"Your Lucky Day" is a new action thriller feature, written and directed by Daniel Brown, starring the late Angus Cloud ("Euphoria"), Elliot Knight, Jessica Garza, Sterling Beaumon, Mousa Hussein Kraish, Jason Wiles, Sebastian Sozzi, Spencer Garrett and Jason O'Mara, releasing November 10, 2023 in theaters:
".....after a dispute over a winning lottery ticket turns into a deadly hostage situation, the witnesses must decide exactly how far they'll go, and how much blood they're willing to spill, for a cut of the $156 million..."
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".....after a dispute over a winning lottery ticket turns into a deadly hostage situation, the witnesses must decide exactly how far they'll go, and how much blood they're willing to spill, for a cut of the $156 million..."
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- 11/11/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Writer-director Daniel Brown’s Your Lucky Day offers a twist-laden take on the hostage crisis film. Set almost entirely within a convenience store, the story revolves around a $156 million-winning lottery ticket and how it triggers a bloody series of events. A young drug dealer, Sterling (the late Angus Cloud), pounces on the opportunity and robs the unlucky winner right before a policeman emerges from the bathroom. Faced with too many loose ends to simply leave and collect the money, Sterling opts to cut in the witnesses that he initially takes as hostages, as long as they help him cover up his crimes.
For a thriller, Your Lucky Day’s atmosphere is oddly and refreshingly relaxed. For one, the characters don’t need much convincing when it comes to going with Sterling’s plan. Some, like the pregnant Ana Marlene (Jessica Garza), even prove quite adept at scheming as they puzzle...
For a thriller, Your Lucky Day’s atmosphere is oddly and refreshingly relaxed. For one, the characters don’t need much convincing when it comes to going with Sterling’s plan. Some, like the pregnant Ana Marlene (Jessica Garza), even prove quite adept at scheming as they puzzle...
- 11/8/2023
- by Steven Scaife
- Slant Magazine
"Your Lucky Day" is a new action thriller feature, written and directed by Daniel Brown, starring the late Angus Cloud ("Euphoria"), Elliot Knight, Jessica Garza, Sterling Beaumon, Mousa Hussein Kraish, Jason Wiles, Sebastian Sozzi, Spencer Garrett and Jason O'Mara, releasing November 10, 2023 in theaters:
".....after a dispute over a winning lottery ticket turns into a deadly hostage situation, the witnesses must decide exactly how far they'll go, and how much blood they're willing to spill, for a cut of the $156 million..."
Click the images to enlarge...
".....after a dispute over a winning lottery ticket turns into a deadly hostage situation, the witnesses must decide exactly how far they'll go, and how much blood they're willing to spill, for a cut of the $156 million..."
Click the images to enlarge...
- 11/7/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Disney+ has unleashed the official trailer for its holiday family comedy feature ‘Dashing Through the Snow.’
Eddie Garrick (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) is a good-hearted man who has turned his back on Christmas due to a traumatic childhood experience. At the request of his wife Allison Garrick (Teyonah Parris), from whom he is separated, Eddie takes his 9-year-old daughter Charlotte (Madison Skye Validum) out with him on Christmas Eve, where they meet a mysterious man in a red suit named Nick (Lil Rel Howery). Eddie, who is a social worker, thinks the man is delusional and needs professional help, but when he evokes the wrath of a local politician (Oscar Nuñez), he and his daughter are taken on a magical adventure that just might restore his faith in Christmas.
Directed by Tim Story, Teyonah Parris, Madison Skye Validum, Oscar Nuñez, Ravi V. Patel, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Gina Brillon, Sebastian Sozzi, Kevin Connolly,...
Eddie Garrick (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) is a good-hearted man who has turned his back on Christmas due to a traumatic childhood experience. At the request of his wife Allison Garrick (Teyonah Parris), from whom he is separated, Eddie takes his 9-year-old daughter Charlotte (Madison Skye Validum) out with him on Christmas Eve, where they meet a mysterious man in a red suit named Nick (Lil Rel Howery). Eddie, who is a social worker, thinks the man is delusional and needs professional help, but when he evokes the wrath of a local politician (Oscar Nuñez), he and his daughter are taken on a magical adventure that just might restore his faith in Christmas.
