On this episode of Collider TV Talk (May 16th, 2016) Josh Macuga, David Griffin, Sinéad de Vries, Sasha Perl-Raver and Kara Warner discuss the following:
Last week ABC went all French Revolution andput the guillotine toAgent Carter,Castle,NashvilleANDThe Muppets. After a disappointing season 2 ofAgent Carter, it wasn’t a shock that we wouldn’t seeHayley Atwellreprise her role,but 8-year vetCastlefell victimto contracts and loss of a main cast member; theMuppetsgot zero traction and even less marketing, and withNashvillegettingthe guitaraxe at the Disney owned studio, it shocked a lot of fans.
In the wake of all the cancellations last week, CBS, the most watched network, pulled the plug on the lastCSIfranchise,CSI: Cyber, but greenlit a reboot ofMacGuyverand a series spinoff ofTraining Day.MacGuyverwill starLucas Till(ofX-Menfame) as the man with the ability to make bombs out of household items which, thankfully, inspired the likes ofMacGruber.Training Dayon the other hand starsBill Paxtonplaying theDenzel Washingtontype role in the series with newcomerJustin Cornwelltaking on theEthan Hawke, young cop, role.
As reported by Variety,Joel Kinnamanhas signed on to starin the Netflix series,Altered Carbon. The series is based on theRichard K. Morgannovel that takes place in the 25th century, where the human mind has been digitized and souls are transferable. Kinnaman will play Takeshi Kovacs, a former interstellar warrior who was put into “storage” and later downloaded into the future.Game of Thrones’Miguel Sapochnik, who directed Season 5’s critically acclaimed episodeHardhome,will tackle the first episode withLaeta Kalogridis, who wroteTerminator GenisysandShutter Island,writing the series and serving as showrunner.
SUPERHERO RUNDOWN
We talked last week on TV Talk about the possibility ofSupergirlheading from CBS to The CW and last week, it was made official. According to The Hollywood Reporter,Supergirlwill make her way to The CWand move production to Vancouver whereGreg Berlanti’sArrowandThe Flashcall home.
Krysten Ritter, who plays Marvel’s Jessica Jones, sat down with Digital Spy last week letting us in on some of the goings on in Marvel’s Netflix TV Universe. The superhero with a love of cheap whiskey and sexual soirees saidJessica Jonesseason 2 would shoot immediately afterThe Defendersand also that she can’t say if she’s shot anything forLuke Cage.
Wentworth Miller, who plays Leonard Snart a.k.a. Captain Cold,leftLegends of Tomorrowthis past weekin the most dramatic way. However, immediately after the episode’s release, super producer Greg Berlanti said that Miller would be a character who would be present in the CW/DC Universe and that we will see him again and often.
Not only did ABC go ahead and cancel everything last week including Christmas, they also crushed fans ofMarvel’sAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.when they didn’t pick upMarvel’s Most Wanted, the much anticipated spin-off of the adventures of Bobbi and Lance played byAdrianne PalickiandNick Blood. The two left the series during a tearful bar scene and fans have been clamoring for their return, but apparently ABC didn’t hear their pleas.
And finally in some happy news,Powerless, a DC Comics comedyabout regular folks dealing with the damage left behind by superheroes is a go at NBC. The cast includes,Alan Tudyk,Danny Pudi,Christina KirkandVanessa Hudgens.Hudgens will play Emily, an insurance adjuster left to clean up the mess left behind by the superheros and the villains who love to try and kill them and in the process destroy cities.
HIGHLIGHTS AND LOWLIGHTS
Highlights
STREAMING SPOTLIGHT
Narcostells the true-life story of the growth and spread of cocaine drug cartels across the globe and attendant efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal, bloody conflict. It centers around the notorious Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar and Steve Murphy, a DEA agent sent to Colombia on a U.S. mission to capture and ultimately kill him.
