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  • What to Watch this Week: ‘Barb & Star,’ ‘Land,’ ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ and more

    What to Watch this Week: ‘Barb & Star,’ ‘Land,’ ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ and more

    If you’re curious as to what new movie this week might be best for you, Moviefone is here to help you find it and watch it. This week’s selection of movies features a zany comedy, a historic drama, and several varieties of character-driven stories. Here are the movies we’re suggesting this week:

    Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar (Premium VOD)

    Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo in 'Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar'
    Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo in ‘Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar’

    Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo reunite after their Bridesmaids success and introduce us to two women who are best friends that just became FUNemployed. Throwing caution to the wind, they travel down to sunny Vista Del Mar for a much-needed break from their average lives. What they don’t know is that Vista Del Mar is in the crosshairs of an evil criminal mastermind Barbara Minerva (Wiig) and her lovesick sidekick (Jamie Dornan). But hey, before all that happens, there’s still time for a cocktail served in a fishbowl.
    Watch this if… You don’t understand how this took so long to make happen after Bridesmaids, watch Kristen Wiig Saturday Night Live reruns, and need to watch something unpredictable.

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    Cowboys (Premium VOD)

    Sasha Knight and Steve Zahn in 'Cowboys'
    Sasha Knight and Steve Zahn in ‘Cowboys’

    Joe (Sasha Knight) was born female but identifies as a boy. As he brushes off his mother’s (Jillian Bell) attempts to make him wear pink cowboy boots in their small hometown in Montana, it appears that the only person willing to understand him is his father Troy (Steve Zahn). When he is released from prison, he and Joe go on the lam in the Montana wilderness with nothing but a stolen horse and campfire songs. Ann Dowd plays the law enforcement agent on the case.
    Watch this if… You crave vast landscapes, absolutely ADORE Steve Zahn, and are interested in heartwarming tales of acceptance with a side of danger.

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    French Exit (In theaters in Los Angeles and New York)

    Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges in 'French Exit'
    Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges in ‘French Exit’

    Michelle Pfeiffer’s glamorously forlorn Frances thought that her life would run out before the money did. Alas, she was incorrect, and as she finds herself on the brink of financial ruin, she liquidates her assets, grabs her adult son (Lucas Hedges) and her cat (Tracy Letts), and leaves New York for a small apartment in Paris. She is the kind of woman who sharpens knives in the dark and lights cigarettes in a steady stream that (unfortunately) looks every bit as cool as tobacco companies promised in their early days. The move didn’t brighten Frances’ dreary skies, and she must figure out how to get her figurative groove back, and the journey proves fabulous.
    Watch this if… Seeing Michelle Pfeiffer’s version of “down and out” makes you feel warm and fuzzy, and if you are especially interested in noteworthy cat roles.

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    Judas and the Black Messiah (In theaters and HBO Max)

    Daniel Kaluuya in 'Judas and the Black Messiah'
    Daniel Kaluuya in ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

    The Black Liberation Movement of the 1960s was considered by J.Edgar Hoover “the greatest threat to our national security.” The FBI, under pressure to quell the movement, coerced a former car thief, William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield), into helping them bring down the leader of The Black Panthers, Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya). While O’Neal was actively working against them and rising in their ranks, the film captures the power of the revolution, and how timely their message still is today.
    Watch this if… You’re a history buff, and want an Awards Season film with incredible performances.

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    Land (In theaters)

    Robin Wright in 'Land'
    Robin Wright in ‘Land’

    Robin Wright’s feature film debut has her starring as Edee, a woman that needs an escape from society, and who seeks refuge in the wilderness. Since she is woefully unprepared for the harsh reality of Wyoming country life, she finds herself in need of help. Thankfully Demiàn Bichir is there to lend his knowledge of the land and a sympathetic ear, and together their interactions against the gorgeous landscape help their troubled hearts heal.
    Watch this if… You’re in House of Cards withdrawal, want to support Wright’s first feature film, and like movies with lots of meaningful staring.

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    The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (Amazon Prime Video)

    Kyle Allen and Kathryn Newton in 'The Map of Tiny Perfect Things'
    Kyle Allen and Kathryn Newton in ‘The Map of Tiny Perfect Things’

    While you find yourself in what feels like a real-life time loop, why not check out this time-loop movie based on a short story about gifted, nerdy teenagers?! Mark (Kyle Allen) and Margaret (Kathryn Newton) are two crazy kids with varying degrees of desire to leave their small town. Mark is an artist, stuck in the familiar time loop scenario…but when he meets Margaret and realizes he’s not alone in reliving the same day, his predictable world opens up into an entirely new experience. You’ll feel a little déjà vu watching this, but the added YA spin and charming protagonists will help the feeling pass.
    Watch this if… You want something off the beaten path for Valentine’s Day and have watched Palm Springs too many times.

