‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ has been in development for a considerable time, and this week marked a flurry of announcements, including the release of the show’s first trailer. While the plot remains largely under wraps, fans are eagerly anticipating the series for its setting in the High Republic Era, a period yet to be explored in live-action.
Despite this unique backdrop, ‘The Acolyte’ is actually the second show to be set during this era, following the recently concluded ‘Young Jedi Adventures.’ Leslye Headland, the show’s creator, has now provided details on where exactly it fits within the broader Star Wars timeline.
I was so interested in a storyline where the Jedi were at the height of their power — and I don’t mean The Phantom Menace, because at that point, there’s a Sith Lord in the Senate that they’re not picking up on.
The series is...
Despite this unique backdrop, ‘The Acolyte’ is actually the second show to be set during this era, following the recently concluded ‘Young Jedi Adventures.’ Leslye Headland, the show’s creator, has now provided details on where exactly it fits within the broader Star Wars timeline.
I was so interested in a storyline where the Jedi were at the height of their power — and I don’t mean The Phantom Menace, because at that point, there’s a Sith Lord in the Senate that they’re not picking up on.
The series is...
- 3/19/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Fiction Horizon
‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ has been in the making for a long time, but this week plenty of announcements have been made with the show’s first public trailer being released. Little is known about the plot of the show, but most fans are excited by the fact that ‘The Acolyte’ will be taking place during the High Republic Era, something previously unseen in live action.
Despite the unique setting, ‘The Acolyte’ is the second show overall that takes place during that time frame, the first being ‘Young Jedi Adventures’ that recently ended its run. Now Headland revealed the details regarding the exact placement in the Star Wars overall timeline:
I was so interested in a storyline where the Jedi were at the height of their power — and I don’t mean The Phantom Menace, because at that point, there’s a Sith Lord in the Senate that they’re not picking up on.
Despite the unique setting, ‘The Acolyte’ is the second show overall that takes place during that time frame, the first being ‘Young Jedi Adventures’ that recently ended its run. Now Headland revealed the details regarding the exact placement in the Star Wars overall timeline:
I was so interested in a storyline where the Jedi were at the height of their power — and I don’t mean The Phantom Menace, because at that point, there’s a Sith Lord in the Senate that they’re not picking up on.
- 3/19/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Comic Basics
‘The Acolyte’ is an upcoming TV series set in the Star Wars universe, created by Leslye Headland. It’s set at the end of the High Republic era, before the main Star Wars films. Amandla Stenberg and Lee Jung-jae are the leads.
Headland’s interest in Star Wars began in 2019, and she started developing the series for Lucasfilm in April 2020. The title was announced in December, and filming took place from October 2022 to June 2023. The series, comprising eight episodes, will debut on Disney+ on June 4, 2024. Today, the first trailer for the show was released, giving us a look at the exciting cast of characters.
Amandla Stenberg plays Mae, a former padawan who has become a formidable warrior. Mae finds herself entangled in a dark mystery that unexpectedly places her at the heart of a conflict.
Lee Jung-jae portrays Sol, a revered Jedi Master. Master Sol is known for his wisdom,...
Headland’s interest in Star Wars began in 2019, and she started developing the series for Lucasfilm in April 2020. The title was announced in December, and filming took place from October 2022 to June 2023. The series, comprising eight episodes, will debut on Disney+ on June 4, 2024. Today, the first trailer for the show was released, giving us a look at the exciting cast of characters.
Amandla Stenberg plays Mae, a former padawan who has become a formidable warrior. Mae finds herself entangled in a dark mystery that unexpectedly places her at the heart of a conflict.
Lee Jung-jae portrays Sol, a revered Jedi Master. Master Sol is known for his wisdom,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Fiction Horizon
Take a look at Season 2 of the live-action, science-fiction thriller TV series "Beacon 23", based on the novel by Hugh Howey, starring Lena Heady, streaming Season 2 April 7, 2024 on MGM+:
"...in the farthest reaches of the 'Milky Way', 'Aster' (Headey), a government agent, and 'Halan' (Stephan James), a stoic ex-military man, see their fates become entangled after they find themselves trapped together inside one of many 'Beacons' that serve as a lighthouse for intergalactic travelers.
"Every Beacon is run by one highly trained human and a specialized 'Artificial Intelligence'. Aster mysteriously finds her way to the lonely Beacon-keeper Halan, and a tense battle of wills unfolds. Halan begins to question whether Aster is friend or foe, as her ability to disguise her agenda and motives could make her a formidable opponent..."
