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

Hope you've all been enjoying the beautiful Bank Holiday weekend, but we have something to make it even better for you. Along with our review of 'Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War', we have interviews with 3 cast members from 'Humans', which returns to Channel 4 for Season 3 on Thursday, 17th May 2018 at 9pm.Last November we had the chance to pop down to London and spend a day on the set of 'Humans' Season 3, and chat with Colin Morgan, who plays Leo, Lucy Carless, who stars as Mattie, and Dino Fetscher, who plays one of the new "orange eyed" synths, Stanley.'Humans' Season 3 is set one year after the dawn of consciousness, with a decimated and oppressed Synth population fighting to survive in a world that hates and fears them. In a divided Britain, Synths and Humans struggle to broker an uneasy peace, but when fractures within the Synth community itself start to appear, all hope of stability is threatened.Also On This Week's Show:Our film reviewer Gray returns to the co-host

We are back with a new Geektown Radio podcast with all the tv news, renewals & cancellations and other UK TV air date information you could ever need, plus an interview the lovely Elisabeth Vastola, Costume Designer for Season 2 of 'Jessica Jones'.Elisabeth is a New York-based costume designer who has worked in film, opera, theatre, television, and print. She has also been a Guest Lecturer at School of Visual Arts in New York and the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh. Her recent work includes ‘The Purge: Election Year’, ‘Hap and Leonard’ starring James Purefoy & Michael Kenneth Williams, and the film ‘Landline’ from fellow New Yorkers Elisabeth Holm & Gillian Robespierre.Her lasted job sees her joining the Marvel/Netflix world as costume designer on the recently released 'Jessica Jones' Season 2 and 'Daredevil' Season 3 which comes out later this year.Also On This Week's Show:Bex (aka TristaBytes) is back in the co-host chair so we chat gaming, tv shows, and movies including

Hope you've all been out enjoying the sunshine this weekend, but in this special Horror edition of Geektown Radio, we plan to take you somewhere much darker! This week we have two interviews with people who have 'horror' based project out right now.The first interview is with Aaron Martin, creator of the horror anthology series 'Slasher', which returns to Pick TV for its 2nd Season titled 'Slasher: Guilty Party' on Tuesday, 1st May 2018 at 10pm. Inspired by those 80’s & 90’s slasher movies, the show is every inch a teen slasher fest with some very inventive and violent deaths. We got to chat with Aaron on the phone to talk a bit about the show and his inspirations behind it. Aaron has previously worked on shows such as 'Being Erica', 'Degrassi: The Next Generation', 'Killjoys' and 'Saving Hope'.The second interview is with Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Amdahl of E² Sound, the supervising sound editors for horror movie 'A Quiet Place', which is in UK Cinemas right

We return with a brand new Geektown Radio podcast this week and, as usual, have lots of tv news, renewals & cancellations and other UK TV air date information, plus an interview with some of the guys from amazing VFX company, Phosphene FX.We sat down with Steven Weigle and Aaron Raff for a chat about the incredible VFX work they do at Phosphene FX. Based in New York, Phosphene is responsible for enhancing many of the TV shows and films we watch today. You may have seen their work - or rather seen, but not noticed their work - in 'The Greatest Showman', 'The Marvelous Mrs Maisel', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Mr. Robot', 'Billions', 'The OA', 'Bourne Legacy', 'The Adjustment Bureau', 'The Deuce' and many many more films and shows. Phosphene specialises in creating elaborate CG environments and set extensions (as well as its fair share of blood and gore), so it’s extremely likely you may have seen some of their work on tv or film and not realised it was CGI.Their latest project was ‘The Looming Tower’, wh

On the Geektown Radio podcast this week we have lots of tv news, renewals & cancellations and other UK TV air date information, plus a brand new co-host and an interview with composer Anne Kathrin Dern.Anne Kathrin Dern is a young German-born female composer who was a recent nominee for the Breakthrough Composer award at this year’s International Film Music Critics Association Awards. She has worked extensively as a composer throughout the international film industry, working on projects spanning numerous genres and reaching vast audiences.Most recently, she composed for the acclaimed historical drama 'The Jade Pendant'. A Chinese-American co-production, 'The Jade Pendant' tells a love story cast against the backdrop of The Chinese Massacre of 1871, in which 18 immigrants were lynched in Los Angeles. Previously Anne has also provided the score for the successful German family film 'Lilly’s Bewitched Christmas', and the independent documentary 'WTF: World Thumb Wrestling Federation'. She’s also provid

