Breaking News – American Horror Story Releases Teaser #13

This morning  (AUS time) American Horror Story released three videos, Teaser #13 and Teaser #14 for Season 6,  as well as an American Horror Story Promo for season 6 ‘Anthology ‘ and includes all previous AHS seasons. This week AHS also released two new pictures on their Facebook page, and it’s becoming clear that this season is going to be unpredictable and nothing like we have ever seen before from AHS previously. If you weren’t excited about season 6 before you definitely will be now!

Watch them if you dare…..

Anthology AHS6

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Harvest AHS6

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Don’t Look Up AHS6

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T’s Summer Binge-watch Guide: Charmed

This is one of my all time favorite shows.  In fact, it’s one of only two shows that I have all the seasons on dvd…. the other is Supernatural.  Do you see a pattern here?  Yeah, me too.  This show is the reason that I refused to watch Supernatural when it first started.  In fact, I actually called Supernatural a …. Charmed rip off without the magical powers.  Don’t throw stones at me until you hear me out.  Charmed was on the air first… it was about sister witches fighting evil.  Charmed had an episode in it’s first season called The Wendigo … and Supernatural’s second episode is about … yep, you guessed it … a wendigo (although they were different types of creatures and neither Sam nor Dean got turned into one).  So, as a huge fan of “The Witches” you can see where I was a little skeptical, right?  I came to see the light in the end, and that’s really all that matters.

Anyway, this is one of the best shows to ever grace a television screen, and if you’ve been watching all my previous suggestions, then you know that I know good TV.  And, if you haven’t been watching all my previous suggestions…. why the hell not?

The show had an awesome theme song and several different openings over it’s 8 seasons, but a really awesome fan of the show combined all the season openings into one long video with the whole song (not just the parts used in the show).

You’ll be thanking me for including that in this article if you watch the show on Netflix, because for licensing reasons they didn’t use it in the Netflix version.  It is on the dvd’s though, well except for Season 8 (because again they were trying to save money on licensing when they released that season).

Premise of the show:  Three sisters discover that they’re witches… a set of prophecied (yes, that’s really a word… I looked it up) siblings destined to save innocents…. The Charmed Ones.  For 8 seasons, they do just that while trying to maintain some sort of normal life.

Primary cast:

Holly Marie Combs … Piper Halliwell

Alyssa Milano … Phoebe Halliwell

Rose McGowen … Paige Matthews

Brian Krause … Leo Wyatt

Dorian Gregory … Darryl Morris

Shannen Doherty … Prue Halliwell

Pros:  The show is a mix of great drama and comedy.  There’s a lot of special effects and great action.  It features strong women who save the world every episode… self saving princesses, if you will.  And, if that doesn’t hook ya …. there’s scantily clad hot women… and great looking guys.

Cons:  After three seasons, a behind the scenes battle between the cast members caused a major character to leave the show.  But, the replacement character fit in and was explained well so the show continues without any problems.  Don’t want to give away too many spoilers, so sorry about being vague there.

There have been rumors about a reboot of the show, which I’m totally against.  However, if they wanted to do a Charmed: The Next Generation type thing, I could get behind that… ya know, a show about the grown up (or teenage versions) of the Halliwell children.  I’d love to see adult Wyatt and Chris kicking demon @$$.  Wonder what Wes Ramsey and Drew Fuller are up to now days.

There were 8 seasons and 179 episodes (including an un-aired pilot that had a different actress playing Phoebe), and you can watch them all (except for the un-aired pilot) on Netflix.  This show is not available on Hulu.  If you look, you can find the un-aired pilot on youtube (in parts).  But, here’s a little side by side (sort of) comparisons of Lori Rom (the original Phoebe) and Alyssa … and you can see that Alyssa was far better in the role.

If you can, you should watch the dvd’s of the show; there’s a dvd bonus on the last dvd of Season 8 called “To the Manor Born” that shows a lot of behind the scenes stuff about the house set… including little inside jokes that you might miss when watching the show.

