Geektown Radio - Tv News, Interviews & Uk Tv Air Dates

It's the first official lockdown edition of the Geektown Radio podcast (not that it really makes a huge difference to us!), and I'm joined by Bex from TristaBytes in the co-host chair to review our week in tv, plus we chat about the weekly tv news, renewals and cancellations.Reviewing the last 7 days in tv, film and gaming, Bex has been watching sci-fi on Netflix and stumbled across the movie 'Paradise Hills', so gives us her thoughts on that. She also chats about anime series 'Altered Carbon: Resleeved', and their "influence" by 'Ghost In The Shell'. I talk about adventures in 'Star Trek Online', and also review new Mae Martin series 'Feel Good'.In the latest news, the CoVid-19 Coronavirus is obviously still the major story, so we update you on its latest effect on the film and tv industry, and the inventive ways productions are coming up with to get their shows back on the air. We also talk about some reported casting for ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2, and the slew of content being added to various services to

As you're all now stuck indoors, it's a great time to listen to the latest Geektown Radio podcast, where I'm joined by Ross in the co-host chair to review our week in tv, plus we chat about the weekly tv news, renewals and cancellations.Reviewing the last 7 days in tv and film, Ross gives his thoughts on 'Avenue 5', and we discuss Season 1 of 'Miracle Workers' starring Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi, which just concluded it's run on Sky Comedy. I also review new Sky One comedy 'Breeders' starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard, and give my thoughts on Season 2 of 'Altered Carbon'.In the latest news, there is obviously one big story... As the CoVid-19 Coronavirus shuts down Hollywood, Ross and I discuss what this means for tv production. We discuss the effect on the upcoming pilot season, along with the impact on shows which are currently airing, and the potential disruption to the Autumn/Fall tv season. On a lighter note, we also chat about the upcoming 'Fast Show' retrospective, and the new host of 'Th

We're back for another Geektown Behind The Scenes Podcast, and this episode we chat with Hair and Makeup Designer Susie Glass, who has recently been working on the Columbia Pictures & Blumhouse Productions movie 'Fantasy Island'.Susie Glass is a New Zealand based hair and makeup designer who has been working in the world of film and television for over 20 years. Having started out in live current affair and nightly new on network tv she soon moved across into tv drama and movies. Her previous projects include films such as 'King Kong', 'Boogeyman', and '10,000 BC', along with tv shows such as the brilliant Starz series 'Spartacus' and upcoming Amazon drama 'The Wilds'. More recently, she worked as Crowd Makeup Supervisor on Disney's upcoming live-action 'Mulan' movie, and the new big-screen horror take on classic 70's tv show, 'Fantasy Island'.In this new spin on 'Fantasy Island', the enigmatic Mr. Roarke makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But

It's a brand new Geektown Radio podcast, and this week I'm joined by Bex from TristaBytes in the co-host chair to review our week in tv, plus we chat about the weekly tv news, renewals and cancellations.On this week's show, Bex reviews 'Altered Carbon' Season 2, and also has a shocking... just SHOCKING... reveal about some shows she hasn't seen (I encourage you all to spam her Twitter feed with cowboy and western memes until she resolves the situation!) We also review comedy 'Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist' which has just arrived on E4, and the new 'War of the Worlds' adaptation which is airing on FOX in the UK. Additionally, we bring you the latest geek tv news from the last 7 days, which includes the full Disney+ UK launch line up, HBO creating a series based on 'The Last of Us' video game with the people behind ‘Chernobyl’, Taika Waititi's new Roald Dahl animated series for Netflix, and the return of ‘Spitting Image’. You can listen to it all right here! Support this show http://supporter.acast.co

On this latest edition of the Geektown Behind The Scenes Podcast, we sit down and chat with composer Jordan Gagne, co-composer on 'Altered Carbon' Season 2, Nathan Fillion's 'The Rookie', and the Jason Borne franchise series 'Treadstone'.Jordan is a Canadian composer based in Los Angeles, and for many years has been working closely with the brilliant Jeff Russo, the man behind the music for 'Star Trek Picard', 'Star Trek Discovery' and 'Fargo'. In the interview, we discuss his long relationship working with Jeff across a range of projects, including the recently released 'Altered Carbon' Season 2. Based on the classic cyberpunk noir novel by Richard K. Morgan, ‘Altered Carbon’ is an intriguing story of murder, love, sex, and betrayal, set more than 300 years in the future. Society has been transformed by new technology: consciousness can be digitized; human bodies are interchangeable; death is no longer permanent. In season 2, Anthony Mackie takes over the role of Takeshi Kovacs from Joel Kinna