Directed by Tim Story, Teyonah Parris, Madison Skye Validum, Oscar Nuñez, Ravi V. Patel, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Gina Brillon, Sebastian Sozzi, Kevin Connolly,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"Who do you work for?" "Every married man will understand this – I work for Mrs. Claus!" Disney has revealed an official trailer for a holiday fantasy comedy titled Dashing Through The Snow, directed by Tim Story (who last made The Blackening). Arriving for streaming in November on Disney+, meaning this movie is skipping theaters entirely. A divorced social worker for the Atlanta police despises Christmas due to a painful childhood memory. When sent on a call while spending Christmas Eve with his daughter, he inadvertently evokes the wrath of a local politician but meets a strange man who helps him understand the joy and magic of Christmas. Another Black Santa movie out this year (along with The Naughty Nine). Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges stars with Teyonah Parris, Madison Skye Validum, Lil Rel Howery as "Saint Nick", Oscar Nuñez, Ravi V. Patel, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Gina Brillon, Sebastian Sozzi, Kevin Connolly, and Zulay Henao.
- 10/26/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Your Lucky Day, the horror thriller featuring one of the final performances of Euphoria breakout Angus Cloud, has secured a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement for publicity ahead of its Fantastic Fest premiere, Deadline has learned.
As with all projects under agreements of this sort — Michael Mann’s Ferrari and the Sean Penn-Dakota Johnson starrer Daddio being just two other prominent examples — we’ll have to wait and see who will, in fact, agree to participate in promotional activities amidst the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. A prominent genre festival based in Austin, TX, Fantastic Fest takes place this year from September 21-28.
Dying of an undisclosed cause on July 31st, at his family home in Oakland, CA, aged 25, Cloud’s co-stars in Your Lucky Day included Jessica Garza, Elliot Knight, Jason O’Mara, Spencer Garrett, Mousa Hussein Kraish, Jason Wiles and Sebastian Sozzi.
The film from writer-director Daniel Brown is billed as a...
As with all projects under agreements of this sort — Michael Mann’s Ferrari and the Sean Penn-Dakota Johnson starrer Daddio being just two other prominent examples — we’ll have to wait and see who will, in fact, agree to participate in promotional activities amidst the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. A prominent genre festival based in Austin, TX, Fantastic Fest takes place this year from September 21-28.
Dying of an undisclosed cause on July 31st, at his family home in Oakland, CA, aged 25, Cloud’s co-stars in Your Lucky Day included Jessica Garza, Elliot Knight, Jason O’Mara, Spencer Garrett, Mousa Hussein Kraish, Jason Wiles and Sebastian Sozzi.
The film from writer-director Daniel Brown is billed as a...
- 8/22/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Sterling Beaumon has been cast in upcoming horror/thriller “Your Lucky Day.”
Beaumon will appear alongside Angus Cloud (“Euphoria”), Jessica Garza (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angles”) and Jason O’Mara (“The Man in the High Castle”) in the feature, which is already in production in Los Angeles.
Elliot Knight (“Color Out of Space”), Spencer Garrett (“Dopesick”), Mousa Hussein Kraish (“American Gods”), Jason Wiles (“Scream” series), and Sebastian Sozzi (“Fear the Walking Dead”) will also star in the film.
Set on Christmas Eve, the film turns the concept of the “American Dream” on its head and into a poisonous nightmare when a hostage situation breaks out at a small convenience store over a lottery ticket. The ticket happens to be worth $156 million and, inevitably, the situation soon spirals out of control.
Beaumon will play an insecure Marine turned rookie cop called Cody who unthinkingly followed his father into the police force and...
Beaumon will appear alongside Angus Cloud (“Euphoria”), Jessica Garza (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angles”) and Jason O’Mara (“The Man in the High Castle”) in the feature, which is already in production in Los Angeles.
Elliot Knight (“Color Out of Space”), Spencer Garrett (“Dopesick”), Mousa Hussein Kraish (“American Gods”), Jason Wiles (“Scream” series), and Sebastian Sozzi (“Fear the Walking Dead”) will also star in the film.
Set on Christmas Eve, the film turns the concept of the “American Dream” on its head and into a poisonous nightmare when a hostage situation breaks out at a small convenience store over a lottery ticket. The ticket happens to be worth $156 million and, inevitably, the situation soon spirals out of control.
Beaumon will play an insecure Marine turned rookie cop called Cody who unthinkingly followed his father into the police force and...