Some trivia about the show… The Halliwell Manor’s address was 1329 Prescott Street in San Francisco.  The actual house is located at 1329 Carroll Avenue in Los Angeles.  The Book of Shadows weighs 9 pounds 6 ounces, is the most valuable prop on the show, and is almost entirely hand painted.  Alyssa Milano liked the drawings in the Book of Shadows so much that she hired the artist to paint murals in her house.  Holly Marie Combs is the only one to appear in all 179 episodes, including the un-aired pilot.

I’ll leave you with some bloopers from the show….

Punisher TV Series To Include Micro?

The rumor has started around the Punisher TV series despite it not being given an official air date and the rumor that has surfaced that the new series will include Micro.

It has been rumored that Marvel and Netflix are currently casting for the role of David Lieberman AKA Microchip/Micro. We are still not sure what stage of pre-production the Punisher is in, but if they are casting for roles then it must be further along than we thought.

The script being used for the Punisher includes Micro but we are unsure how big Micros involvement will be in the series. It would make sense to include Micro in the new series as the characters have integrated with each other multiple times in the comic books and Micro also made an appearance in Punisher:Warzone.

At present this is only a rumor that Micro will be used in the series but it is more likely than not that he will make some sort of appearance in my opinion. What we do know is that actor Jon Bernthal will be taking on the role he made his own in Daredevil season 2 as the Punisher.

We will keep you posted with anymore updates right here at skatronixxx.com.

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Avengers Assemble! Tony Stark Or Captain America To Appear In Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Television news site TVLine is reporting that either Tony Stark or Captain America may appear in the first episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season Four. According to the popular news site, the cameo was filmed earlier this month in ‘Star Wars-veil level of secrecy’.

This wouldn’t be the first time a high-profile character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe has appeared in the TV Series. Samuel L Jackson and Cobie Smulders both appeared in the show’s first season as Nick Fury and Maria Hill respectively.

As for who is most likely to appear, my money’s on Tony Stark. Robert Downey Jnr filmed a scene earlier this month and many assumed it was for this November’s Doctor Strange. So what if it was actually for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

I’d like to see Iron Man fight J. August Richard’s Deathlok, for instance.

When asked during a Reddit AMA whether he would appear in the show, Robert Downey Jnr  replied ‘Nothing is impossible’ so he clearly isn’t against a cameo appearance.

On the other hand, a Captain America appearance would make sense given that Coulson is possibly the Cap’s biggest fan. A scene where Coulson reveals to Steve Rodgers that he is still alive could be a magical moment for the show akin to the eleventh Doctor’s conversation with Tom Baker’s Curator in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor.

Chris Evans hasn’t spoken out on whether he would be willing to appear, although during the rap battle between Agent Carter and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. he was on Agent Carter’s side so it’s clear where his loyalties lie!

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns to the U.S. on  Tuesday 20th September on ABC. E4 have yet to confirm a UK return date.

 

The Expanse Season 2 Trailer

Hey, y’all! Deven B. here! You know me as the writer covering The Expanse. Sorry for the slow rate of postings. It seems I move as slow as the plot lines of the show do.

I’m working on S1: Ep.5 right now and should have that post up soon. In the meantime, I thought I’d share the trailer for the upcoming season, which is set to air in 2017.

Watch the trailer and follow my coverage of Season 1 here on Skatronixxx! As always, feel free to message me with questions and corrections. See you out there!

New Fast8 Trailer Coming in December

The Fast & Furious Facebook page posted a photo and statement this last Friday which tells fans that they can expect a first look at the new movie Fast 8 in December.  The post thanks the fans and crew who have made this entire journey possible.  It also thanks the late Paul Walker who “still inspires [them] all.”  After his shocking death, it wasn’t clear if the franchise would continue, but as Fast8 wraps up and the fans are able to count down the days till the first look is available, excitement grows.

Keep an eye out for the first trailer in December!

Take a look at the post on Facebook.

