Geektown Radio - Tv News, Interviews & Uk Tv Air Dates

This week's Geektown Radio podcast is a little bit different due to the insane amount of news which dropped from the annual San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) over the last few days. So much news in fact, that we didn't have time to slot in an interview. What we do have, however, is myself and Darryl of Hollywood News Source and Starry Mag to chat through all the new trailers and stories which came out of SDCC, plus the usual tv reviews and UK tv air date info.On This Week's Show:Darryl returns the co-host chair so we chat about tv shows and films we've been watching since he was last on.We take a look at all the latest tv & film news from SDCC including chatting through the new DC movie and tv trailers, the return of ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’, YouTube sci-fi drama ‘Origin’ and that ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ reboot!We give you our recommendations for upcoming TV in the next 7 days. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown.

We are back with another Geektown Radio podcast, and along with all the usual tv air date info and tv news, we have another great behind-the-scenes of Hollywood interview for you. This week, we are chatting with costume designer Karyn Wagner.Karyn is a third generation industry vet so seemed somewhat destined to end up working the film and tv business. Her work as a costume designer can be seen in iconic films such as Frank Darabont’s 'The Green Mile', 'The Majestic' starring Jim Carrey, and 'The Notebook', starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. Her tv work includes the brilliant 'Preacher', 'Friday Night Lights', 'The Red Road', and the 'Waco' mini-series.Starring Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch, ‘Waco’ tells the true story of the 1993 Waco, Texas siege, the infamous event in which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) conducted a raid on a small religious community led by David Koresh, called the Branch Davidians. A 51-day standoff ensued and ended after an FBI assault led to a f

It's been another lovely sunny week here in the UK, so what better way to spend your time than sitting in the sunshine listening to this week's Geektown Radio podcast. We have all the usually tv air date info and tv news, plus an interview with Siddhartha Khosla, the composer for US smash hit tv series 'This Is Us'.Siddhartha Khosla is the composer for hit multi-award winning series, ‘This Is Us’, starring Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia. Siddhartha’s music weaves together the vignettes of a family’s past and present. In addition, Siddhartha leads his critically acclaimed band, Goldspot, whose album “Aerogramme” topped the Los Angeles Times Pop Music Editor's Year End Best Albums list in 2017, earning #1 Album of the Year. Siddhartha also scores E! Network’s ‘The Royals’ starring Elizabeth Hurley, and was the man behind the music for ‘Marvel’s Runaways’.Siddhartha was born in America after his Indian-born parents came to the US in pursuit of the American dream. At the age of two, he went back

Hope you're all out enjoying the sunshine this week. Now you can pop in your headphones whilst you sunbathe, and listen to the latest edition of the Geektown Radio podcast! On the show this week we have all the usual UK TV premiere dates and tv news, plus, we interview the lovely Tarra Day, Makeup Department Head for a whole range of tv show and films.Tarra is an award-winning makeup designer that has worked on various notable film and television projects including Emmy-nominated work in 'Breaking Bad', 'Let Me In', 'Preacher', 'Hell or High Water', the most recently released 'Rampage', and the upcoming film 'Green Book' and upcoming Netflix series 'Messiah'.Tarra is an Emmy contender for her work in 'Godless' and we speak about her creation of the strong female characters in the wild wild west, her design process when recreating the gritty and dusty desert look, and we chat about her work on 'Breaking Bad' and 'Preacher'.Also On This Week's Show:Darryl is back in the co-host chair so we chat about tv shows a

Welcome back to another edition of the Geektown Radio podcast! This week we talk the usual UK TV premiere dates and tv news, plus, we step from the screen to the stage as we interview Walter Trarbach and Mike Dobson, the Tony-nominated sound designers for 'SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical'!'SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical' recently picked up a staggering 12 Tony-nominations at the awards this year, including one for Walter Trarbach and Mike Dobson, the sound and live foley designers of the musical.Though the specific sounds were a team effort, Walter functions as the traditional sound designer, dealing with the mix of the music and vocals while Mike plays an integral part in shaping the overall sound of the show. Mike is in full view of the audience during the show, and plays the sound effects live during each performance, even interacting with SpongeBob during one comedic bit. Walter and Mike started on the show before there was a script or any songs, allowing them to or

