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Filmmakers Chris and Paul Weitz and Universal Television are teaming up with famed comics writer Grant Morrison on a TV series adaptation of Morrison's upcoming comic title "Sinatoro".

A modern take on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the story follows a necronaut who is sent into the afterlife to save Earth from destruction.

Morrison initially wrote the project as a screenplay for a film that didn't pan out. Now it and the comic and being re-tooled into a TV series with the help of "American Odyssey" co-creators Adam Armus and Kay Foster.

The Weitzs will executive produce with Armus, Foster, Morrison, Andrew Miano, Matt Pizzolo, Brett Gurewitz, Kristan Morrison and Adam Egypt Mortimer. A director will next be attached before heading out to buyers.

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Filmmakers Chris and Paul Weitz and Universal Television are teaming up with Grant Morrison to adapt the latter's upcoming title, Sinatoro. Adam Armus and Kay Foster, co-creators of the NBC drama American Odyssey, are writing the TV script with Morrison, one of the preeminent comics writers who has penned defining works on Batman, Superman, X-Men and Animal Man, among others. Sinatoro, based on the forthcoming Black Mask Studios comic by Morrison and artist Vanesa R. Del Rey, tells of a necronaut who is sent into the afterlife to save Earth from destruction. The story, a modern take on

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American Odyssey, which premiered last night on NBC, centers on an international military conspiracy and the three American citizens who suss it out. After eliminating a terrorist leader in North America, Sergeant Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel) discovers evidence that a major American corporation is funding terrorist cells, but before she can tell anyone her team is killed, and she’s taken prisoner. Back in the states, former U.S. attorney turned corporate litigator Peter Decker (Peter Facinelli) and trust-fund baby turned social activist Harrison Walters (Jake Robinson) discover the military-industrial conspiracy on their own terms. The series follows the three characters as they join forces to save their country and expose the forces behind the conspiracy. Saturday, at WonderCon in Anaheim, California, series creators Peter Horton, Kay Foster and Adam Armus joined series-star Peter Facinelli on stage to chat about their inspiration for the new series and what to expect from season one.

Veteran showrunners Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster say their “addicting” new NBC series “American Odyssey” is not the same terrorism story Hollywood has told for the past 15 years – and a look at the pilot, which premieres tonight, bears that out. “The kind of story that we’re trying to tell is a story of hope,” Armus said in an interview with TheWrap. “You’re an ordinary person, you don’t have any sort of a license or a gun or anything particular that makes you powerful, but you can make a difference,” he added. Armus and Foster have been a writing team.

From writer/director Peter Horton and writers Adam Armus & Kay Foster, the NBC drama series American Odyssey is a complex journey through global politics, corporate espionage and military secrets. When the lives of female Special Forces soldier Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel), disillusioned corporate lawyer Peter Decker (Peter Facinelli) and a political activist named Harrison Walters (Jake Robinson) unexpectedly collide, a cover-up with lethal implications threatens to come to light. During this exclusive interview with Collider, actor Jake Robinson talked about how he got involved with this show, what drew him to the story and character, being given a clear idea of where the story would be headed, how thrilling it is to be involved with such a quality project, and the action-packed twists and turns. [caption id="attachment_438069" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via NBC/caption] Collider: How did this come about for you? Jake Robinson: I got a script, over a year ago. I was...

When NBC’s Odyssey recently tweaked its title to American Odyssey, some joked that the ancient Greek poet Homer had filed suit for trademark infringement.

But make no mistake, the midseason thriller (premiering Sunday at 10/9c) is inspired by the epic poem.

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As series co-creator Peter Horton explains, “Three-and-a-half years ago, I had been working with my writing partners, Adam Armus and Kay Foster, on a different project that didn’t work out, so we were looking for something else to do. [British producer] Simon Maxwell came to us and said,...

Much as the horror genre is deeply rooted in the evolving culture that creates it, NBC‘s latest “action-drama,” American Odyssey, builds itself from the conspiracy fears that are now equally laughed off and assumed to be obviously true.

Sgt. Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel, “Pushing Daisies”) is part of a group that stumbles upon an Al Qaeda’s top commander, but she quickly discovers intel that suggests an American corporation is funding the group. A private military company comes to clean up, and Odelle’s company is killed to cover things up. She escapes, but now she’s on the run, and a long way from home, and doesn’t have anyone she can trust.

