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The Nevers & The Globes..
Feb. 3rd, 2021 09:41 pm1. Well this an interesting development...
HBO's the Nevers has an airdate, a trailer, and a new show-runner.
HBO is preparing to introduce The Nevers to viewers.
The premium cable outlet has set an April premiere date and released a first trailer for the series, created by Joss Whedon. HBO ordered The Nevers straight to series in July 2018; Whedon exited the show in late November, and Philippa Goslett (Mary Magdalene, How to Talk to Girls at Parties) was hired last week to take over as showrunner.
"While developing and producing The Nevers has been a joyful experience, I realize that the level of commitment required moving forward, combined with the physical challenges of making such a huge show during a global pandemic, is more than I can handle without the work beginning to suffer," Whedon said in announcing his departure.
The six episodes HBO will debut in the spring were filmed before Whedon's departure. The remainder of the first season, under Goslett, will follow at a later time; those episodes, delayed because of COVID-19, are in preproduction.
The Nevers is set in Victorian-era London and centers on a group of people, mostly women, known as the Touched, who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities. Among them are Amalia True (Laura Donnelly), a mysterious and quick-fisted widow, and her best friend Penance Adair (Ann Skelly), a brilliant inventor. They are the champions of this new underclass who set out to make a home for the Touched and make room for those for whom history as we know it has no place.
The trailer showcases several characters' abilities as well as some steampunk-style gadgets and the powers that be who are aligned against the Touched.
People at Whedonesque Studies on FB and Twitter, were trying to determine whether the Nevers counted as among Whedon's body of work or corpses?
I don't know. Not sure I care. Whedon is reminding me an awful lot of Brian Fuller, to be honest. Speaking of? Pushing Daisies reruns are on HBO Max now. And Hannibal is on Netflix (I think). I can't watch it right now. I'm not sure I can watch Prodigal Son at the moment.
The new show-runner looks interesting, in particular because she's a woman. And a progressive at that in regards to her previous films.
Philippa Goslette - British Screenwriter - apparently she was just hired, so I don't think she worked under Whedon. (No, she's a new addition - came after.) Another interesting writer is transgender British feminist writer Laurie Penny, who is among the writers and apparently, also began on LJ as a Buffy fanfic writer in the Buffy fandom way back in the early 00s.
These are the writers listed in Wiki for the first ten episodes before Whedon left: "Executive producers include Bernadette Caulfield, Jane Espenson, and Doug Petrie. Espenson and Petrie, who worked with Whedon on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will also serve as writers. Laurie Penny is also part of the series' writing staff. Gemma Jackson serves as production designer."
Laurie Penny wrote this in Wired:
( excerpt about being called to write for The Nevers by Whedon )
Laurie Penny Journal in Wired
So, the Nevers suddenly got interesting. We have Whedon setting it up and creating it, Espenson and Petrie along for the ride, Penny writing for the first season at least, and then Gosselet taking over.
A teaser trailer and more information on cast, synopsis, writers, etc can be found HERE.
It's not a 10 episode season any longer - only six episodes. It got truncated by COVID and Whedon left. Five apparently had been filmed prior to COVID. Whedon left for personal reasons - and also left Twitter in November, along with the internet. There's nothing about Whedon post November 2020 to be found - or I couldn't find it. I didn't really look that hard, to be honest. Kind of paralyzed with not caring all that much.
2. The Golden Globes Nominations
* Why are we having them? Show must go on, yaddah yaddah yaddah. And well, as the NY Times pointed out - lots of money. NBC is paying the Globes 18 million for the broadcast rights over a six year period.
* The nominations are weird. They have people nominated, films and shows nominated that I couldn't get through or watch and are frankly bewildered by, while they've let out people that I'd have nominated instead - proving how subjective this is - and what huge divide there is between my interests and the foreign press.
* Also one can't help but wonder why we do this? It seems to be yet another list by someone else. And why do they give awards? This feels like a colossal waste of time this is, and how irrelevant awards shows truly are in the scheme of things.
We do waste money on dumb things, don't we?
Anyhow...here's the list of nominations.
Globe Nominations
The one's I agree with? Queen's Gambit, Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and Soul. I haven't seen One Night in Miami yet.
Schitt's Creek (the appeal is lost on me), The Crown (I gave up on), Emma (I didn't like and I'd have nominated the actress for Queen's Gambit instead),
Why is Jane Levy nominated for Zoey?, WTF on The Prom and James Cordon being nominated???
What the heck is Music? And why is Hamilton in there - it's not really a film, but a staged musical that is filmed. There's no real cinematography there - Utopia would have made more sense.
Apparently I'm not the only one bewildered... Professional Critics responses on the snubs
And... Lack of Diversity in the Globe Television Show Nominations - note they didn't say movies, there's plenty of diversity in the film side. Which may be way the Globes thought they could slide by on the television end of the fence?
