Natalie Dormer knows how Game of Thrones ends … but is curious about how the show arrives there, which is an … interesting thing to say.
“I’m really excited to see the next season. I’m on the edge of my seat like everybody else is, so I can’t wait. I know A to B,” Dormer said. “I know what B is, but I don’t know how they get to B.”
So, it sounds like the ending is going to be surprising. START SPECULATING.
Also related to Game of Thrones, Sophie Turner tells us what we already know, that in Season 8, Sansa is large and in charge:
“She’s a real, true leader of Winterfell now. And that’s where we first see her – as a very protective, empowered lady in charge. It’s the first time you ever see her like that, and it’s so amazing to see her like that – kind of owning her destiny.”
I’m going to need more spoilers than that, Sophie.
Matt Groening just isn’t getting it. Asked by The New York Times to clarify his comment regarding Apu that “People love to pretend they’re offended,” The Simpsons creator had this to say:
“That wasn’t specifically about Apu. That was about our culture in general. And that’s something I’ve noticed for the last 25 years. There is the outrage of the week and it comes and goes. For a while, it was, believe it or not, kids were stealing quarters out of their mothers’ purses in order to go to the video arcade, and that was going to bring down civilization. No one even remembers that, because that lasted a week. I think particularly right now, people feel so aggrieved and crazed and powerless that they’re picking the wrong battles.”
Yep! People being offended at a white guy doing an Indian voice and having genuine concerns about representation in popular culture is exactly the same as people being hysterical about video arcades. Legitimate question: Why is empathy so difficult for some people, particularly people of a certain age, particularly people of a certain age and race, particularly people of a certain age, race, and gender? Unexamined privilege is a hell of a drug.
The Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad timelines are going to begin to align in the upcoming season.
The Canadians are VERY ANGRY at Sons of Anarchy.
Walmart is coming for you, Netflix. (Yeah, good luck with that.)
A Jeopardy contestant is being given a second chance after the show done goofed.
Here are some pictures of Michael Pena and Diego Luna in the upcoming season of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico if you are interested and if you are my sister, you’re probably definitely interested.
And here is Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret in The Crown, being all Margarety.
Congratulations, Desiree and Chris!
Sex Monster News
Alice Wetterlund has some things to say about T.J. Miller and the men of Silicon Valley who enabled his shitty behavior:
Netflix has terminated its contract with The Weinstein Company.
The gaming industry is taking a harder look at harassment policies and social media after one gaming company fired a female designer and the man who defended her after she spoke out on twitter about being harassed. (The company claims that they planned to fire her before the twitter backlash. OK.)
Not sure if you are flirting or committing sexual assault? Pajiba has a handy explainer for you!
In Development
- Creepshow is being developed by Greg Nicotero over at Shudder.
- Jupiter’s Legacy and American Jesus have been ordered by Netflix. They are both from comic author Mark Millar, and Netflix is also turning his comics Empress, Huck and Sharkey the Bounty Hunter into movies.
- Tales from the Loop is being turned into a series by Amazon.
- The Lost City Explorers is being developed for TV.
- The Time it Takes, a game show hosted by Craig Ferguson, is being piloted at ABC.
- The Doll Factory is being turned into a series.
- The Kremlin’s Long Shadow, a true-crime docuseries, is being developed.
Casting News
- Dylan Walsh will guest star on Law & Order: SVU.
- Sam Witwer is joining Supergirl.
- Laura Vandervoort, Kyle Breitkopf, and Kimberly-Sue Murray are joining the cast of V-Wars.
- Julian McCullough will be the new host of Shark After Dark.
- RuPaul’s Netflix show has put out a casting breakdown.
Mark Your Calendars
- I Am Paul Walker will premiere on Paramount Network on August 11.
- Project Blue Book will debut on History sometime this winter. It looks like great fun:
- 9-1-1 returns on Fox on September 23.
- The Cool Kids will premiere on Fox on September 28.
- Mayans MC will premiere on FX on September 4.
- Robot Wars premieres on Science Channel on August 8.
- The Vanilla Ice Project returns on DIY on August 11.
- Iron Fist returns on Netflix sometime later this year.
R.I.P.
Ron Satlof, Director of many TV shows, including the classic Hawaii Five-0 and Quincy Jones.
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The Real Housewives of New York City: The ladies take Colombia. 8 p.m., Bravo
Suits: Harvey and Zane try to figure out who should lead the firm in the season premiere. 8 p.m., USA
Code Black: A plane crashes into the eighth floor of the hospital in the series finale. 9 p.m., CBS
The 2018 Espys: I still contend that of all the stupid award ceremonies, this is the stupidest. 7 p.m., ABC
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