Meanwhile, back at home, former U.S. Attorney Peter Decker (Peter Facinelli) is in the middle of a merger with the same company that apparently funded the jihadists, and he starts to put the pieces...

NBC’s new drama American Odyssey, about a female Army ranger (Anna Friel) who uncovers the mother of all military-industrial-financial conspiracies, wants to be A Thriller for Our Time. Even when it becomes too busy, silly, or opportunistic to take seriously, you give it points for ambition, because how can you not? At its worst, it’s dumb and pandering. At its best, it’s like peak Homeland, only louder and faster, and with the courage to go all the way with its more paranoid notions (as well as with Homeland’s ingrained xenophobia, alas — but we’ll get to that). Created by Peter Horton, Adam Armus, and Kay Foster, Odyssey is a globetrotting potboiler, one-stop shopping for torn-from-recent-headlines melodrama. If you became obsessed with a major American political topic during the last eight years, it’s probably in here: the drone strikes, state-sanctioned torture, black-ops treachery, and Blackwater arrogance...

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“American Odyssey,” which premieres on NBC on April 5, 2015 and will air on Sundays at 9 p.m. Cst, also stars Treat Williams, Elena Kampouris, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Orla Brady, Connor Trinneer, Sarah Wynter and Daniella Pineda from director Peter Horton (“Grey’s Anatomy”) and writers Adam Armus and Kay Foster (“The Following”).

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Comic-Con International announced the full three-day schedule for WonderCon 2015, which will take place from Friday, April 3 to Sunday, April 5 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. You can clickHere to check out the entire convention schedule, but we have pulled out all of the movie, TV, Blu-ray and DVD related panel presentations below. Take a look at what WonderCon 2015 has to offer!

Friday, April 3

12:00pm - 1:00pm - Going Back to The Future

Filmmakers Jason Aron, Louis Krubich, and Lee Leshen discuss their film Back in Time, a feature-length documentary that shows the cultural impact of the Back to The Future franchise-just in time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the initial film. Room 207

12:30pm - 1:30pm - Batman

Last year marked the 75th anniversary of the Batman. Now let's take a look into what the future may have to offer for the iconic...

NBC has tweaked the title of its upcoming drama Odyssey less than a month before its premiere, renaming the show American Odyssey.

Though the network declined to comment on what spurred the name change, sources close to the production say the new title better reflects the arduous journey of protagonist Odelle (Anna Friel), an American soldier beset by enemies on all sides as she attempts to return to her friends and family in New York.

Of course, the more cynical answer is that NBC execs weren’t living under a rock in January, when American Sniper stormed the box office and racked up Oscar nominations. Renaming the show American Odyssey may make the series more palatable to the same right-leaning audiences that sent Sniper soaring.

The transformation in NBC’s advertising campaign, tied in with the name-change, is quite startling. Whereas Friel’s protagonist was before on her knees, with her hands bound,...

BBC Two has won the rights to broadcast the American conspiracy thriller series Odyssey.

Broadcast Now reports that the channel bid for the rights at the La Screenings for the show, which is produced by Red Arrow Entertainment's UK arm for NBC.

The series is loosely based on Homer's epic poem of the same name, and stars Anna Friel, Peter Facinelli and Jake Robinson.

Peter Horton (Grey's Anatomy), Adam Armus (Heroes) and Kay Foster (The Following) are the show's creators.

Odyssey follows the story of a team of Us soldiers led by Friel who kill a key Al-Qaeda commander in a gunfight with jihadists, before discovering a major Us corporation is funding the terrorists.

BBC Two controller Kim Shillinglaw and head of programme acquisitions Sue Deeks made the deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, ahead of the programme's broadcast in the Us on NBC in April.