After a couple of weeks away, we are back with a brand new Geektown Radio podcast, and I'm joined by Matt from Entertainment Talk in the co-host chair to review our week in tv, plus we chat about the weekly tv news, renewals and cancellations.On this week's show, Matt reviews new Netflix series 'I Am Not Ok With This', and game 'Luigi's Mansion 3', plus I chat about my adventure in LA, which included a visit to a galaxy far far away... We also review our week in tv, including the return of 'Homeland', 'Altered Carbon' and 'Narcos: Mexico' and the finale of 'Doctor Who'.Additionally, we bring you the latest geek tv news from the last 7 days, which includes the ending of ‘Hawaii Five-0’, NBC's renewal spree, and the possible return of 'Lucifer'. We also chat about America Ferrera leaving 'Superstore', 'The Witcher' casting, CBS finding their Clarice Starling, and SYFY's new horror shows. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informat

We are back with a brand new Geektown Behind The Scenes Podcast, and this week we are chatting with an old friend of Geektown, composer Fil Eisler.For those of you that have missed the five times we previously interviewed Fil, he is the brilliant composer behind tv shows such as 'Empire', 'Revenge', 'UnREAL', and 'What/If', along with movies such as 'The Titan', 'CHIPS', Marti Noxon's 'To the Bone', and Melissa McCarthy/Ben Falcone films 'Life of the Party' and 'Superintelligence'. Fil began his career as a touring musician, where he traveled, recorded and wrote with a multitude of artists, including Robbie Williams, with whom he has written a number of songs such as 'Superblind' and 'My F*ck You to You'. He also recently composed an original concerto performed by the brilliant violinist Sarah Chang, and worked with a group of fellow composers, including our old friend Nathan Barr, on 'Silent Films Live', adding original score to silent movies. As an advocate for gun control in the US, Fil has worked on

In a (slightly delayed!) Geektown Radio podcast this week, I'm joined by Bex from TristaBytes in the co-host chair to review our week in tv and film, plus we chat about the weekly tv news.On this week's show, Bex reviews new DC movie 'Birds Of Prey', plus we chat about The Oscars, and review our week in tv. Shows covered include 'Treadstone' which is currently on Amazon Prime in the UK, new Apple+ series 'Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet', and Netflix's long-awaited adaptation of 'Locke & Key'.We also bring you the latest geek tv news from the last 7 days, which includes casting in the new Arrowverse show ‘Superman & Lois’, Tom Hiddleston starring in a new Netflix political drama, and Netflix also having another go at live-action anime with an adaptation of 'One Piece'. We also talk Disney, who revealed a few bits of information about their upcoming shows, and the possibility of more spin-off series.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy

Welcome to another edition of the Geektown Behind The Scenes podcast. This week I had the chance to interview John Heller of FuseFX, Visual Effects Supervisor on a host of different shows, including the utterly brilliant HBO drama 'The Outsider'.Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel of the same name, 'The Outsider' begins by following a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy. But when an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.John has a huge list of credits to his name ranging from tv shows such as 'True Detective' and 'The Last Tycoon' to movies such as 'The Bourne Legacy', 'Titanic' and the 'Percy Jackson' movies.In the interview, we discuss John's work on the 800 or so effect shots on the drama, along with the challenges of creating VFX which cannot be seen by the audience. We also discuss his work on other projects, such as upcoming Showtime series '

This week's Geektown Radio podcast Matt from Entertainment Talk returns to the co-host chair to review our week in tv and film, plus we chat about the weekly tv news.On this week's show, we review our week in tv, which includes various versions of heaven and hell as we talk 'The Good Place' finale, and 'Miracle Workers'. We also discuss Kiefer Sutherland picking up a gun again for Quibi's 'The Fugitive'... and try to explain what Quibi actually is... Matt reviews HBO's 'The Outsider' whilst I chat about 'Jay & Silent Bob Reboot'. In addition to all that, we bring you the latest geek tv news from the last 7 days, which this week includes a lot of tv pilots! The CW has ordered a female-led remake of ‘Kung Fu’, political teen drama ‘Maverick’, comedy ‘The Republic Of Sarah', and once again, attempt to bring 'The Lost Boys' to tv. NBC ordered a pilot for a young 'Da Vinci Code' series in 'Langdon', whilst CBS taps Queen Latifah to star in a remake of 'The Equalizer'. Support this show http://supporter.ac

