Stan Against Evil: S1 Ep2 “Know, Know, Know Your Goat”

Back in Ep1 of Stan Against Evil, we met the TV series’ main characters.

• Stan, the forcefully retired, ornery ex-Sheriff of Willard’s Mill
• Denise, his weird and high-pitched daughter who still lives at home with him
• Sheriff Evie Barret, the newly appointed Sheriff of Willard’s Mill

In the first episode, we find out that all of the former sheriffs of Willard’s Mill have been  murdered due to a curse dating back to the Salem Witch Trials. Stan is the only sheriff who was never killed. He also thought the whole time it was he who was keeping the town safe. After his wife passes away, he finds out that things weren’t as he thought…

“Know, Know, Know Your Goat”

Willard’s Mill, 1950’s

The episode opens with a flashback. An old farmer is reading the paper when he suddenly sees himself waving at…himself. Of course, he freaks. When he looks again, he’s relieved to see it’s just a goat, but it’s acting very strange. VERY strange…

Today

Sheriff Barret is getting into her normal routine of patrolling the city. One morning she comes across a DoomsDay-er (you know, those people who stand on the corners screaming about the Apocalypse and End of Days). Barret tells him to move along. He’s offended and tells her Stan never made him stop.

As he’s leaving, Barret notices that he’s wearing a necklace with a crossed pitchfork and spade. It’s the same thing she saw at Stan’s house. Apparently, Stan’s wife gave the bum the necklace.

Intrigued, Barret heads over to Stan’s house. Stan has just gotten through complaining about the crappy quality of TV shows today when Barrett arrives. She asks about the Bum/Crazy DoomsDay-er. Stan knows him well.

As they talk, Barret spots the pitchfork and spade hanging in Stan’s kitchen. She asks Denise about them and finds out they had something to do with Denise’s Mom and her witchcraft.

When Denise and Stan aren’t looking, Sheriff Barret grabs them and leaves.

Meanwhile, Denise, who’s getting weirder and harder to figure out, decides to go blueberry picking in the forest by herself. As she’s talking and singing to herself in her nasal, Betty Boop voice she comes across the cute little goat from the beginning of the episode.

Naturally, because she’s wacko, she befriends it and decides to take it home.

While that’s going on, Sheriff Barret decides to find the DoomsDay-er to find out more about what the crossed pitchfork and spade means.

Deputy Drinkwater tells her the guys name is Raymond Taft and no one takes him seriously. Barret heads to Taft’s shack. When she questions him about the pitchfork and spade, he freaks out but tells her that Stan’s wife was the one who told him all about the curse, the witches, and the demon in Willard’s Mill. That’s what he’s screaming about every day, but no one cares to listen.

He also tells Barret the goat is really the demon Baphomet (the horned goat thingy that we associate with devil worshipers. See the photo). We find out that Baphomet is a demon trickster and that he’s come to fulfill the curse and kill Stan and Sheriff Barret.

The Sheriff is about to leave to warn Stan when Raymond Taft knocks her out, grabs the pitchfork and spade, and then steals her car. When she comes to, she realizes what’s happened and has to commandeer a citizen’s truck. Naturally, he complains that Stan never did that.

Over at Stan’s house, Denise has just arrived with her new friend (and her bucket of blueberries). When Stan goes to the door to meet the goat, he annoyed to find that it’s actually Baphomet who’s standing there.

Stan goes into demon fighting survival mode.

But the demon uses his powers to get into the house and knock Stan out. Denise revives him a few short minutes later and as Stan assesses the situation they find that it’s dark outside, even though it’s only 4:00 PM.

In Stan’s typical ornery, old man logic he reasons that Baphomet has trapped them inside the house and that he’s going to have to fight the demon off like it’s the ending of Jaws.

He comes up with a clever way to make a bomb and goes outside to fight Baphomet. Just like in Jaws, Stan throws the bomb and tries to blow it up when it sticks, but the bomb doesn’t work.

As he desperately (comically) fights Baphomet off, Raymond Taft shows up with the pitchfork and spade. Barret is close behind.