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[In case you've Forgotten, and as I will continue to mention each and every one of these posts that I do: This is *not* a review. Pilots change. Sometimes a lot. Often for the better. Sometimes for the worse. But they change. Actual reviews will be coming in September and perhaps October (and maybe midseason in some cases). This is, however, a brief gut reaction to not-for-air pilots. I know some people will be all "These are reviews." If you've read me, you've read my reviews and you know this isn't what they look like.] Show: "Odyssey" (NBC - Midseason) The Pitch: "It's 'Traffic' meets 'Homeland' meets whatever's on the front page of the newspaper today." Quick Response: First off, I wanna credit the ambition of Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster's script and Peter Horton's directing/producing in this ensemble political thriller, which uses 51 minutes to introduce three interlocking stories and well over a dozen characters and an assortment of ripped-from-the-headlines plotlines that run the gamut from "familiar because you've seen them in movies or TV or in the news" to "nonsensical blather that presumably will make sense down the road." "Odyssey" is a project that aims high and even though it's 100 percent destined for failure, I would Always rather watch a flawed pilot with big dreams than a generic procedural. But I'm not sure a show like "Odyssey" has ever succeeded on network TV and nothing in Horton's admirable resume, nor the...

3rd Update 6:10 Pm: NBC is wrapping its first day of new series pickups with a order to another frontrunner, drama pilot Odyssey, which already has backup scripts written and is ready to go. That brings the number of new NBC series picked up for next season to six, Russian spy thrilled Allegiance, CIA drama State of Affairs starring Katherine Heigl, Odyssey and the David Caspe comedy Marry Me, ordered today, and previously picked up comedies Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (form. Tookan) and Mr. Robinson. The Traffic-like action drama Odyssey was written by Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster and directed by Peter Horton. An international conspiracyexplodes when three strangers’ lives unexpectedly collide — a female soldier, a corporate lawyer and a political activist. After a team of American soldiers battling Jihadists in North Africa kill Al Qaeda’s top man. Sgt. Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel) — a soldier, mother, wife and the...

In the wake of its success with The Blacklist this season, NBC has given series orders to a trio of intrigue-heavy political-tinged dramas that bring Katherine Heigl, Anna Friel, and Hope Davis into prime-time.

First up is Allegiance, a show that will remind some of FX’s The Americans, except it’s set in present day. The show stars Scott Cohen (Necessary Roughness) and Davis (The Newsroom) as deactivated covert Russian spies living in America (full descriptions below).

Then there is State of Affairs, which returns former Grey’s Anatomy star Heigl to series TV. This one is about a...

Not content to let Fox hog the pre-upfronts series order merry-go-round, NBC started its 2013-2014 series pickups on Tuesday (May 6) afternoon. Thus far, NBC has given series orders to the comedy "Marry Me" and the dramas "Odyssey," "Allegiance" and "State of Affairs," starring Katherine Heigl. "Marry Me" comes from "Happy Endings" veteran David Caspe and was directed by Seth Gordon ("The Goldbergs"). It comes from Sony Pictures Television. Casey Wilson and Ken Marino topline "Marry Me" as a couple who have been together for six years. After a botched attempt at a wedding proposal, they decide to hold off until they can get it right. Hilarity may ensue. "Marry Me" also stars Sarah Wright, John Gemberling, Tymberlee Hill and Tim Meadows. "Allegiance" was created and directed by George Nolfi ("The Adjustment Bureau"), who will executive produce along with Avi Nir (“Homeland”), Ron Leshem, Amit Cohen, Yona Wisenthal and Giyora Yahalom.

Exclusive: Heroes creator Tim Kring is shepherding another drama project about teens with powers. The CW has put in development Exp, from Kring’s Tim Kring Imperative and Warner Bros. TV. Written on spec by up-and-coming scribes Zach Craley and Jarrett Conaway, Exp explores what happens when a foreign designer drug – engineered to make you faster, smarter, stronger and better in every way – is trafficked illegally into American high schools, weaving a morally and socially complex web that entangles politicians, law enforcement and teenagers looking for an edge in an ever-competitive and fast-paced world. Kring, Zak Kadison and Bradley Thomas executive produce, with Zach Craley and Jarrett Conaway co-executive producing. This is Kring’s second project at the CW. He also executive produces the Wizard Of Oz-themed drama Dorothy Must Die, penned by writing duo Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster. Kring, Craley and Conaway are with Wme.

As NBC's fall season opens, the network is wasting no time looking ahead to 2014, ordering its first pilot for next year. Odyssey is a conspiracy drama created by the writing team of Adam Armus and Kay Foster, along with Thirtysomething actor Peter Horton. Armus and Foster were most recently writers for The Following, and have worked together for years on shows including Heroes, Birds Of Prey, and Xena: Warrior Princess. Horton will write and direct the pilot, and potentially do more episodes if the show gets picked up. He's specialized in directing pilots in recent years, having ...