- 12/21/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The horror thriller Your Lucky Day, from writer and director Daniel Brown, has cast Angus Cloud (Euphoria), Jessica Garza, Elliot Knight (Color Out of Space), and Jason O’Mara (The Man in the High Castle) in leading roles.
Rounding out the cast are Spencer Garrett (Dopesick), Mousa Hussein Kraish (American Gods), Jason Wiles (Scream series), and Sebastian Sozzi (Fear the Walking Dead).
Your Lucky Day is a morality tale set on Christmas Eve in a small convenience store near the bottom of the socioeconomic food chain where a hostage situation breaks out over a $156 million lottery ticket. When things inevitably spiral, the film becomes a hardboiled look at how the poisonous heart of the American dream is actually a nightmare.
Luke Barnett is producing along with Adam Baxter. Jessica Sherman is casting director.
Cloud is repped by A3 and Diomi Cordero, Garza by A3 and Circle of Confusion,...
Rounding out the cast are Spencer Garrett (Dopesick), Mousa Hussein Kraish (American Gods), Jason Wiles (Scream series), and Sebastian Sozzi (Fear the Walking Dead).
Your Lucky Day is a morality tale set on Christmas Eve in a small convenience store near the bottom of the socioeconomic food chain where a hostage situation breaks out over a $156 million lottery ticket. When things inevitably spiral, the film becomes a hardboiled look at how the poisonous heart of the American dream is actually a nightmare.
Luke Barnett is producing along with Adam Baxter. Jessica Sherman is casting director.
Cloud is repped by A3 and Diomi Cordero, Garza by A3 and Circle of Confusion,...
- 12/14/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
This Fear the Walking Dead review contains spoilers.
Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Episode 14
After being sidelined for most of the season, Fear the Walking Dead finally throws one of its best characters into the fray. I’m talking about Alicia, of course, who hasn’t gotten nearly enough screen time lately. So it’s interesting (and refreshing) that “Mother” should lean so heavily into what it means to be Madison Clark’s daughter. The episode continues season 6’s trend of unexpected reunions, and this one certainly doesn’t disappoint. But more on that chance encounter in a bit.
In the meantime, let’s talk about Teddy Maddox (John Glover). We already knew he was a bit unhinged, what with being a cult leader and embalming dissenters and wanting to usher in a nuclear Armageddon. Taken individually, any one of those things is a red flag, to be sure. Taken together,...
Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Episode 14
After being sidelined for most of the season, Fear the Walking Dead finally throws one of its best characters into the fray. I’m talking about Alicia, of course, who hasn’t gotten nearly enough screen time lately. So it’s interesting (and refreshing) that “Mother” should lean so heavily into what it means to be Madison Clark’s daughter. The episode continues season 6’s trend of unexpected reunions, and this one certainly doesn’t disappoint. But more on that chance encounter in a bit.
In the meantime, let’s talk about Teddy Maddox (John Glover). We already knew he was a bit unhinged, what with being a cult leader and embalming dissenters and wanting to usher in a nuclear Armageddon. Taken individually, any one of those things is a red flag, to be sure. Taken together,...
- 5/24/2021
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Hey, "All Rise" fans. Unfortunately, we had to jump on here tonight because we've just learned that CBS will, in fact, not be airing the next,new episode 8 of your favorite show tonight November 11, 2019. We're not sure why. All we know is that this delay will only be for this week. That means you guys can totally expect to see the new episode 8 hit the airwaves next Monday night, November 18,2019 at approximately 8 pm central standard time on CBS of course. So, be sure to mark down that very important date on your TV show calendars right now. So, what will CBS be airing instead of "All Rise" tonight? Well, according to the TV guide listings, CBS will actually be airing "All Rise," but it will be a repeat episode. The repeat episode they're airing is the 4th episode of this premiere season 1. That episode is labeled/titled, "A View From the Bus.
- 11/12/2019
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
A weekend getaway goes sour even before the corpses start accruing in “Trespassers,” a good-looking indie thriller that’s diverting, but could have used another script draft or two. Depicting two quarrelsome if hard-bodied couples who find themselves in deep peril at a rented desert home, Orson Oblowitz’s film has a leisurely enough buildup that room should have been made for more fully developed characters. Fine-tuning the pileup of eventual violent crises wouldn’t have hurt, either. The result falls short of being especially credible, let alone memorable. Still, this is a polished genre exercise that provides a decent night’s home entertainment. IFC Midnight is opening it July 12 on screens in New York and Los Angeles, simultaneous with its launch on demand.