We're back for another Geektown Radio podcast, and on the show this week I'm joined by Matt, as we chat tv, films and as it was E3 recently, all the gaming news from the show!E3 is the world’s premier event for computer and video games and related products held at the Los Angeles Convention Center every year. This time around we saw big announcements from gaming giants Bethesda, as they presented more info on their new 'Fallout' game, and a number of new developments in the 'Elder Scrolls' universe. Bioware showed off the much-anticipated 'Anthem', Naughty Dog gave us a glimpse at 'The Last of Us Part II', and Killing Floor revealed 'Maneater', an open-world RPG where you play a gigantic Bull Shark out for revenge!Also On This Week's Show:Matt co-hosts the episode so we chat about tv shows, films and games we've been watching and playing since he was last on.We take a look at all the latest tv & film news, including the latest renewals & cancellations, the revival of 'Lucifer', production ch

Once again, it's time for another Geektown Radio podcast, and this week we have lots to talk about, including co-host Gray's challenge to finish 50 show finales in 50 days, lots of TV news and UK TV premiere date info. We also have a great interview with Paterson Joseph, star of the brilliant 'Timeless', and one of the only shows still in limbo at the time of recording.English actor Paterson Joseph trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and has worked across theatre, TV and film. His TV work includes ‘Casualty’, 'Rellik', 'Peep Show', 'The Leftovers' and 'Safe House', whilst his movie projects have seen him appear in Danny Boyle's 'The Beach' and 'Æon Flux' with Charlize Theron. On stage, he has worked in Royal Shakespeare Company playing roles such as Oswald in 'King Lear', Dumaine in 'Love's Labour's Lost', and Brutus in 'Julius Caesar'.His most recent tv role saw him starring as Connor Mason on the time-travelling tv show 'Timeless'. Mason was the billionaire creator of the time travel tec

We're back to a normal show this week after the craziness of not one but two Comic-Cons over the last couple of weekends! I'm joined by the lovely Bex Trista of TristaBytes again to chat tv, film and gaming, plus we have 2 interviews this week - The first is with 'Riverdale' star Lochlyn Munro, aka Betty's dad Hal, and the second is with 'Lucifer' star Aimee Garcia, aka loveable lab geek, Ella Lopez.Whilst most #LuciFans will know Aimee Garcia as Ella Lopez, LAPD's relentlessly upbeat forensic scientist in 'Lucifer', she is also extremely well known for playing Jamie, younger sister to Angel Batista in 'Dexter' and nanny to the serial killer's child. She's also popped up in a multitude of shows including 'Hawaii Five-0', 'Bones', 'Supernatural', nearly all the 'CSI's' and 'Family Guy'.Lochlyn Munro stars in 'Riverdale' as Betty's father Hal, who had an extremely interesting storyline this season (I won't go into any detail in case you've not watched it yet!) On tv, he played Jack

This week, as we're still recovering from the wonderful mania that is MCM Comic Con, we're bringing you a treasure trove of interviews from the con, including ‘Deadpool 2’ stars Brianna Hildebrand & Stefan Kapicic, ‘The Walking Dead’ stars Khary Payton & Cooper Andrews, plus the legend that is John DiMaggio, the voice of Futurama's Bender!Khary Payton plays King Ezekiel on the zombie drama, leader of The Kingdom, and (until recently), owner of a pet tiger called Shiva. Along with that, he’s also well known for his voice work which includes a mass of video game characters, from Azrael in the Batman ‘Arkham’ games to Blade in ‘Marvel Heroes’, and characters in ‘Call of Duty’. However, the characters he’s best known for on the animation front are ‘Teen Titans’ hero Cyborg and Aqualad in ‘Young Justice’… A role which helped him first bond with his co-star, as you’ll hear.Cooper Andrews stars as ‘Walking Dead’ fan fav

Welcome back to another episode of the Geektown Radio podcast. On the show this week we have all the latest UK TV news, air date information, and a great interview with legendary costume designer Betsy Heimann.Betsy is a world-class costume designer with a resume most people in her profession would die for. Her work can be seen in films such as Tom Cruise’s ‘Vanilla Sky’ & ‘Jerry Maguire’, Cameron Crowe’s ‘Almost Famous’, and you can see her iconic costume design in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘Reservoir Dogs’.Her most recent work has been on Netflix's breakout western drama 'Godless'. The series stars Jeff Daniels as a ruthless outlaw who terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a new life in a quiet town populated only by women. The show has received a lot of awards buzz with its Critics' Choice Television Awards nomination and its place on the list of "best shows of 2017" by Vanity Fair and The Washington Post.Also On This Week's Show:Darryl Ley joins us