NBC continues to open its doors to suppliers outside of the traditional Hollywood studio system. The network has given an off-cycle pilot order to Odyssey, a global conspiracy thriller drama from ProSiebenSat.1′s Red Arrow Entertainment Group. Produced by the group’s London-based Red Arrow Entertainment, La-based Fabrik Entertainment and Universal TV, Odyssey is described as a Traffic-like thriller centered on three families whose lives are torn apart when a stranded female soldier, a disillusioned corporate attorney and a disrespected political activist are pulled into the same shocking international military conspiracy. The pilot, which was developed at Red Arrow, is executive produced by Adam Armus & Kay Foster (The Following) and Peter Horton, who co-wrote the script together; Red Arrow’s Head of Scripted, Simon Maxwell; and Fabrik’s Mikkel Bondesen, Kristen Campo, and Henrik Bastin. Horton is set to direct.

A day after opening the 2013-14 TV season, NBC has ordered its first pilot for the 2014-15 season. The network has picked up to pilot Odyssey, a Traffic-like thriller from The Following writers Adam Armus and Kay Foster to be executive produced and penned by Peter Horton, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The drama centers on three families who are torn apart when a stranded female soldier, a disillusioned corporate attorney and a disrespected political activist are pulled into the same shocking international military conspiracy. Photos: Faces of Fall TV 2013 Horton, Foster and Armus will co-

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This has truly been the summer for projects based on The Wizard Of Oz. Yet another project has reached the spotlight as it enters into pilot consideration. The CW has taken interest in the upcoming young adult novel written by Danielle Paige called Dorothy Must Die. It’s a take on the world of Oz that I’ve yet to see and I’m firmly in support of this project. The pilot is taking the same name as the novel and comes from Heroes creator/executive producer Tim Kring, as well as fellow Heroes EPs Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster. Just wait until you here what’s in store for Dorothy Must Die.

While there are many ways you can interpret Wizard Of Oz, few would dare to put Dorothy in the role of the villain. According to Deadline, Dorothy Must Die, written by Armus and Foster with Kring supervising,...

"Heroes" creator Tim Kring is in negotiations with The CW network to develop the drama "Dorothy Must Die" based on Danielle Paige's upcoming young adult novel.

The series will be a revisionist and present day set take on "The Wizard of Oz" set eight decades after Dorothy Gale seemingly returned home.

In reality, the eternally youthful Dorothy has stayed in Oz, ruling over a now fascist fairyland with an iron fist and her henchmen - the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion.

It's at this time when another young woman from Kansas lands in this war-torn Oz and becomes the leader of a revolutionary underground of witches and enchanted beings determined to reclaim Oz from the power-hungry Dorothy.

Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster penned the script. It marks the fourth Oz-related TV project currently in development.

Source: Deadline...

The CW could be off to see the wizard soon. The network is in talks for a “Wizard of Oz:-themed drama from “Heroes” team Tim Kring, Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster, an individual familiar with the project told TheWrap on Friday. Also read: ‘Heroes’ Creator Tim Kring Working on Conspiracy Thriller With Interactive Elements Armus and Foster would write the project, which is based on the upcoming Danielle Paige book “Dorothy Must Die,” with Kring producing. The book, due from HarperTeen early next year, delivers a contemporary spin on the L. Frank Baum classic. Set in modern times, the book envisions a.

Traffic report for the Yellow Brick Road: congested, and getting heavier.

The CW is in talks for a drama pilot based on The Wizard of Oz, the fourth project of its ilk in recent development.

Related | Once Upon a Time Bosses: TV’s Other Wizard of Oz Projects Won’t Rush Our Own Plan for Dorothy

As our sister site Deadline reports, the latest reimagining of the classic tale comes from Heroes creator TIm Kring and EPs Adam Armus and Norma Kay Foster and is based on author Danielle Paige’s forthcoming novel Dorothy Must Die.

In the young adult tale,...

