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His Dark Materials New Trailer from Comic Con at Home

During today’s exciting Comic-Con@Home panel for HBO and BBC’s HIS DARK MATERIALS, fans were treated to the first official trailer for the upcoming second season of the drama series.  

Included in the trailer is the very first glimpse at the mysterious city of Cittàgaze as well as footage of new season 2 cast members Andrew Scott (“John Parry”), Jade Anouka (“Ruta Skadi”), and Simone Kirby (“Dr. Mary Malone”), who join returning cast Dafne Keen (“Lyra”), Ruth Wilson (“Mrs Coulter”), Ariyon Bakare (“Lord Boreal”), Amir Wilson (“Will”) and Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Lee Scoresby”).



In the second season of HIS DARK MATERIALS, Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) has opened a bridge to a new world, and, distraught over the death of her best friend, Lyra (Dafne Keen) follows Asriel into the unknown. In a strange and mysterious abandoned city she meets Will (Amir Wilson), a boy from our world who is also running from a troubled past. Lyra and Will learn their destinies are tied to reuniting Will with his father but find their path is constantly thwarted as a war begins to brew around them. Meanwhile, Mrs. Coulter (Ruth Wilson) searches for Lyra, determined to bring her home by any means necessary.  HIS DARK MATERIALS is available on HBO and to stream on HBO Max.

HBO Bringing Three Series to Comic Con 2019

The HBO series HIS DARK MATERIALS, GAME OF THRONES and WESTWORLD are confirmed for panels and autograph signing sessions at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2019.

WATCHMEN fans should keep a look out around the Gaslamp Quarter for a surprise in-world opportunity to engage with the new HBO series.

Below is information on the three panels.

The HIS DARK MATERIALS panel in Hall H at 4:45 p.m. will include (in alphabetical order): James McAvoy (Lord Asriel), Dafne Keen (Lyra), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Lee Scoresby), Jane Tranter (executive producer) and Ruth Wilson (Mrs. Coulter).

Autograph signing is at 2:45 p.m.

The GAME OF THRONES panel in Hall H at 5:30 p.m. will include cast members (in alphabetical order): Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei of Naath), Iain Glen (Ser Jorah Mormont), Conleth Hill (Varys), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark). Other panelists include creators and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and director and executive producer Miguel Sapochnik.

Autograph signing is at 3:30 p.m.

The WESTWORLD panel in Hall H at 1:15 p.m. will include creators, executive producers and directors Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, and cast members (in alphabetical order): Ed Harris, Thandie Newton, Aaron Paul, Tessa Thompson, Evan Rachel Wood and Jeffrey Wright.

Autograph signing is at 11:45 a.m.

The autograph signings will take place in the DC Warner Bros. booth #4545. Attendees wishing to participate in autograph signings may log in to their Comic-Con Member ID account to submit their interest via the Exclusives Portal. WBTVG follows Comic-Con’s selection process and wristband distribution procedures. For more information visit www.comic-con.org/cci/exclusives.

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New Alexander Skarsgard Interview

A new interview with Alex appears in DN.se. Huge thanks to Alexander Skarsgard Library for the translation and links. An excerpt of the interview is below. For the full interview please click here:

Alexander Skarsgård: “Spying Is the Ultimate Form of Acting”

by Nicholas Wennö

London. After being acclaimed for his dark role in “Big Little lies”, Alexander Skarsgård is back in the spy thriller “The Little Drummer Girl” and the drama comedy “The Hummingbird Project”. DN’s Nicholas Wennö met the Hollywood star to talk about spying, acting, bald heads and being served coffee by John le Carré.

There are no shortcuts to the perfect bald head. If anyone knows, it’s Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård. In the upcoming drama comedy “The Hummingbird Project” with Jesse Eisenberg, the Swede plays an eccentric math genius who dreams of becoming very rich by laying a fiber-optic cable from a server in Kansas to the New York Stock Exchange. For this torturous transformation, “the Swedish sex bomb” removed hair after hair for a seamless transition between his side hair and his bald head.

“This is exactly how dedicated this guy is,” said the film’s Canadian director Kim Nguyen enthusiastically in connection with a late night show at the London Film Festival.

The following day, Alexander Skarsgård is sitting in a boutique hotel in central London and he flashes the classic family grin.

“Oh, no big deal, but when I see the character in front of me, I really want to create the look. Sometimes a small detail can get everything to come off with a character. But it still ended up with us having to  make a digital edit so the transition between my hair and the bare head would look credible. Kim liked the look, but we had to persuade the financiers who wanted me to be, eh … more recognizable,” says the world’s perhaps best-known Bajen fan while sitting on a couch.

For the role of the enigmatic Israeli agent Becker in “The Little Drummer Girl” he only needed to dye his beard a bit darker. Just like millions of other John le Carré fans, he was fascinated by the moral gray scales in a treacherous world where everyone plays “the theater of the real” as one of the characters says in the series.

“Spying is the ultimate form of acting – it’s literally life and death. Unlike in a Hollywood movie, one might be killed for real if you are bad,” says Skarsgård with a dazzling smile.

John Le Carrés acclaimed original novel was published in 1983 but set four years earlier. The initial action is triggered by the event of a bomb attack against a Jewish family in Bonn’s navy diplomatic district. Israeli spy master Martin Kurtz (Michael Shannon) is flown in to investigate the terrorist attack that bears the same signature as other attacks against prominent Jews. Just like Skarsgård’s agent Becker, Kurtz has begun to doubt that the end always justifies the means – “we are surgeons not butchers.”

