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Paper Girls on Amazon Prime 7/29

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Paper Girls on Amazon Prime

In the early morning hours after Halloween 1988, four paper girls—Erin, Mac, Tiffany, and KJ—are out on their delivery route when they become caught in the crossfire between warring time-travelers, changing the course of their lives forever. Transported into the future, these girls must figure out a way to get back home to the past, a journey that will bring them face-to-face with the grown-up versions of themselves. While reconciling that their futures are far different than their 12-year-old selves imagined, they are being hunted by a militant faction of time-travelers known as the Old Watch, who have outlawed time travel so that they can stay in power. In order to survive, the girls will need to overcome their differences and learn to trust each other, and themselves. Based on the best-selling graphic novels written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Cliff Chiang, Paper Girls is a high-stakes personal journey depicted through the eyes of four girls, played by breakout leads Camryn Jones (“Tiffany Quilkin”), Riley Lai Nelet (“Erin Tieng”), Sofia Rosinsky (“Mac Coyle”), and Fina Strazza (“KJ Brandman”). Ali Wong also stars as the grown-up version of Erin, with Nate Corddry as “Larry,” Adina Porter as “Prioress.” Paper Girls is from Amazon Studios and Legendary Television, in association with Plan B. The series is executive produced by Christopher C. Rogers, Stephany Folsom, Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Plan B.

 

“Moonhaven” suspense thriller on AMC+ July 7

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AMC+ SUSPENSE THRILLER ‘MOONHAVEN’ FROM PETER OCKO

New Series Starring Emma McDonald, Joe Manganiello and Dominic Monaghan to Debut July 7 Exclusively on AMC+

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AMC+ is excited to announce the upcoming suspense thriller Moonhaven from creator Peter Ocko (Lodge 49, Black Sails, Elementary)! The two-part episode premieres on Thursday, July 7 exclusively on AMC+. The series is set in a utopian colony on the moon that may hold the keys to preserving life on Earth, which has become increasingly perilous, and features an acclaimed ensemble cast including Emma McDonald (Queens of Mystery), Dominic Monaghan (Lost) Amara Karan (Doctor Who), Ayelet Zurer (Losing Alice), Joe Manganiello (True Blood), Kadeem Hardison (Black Monday), and Yazzmin Newell (The Last Tree).

Moonhaven centers on Bella Sway (McDonald), a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future who finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community set on a 500 square mile Garden of Eden built on the Moon to find solutions to the problems that will soon end civilization on Mother Earth. A skeptic in Paradise, Bella is sucked into a conspiracy to gain control of the artificial intelligence responsible for Moonhaven’s miracles and teams with a local detective to stop the forces that want to destroy Earth’s last hope before they are destroyed themselves.

An AMC Studios production, Moonhaven is executive produced by Ocko and Deb Spera, who is a non-writing executive producer.

 

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS

Episode 101 – The Pilot – Premieres Thursday, July 7

A murder on Moonhaven puts Earth’s last hope in jeopardy. During what should be a routine cargo loop to the Moon, pilot Bella Sway finds herself the subject of detective Paul Sarno’s investigation.

 

Episode 102 – The Detective – Premieres Thursday, July 7

Bella wants to get back to Earth, but must wait for Paul and Arlo to untangle a knot.

 

Episode 103 – The Envoy – Premieres Thursday, July 14

Indira tries to get The Bridge back on track while Bella helps Paul uncover a conspiracy.

 

Episode 104 – Mada – Premieres Thursday, July 21

On the brink of The Bridge, Paul prepares for some difficult goodbyes.

 

Episode 105 – Dreadfeel – Premieres Thursday, July 28

Paul and Bella trek through unknown territory in search of Maite. Meanwhile, Arlo takes a journey of his own.

 

Episode 106 – The Seeker – Premieres Thursday, August 4

In the season finale, Truelune is tested like never before.

About AMC+

AMC+ is the company’s new premium streaming bundle featuring an extensive lineup of popular and critically acclaimed original programming from AMC, BBC America, IFC, and SundanceTV and full access to targeted streaming services Shudder, Sundance Now and IFC Films Unlimited, which feature content such as A Discovery of Witches, Creepshow, Riviera and Boyhood. The service features a continually refreshed library of commercial-free content, including fan favorites Mad Men, Rectify, Orphan Black, Portlandia, Hell on Wheels, NOS4A2 and series from The Walking Dead Universe, among many others. The service also offers a growing slate of original and exclusive series including Gangs of London, The North Water, Kin, The Beast Must Die, Too Close, The Salisbury Poisonings, Cold Courage, Spy City, Ultra City Smiths, Ragdoll and Anna. AMC+ recently launched in Canada and Australia, and is available in the U.S. through AMCPlus.com, the AMC+ app, and a number of digital and cable partners.