While they fight over who’s going to get to be the main character from Jaws (like we did when we were re-enacting scenes from Star Wars when we were kids) Barret tries to blow the bomb up again. It still doesn’t work.

Just as it looks really bad for Stan, crazy/weird/high-pitched Denise comes out of nowhere and stabs Baphomet with the wooden pitchfork and spade. Finally, on the third attempt, we get the blood and guts explosion we’ve been waiting for since the first Jaws reference.

Later, as Stan is hanging the pitchfork and spade back in his kitchen, they realize they’ve forgotten about something or someone…

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Luicfer SN02-EP08 “Trip To Stabby Town”

Howdy Lucifans! I hope the week is treating you all well thus far! Let’s get straight down to business, but first a quick recap of last week’s episode.

 

SN02-EP07 “My Little Monkey” Recap

Last week we watched as Chloe tried to track down her father’s killer, and when the prisoner convicted of murdering Chloe’s father is himself murdered, new evidence emerges and suggests that he was actually framed all those years ago. Maze tries to find herself a job but struggle to find the right fit, but eventually she finds the perfect job, Lucifer shadows Douche (Dan) in a bid to learn how to be “normal”.

 

SN02-EP08 “Trip To Stabby Town”

Chloe (Lauren German), Lucifer (Tom Ellis) and Dan (Kevin Alejandro) get the call and attend the case of a female victim who has been brutally stabbed to death in broad daylight, it looks to be a crime of passion and further digging reveals the she was a member of a yoga group that borders on being cult. A witness comes forward and has managed to capture on his phone, the murder in progress and instantly
Lucifer recognises the murder weapon, it’s Azrael’s (the Angel of Death) dagger. Lucifer takes Amenadiel ( D.B. Woodside) and Maze (Lesley-Anne Brandt) to Uriel’s grave in the middle of nowhere and the grave has been dug up, however, Uriel is still in there, but Azrael’s dagger is not. It’s not looking good for humanity.

Lucifer asks Ella (Aimee Garcia) for help on his own case, finding out who stole Azrael’s dagger from Uriel’s grave. Ella’s forensics leads have led Lucifer straight to Charlotte’s (Tricia Helfer) law firm, Lucifer confronts Mama dearest and she reveals she release the dagger into the world to “get her husband’s (God) attention”, and the only way to do that it to create carnage among his toys, never cross a woman scorned, the bitches be crazy! It seems Chloe is getting a little jealous, as Lucifer and Ella are spending a lot of time together on Lucifer’s case on the side. Chloe’s case crosses over with the first victim’s case when they find numerous members of the same yoga group stabbed to death, with Azrael’s dagger still embedded in one of the victim’s.

Dan takes hold of the dagger and it’s bewitched him with anger, he threatens Lucifer for ruining his marriage, career and life. Lucifer used his powers to convinces Dan not to do what the dagger wants,  Dan surprises Lucifer as he fight’s against the daggers powers, needless to say, Lucifer was a little impressed with Douche’s inner strength. In a conversation with Amenadiel and Charlotte, Amenadiel says he wants things back in their proper place with Lucifer in hell and mum in heaven, even more so now giving what has happened with Azrael’s dagger, but Charlotte says she wants her entire family back in heaven. Charlotte is up to no good, you can see it in her eyes.

Lucifer says that he despised living in hell , but the thought of living in heaven is even worse. The only place he feels understood and respected is here on Earth. Lucifer resumes his sessions with Dr Martin (Rachael Harris), after the shock of seeing Lucifer’s true face and some trivial questions such as, how Lucifer punished Hitler and her uncle, Dr Martin begins to realise that Lucifer is just as screwed up as anyone of her therapy patients; a confused individual from a dysfunctional family.

What did you think of this weeks episode Lucifans? Check out the promo for episode 9 below. 

Catch Lucifer Mondays 9/8c on FOX

 

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The Walking Dead SN7 EP04 -‘Service’

Negan again proved just who’s in charge during a tense and unsettling episode.