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Don’t Walk Among The Dead- An Indie Production By Satinder Kassoana

Those of you who have read and enjoyed my interview with Julian Black Antelope, hold onto your hats! Julian has teamed up with another man of many talents, Satinder Kassoana and an ethnically diverse cast and crew to produce a 10 minute Indie Drama short entitled Don’t Walk Among the Dead –   a vision of an icy post-apocalyptic world where the Dead walk, and the Living do whatever they have to do to survive. This story was created and filmed with the help of Telus Storyhive, a funding program for new Independent Content Creators in British Columbia and Alberta, the two westernmost provinces in Canada. Oh and by the way? It was among the winners! Out of 300 entries!

This short was filmed over the coldest two days of the year, near Dorothy, one of Alberta’s pioneer communities located about 15 km southeast of Drumheller, the heart of the Alberta Badlands. In January of 2016. In -30 C weather. Yep, you read that right. Talk about grit and determination!

The lead character – survivor Molly (Angela Giffin), is confused, frustrated and exhausted almost beyond endurance, but she is a realist too. She struggles to get her sick older sister Jasmine (Brenna Sommer) over the seemingly never ending snow covered plain to a rumored safe haven in the mountains. Jasmine is getting weaker with each step as the cold saps what little strength she has left. They seek refuge in an abandoned wood cabin, but at least it has four walls and a roof, and an old Dutch oven to build a fire in. Molly builds a little fire, and leaves her sister to rest while she goes to find some firewood, and maybe some food. While she is out gathering firewood, a foot carelessly placed alerts her to the presence of another person. As she grabs her rifle and turns, she sees a man, layered in fur, a tattered greatcoat and bloodstained denims with a homemade long shafted battle axe, also bloodstained, sneaking up on her. I don’t want to spoil it for you, so I will stop the synopsis here, so that you can see for yourself what happens next. I’ll grab a tea while you watch.

Are you back? Did you notice the ethereal background music at the beginning? It gave me shivers. Rachel Soong, of Chinese descent, wrote and performed this piece and the rest of the score throughout the short. The somewhat deranged Metis man, Joseph, is Julian Black Antelope, who is also credited as executive producer, stunt coordinator, and  the moving force behind putting the crew together. Satinder Kassoana, the creator, director, writer and executive producer is originally from the Punjab, where his parents gave him the option to either be a Doctor or an Engineer. He chose Engineering. He landed a high paying job with the second largest software company in India, and eventually made his way to Switzerland, where he worked with Credit Suisse. He found his way to Canada on a full scholarship to study for his Masters in Computer Engineering. Having more of an artistic, creative bent and being a natural story teller he gravitated towards the film and arts industry in his free time, and realizing that this was his niche, dropped out of his grad program. He turned his back on the scholarship, and threw himself wholeheartedly into his passion. A couple of years later, he moved to Montreal, where he wrote, directed and acted in his first short. Bonjour Ji is a powerful story about the communications gap between the ethnicities that work and interact every day, and how that gap can be closed by just a small shift in perspective. This short won Best Short-Film at five international film festivals including the IFFSA Toronto 2015, the DCSAFF 2015 in Washington, and the Richmond International Film Festival 2016 USA. Bonjour Ji has been screened in many other film festivals across the globe.

Satinder first saw the cabin that he eventually used in Don’t Walk Among the Dead, when he was out exploring Alberta for locations to build a story around. And it was while he was sitting in this cabin, located near the Atlas mine just outside of Drumheller, that he came up with the idea for his post-apocalyptic story, a genre that he loves, but has never written or filmed. When he and Julian hooked up, they discussed what Satinder had in mind for a story, and in very general terms, what sort of location would be needed. Julian spent a few days scouting locations, and took pictures of each, but the location he was the most excited about was the exact cabin where Satinder conceived the story in the first place. This cabin, located on the Historic Graham Ranch was actually a film prop that had been used in a number of productions. How serendipitous was that?

