A ‘Psycho’-Logical Thriller!

Congratulations to Aiden Robson for his role on A&E’s “Bates Motel”, Season 5 – Episode 10.

The episode will air on the 24th of April 2017.

The fifth and final season of Bates Motel will premiere on February 20, 2017. The season will consist of 10 episodes and airs on Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on A&E.

The series itself is described as a “contemporary prequel” to the 1960 film Psycho, following the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film. The series takes place in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon.

Director: Tucker Gates
Writers: Kerry Ehrin and Carlton Cuse

Plot:
The fifth season begins two years after the death of Norma (Vera Farmiga). Publicly happy and well-adjusted, Norman (Freddie Highmore) struggles at home, where his violent blackouts are increasing as “Mother” threatens to take him over completely. Meanwhile, Dylan (Max Thieriot) and Emma (Olivia Cooke), now married with an infant daughter, find themselves drawn back into Norman’s world, while Romero (Nestor Carbonell) hungers for revenge against his stepson.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/QgxVGfRBaD4

Impeccable Timing!

Congratulations to Jag Arneja for booking a role on NBC’s Timeless, episode 114. The episode will air in February 2017.

From Eric Kripke (“Revolution”, “Supernatural”), Shawn Ryan (“The Shield”) and the producers of “The Blacklist” comes this thrilling action-adventure series in which a mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor who use the machine’s prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. Can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it’s too late?

Trailer: https://youtu.be/faBL30wurFc

JANUARY COMMERCIAL BOOKINGS

Congratulations to Jason Bempong for his role in the “Darden Restaurants/Olive Garden” commercial – For all media including but not limited to broadcast, cable, satellite television, internet, new media and industrial usage in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, except for Internet which is considered Worldwide.

A Garage Sale Bargain!

Congratulations to Grayson Maxwell Gurnsey for booking a role in Hallmark’s television movie, Garage Sale Mystery, “Drowned”.

Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) can always find a diamond in the rough – when it comes to garage sales, that is! Whether it’s a new antique to sell at her consignment shop, an Atari game for her son or a piece of furniture for her handy husband Jason (Rick Ravanello) to refurbish, she has made a career out of her treasure hunting prowess. But, when a string of burglaries hits her town, Jennifer must use her keen eye for detail and her natural problem solving instincts to help her piece together the clues and catch the criminal, before it’s to late!

Working with Detective Adam Iverson (Andrew Dunbar), Jennifer puts together a theory that the perpetrators of the burglaries are fellow garage sale regulars. The case escalates to dangerous levels when Jennifer discovers the dead body of her friend. And, even though the vicitms husband, Ben Douglas (Cameron Bancroft), finds nothing missing in their house, and the police label the death as accidental, Jennifer suspects that the death may be related to the burglaries.

So, with her treasure hunting skills and problem solving instincts, Jennifer finds and pieces together clues to the burglaries and her friend’s death. But as she gets closer to the truth, Jennifer learns that crime solving can be far more dangerous than any garage sale! Can she uncover the “Garage Sale Mystery” before it’s too late, or will her investigation create problems that not even Jennifer can solve.

Director: Neill Fearnley
Writer: Walter Klenhard

Story Line: When a computer entrepreneur apparently drowns while out surfing, his wife asks her old friend Jenn to help prove that his death was no accident, but murder…

http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/garage-sale-mystery-art-of-murder

“Found” In Space!!

Congratulations to Ruairi MacDonald for booking a role on Lost In Space, Episode # 101.

House of Cards‘ Molly Parker is set as the female lead opposite Toby Stephens in Lost in Space, Netflix’s remake of sci-fi master Irwin Allen’s 1965 cult TV classic, from Legendary TV.

Parker Posey has also joined the cast. Her recent credits include features Mascot for Christopher Guest and Netflix, and Columbus for writer-director Kogonada. She was seen this past summer in Woody Allen’s Café Society.