If there were any qualms about the status-quo of the show going forward, I have a feeling this episode will have allayed them. This was a solid episode of The Walking Dead, however it felt very similar to the season premiere. Essentially it was the same episode. Luckily no one died, although someone sure came close, but the whole purpose of the episode was about crushing the hopes of all the Alexandrians that didn’t witness the brutal murder of Glenn and Abraham. It was about reaffirming Negan’s status as top dog, both to audiences and the characters. As a result, the episode played out much like the season premiere, only with less chunks of head flying all over the place. It was certainly tense, and I think we ultimately needed another episode like this to solidify how broken the group is, but hopefully we can now move on from episodes that are all about emotionally crushing us.

Because the group truly is broken, and we see a lot of that this episode. Some want to fight Negan whilst others, most notably Rick, are choosing to obey. Rick is likely just biding his time until he has a decent plan, but the group is quickly turning against him. It was interesting to see all the different characters at play, dealing with the situation in their own way. Whilst characters like Michonne and Rosita were drumming up ways to get a hold of more weapons, others such as Father Gabriel were fighting Negan in their own, subtler way. So while everyone is begrudgingly following Rick’s lead, he still appears to be the only one ready to conform to Negan, and as we find out it’s because he has the most to lose.

Rosita, Spencer, they’ve lost everything now so wouldn’t have anything to lose from fighting Negan, whereas Rick has his family to think about. To fight Negan is to risk losing Carl and Judith, and after coming all this way, accepting Judith as his own even though he knows she isn’t, he’s not about to do that. Still, Rick isn’t about to be best buds with Negan. There were small moments throughout the episode where his hand tightened around Lucille, clearly willing to give Negan a taste of his own medicine. Alas, nothing came of it, but it’s encouraging to know that there is a spark of the old Rick left.

The majority of this episode really revolved round one surprising character, Olivia. I’ve always felt that the Alexandrians deserved more screentime. Even Aaron, who’s the most prominent character from Alexandria, hasn’t been given his due. It’s hard with so many characters, but it’s always a good time when we get to learn some more about a person. Unfortunately for Olivia, seeing her some more meant threatening to kill her off, which is really par for the course on The Walking Dead. This tied into a huge deviation from the comics as well. In the episode, Negan and the Saviours take all the group’s guns. This was something that never happened in the comics and could end up being a game changer. We know the Hilltop has nothing like that, so it looks like The Kingdom will be the group’s saving grace in more ways than one.

There was some interesting insight into Negan through how he handled the missing gun situation. He made a point of saying he doesn’t like to kill women, and was willing to give the group time to fix what turned out to be Spencer’s mistake. He kept saying he was a reasonable guy, and given how much of a loose cannon he’s been up until now, it was a nice change of pace. In the end though Negan was his usual cruel, vulgar self, but little does he know he’s likely sown the seeds of his own destruction. Taunting Rosita, burning the mattresses, pissing off Michonne. Every move he makes causes the entire group to hate him that much more, I just wonder how much time there will be before the tension inevitably boils over.

Of course in an episode as tense as this one there was plenty to see, so other notable highlights include:

• Father Gabriel was just the best in this episode. His whole first scene with Negan was just hilarious, and it was great to see him imitating Carol’s sweet and innocent act so as to not appear a threat. His quick thinking in regards to Maggie was a stroke of brilliance, and points to an even better more cunning Gabriel to come. He’s already miles better than his comic book counterpart, and is a character I hope to see more of.

• Unfortunately, whilst Father Gabriel was off being awesome, Spencer was doing the exact opposite. As Rick said, he’s weak, and he’s one of the few characters remaining who is still only alive because of the walls. Yes he can handle Walkers, and he’s somewhat dealt with a human threat before, but he’s not really built for this world. It’s likely that other characters feel the same way he does about Rick right now, but he doesn’t really appreciate everything Rick has done for them, and likely never will.

• Looks like Eugene’s gonna start up his bullet manufacturing business for a very angry Rosita. I love that we’re getting more of her character, but she was really hard done to this episode. Ever since the incident on the rail tracks, Dwight seems to be really obsessed with her and Daryl. I understand about Daryl since the two have a bit more history, but the way Dwight is with Rosita is just infuriating. In any case it looks like she’ll have bullets soon, to put in the only gun the group has left.