A brief prelude leaves us no doubt that the owners of a handsome modernist manse in the Mohave meet a very bad end at the hands of three masked,...
A brief prelude leaves us no doubt that the owners of a handsome modernist manse in the Mohave meet a very bad end at the hands of three masked,...
- 7/10/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
The film opens on an affluent white couple living close enough to the Mexican border for another character to later say, “You can’t open the door to strangers in today’s society.” They’re awoken by three men in masks made to look like Ms-13 gang members, dragged out, and put in the trunk of a car before being shot dead by the side of the road. The Maga allusions are therefore present from the start with pretty Malibu types falling victim to violent “cholos” for what appears to be no other reason besides the bloodlust Fox News’ fear-mongering editorials have told conservative Boomers is coming if they don’t remain vigilant. We eventually discover they’re actually after a photograph, but that’s just an excuse to let these racist stereotypes shine.
I say this because writer Corey Deshon and director Orson Oblowitz never provide a motive beyond terror in Trespassers.
I say this because writer Corey Deshon and director Orson Oblowitz never provide a motive beyond terror in Trespassers.
- 7/10/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
"Sometimes you just can't stop what's coming..." IFC Midnight has released an official trailer for an indie horror film titled Trespassers, the latest from filmmaker Orson Oblowitz (The Queen of Hollywood Blvd). The home invasion horror premiered at FrightFest London last year, and also played in Germany's Fantasy Filmfest. Two couples rent a modern luxury desert home for the weekend hoping to sort out their messed-up lives. Just as they are about to settle in, a woman shows up at their door. And that's when the murderous trouble really starts. Because without knowing it, these four friends have just landed slap-bang in the wrong violent place at precisely the wrong bloody time. Starring Angela Trimbur, Zach Avery, Janel Parrish, Jonathan Howard, Fairuza Balk, Carlo Rota, Sebastian Sozzi, and Joey Abril. This seems so much like a been-there, done-that horror rehash pulling from You're Next and everything else we've already seen.
- 6/18/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sebastian Sozzi and Michael Madsen have both landed roles on Blue Bloods Season 3.
Sozzi (pictured, My Generation) will appear on multiple episode of the CBS drama as Vinny Cruz, Jamie Reagan’s new partner. A network casting outline described the officer as "fast-talking and charismatic," hailing from one of the toughest precincts in New York.
Madsen, meanwhile, will guest star as a long-time criminal who seeks revenge on Donnie Wahlberg's Danny after getting out of jail.
Both actors will debut on the Blue Bloods October 5 premiere.
Sozzi (pictured, My Generation) will appear on multiple episode of the CBS drama as Vinny Cruz, Jamie Reagan’s new partner. A network casting outline described the officer as "fast-talking and charismatic," hailing from one of the toughest precincts in New York.
Madsen, meanwhile, will guest star as a long-time criminal who seeks revenge on Donnie Wahlberg's Danny after getting out of jail.
Both actors will debut on the Blue Bloods October 5 premiere.
- 7/30/2012
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
CBS confirmed a bunch of recent casting news at TCA press tour Sunday morning, with names such as Polly Walker (Rome), Michael Madsen (Resevoir Dogs), Ken Leung (Lost) and Sarah Jones (Alcatraz) joining the network’s shows in roles of varying length. Most of this has been previously reported here or there, but for those who aren’t TV casting news obsessives, you’ll probably find some surprises. Here’s the release:
Vegas – Tuesdays, 10 p.m.
Sarah Jones (Alcatraz) joins as a series regular in the second episode of the freshman series. Jones will play Mia Rizzo, the smart daughter...
Vegas – Tuesdays, 10 p.m.
Sarah Jones (Alcatraz) joins as a series regular in the second episode of the freshman series. Jones will play Mia Rizzo, the smart daughter...
- 7/29/2012
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
New York-based actress-comedian Andrea Rosen (Comedy Central’s Michael & Michael Have Issues) has landed the female lead opposite Andrew Gurland in Showtime’s comedy pilot The Andrew Gurland Project (form. Gurland On Gurland). The project, produced by Showtime in association with CBS TV Studios and Glenn Gordon Caron’s Picturemaker Prods., is a first-person documentary comedy written, directed and starring filmmaker Andrew Gurland, which reflects his real family life and the challenges he faces pursuing the next phase of his career. Gurland and Caron are executive producing. Rosen is with Gersh. Sebastian Sozzi, Rachel Cannon and Sadie Calvano have joined Jennie Garth in the ABC Family’s half-hour comedy pilot Village People, from creator Meg DeLoatch. The project centers on Alexa (Garth), a single, high-powered career woman who adopts a baby from a teen mother (Calvano) — whom she ends up caring for as well. Sozzi and Cannon will play Alexa’s fiends Remy and Candace,...
