremy London, Tom Mason, and Mitchell Anderson.

The Party of Five series was never a big success but was very important to the growth of the fledgling Fox network. It started out at #125 in the ratings and, over the course of four seasons, made it to #57. The ratings then started to tumble after and it was cancelled after six years on the air, in 2000.

The family's San Francisco house was featured at the start of every episode and remains very identifiable to fans of...

As part of a continuing strategy to expand its slate of original programming, TNT has given the greenlight to three new original series: a bold alien-invasion series from DreamWorks Television and Steven Spielberg that stars Noah Wyle (ER, TNT's The Librarian movies); Delta Blues (working title), an offbeat series starring Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl) and Alfre Woodard (Three Rivers) and produced for TNT by George Clooney and Grant Heslov's Smokehouse Pictures and Warner Horizon Television; and Rizzoli & Isles (working title), a crime drama starring Angie Harmon (Law & Order, Women's Murder Club) and Sasha Alexander (NCIS), based on Tess Gerritsen's popular mystery novels and produced for TNT by Warner Horizon Television and Ostar Productions. TNT's announcement brings to 10 the total number of original series currently on the TNT slate. "We're very happy with the quality and performance of our original programming, and we're excited to be expanding...