• Rick certainly gave a great speech to the residents of Alexandria. Just a shame it was to convince them to conform to a psychopath whilst said psychopath was threatening to bash in the head of one of their friends. Tough times in Alexandria.

• Carl’s big moment this episode was merged from two equally big moments from the comics, and unfortunately much of the effect was lost in the adaptation. It was a much more impressive moment when the usually quiet Denise threatened the Saviours, but of course that couldn’t happen here. Furthermore, Carl’s lines are taken straight from a different part of the comics, during which he was much younger than he is on the show. Seeing a tiny 10-11-year-old Carl threaten Negan directly was a much more impactful event than old TV Carl doing so.

The 4^th episode of The Walking Dead Season 7 offered much of the same as we saw in the premiere. The episode was all about further destroying the group, with the only difference from the premiere being that he was crushing a whole lot more people, oh and yeah nobody died. Whilst I did feel it was necessary to have one more episode like this to really prove what a horrible place the group is in now, it is now time to move on. As charming as Negan is, it’s not enough to disguise the fact that the character is becoming increasingly one note, so either he should be given some time off for a few episodes, or we need to see a different side to him. Now that The Walking Dead has well and truly drained us emotionally it’s time to move on, but with an episode focused on a likely distraught Maggie and Sasha coming next week, we might have to wait just a bit longer.

 

People of Earth S1 Ep2 “Sponsored By”

The second episode of the series gives us some more insight into each character. I’ve also included a longer season preview for you, in case you’re still wondering what the show has to offer.

“Sponsored By”

In “Sponsored By” the mystery of just what exactly happened to Ozzie deepens and we get to learn a bit about Kelly (Alice Wetterlund) and Chelsea (Tracee Chimo). We’re also introduced to Father Doug (played by Oscar Nunez from The Office) and Yvonne (Da’vine Joy Randolph).

Ozzie’s boss, Johnathan Walsh, is trying to get him to go back to New York and go back to working for the magazine Glint. Although Ozzie is pretty bored with his new job he’s determined to stay in Beacon to find out what the hell happened to him.

While at the police station looking for news to write about, he has another flashback of hitting the deer.

Later he’s informed by Gina that he needs to pick a sponsor from the group by the end of the meeting that night. Gerry really wants to be the one. While at lunch, Ozzie sees the deer again.

That night at the meeting, everyone is kissing up to Ozzie in an effort to get him to choose them as his sponsor.

During the meeting, we learn about Kelly’s experience with the elf looking alien. She seems to be attracted to it/him. Ozzie notices Kelly’s and Chelsea’s experiences were similar.

Because of the similarities, Ozzie suggests investigating everyone’s experiences to look for connections. This throws the group into another argument. They all believe each of their alien encounters was different.

While they argue, Yvonne offers to help Ozzie get concrete proof of the aliens. She separates Chelsea and Kelly and tells them to describe their experience. While they’re doing this, a picture of what they describe their alien to look like will be drawn and compared.

While the group tries their experiment, Gina is having to deal with Father Doug. He’s the pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows, the church where the group meets. Father Doug is not happy about the material the group is talking about on church grounds. He tells Gina this will be the last night the group can meet there.

The drawings are finally compared to hilarious results but Ozzie’s not amused. He’s getting more and more frustrated with his situation. He’s not sure what really happened to him the night of the accident. He’s tired of living in a motel and he’s fed up that his life has come to this. He decides to go home early.

As he leaves the church, Gerry rushes out to find out why. In an attempt to impress Ozzie, Gerry volunteers to get Ozzie’s car back for him. While he waits, Ozzie gets another call from Johnathan Walsh. We finally get to see Walsh go full alien. He’s trying to get Ozzie to go back to Glint. Apparently, Walsh’s superiors want Ozzie at the magazine so that he’s not investigating the alien abductions.

Ozzie hangs up with Walsh and heads to his hotel. In his room realizes he forgot his notebook at the group meeting. Just as he’s about to go back he sees the talking deer again.

He rushes back to the church where the meeting is still going on. The group is still discussing Kelly’s and Chelsea’s experiences and their personal lives. Chelsea gets emotional and runs out of the room.