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"...in the farthest reaches of the 'Milky Way', 'Aster' (Headey), a government agent, and 'Halan' (Stephan James), a stoic ex-military man, see their fates become entangled after they find themselves trapped together inside one of many 'Beacons' that serve as a lighthouse for intergalactic travelers.
"Every Beacon is run by one highly trained human and a specialized 'Artificial Intelligence'. Aster mysteriously finds her way to the lonely Beacon-keeper Halan, and a tense battle of wills unfolds. Halan begins to question whether Aster is friend or foe, as her ability to disguise her agenda and motives could make her a formidable opponent..."
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- 2/27/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Beacon 23 was renewed on the heels of its freshman finale back in December, and now, we finally have the series’ return date. MGM+ announced Monday that the eight-episode Season 2 will premiere on April 7, 2024.
The cabler also released a new trailer for the upcoming episodes, which you can watch above.
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“The creative team behind Beacon 23 has masterfully brought Hugh Howey’s best-selling book to life,...
The cabler also released a new trailer for the upcoming episodes, which you can watch above.
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“The creative team behind Beacon 23 has masterfully brought Hugh Howey’s best-selling book to life,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
Mavis Beacon is the proud, kind, capable Black woman who’s the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, the typing program that ushered so many people into the digital age. The way director Jazmin Jones sees it, Mavis Beacon belongs on any list of the most important Black women in modern history, and her reasoning is sound. Indeed, one of the successes of Seeking Mavis Beacon is its emphasis on just how many people would never have found a foothold in the 21st century if not for Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. That feels like enough to qualify Mavis Beacon for many an honorific. That is, if the woman were actually real.
Turns out, Mavis Beacon is a mascot character crafted by the three men who developed the typing program. The model for Mavis is a very real Haitian immigrant named Renée L’Espérance, who was paid $500 for her likeness before falling off the grid.
Turns out, Mavis Beacon is a mascot character crafted by the three men who developed the typing program. The model for Mavis is a very real Haitian immigrant named Renée L’Espérance, who was paid $500 for her likeness before falling off the grid.
- 1/30/2024
- by Justin Clark
- Slant Magazine
In her debut feature, Jazmin Jones and collaborator Olivia McKayla Ross are looking for answers. They turn to the divine, the public, and, of course, the Internet for guidance. Their holy grail is Mavis Beacon, the virtual instructor who led one of the most popular learning games of all time. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is a font of nostalgia for those who played it in its heyday, and Black fans like Jones saw Mavis as an especially important pioneer for their digital representation.
Seeking Mavis Beacon is a more artistic and conceptual film than investigative, though Jones and Ross uncover some intriguing context about Renée L’Espérance, the model who first portrayed Beacon. As the game’s first face––and thus the blueprint for Mavis, who was henceforth a Black, female character––L’Espérance played a key role in the birth of the blockbuster game. But what does it mean...
Seeking Mavis Beacon is a more artistic and conceptual film than investigative, though Jones and Ross uncover some intriguing context about Renée L’Espérance, the model who first portrayed Beacon. As the game’s first face––and thus the blueprint for Mavis, who was henceforth a Black, female character––L’Espérance played a key role in the birth of the blockbuster game. But what does it mean...
- 1/30/2024
- by Lena Wilson
- The Film Stage
If you came of age during the height of computer typing programs, the name Mavis Beacon will conjure the image of a pixelated Black woman with a honeyed voice. You might remember her introduction, delivered in a dulcet tone: “Welcome to typing class, I’m your teacher Mavis Beacon.” She was an encouraging presence in the ’80s, reminding you that, with Mavis on your side, you could do anything — especially learn to type.
But who was Mavis Beacon? Is the person who helped acclimate generations to a requirement of the computer age real? In Seeking Mavis Beacon, a frenzied and enlightening documentary, filmmaker Jazmin Jones embarks on a Searching for Sugarman-style quest to find the actual Mavis Beacon. She’s joined by her associate producer and friend, Olivia McKayla Ross, a young woman whose shifting relationship to the internet becomes a key plot point. Together, Jones and Ross dig into web archives,...