On the Geektown Radio podcast this week, we have a very insomniac addled Bex from TristaBytes returning once again to the co-host chair to review our week in tv and film, plus we chat about the weekly tv news.On this week's show, we can finally talk and review episode one of 'Star Trek: Picard', which we both saw a few weeks ago at the London premiere. We also chat about this week's crazy episode of 'Doctor Who', and review Disney's live-action version of 'Aladdin', which is currently streaming on Sky Cinema. We also review new Sky One show 'Avenue 5', and new Netflix series 'October Faction'.In addition, we bring you the latest geek tv news from the last 7 days, including what is going on with the Disney+ ‘Star Wars: Obi-Wan’ series, Bad Robot potentially developing a new ‘Justice League Dark’ universe, and Netflix acquiring the streaming rights to a stack of Studio Ghibli movies (this takes a while... because... Bex...) ;) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown.  See acast.com/priva

In the latest edition of the Geektown Behind The Scenes podcast, I had the chance to interview Yamit Shimonovitz, cinematographer on two wildly different shows - 'Surviving R. Kelly Part II', and new Netflix series 'The Goop Lab'.In creating the 'Surviving R. Kelly' documentary, it was very important to the filmmakers that the camera crew was all-female for the comfort of the survivor interviewees. Yamit speaks to creating an environment in which they were able to adjust the lights and cameras quickly and quietly, as well as how they used different lighting and cameras to differentiate the survivor interviewees and the rest of the interviewees.At the opposite end of the scale, 'The Goop Lab' with Gwyneth Paltrow, Yamit discusses using a bright colour palette to give the show an airy feel, and how they had to always be prepared to shoot every angle to cover the entire space, giving the talent the freedom to be spontaneous and dictate the story.In addition to these two tv series, we discuss Yamit's recent docum

The Geektown Radio podcast this week sees Gray return to the co-host chair for the first time in 2020 to review our week in tv and film, plus we chat about the weekly tv news.On this week's show, we chat about the news that E4 has given a home to 'Batwoman', 'Harley Quinn', and finally announced the return of 'Supernatural' to the UK. We also talk about Gray's utter failure as a film reviewer, I review Sky One series 'Cobra', and we talk about the 'Star Trek: Picard' premiere (without giving anything away about the show itself, as it's still embargoed and I don't want Amazon hunting me down... they know where I live...)As always, we have the latest geek tv news from the last 7 days, including the launch of Sky Comedy, Amazon's new ‘Jack Reacher’ series, Jared Padalecki’s ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ series, and the new Arrowverse show ‘Superman & Lois’. We also discuss the return of 'Chucky' thanks to Syfy, and the return of ‘Clarice’ thanks to CBS. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. &n

In the latest edition of the Geektown Behind The Scenes podcast, I sat down to interview Jefferson Friedman, composer of the score for DC Universe's 'Harley Quinn' series, and co-composer on the brilliant medical drama ‘New Amsterdam’.Jefferson is a multi-award winning composer, who has composed classical music which has been performed throughout the United States and abroad. Since 2014 he has been working in LA across film and tv providing scores for shows such as 'Powerless', 'Wet Hot American Summer', and his latest projects - 'Harley Quinn', and ‘New Amsterdam’ which he co-composes with his friend Craig Wedren.The 'Harley Quinn' series, which has recently been picked up in the UK by E4, follows Harley’s adventures after she breaks up with the Joker and strikes out on her own in this new adult animated comedy. With the help of Poison Ivy and a ragtag crew of DC castoffs, Harley tries to earn a seat at the biggest table in villainy: the Legion of Doom. The cast is led by ‘Big Bang Theory’s Ka

On the Geektown Radio podcast this week I'm joined by co-host Bex from TristaBytes to review our week in tv and film, plus we chat about the weekly tv news.On this week's show, we have a huge stack of TV renewals to work through as the US went a little early-renewal crazy. We also talk holographic pop star Hatsune Miku as Bex reviews her/it's (I'm not sure of the correct term to use there is!) recent London gig! We discuss our thoughts on 'Titans' Season 2, and Bex reviews 'Better Than Us', the Humans-esque Russia series on Netflix, whilst I chat 'Doom Patrol' and the first episode of new series Jason Bourne-related series 'Treadstone', which is airing on Amazon in the UK.As always, we have the latest geek tv news from the last 7 days, including J.H. Wyman's new sci-fi drama ‘Debris’, BBC's ‘Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History’, and a new BBC/Amazon series from Stephen Merchant... and 'Mayans MC' co-creator Elgin James?! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown.  See acast.com/privacy f