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    Minari (In theaters)

    Alan Kim and Steven Yeun in 'Minari'
    Alan Kim and Steven Yeun in ‘Minari’

    Director Lee Isaac Chung introduces us to the Yi family, who have left Korea in search of prosperity in America. Their dream is to begin a farm in 1980s Arkansas. Jacob (Steven Yeun) and Monica (Yeri Han) do their best to introduce their family to the community and get their fledgling business off the ground. While they toil and worry and do all the things parents do, their impossibly adorable son David (Alan Kim) and the family matriarch Soonja (Yuh-jung Youn) make an irresistible pair of co-conspirators.
    Watch this if… You need to feel really, really good.

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  • ‘Deadwood’ Forever: Other Great Performances By The HBO Series’ Cast Members

    ‘Deadwood’ Forever: Other Great Performances By The HBO Series’ Cast Members

    HBO

    Today HBO’s acclaimed series “Deadwood” comes at long last to an end with a two-hour film reuniting its colorful characters one last time. At the time of its premiere 14 years ago, many of its leads were hard-working character actors hoping for a breakout role, while others were longtime performers looking for a comeback. Creator and showrunner David Milch gave each of them unforgettable calling cards that exploded and expanded their careers, opening doors on television shows and movies alike. To commemorate the series’ overdue conclusion, Moviefone scoured the filmographies of the show’s incredible cast for some of the incredible work they did before, during and especially after appearing on one of the most groundbreaking, mesmerizing television shows ever.

    Lionsgate

    Ian McShane – “Sexy Beast” (2000), “John Wick” (2014)

    It’s hard to believe that the would-be star of “Deadwood” went 13 years (from 1987 to 2000) without a film credit given his mesmerizing screen presence, but McShane’s comeback feels especially appropriate: in Jonathan Glazer’s “Sexy Beast,” he plays a stoic mob boss who does and says almost nothing, and still manages to be absolutely terrifying. He’d later provide echoes of both that role and his “Deadwood” turn as Continental manager Winston in the action-packed “John Wick” franchise.

    20th Century Fox

    Timothy Olyphant – “The Girl Next Door” (2004), “Justified” (2010)

    When “Deadwood” was cancelled after its third season, Olyphant moved on to a familiar, equally memorable challenge with the acclaimed television series “Justified,” where he again played a rigid lawman. But immediately before starting on Milch’s show, he stole Luke Greenfield’s “Risky Business” riff “The Girl Next Door” as a calculating, charismatic pimp who throws a wrench into the plans of an overachieving high school senior.

    Netflix

    Molly Parker – “The Center of the World” (2001)

    Molly Parker has, for most of her career, been a bit of an indie darling, so it comes as no surprise that years before joining Milch’s show, she already transfixed audiences in Wayne Wang’s idiosyncratic drama about a Vegas stripper who confounds a dot-com millionaire who hires her to spend the weekend with him.

    Showtime

    Paula Malcolmson – “The Hunger Games” (2012), “Ray Donovan” (2013)

    Like many of the show’s stars, Malcolmson went on to appear in a number of high profile television series, including “Ray Donovan,” where she has a starring role opposite Liev Schreiber. But prior to that, she signed on for a choice gig as Katniss Everdeen’s troubled mother in the “Hunger Games” franchise.

    Roadside Attractions

    John Hawkes – “Winter’s Bone” (2010), “Martha Marcy May Marlene” (2011)

    Few actors even on this show have the versatility of the great John Hawkes, who went on to play a terrifying meth addict opposite Jennifer Lawrence in Debra Granik’s “Winter’s Bone,” and followed up that performance with another one as a charismatic, mysterious cult leader in Sean Durkin’s “Martha Marcy May Marlene.”

    Momentum Pictures

    Dayton Callie – “Abattoir” (2016)

    Callie has long been one of Milch’s repertory players, popping up over and over again in his various television projects. But in Darren Lynn Bousman and Chris Monfette’s “Abattoir,” he plays the mysterious caretaker of a house built out of rooms where terrible things happened, and he effortlessly conveys the menace and gravitas of that responsibility.