Gerry pulls up in Ozzie’s car just as Ozzie gets back to the church. Ozzie sees the damage from his accident for the first time. As he gets into the car, he immediately has a flashback to his experience with the aliens. He begins to remember the whole thing.

It turns out Gerry stole the car from the police impound lot so he’s arrested. Afterward, Ozzie goes inside to get his notebook and finds that Kelly has read it. She sees Ozzie has rated all of the group members by how crazy he thinks they are. But they have a good talk about why they’re both there, so Ozzie asks her to be his sponsor.

The episode ends with Walsh being lectured by his superiors about the Ozzie situation. They’re all starting to realize Ozzie could find out what’s going on. The Reptile Alien decides he’s going to go down to Beacon and take care of the Ozzie situation himself.

Earlier, when Chelsea left the group to deal with her emotions, Father Doug found her and talks with her. As Gina is driving home, Father Doug texts her and says they can talk about the group staying on. It seems his talk with Chelsea made him realize he may be able to help the group members, too.

As Gina is texting and driving, she doesn’t see the Reptile Alien has appeared in the road in human form. She smashes into him and kills him. He’s tossed out of site so she drives off, not seeing anything.

Later, we see the town’s policeman get there to clean up the body. He covers the whole thing up, saying there’s nothing to be seen. Seems he’s in on it, too.

 

Marvel’s Cloak And Dagger TV Series Delayed To 2018

Marvel’s plans for world domination look set to be delayed a smidge as their upcoming TV series based around popular comic book characters Cloak and Dagger has been pushed back to 2018.

Set to air on the Freeform Network, writer and co-executive producer of Marvel’s Daredevil, Joe Pokaski, will be at the helm as showrunner, and is reworking his initial script for the series. The show originally received a straight to series order from the network that looks set to stand despite the delay. Freeform is clearly hoping for the show to be a big hit once it airs, as ratings for the channel continue to drop in line with changing trends in the way we consume media. The delay is therefore likely to ensure the show airs at the highest quality in order to become an immediate success.

We’ve unfortunately seen before that Marvel’s brand power isn’t enough to ensure the success of a show. Agents of SHIELD premiered to an audience of 12 million, before a poorly scheduled and unfocused beginning to the show saw ratings dive. Though the quality has been in place for a good while now, the ratings never really recovered, and as such its future is questionable. Freeform will be looking to avoid the same happening with Cloak and Dagger, and there are some clear advantages and disadvantages the show has behind it.

Agents of SHIELD was the first TV show in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and was a huge risk for Marvel to take. The show was touted as being connected to the movies, and this was most clear with the resurrection of fan favourite Phil Coulson. However outside of this connection to the wider MCU often felt a bit lacking, with the notable exception of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and the show initially failed to live up to the hype. As we now know connections between TV and the films are really very limited, be it on cable or Netflix, so expectations for Cloak and Dagger will be realistically set.

So though Marvel certainly now has a lot more experience with TV, Cloak and Dagger’s content could still alienate audiences. The show is essentially a ‘superhero love story’ that sees a pair of teenage runaways, Tyrone “Ty” Johnson (Cloak) and Tandy Bowen (Dagger), discover their gifts compliment one another. Cloak has the gifts of Teleportation and Intangibility, whilst Dagger has the ability to create light daggers and heal people. With Freeform aiming at millennials and teens, the more romantic nature of the show will likely split audiences. There will be those looking to watch only for the superhero action, so it will be interesting to see whether the romance angle will keep people hooked. Often in TV shows romance is forced in there to attract different demographics, but given this will be built around it from the start, things will hopefully feel natural.

Despite the pitfalls the series could fall into, Cloak and Dagger could end up being a very exciting addition to the MCU if done correctly, and if that means waiting a while longer then i’m all for it. In the meantime we’ve got an increasingly amazing 4th season of Agents of SHIELD, Iron Fist, The Defenders and The Punisher all coming up to keep us content. Add to this all the other Marvel projects in the works, and I think we can fairly say we’ve got plenty to enjoy for now.

