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Stan Against Evil Stakes Its Claim As A New Cult Classic

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By: Jordan Brandes

Stan Against Evil made its premiere last Wednesday night to a sold out show at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The fan event was presented by Cinespia and IFC and brought together fans eager for their first glimpse at the world of a small town overrun by vengeful witches and demons.

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The show, created by Simpsons writer Dana Gould, is the perfect balance of humor and horror. It’s most direct influences are American  Werewolf in London and Evil Dead though as the series progresses it is clear that it will dig deep into the pot of cult horror and show the audience some truly unique monsters.

But a monster show can be hard to sell without a good cast behind it and the cast nails the tone of the show perfectly. Gould brought together actors which could float between the two genres seamlessly.   John C. McGinley shines as former sheriff Stanley Miller, an old-fashioned man with conservative values whose world gets shaken after his wife dies. Unbeknownst to him she was actually keeping him safe at night by killing the demons that haunt the town hunting the local law enforcement.

As the only sheriff to survive his term in office Stan finds himself reluctantly helping the new sheriff in town Evie Barrett (Janet Varney), a big city cop adjusting to her new life in a small town.  Varney and McGinley have amazing chemistry as polar opposites forced to work together in the most unlikely of situations.

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Each episode runs a half-hour long so the pacing is snappy and quick. You can really see Gould’s cartoon roots show in the structure of some of the jokes and when he decides to cut to commercial breaks.  Some of the secondary characters seem to be written almost cartoonish as well, and that’s not at all a bad thing. Stanley’s daughter Denise (Deborah Baker Jr.) is such a strange character that she is completely fascinating to watch whenever she is on screen. She’s somehow both wildly eccentric and completely conservative.  Almost every line she says is funny but exactly what you would expect someone who has grown up in a really small town all their lives to say.

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The plot straddles a fine line between horror and comedy but does it extremely well. In any other hands that mixture may not have worked but between the acting chops of the cast and Gould’s knack for comic timing Stan Against Evil is ready made to be a cult classic.

Stan Against Evil premieres Nov.2 on IFC.

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Check out our interviews with the cast from the premiere!

 

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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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