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Through making this short, Satinder has built his core group… people that he would like to continue working with, through this and other films. This group is ethnically quite diverse. I have already told you a little about Rachel Soong and Julian Black Antelope, but the ethnic richness continues with Stéphane Legault, from Quebec, who not only played the infected man you saw near the beginning of the short at the cost of near hypothermia, he also was the Transportation Captain and the Caterer. Kaz Nakajima, the Key Grip, is of Japanese descent. Amir Javaid, Story Editor, is a young man whose heritage is Pakistani. His brother Omar Javaid was the behind the scenes Videographer. Hernan Moreno, Associate Producer and First Assistant Director, is from Latin America. The Costume Designer, Ralamy Kneeshaw, put together some amazingly realistic costumes within the budget that Satinder had, and he would love to continue working with her as well. Cinematography was by Phil Bowen; Shannon Joel Chapell was in charge of Production Design; Jade Brunes of Calamity Jade and her assistant Reid Fisher did the makeup – no prosthetics! Neil Enock (drone pilot and operator), Terry A. Brown (grip), Alexis Moar (first assistant camera), Yaz Arima (gaffer), Sophia Legault (craft service), Jordan Scott (story editor) and Allan Thrush (color grading) . All of the crew and the brilliant young actors Brenna and Angela, Julian and Satinder,  have one extremely important thing in common, no matter their background or disciplines or languages spoken. They are, each and every one of them, passionate about films and film making, to the point where they will go out in -30 C weather to bring a vision to life.

And special mention goes to John Barry Graham, owner of the Historic Graham Ranch and the movie prop cabin that inspired the story, and his boys Byron and Robin Graham.

The story doesn’t end here.   The complete script was not shot during those two days due to the extreme weather conditions and  limited budget, which were factors in reducing the shooting time. But in spite of the challenges they faced, I am sure you will agree that they did an amazing job as a team in completing the bare essentials of the script. The current version is missing two key scenes which are absolutely essential to the film. These scenes will expand the film from its current 10-minute run time to 15 minutes of run time. So really, there is 33% of the film that has yet to see the light of day. The cast and crew were so passionate about telling the story in its entirety that they have gone back to shoot the missing scenes, spending their own money to do it.

Cast and Crew in the Cabin that Inspired the Story

 Don’t Walk Among the Dead demands that Satinder complete his  human-centric vision of the apocalypse. The team’s only remuneration and reward will be the satisfaction of having it seen by the film industry. Satinder has developed a Kickstarter campaign to fund the post  production work so he can send it to as many film festivals and get as much exposure for his team as possible. If you enjoyed what you saw and would like to see Don’t Walk Among the Dead as it was intended to be, please click here. The personal satisfaction of helping this determined group of people showcase  the relationship between Molly and Joseph in the icy wastelands as they come to depend on and learn from each other in their struggle to survive will NOT be your only reward.  There is SWAG!!  Your name in the credits! How awesome would that be? Digital Posters! Limited Edition mugs and tees! The Digital Soundtrack, and so much more.

 

Thank you in advance for helping to bring Don’t Walk Among the Dead to life!

The Weekends Box Office Movie Chart For August 12-14, 2016

Are you a movie lover and interested in how the movies rank and how much they make at the Box Office? If you answered yes to the about question, then you,  my movie loving friends are going to love the newest addition to Sktronixxx.com the “Box Office Movie Chart” in which we will bring you the Top 20 grossing movies every  weekend, starting with the weekend just gone 12-14th Aug.

We do hope you will enjoy this new addition so please don’t  be shy, let us know what you think and help me iron out any teething problems or something you movie buffs think should be added.

Ok so without further ado lets kick off our first Weekend Box Office Movie Chart!!

About The Chart

Chart Info: Rank/ Movie Name / Studio / W/E Gross = Weekend Gross/ T/G = Total Gross / LW = Last Week Rank.

Chart Legend : Green = Up, Red = Down, Blue = No Movement, Teal = New 

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Box Office Movie Chart /12th – 14th Aug

1.  Suicide Squad / WB

Weekend Gross    Total Gross     LW

   $43,536,013       $222,640,741     #1

 

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2.  Sausage Party / Sony    

Weekend Gross     Total Gross         LW

$ 34,263,534         $ 34, 263,534      NEW (2)

 

 

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3.  Pete’s Dragon / BV  

Weekend Gross     Total Gross        LW

$ 21,514,095          $ 21, 514,095        NEW (3)

 

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4.  Jason Bourne / Uni.