Exclusive: The summer of Wizard Of Oz continues with another sale of a high-profile Oz-themed drama project. I’ve learned that the CW is in negotiations for Dorothy Must Die, a drama from the Heroes trio of creator/exec producer Tim Kring and exec producers Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster. Written by Armus and Foster with Kring supervising, I hear the project is based on the upcoming young adult novel Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige. It is a revisionist take on the classic tale set in present day, 80 years after Dorothy Gale supposedly came home. In reality, the magically-ever-youthful Dorothy has stayed in Oz, presiding over a now fascist fairyland with her perfectly manicured iron fist and the help of her henchmen – the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But when another young woman from Kansas is swept up in a tornado and magically dropped into this war-torn Oz,...

Another foray into the world of L. Frank Baum's "Oz" books is on the way, this time targeting the small screen. Deadline reports that a series based on the forthcoming Oz-inspired young adult novel "Dorothy Must Die" is being developed for The CW by "Heroes" creator Tim Kring, Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster. "Dorothy Must Die" won't see publication until 2014 but a prequel novella, "No Place Like Oz," will be published in November with the following official description: Dorothy clicked her heels three times and returned to Kansas. The end... or was it? Although she's happy to be home with Aunt Em, Dorothy has regretted her decision to leave Oz ever since. So when a mysterious gift arrives at her doorstep on her sixteenth...

Who knew that TV execs would be so keen to follow the yellow brick road this development season?

Deadline reports on Friday (Aug. 23) that NBC has purchased "Emerald City," a "Wizard of Oz"-themed drama from "Siberia" creator Matthew Arnold -- just two weeks after CBS put "Dorothy," a medical soap inspired by "Oz" (Yeah, has us stumped, too) into development.

"Emerald City," which will be written by Arnold, is described as a dark remaining of the classic tale of Oz more in the vein of "Game of Thrones," using stories from author L. Frank Baum's original 14 books.

"Dorothy" and "Emerald City" aren't the only "Oz" shows making the rounds, either, it would seem. Reportedly, a treatment from "Heroes" alums Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster, with "Heroes" creator Tim Kring supervising, is working its way about town. Syfy also has a miniseries titled "Warriors of Oz" in development.

Seriously, is anyone not off to see the Wizard this development season…?

Following in the ruby slippered footsteps of Syfy (and its post-apocalyptic Warriors of Oz) and CBS (with the medical drama Dorothy), NBC is developing Emerald City, which is described as a dark reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and all its follow-up novels.

Related | Once Upon a Time Bosses: TV’s Onslaught of Wizard of Oz Projects Won’t Rush Our Own Plan for Dorothy

Per our sister site Deadline, Siberia creator Matthew Arnold is penning the Peacock’s adaptation, which like the...

Exclusive: A century after the release of L. Frank Baum’s Wizard Of Oz series, the books have become the toast of this TV development season. NBC just nabbed Emerald City, an Oz-themed drama from Siberia creator/showrunner Matthew Arnold. Two weeks ago, CBS put in development Dorothy, a medical soap inspired by the characters and themes from The Wizard of Oz. I hear there is another Oz drama making the rounds from Heroes alums Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster, with Heroes creator Tim Kring supervising. And just last month, Syfy picked up for development a miniseries titled Warriors Of Oz from director Timur Bekmambetov, a fantasy-action reimagining of the classic story. The great interest in Wizard Of Oz is not entirely unexpected as the title has been getting a lot of attention in conjunction with the upcoming 75th anniversary of the classic 1939 feature, which will include a 3D...

The Following, Season 1, Episode 14: “The End is Near”

Written by Adam Armus & Kay Foster

Directed by Joshua Butler

Airs Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox

Death is the only thing that matters in the cult philosophy of Joe Carroll. In death there is life, love, and “everything,” according to their prayer chants. It’s vague and odd, but understandable, considering there’s little else that would band all these disparate serial killers together. What’s less understandable, though, is why it’s the same philosophy for The Following. In episode after episode, as the body count rises exponentially, it becomes clear that the show is simply an exercise in who will die next. And it’s always the person who was just slightly built up, so we can care about the moment just a tad and keep watching. Nothing else is on the show’s mind at all, just like its villains.

The Following Episode 114

“The End is Near”

Written By: Adam Armus and Kay Foster

Directed By: Joshua Butler

Original Airdate: 22 April 2013

In This Episode...

