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Taiwan-based development and production operation Organic Media is teaming up with Los Angeles-based sales agency and content aggregator Shoreline Entertainment in a strategic pact that sees Shoreline take responsibility for much of Organic’s sales function.

The pairing will make its debut at this week’s MIPCOM TV rights market in Cannes. It will follow that with an appearance at the American Film Market in Santa Monica in early November.

Organic was co-founded in 2019 by veteran sales and production executive Steve Chicorel and Kelly Mi Li (“Bling Empire”) and now has operations in Taipei, Los Angeles, London, Riga and Brisbane. The operation, now headed by Chicorel and Shari Hamrick, is currently in post-production on two movies and the second season of “Cypher,” a series for Roku.

The strategic partnership between Organic and Shoreline is a reunion of sorts for Chicorel and Shoreline’s CEO Sam Eigen. Chicorel was previously an...

Batwoman’s Camrus Johnson, who plays Luke and is stepping behind the camera for this week’s episode, is issuing a fair warning for those who’ve been yearning for a romantic relationship between Sophie and Ryan.

“‘Wildmoore’ fans, drink a lot of water and sit down,” he teases. “Sit down and be prepared to hit me on Twitter very soon.”

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Nominations for the 53rd NAACP Image Awards were announced on Tuesday, and HBO’s Insecure and OWN’s Queen Sugar led TV’s comedy and drama packs, respectively.

Insecure‘s farewell run amassed 11 total nods, followed in the comedy pack by black-ish‘s eight. Queen Sugar collected six total nominations, the most of any drama.

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Nat Geo’s Genius: Aretha meanwhile netted the most nods (five...

Snowfall fans can expect a richer, meaner and more endangered Franklin when the FX drama’s fifth season kicks off — and we just learned when that will be.

Season 5 will premiere Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 10/9c with the first two episodes, the cabler announced on Tuesday. Plus, a new teaser trailer will drop Christmas Day on ESPN and ABC during the two networks’ slate of NBA games.

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The Xenomorphs won’t have to worry about getting owned by Ellen Ripley in the Alien TV series currently being penned by Fargo‘s Noah Hawley.

FX Networks chief John Landgraf announced back in December that the cabler’s production house “is moving quickly to bring audiences the first television series based on one of the greatest science-fiction/horror classics ever made — Alien.” He offered no plot details at the time, but said that the series is “set not too far into our future” and would be “the first Alien story to be set on Earth.”

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FX vets Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta) and Kate Mara (A Teacher, Pose) are set as leads in FX on Hulu’s Class of ’09, an eight-episode suspense thriller greenlit at FX on Hulu, TVLine has learned.

The limited series follows a class of FBI agents in “a near future where the U.S. criminal justice system has been transformed by artificial intelligence,” according to the official logline.

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The scene after the Snowfall title card drops in Season 4’s Episode 9 features four fascinating minutes of family, fists and fury. It centers on Amin Joseph‘s emotionally amped-up Jerome seeking immediate retribution after his wife Louie has been shot at a funeral, with Damson Idris’ Franklin Saint sacrificing his body to stop his uncle from walking into Manboy’s ambush. Below, TVLine Dream Emmy nominee Joseph and Snowfall director Carl Seaton deconstruct how they turned Jerome’s superior physical strength into a weakness.

Carl Seaton | It is unapologetically a very Black moment that took two to three hours to shoot.

Characters die on Snowfall every season. But there was something about Manboy’s death in Season 4 of the FX crime drama that still brings a reverential smile to the faces of Damson Idris, who stars as Franklin, as well as the cast and crew.

For starters, in order to shoot the scene from Episode 9, titled “Sleeping Dogs,” Melvin Gregg had to fly back from Australia, where he had begun shooting the Hulu limited series Nine Perfect Strangers opposite Nicole Kidman and Regina Hall. His character Manboy also suffered a three-minute death scene that began with Tanosse (played by Adrianna Mitchell...

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Wednesday’s Snowfall Season 4 finale.

