M. Night Shyamalan to Take on "Tales From the Crypt"

According to TheWrap, M. Night Shyamalan and TNT will be resurrecting the cult-classic horror anthology, "Tales From the Crypt."

TNT reports that Shyamalan will be serving as executive producer for the upcoming 2 hour horror block. The segment featuring the Tales From the Crypt remake will have both new and original stories, in addition to an "American Horror Story"-esque one hour anthology and other content.

While this sounds alright in theory, Bloody Disgusting has reported a potentially major detractor to fans of the original.

No Crypt Keeper. Everyone's favorite deadtime story teller,voiced by John Kassir, was created for the HBO show and the network still owns the rights to the character. Kassir himself took to Twitter to share his opinion on the matter, saying:

This doesn't bode well...

This isn't to say that there won't be a new character stepping into his coffin. In fact, a hooded old man will be spinning yarns in front of a fireplace. Sounds very "Night Gallery," but it's not too far off from the classic EC comics.

While this is all new information, a lot could change between now and the release of the show. However, the feelings are overwhelming waves of 'meh.'

Will you be tuning in? Let us know what you think and check back here for updates!

-Nowal Massari

TNT Announces Series Renewals and the Last Season of 'Falling Skies'

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It looks like "Falling Skies" is coming back for its fifth season but it will be its last. The TNT drama was renewed along with "The Last Ship," which premiered on June 22.  The announcement came today via a press release that revealed that the network "...has ordered 13 episodes of "The Last Ship," an increase over its first-season order of 10 episodes. The network is also ordering 15 episodes for season four of "Major Crimes." And "Falling Skies" will mark its fifth and final season with 10 episodes."

Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) was quoted as saying, "TNT's refreshed and recharged drama brand is soaring this summer, and that is due in large part to these three enormously popular dramas. 'The Last Ship' has become this summer's top drama among key adult demos with its epic scale and visceral storytelling. 'Major Crimes' continues to be one of the most enduring and popular crime-drama franchises on television. And 'Falling Skies' has begun an ambitious and thrilling story arc this summer as it sets the stage for next year's climactic final season."

Have you been watching "The Last Ship?" Let us know if you're happy about the series getting a second season. Of course we want to hear what you think about TNT announcing the fifth and final season of "Falling Skies." "The Last Ship" airs on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET with "Falling Skies" following at 10 p.m.

Below are the series' descriptions:

'Falling Skies' Official Season Four Press Release

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TNT has released its official press release for the fourth season of "Falling Skies." Below is not only the release (via Spoiler TV) in its entirety plus the "Killing Moon" teaser and the first season four trailer, "Requiem." The season premiere is Sunday, June 22 at 10 p.m. ET.

Noah Wyle Stars in Top 10 Drama from Amblin Television And Executive Producer Steven Spielberg

The nightmare is just beginning for the humans battling an occupying alien force in the fourth season of TNT's hit series Falling Skies. Noah Wyle stars in the epic drama, which is produced by Amblin Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg. Also starring are Moon Bloodgood, Will Patton, Colin Cunningham, Drew Roy, Connor Jessup, Maxim Knight, Sarah Carter, Seychelle Gabriel, Mpho Koaho and Doug Jones. Scarlett Byrne (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) is set to join the cast as a regular this season, while Oscar® winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite, Mimic) and Treva Etienne (Terminator Salvation, Pirates of the Caribbean) are slated to guest-star along with returning guest-star Robert Sean Leonard (House, Dead Poets Society).

TNT Greenlights Supernatural Drama 'Proof'

Jennifer Beals (courtesy IMDB)

TNT is delving into the mystery of the afterlife with the new series "Proof" and this supernatural drama has some big names attached. The series will star Jennifer Beals ("Flashdance"), Matthew Modine ("Weeds") and Joe Morton ("Terminator 2: Judgment Day") and ten episodes will appear on our screens in 2015. "Proof" will be executive produced by Emmy® winner Kyra Sedgwick ("The Closer"); Rob Bragin ("Greek") who wrote the pilot; Tom Jacobson; Jill Littman; and Emmy winner Alex Graves ("Game of Thrones"), who directed the pilot.

"Proof" will also star Callum Blue ("Dead Like Me"), Edi Gathegi ("X-Men: First Class"), Annie Thurman ("The Hunger Games"), Sean Gleeson ("Doctors") and newcomer Caroline Rose Kaplan. Here are the plot details from the press release:

In "Proof," Beals plays Dr. Carolyn Tyler, a brilliant surgeon with a caustic edge. Carolyn has suffered the recent, devastating loss of her teenage son, the breakup of her marriage to Dr. Len Barliss (Gleeson) and a growing estrangement from their daughter (Thurman). But Carolyn's own trauma hasn't deterred her from her charitable outreaches, which include helping disaster victims in far-flung trouble spots throughout the world.