What better way to relax after stuffing yourself full of Easter eggs this weekend than to listen to the latest Geektown Radio, with all the tv news, UK TV air date information and a great interview with the costume designer for Netflix's series ‘Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events’, Cynthia Summers.Cynthia has worked across a huge range of shows, from the critically acclaimed 'L-Word', to smash hit shows such as 'Bones', 'Smallville' and the brilliant 'UnREAL'. This is the second time we've had the pleasure of interviewing Cynthia (you can hear her first interview here), and since with last spoke she has been hard at work designing the amazing costumes for the Netflix show 'Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events'.In this interview, we discuss what it’s like to work on such a crazy tv series, working with the legend that is Neil Patrick Harris, dealing with costumes for toddlers, and what sort of inventive outfits the dastardly Count Olaf gets to wear in the brand

On Geektown Radio this week we bring you all the latest tv new and UK TV premiere info, plus an interview with Film Director Lee Kemp who is currently in the process of creating 'Padawan Rising: A Star Wars Short Film'.Padawan Rising is a short film set in the Star Wars Universe. It tells the story of Kano, a young, powerful but arrogant and impetuous Jedi in training, sent on a mundane mission to a supposedly abandoned planet as a last-ditch attempt to learn a sense of responsibility. Her only companion is the re-configured Pit Droid R-KS1. Chafing against the constraints of an expeditionary mission to a long-abandoned planet she's thrilled by the sudden arrival of an invading force and the opportunity to test her powers against a real foe. She's wildly outnumbered and seriously outgunned, but she has enough self-belief to power a Star Destroyer and it seems this alien world holds secrets of its own.The project is currently being funded via Kickstarter, and could do with your help. So listen to the

On the Geektown Radio podcast this week we have a special edition show featuring three interviews from last weekend's MCM Comic Con Birmingham!The first interview is with 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' & 'Gilmore Girls' star Sean Gunn. In the chat he talks about playing Kraglin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, along with playing the "on-set" stand in for Rocket Racoon! He also discusses what it's like to work with your older brother as director, and the awesome mix soundtracks from the film. Plus he talks a little bit about returning to the character of Kirk in the 'Gilmore Girls' revival.Next we chat to Sean's 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' co-star, Michael Rooker. The actor, of course, played the blue coloured, fin-headed Yondu in the first two GotG movies, so discusses what it's like to get into that make up, and the infamous "Mary Poppins" line. He also chats a little about his early work in 'Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer' and his other massive role as Merle Dixon in ‘The Walking

We are back with a brand new Geektown Radio podcast, full of all the latest tv new and UK TV premiere info, and we have a great one for the kids amongst you too (or those of you with small children.) This week's interview is with composer Jake Monaco, who has worked on 'Frozen', 'The Muppets' and is currently the man behind the music for Netflix's 'Dinotrux', Amazon’s 'The Stinky & Dirty Show' and Warner Bros. Animation’s 'Be Cool Scooby Doo'.Jake's musical fingerprints can be found on some of the biggest film scores of the past decade. As a producer and composer of additional music for Christophe Beck, he contributed to the animated magic of 'Frozen', the record-breaking laughs of 'The Hangover' trilogy, and the fuzzy hijinks of 'The Muppets'. As a versatile composer in his own right, Monaco has composed the score to films such as 'Playing It Cool' starring Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan and co-scored the Fox action/comedy 'Let’s Be Cops'.However, his main gigs over the past few years h

It's a brand new Geektown Radio, and this week, along with the usual tv new and UK TV premiere info, we're all about the movies! Not only do we break down this year's Oscars, but we also have an interview with film director & writer Patrick Meaney.Patrick is an award-winning filmmaker who has explored the art of storytelling documentary films like 'Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods', 'Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously' and 'The Image Revolution'. His films have appeared on Netflix, Starz, Hulu and Amazon Prime, and have played at festivals around the world. He also co-created the comic book series 'Last Born' for Black Mask Studios.'House of Demons' is his first narrative feature as a director, and follows Gwen, Matthew, Katrina, and Spencer. They were best friends for years, until a terrible tragedy tore them apart, and left all of them in a state of arrested development. Ten years later, they're reunited for a destination wedding to stay together in a rented house. What they don't know is in

