Month: July 2016

Eric Bempong books a role in The 100, Episode 401.

The 100 (pronounced The Hundred?) is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama television series that premiered on March 19, 2014, on The CW.  The series, developed by Jason Rothenberg, is loosely based on a 2013 book of the same name, the first in a trilogy by Kass Morgan.

The series follows a group of teens: Clarke Griffin (Eliza Taylor), Bellamy Blake (Bob Morley), Octavia Blake (Marie Avgeropoulos), Jasper Jordan (Devon Bostick), Monty Green (Christopher Larkin), Raven Reyes (Lindsey Morgan), Finn Collins (Thomas McDonell), John Murphy (Richard Harmon), and Wells Jaha (Eli Goree) as they become the first humans to return to Earth after a devastating nuclear apocalypse; the series also focuses on Abby Griffin (Paige Turco), Clarke’s mother, Marcus Kane (Henry Ian Cusick), a council member on “The Ark”, and Thelonious Jaha (Isaiah Washington), the Chancellor/Wells’ father.

When nuclear Armageddon destroys civilization on Earth, the only survivors are those on the 12 international space stations in orbit at the time. Three generations later, the 4,000 survivors living on a space ark of linked stations see their resources dwindle and face draconian measures established to ensure humanity’s future. Desperately looking for a solution, the ark’s leaders send 100 juvenile prisoners back to the planet to test its habitability. Having always lived in space, the exiles find the planet fascinating and terrifying, but with the fate of the human race in their hands, they must forge a path into the unknown

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12eFPfB_MhE

Deborah Finkel books role in LifeTime MOW, JonBenet.

Lifetime is joining the JonBenet Ramsey craze with the TV movie JonBenet, starring Eion Bailey as the detective who originally investigated the case.

Starting with the 911 call and investigation led by Detective Steve Thomas (Bailey), JonBenét will examine what happened in December 1996, when Ramsey (Payton Lepinski) was found beaten and strangled in the family’s basement. The film also will explore new information and offer what Lifetime calls a fresh look at the case and theories surrounding the unsolved slaying.

Michel Gill (Mr. Robot) and Julia Campbell (Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion) will star as John and Patsy Ramsey. The movie is set to premiere in the fall.

JonBenet is produced by EveryWhere Studios and Brightlights. Julia Eisenman (Lies & Alibis), Tom Mazza (My Sweet Audrina), Anne Carlucci (Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story), Shawn Williamson (Wayward Pines) and Jamie Goehring (Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart) executive produce. Jason Lapeyre (Restless Virgins) directs from a script written by Brian L. Ross (Love by Chance).

The TV movie comes as the 20th anniversary of the former child beauty queen’s death is rapidly approaching. CBS is set to examine the case in the fall, with its limited docuseries helping to open the network’s new broadcast season. Investigation Discovery also is taking on the unsolved case with a three-night series due in September, and the feature film Casting JonBenet also is in the works.

Ramsey was found slain in her Boulder, Colo., home in 1996. Police found her body in the basement of the family’s home eight hours after she had been reported missing. The 6-year-old was found struck on the head and strangled. Colorado officials initially suspected Ramsey’s parents and her older brother of being involved in her death; the family was partially exonerated in 2003 when DNA taken from the victim’s clothing suggested they were not involved. Her parents were completely cleared in July 2008. A year later, the Boulder Police Department took the case back from the D.A. and reopened the investigation. After several grand jury hearings, Ramsey’s slaying remains unsolved.

Conor Gomez books Romeo Section, Episode 203.

From acclaimed showrunner Chris Haddock (Da Vinci’s Inquest, Intelligence), The Romeo Section is an hour-long serialized espionage drama set in Vancouver. It follows spymaster Professor Wolfgang McGee, an academic who secretly manages a roster of espionage assets. These assets, referred to as Romeo or Juliet spies, are informants engaged in intimate relations with intelligence targets. Wolfgang himself is a semi-retired Romeo operator, having worked his way up in an officially deniable “service” under the umbrella of Canada’s Intelligence Community. They operate in a seemingly serene cosmopolitan city whose underside acts as a haven for drug barons, fugitives and covert financiers. The series has Haddock reunited with fellow executive producer Laura Lightbown; director Stephen Surjik; producer Arvi Liimatainen; and writer/co-executive producer Jesse McKeown.

It stars Andrew Airlie, Jemmy Chen, Juan Riedinger and Matt Bellefleur.

Emmanuel Bempong books a role on Aftermath, Episode 110.

Aftermath is an upcoming Canadian television drama series.
A first season containing 13 episodes is set to air in 2016 on Syfy in the US and on Space in Canada on September 27, 2016.
In Aftermath, a family of five’s strength is tested when it becomes evident that the world as they know it is coming to an end and they must take to the road for survival. The Copeland family (parents Josh and Karen, and their children Matt, Brianna and Dana) face terrifying supernatural creatures and unprecedented disasters, including massive storms, earthquakes, meteor impacts, plague and the rapid decline of civilization as they endeavor to make it through to the mysterious next phase.

