Richard Armitage tangentially related

Fandom:

• Guylty announces some information for her upcoming (annual) Armitage birthday event.
• @RArmitage_US is “taking a break.“

The Lodge:

• New screenings: in Germany (Fantasy Fest), and Brno, and Wrocław (also a film festival) and Melbourne (Melbourne Int’l Film Fest).
• The trailer for the film has been seen in at least one U.S. theater.
• It’s a “most anticipated” for Fantasia / Montréal and a must-see for that event.
• And here’s a review of the film from the Korean film festival at Gruesome Magazine (spoilers).
• Here’s an interview with Severin and Fiala that makes them seem quite unlikable — but gives the clue that they like to work with improvisation which I see as potentially appealing to Armitage.
• And finally, an interesting article on the allure of cults.

Current projects:

• (Uncle Vanya): Chekhov’s rules of writing.
• (The Stranger): The show is bringing money into the local area.
• (Wolverine: The Lost Trail): The second season is now starting to be available on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts and Google.

Past projects:

• (Hannibal): It’s the twentieth anniversary of the Red Dragon sequel’s appearance.
• (Mid-Life Crisis): Information about why it fell off the radar.
• (Brain on Fire): One of the producers has a new job. And scientists uncover an animal model for the disease’s progression.
• (Berlin Station): Apparently Steinhauer was not as involved in the writing for season 3 as I thought. At least we know who to blame now. And an interesting piece on “freeports” (what Hector did in Russia).
• (Richard III): An interview with the geneticist who worked on the Richard III identification.

Collateral attractions:

• Keke Palmer (Berlin Station) has a new gig.
• Akwafina (Ocean’s 8) has a new movie out this week and a neat feature in Vanity Fair.
• Toby Jones (Uncle Vanya)’s father has died. Thanks to Christine for this link.

Things Armitage has said:

• (appreciating dystopias): Germans are writing post-Brexit dystopias.
• (humility): humble people make the best leaders but we fall for charismatic narcissists anyway.
• (hating snowboarders): the war between skiers and snowboarders continues.

Things we’ve talked about:

• How many books should I bring on my summer vacation?
• Maybe what Twitter needs is a pause button.
• A new Jane Austen cosplay project.
• Finding the American dream at the public library.
• Interview with TV critic Emily Nussbaum that discusses what happens when the audience takes the wrong message away from a TV show.
• This summer’s movie offerings have been very boring: it’s probably Disney’s fault.
• There’s going to be a new musical that tells the other side of the “Greatest Showman” story.

~ by Servetus on July 13, 2019.