    Warner Bros.

    Brad Dourif – “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975), “Child’s Play” (1988)

    Dourif’s Doc Cochran was often the heart of Milch’s series, which may come as a surprise to fans of his earlier work, which includes his breakthrough turn as a delicate mental patient opposite Jack Nicholson in Milos Forman’s 1975 Oscar winner, as well as the voice of iconic movie monster Chucky in the “Child’s Play” films.

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    Robin Weigert – “The Good German” (2006), “Synecdoche, New York” (2008), “Concussion” (2010)

    Weigert’s Calamity Jane stole many scenes — and hearts — over the series’ three seasons, and she has quietly done the same in a number of acclaimed movies, disappearing into roles in Steven Soderbergh’s exercise in period filmmaking “The Good German,” Charlie Kaufman’s melancholy mind-bender “Synecdoche” before breaking out again in the lesbian drama “Concussion.”

    20th Century Fox

    W. Earl Brown – “There’s Something About Mary” (1998) 

    As Al Swearengen’s Number Two, Dan, Brown was forced to tackle some tough challenges, but he’d already proven himself more than capable in a variety of movie and TV roles, perhaps most notably playing Warren, the disabled brother of Cameron Diaz’ Mary in the Farrelly brothers’ raunchy but as always surprisingly sweet 1998 comedy.

    Warner Bros.

    William Sanderson – “Blade Runner” (1982), “Newhart” (1982)

    More than two decades before playing the Grand Hotel’s oily, scheming proprietor E.B. Farnum, Sanderson became known to moviegoers as the tender, troubled inventor J.F. Sebastian in Ridley Scott’s groundbreaking sci-fi classic, and then pulled a 180 in more than 90 episodes of the sitcom “Newhart” playing Larry, the dimwitted brother to two Darryls.

    20th Century Fox

    Kim Dickens – “Gone Girl” (2014)

    Kim Dickens is one of Hollywood’s most reliable character actors, appearing in films and television roles with equal ease and skill. For David Fincher, she played a doubtful detective searching for clues in the disappearance of Nick Dunne’s wife Amy before winning acclaim in not one but two popular television series, “House of Cards” and “Fear the Walking Dead.”

    Orion Pictures

    Ricky Jay – “House of Games” (1987), “Boogie Nights” (1997)

    Ricky Jay’s pedigree as one of David Mamet’s regular played made him ideal for the role of a smart-talking card sharp and hustler in “Deadwood,” but he had already convincingly played a con artist in Mamet’s breakthrough film “House of Games,” and delivered a decidedly more avuncular performance as Jack Horner’s unflappable cinematographer in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ode to the 1970s porn industry “Boogie Nights.”

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    Garret Dillahunt – “No Country For Old Men” (2007), “The Assassination of Jesse James” (2007), “Raising Hope” (2014), “Widows” (2018)

    Few actors got a bigger bounce from “Deadwood” than Dillahunt, who was so good that Milch killed him off and then brought him back in another role. Just a year after the show ended he delivered memorable turns for both the Coen brothers and Andrew Dominik in two more Western-themed projects, then transitioned into a sitcom star with “Raising Hope” before delivering a powerful supporting performance as a dedicated but feckless driver in Steve McQueen’s feminist crime film “Widows.”

  • Kim Dickens Teases ‘High Seas’ Season 2 of ‘Fear the Walking Dead’

    The Paley Center For Media's 33rd Annual PaleyFest Los Angeles - "Fear The Walking Dead" - Arrivals With the second season of the blockbuster hit — boasting the top-rated cable series premiere of all time — prequel/spinoff series “Fear the Walking Dead” about to return on April 10, and a special edition home video release of the first season hitting stores this week, star Kim Dickens has every reason to be feeling pretty fearless.

    But the actress — whose impressive TV resume includes stints on modern classics including “Lost,” “Deadwood,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Sons of Anarchy” and “House of Cards,” as well as films like “Gone Girl” and “The Blind Side” — admits there were a few phobias for her to shake as the show got off the ground, including getting over some very intense audition scenes and experiencing some disturbing apocalyptic nightmares early in production.

    But, like her character Madison, Dickens is moving forward in one piece, reflecting on her first season experiences and even offering a carefully worded hint or two about what’s ahead without getting in trouble with the creators.

    Moviefone: What did you learn about this show through your experience making it and later seeing the reaction to it?