But who was Mavis Beacon? Is the person who helped acclimate generations to a requirement of the computer age real? In Seeking Mavis Beacon, a frenzied and enlightening documentary, filmmaker Jazmin Jones embarks on a Searching for Sugarman-style quest to find the actual Mavis Beacon. She’s joined by her associate producer and friend, Olivia McKayla Ross, a young woman whose shifting relationship to the internet becomes a key plot point. Together, Jones and Ross dig into web archives,...
- 1/23/2024
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mavis Beacon taught the world to type.
Starting in the late 1980s, a software program featuring the eponymous instructor drilled computer users on their keyboard skills, selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. But it often comes as a shock to find out that Beacon never really existed. A triumph of the advertisers’ art, the typing teacher was an entirely fictional creation. And the image of Beacon that resonates most deeply, the photo of a Black woman in business attire that appears on the packaging, actually belongs to Renee L’Esperance, a Haitian model who was paid a measly $500 for her work and didn’t get to share in any royalties from the game’s success (she’d later sue when her image was altered on subsequent editions).
Decades after the program debuted, Beacon’s outsized influence is being reexamined in “Seeking Mavis Beacon,” a documentary that premiered last weekend at the Sundance Film Festival.
Starting in the late 1980s, a software program featuring the eponymous instructor drilled computer users on their keyboard skills, selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. But it often comes as a shock to find out that Beacon never really existed. A triumph of the advertisers’ art, the typing teacher was an entirely fictional creation. And the image of Beacon that resonates most deeply, the photo of a Black woman in business attire that appears on the packaging, actually belongs to Renee L’Esperance, a Haitian model who was paid a measly $500 for her work and didn’t get to share in any royalties from the game’s success (she’d later sue when her image was altered on subsequent editions).
Decades after the program debuted, Beacon’s outsized influence is being reexamined in “Seeking Mavis Beacon,” a documentary that premiered last weekend at the Sundance Film Festival.
- 1/22/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
There’s a specific picture that comes up time and time again in MGM+’s Beacon 23, of a lone man standing just outside a lighthouse as a massive wave comes crashing from behind. Whether the man makes it inside, whether he drowns, why he was out there in the first place are left up for the viewer to imagine, based on their own hopes or fears. But the not-knowing casts a certain mood in itself.
It’s a fitting prop for a series that similarly proves more interested in raising questions than answering them, and that likewise suggests the uncertainty might be the point. Its endless searching can prove frustrating at times, particularly when the sci-fi drama stumbles over basic flaws in its storytelling. But those with enough curiosity and patience to wait out its rough patches — and those with a taste for cerebral sci-fi — may find themselves falling under its plaintive spell.
It’s a fitting prop for a series that similarly proves more interested in raising questions than answering them, and that likewise suggests the uncertainty might be the point. Its endless searching can prove frustrating at times, particularly when the sci-fi drama stumbles over basic flaws in its storytelling. But those with enough curiosity and patience to wait out its rough patches — and those with a taste for cerebral sci-fi — may find themselves falling under its plaintive spell.
- 11/12/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“They’re stuck with each other, but what can they do about it?” That’s what Beacon 23, for Lena Headey and Stephan James‘ characters, boils down to, says executive producer Glen Mazzara. Based on the best-selling book by Hugh Howey, the sci-fi mystery thriller (premiering November 12 on MGM+) takes place in the farthest reaches of the Milky Way. Aster (Headey) is a government agent and Halan (James) a stoic ex-military man, who find themselves trapped inside one oof the Beacons serving as a lighthouse for intergalactic travelers. (Each is run by a highly-trained human and a specialized Artificial Intelligence.) After Aster mysteriously finds her way to the lonely Beacon-keeper Halan, a tense battle of wills unfolds, and he questions if she’s friend or foe. Because “Halan and Aster are broken people and they have trusted people in the past and been burned, when they meet, they don’t trust each other,...
- 11/10/2023
- TV Insider
Former Sierra/Affinity sales head brings Laurel Charnetsky, Dan Stadnicki with her.
Neon has launched a sales division and brought on former Sierra/Affinity sales head Kristen Figeroid to lead the charge.
As president of international sales and distribution Figeroid will handle sales on the company’s production slate and third-party projects and leads a team featuring Laurel Charnetsky as VP, international acquisitions & operations, and Dan Stadnicki as manager, international sales & distribution.
Figeroid most recently served as managing director and EVP of sales & distribution at Sierra/Affinity and was expected to make a big move as that company’s owner eOne...