On this week's Geektown Radio, we have another first for you. Along with all the usual tv news and UK TV air date info, we also have our first interview with a Hollywood Hair Stylist - Lawrence Davis.Lawrence is an Emmy-winning fashion hair stylist who most recently served as the key hair stylist on the upcoming film, 'The Front Runner', starring Hugh Jackman and J.K. Simmons, as well as the hair department head on Netflix’s 'Mudbound', which is nominated for four Oscars this year, and earned Lawrence a Hair and Makeup Stylists Guild Award nomination.His talent and expertise can be seen in various award-winning films, television, Broadway shows, editorial pieces, ad campaigns, and on the red carpet. Last year, he took home a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on 'Hairspray Live!' for outstanding hairstyling for a special. Additionally, Lawrence holds a Daytime Emmy for outstanding hairstyling for daytime television from his work on 'The Tyra Banks Show'. Other top TV shows he has styled for include 'America’s

We have a little bit of a different show this week as Bex and I when on a little trip to London's Olympia to see all the latest PC games at the PC Gamer Weekender! Don't worry though, if you are not a gamer, we also have all the usual tv news and air info for you.The main feature this week sees us discussing all the new and upcoming games we saw at the show, from triple-A titles to some amazing little indie developments. We discuss the slaughterfest that is 'Warhammer Vermintide 2', waving around virtual lightsabers 'Star Wars Jedi Challenges', the very meta 'PC Building Simulator', competitive shooter with an interesting twist 'DRG Initiative', railroad management sim 'Mashinky', farming sim 'Real Farm', the wonderful RTS 'Empires Apart', plus numerous more! You can find more info on what we thought of these games here too.Also On This Week's Show:Bex is back as co-host, so we chat about the games, tv shows and films we've been watching including 'Star Trek Discovery', 'Altered Carbon', and of cour

It's that time of the week for brand new Geektown Radio podcast with all your usual tv news and airdate information, and another great interview, this time with 'Counterpart' Cinematographer Luc Montpellier.Luc is an award-winning Canadian cinematographer who shot Starz's new science fiction thriller 'Counterpart' starring J.K. Simmons. The show stars Simmons as Howard Silk, a cog in a seemingly innocuous UN agency, who discovers that they are actually guarding a path into a parallel dimension... 'Counterpart' has yet to land a UK air date, but it has already got a 2nd season and is getting great reviews. It looks to be a brilliant high concept sci-fi drama, so fingers crossed it gets picked up over here soon!Luc's other recent work includes Universal Channel’s 'Flashpoint' and the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' television event which aired on Sky Movies last year. He has also worked on 'Battle Creek' with household names such as 'Breaking Bad’s' Vince Gilligan, and 'House' & 'The Good Doctor's' Da

We are back with a brand new Geektown Radio podcast and along with all the usual tv news and airdate information, we have not one, not two, but three guests on the show - Steve McNeil, Sam Pamphilon and Ellie Gibson from the brilliant 'Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit'!For those of you that haven't caught the series, it sees celebrities battle each other at a hose of classic and contemporary games - everything from Star Wars Battlefront and Temple Run to Pong and Tetris.Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon are a comedy duo who created Go 8 Bit as a live show at Edinburgh and are now the team captains on the show. Last year McNeil broke a world record with his 'WiFi Wars' live show for 'Most People Playing A Single Game of Pong'. Pamphilon has also starred in 'Josh' and Russell Howard’s 'A Gert Lush Christmas'. Ellie Gibson is a comedian and journalist who has written for The Guardian and Eurogamer. She’s currently the resident games expert on 'Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit', and hosts the 'Scummy M

On this week's Geektown Radio podcast we have all the usual tv news and airdate information, and the return of Composer Mac Quayle, the man behind the music for the brilliant 'Mr Robot', and pretty much ever Ryan Murphy show currently out there!Mac won the Emmy for his score on Golden Globe-winning suspense-thriller 'Mr Robot' starring Christian Slater and Rami Malek, and also received 3 additional Emmy nominations - 2 for his outstanding Main Title and Score for Ryan Murphy’s hit series, 'Feud: Bette and Joan' starring Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, and 1 for his Score on 'American Horror Story', starring Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett.His other work includes 'American Crime Story', both 'The People v. O.J. Simpson' and the upcoming 'Assassination of Gianni Versace', which is due to land on BBC Two in February. He also scores 'Scream Queens', starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Emma Roberts, Murphy's procedural drama '9-1-1', and will be scoring Murphy's new project 'Pose'.Also On This Week's Show:Matt returns