- 11/22/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Chicago – As long as Hugh Laurie limps in the shoes of Dr. Gregory House, the Fox TV nation will show up, because it’s a great actor taking a memorable character and and putting him in often strange and unexpected situations. The eighth season premiere of “House M.D.” on October 3rd is no exception.
TV Rating: 4.0/5.0
The premiere is juicy, because Gregory House is in jail – where I suspect even his hardcore fans believe he belongs. This new atmosphere is Kafka-esque, which adds a new twist to how the crabby disease-detecting doctor will operate. All the fine tuned elements of the House character are here, except the physician that is used to getting his way now will have to contend with shivs and stoolies, including the stunt casting of the former Steve Urkel (Jaleel White) as a cellblock procurer.
At the end of the seventh season, Gregory House (Hugh Laurie...
TV Rating: 4.0/5.0
The premiere is juicy, because Gregory House is in jail – where I suspect even his hardcore fans believe he belongs. This new atmosphere is Kafka-esque, which adds a new twist to how the crabby disease-detecting doctor will operate. All the fine tuned elements of the House character are here, except the physician that is used to getting his way now will have to contend with shivs and stoolies, including the stunt casting of the former Steve Urkel (Jaleel White) as a cellblock procurer.
At the end of the seventh season, Gregory House (Hugh Laurie...
- 10/3/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Not long after the TV ratings came in for last Thursday night's episode of My Generation, the show was cancelled by ABC. To the dismay of many viewers, the series was pulled from the schedule immediately and ultimately replaced by repeats of Grey's Anatomy. Will viewers ever get to see the remaining episodes? How many are there anyway?
My Generation follows a group of twenty-somethings who were part of a documentary while in high school. Ten years after graduation, the filmmaker returns to see how their lives have changed. The ABC series stars Julian Morris, Keir O'Donnell, Kelli Garner, Mehcad Brooks, Michael Stahl-David, Anne Son, Daniella Alonso, Jaime King, and Sebastian Sozzi.
With such a large ensemble cast, you would think that many would comment about the cancellation. That hasn't happened. For the most part, the stars have all been pretty silent, perhaps by...
My Generation follows a group of twenty-somethings who were part of a documentary while in high school. Ten years after graduation, the filmmaker returns to see how their lives have changed. The ABC series stars Julian Morris, Keir O'Donnell, Kelli Garner, Mehcad Brooks, Michael Stahl-David, Anne Son, Daniella Alonso, Jaime King, and Sebastian Sozzi.
With such a large ensemble cast, you would think that many would comment about the cancellation. That hasn't happened. For the most part, the stars have all been pretty silent, perhaps by...
- 10/7/2010
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Despite a lot of promotion, My Generation stumbled out of the gate and now ABC has cancelled it after two episodes. If you were watching the ratings, this doesn't come as a surprise.
My Generation revolves around a diverse group of young adults who attended high school together. While there, they were interviewed for a documentary. They reunite 10 years later and we see how their lives and expectations have changed. The ensemble cast includes Anne Son, Daniella Alonso, Jaime King, Julian Morris, Keir O’Donnell, Kelli Garner, Mehcad Brooks, Michael Stahl-David, and Sebastian Sozzi.
In its first week on the air, My Generation attracted poor ratings with a 1.6 in the 18-49 demographic and 5.2 million total viewers. That was bad enough to land it in fourth place for both categories.
For week two, the numbers were much worse.
My Generation revolves around a diverse group of young adults who attended high school together. While there, they were interviewed for a documentary. They reunite 10 years later and we see how their lives and expectations have changed. The ensemble cast includes Anne Son, Daniella Alonso, Jaime King, Julian Morris, Keir O’Donnell, Kelli Garner, Mehcad Brooks, Michael Stahl-David, and Sebastian Sozzi.
In its first week on the air, My Generation attracted poor ratings with a 1.6 in the 18-49 demographic and 5.2 million total viewers. That was bad enough to land it in fourth place for both categories.