What a crazy week it's been in TV land! Shows being cancelled and renewed all over the place as the US networks organise their Upfront presentations and schedules for the next season. We have a bumper edition of the podcast this week as we take look at the new shows to coming soon to your telly-box, along with all the last week's renewals and cancellations. We also have an interview with 'Once Upon A Time' Composer Cindy O'Connor.Cindy has been writing music since the age of five and has spent most of her adult life working as a composer for film and television. She previously scored the NBC drama 'The Black Donnellys', along with Starz’s series 'Crash'. She has also worked as an ensemble musician for 'The Conjuring 2', 'The Hangover Part III', and 'Wreck-It-Ralph'. Cindy also applies her musical ability to a diverse range of mediums beyond TV & film, including work in musical theatre. She recently co-created a Lord of The Flies parody musical, 'Flies!', set to premiere in May in Chicago.Cindy's most

Hope you've all been enjoying the beautiful Bank Holiday weekend, but we have something to make it even better for you. Along with our review of 'Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War', we have interviews with 3 cast members from 'Humans', which returns to Channel 4 for Season 3 on Thursday, 17th May 2018 at 9pm.Last November we had the chance to pop down to London and spend a day on the set of 'Humans' Season 3, and chat with Colin Morgan, who plays Leo, Lucy Carless, who stars as Mattie, and Dino Fetscher, who plays one of the new "orange eyed" synths, Stanley.'Humans' Season 3 is set one year after the dawn of consciousness, with a decimated and oppressed Synth population fighting to survive in a world that hates and fears them. In a divided Britain, Synths and Humans struggle to broker an uneasy peace, but when fractures within the Synth community itself start to appear, all hope of stability is threatened.Also On This Week's Show:Our film reviewer Gray returns to the co-host

We are back with a new Geektown Radio podcast with all the tv news, renewals & cancellations and other UK TV air date information you could ever need, plus an interview the lovely Elisabeth Vastola, Costume Designer for Season 2 of 'Jessica Jones'.Elisabeth is a New York-based costume designer who has worked in film, opera, theatre, television, and print. She has also been a Guest Lecturer at School of Visual Arts in New York and the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh. Her recent work includes ‘The Purge: Election Year’, ‘Hap and Leonard’ starring James Purefoy & Michael Kenneth Williams, and the film ‘Landline’ from fellow New Yorkers Elisabeth Holm & Gillian Robespierre.Her lasted job sees her joining the Marvel/Netflix world as costume designer on the recently released 'Jessica Jones' Season 2 and 'Daredevil' Season 3 which comes out later this year.Also On This Week's Show:Bex (aka TristaBytes) is back in the co-host chair so we chat gaming, tv shows, and movies including

Hope you've all been out enjoying the sunshine this weekend, but in this special Horror edition of Geektown Radio, we plan to take you somewhere much darker! This week we have two interviews with people who have 'horror' based project out right now.The first interview is with Aaron Martin, creator of the horror anthology series 'Slasher', which returns to Pick TV for its 2nd Season titled 'Slasher: Guilty Party' on Tuesday, 1st May 2018 at 10pm. Inspired by those 80’s & 90’s slasher movies, the show is every inch a teen slasher fest with some very inventive and violent deaths. We got to chat with Aaron on the phone to talk a bit about the show and his inspirations behind it. Aaron has previously worked on shows such as 'Being Erica', 'Degrassi: The Next Generation', 'Killjoys' and 'Saving Hope'.The second interview is with Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Amdahl of E² Sound, the supervising sound editors for horror movie 'A Quiet Place', which is in UK Cinemas right

We return with a brand new Geektown Radio podcast this week and, as usual, have lots of tv news, renewals & cancellations and other UK TV air date information, plus an interview with some of the guys from amazing VFX company, Phosphene FX.We sat down with Steven Weigle and Aaron Raff for a chat about the incredible VFX work they do at Phosphene FX. Based in New York, Phosphene is responsible for enhancing many of the TV shows and films we watch today. You may have seen their work - or rather seen, but not noticed their work - in 'The Greatest Showman', 'The Marvelous Mrs Maisel', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Mr. Robot', 'Billions', 'The OA', 'Bourne Legacy', 'The Adjustment Bureau', 'The Deuce' and many many more films and shows. Phosphene specialises in creating elaborate CG environments and set extensions (as well as its fair share of blood and gore), so it’s extremely likely you may have seen some of their work on tv or film and not realised it was CGI.Their latest project was ‘The Looming Tower’, wh