Neon has launched a sales division and brought on former Sierra/Affinity sales head Kristen Figeroid to lead the charge.
As president of international sales and distribution Figeroid will handle sales on the company’s production slate and third-party projects and leads a team featuring Laurel Charnetsky as VP, international acquisitions & operations, and Dan Stadnicki as manager, international sales & distribution.
Figeroid most recently served as managing director and EVP of sales & distribution at Sierra/Affinity and was expected to make a big move as that company’s owner eOne...
- 8/29/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
This article contains spoilers through Teen Wolf season 6.
Watching MTV’s Teen Wolf for the first time years after it aired is an interesting experience. There are many things about the series that feel like a product of the 2010s, from the Bieber-esque hairstyle we first see Scott McCall (Tyler Posey) wear in the first season to the borderline cheesy romances. But what stands out the most watching this series now is how much the final season reflects the state of the U.S. and its politics during that time.
2017 marked the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, and a turning point in U.S. politics that we’re still dealing with to this day. Electing a reality TV star not only gave an incompetent buffoon more power than he should have ever had, but it reinforced to certain extreme sects of the country that their views of the world were right.
Watching MTV’s Teen Wolf for the first time years after it aired is an interesting experience. There are many things about the series that feel like a product of the 2010s, from the Bieber-esque hairstyle we first see Scott McCall (Tyler Posey) wear in the first season to the borderline cheesy romances. But what stands out the most watching this series now is how much the final season reflects the state of the U.S. and its politics during that time.
2017 marked the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, and a turning point in U.S. politics that we’re still dealing with to this day. Electing a reality TV star not only gave an incompetent buffoon more power than he should have ever had, but it reinforced to certain extreme sects of the country that their views of the world were right.
- 1/30/2023
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
Less than two months since Evil Dead: The Game’s most significant update, Saber Interactive has already implemented its next large-scale patch earlier this month. In addition to some quality of life improvements (including a much needed Map Selection feature for Exploration Mode), a handful of characters have also been added: survivors Mia and David from Evil Dead (2013), and the all new Plaguebringer demon class led by the iconic Witch from Army of Darkness.
Mia and David have been added to the Warrior and Support classes respectively, with both characters’ perks being centered around fear and disrupting the killers’ attack methods. As the game’s first woman Warrior, Mia succeeds most as a disruptive tank that can become impervious to possession and help restore order during ambushes. However, her ability is a bit of a gambit–while activated, her fear meter will continue to increase and cannot be decreased.
There...
Mia and David have been added to the Warrior and Support classes respectively, with both characters’ perks being centered around fear and disrupting the killers’ attack methods. As the game’s first woman Warrior, Mia succeeds most as a disruptive tank that can become impervious to possession and help restore order during ambushes. However, her ability is a bit of a gambit–while activated, her fear meter will continue to increase and cannot be decreased.
There...
- 9/27/2022
- by Brandon Trush
- bloody-disgusting.com
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “The Sinner” Season 2, Episode 7, “Part VII” and theories about the upcoming finale.]
Just like last year, “The Sinner” spent its penultimate episode of the season in a lengthy flashback to reveal answers to many of the questions that had been spun out from the beginning. “Part VII” revealed that not only was Marin (Hannah Gross) still alive, but that she was indirectly responsible for the mess everybody is currently in, including her son Julian (Elisha Henig) poisoning two Mosswood members with tea brewed with Jimsonweed.
The revelations actually begin a few days prior to Julian’s fateful act. While Marin has left her son behind to be raised at Mosswood, in the intervening years she tried and often failed to deal with some of her issues, whether it meant taking drugs, going into rehab, or finding religion. When she had finally gotten what peace she can, she returns to Mosswood not to do “the work,...
Just like last year, “The Sinner” spent its penultimate episode of the season in a lengthy flashback to reveal answers to many of the questions that had been spun out from the beginning. “Part VII” revealed that not only was Marin (Hannah Gross) still alive, but that she was indirectly responsible for the mess everybody is currently in, including her son Julian (Elisha Henig) poisoning two Mosswood members with tea brewed with Jimsonweed.
The revelations actually begin a few days prior to Julian’s fateful act. While Marin has left her son behind to be raised at Mosswood, in the intervening years she tried and often failed to deal with some of her issues, whether it meant taking drugs, going into rehab, or finding religion. When she had finally gotten what peace she can, she returns to Mosswood not to do “the work,...
- 9/13/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
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