  Weekend Gross      Total Gross        LW

$ 13,846,875             $ 127,009,220        #2

 

 

 

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5.  Bad Moms / STX  

Weekend Gross       Total Gross          LW

  $ 11,362,783             $ 71,374,o76          #6

   

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6.  The Secret Life Of Pets / Uni.

  Weekend Gross       Total Gross        LW

      $ 9,064,565             $336,166,640      #4

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 7.  Star Trek Beyond / Par.       

Weekend Gross         Total Gross         LW

  $ 6,892,793                $ 139,772,742       #5

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 8. Florence Foster Jenkins / Par.  

W/E Gross       T/Gross            LW

 $ 6,601,313     $ 6,601,313      NEW (8)

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        9.  Nine Lives (2016) / EC

                  Weekend Gross    Total Gross          LW

                    $ 3,526,166             $ 13,576,991          #6

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 10.  Lights Out /WB (NL)   

Weekend Gross         Total Gross          LW 

  $ 3,215,446                  $ 61,130,264         #7

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 11.  Nerve / LFG           

Weekend Gross          Total Gross         LW

 $ 2, 639,399                  $ 33, 087,794       #8

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 12.  Ghostbusters (2016) / Sony

W/E Gross        Total Gross        LW 

 $ 2,272,206      $ 121,681,208      #9

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  13. Ice Age Collision Course / FOX

W/E Gross     Total Gross       LW 

$ 2,053,831     $ 58,727,102     #10

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 14.  Finding Dory / BV   

Weekend Gross       Total Gross        LW

 $ 1,312,219                $ 476,725,279     #11

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 15.  Anthropoid / BST      

Weekend Gross      Total Gross           LW

 $ 1,233,519                 $ 1,233,516        NEW (15)

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 16.  Cafe Society / LFG      

Weekend Gross      Total Gross          LW

   $ 937,696                 $ 8, 480,882        #12

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             17.  Indignation / RAtt.     

Weekend Gross       Total Gross          LW 

     $ 755,475                 $ 1,505,571          #16

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           18.  Mohenjo Daro / UTV   

Weekend Gross      Total Gross        LW 

    $ 747,791                 $ 747,791       NEW (18)

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 19.  Hell or High Water / LGF   

W/E Gross      Total Gross         LW

  $ 621,329          $ 621,329        NEW (19)

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  20.  Central Intelligence / WB (NL)  

W/E Gross     Total Gross       LW 

$ 410,366       $ 126,660,783     #18

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Are The Weeping Angels Making A Return In Doctor Who ?

As we know, most sets are recycled when making TV shows. Doctor Who does this as well, but it’s still fun to know that they are recycling a loved set from the David Tennant era in the new episodes with Peter Capaldi. And the set to be named is that of the episode Blink where we meet the scary as all heck Weeping Angels for the first time. And these guys gave me nightmares… I’m so not kidding.

The set is in Newport and there are pictures on cultbox that are proof of the stars on location. Though this set has been used not only in Doctor Who but in Torchwood as well, it’s still fun to know its being recycled again. I know I will now be inspecting the episodes more closely to see if I can spot something familiar in the backgrounds.

Not sure if you all think this is newsworthy, but I found it interesting for sure. Just something to keep us excitedly waiting for the new season to start….. this spring…. So long to wait… 0.o

Alien Coloring Books for Adults!!!!

According to geekrant, there will be coloring books for adults, and yes, it’s Alien. Sigourney “Step Away From Her You Bitch” Weaver Alien coloring books! Can I get a heck yeah ladies and gentlemen?!? And it’s they’re specially designed adult coloring books; you know, the ones that are all geometrical and designed to help you relax while you color…. Yeah that kind, but so much awesomeness now with Aliens!!! The book is said to be 80 pages of coloring fun and should be available in May 2017, around the time of the new movie Alien: Covenant, but no real relation between the two except for them both being a part of the Alien franchise. Below is a picture of the cover, and as you can see, it has the swirly and designs of other adult coloring books, but with the fantastic twist.

I’m sure this one will be a hot seller, even if you are not into the whole coloring for adults thing that seems to be super popular right now, (I’m not one who owns these though I am sure that sometimes, I may need something like this lol) Can’t wait to see what other pictures will be inside. ^_^