For week two, the numbers were much worse.
- 10/2/2010
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Do you like to attend your class reunions, to see what everyone looks like and is doing? Well, ABC is hoping that you'll want to watch their new show, My Generation. It's about a group that comes together after high school. Will this one last for years or is it doomed to be expelled... er, cancelled?
My Generation follows a diverse group of young adults who, while in high school, were all interviewed for a documentary. They reunite 10 years later and we see how their lives have changed and, in most cases, haven't turned out as expected. The ensemble cast includes Anne Son, Daniella Alonso, Jaime King, Julian Morris, Keir O'Donnell, Kelli Garner, Mehcad Brooks, Michael Stahl-David, and Sebastian Sozzi.
The premiere got off to a very poor start. Per the overnights, My Generation landed in fourth place in both the targeted 18-49...
My Generation follows a diverse group of young adults who, while in high school, were all interviewed for a documentary. They reunite 10 years later and we see how their lives have changed and, in most cases, haven't turned out as expected. The ensemble cast includes Anne Son, Daniella Alonso, Jaime King, Julian Morris, Keir O'Donnell, Kelli Garner, Mehcad Brooks, Michael Stahl-David, and Sebastian Sozzi.
The premiere got off to a very poor start. Per the overnights, My Generation landed in fourth place in both the targeted 18-49...
- 9/24/2010
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The My Generation series premiere presents viewers with an ambitious character dynamic. Much like Modern Family, the series employs a dramatic-mockumentary lens to explore America’s changing landscape over the last 10 years. However, instead of dealing with a small nucleus of the population, My Generation captures a more expansive view of our changing society through nine very diverse sets of eyes. Each character has been affected by anything from prejudice and 9-11 to Enron and election mishaps. The cast includes Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield, Numb3rs), Julian Morris (24), Mehcad Brooks (True Blood), Kelli Garner (Going the Distance), Jaime King (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Keir O'Donnell (Sons of Anarchy), Sebastian Sozzi (Law & Order), Daniella Alonso (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Anne Son (ER). Each character has his or her moment to shine in this ensemble series, making this one show to look out for this Fall. My Generation begins with ...
- 9/24/2010
- by Bags
- BuzzFocus.com
ABC‘s My Generation has a very tough road ahead, and most of its difficulty comes from an overabundance of drama and competition. Up against The Big Bang Theory, Bones, Community, and Vampire Diaries, the target audience is spread awfully thin. More importantly, while the show had me pretty interested for some twenty to thirty minutes, the pilot’s theory of piling on drama as we continue peeling the onion ultimately became too much to handle.
The show takes us through the fake documentary of a select group of people who were originally caught on tape when they were seniors at Greenbelt High School in Austin, TX. The makers of that documentary footage are now catching up with their former subjects, to see what has happened to them over the last decade.
With convenient labels attached to them during their High School years (Jock, Wallflower, Nerd, etc.), we get to see how those stereotypes,...
The show takes us through the fake documentary of a select group of people who were originally caught on tape when they were seniors at Greenbelt High School in Austin, TX. The makers of that documentary footage are now catching up with their former subjects, to see what has happened to them over the last decade.
With convenient labels attached to them during their High School years (Jock, Wallflower, Nerd, etc.), we get to see how those stereotypes,...
- 9/23/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
There's something about the nostalgia of young adulthood in ABC's "My Generation" that makes it endearing, which can make one feel alternately fond of and rather embarrassed for the characters.
The concept is simple, nine graduating Greenbelt High School seniors get filmed for a documentary in 2000, and a decade later, the cameras are back to see what progress they've made, what dreams they've fulfilled, what lessons they've learned. What was once an unknown, exciting and bright future has become the reality that unfolds on TV, and often it's not what was expected or planned.
Nine people around the same age can be difficult to keep track of, which is why it's nice that the show cast people who look fairly different from each other and also give us handy labels such as "nerd" for us to remember them by.
Very quickly, a before and after 2000/2010:
Rolly Marks (Mehcad Brooks) - Jock,...
The concept is simple, nine graduating Greenbelt High School seniors get filmed for a documentary in 2000, and a decade later, the cameras are back to see what progress they've made, what dreams they've fulfilled, what lessons they've learned. What was once an unknown, exciting and bright future has become the reality that unfolds on TV, and often it's not what was expected or planned.
Nine people around the same age can be difficult to keep track of, which is why it's nice that the show cast people who look fairly different from each other and also give us handy labels such as "nerd" for us to remember them by.