On the Geektown Radio podcast this week we have lots of tv news, renewals & cancellations and other UK TV air date information, plus a brand new co-host and an interview with composer Anne Kathrin Dern.Anne Kathrin Dern is a young German-born female composer who was a recent nominee for the Breakthrough Composer award at this year’s International Film Music Critics Association Awards. She has worked extensively as a composer throughout the international film industry, working on projects spanning numerous genres and reaching vast audiences.Most recently, she composed for the acclaimed historical drama 'The Jade Pendant'. A Chinese-American co-production, 'The Jade Pendant' tells a love story cast against the backdrop of The Chinese Massacre of 1871, in which 18 immigrants were lynched in Los Angeles. Previously Anne has also provided the score for the successful German family film 'Lilly’s Bewitched Christmas', and the independent documentary 'WTF: World Thumb Wrestling Federation'. She’s also provid

What better way to relax after stuffing yourself full of Easter eggs this weekend than to listen to the latest Geektown Radio, with all the tv news, UK TV air date information and a great interview with the costume designer for Netflix's series ‘Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events’, Cynthia Summers.Cynthia has worked across a huge range of shows, from the critically acclaimed 'L-Word', to smash hit shows such as 'Bones', 'Smallville' and the brilliant 'UnREAL'. This is the second time we've had the pleasure of interviewing Cynthia (you can hear her first interview here), and since with last spoke she has been hard at work designing the amazing costumes for the Netflix show 'Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events'.In this interview, we discuss what it’s like to work on such a crazy tv series, working with the legend that is Neil Patrick Harris, dealing with costumes for toddlers, and what sort of inventive outfits the dastardly Count Olaf gets to wear in the brand

On Geektown Radio this week we bring you all the latest tv new and UK TV premiere info, plus an interview with Film Director Lee Kemp who is currently in the process of creating 'Padawan Rising: A Star Wars Short Film'.Padawan Rising is a short film set in the Star Wars Universe. It tells the story of Kano, a young, powerful but arrogant and impetuous Jedi in training, sent on a mundane mission to a supposedly abandoned planet as a last-ditch attempt to learn a sense of responsibility. Her only companion is the re-configured Pit Droid R-KS1. Chafing against the constraints of an expeditionary mission to a long-abandoned planet she's thrilled by the sudden arrival of an invading force and the opportunity to test her powers against a real foe. She's wildly outnumbered and seriously outgunned, but she has enough self-belief to power a Star Destroyer and it seems this alien world holds secrets of its own.The project is currently being funded via Kickstarter, and could do with your help. So listen to the

On the Geektown Radio podcast this week we have a special edition show featuring three interviews from last weekend's MCM Comic Con Birmingham!The first interview is with 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' & 'Gilmore Girls' star Sean Gunn. In the chat he talks about playing Kraglin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, along with playing the "on-set" stand in for Rocket Racoon! He also discusses what it's like to work with your older brother as director, and the awesome mix soundtracks from the film. Plus he talks a little bit about returning to the character of Kirk in the 'Gilmore Girls' revival.Next we chat to Sean's 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' co-star, Michael Rooker. The actor, of course, played the blue coloured, fin-headed Yondu in the first two GotG movies, so discusses what it's like to get into that make up, and the infamous "Mary Poppins" line. He also chats a little about his early work in 'Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer' and his other massive role as Merle Dixon in ‘The Walking

We are back with a brand new Geektown Radio podcast, full of all the latest tv new and UK TV premiere info, and we have a great one for the kids amongst you too (or those of you with small children.) This week's interview is with composer Jake Monaco, who has worked on 'Frozen', 'The Muppets' and is currently the man behind the music for Netflix's 'Dinotrux', Amazon’s 'The Stinky & Dirty Show' and Warner Bros. Animation’s 'Be Cool Scooby Doo'.Jake's musical fingerprints can be found on some of the biggest film scores of the past decade. As a producer and composer of additional music for Christophe Beck, he contributed to the animated magic of 'Frozen', the record-breaking laughs of 'The Hangover' trilogy, and the fuzzy hijinks of 'The Muppets'. As a versatile composer in his own right, Monaco has composed the score to films such as 'Playing It Cool' starring Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan and co-scored the Fox action/comedy 'Let’s Be Cops'.However, his main gigs over the past few years h