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Netflix presents ‘The Silent Sea’: Sooo thirsty!

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Massive spoilers hide on the moon!

Set in a dystopian future far too close to reality for comfort, a team of astronauts heads to retrieve mysterious samples known as “lunar water” from an abandoned research space station!

Based on a 2014 short film called ‘The Sea of Tranquility’ written and directed by Choi Hang-yong, who also directed the Netflix series, the show wastes no time diving right into a complete lack of water planet-wide, due to something collectively known as desertification. Everyone now lives on a class system of colored badges to obtain their water; no pets are allowed pretty much anywhere anymore; food is dwindling, greens are almost unheard-of, meat is gone too. The class system that humanity has reluctantly settled into generally reserves the high echelons of water rations for the big-brained scientist types going bald trying to figure a solution to the water crisis, and that’s where we meet our central character for the first time – Doctor Song Ji-an (Bae Doona), an astrobiologist that the Ministry of National Defense insists absolutely must be part of this mission.

The lead of the team of astronauts headed to Balhae Base Research Station is Captain Han Yoon-jae (Gong Yoo). With the safety of his crew as the primary concern and limited information on the supposed “accidental radiation leak” of the station, Captain Han has an inevitable secret set of orders concerning the “lunar water” too. So does Lieutenant Ryoo Tae-suk, head engineer and former elite of the Ministry of National Defense, as well as main ships pilot Lieutenant Kim Sun (Lee Sung-wook), co-pilot Lee Gi-su (Choi Yong-woo) who switched with the real guy at the last minute, even mission Doctor Hong Ga-young (Kim Sun-young) has secret motivations for being here. And Dr. Song has purely personal reasons for wanting to investigate the “accidental radiation leak” that killed her sister, which never actually was. So what were they doing out in Balhae Base Research Station?

So basically, a kind of water was discovered on the moon, and Balhae Base was being used as a trial run for human-fish hybrid experimentation involving the “lunar water”. The last surviving person on the station after the horrific purge when the experiments inevitably got out of hand happens to be someone connected to Director Choi (Gil Hae-yeon), boss of the entire Space and Aeronautics Administration, and she wants it hushed up tighter than a dolphins butt, stat. The poor girl known only as “Luna 073” (Kim Si-a), a monster hybrid that resulted from the greed and utter foolishness of humanity is understandably, justifiably, enraged at the treatment forced upon her, and wastes no time making her stance on the whole “lunar water” debacle known to the surviving members of the Balhae Base rescue mission.

But is it a rescue mission, after all? The crew each came to Balhae Base with darker motivations, mostly “hush it all up with murder” type orders, and yet the one person who seemed to hold onto her stoicism throughout the mummification of humanity back on Earth, Dr. Song, finds the strength to grasp onto shreds remaining of human feeling and save Luna.

A bleak and depressingly real potential take on the evils humanity does to each other when the things we take for granted as rights, like water, are scarce enough to be considered nonexistent, The Silent Sea serves as a fine viewing and reminder to not let damp secrets fester into soul rot!

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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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