‘Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger’ is set to premiere 2018.

David Yates Set To Direct All 5 ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Films

The first film in the ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ franchise is yet to release, but plans are already being made for the future. After learning the franchise is set to be five films long, we now know the people set to Direct and Write the remaining films. David Yates, the man who has directed the first film in the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ series as well as the final four ‘Harry Potter’ films, is on board for the entire franchise. Given his history with the ‘Potter’ universe it makes sense to keep him around, and luckily for him should keep him employed for the next 8 years or so. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter Yates said:

 “I love making films, and I’ve got a great team, all of whom are like family, I only look at it movie to movie.”

Whilst Yates directs the series, J.K. Rowling is all set for penning the remaining four films as well, expanding the universe she has so lovingly crafted into exciting new areas.

I'm the screenwriter. Currently putting the finishing touches to the second one. https://t.co/smffkQ42GZ

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) October 13, 2016

This was Rowling’s first time penning a screenplay, and though the task seemed daunting for her at first, she looks to be relishing the opportunity to pen another four films:

“I’m never complacent — I’m always feeling like I gotta do my best work, and I’m always pretty hard on myself. We’ve set ourselves an ambitious story to tell in five movies, but it’s going to be challenging and exciting — all the things I like.”

Pre-production is well underway on the sequel, which isn’t set to release until November 16th 2018, but it seems the people involved are already very excited:

“The sequel feels so different from this first film. Much more haunting, like a dream. What she’s doing is really interesting; she’s not repeating herself.”

The sequel looks to be focusing on the relationship between Dumbledore and his close friend Gellert Grindelwald, and it seems likely it will contain an openly gay Dumbledore. Dumbledore’s sexuality was something that wasn’t revealed until after the final ‘Harry Potter’ book had released, nor was it touched on in the film series, but it will no doubt be a big part of Dumbledore in his youth. Rowling was very coy about her answers regarding Dumbledore, but left a fairly meaningful hint.

“You will see Dumbledore as a younger man, and quite a troubled man,” she said. “We will see him in what I think is the formative period of his life. As far as his sexuality is concerned: Watch this space.”

Despite all this talk of a sequel, people haven’t forgotten about the film set to kick things off, and it seems like it went through a fairly lengthy process to get to where it is today:

“The first draft was quite whimsical and lyrical, but it felt it didn’t have any heft and we weren’t sure what it was about,” recalled Yates. “Then Joe took a left turn and it was right up my street: it was really intense and dark. Joe and I loved it, but David Heyman and Steve Kloves very wisely said, ‘Whoa, hang on guys, this needs to get some of the lightness back.’ It was after that dark second draft that Joe suddenly found the melody; then, she was away to the races. It was a struggle to keep up with her because she knew what it was: a balance between light and shade.”

All in all, the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ franchise is gearing up to be an exciting and fascinating one. There’s still no indication as to how much the characters from the first film will feature in the rest, with the feud between Dumbledore and Grindelwald looking set to take centre stage, but no matter what happens it looks like we’re about to get some worthy additions to the ‘Harry Potter’ universe.

‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ debuts in cinemas November 18th.

Season 2 Premiere Dates for The Magicians and The Expanse set by SyFy.

More good news coming from SyFy this week as the network finally releases the long awaited dates for the Season 2 premieres of The Magicians and The Expanse.

Both shows are based on best-selling novel series and SyFy has spared no expense in show production for either of the two.

The Magicians

The Magicians tells the story of Quentin Coldwater (played by Jason Ralph) and his group of friends who’ve been recruited to a super secret magic academy. While there, they discover that magic is very real and they must quickly learn to harness its powers to fight the evil forces they’ve also discovered.

SyFy has scheduled the show’s Season 2 premiere date for Wednesday, January 25 at 9/8c.

If you’d like to get caught up or watch from the beginning, the Season 1 marathon will be airing this Saturday, November 12 from 9:30 AM – 11:00 PM.

The Expanse

The Expanse is an ambitious space epic with enough intrigue and plot to rival Game of Thrones in its storytelling.