In the second episode of our new Geektown Behind The Scenes podcast, I had the chance to interview Paul Arnold and Andrew Barnabas, better known as composer duo Bob & Barn.Award-winning composers Bob & Barn have over forty years of professional experience as composers and have been working together for over fifteen on projects across video gaming, tv and film. After first meeting at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe in the 90's they eventually branched out on their own in 2001. Initially composing for games such as 'Neverwinter Nights', 'Forza' and 'Primal', they later moved across into tv and film, working on projects such as 'The King Is Dead', 'Green Street 3: Never Back Down', 'The Hatton Garden Job', and most recently, E4's brilliant gamer sitcom, 'Dead Pixels', which returns for Season 2 later this year.However, there is one project for which they are most renowned, the Sony video game 'MediEvil'. They first worked on the game back in 1998 whilst they were still at Sony, along with the sequel '

Welcome to this new extension of the Geektown Radio podcast! As I mentioned on the main Geektown Radio show earlier this week, this year I've decided to separate out the interview segments of the show into their own podcast series, which we are calling the Geektown: Behind The Scenes podcast. This allows me to bring you more interviews over the course of the week!On our first new who we have Dianna Cowen, or as she's better known to her 1.3 million YouTube subscribers, Physics Girl! Dianna has a fabulous and entertaining YouTube channel which adventures into the physical sciences with experiments, demonstrations, and cool new discoveries. However, the latest project she has been involved with is 'The Edge of Science', a new special collaboration between YouTube and the BBC. Produced by BBC Studios Science Unit, Cambridge University scholar, podcaster and writer Rick Edwards enlists the help of Colin Furze, Dianna, and other passionate YouTube science creators to put the most ‘out there’ ideas in science

The Geektown Radio podcast is back with our first show for 2020. This week I'm joined by co-host Matt from Entertainment Talk to review our week in tv and film, plus we chat about the weekly tv news, and we run through the results of The Geektown Awards.Whilst there might not have been a huge amount of news around due to the Christmas break, here at Geektown we held the annual Geektown Awards, where you, the public, voted on your favourite tv shows, games and movies from the past twelve months. This voting period we have seen some amazing tv series, from HBO/Sky Atlantic's 'Chernobyl', to Ricky Gervais' dark Netflix comedy 'After Life', to BBC One's adaptation of 'His Dark Materials'. We also had the end of Marvel's MCU Infinity Saga in the cinema, and EA finally released a single-player Star Wars game with 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order'. The awards threw out some expected winners, along with some which took us by surprise. You can listen to Matt and I as we talk through the categories, and see what we agreed

With people heading off to visit family for the festive season, I thought you might enjoy a little extra podcast to help with the long car journey, so in this special edition of the Geektown Radio podcast, we have two interviews for you!The first interview is will 'How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming' composer, Anthony Willis. A protege of Oscar-nominated composer John Powell, Willis has become a sought after talent, contributing additional music to many of Hollywood’s major franchises including: 'How to Train Your Dragon', 'Solo: A Star Wars Story', 'Pirates of the Caribbean', 'Jason Bourne', 'Wreck It Ralph', 'Rio', 'The Smurfs' & 'Despicable Me'.10 years after the end of 'How to Train Your 'Dragon: The Hidden World', the new short, 'How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming' opens with Hiccup and Toothless sharing stories of their special relationship with their respective families as they prepare for the Snoggletog Festival.Alongside 'How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming', Anthony’s other lead composer cr

This week's Geektown Radio podcast will be the last full news show of 2019, so I’m joined by co-host Matt from Entertainment Talk to review our week in tv, film and gaming, plus we chat about the weekly tv news, along with a look at the next few crazy weeks on tv as we head into the festive period! We also have a great interview with 'Watchmen' Cinematographer, Greg Middleton.Based in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, the ‘Watchmen’ series embraces the nostalgia of the original Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ groundbreaking and seminal graphic novel, while attempting to break new ground of its own. The series comes from executive producer Damon Lindelof (‘Lost’, ‘The Leftovers’), and is a “remix” of the original source material that offers a fresh story and new characters.Greg Middleton served as the director of photography for half of the season's episodes, including the notable and highly acclaimed black and white episode, "This Extraordinary Being." In the int