 

 

“The Orville” novella

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Seth MacFarlane’s original novella set in world of “The Orville”

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Seth MacFarlane’s original novella set in Season 3

Seth MacFarlane’s original novella, The Orville: Sympathy for the Devil, will be released digitally on July 19, 2022.

 

See Seth’s announcement here!

 

When Captain Ed Mercer and the crew of the U.S.S. Orville come face-to-face with one of humanity’s most vile ideologies, they must solve the moral conundrum of who to hold accountable for evil deeds real… and imagined. Occurring just after New Horizons Episode 8, this is The Orville like you’ve never seen it before.

 

The cover art is an original piece from Bill Sienkiewicz, Eisner-winning, Emmy-nominated artist best known for revamping the style of comic and graphic novel illustration (Marvel Comic’s Elektra: Assassin, acclaimed graphic novel Stray Toasters, advertising campaigns for Nike, MTV and Nissan). The audiobook will be narrated by a familiar face and voice across fandoms, Bruce Boxleitner (“Tron,” “Babylon 5”).

 

The Orville: Sympathy for the Devil will be available in ebook and audiobook on July 19, 2022, perfectly timed to be enjoyed in-between episodes of “The Orville: New Horizons” airing on its new home on Hulu.

 

“The Orville: New Horizons” is produced by 20th Television and Fuzzy Door. The series was created and written by Seth MacFarlane. MacFarlane, Brannon Braga, David A. Goodman, Jon Cassar, Jason Clark and Howard Griffith serve as executive producers.

 

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season one loglines

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“STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS” Season One LOGLINES

Episode 101: “Strange New Worlds” – Available to stream Thursday, May 5

Series premiere. When one of Pike’s officers goes missing while on a secret mission for Starfleet, Pike has to come out of self-imposed exile. He must navigate how to rescue his officer, while struggling with what to do with the vision of the future he’s been given.

Teleplay by: Akiva Goldsman

Story by: Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet

Directed by: Akiva Goldsman

Episode 102: “Children of the Comet” – Available to stream Thursday, May 12

While on a survey mission, the U.S.S. Enterprise discovers a comet is going to strike an inhabited planet. They try to re-route the comet, only to find that an ancient alien relic buried on the comet’s icy surface is somehow stopping them. As the away team try to unlock the relic’s secrets, Pike and Number One deal with a group of zealots who want to prevent the U.S.S. Enterprise from interfering.

Written by: Henry Alonso Myers & Sarah Tarkoff

Directed by: Maja Vrvilo

Episode 103: “Ghosts of Illyria” – Available to stream Thursday, May 19

The U.S.S. Enterprise encounters a contagion that ravages the ship. One by one, the entire crew is incapacitated except for Number One, Una Chin-Riley, who must now confront a secret she’s been hiding as she races to find a cure.

Written by: Akela Cooper & Bill Wolkoff

Directed by: Leslie Hope

Episode 104: “Memento Mori” – Available to stream Thursday, May 26

While on a routine supply mission to a colony planet, the U.S.S. Enterprise comes under an attack from an unknown malevolent force. Pike brings all his heart and experience to bear in facing the crisis, but the security officer warns him that the enemy cannot be dealt with by conventional Starfleet means.

Written by: Davy Perez & Beau DeMayo

Directed by: Dan Liu

Episode 105: “Spock Amok” – Available to stream Thursday, June 2

It’s a comedy of manners when Spock has a personal visit in the middle of Spock and Captain Pike’s crucial negotiations with an unusual alien species.

Written by: Henry Alonso Myers & Robin Wasserman

Directed by: Rachel Leiterman

Episode 106: “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach” – Available to stream Thursday, June 9

A threat to an idyllic planet reunites Captain Pike with the lost love of his life. To protect her and a scientific holy child from a conspiracy, Pike offers his help and is forced to face unresolved feelings of his past.

Written by Robin Wasserman & Bill Wolkoff

Directed by: Andi Armaganian

Episode 107: “The Serene Squall” – Available to stream Thursday, June 16

While on a dangerous humanitarian mission, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise stumbles into a harrowing game of leverage with the quadrant’s deadliest space pirate.

Written by: Beau DeMayo & Sarah Tarkoff

Directed by: Sydney Freeland

Episode 108: “The Elysian Kingdom” – Available to stream Thursday, June 23

The U.S.S. Enterprise becomes stuck in a nebula that is home to an alien consciousness that traps the crew in a fairy tale.