We have to talk about that Snowfall walk-off.

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Or is strut the better word? Either way, a wounded and vulnerable Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), who pimp limped through Season 4, hung up his cane and his pain in Wednesday’s Season 4 finale and said goodbye to...

The next episode of "Batwoman", based on the DC Comics crimefighter  is "Prior Criminal History", directed by Carl Seaton, airing January 24, 2021 on The CW:

"...after her quick spin in the 'Batgear', 'Ryan Wilder' (Javicia Leslie) is back to facing the daily challenges of life as herself. Meanwhile, 'Alice' (Rachel Skarsten) has a new, devious plan to get the attention of both 'Gotham' and 'Safiyah' (Shivaani Ghai). 

"Now with 'Kate; still missing and the city in an uprising, 'Luke' (Camrus Johnson) and 'Mary' (Nicole Kang) are desperate to find a stand in. In a pinch, Ryan dons the suit again and comes face-to-face with Alice for the first time. 

"Then back at 'Crows Headquarters', 'Sophie' and 'Commander Kane' try to uncover who may have had a vendetta against Kate..." 

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The newest addition to The CW's Arrowverse is Camrus Johnson's Luke Fox on Batwoman, the sometimes reluctant tech-wiz behind Kate Kane's cowl.

In real life, Camrus grew up in Georgia where he had plans to go into the military. When he realized, at around age 15, that the military wasn't the career he wanted, his mother imparted some words of wisdom that he's never forgotten.

Describing those early years over the phone, he took a moment to get the words exactly right.

"Her words were... What did she say? She said, 'You like to be loud and obnoxious. Try acting.' So, I did."

"Loud and obnoxious" couldn't be farther from the mark as Johnson was warm and relaxed as he shared freely about his path from high school drama classes to Batwoman and the role of Luke Fox. 

"I was in Acting for a year, fell in love with it,...

Sneak Peek new footage, plus images from the "Batwoman" episode "Mine Is a Long And a Sad Tale", directed by Carl Seaton, airing November 3, 2019 on The CW:

"...'Alice' (Rachel Skarsten) takes 'Kate' (Ruby Rose) down the sad, winding road of her life in the days after the accident as 'Jacob' (Dougray Scott) and 'Sophie' (Meagan Tandy) attempt to track them.

"Then 'Mary' (Nicole Kang) has an argument with 'Catherine' (Elizabeth Anweis) which sends her looking for Kate at 'Wayne Tower', but instead she becomes unwelcome company for 'Luke' (Camrus Johnson)..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Batwoman: Mine Is a Long And a Sad Tale"...

I don’t know about you, but I think the recently launched Batwoman TV series is getting better as it stretches on. Sure, the ratings may not be all that explosive, but The CW likely knows what to expect when airing something on Sunday nights. That said, this is a show that should’ve been placed on Monday or Wednesday, but I’m not the one in charge.

One thing in particular that makes this series compelling is how the first big bad to debut, Alice, is also essentially a supporting character to Kate Kane herself. I don’t mean to jump the gun here, but I could see her recurring in years to come, just as Eobard Thawne did over on The Flash, or how Malcolm Merlyn did likewise on Arrow.

Staying on the subject of Alice, it’s looking like we’ll finally learn much more about her...

From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for September 2019, including "Batwoman", "Snake Eyes", "The Magicians" and a whole lot more:

Feature Film

Dreams Of A Singer

Local Production Company: Metrotown Media Productions

Director: Janos Molnar

Co-Producer: Terry Thandi

Jul 27/19 - Oct 31/19

Godfrey

Local Production Company: Godfrey Production Inc.

Director: Ken Mok

Producer: Jason Bourque, Tim Marlowe, JJ Dubois

Aug 06/19 - Sep 09/19

Snake Eyes

Local Production Company: Grackle Bird Productions Ltd.