Joe is in bad shape. He has lost a lot of blood, is high on alcohol and pain killers, and his plan is spiraling out of control. Time for plan B.

Working off the description Joey gave the authorities, Ryan and his team are scouring the county, looking for any estates that match up. One matching the description pops up on a satellite photo, but it doesn’t appear on obviously-doctored county records. This is the place. A massive convoy moves in on the property, but upon entering, The agents discover the house completely empty - except for Aaron, who hangs in the foyer as a warning.

Back at the command center, the FBI is trying to match IDs to known Carroll visitors, trying to get...

The Following, Season 1, Episode 9: “Love Hurts”

Written by Adam Armus & Kay Foster

Directed by Marcos Siega & Adam Davidson

Airs Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox

“Love Hurts” acts as a kind of sequel to The Following‘s most campy episode, “Mad Love,” the themes of both being revenge, self-sacrifice, being punished for love, and silly serial killin’ girls who be crazy. The first time around, it was the best recipe the show had cooked up, finally giving voice and movement to the show’s ridiculous conceits (fear the killer magnet!). This time around, though, by employing practically the same plot as its predecessor, we end up with shock value déjà vu. Worse still is the distinct feeling that the entire second half of this season is just going to repeat the first half, ever since the farmhouse climax-that-wasn’t.

For starters, sweet, spear gun-wielding Amanda is an exact replica...

Review Ron Hogan 20 Mar 2013 - 07:32

Is The Following making a point about random violence, or just enjoying it? Here's Ron's review of Love Hurts...

This review contains spoilers.

1.9 Love Hurts

There's a certain kind of casual violence that has infected The Following that I'm not sure about. In certain situations, like tonight's harpoon gun incident or when Ryan randomly guns down Joe's cultists, it's borderline funny. For instance, tonight Ryan shot Louise - she's the blonde woman who gutted a random security guard a few episodes ago - in mid sentence without even blinking. I'd say that's a spoiler, but nobody really cares about Louise and she's basically another random cultie there to take a bullet for Joe. In other circumstances, the random violence is kind of disturbing, such as when one of many women named Claire Matthews dies via defenestration or when random helpful strangers are gutted. 

That's this week's scheme du jour.

The Following Episode 109

“Love Hurts”

Written By: Adam Armus and Kay Foster

Directed By: Marcos Siega and Adam Davidson

Original Airdate: 18 March 2013

In This Episode...

Joe invites his followers to finish “our” story and wants to know what inspires them. First up is Amanda, a woman in her early thirties who reacts to Joe like a teenager at Justin Bieber concert. Her first kill takes place at a diner in Union Hill, Pennsylvania. Two women are having lunch at a diner. One of them gets up to go to the bathroom, and Amanda takes her place at the table, startling the blonde. She needs a favor - she wants the stranger to tell Ryan Hardy that love hurts. The second woman gets back from the bathroom and slides in next to her friend. She is scarcely there for a few seconds before Amanda shoots her, under the table, with a spear gun.

The Following, Season 1, Episode 3: “The Poet’s Fire”

Written by Adam Armus & Kay Foster

Directed by Liz Friedlander

Airs on Monday at 9pm (Et) on Fox

As written before, there’s so much wrong with this show it hurts. Its commitment to proving its characters are only wearing human suits is so remarkable, really, you may wonder if you’re better off watching it in a bad foreign dub, just to have it make more sense. Still, there is something about serial killing and horror tropes that’s so frustratingly entertaining that, even when poorly done, you end up getting involved. By God, someone gets brutally murdered every act break! Could a show like that ever be deemed a total failure…? Well, probably. But if nothing else, The Following proved this week that it’s possible to extract at least some joy from its camp factor, as long as...

The Following Episode 103

“The Poet’s Fire”

Written By: Adam Armus & Kay Foster

Directed By: Liz Friedlander

Original Airdate: 4 February 2013

In This Episode...

We see last week’s immolation from Poe’s point of view. The authorities identify the victim as one of Joe’s fiercest literary critics. Mike traces local security footage and identifies the Poe as a guy named Rick, and show up to his house with the Swat team. They barge in and find no one home - until Ryan hears a noise from the pantry. Inside is Maggie, a terrified woman brandishing a knife.

