[Dormant, move to !television@lemm.ee] Shows and TV

Amazon will not be proceeding with a second season of Freevee comedy series 'Dinner with the Parents', based on UK's 'Friday Night Dinner.'

Emmy winner Shohreh Aghdashloo has joined the cast of 'The Wheel of Time' season three at Amazon's Prime Video.

In the show, a storyline involving her character Remy having an interracial relationship was considered so shocking that she said there were “insane death threats constantly coming into the studios” and extra security had to be hired. Remy was also bisexual, something she says was considered groundbreaking at the time, but is commonplace today. “Seeing what’s on television now, if you watch ‘Euphoria,’ the fact that that my character was shocking and groundbreaking then, it’s like, no, it’s nothing.”

Prime Video's 15-epsiode antholgoy series 'Secret Level" won't thrill video game fans or newcomers with it's dull storylines and animation.

For example, The Americans being marketed as a cold-war era spy drama/thriller but actually being more of a character study or Buffy the Vampire Slayer being reduced to a cheesy teen drama but actually being full of metaphors.

"Dune: Prophecy" stars Mark Addy and Edward Davis break down how the last 30 years have made life as a Harkonnen a miserable experience.

Following the thread on !movies@lemm.ee, here is another one to discuss your favourite TV shows of 2024

Animation shows should probably be discussed on !animation@lemm.ee

Feel free to comment with the shows you liked the most, ideally one comment per show so that other people can chime in and discuss.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/20996299

The second season of the “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka” is moving its film production from Los Angeles to the United Kingdom, and at present, its studio Lucasfilm does not have any film or series projects currently slated to film in LA, IndieWire has confirmed.

A studio insider disputed the idea that all film and TV production for Lucasfilm would relocate to the UK, adding that no hard and fast decision has been made.

Lucasfilm has a long UK history dating back to George Lucas’ original “Star Wars” trilogy as well as films like “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”

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many streaming series on Disney+ were shot in Los Angeles County at Manhattan Beach Studios including “The Mandalorian,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” and the just-released “Skeleton Crew.” Lucasfilm utilized Industrial Light & Magic’s “volume stage” technology — stages with wraparound digital LED screens encompassing the set — with technicians based on the West Coast. Other shows like “The Acolyte,” “Andor,” and “Willow,” which didn’t make use of the tech, were generally shot in the UK.

In the case of “Ahsoka” Season 2, which is tentatively set to begin filming in April 2025, IndieWire has learned the show will utilize multiple different film techniques. The first was shot entirely on volume stages.