Director: Robert Schwentke

Producer: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Erik Howsam

Oct 15/19 - Dec 06/19

New Media Feature

A Babysitters Guide To Monster Hunting

Local Production Company: Double Double Productions Ulc.

Director: Rachel Talalay

Producer: Ivan Reitman, Amie Karp, Bob Huberman

Aug 29/19 - Nov 08/19

Christmas Chronicles 2

Local Production Company: Maple Syrup Productions Ulc.

Director: Chris Columbus

Producer: Mark Radclliffe

Sep 23/19 - Dec 19/19

There's Someone Inside Your House

Local Production Company: Beaver Tail Productions Ulc.

Director: Patrick Brice

Producer: Dan Cohen,...

Whenever an iconic character gets cast and recast over time, certain actors will naturally resonate with fans more than others – and there are some who just don’t go over well at all. In the case of Lex Luthor, I think many folks reading this will agree with me in saying that Michael Rosenbaum proved himself to be the best while on Smallville. But, to be quite honest, the guy has some serious competition now.

As you may know, Jon Cryer debuted as Lex during last night’s episode of Supergirl, that being “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” And while viewers went in skeptical due to the veteran actor’s history with the comedy genre, they were pleasantly proven wrong and ended up going absolutely nuts for the former Two and a Half Men star. Additionally, I’m not afraid to say that I, too, thought Cryer did a phenomenal job.

Lex Luthor may be back in National City, but viewers have a lot of questions about what the elusive villain has been up to.

Thankfully, Supergirl Season 4 Episode 16, airing Sunday, March 24 at 8/7c will start the process of filling in the blanks.

Here's the official press release for the episode:

"Lex Luthor Continues To Wreak Havoc – In the wake of Lex Luthor’s (guest star Jon Cryer) return, the show flashes back to what he’s been doing for the last two years and how his secret machinations and plans have affected Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) and Lena (Katie McGrath). Carl Seaton directed the episode written by Dana Horgan & Eric Carrasco (#416). Original airdate 3/24/2019.

Related: Supergirl Season 4 Episode 15 Review: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

With Lex being one of the biggest masterminds around, the flashback treatment is needed to give viewers some insight into what he's doing, and more importantly, who he is really working with.

TV One’s July movie offering is “Bad Dad Rehab” which premiered last weekend to great reviews and fantastic audience response. Directed by Carl Seaton, the film breaks stereotypes more commonly associated with black men in the media, instead portraying them as… Continue Reading →...

TV One’s July movie offering is “Bad Dad Rehab” which premiered last weekend to great reviews and fantastic audience response. Directed by Carl Seaton, the film breaks to stereotypes more commonly seen of black men in the media as multi-dimensional… Continue Reading →...

The African American Steering Committee of the Director’s Guild of America recently honored TV directing pioneers Stan Lathan, Debbie Allen, and Eric Laneuville for their outstanding careers in television and their groundbreaking contributions to greater diversity behind the camera. The committee, which is co-chaired by DGA member directors Jeff Bryd, Oz Scott (another TV directing pioneer) and Carl Seaton held the event last Thursday, which started off with a speech by Paris Barclay, the first African American president of the Guild (yet another TV directing pioneer). According to Seaton: “many heavyweights came out to pay tribute to the three honorees such as Viola Davis,...

Actress Victoria Rowell is the latest celebrity to get on the Kickstarter bandwagon, launching a campaign for a soap opera spoof she’s developing.Rowell hopes to raise $50,000 by Aug 28th to shoot a pilot for her soap opera satire, The Rich and The Ruthless, in which Rowell not only stars, but is also one of the writers.The pilot will be directed by Carl Seaton (One Week), and, according to the description, will delve into “the soapalicous swirl but oh- so real, gritty reality of the soap opera biz; The world is filled with Executives, and Actors all doing Whatever it takes to keep the show on air, maintaining the excessive lifestyle They All have grown accustom to.”But reading...

