Posting this week’s edition of The Pit a little early because we’ll be taking the weekend off. Come back on Monday for the latest film, TV, comic, and video game news!
- HBO has renewed True Blood, Entourage, and Hung for new seasons! I love both True Blood and Entourage and will keep watching for as long as HBO makes them. True Blood takes the vampire genre much further than I’d ever expect it to go on TV, and I can’t wait to see what happens next. Entourage is just pure fun. And while I have not watched Hung yet, I’ve heard a lot of good things about it.
- Miss Amy Poehler on “Weekend Update”? Than you’ll love this news, the SNL Alum and Parks and Recreation star will be returning to the desk for the first two episodes of Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday. It is great that she isn’t straying too far from SNL, and she is the perfect co-anchor for Seth Meyers.
- Okay, this is my last bit of TV news, I promise. FX Network has signed Donal Logue for Shawn Ryan (The Shield)’s new series Terriers. Logue is the perfect fit Hank, an ex-cop with maturity issues who partners with his best friend to open a P.I. business. Together they try to solve crimes while avoiding danger and responsibility.
- Well, I did not see this coming, but I’m in no way against it! Variety is reporting that Ridley Scott will now be directing Fox’s Alien prequel. Earlier reports stated that Scott wanted Carl Erik Rinsch, a music video director, to helm the project but Fox wanted him to do it. Could it be that Fox finally did something that the fans agree with?
- Week 4 of Superman from Wednesday Comics has been posted by USA Today.
- Glenn McQuid’s I Sell the Dead is being adapted into a comic from Image. The first issue hits stands on October 7th. In case you missed the film, you can check out the trailer here. Dead is a period horror flick that revolves around two grave robbers.
Well, you know that I’ve never been into vampire stuff, so I don’t watch True Blood. I did watch the first ep. It’s not a comment on the show itself, just my general dislike of the genre.
I gave up on Entourage a year ago. It was the same old thing each couple eps. Kinda like Friends.
SNL in any form would not suffer from Amy lending a hand. People complain about the show, but it’s still watched. You never know when the next gem will be discovered.
Have a good trip, Pit dude. 😀
Terriers has just hired Tim Minear as showrunner. Minear has been a writer/director/producer on some of my favorite shows; Angel, Wonderfalls, Dollhouse, and Firefly (to name a few). This series sounds even better!