Maggie is Rick’s wife. They have been separated for about six months, and she is terrified of him. Police reports show that she asked him for a divorce, and he stabbed her. She was too scared to press charges. Debra promises her protection if she will help them find Rick. She...

Review Ron Hogan Feb 5, 2013

More blood is shed in this week's episode of serial killer drama, The Following. Here's Ron's review...

This review contains spoilers.

1.3 The Poet's Fire 

The Following is one of the stranger successful shows to hit the airwaves in recent memory. The mere fact that the bulk of the show's characters are serial killers and that they receive more character development than the FBI agents hunting them (Ryan aside) gives it a really weird feeling. Are we supposed to identify with them? Because they get the bulk of the series' attention (at least so far). 

They do horrible things to people who otherwise don't deserve them, and yet a love triangle between three of the acolytes - Emma, Jacob, and Paul - takes up the bulk of the action again this week. Or it seems like it took up the bulk of the show's action, anyway. There's...

Since NBC Universal's TV studio Universal Media Studios spun off Universal Cable Prods in 2008, the mothership studio had been developing and producing pilots and series for NBC and occasionally for other broadcast networks, while Ucp had been supplying affiliated USA Network and Syfy and, starting last year, other cable networks. But things started to change over the past few months. Like a starfish that regenerates into two whole sea stars when cut in half, Ums and Ucp are each becoming a full-service TV studio supplying both broadcast and cable networks and could potentially compete with each other. This spring, two drama projects developed by Ums that didn't get pilot orders by NBC were taken out to cable networks by producers and agents with the studio's permission. Both shows -- a medical drama from writer Amy Holden Jones and the BermanBraun-produced 1-800-Autopsy, from writers Adam Armus & Kay Foster (Heroes) and...

You can bring home the final season of a hit NBC series in a new five-disc set this August. Heroes: Season Four will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 3. We don't have any cover art images or pricing details as of yet, but you can take a look at the special features below. The series starred Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Masi Oka, Sendhil Ramamurthy, James Kyson-Lee, Adrian Pasdar, Greg Grunberg, Zachary Quinto, Ali Larter and Cristine Rose, with Robert Knepper, Ray Park and Dawn Olivieri joining the cast for this season.

As the Heroes mourn fallen friends and face dangerous new foes, prepare for a wild ride, filled with shocking twists and turns, through an ominous funhouse that culminates in the final episode, a Brave New World. Explore hours of exclusive, behind-the-curtain magic with the show's writers, stars and artists and see a special message from Heroes creator,...

You can bring home the latest adventures of ordinary people with extraordinary abilities on DVD and Blu-ray this September. Heroes: Season 3 will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 1. This six-disc set will be priced at $59.98 Srp on DVD and $79.98 Srp on Blu-ray and you can take a look at the cover art below. The series stars Milo Ventmiglia, Hayden Panetierre, Jack Coleman, Greg Grunberg and Masi Oka.

Special Features:

Disc 1:

- Deleted Scenes

- The Super Power of Heroes

- Commentary The Second Coming with Creator/Executive Producer Tim Kring, Executive Producer/Episode Director Allan Arkush and Series Star Adrian Pasdar

- Commentary The Butterfly Effect with Executive Producer/Episode Director Greg Beeman and Series Stars James Kyson Lee and Brea Grant

- Commentary One of Us, One of Them with Series Stars Cristine Rose and Milo Ventimiglia

- Commentary I Am Become Death with Series...

Heroes fans, look out; the third season of the NBC show will be coming to DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, 2009. Similar to the releases of the first two seasons, this box set will be chock full of bonus content. Take a look for yourself: 6 Disc DVD Box Set Special Features: - Commentary The Second Coming with Creator/Executive Producer Tim Kring, Executive Producer/Episode Director Allan Arkush and Series Star Adrian Pasdar - Commentary The Butterfly Effect with Executive Producer/Episode Director Greg Beeman and Series Stars James Kyson Lee and Brea Grant - Commentary One of Us, One of Them with Series Stars Cristine Rose and Milo Ventimiglia - Commentary I Am Become Death with Series Stars Greg Grunberg and Jamie Hector - Commentary Angels and Monsters with Episode Director Anthony Hemmingway and Co-Executive Producers Adam Armus & Kay Foster - Commentary Dying of the Light with Series Star Sendhil Ramamurthy,...