Written by: Akela Cooper & Onitra Johnson

Directed by: Amanda Row

Episode 109: “All Those Who Wander” – Available to stream Thursday, June 30

The U.S.S. Enterprise crew comes face-to-face with their demons – and scary monsters too – when their landing party is stranded on a barren planet with a ravenous enemy.

Written by: Davy Perez

Directed by: Christopher J. Byrne

“The Expanse” actor accused of sexual assault on social media

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Cas AnvarCas Anvar (who stars in “The Expanse” on Amazon Prime Video) is the latest celebrity to be accused of sexual assault…at least on Twitter.  A woman named Lorena started the accusations, saying that two friends of hers – fans of his from the video game “Assassin’s Creed: Revelations,” where he voiced the character Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad – had been invited by him to meet up “aggressively.” She says that one did not go, but the other one was assaulted. Other women then replied to her post, posting about their own creepy encounters with the actor.

A woman named AJ went into great detail about how he “pressured” her into going to his room when she was 17. When she told him how old she was, he allegedly replied, “That’s close enough to 18.”  She claims that he also tried to give her vodka, that he groped her, and other disgusting details.

User Iro posted, “I am disgusted. I am outraged. But I am not shocked. I have been holding friends’ stories of Cas Anvar harassing them, then intimidating or gaslighting them into silence. Hearing that his behavior extends to sexual assault of young fans who admired and trusted him is horrifying.”

UbiSubject17 tweeted what he says are private DMs from Anvar, trying to get his help in silencing another young woman who “outed him” years ago on Twitter.  Anvar sounds angry in the DMs, but he doesn’t specifically admit any wrongdoing on his part.

Most fans seem to support these women.  Some fans have been sending messages to The Expanse, to the show’s writers, and to the book’s author James S. A. Corey to call for Anvar’s firing. Anvar has not posted on Twitter since June 21st.  He was scheduled to do interviews June 24, but they were canceled by his PR firm without a word to the press (including our site).  Please note, though, that no charges have been filed. As far as we know, none of these accusers have gone to the police.  Anvar and his PR team have yet to address the accusations.

More info has been posted since then on Twitter. Also, there is plenty of info on Reddit and on this blog.  So far, no other news sites have addressed this.

Photo from Syfy.com

Followup from Monday, 6/29:

‘The Expanse’ Star Cas Anvar Will Cooperate With Investigation To “Refute” Sexual Misconduct Allegations – Update

By Nellie Andreeva

Nellie Andreeva

Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV

@DeadlineNellie

UPDATE MONDAY:  The Expanse star Cas Anvar on Monday morning issued a statement regarding the independent investigation into sexual misconduct allegations that was launched by series studio Alcon Entertainment. “I welcome the independent investigation, respect that the women who have come forward should be heard, and will make myself fully available to participate in the process as appropriate so that I may refute these very serious claims that strike at the core of what I value,” he said.

PREVIOUS FRODAY: The Expanse studio Alcon Entertainment has launched an independent investigation after series’ star Cas Anvar this week faced numerous accusations of sexual harassment and sexual assault.

The controversy snowballed over the last couple of days, with more women coming forward, sharing their stories on Twitter, including screen shots of what they say were inappropriate messages from Anvar. None of the alleged sexual assault incidents happened on the set of the sci-fi series, which was picked up by Amazon after its cancelation by Syfy, with multiple cases involving fan conventions.

Daniel Abraham, one of the co-authors of The Expanse book series, which the TV show is based on, revealed that after they found out that a cast member had been accused of sexual misconduct, they “immediately passed these serious accusations onto the studio, Alcon. Alcon has engaged an independent firm to investigate this matter and takes these allegations very seriously.”

The account of James S. A. Corey, the pen name authors Abraham and Ty Franck use for The Expanse series, also tweeted news of the investigation, thanking the women who spoke up.

Alcon confirmed to Deadline that the company very recently became aware of the allegations and immediately hired an independent investigator, declining comment on an ongoing investigation. A rep for Anvar has not responded to an email seeking comment.

The accusations against Anvar gained visibility in a Reddit thread which aggregated all claims, and also featured Abraham and Corey’s tweets and reactions from Expanse cast members.  That includes Dominique Tipper, whose statement was posted through the Corey’s account, Steven Strait and Wes Chatham.

After three seasons on Syfy, The Expanse was picked up by Amazon. Its fourth season was released on the streamer last December. The series has been renewed for a fifth season.

From deadline.com

‘The Expanse’ Star Cas Anvar Will Cooperate With Investigation To “Refute” Sexual Misconduct Allegations – Update