The setting is 200 years in the future where man has colonized the galaxy. Main characters Joe Miller (Thomas Jane) and James Holden (Steven Strait) find themselves increasingly involved in a conspiracy that threatens to throw the whole galaxy into interplanetary war.

SyFy has set the double episode premiere date for Wednesday, February 8 at 10/9c.

Don’t forget, you can catch up on both shows at Skatronixxx.com and watch full episodes at SyFy.com.

“Fantastic Beasts” Movie Boosts Harry Potter Memorabilia at Auction, Say Barnebys Art & Auction Search

Coinciding with the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a rare presentation copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, hand-written and illustrated by J.K. Rowling, will be offered for sale at Sotheby’s London in December. This particular copy of the book is estimated to reach an amazing £300,000 to £500,000 when it hits the saleroom on 13th December.

Image Credit: Sotheby’s

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a volume of five wizarding fairy-tales left to Hermione Granger by Albus Dumbledore in the and final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Only one tale, ‘The Tales of the Three Brothers‘ is recounted in the book and movie adaptation, and is the tale that provided vital clues to Voldemort’s downfall.

Originally presented as a personal gift to “those most closely connected to the Harry Potter books,” this copy of The Tales of  Beedle the Bard is one of only seven unique copies, produced by J.K. Rowling , as a gift for the most important people in Rowling’s life during this time. The author gave this copy to British publisher Barry Cunningham, who famously accepted the first Harry Potter book for publication. This gorgeous book brings incredible importance to Harry Potter fans, as Cunningham played an instrumental role in launching J.K. Rowling’s career and bringing them this amazing world.

In a dedication written in the front of the book, J.K. Rowling wrote: “To Barry, the man who thought an overlong novel about a boy wizard in glasses might just sell… THANK YOU.”

Cunningham says the experience of receiving the copy on December 12th 2007 as “unreal,” and it became “progressively more exciting” as he opened the white jiffy envelope to reveal a  manuscript book, bound in brown morocco leather and adorned with semi-precious stones, which sit alongside a sterling silver mounted skull.

“The personal resonance of this book makes this both an exceptional and highly desirable object to come to auction,” explained Dr. Philip W. Errington the Director of Sotheby’s Books and Manuscripts Department. “It is particularly special as it is only one of six made for those closest to the author throughout the journey of creating the Harry Potter series,  gifted to the man who recognised the brilliance of J.K Rowling’s writing and her potential impact on children’s literature.”

Pontus Silfverstolpe, founder of Barnebys (the search engine which tracks art, antiques and collectables internationally across 1,600 auction houses), says: “Harry Potter has become an auction phenomenon. Any Harry Potter memorabilia, film posters, film costumes, and anything to do with the actors who starred in the films are eminently saleable. Prices have steadily increased over the past decade. For example, recently we have seen a number of items make surprising amounts.”

Other memorabilia items have bought in tonnes of cash at auctions before;  J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter chair sold for a whopping $394,000 at Heritage auctions in the USA.

Certain copies of the original books are also worth a lot of money;  first edition’s of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone can sell for up to £25 000, whilst hardcover first editions of this book crediting “Joanne Rowling” rather than “J.K. Rowling” can get up to £35, 000!

A signed, first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on Shapero  for £4, 200

By the time the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was in print, Rowling was signing less and less copies, and by the sixth (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) she was no longer doing any book tours at all – so any signed copies of books four-seven are highly collectible and can get a seller around £10, 000.

This all comes at an exciting time as the next step in the world of the Wizarding World begins – with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them just around the corner, and fans all over the world relishing in the excitement that this particular story in the franchise will be five movies long, it’s never been a better time to be a Harry Potter fan.

The magical rare copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard  will be on view at Sotheby’s New York from 9th-11th November and Sotheby’s London from 9th-13th December, 2016.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be in UK cinema’s from the 18th November 2016.     

                                           

Lucifer SN02-EP07 ‘My Little Monkey’

Lucifer seemed to be back to his usual charming but obnoxious self in this week’s episode, and on the back of the news, Lucifer has been ordered for an extra nine episodes, making season 2 a full season with 22 episodes! It’s such an awesome show with talented actors and actresses portraying great characters so a big shout out to the cast, crew and writers on producing a stellar show. Right, let’s recap last week’s episode in case you missed it .