    Kim Dickens: What did I learn? That it was a very challenging show to shoot, in a good way. I mean, it was all very high stakes, very high emotional stakes. There’s a lot of action. It just required a lot of me, but I love that. I embraced it. It was exciting for me. I remember I was so grateful that we had the sort of audience that was earned by “The Walking Dead” looking our way — I’m so grateful to have that opportunity. I’m very proud of the fact that we were able to keep that audience for this the whole first season.

    I learned that you can’t be warned about that. Because you just have to show up and do the best work you can. I learned that once it aired because I didn’t really think about the attention it was going to have. I didn’t think about, “Oh, the audience has a lot of pressure on us.” “The audience from ‘The Walking Dead’ has expectations,” etc. I didn’t let that get to me. I just showed up and did my job to the best of my ability.

    When it was about a week before we were going to air, I started to have shortness of breath and heart palpitations, which I’m not prone to. Like, “Wow, what’s going on?” I couldn’t escape the pressure of it. It was funny to me, in a way. But I definitely learned that once the audience attention happened.

    Now that you’ve had some time to walk around in Madison’s shoes, what are the characteristics about her that you find that you really like, and what do you think are the Achilles heels?

    Well, I like how she’s pretty fearless. I like how she makes really tough decisions quickly. I personally can’t do that. I love how ferocious she is about protecting her children. I don’t have children. I love that motivation for every one of her scenes, for every breath she takes, it is for those kids. I love that. Her Achilles heel? Probably, maybe, the drug addict son. Maybe what she will do for him.

    Was there any point during the shooting of Season 1 where you found you really needed to rise to the occasion as an actress?

    When I auditioned for the job and I camera tested for it, I found that the scenes we camera tested were so challenging for me. They were so emotional. There was so much story I had to relay. The scenes actually didn’t make it into the show. They were little down, in a way, but they were for audition purposes. It was so emotional and so physical and all these things that I left the camera test thinking, “You know what? It’s fine if I don’t get it. It’s going to be a really, really grueling, challenging job.” And I think it was scary in a way.

    I felt like I had a lot of those moments in the first season that I had to have my A-game all the time. There hasn’t been that one of the main leads of the show that had that much responsibility. I can’t think of a specific time only because there were so many of those times, pretty much on a daily basis. The first season for sure.

    What have you found really compelling or fascinating about the world in which this show is set?

    It was a completely new genre for me to be in and roll around in creatively, so I had to challenge my brain in a way. Everything is about grounding this very heightened experience, and grounding it in heart and soul and reality. So that’s been good for me. I’ve been doing this professionally maybe 23 years, and for something to come along that was exciting and different and unique and makes me work in a different way, now I’m surprised that’s even happened.

    It’s really been something I’ve embraced and enjoyed. The genre itself I’ve never worked in or really followed, but I find it fascinating — how the license you have in storytelling and how you use the metaphors — the zombies are metaphors for our society’s anxieties and fears of not being able to take care of themselves, or not being protected by their government or not being safe from an epidemic. Those sort of primal fears, you’re able to explore that. And that’s been pretty fascinating.

    As sfar as the zombie and gore element of the show, was there any “ick” factor that you had to get over?

    I think the walking around off-set is what’s kind of alarming, when you see somebody and you’re like, “Whoa!” Yeah, It didn’t bother me so much. I did have, in the first season when we first began, a few nightmares, but not specific zombie nightmares. You can tell it was like a weird apocalyptic [dream] — my body, my psyche trying to work it out, whatever I was doing for my day job at that point.

    We left everybody in a pretty juicy place at the end of the season. Can you give us a little tease as to what we can expect in Season 2?

    Well, we’re going to be on the high seas, let’s put it that way. It takes off pretty quickly. The second season starts very closely on the heels of the end of the first season. There’s not a big time jump. You’re going to catch us right there and it kind of takes off. It really does catch fire.

    Is there a member of the cast that you get to have some more interaction with in Season 2?

    Yeah, I do, but I don’t think I can say! It’s still kind of a spoiler, isn’t it? If I give anything away like that they’re going to hunt me down and I don’t know what they’re going to do.

    The story branches out for us all. All the characters you knew at the end of Season 1 are thrown into this yacht together on the open water. That alone — some of us strangers, some from the family are thrown together — creates tensions and anxieties and you’re trapped out there. It’s not like we’re all used to being on the water and seafarers and such. No, we’re running for our lives and trying to find a safe place to go. It’s going to make for a very interesting dynamic. It’s a bit of a tinder box, if you will.