Well over a year ago, back on May 2011, I profiled the powerful and dramatic short film titled Karim, written and directed by L.A. based filmmaker Carl Seaton, a Chicago native, who was inspired to make the film after being profoundly affected by the violent summer in his hometown the previous year.  And if anyone has been paying attention to the national news, the situation has gotten worse this year instead of better. According to the filmmaker, he "wanted to shoot something without depending on dialogue as well as make the audience redirect their sympathies from prey to predator." However the good news is that, thanks to the overwheling...

Of Boys and Men directed by Carl Seaton (One Week) and written by Michelle Amor is a minor, very modest, low budget, family film drama which was independently produced and financed and shot three or four years ago entirely on the west side of Chicago. The film was screened at a couple of film festivals then seemed to disappear. Well that is until I saw it this week on DVD since the film is coming out on Jan. 25 through Warner Bros home video.

In fact DVD might be the best way to see it since as a film it’s a totally unremarkable, rather cliched ridden and totally predictable movie. And yet it’s quite watchable, well acted, reasonably engaging and if you’re looking for a pleasant, safe, nice family film full of all that positive possibility that won’t offend you and or hold any unexpected surprises then...

MoviesOnline recently sat down with Michael Jackson’s musical director, Michael Bearden, to talk about his new film, Michael Jackson’s This Is It, which offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this past summer in London’s O2 Arena.

Bearden is an accomplished musical director/keyboardist/arranger/composer for a diverse range of musical superstars. He has performed and/or recorded with some of popular music’s giants including: Sting, Carlos Santana, Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie, Chaka Kahn, Patti Austin, James Ingrahm, Patti Labelle, Yoko Ono, George Benson, Natalie Cole, Yossou NDour, Boz Scaggs, Lenny Kravitz, Luther Vandross, Issac Hayes, Aaron Neville, Edie Brickell, Jon Bonjovi and legends Nancy Wilson, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Liza Minelli, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles and served...

This low-budget indie drama about a man notified that one of his former sexual partners is HIV-positive has strong relevance for a black community suffering alarmingly high statistics for the disease. Widely seen on the black film festival circuit, "One Week" is now playing a limited theatrical release in New York, New Jersey, Chicago and Atlanta before widening later this fall.

Varon Thomas Kenny Young, who co-wrote the film with director Carl Seaton) is happily preparing for his upcoming marriage to the lovely Kiya (Saadiqa Muhammad) when he is suddenly contacted by the "partner notification" program of a local health clinic. An unnamed former lover who has tested positive has put him on the list of people to be informed. Suddenly, his life is turned upside down as he nervously waits out the one-week period before he can get his own test results back, even while coping with job pressures and his imminent nuptials.

He must also make the torturous decision as to whether or not to tell his fiancee. His wastrel best friend Tyco (Eric Lane), who has become a source of conflict between Varon and Kiya because he spent an inordinate amount of time camping out on Varon's couch and smoking pot, advises him in no uncertain terms not to tell her. It seems that Tyco has received the same notification from the clinic, and it becomes apparent that both men shared the same lover.

"One Week" was apparently originally intended to be a comedy, and its several comedic scenes blend uneasily with the melodramatic aspects of the story line. It must also be said that the film suffers from languid pacing, often cliched dialogue and less than top-notch technical elements. But there are also some scenes that strongly resonate, and the film's important message is delivered without excessive sentimentality or being overly preachy. The lead performers provide vivid and impressive characterizations, particularly Lane as the blunt-talking Tyco.

ONE WEEK

Film Life

Director Carl Seaton

Screenplay Kenny Young, Carl Seaton

Executive producer Phil James

Co-executive producer Jeff Friday

Producers Phil James, Amberr Washington

Director of photography Jeffery T. Brown

Editor Phil Lee

Music Michael Bearden

Color/stereo

Cast:

Varon Thomas Kenny Young

Kiya Parker Saadiqa Muhammad

Tyco Eric Lane

Tasha Milauna Jemai

Ms. Watts Pam Mack

Big Ma Gwen Carter

Running time -- 97 minutes

No MPAA rating...