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Amazon Prime presents ‘Invincible’: You’re Killing Me, Dad!

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Based on a comic book series of the same name from ‘The Walking Dead’ alumni Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker, ‘Invincible’ is the story of fledgling superhero Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), and his trials and tribulations along the way!

So, this is an entirely new animated ‘verse of superheroes and supervillains, a storyline with the Guardians of the Globe, the coalition of superheroes set to defend Earth against any and all comers, led by the rather arrogant Omni-Man, who also happens to be Mark’s father. Or it would be, except that the very first episode features the incredibly violent mystery murders of the entire Guardians gang, except for, you guessed it, Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons) himself.

These executions, because let’s face it that’s exactly what they are, are essentially the catalysts for everything else that happens on the show – the awakening of Mark’s burgeoning superhero powers, the need to form a new team of superheroes to protect Earth, the investigation into those murders involving the Demonic Detective Damian Darkblood (Clancy Brown) and the Global Defense Agency led by Cecil Steadman (Walton Coggins), and the eventual shedding of the harsh light of truth upon the incredibly dark and bloody reasons why for this whole mess.

The show is chock full of so many talented celebrity voices and brand spanking new characters but insists on focusing on the strained relationships betwixt Mark and his immediate family and his teammates in the newly-formed youngling-led group of superheroes taking up the mantle of Earth protection, leaving lost opportunities to explore the backstories of some of these more compelling character stories. Especially the original members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, poor bastards, they barely got an episode introduction in before being so mercilessly slaughtered. It doesn’t help much that it seems like the original GotG are a bunch of DC knockoffs, with names like War Woman (Lauren Cohan), Green Ghost (Sonequa Martin-Green), Martian Man (Chad Coleman), Red Rush (Michael Cudlitz), Darkwing (Lennie James), and Aquarus (Ross Marquand) and even the Immortal (Ross Marquand). Even just the names make it pretty easy to guess which well-known characters these new guys are ‘inspired by’. It isn’t until the New Guardians are formed from the Teen Team, featuring Robot (Zachary Quinto), Rex Splode (Jason Mantzoukas), Dupli-Kate (Malese Jow), Shrinking Rae (Grey Griffin), Monster Girl (Grey Griffin and Kevin Michael Richardson), Black Samson (Khary Payton), and Atom Eve (Gillian Jacobs), that the show seems to launch into even semi-original content. Also let us not forget the somewhat more normal aspects of Marks life getting dragged into this nonsense – his new girlfriend Amber Bennett (Zazie Beetz), best friend and gay confidante William Clockwell (Andrew Rannells), Mark’s poor beleaguered mother Debbie Grayson (Sandra Oh), and a special guest voice appearance from Mark Hamill as Art Rosenbaum, superhero suit tailor extraordinaire and friend to many of the old-guard superheroes.

And boy, is that original content incredibly violent. One can safely assume that any new superhero show led by the guys from ‘The Walking Dead’ was going to be massively bloody and gore-tastic, but the middle and finale episodes of ‘Invincible’ throw in the massacre and decimation and utter anguish tolls by the tanker-truck-load. It’s hard to accurately describe the epic scale of slaughter on the show, especially as things gain momentum and Mark, even while his newly-flowering powers and his high-school-dating life are majorly angsting him out man, is utterly devastated when he learns the cause for all this nightmarish extermination and death, and Mark’s own supposed destiny involved in it. Because, can you really call a being responsible for mass multiple genocides, a superhero?

Bathe in ALL THAT BLOOD and the misguided moral struggles of would-be superheroes in ‘Invincible’, on Amazon Prime now!

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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