TNT Unleashes Epic 'Falling Skies' Season Four Trailer

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TNT released a brand new trailer for "Falling Skies" on Monday and it promises "A Great Battle is Coming." With over two minutes of exciting footage including a mysterious "Hello Father" directed at Tom Mason at the end, this trailer is guaranteed to get fans of the series pumped for its fourth season's premiere on June 22 at 10 p.m.

The "Falling Skies" panel at WonderCon in Anaheim this past weekend yielded some quotes about what's in store for key characters this season. Doug Jones ("Cochise") revealed, "Everyone goes a little crazy this year," and Moon Bloodgood ("Anne Glass") told the audience, "I get to be this warrior and get enraged and kill, and that's more fun to play."

Check out the epic trailer and let us know what you're most looking forward to in season four.



-Larissa Mrykalo

TNT's Summer Programs 'Falling Skies,' 'Legends' and 'The Last Ship' Coming to WonderCon Anaheim

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Get ready Anaheim! TNT is bringing three of its action-packed summer series to WonderCon Anaheim on Saturday, April 19.

"Falling Skies" is returning to WonderCon for the second time, and the panel is set to include Moon Bloodgood ("Terminator Salvation"), Sarah Carter ("Final Destination 2"), Seychelle Gabriel ("The Last Airbender"), Doug Jones ("Pan's Labyrinth") and the show's executive producer/director Greg Beeman (Smallville, Heroes). The season premiere of "Falling Skies" is Sunday, June 22, at 10 p.m. ET.

The panel for TNT's upcoming new series "Legends" will include such huge names as Sean Bean
("Game of Thrones," "The Lord of the Rings"), Ali Larter ("Heroes"), Morris Chestnut ("American Horror Story," "Nurse Jackie") and Tina Majorino ("Grey's Anatomy," "True Blood"), along with executive producer/showrunner David Wilcox ("Fringe"). "Legends" premieres on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 9 p.m. ET.

TNT's new action-adventure series from executive producer Michael Bay, "The Last Ship," will conclude the day with stars Adam Baldwin ("Firefly") and Travis Van Winkle ("Heart of Dixie"), along with showrunners Hank Steinberg (creator of "Without a Trace," "The Nine") and Steven Kane ("The Closer"). "The Last Ship" premieres Sunday, June 22, at 9 p.m. ET.

-Larissa Mrykalo

TNT Reveals Premiere Dates and Trailers For 'Falling Skies,' 'The Last Ship' and 'Legends'

On Thursday, we reported on today's three SXSW panels featuring the TNT shows "Falling Skies," "Legends" and "The Last Ship" and now prior to the panels, the release dates and first look trailers have been revealed.

From Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM), "For the past three summers, TNT has had great creative and commercial success with 'Falling Skies,' which has inspired us to continue to program for fans of sci-fi and action. This year, we're going to launch 'The Last Ship' and 'Legends,' two expertly crafted shows that bring the storytelling scope and thrill-ride excitement of our favorite summer movies to series television. With their great writing, expansive casts and outstanding production quality, these are really fun, smart and addictive shows."

The press release provided the news that "The Last Ship" will kick off TNT's summer action series  on Sunday, June 22, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). Executive produced by Michael Bay ("Transformers"), the new series is about a Navy vessel that may be humanity's last hope in the wake of a worldwide catastrophe and stars Eric Dane ("Grey's Anatomy") and Rhona Mitra ("Strike Back").

The fourth season premiere of "Falling Skies," from Amblin Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg, will follow "The Last Ship" at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

TNT's new drama, "Legends" premieres in August, and comes from Homeland executive producers Howard Gordon and Alexander Cary and Fringe co-executive producer David Wilcox. It is scheduled to premiere on Wednesday, August 20, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) and stars Sean Bean ("Game of Thrones") as a deep-undercover FBI agent who may be losing his grip on reality.

The release provided detailed descriptions and trailers for the three shows:

TNT and TBS Bring 'Falling Skies,' 'The Last Ship,' 'Legends' and 'The Pete Holmes Show' to SXSW

SXSW will be featuring panels from TNT and TBS favs this Monday, March 10. A press release reveals that the networks are bringing with them stars and producers of such series as TNT's "Falling Skies" and new dramas "The Last Ship" and "Legends," and TBS's late-night series "The Pete Holmes Show." 

From the release:
On Monday, March 10, the networks will stage two panels during the annual music, film and interactive conference and festival held in Austin, Texas. That night, TNT will hold a special First Look Watch Party for "The Last Ship," giving SXSW attendees the opportunity to catch the entire first episode of the action-packed series from executive producer Michael Bay ("Transformers"). Eric Dane ("Grey's Anatomy"), Rhona Mitra ("Strike Back") and Adam Baldwin ("Chuck," "Firefly") are scheduled to appear at the Watch Party.

