Richard Armitage tangentially related

First, a question in my own interest: do you plan to see Us? I don’t usually see horror films, and I had huge problems with Get Out (despite my fundamental sympathies with the political point) and I hear this is much worse in terms of the horror level, but now I’m seeing all these headlines with interesting comments about it (again as a political/cultural commentary).

RDC5:

• Kate’s final installment.

The Stranger:

• New interview with Harlen Coben relating to the publicity tour for his new novel.
• The show was filming in a spooky place this week.

 

You’ve never looked more beautiful, Richard. Okay get back on set! #RunAway #TheStranger

— Harlan Coben (@HarlanCoben) March 21, 2019

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Current projects:

• Table interview with the cast of Wolverine: The Lost Trail, which drops sometime in the next twelve hours or so.

Past projects:

• You can now get an autographed edition of The Martian Invasion of Earth (though it doesn’t say who will autograph it).
• It looks like Urban and the Shed Crew on DVD is unavailable or delayed again (checking amazon preorders).
  
• Brain on Fire categorized as “disease porn.” And Oakland University’s neurology club has seen the film.
• North & South makes a list of best historical films on Netflix.
• Pajiba lists Armitage among its forgotten cameos.
• (Castlevania): Konami is issuing another retro collection of the games.
• Ocean’s 8 is on a list of films with misleading RT scores.
• (The Phantom Menace): Tonra is actually a nickname for “Totally Not Richard Armitage.”
• (Hannibal): Bryan Fuller has been teasing a fourth season of Hannibal rather more aggressively lately, as the rights for more of the material will become available again.
• (Berlin Station): Armitage is happy season 3 will come to France, so happy he uses the subjunctive.

Collateral attractions:

• Alicia Silverstone (The Lodge) is celebrating a Clueless renaissance. Has it really been almost 25 years?
• Obituary for Michael Thomas (if you hit a paywall, try using private / incognito mode). Links to previous coverage of Michael Thomas on blog is here.
• Mindy Kaling (Ocean’s 8) is getting her own Netflix show.

Things Armitage has said:

• Schitt’s Creek is ending after season 6. Here’s an interview with Catherine O’Hara.
• Profile of Greta Thunberg, who organized the first climate change marches among secondary students.

Industry issues:

• Spotify (by means of a subsidiary called Luminary) has just put $340M into a podcasting venture, with plans for a paywalled service. This has sent a few waves through the media world this week. Is it a bubble? How podcasts came to seem essential. And one of many “essential” recommendations lists I’ve seen this week.
• When fans are seen as the sole marketing experts.
• Red Nose Day suffered a severe drop in participation this year after a controversy over its treatment of Africans. Armitage appeared in 2007 as part of the benefit, reprising his role as Harry in Vicar of Dibley.
• Actors in character show different brain waves.

Things we’ve talked about:

• What exactly is the advantage of high social class in England, professionally speaking?
• For some fans, it’s great to meet your hero.
• Further commentary on the Tsujihara / Kirk situation — our current media circumstances make the casting couch appear both more real and more blatant. In the wake of Tsujihara’s departure, Warner Bros. will have an interim leadership team.
• A 25 year commentary on Reality Bites.
• Take a summer acting course with LAMDA faculty in Pasadena!
• The perils of having a name twin. (Although for me, this is an endlessly funny topic, I can see how it would grate for those particularly affected by it.)

~ by Servetus on March 25, 2019.