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  • Kim Dickens Says Shooting ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Is ‘Not for the Faint of Heart’

    AMC TCA July 2015 Over the past decade Kim Dickens has amassed one of the most enviable television resumes imaginable, with stints on landmark series such as “LOST,” “Friday Light Nights,” “Sons of Anarchy” and “House of Cards,” as well as her acclaimed series regular roles on HBO’s “Deadwood” and “Treme.”

    As if the Old West or hurricane-torn New Orleans hadn’t already provided stark, challenging enough backdrops for Dickens’ performances, her next gig ups the ante: as a member of the cast of ‘Fear the Walking Dead,” the hotly anticipated spinoff/prequel to AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” the actress plays high school guidance counselor Madison Clark, who must navigate the onslaught of the zombie apocalypse with her fiancé and respective, splintered families. And although she had to wrap her head around the genre, she admits that now taking out walkers is both exhilarating and exhausting.

    Moviefone: You’ve done some exceptional television over the years. Why did you want to be a regular on this particular show?

    Kim Dickens: Well, it was sort of like, I finished “Treme,” and I’d finished “Gone Girl.” It was a big decision in my life: like where do I want to live next, character wise, story wise? It’s like, I sort of took my time. And this thing came to me, and they said, “Do you want to audition?” And I said, “I don’t think I’m right for this genre. I don’t think I fit into that. I have not done that genre.” And then I read it and I met with them and I was like, “Wow -– this is an amazing character! And this is really fun!” And it seemed like something totally different for me that I’d never done. And it’s been nothing but fun. This has been a challenge and physical and it’s kind of amazing. So I’m glad I made the decision. I just sort of have to follow my guts, my gut instinct was like, I don’t know. I think this is it.

    What was it about her that made you want to live in that role, possibly for years?

    Well, I just like the high stakes of it all. I like the fact that the characters are going to be always on their toes and evolving and changing and questioning who they are in each moment. And it just seemed like a lot of really amazing stuff to get to play and explore.

    Have you come to appreciate the genre?

    It’s super fun! I appreciate all the actors that perform on “The Walking Dead” because it’s a workout. It’s grueling. And it’s really rewarding because it does challenge you that way. But Cliff [Curtis] and I were both saying, “I have never been more tired in my life” at the end of the season. But it’s really fun. I really love it, and I’m always proud of the characters I do. I just feel like I’ve been fortunate. And I say no to things that if they’re just the wife or just the girlfriend, it’s not going to propel a story and not be fully dimensional, so I feel fortunate in here, again, is another well rounded human being that I get to play.

    What’s fun about doing action?

    It’s just challenging. It challenges you in a different way. It requires you to be very physically adept, and to choreograph things and work as a team in a different way. And you push yourself.

    Was there anything that was challenging or difficult?

    Well, I don’t really want to give away anything, but yeah, there’s stuff. Stuff I do that I don’t do every day [Laughs].

    When you shoot a show with a gory aspect or even actors as zombies, did you ever find yourself creeped out -– or do you go the other way, finding it hilarious?

    Well, I think laughing is a defense mechanism. You’re like, oh. That’s intense. But no, I’m a little squeamish. I don’t like horror things so much. As a youngster, I saw “Jaws” and the “Exorcist” and “Halloween,” and that was enough. I’m done. Now, you learn your lesson. But the amazing thing is just in the work is in the special effects and everything. It is just astounding to see in person. And the performances of the people that are the zombies is stuff, those are very skilled background players and stunt people. And the work is amazing, and it’s breathtaking. And like I said, Cliff and I both get a little squeamish, so it’s not for the faint of heart.

    When you go into a prequel to such a big show, did you have any trepidation?

    You know, I didn’t think about it enough. Had I thought about it a lot more, I would have been like, “Oh, sh–. What am I doing?” What’s amazing is that it already does have this incredible fan base that is so loyal and passionate. And I don’t think we expect ourselves to just get the instant fan base or anything. We might get some. We might get some people that aren’t fans of the original. Who knows? But I appreciate their excitement about the show, and I didn’t worry about it at all. We were just there working really hard and putting our hearts into it. Then, as it gets closer to presenting it, I do feel a little pressure, like, [gasps]. “I hope they like it!”

    Of all the great material you’ve worked on, was “Gone Girl” an even bigger game changer?