Slated for a 2018 premiere, the new Lost In Space takes its cues from the original CBS series, revolving around the Robinson family, which is forced to come together in a time of crisis. Stranded light years from their intended destination, the Robinsons find themselves battling a strange new alien environment and their own personal demons. Posey will play Dr. Smith, a female version of the character played in the original series by Jonathan Harris.


Director: Neil Marshall
Writers: Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless
Based on the TV show created by Irwin Allen.

Story Line:  In a grounded, modern update of the classic TV series, the Robinson family find themselves torn off course as they travel to a distant interstellar colony, and must work together to survive on a dangerous alien world.

Always On Target!

Jag Arneja has booked a role on Season 5, Episode 15 – “Fighting Fire with Fire” on CW’s Arrow – Episode airs on the 1st of March 2017.

On March 11, 2016, Arrow was renewed for a fifth season by The CW.

Synopsis:
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. He returned home to Star City, bent on righting the wrongs done by his family and fighting injustice. As the Green Arrow, he protects his city with the help of former soldier John Diggle, computer-science expert Felicity Smoak, his vigilante-trained sister Thea Queen, former police captain Quentin Lance, and brilliant inventor Curtis Holt. But sinister players with a connection to Oliver’s past will push the team to its breaking point, threatening everything Oliver’s worked for and his legacy as the Green Arrow.

Director: Michael Schultz
Written by: Speed Weed & Ben Sokolowski
Trailer: https://youtu.be/S2FoRF-y3EQ


Zombies, Or Not? You Be The Judge!


Willy Lavendel books a role on iZombie, episode 313, and Ava Frye recurs on episodes 312 and 313.

iZombie  is an American comedy/drama, horror television series developed by Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright for The CW.

When over-achieving medical resident Liv Moore attends a party that turns into a zombie feeding frenzy, she ends up joining the ranks of the living dead. Determined to pass as human despite her pale appearance and newly listless demeanor, Liv forms a plan to resist her drive to consume fresh human brains by taking a job at a coroner’s office, where she can secretly snack on the brains of corpses delivered there. Soon discovering that she absorbs the memories of those she feeds on, she finds new purpose by posing as a psychic and working with a detective to help solve their murders.

IZombie has been renewed for a third season of 13 episodes, which is set to premiere on April 4, 2017.

HOLA AMIGOS!!

Francisco Cano has been awarded a role on the animation series Nina’s World, episode 202B,
and Chance Hurstfield continues with his lead role on the series.

“Nina’s World” is an animated series that debuted in 2015 on NBC Universal’s Sprout network.
It tells the story of imaginative six-year-old Nina and her best friend Star as they explore their vibrant and colourful neighbourhood!

Rita Moreno, the multi-talented actress who had a key role in the PBS children’s series “The Electric Company” and who has won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony and a Grammy is the voice of “Abuelita”, the grandmother of the show’s title character, who helps the six-year-old at the centre of the story navigate childhood and learn about her culture. Newcomer Isabella Farrier voices the role of young Nina.

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZNYuJO7YAE

GUIDED TO SUCCESS!

Willy Lavendel books a role on Girlfriend’s Guide To Divorce, Episode 405.

Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Marti Noxon for the American cable network Bravo. Based on the Girlfriends’ Guides book series by Vicki Lovine, the series revolves around Abby McCarthy, a self-help author who finds solace in new friends and adventures as she faces an impending divorce. Lisa Edelstein portrays the main character Abby.

Produced by Universal Cable Productions, it is the first original scripted series for Bravo. On April 13, 2016, it was announced that Bravo had renewed the show for a third, fourth and fifth season, effectively concluding the series thereafter.

Luis Appearing With More “Frequency”…


Congratulations to Luis Javier for booking a role in CW’s “Frequency”, Season Finale – Episode 113.

Synopsis – A police detective in 2016 discovers that she is able to communicate with her father via a ham radio, despite the fact that he died in 1996.

Trailer:  https://youtu.be/BL8Rl2n2C6Y

Thomas Wright directed the episode written by Jeremy Carver & Nancy Won. Original airdate Jan 25 2017.