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CBS All Access’ new show ‘Clarice’ – hot bite or pass?

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By Alicia Glass

So recently CBS dropped a trailer and a wealth of information on their latest opus, a tv show set in the world of author Thomas Harris’ Hannibal Lecter – but without any Hannibal Lecter. Rather, this new show focuses on the title heroine, Clarice Starling (Rebecca Breeds).

Set in 1993, a year after the events of the pivotal film ‘Silence of the Lambs’, the show is a police procedural jaunt, focusing on the FBI still reeling after several key real-life disasters – Waco, Ruby Ridge, the first World Trade Center bombing – and Starling’s adventures therein.

Joined by her Black roommate and best friend Ardelia Mapp (Devyn Tyler), Starling takes on PTSD fallout after the notorious Buffalo Bill case, but due to outside copyright issues, is never likely to mention Hannibal Lecter himself on the show. The show’s first season is said not to have a singular villain, but a multitude of bad guys and means for Starling to rise up against, along with racial and gender discrimination not only inside the FBI but pretty much prevalent everywhere.

Speaking of Buffalo Bill, the lone survivor victim Catherine Martin (Marnee Carpenter) stars on the show alongside Starling, having survived and inexplicably adopted Bill’s infamous poodle Precious.

So what’s the hot take? A television show from the world of Hannibal the Cannibal with no hide nor hair nor mention of Hannibal himself, and a cop procedural that demonstrates yet again the fallacies of the criminal justice system with regards to race and gender, why do we need that again? Taking out most of the things that Harris’ novel world made unique and fascinating and leaving just the bare bones to focus on Starlings’ career (or lack thereof) in the FBI seems like a stretch and a half. Those of us that have read all the Hannibal books know that by the time we catch back up to Starling, after the events in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’, in the sequel novel ‘Hannibal’ set in approximately 1995 or so, her career in the FBI is pretty much a wash. The events of the disastrous drug raid at the beginning of the book is what leads to her transformation at Hannibal’s hands at the end, but her utter lack of an FBI career certainly served as a catalyst. So do we huge world of Hannibal fans suspend our disbelief and try to enjoy a new FBI show with a familiar, beloved character who’s purportedly doomed to fail? We shall see.

Also, they really should have titled the show, ‘Starling’. That’s so much cooler.

Clarice’ premieres on CBS All Access on February 11th

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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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