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LACC 2018: TENACIOUS D IN: POST APOCALYPTO

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It’s that time again! Los Angeles Comic-Con has returned to our beloved city of angels. Formerly known as “Comikaze”, LA Comic Con has been a beloved staple of Los Angeles since 2011. Fans from all over Southern California flock to meet their favorite comic book artists, writers, creators, and even a few celebrities.

In the previous years, opening night of LA Comic Con merely served as a “preview day” for fans to explore the different vendor booths and shop. All panels and special events were reserved for Saturday and Sunday. This year, however, the convention kicked off with a bang by inviting the hilarious and self-proclaimed “greatest band of all time”, Tenacious D. Consisting of only two members, Jack Black & Kyle Gass, Tenacious D has become an icon of the “mock rock” genre.
“The D” was on hand to promote their latest venture, an animated mini-series titled “Post-Apocalypto”, which features music from their new album of the same name. Originally scheduled to moderate the panel was actor Colin Hanks, however, seeing as he couldn’t make it, Jack and Kyle decided to moderate their own Q&A.
The two revealed that Post-Apocalypto was a passion project for them, born out of wanting to make a sequel to their 2006 film, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. The series’ animation was completely drawn by Black and he and Gass provide the voices for all the characters including themselves. The panel concluded with the dynamic duo showing a hilarious collection of clips from various films and TV series that inspired “Post-Apocalypto”. These clips included various scenes from Star Trek, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Flash Gordon, The Wizard of Oz, Little Shop of Horrors, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and many others.
The panel was followed by an exclusive private screening of “Post-Apocalypto” in its entirety to a select number of fans that received an e-invite. The six-episode series follows Jack and Kyle venturing the world after a nuclear fallout. The two become fast friends with a two (and later in the series, three) headed dog they name “Hope”. Jack, Kyle, and Hope

 travel the ravaged planet where they encounter a tribe of vengeful feminist women, aliens from space, and even Elon Musk!
All episodes of “Post-Apocalypto” are available to view for free on YouTube
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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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