    Yeah, “Gone Girl” is one of those things that came along, and I thought “Are you kidding me? I get to do this?” I never would have imagined that I would – the competition level is just so extreme. There’s so many wonderful actresses that usually get to do those kind of roles. And for some reason, [David] Fincher looked my way, and I felt a real strong connection to the part and to the Gillian [Flynn’s] script and novel. So that was a mindblower when I got that phone call. And working on it was one of the great joys I’ve had. He’s an incredible, incredible director and teacher.
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  • New Details on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Characters and ‘Satisfying’ Season 1

    A specific premiere date for “The Walking Dead” spinoff “Fear the Walking Dead,” has still yet to be released, but showrunner Dave Erickson is already talking about how long it may air on AMC.

    Robert Kirkman, who executive produces this show along with the main one, first gave the basic character rundown to Entertainment Weekly: “Fear” follows two schoolteachers, widow Madison (Kim Dickens) and divorced Travis (Cliff Curtis), who are very much in love. They both have kids from previous relationships: Madison has a high-achieving high-school daughter named Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey) and a dropout son named Nick (Frank Dillane); Travis has a son, Chris (Lorenzo James Henrie), who resents Travis for breaking up with his mom (Elizabeth Rodriguez).

    Dave Erickson talked to TVLine and The Hollywood Reporter about the feel of the first season and plan for what’s to come.

    TVLine: “Will these first six episodes feel like a miniseries?”
    Erickson: “It’s written as a six-hour movie and that’s the feel we want to have. That said, we’re building to a place of emotional fracture for our characters and getting to a place where we will definitely be setting up the emotional conflicts that we want to either heal or continue to fracture over the course of Season 2. We’ll be ready from an emotional standpoint to launch into the next season, [but] it’ll also be a satisfying ending.”

    The Hollywood Reporter: “Do you want to stay with a six-episode season or follow more of the original and grow to 13 and then 16?”
    Erickson: “I would imagine the network has a very specific plan. I think 13 is a great number; 15, 16, it’s really a question of having the time to sit down and make sure we’re not burning story to burn story; that we’re able to build something that’s layered and textured and compelling. I think it’s a safe bet that if things go well, they’ll probably want more rather than less, but I’m not sure what that number’s going to be.”

    THR: “As for the duration of the Fear, what’s your long-term goal? Do you see this as a show that’s running for five, six, seven seasons?”
    Erickson: “About five or six. The more we dig into it, the more we’ll find. The original show is at least another few seasons based on the material that Robert has written for the comic already, and that serves as a guiding light. I like endings, and — I haven’t discussed this with Robert but I think it’s more of a question for us to discuss when we sit down and really start breaking season two — on Sons, Kurt Sutter had a certain number in his head. He knew there was a certain number of seasons that felt right to him. I don’t have a specific set number of seasons in my head right now. I do think that the burden at a certain point, when you cross that 10-year mark … it can be pretty challenging. I’ve got some of mile markers, which don’t take me that long as of yet, but I can’t really say because it’s an AMC question.”

    AMC already gave a green light to FTWD Season 2, but we’ll have to see what they do for episode counts, and where they place the show in the 2016 schedule. The main show also started with six episodes, then upped to 13 in Season 2, then went to the 16-episode format it retains into Season 6, which premieres in October. It’s a good point to bring up how the main TWD show is tied to Kirkman’s comic, which gives a hint on its direction, but FTWD is completely untethered so it’s hard to know where it will go or how long it might be around.

    Are you getting excited for “Fear” or just afraid that it might, you know, bite?

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  • Are You Ready to ‘Fear the Walking Dead’?


    As it turns out, there are bigger things to fear than fear itself. For instance, fans are understandably skittish about “The Walking Dead” that’s shambling towards our TVs on Sunday night. But there’s more! Executive producer Robert Kirkman revealed that “Fear the Walking Dead” will be the official title of the spin-off, and frankly, that’s enough to chill anyone’s marrow.

    According to Variety, the show will take place in Los Angeles, and it will have entirely new characters and narratives. Plus, fans around the world will be able to see the first episode of the show within 24 hours of its US premiere.

    Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Alycia Debnam Carey, and Frank Dillane will star in the spin-off. Dave Erickson (“Sons of Anarchy”) will be the showrunner and an executive producer on “Fear the Walking Dead.” He also co-wrote the pilot with Kirkman.

    AMC is so bullish on the show that the network has ordered two seasons already, with the first to premiere this summer. There aren’t many more details about what the show will entail, but we’ve got some suggestions.


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