James Tupper and Anne Heche star.

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tALa30ugsyc

http://www.syfy.com/aftermath

Francisco Cano books a role in Untitled Siege Picture.

A Neil Moritz film directed by Tony Giglio distributed by Sony Pictures.
Executive Producer: Jonas Barnes
Producers: Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcolm
Writers:  Domingue & Green
Tony Giglio is one of Hollywood’s most versatile writer-directors with projects ranging from horror to action, drama, thriller and 3-D!

Tony Giglio is proud to have written, produced & directed Sony Entertainment’s first ever made for New Media Feature Film entitled “Extraction“. The film stars Danny Glover (“Lethal Weapon“), Vinnie Jones (“Snatch“), Sean Astin (“Lord of the Rings“), Falk Hentschel (“Legends of Tomorrow“), and Jon Foo (“TV’s Rush Hour“). “Extraction” is the most watched original-scripted program in Sony’s New Media History.

STORY LINE:  A highly trained SWAT unit, under the leadership of COMMANDER TRAVIS HALL, apprehends SCORPION, a mysterious prisoner who is in possession of information that makes him a target of LARS COHAGEN, a private military contractor with a deadly army of mercenaries.  Hall and his team find themselves trapped inside their facility and facing death, unless they hand Scorpion over to the mercs.  Instead, Hall teams with Scorpion in the desperately uneven battle against Lars’ invading army in what is shaping up to be a battle to the death…

Everrett Shea books a role in The Arrangement.

Produced by Universal Cable Productions, The Arrangement follows Megan Morrison (Christine Evangelista), a beautiful young actress who auditions for the female lead in a summer blockbuster playing opposite Kyle West (Josh Henderson), one of the world’s top action movie stars. Kyle’s mentor is Terrence Anderson (Michael Vartan), who runs a self-help organization called the Institute of The Higher Mind with his wife Deann (Lexa Doig). After Megan’s amazing audition leads to an incredible first date (and more) with Kyle, her Cinderella story takes an unexpected turn when she is presented with a contract that would change her life forever.

The Arrangement drew a lot of attention at the pilot stage due to some similarities between its plot and Tom Cruise, his ties to Scientology and his relationship with Katie Holmes, leading to the network issuing a statement that the project was not inspired by anyone in particular.

Jonathan Abrahams wrote the pilot and executive produces with Jimmy Fox of Objective Productions USA, an All3Media company, along with Layla Smith and Gregory Lipstone of All3Media America, who also executive produce.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kBj7N0m6IQ

Kylee Dawson returns in series “Travelers“.

“Travelers“, is an original time-traveling sci-fi series starring Eric McCormack (Will & Grace, Perception).

Created and written by Brad Wright, co-creator of Stargate SG-1 and creator of related franchises Stargate: Atlantis and SGU, Travelers is set hundreds of years from now when the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century.  These “travelers” assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future. These travelers are: FBI Special Agent Grant MacLaren (McCormack), the team’s leader; Marcy (Porter), a young, intellectually disabled woman in the care of her social worker, David (Gilmore);?Trevor (Abrahamson), a high school quarterback; Carly (Cooper), a single mom in an abusive relationship;  and Philip (Dolman), a heroin-addicted college student. Armed only with their knowledge of history and an archive of social media profiles, the travelers discover that 21st century lives and relationships are as much a challenge as their high-stakes missions.

Also cast in the series are MacKenzie Porter, Jared Abrahamson, J. Alex Brinson, Nesta Cooper, Reilly Dolman, Patrick Gilmore, Arnold Pinnock, Dylan Playfair and Ian Tracey.

Travelers extends the hot trend of time travel series. There are 3 time-traveling pilots in contention at the US broadcast networks, dramasTime at NBC and Time After Time at ABC and comedy Making History at Fox, as well as the new CW series Legends of Tomorrow and Comedy Central limited series Time Traveling Bong.

Travelers, which features a predominantly Canadian cast, was originally developed at the CFC Prime Time TV Program with Canadian writers. “We’re excited to work with this amazing cast led by Eric McCormack. It’s all a dream come true for a Scarborough boy like me,” Wright said.

Travelers is produced by Peacock Alley Entertainment Inc., in association with Showcase and .

Netflix will be coming on board with Canadian TV channel Showcase, which will air the series in Canada, with Netflix carrying it exclusively everywhere the service is available outside of Canada.

Kelly Davis
OCP on “Project Dusty“ for Toyota Corolla.
Markets: North America and Worldwide Internet.

Brendan Ellison – SOC Booking for Scotia Bank – World Cup commercial

Erika Thompson – Project Store – Walmart.
Spot: “Walk this Way”.
North America, and Worldwide Internet.