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Dark Times Ahead in Bateman’s New Drama: Ozark

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If you are a native of the Saint Louis area, the Ozarks have an enigmatic feel about it. Whether it’s a childhood memory for family get-togethers or a simple staycation with your loved ones, the simple reminicing gives way when you start hearing about the other side; Party Cove, skinny dipping, drunken escapades with fratboys and of course, what is fondly referred to as the “Redneck Riviera”. The Lake of the Ozarks other side may be a dark and mysterious place that holds some secrets.

Ozark is the soap opera-ish tale of what goes on in the shadows telling foreboding stories of what greed and bad decisions drum up; all delicious elements for a chilling dark tale set in the country.

Jason Bateman plays Marty Byrde, a former Chicago money mogul who has been laundering money for a Mexican drug lord played by Esai Morales. Byrde’s operation is discovered and seeks to move the whole operation to the Lake of the Ozarks.  It’s a virtual maze in that territory and finding people would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Bateman always does a good job of playing the guilty, terror-ridden with fox like intelligence that makes the audience ultimately root for his underdog characters.  His wife Wendy, who is played by Laura Liney  reminds me of a real life Lois Griffin.  Julia Garner is cast as Ruth Langmore, the young but formidable matriarch of an illegitimate family business.

“Ozark” isn’t a pretty dynasty where beautiful people do dastardly things. It’s raw with a bit of Swamp people and Duck Dynasty. The inhabitants are as “country” as you can get. The hill people aren’t all goodnatured goofballs. Underneath the surface, they are cunning and use their wits to survive. In this land, the Byrde’s are the ones who have to worry and they have to learn the lay of the land fast before anything else happens.

This tale is dark and gritty. It’s earned itself a TV-MA rating for violence and language and it definitely doesn’t have the happy go lucky ending. It’s not a show for everyone but if you like shows like Twin Peaks and Narcos.

There are points in the show where humor breaks up the drama and the characters are definitely well developed from the pilot. The audience needs to pay attention with all the twists and turns as the story definitely will hold interest but not laid out so clearly to keep viewers from feeling lost.

 

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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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