TBS begins the panel presentations with "The Pete Holmes Show Makes It Weird" at 3:30 p.m. where host Pete Holmes will be joined by producers Nick Bernstein and Oren Brimer and head writer Karen Kilgariff for a panel discussion on what it takes to create a late-night series. Following at 5 p.m., TNT will present "The New Golden Age of Drama on TV," a discussion about the resurgence in quality television dramas, with executive producers behind the network's hit series Falling Skies and the upcoming series "The Last Ship" and "Legends." Both panels will feature extensive video clips from the shows.

Below are the details on TBS and TNT's Monday events during SXSW.

Season Four 'Falling Skies' Sneak Peek Shown at NYCC Panel

If you couldn't make it to New York Comic Con but are a huge fan of TNT's "Falling Skies," you'll be pleased that the sneak peek of Season Four shown at their panel, is available.

The two-minute preview just hit their social media feeds including Twitter and Facebook, so be sure to follow them for up-to-date NYCC news and hints about the next season. The preview video is full of action and foreboding and we're warned to "Fight for Earth but fear the skies."

Check it out and let us know what you think...



-Larissa Mrykalo

'Falling Skies' recap: 'Strange Brew'

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BY MELISSA HARKNESS

When we left the intrepid Mason family last week, they were in quite the pickle. Tom went back to the hillbilly house to warn the Picketts that the skitters were coming. It was a trap of course, and he was captured. The boys were left watching more skitter patrols roaming the area on their way back to Charleston.

This week we get to see a window into the Tom Mason's less than exciting life back before the invasion. Tom wakes in his old house next to his old wife in his old job. He believes that all of the events of the last couple of years were just a dream. As he drives to his professor job he sees a bum that looks like Weaver holding a “The End Is Nigh” sign. But a kindly police officer that looks a lot like Karen leads him away.

As he gets to the university, guess who has a neighboring office? Give up? It's Pope! He's appears to be having an illicit relationship with a student that looks like Lourdes. Well, that does sound like Pope doesn't it?

'Falling Skies' renewed for Season Four

In a press release issued today, TNT has ordered a fourth season of Falling Skies. The alien apocalypse show, which we recap here, is produced by DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg and starring Noah Wyle.

Currently airing Sundays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), the show is averaging 5.8 million viewers and ranks as basic cable's number one scripted series with adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 for the summer-to-date.

TNT plans to launch the 10-episode fourth season in summer 2014.

-Aaron Sagers

TNT to launch apocalyptic series 'The Last Ship'

Cover of Brinkley's novel

TNT clearly knows what viewers have a craving for these days: The apocalypse. Starring Eric Dane (Grey’s Anatomy's McSteamy) and executive-produced by Michael Bay (Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-2014), TNT’s newest drama venture, The Last Ship is based on the 1988 William Brinkley novel of the same name.

Due to launch in the summer of 2014, TNT has ordered 10 episodes of the action-packed series that opens with a global catastrophe that wipes out much of the Earth’s population. The fortunate (or unfortunate) position of the naval destroyer, U.S.S. Nathan James, leaves its crew to deal with the fact that the world as they know it, has ended.

According to a press release, Captain Tom Chandler (Dane) is a “career Navy man who is authoritative and decisive, but also fair and courageous. A born leader and a loving father and husband, Chandler is respected and loved by the men and women under his command.”

Anatomy of a skitter: Inside the 'Falling Skies' aliens

Hello, Skitter. Courtesy EW, TNT

Entertainment Weekly has provided Falling Skies fans with an incredibly detailed and insightful look inside the guts of invading skitters.

In the past, we've already covered some of the FX wizardy behind Falling Skies, which received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Special Visual Effects. The show's effects are a blend of practical and CG, and result from the work of two vfx companies, MASTERSFX - mainly handling practical effects - and Zoic Studios for the digital. EW reports the two companies have teamed up before for such shows as True Blood and Fringe.

The blend of effects allows the show to have its aliens interact at close range with actors like Noah Wyle - and allows them to feature a range of nuance creature emotions - while also making it possible for the skitters to scale walls and perform other feats.

The story reveals some fun facts such as the use of a video camera and radios inside the skitter mask's head so performers like Keith Arbuthnot, who is in the suit, can see at skitter eye level and hear what's happening. We also see a bit of the harness system (different harness, 2nd Mass fans!) that allows Arbuthnot to handle the weight of the alien legs. There are also 12 individual servos inside the alien head to control movement. The factory for the harnesses, which are props that replaced later with a CG version, was inspired by executive producer Steven Spielberg's mention of the 1959 horror flick The Tingler.

Meanwhile, the large mech characters are all CG while the warrior uber-alien overlords are motion-capture with a performer in the effects studio acting out to match the actor's movements on set. Their behavior and movements were inspired by regal soldiers in Game of Thrones and Kurosawa films.

Falling Skies airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on TNT.

-Aaron Sagers

'Falling Skies' returns Summer 2012

This promo for Falling Skies doesn't show new footage for Season Two, but it's still pretty exciting. This is one to watch. The first season really evolved into a unique show, and we can't wait to see what's up their sleeve for S2.