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weber_dubois222014-12-02 05:28 pm
In Princess Tiana's debut appearance on Disney Junior's Emmy-winning series Sofia the First (Dec. 12), Anika Noni Rose reprises her role from the feature film The Princess and the Frog. She helps Sofia and her new friend, Winter (Alyson Hannigan), a young faun who has been cursed by an Ice Witch (Phylicia Rashad), learn that a true gift comes from the heart. [SOURCE]
weber_dubois222014-02-22 11:12 am
ABC’s Once Upon a Time first look at Rapunzel.
"We went a little darker and freakier," says executive producer Edward Kitsis. "A little more horror story in the vein of [the 2004 movie] The Grudge.”
The long-locked damsel played by Alexandra Metz will be visited in her tower by Prince Charming as well as a mysterious hooded menace.Source: tvguide.com
Unfortunately, it appears that Rapunzel will not be a recurring character on the show. As appears to be par for the course with characters of color on the show, from what I have read.
weber_dubois222013-12-05 05:11 pm
Rapunzel is heading to Storybrooke.
The Originals actress Alexandra Metz has been cast as the fairy-tale character in the third season on ABC’s Once Upon a Time, The Hollywood Reporter confirms.
Rapunzel will be introduced into the Once Upon a Time universe in the 14th episode, as TVLine first reported. Metz currently is booked for one episode. (SOURCE)
weber_dubois222013-01-01 02:21 am
Once Upon a Time is adding Sonequa Martin-Green to its ranks for Season 2 — if not beyond.
TVLine has learned that the actress, whose TV credits include The Walking Dead and The Good Wife, will appear this season in multiple episodes as Tamara. No further details on the character were made available, though TVLine’s previous intel indicates that Once was initially angling to cast an African-American with a British accent in the part, and that Tamara could spill over into Season 3 of the ABC drama.
Martin-Green recently debuted on The Walking Dead, just before the hiatus, as Sasha, one of the prison newcomers Carl sequestered from his group. On The Good Wife, she enjoyed a run as Courtney, the assistant Alicia poached from Martha Plimpton’s Patti Nyholm. She also played Army Wives‘ Kanessa. SOURCE: 1, 2, 3
weber_dubois222012-12-16 02:49 am
Felicia Curry as Rapunzel, Gillian Shelly as the Witch, and Jonathan Atkinson as Prince Brian in the Imagination Stage production of Rapunzel. Photos by Scott Suchman. [SOURCE]
weber_dubois222012-12-01 11:38 amweber_dubois222012-11-09 06:09 pm
Beauty And The Beast just got a back nine order from the CW, making it the second of three freshmen series to get a full season from the network (Arrow was the first). Season to date, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is averaging 2.4 million viewers and a 1.3 rating among women 18-34, and a 0.9 rating among adults 18-34, in most current Nielsen data.
Beauty And The Beast stars Kristin Kreuk (“Smallville,” “CHUCK”) as Catherine, Jay Ryan (“Terra Nova”) as Vincent, Max Brown (“The Tudors,” “MI-5”) as Evan, Nina Lisandrello (“Nurse Jackie”) as Tess, Nicole Gale Anderson (“Make It or Break It”) as Heather, Austin Basis (“Life Unexpected”) as J.T., and Brian White (“The Shield,” “The Cabin in the Woods”) as Joe.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Take 5 Productions/Whizbang Films with executive producers Sherri Cooper (“Brothers and Sisters”) & Jennifer Levin (“Without A Trace,” “Felicity”), Brian Peterson (“Smallville”) & Kelly Souders (“Smallville”), Gary Fleder (“Life Unexpected,” “October Road”), Bill Haber (“Rizzoli & Isles,” “Thurgood”), Paul J. Witt (“A Better Life”) & Tony Thomas (“A Better Life”), Ron Koslow (“Moonlight”), Frank Siracusa (“The Yard”) and John Weber ("Borgias"). [SOURCE]
weber_dubois222012-11-02 12:05 am
REMINDER: Elementary's fifth episode, (1x05) "Lesser Evils", features Princess and the Frog's actress Anika Noni Rose as Dr Carrie Dwyer, Joan Watson’s former colleague. Be sure to check it out when the episode goes live on CBS official Elementary website! [x]
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weber_dubois222012-10-12 10:56 pm
Fans of ABC’s hit drama, “Once Upon a Time” will be able to submit questions and receive real-time responses from actor Sinqua Walls (“Teen Wolf,” “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”), who plays Lancelot in the episode “Lady of the Lake.” Walls will be up on Twitter at @sinquawalls during the West Coast broadcast of the show on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 from 8:00-9:00 p.m., PT. Walls will also offer commentary and behind-the-scenes anecdotes about working on the show.