Sources:  Nicholas Wennö for DN.se (x, x), Translation:  Google & Babylon + Cleanup & Interpretation by The Library + Special Thanks to A_Sussan for translating two super choppy sentences! Photos: Little Drummer Girl portrait via Radio Times (x), DN.se scans via Svenska_Ettor twitter (x, x)

Comic Con 2018 HBO Funko Exclusives

‘Growing Strong!’ The Queen of Thorns, Lady Olenna Tyrell of Highgarden, will be available as an exclusive Pop! at SDCC. Quick wit and sharp tongue not included!
The famous dragons of Game of Thrones – Rhaegal, Drogon & Viserion , along with the ‘Icy’ Viserion – will also be available as an exclusive Dorbz 4-Pack!

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True Blood Season Six Episode 63 – You’re No Good Inside the Episode Video

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The new episode of True Blood aired tonight. It was titled “You’re No Good”. (the original title was “Abducted”). The episode synopsis stated:

Bill looks for a solution to an impending catastrophe; Eric takes a hostage, while Sam tries to recover one. Irate over Burrell’s blatant aggression towards vampires, Eric takes matters into his own hands and takes a hostage. After dangerously testing the limits of his powers, Bill enlists a TruBlood innovator to synthesize a new type of blood – but has difficulty finding the right donor. Sookie begins to learn why Warlow is after her. Sam receives unexpected help from Nicole and her Vampire Unity Society (V.U.S.) associates. Steve Newlin (Michael McMillian) finds his past ideals turning into a current nightmare.

HBO posted their recap/inside the episode video shown below:

 

Sound off in the comments on what you thought of tonight’s episode.

Here are some screencaps from episode 6.03:

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The One With The Ick Factor

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While the mistress of this site is away on vacation, I get to play on the site and write a review for the first episode of the sixth season of True Blood. Hold on to your hats!
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Alexander Skarsgard and True Blood Castmates Golden Globes After Party Photos

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There were quite a few after parties last night after the Golden Globes awards show. Alexander Skarsgard attended the InStyle WB party and also the HBO after party. Also in attendance were spotted Michael McMillian, Anna Camp, Adina Porter, Chris Bauer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Melissa Rauch, and Joe Manganiello.

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Love Michael McMillian. Here he is with Anna Camp: (and looks like Bridget Regan from Perception with them)


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HBO Golden Globes 2013 After Party Images

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The Golden Globes awards show was held tonight. HBO as always had quite an amazing after party. Here are some of the images from the event:

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Pre-party preparations at the Beverly Hilton:

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Here is a photo of Michael Ausiello with Jim Parsons and Melissa Rauch from Big Bang Theory. Melissa was “Summer” on True Blood:

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Here is Joe Manganiello arriving at the HBO after party: instagram

The lovely Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones: instagram HBO

 

Here is a photo from the Golden Globes gifting lounge of some of the True Blood cast:tumblr_mgjxilG3WU1qaufopo1_1280.png

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For a complete list of tonight’s winners: visit seat42f

Getty Images has been posting the images from the HBO after party to this gallery linked here: HBO Golden Globes after party:

PaleyFest 2013 First Three Shows Announced

PALEYFEST is happy to announce events with the cast and creators of The NewsroomRevolutionOnce Upon A Time. The full line up of shows to be featured at PaleyFest will be announced on Wednesday January 9. 2013.

PaleyFest  2013 will run from March 1-15, 2013 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. The event brings together the stars and creative forces of TV’s most beloved shows with fans of those shows. This will be the 30th PaleyFest.
 

The Paley Fest 2013 Showrunner Pass is on sale now. The cost is high but it comes with a lot of perks. $1499! To purchase please visit the Paley site here:

The less expensive pass will be on sale in January 2013:

Tickets will go on sale to members for studio passes on 1/9/2013. Individual tickets will be sold on 1/11/2013 to members and to the general public on 1/13/2013.

I wrote up a fan guide to PaleyFest in 2011. Here is the link to a detailed post describing the layout of the theatre, what to expect during the festival:

PaleyFest fan guide part 1:

It’s a fun festival and a wonderful opportunity to hear from the cast of your favorite TV shows. I’m keeping fingers crossed that True Blood will be featured in 2013. I’m pretty sure that The Walking Dead will be included as well for 2013. I got a lot of fun photos of the cast in PaleyFest 2011. Hope to see some of the fans there! I know for 2013 I will be there for the Revolution panel (Love that show!)

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Alexander Skarsgard Attends HBO Emmy Party

Photo Credit: Michael Buckner Getty Images

Alexander Skarsgard attended the HBO Post Emmy party on 9/23/12. The party was held at the Pacific Design Center and is one of the hottest parties in town for the event.

UPDATE: Alex gave a shout out to the fan sites!! Yay!:


Arrival photo from instagram:

Adina Porter Arrival at party:  She looked great! So different from her “Lettie Mae” look!

The day before the Emmys Chris Bauer visited the gifting lounge. Trueblood fan FB page posted a cool collage linked here. (looks like “Sheriff Andy” had a great time there!)

Great to see Alex having fun! Images in the gallery below are from the event:

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