Very quickly, a before and after 2000/2010:
Rolly Marks (Mehcad Brooks) - Jock,...
- 9/23/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
If The Breakfast Club had been filmed like The Real World, it might look something like My Generation (TV), a docu-style drama chronicling nine fictional Austin high-school students over the last 10 years. Every actor plays both 18-year-old and 28-year-old versions of their characters. Jaime King (Gary Unmarried), 31, plays Jackie Vachs, "the Beauty Queen," who went to Hollywood but came back to Austin with her dreams unfulfilled. "When she's young, she's open and vibrant and fun," King says. "And now she has a life she never would have chosen." Keir O'Donnell, 31, plays Kenneth Finley, "the Nerd," who got bullied and ended up single, teaching elementary school. "All it takes is to get pushed into a locker once and you immediately go back to that place," O'Donnell says. Mehcad Brooks (True Blood), 29, plays Rolly Marks, "the Jock", who joined the Army after 9/11 and ended up in Afghanistan. "When I play 18, I get as much sleep as possible,...
- 9/23/2010
- by cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)
- PopStar
Chicago – The new ABC dramedy “My Generation” is all concept and no execution. Creator Noah Hawley (the vastly-superior “The Unusuals”) came up with an idea and found a talented cast and the creativity died shortly thereafter. The foundation is a clever and inspired one but the writing staff adds nothing more than cliche to it, piling on characters who feel barely two-dimensional and rarely finding a genuine moment in the lackluster and bloated series premiere.
Television Rating: 1.5/5.0
The show opens with its high-concept set-up. A documentary crew visited a high school in 2000 and found a bunch of cliches like the nerd, the brain, the rich kid, and the rock star. And that’s not this critic diminishing the characters — the doc-within-a-show literally labels them in those broad terms. Of course, the concept is that very few of us are exactly what we were in high school. So, how have these...
Television Rating: 1.5/5.0
The show opens with its high-concept set-up. A documentary crew visited a high school in 2000 and found a bunch of cliches like the nerd, the brain, the rich kid, and the rock star. And that’s not this critic diminishing the characters — the doc-within-a-show literally labels them in those broad terms. Of course, the concept is that very few of us are exactly what we were in high school. So, how have these...
- 9/23/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
My Generation premieres this Thursday @8/7c on ABC.
Back in May when the promo for ABC’s My Generation was released to the press, I felt a wave of nostalgia wash over me in an instant, as if the show was speaking to me personally about my life post high school graduation. In short, I was already won over. With my first high school class reunion coming up next year, I felt that My Generation was a perfect mirror for me to reflect on the ten years that had passed by revisiting the times through the eyes of these nine characters. Well, I was wrong (but not in a bad way), because My Generation follows the Class of 2000, I graduated in 2001. Oops.
That date mixup didn’t deter my enjoyment, however, of the pilot for the ABC dramedy/mockumentary, which centers around nine high school archetypes (the jock, the beauty queen,...
Back in May when the promo for ABC’s My Generation was released to the press, I felt a wave of nostalgia wash over me in an instant, as if the show was speaking to me personally about my life post high school graduation. In short, I was already won over. With my first high school class reunion coming up next year, I felt that My Generation was a perfect mirror for me to reflect on the ten years that had passed by revisiting the times through the eyes of these nine characters. Well, I was wrong (but not in a bad way), because My Generation follows the Class of 2000, I graduated in 2001. Oops.
That date mixup didn’t deter my enjoyment, however, of the pilot for the ABC dramedy/mockumentary, which centers around nine high school archetypes (the jock, the beauty queen,...
- 9/20/2010
- by Mark O. Estes
- TVovermind.com
The Office did it. Modern Family did it. So why not make a new drama series that is fully centered around the documentary format, catching up with high schoolers 10 years after they graduated? Sounds genius, right? Well...um, maybe. Welcome to the most controversial new series of the TV season, which is bound to spark an intense debate among viewers... My Generation (ABC) Premieres: Thurs, Sept. 23, 8-9 p.m. Competition: The Vampire Diaries (CW), The Big Bang Theory (CBS), $#*! My Dad Says (CBS), Bones (Fox), Community (NBC), 30 Rock (NBC) Cast: Michael Stahl-David, Jaime King, Keir O'Donnell, Sebastian Sozzi, Anne Son, Kelli Garner, Mehcad Brooks, Daniella Alonso, Julian...