On Sunday’s episode, “Lady of the Lake,” in the fairytale land that was, on the eve of meeting Prince Charming’s mother, King George poisons Snow White, and Lancelot must help Charming and Snow find the only antidote, which lies within the waters of the Lady of the Lake. [SOURCE]
weber_dubois222012-10-11 02:38 am
Not at all Disney-focused, but Elementary's fifth episode, (1x05) "Lesser Evils", features Princess and the Frog's actress Anika Noni Rose as Dr Carrie Dwyer, Joan Watson’s former colleague. Be sure to check it out! [x]
weber_dubois222012-10-09 04:20 pm
The entertaiment trade magazine Variety revealed more of the veteran actors and younger talent who voiced the English dub of Goro Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's From Up On Poppy Hill film on Friday. The main cast includes Gillian Anderson (X-Files, Princess Mononoke), Jamie Lee Curtis (A Fish Called Wanda, Freaky Friday), Bruce Dern (Silent Running, Coming Home), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men, Drive), Ron Howard (Happy Days, American Graffiti), Chris Noth (Sex in the City, The Good Wife), Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) and Anton Yelchin (Star Trek, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac).
weber_dubois222012-10-09 02:20 am
Beauty and the Beast 1.03 ‘All In’ Stills. (Patch 1 of 2)
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The first of a set of promo pictures from the new CW television series, Beauty and the Beast, a reboot of the 1980s television series. In this series, police detective Catherine Chandler is played by Kristen Kreuk and her fellow detective, Tess Vargas, is played by Nina Lisandrello.
The role of Catherine Chandler was originated by a white actress in the 1980s (Linda Hamilton) and the role of Tess Vargas is written on IMDB as “Tess O’Malley,” suggesting that the character was originally supposed to be Irish. So here we have two “racebent” roles, and the result is a show that features two women of color working in the police force as partners!
At the ComicCon panel for Beauty and the Beast, the showrunners explained that this pairing exists in the real world in police forces, but is something that is rarely, if ever, depicted. (The trope that women doing police work or really, any kind of work, are partnered up with a man.) The showrunners are also women and they plan on addressing some of the sexism that women who are police officers experience through Catherine’s story. [X]
weber_dubois222012-10-04 06:44 pm
With As Once Upon a Time Season 2 around the corner, and with fans wondering what the new magic in Storybrooke will bring on September 30, TV Fanatic has uncovered some scoop: Prince Charming may have some competition riding into town.
In an exclusive interview, Sinqua Walls spoke to us about his dangerous new role as Sir Lancelot, his sword play with Charming and also revealed the identity of his biggest television crush...
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weber_dubois222012-09-29 04:52 pm
Mulan (simplified Chinese: 花木兰; traditional Chinese: 花木蘭; pinyin: Huā Mùlán) is a 2009 Chinese film starring Zhao Wei as the titular protagonist. The director, Jingle Ma, has explained that this film is vastly different from the 1998 Walt Disney animated film and adheres more to his imagination. Zhao Wei was cast by Ma as Hua Mulan over actresses Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, and Liu Yifei, who were reportedly also considered for the role. The Russian singer Vitas also has a role in this film and helped publicize the film by providing a song titled Beneath the Glory for the film score.
weber_dubois222012-09-13 10:41 am
Elisa Maza is a main character in the American Disney animated television Gargoyles, created by Greg Weisman. Her first appearance is in the 1994 pilot episode “The Awakening”. She is of Hopi Native American and Nigerian-American descent.
Elisa is the daughter of an anthropologist and a former NYPD police officer. She followed in the latter’s footsteps and became a detective in the force. We first meet her when she’s investigating a bizarre event on top of a Scottish castle brought to New York City by millionaire David Xanatos. She investigates and finds that Xanatos as awakened the gargoyles that were cursed the sleep in the castle for his own purposes.
weber_dubois222012-09-11 09:57 pm
Sure, there are already two live action Snow White films in production, but if there's any studio that knows that fairytale, it's Disney. As such, it shouldn't be terribly unexpected that the House of Mouse would be coming out with its own retelling of the princess and dwarves story; what they're doing with it, however, may be a bit of a surprise.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio is moving forward with its far east, warrior-focused version of the tale; now called "The Order of the Seven," it's been in development for years, and, so says THR, will actually minimize the aspects associated with the Grimm legend. It will be trading those trappings for an ancient action storyline that will feature a band of warriors from around the world that, once downtrodden, are galvanized by meeting an English woman in China. [SOURCE]