Yearly Archives: 2017

Anne

Link: On Set with ‘Anne’ Star Amybeth McNulty

From Melissa Girimonte of The Televixen:

Link: On Set with ‘Anne’ Star Amybeth McNulty
I got the first Anne book when I was 9 years old for my birthday, and that was all the experience I really had with it. I never watched the movies, never saw any other productions of it. It was just the book and I feel like that’s all I really needed. Then the script from Moira [Walley-Beckett] was given to me and I didn’t feel like I needed to re-read the book. I felt that I would stick with her script and any questions I had, I would go to her. That’s all I really needed for myself to picture Anne and to portray her in my sense of how she should be portrayed.” Continue reading.

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Featured, Murdoch Mysteries

“Hell to Pay” in Murdoch Mysteries’ shocking season finale

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I’ve been a fan and avid watcher of Murdoch Mysteries since Season 1. I’ve seen beloved characters come and go, tense storylines roll out and gory murders committed. But Monday’s season finale is the most shocking I’ve ever seen of Murdoch Mysteries. It will leave myself, and fellow fans, talking until the fall.

The good news is that Murdoch Mysteries will return for Season 11. The bad news? I’m not sure everyone on the cast will be back. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. Here’s what CBC has released, synopsis-wise, for Monday’s aptly-titled “Hell to Pay,” written and directed by Peter Mitchell:

When a burlesque dancer asks Murdoch for help, the Station House No. 4 team find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy and unforeseen danger.
And here are a few more tidbits—it was hard to tease anything without it becoming spoilery—after watching a screener of the landmark 150th episode. My postseason interview with Peter Mitchell will be posted on TV-Eh.com after the broadcast!
The Great Fire revisited
Season 10 began with part of Toronto being consumed by the Great Fire of 1904. That storyline comes full circle on Monday and features some cool guest stars in pivotal roles. Among them are Sanctuary‘s Robin Dunne and John Wildman, who Mitchell first met when they were both working on The Campbells. Dunne and Wildman play bigwigs in city hall who have plans for Toronto’s future … at any cost.
A pain in Brackenreid’s butt returns to Station House No. 4
Yes, even on his best day Brackenreid is rubbed the wrong way by the most lovely of people. But a true baddie from Thomas’ past shows up in “Hell to Pay” and things get serious. Some might even say deadly serious.
Chaos for our favourite characters
If you’ve seen the teasers—and if you’re a Murdoch fan you certainly have—you know William is on the run and framed for murder. But he’s not the only one who is on the run and/or evading danger. Almost every single regular or recurring character is drawn into the main plot of the episode … and all their lives are in peril. Mitchell has written a highly-dramatic, action-filled episode that really will have you on the edge of your seat.

A pre-finale Q&A is happening!
Members of the Murdoch Mysteries cast will be on Facebook and Twitter answering your questions ahead of the episode. A heads-up that they WILL NOT be answering questions about the season finale, because that would ruin the fun. Get your queries in before Monday at 10 a.m ET with the hashtag #MurdochQandA.

 

Murdoch Mysteries airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on CBC.

Images courtesy of CBC.

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Industry News

Link: Meet Natasha Negovanlis, Canadian Web series superstar

From Julia Cooper of The Globe and Mail:

Link: Meet Natasha Negovanlis, Canadian Web series superstar
‘Most of you are wondering who the heck I am!” It’s Sunday night in Toronto at the Canadian Screen Awards and Natasha Negovanlis has just won the Fan Choice Award for her role as a lesbian vampire on the Web series Carmilla. She’s not wrong. Continue reading. 

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What Would Sal Do?

Link: Sudbury Accent: All hail Sal, of Copper Cliff

From Ben Leeson of the Sudbury Star:

Link: Sudbury Accent: All hail Sal, of Copper Cliff
“Come on, do you think the second coming of Christ would second come in Sudbury of all places?”

So says Sal, incredulous at the idea that he, a foul-mouthed underachiever from Copper Cliff, could be a bona fide, blind-curing, bread-making, virgin-born King of Kings, partway through the pilot for What Would Sal Do?, a new comedy series filmed – and set – in the Nickel City, and due to drop next week on CraveTV. Continue reading. 

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Featured, Heartland

Ty Borden returns to Heartland

Heartland fans have been begging Ty to return to Canada for weeks. Finally, he does, but no one is celebrating. Wracked with sickness, Ty has been hospitalized and totally out of it. With a baby on the way, will Ty survive to see his child born, or will he die in front of Amy?

Here’s CBC’s episode synopsis for “Dreamer,” written by Mark Haroun and directed by Alison Reid:

Amy and the family pull together as the gravely ill Ty returns home and is admitted to hospital.
And here’s some spoiler-free info we gleaned from watching a screener.
Ty isn’t the only one having a hard time
Yes, Ty is hooked up to tubes and unresponsive, but others are suffering in their own way this week. A major situation hits Lou out of nowhere, putting her future in jeopardy as well. And, just to make things super-interesting/awkward, Peter visits.
We find out what’s been ailing Ty
Turns out four months in the Gobi desert is full of dangers, the least of which are poachers. A Calgary doctor gives the family her prognosis … and not everyone is happy with her news. That leads to a very, very dramatic scene in the hospital between two major characters that could affect their relationship going forward. Meanwhile, Ty has been pumped full of drugs, leading to some very interesting visions … and a special guest star.
Heartland airs Sundays at 7 p.m. on CBC.

Images courtesy of CBC.

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