- 9/9/2010
- E! Online
"My Generation" is a faux-documentary about a group of high school students and where they are in their lives 10 years after they graduated.
It stars Michael Stahl-David ("The Black Donnellys"), Kelli Garner ("Lars and the Real Girl"), Jaime King ("The Class"), Keir O'Donnell ("Sons of Anarchy"), Sebastian Sozzi ("Choke"), Mehcad Brooks ("The Deep End," "True Blood"), Anne Son ("Wake"), Daniella Alonso ("Friday Night Lights") and Julian Morris ("24," "ER"). "My Generation" was created and written by Noah Hawley ("The Unusuals," "Bones"), who is also an executive producer.
What a difference ten years can make. In 2000, a documentary crew follows a disparate group of high schoolers from Greenbelt High School in Austin, TX as they prepare for graduation, then revisits these former classmates ten years later as they return home to rediscover that just because they're not where they planned doesn't mean they're not right where they need to be.
These students...
It stars Michael Stahl-David ("The Black Donnellys"), Kelli Garner ("Lars and the Real Girl"), Jaime King ("The Class"), Keir O'Donnell ("Sons of Anarchy"), Sebastian Sozzi ("Choke"), Mehcad Brooks ("The Deep End," "True Blood"), Anne Son ("Wake"), Daniella Alonso ("Friday Night Lights") and Julian Morris ("24," "ER"). "My Generation" was created and written by Noah Hawley ("The Unusuals," "Bones"), who is also an executive producer.
What a difference ten years can make. In 2000, a documentary crew follows a disparate group of high schoolers from Greenbelt High School in Austin, TX as they prepare for graduation, then revisits these former classmates ten years later as they return home to rediscover that just because they're not where they planned doesn't mean they're not right where they need to be.
These students...
- 5/18/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the third announced today. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on ABC.
The Alphabet solidly finished this past season with five of the top fifteen highest-rated TV series in the key Adults 18-49 demographic - "Grey's Anatomy," "Lost," "Desperate Housewives," "Dancing with the Stars" and "The Bachelor". Yet there's an obvious concern that the network has been floundering a bit when it comes to new shows - especially in terms of scripted drama which has been its greatest strength in modern times.
ABC had success launching four comedies last year, with both "Cougar Town" and "Modern Family" becoming ratings hits and the latter drawing critical acclaim. "Hank" outright flopped, but "The Middle" did well enough to get renewed. With reality shows it continues to do strong business...
The Alphabet solidly finished this past season with five of the top fifteen highest-rated TV series in the key Adults 18-49 demographic - "Grey's Anatomy," "Lost," "Desperate Housewives," "Dancing with the Stars" and "The Bachelor". Yet there's an obvious concern that the network has been floundering a bit when it comes to new shows - especially in terms of scripted drama which has been its greatest strength in modern times.
ABC had success launching four comedies last year, with both "Cougar Town" and "Modern Family" becoming ratings hits and the latter drawing critical acclaim. "Hank" outright flopped, but "The Middle" did well enough to get renewed. With reality shows it continues to do strong business...
- 5/18/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Chicago – ABC continues to look for another “Lost” or “Modern Family” this fall with seven new shows announced today at their 2010 upfronts presentation. The network will see changes on four nights of the week but will bring back the sometimes on-the-bubble “Castle” in its Monday night timeslot while saying goodbye to “FlashForward,’ “Scrubs,” and “Better Off Ted”.
Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment Group, said this morning via press release, “Our passion for great storytelling is at the core of everything we do. Finding and supporting writers, directors, producers and actors who share that passion is critical to our success. Our shows are the product of these collaborations, and we are thrilled to add 10 new series to our schedule next year.” (Seven will premiere in the fall with three more reserved for midseason.)
ABC returns sixteen programs from the 2009-2010 season including “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “The Bachelor,” “Brothers & Sisters,...
Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment Group, said this morning via press release, “Our passion for great storytelling is at the core of everything we do. Finding and supporting writers, directors, producers and actors who share that passion is critical to our success. Our shows are the product of these collaborations, and we are thrilled to add 10 new series to our schedule next year.” (Seven will premiere in the fall with three more reserved for midseason.)
ABC returns sixteen programs from the 2009-2010 season including “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “The Bachelor,” “Brothers & Sisters,...
- 5/18/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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