Lucifer SN2-EP6 ‘Monster’

Last  week we watched Lucifer start to unravel, consumed by guilt for ending his brother Uriel’s life in a bid to save his mother Charlotte and Chloe. Lucifer looking like a hot mess arrives late to the crime scene of a Zombie – themed wedding where the bride was gunned down and the husband injured by an unseen gunman, Chloe benched Lucifer and pleaded with him to speak to Dr Martin. Lucifer takes Chloe’s advice and talks to Dr Martin, she urges him, to tell the truth as she can’t help him if he is not truthful, so Lucifer shows Dr Martin his true face, and she is left in a state of shock.

SN02- EP07 ‘My Little Monkey’

This week as I said above our Devil seemed to be back to his charming but obnoxious self, Chloe (Lauren German) gets a call that man who killed her father is being released on family leave, Chloe catches up to the van, everyone is dead including the prisoner, Chloe steps aside on this case and Dan (Kevin Alejandro) and Lucifer (Tom Ellis) steps up to take over in a surprising team up, Lucifer want to feel “normal” and who better to model oneself on than Detective Douche (Dan), an odd choice considering how they feel about one another, but is did provide enjoyable viewing.

Tina Fields the convicted murders daughter, holds Chloe at gunpoint, but Chloe is able to defuse the situation quickly, she learns that there is a video of Joe Field the night of the murder that proves he didn’t kill Chloe’s father 16 years ago. Doucheifer and Dan are making an alright team as they try to find out the truth about Chloe’s father. The dynamic douche duo figures out that Joe traded a false confession for regular payments to his daughter, but he wasn’t the only one who agreed to do a false confession.

Officer Decker was a beat cop that what on to something which got him on the wrong person radar, and that was the prison’s warden, who had been setting up these men as fall guys. The warden escaped the prison. Maze (Lesley-Ann Brandt) has been struggling to find a job that she can do on Earth, board Maze goes hunting for the warden and holds him hostage for Chloe, Maze has found her perfect job, a bounty hunter, now doesn’t that fit her to a tee. Chloe pulls her weapon on the warden but spares his life so he can enjoy prison life and knowing that Officer Decker’s kid got him.

Maze visits Dr Martin again this time with exciting news that she has a job and they will pay her to hunt down people and she wants to celebrate with her friend, but Dr Martin still coming to terms with Lucifer being the Devil and Maze a Demon she slid the cheque back, as Maze starts to walk away Linda opens the door and it was heartwarming to see Maze have her friend back even if they are complete opposites, they work. Lucifer and Chloe have also had a heartwarming moment at the end as they embrace.

Check out the promo of next weeks’ episode of Lucifer SN2-EP08 ‘Trip To Stabby Town’ below

You can catch Lucifer Monday’s 9/8c on FOX. 

Young Dumbledore Coming To ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel

 

With the news that the ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ franchise is set to encompass five films, it looks like the story possibilities have become a lot grander. News has broke that the creative team behind the second film in the series is now looking to cast a young Albus Dumbledore.

The most recent trailer for ‘Fantastic Beasts’ saw Eddie Redmayne’s character Newt Scamander reference Dumbledore and the events in Europe, so it seems Gellert Grindelwald’s reign of terror is set to be a driving force behind the overarching story. Director David Yates recently confirmed Dumbledore’s role in the series:

“In the second movie Dumbledore comes back. He’s got a couple of good scenes with Newt… We’re discussing who would play Dumbledore, any suggestions would be good. [Laughs]”

Given the rumours that the recently cast Johnny Depp is set to play Grindelwald, and with the shadows of two great actors hanging over the role, someone is set to have one heck of a job to do. The question is what does this mean for Newt Scamander? The story between Dumbledore and Grindelwald is a fairly big one, with the chance to be fleshed out across these five films, however how does Newt fit into the story? Surely there’s an answer, no matter how mysterious, so it will be exciting to see just what it is.

‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ releases in cinemas across the UK and US November 18th 2016.