HBO's the Nevers has an airdate, a trailer, and a new show-runner.
HBO is preparing to introduce The Nevers to viewers.
The premium cable outlet has set an April premiere date and released a first trailer for the series, created by Joss Whedon. HBO ordered The Nevers straight to series in July 2018; Whedon exited the show in late November, and Philippa Goslett (Mary Magdalene, How to Talk to Girls at Parties) was hired last week to take over as showrunner.
"While developing and producing The Nevers has been a joyful experience, I realize that the level of commitment required moving forward, combined with the physical challenges of making such a huge show during a global pandemic, is more than I can handle without the work beginning to suffer," Whedon said in announcing his departure.
The six episodes HBO will debut in the spring were filmed before Whedon's departure. The remainder of the first season, under Goslett, will follow at a later time; those episodes, delayed because of COVID-19, are in preproduction.
The Nevers is set in Victorian-era London and centers on a group of people, mostly women, known as the Touched, who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities. Among them are Amalia True (Laura Donnelly), a mysterious and quick-fisted widow, and her best friend Penance Adair (Ann Skelly), a brilliant inventor. They are the champions of this new underclass who set out to make a home for the Touched and make room for those for whom history as we know it has no place.
The trailer showcases several characters' abilities as well as some steampunk-style gadgets and the powers that be who are aligned against the Touched.
People at Whedonesque Studies on FB and Twitter, were trying to determine whether the Nevers counted as among Whedon's body of work or corpses?
I don't know. Not sure I care. Whedon is reminding me an awful lot of Brian Fuller, to be honest. Speaking of? Pushing Daisies reruns are on HBO Max now. And Hannibal is on Netflix (I think). I can't watch it right now. I'm not sure I can watch Prodigal Son at the moment.
The new show-runner looks interesting, in particular because she's a woman. And a progressive at that in regards to her previous films.
Philippa Goslette - British Screenwriter - apparently she was just hired, so I don't think she worked under Whedon. (No, she's a new addition - came after.) Another interesting writer is transgender British feminist writer Laurie Penny, who is among the writers and apparently, also began on LJ as a Buffy fanfic writer in the Buffy fandom way back in the early 00s.
These are the writers listed in Wiki for the first ten episodes before Whedon left: "Executive producers include Bernadette Caulfield, Jane Espenson, and Doug Petrie. Espenson and Petrie, who worked with Whedon on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will also serve as writers. Laurie Penny is also part of the series' writing staff. Gemma Jackson serves as production designer."
Laurie Penny wrote this in Wired:
( excerpt about being called to write for The Nevers by Whedon )
Laurie Penny Journal in Wired
So, the Nevers suddenly got interesting. We have Whedon setting it up and creating it, Espenson and Petrie along for the ride, Penny writing for the first season at least, and then Gosselet taking over.
A teaser trailer and more information on cast, synopsis, writers, etc can be found HERE.
It's not a 10 episode season any longer - only six episodes. It got truncated by COVID and Whedon left. Five apparently had been filmed prior to COVID. Whedon left for personal reasons - and also left Twitter in November, along with the internet. There's nothing about Whedon post November 2020 to be found - or I couldn't find it. I didn't really look that hard, to be honest. Kind of paralyzed with not caring all that much.
2. The Golden Globes Nominations
* Why are we having them? Show must go on, yaddah yaddah yaddah. And well, as the NY Times pointed out - lots of money. NBC is paying the Globes 18 million for the broadcast rights over a six year period.
* The nominations are weird. They have people nominated, films and shows nominated that I couldn't get through or watch and are frankly bewildered by, while they've let out people that I'd have nominated instead - proving how subjective this is - and what huge divide there is between my interests and the foreign press.
* Also one can't help but wonder why we do this? It seems to be yet another list by someone else. And why do they give awards? This feels like a colossal waste of time this is, and how irrelevant awards shows truly are in the scheme of things.
We do waste money on dumb things, don't we?
Anyhow...here's the list of nominations.
Globe Nominations
The one's I agree with? Queen's Gambit, Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and Soul. I haven't seen One Night in Miami yet.
Schitt's Creek (the appeal is lost on me), The Crown (I gave up on), Emma (I didn't like and I'd have nominated the actress for Queen's Gambit instead),
Why is Jane Levy nominated for Zoey?, WTF on The Prom and James Cordon being nominated???
What the heck is Music? And why is Hamilton in there - it's not really a film, but a staged musical that is filmed. There's no real cinematography there - Utopia would have made more sense.
Apparently I'm not the only one bewildered... Professional Critics responses on the snubs
And... Lack of Diversity in the Globe Television Show Nominations - note they didn't say movies, there's plenty of diversity in the film side. Which may be way the Globes thought they could slide by on the television end of the fence?