Director David O. Russell explains why he drop out of the zombie - fied Jane Austen movie , revealing some of what the film ’s content . An Atonement actress joins The Hobbit , John Noble and Jasika Nicole lecture Fringe , plus Torchwood casting news program . pamperer !
Battle : Los Angeles
Neil Brown Jr. , who play a marine in the movie , explain how this movie is different from other alien invasion film :
[ The picture show ’s noncitizen ] are awesome . I was reading a review the other day , about originality . I do n’t know if there ’s really an original script any more , but what you may do is have an original take on things . Every story is reasonably much a reworking of other stories . But this one , just the way it was done , how gritty it was , how realistic it was – the aliens themselves look very existent . They look plausible . They take care like ‘ okay , they could really number down here and take over right now ’ !
There ’s some more at the tie-in , including some larger-than-life dissing of Skyline . [ Shadowlocked ]
The audience also gave us this glance at a new card :
The Hobbit
Atonement actress Saorise Ronan has joined the film , according to casting director Ros Hubbard . No word yet on who the 16 - twelvemonth - sometime thespian is playing , but I ’m go to go out on a tree branch and guess it ’s Smaug . [ The Irish Film & Television News ]
Proving that even Peter Jackson ’s eubstance does n’t want Peter Jackson to make this movie , the manager is in the hospital recovering from a perforated ulceration , which is expected to have a slight postponement in filming . [ ComingSoon.net ]
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Director David O. Russell explains why he left the project , dropping some pinch about what the film will involve ( assuming they have n’t since change ):
“ I reckon at $ 40 to $ 50 million was a buy price to make a “ Sherlock Holmes”-style menstruum natural action romance that happened to have zombies in it . The studio budget it as a musical style zombi spirit movie and gave me $ 25 to $ 28 million . I was like , that ’s not coolheaded . We have crazy big action sequences in it . It ’s very commercial ; we have a major Romance language . It ’s a full point film . And we ’re doing it on the budget that we did “ The Fighter ? ” It made no mother wit to me . That I plant was frustrating . ”
[ Speakeasy ]
Fringe
Jasika Nicole excuse how the upcoming 1985 flashback installment follow and expand upon season two ’s “ Peter ” :
“ It ’s break down to find fault up right where ‘ Peter ’ left off and it ’s better than the first one . [ But ] this flashback is depart to take place in the alternate world as well as this macrocosm . That ’s why it ’s so salutary , you ’ll see the backlash steal Peter has for Walter and Walternate . As we ’ve get wind , Walternate is still with his wife and there ’s a grounds for that . You see all these consequences that happened as a result of that [ abduction ] and what that intend for his relationship with Elizabeth . It ’s a really heartrending story . ”
[ Pop Wrap ]
Torchwood : Miracle Day
harmonize to the Spotlight throw away directory , William Thomas is returning as Gwen Cooper ’s male parent Geraint , which he first played in the series two marriage instalment “ Something borrow . ” He is now listed as a series veritable , although it ’s undecipherable if that really mean Gwen ’s daddy will be in multiple episodes . Her onscreen female parent Mary , play by Sharon Morgan , is n’t presently listed as appear . Other freshly list cast fellow member admit Lena Kaur as Dr. Alicia Patel , Danny Szam as someone named Surveillance , and Daniel Adegboyega as a guard .
Jane Espensen has revealed she ’s writing episodes 3 , 5 , 7 and 8 ( which she is co - authorship with Ryan Scott ) , while Russell T. Davies is handle instalment 1 and 10 . Doris Egan and John Shiban are writing episodes 2 and 6 respectively , which just leave 4 and 9 unaccounted for . [ Doctor Who News Page ]
The Walking Dead
Neil Brown Jr. says “ it look estimable ” that he ’ll return as Guillermo in season two , although no one knows anything for sure yet . [ Shadowlocked ]
straight Blood
Here ’s a cast call for episode 6 , “ I Wish I Was the Moon ” :
[ MAVIS ] Female , African American , 20 - 30 years former . She is a sad - eyed young lady dressed in a modest 1930s attire . fall back GUEST STAR . Must speak with a Cajun accent .
[ honest profligate ’s Nest ]
Game of Thrones
A few extra roles have been tweeted by the talent agency Sainou . Gerry O’Brien is playing Lord Bracken , and he seems rig to show up in episodes 9 and 10 . As for some more underage part , Frank O’Sullivan and Barry John O’Connor are play members of Night ’s Watch , Conor Delaney is a Lannister Guardsman in one of the other sequence , and Barrington Cullen is the “ honest-to-god Knight of the Vale . ” [ Westeros.org ]
And because why not , here ’s a Czech promo for the serial publication : [ SpoilerTV ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgBihqchnQo
Being Human ( UK )
Here ’s a sneaker peek at episode 2 , “ Adam ’s Family ” : [ TwitVid ]
Click to look at
The BBC has released a synopsis for episode 4 , “ The Pack ” :
With Nina fraught by her boyfriend , George , they ’re keen to know precisely what might be spring up inside her – and whether her forthcoming transformation on the full moon is go to bear upon it – as the remove play about supernatural booster continues . Having spotted a new loup-garou in the woods , the span set up out to find him to see if he can assist them with their questions . They find McNair , who is less than forthcoming with information .
Annie and Mitchell , meanwhile , are finding it hard to make the transition from friends to boyfriend and girlfriend – especially as Annie is a ghost . Desperate to have a normal human relationship with all that it entails , Annie comes up with a architectural plan to get Mitchell hot and bothered in the chamber . Having been proceed isolated from the rest of the world , McNair ’s Logos , Tom , is excited by the prospect of more werewolves and go to line up George and Nina . His bearing in Honolulu Heights , however , is not welcomed by Mitchell – the “ werewolf - mold bullet ” forewarning hanging heavy on his judgement . Could McNair , with his open hate of vampires , be Mitchell ’s ultimate scourge ?
[ SpoilerTV ]
Supernatural
Here ’s a synopsis for the ultra meta installment 15 , which to my great ignominy I only just now worked out why they called it “ The French Mistake ” :
Dean and Sam regain themselves in an alternating reality where everyone conceive they are two actors named Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki , who star in a television show called Supernatural about two brothers who hunt monsters .
[ TV Rage ]
The CW have pushed back Supernatural ’s mid - time of year premiere by one workweek ( that and Smallville ’s , in case anyone cares ) to give raw spectator another fortune to see Vampire Diaries and Nikita . leave the wisdom of that decision aside , sports fan can at least acknowledge the decision does n’t really look to mull over poorly on the more conventional show . [ EW ]
V
Here ’s some sunglass - heavy promo and behind - the - scenes exposure for episode 7 , “ Birth Pangs ” : [ SpoilerTV ]
Smallville
Black Canary actress Alaina Huffman discusses whether she and Green Arrow are maneuver for a comics - O.K. romance :
You know , Chloe come back in this episode , and that ’s sort of a source of tenseness between them , because she left in such interesting circumstances . I think there ’s always a form of underlie understanding that there ’s an attractive feature there , but nothing ’s played out yet . I hope they do take on it out . They have about a half a season left before the series is over , and I just think it ’s such a bully account to assure . So , so far , no , but I ’m hop that I get a call , and they require me back to tell a little bit of that report .
[ MTV Geek News ]
extra coverage by Katharine Trendacosta and Charlie Jane Anders .
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