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When Calls the Heart is, well, very sweet, and visually beautiful.  If this kind of show just isn’t for you, then you might decide to avoid it.  But, if you enjoy warmly drawn characters with a few villaneous denizens about, then I think you might love it.  It took me a couple of episodes to adjust my sweetner to the taste of this Canadian hit.  It is based on a 2013 TV movie by the same name, directed by Michael Landon, Jr., with a different cast.  I haven’t seen the movie, so I won’t compare the two.

Calls the Heart takes place in 1910, as a cultured and beautiful young Elizabeth Thatcher (Erin Krakow) comes to the mining town of Coal Valley in the Canadian West.  She has moved to Coal Valley to become the teacher for the children of the miners.  But, disaster has struck the community with a devastating mining accident leaves so many of the women widowed and raising children.  For young Elizabeth, this is a challenger greater than she has ever faced.  She comes from the wealthy community of Hamilton, and she is used to only the best in life.  In Coal Valley, there are no servants to help her survive.

Enter Mountie Jack Thornton (Daniel Lissing), who has been assigned the unlikely task of watching over Coal Valley and it’s people.  From the moment the two meet, sparks fly, and you are just know that romance in on the horizon.  You won’t be wrong, Call the Heart does not disappoint in its predictability. The lead actors do a fine job, but even they can see what’s coming around the corner. Again, this may be another reason to avert your eyes when watching this.  It plays into my favorite drama hobby: What Comes Next.  I love to predict the next scene or chapter, and I’m doing pretty well with Calls the Heart.

Of course, the Elizabeth and Jack can’t get together right away, there are obstacles galore to prevent their happiness.  Expect to see plenty of old flames, new beaus, and judgemental family members coming along.  Just when things are going well, expect doubts and uncertainties to creep in.  There are other supporting characters that make this an entertaining frontier town.  Lori Loughlin makes a fine best friend and confidante, and Henry Gowen (Martin Cummins) plays the bad guy like Snidely Whiplash from Rocky and Bullwinkel.

Fair Warning: Season two takes a turn.  The town changes dramatically, and there are plenty of new characters, including Elizabeth Thatcher’s family.  Some people might find the change a bit -disheartening!

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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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