On Geektown Radio this week we have all the usual tv news and air date information, but also another first for us, as, incredibly, we interview our first female composer, Ariel Marx.Ariel is the composer of ‘The Tale’, which premiered at Sundance this weekend to huge success, landing the first standing ovation at the festival. The film follows an investigation into one woman's memory as she is forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.The film stars recent Emmy winner, Laura Dern, Jason Ritter and Common, and has been called "thought-provoking and thoroughly compelling" by The Hollywood Reporter, "the mother of all #MeToo movies" by The Guardian, and racked up a slew of 5 star reviews across the board.Ariel is among very few female composers, so we also discusses her experience as a female composer in a very male-dominated industry and how ‘The Tale’ is a meaningful and timely story, which is enhanced by her score. Also On This Week's Show:Be

Welcome back to Geektown Radio, and this week we have a number of firsts! It's the first time for our new film reporter, Gray, to appear as co-host, and it's also the first time we've interviewed a film editor on the show!Tatiana S. Riegel is a highly experienced film & tv editor who has worked across a range of projects, from Quentin Tarantino's ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘Jackie Brown’ to brilliant tv series like 'Game Of Thrones' and ‘House’, to movies such as ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’, ‘There Will Be Blood’ and ‘The Finest Hours’. Her most recent project sees her reteam with longtime collaborator, director Craig Gillespie, on the darkly-comedic biopic ‘I, Tonya’.The film is a portrait of one of the most controversial figures in sports history, and follows Tonya Harding's story from her abusive childhood to her shocking figure-skating career, all the while maintaining a tone that strikes a careful balance between pitch-black comedy and real-life tragedy. As editor, it was up to Tatiana to balance the f

Happy New Year everyone! We are back with our first new Geektown Radio of 2018, and we have a show packed full of tv news, air date info, and a very special exclusive interview with the brilliant composer Jeff Russo.As longtime listeners will know, this is the 4th time the Emmy winning composer Jeff Russo has been on the show. Three-time Emmy nominee and a two-time Grammy nominee, Jeff is at the top of his game right now, and has been extremely busy since we last chatted around 18 months ago. Not only did he recently win the Emmy for his thrilling and angst-producing score on Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series ‘Fargo’, he also has been creating music for ‘The Night Of’, ‘American Gothic’, ‘Snowfall’, ‘Lucifer’, ‘Bull’, ‘Ghosted’, ‘Power’, ‘Channel Zero’ and the utterly brilliant ‘Legion’.However, the main thing we've been desperate to get him back on the show to talk about is his latest composing gig - writing the music for ‘Star Trek: Discovery’. We talk about how he went about tackling such a monumen

We return for the final show of 2017 before we head off for Christmas, but we have an episode stuffed like a turkey, full of tv news, air date info, and an exclusive interview with Julian Slater, the incredible sound designer behind Edgar Wright's brilliant 'Baby Driver'.Julian is a man of many titles - re-recording mixer, sound designer, supervising sound editor… basically, everything, other than the composed music in a film, is Julian’s responsibility. The British born, now LA-based, “sound guy” has worked on some brilliant projects over his career, from films such as ‘Shaun of the Dead’, ‘In Bruges’, ‘Hot Fuzz’, ‘The Danish Girl’, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, and ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’, to tv shows like ‘Life on Mars’, ‘Ashes To Ashes’ and ‘Hotel Babylon’.All that experience came in handy when his long-time collaborator, Edgar Wright, presented him with the movie ‘Baby Driver’ - a film about a young getaway driver, who gets involved in a heist that goes wrong. The unique part of the movie is contained

As we all huddle around the fireplace to escape the wintery weather this week, what better way to pass the time, than to pop on Geektown Radio and catch up with the latest tv news, film info, and listen to an exclusive interview with composer Michael Wandmacher!Michael is an American composer of music for film, television, and video games. His work is an interesting eclectic mix of genres, from films such as 'Drive Angry', ‘Piranha 3D’, ‘Punisher: War Zone’, and 'Ben 10: Alien Swarm' to tv shows such as 'Imaginary Mary', and ‘Night Stalker’ to games like ‘Bloodborne’, and ‘Twisted Metal’. His latest 2 projects are equally polar opposites, as his main tv show day job is providing the music for 80’s period sitcom ‘The Goldbergs’, whilst his latest movie project is ‘Underworld: Blood Wars’, which he takes over from composers Paul Haslinger and Marco Beltrami.If working in tv, film and gaming wasn’t enough, Michael also performs as remixer under the pseudonym "Khursor", remixing popular songs into more