Oct 14 2016

October 14, 2016Author: Jasper1 Comment

David E. Kelley’s series adaptation of Mr. Mercedes is moving forward.

The forthcoming AT&T Audience Network drama has tapped Penny Dreadful grad Harry Treadaway to replace the late Anton Yelchin, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Mr. Mercedes, based on Stephen King’s 2014 book of the same name, follows a demented killer who taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he is able to strike again.

Treadaway will play Brady Hartsfield, a mentally deranged ice cream truck driver and IT worker who is secretly the Mercedes Killer. He will star opposite Brendan Gleeson, who will portray Detective Bill Hodges, a retired cop driven out of retirement when an old nemesis reappears.

The adaptation received a straight-to-series order in May with Yelchin and Gleeson attached. However, the Star Trek actor was tragically killed in a car accident the following month. He was 27 years old.

Kelley will serve as showrunner on the series, which is being produced by Sonar Entertainment. Jack Bender (Lost) is set to direct. The duo will executive produce with Temple Hill Entertainment’s Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey. Mr. Mercedes is slated for a 2018 debut on DirecTV and AT&T U-verse.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Oct 12 2016

Anton’s co-star, Felicity Jones, from the 2011 film, Like Crazy, recently spoke with the Hollywood Reporter, wherein she opened up about Anton’s passing.

Then, in 2011, she got cast as a lead in Like Crazy, playing an English girl in Los Angeles who falls in love with an American boy — played by the late Anton Yelchin — before getting deported. The film became a Sundance darling and got Jones noticed by Hollywood (and upstaged Jennifer Lawrence in the process), even if it didn’t exactly explode at the box office (grossing only $3.7 million). It also began a friendship with Yelchin that lasted until his death in June, when his Jeep Cherokee rolled down the driveway of his L.A. home and crushed him against a gate. “It’s been devastating,” Jones says of the tragedy, obviously still shaken. “It doesn’t feel like there’s any justice or there’s no way of understanding it, really. It’s just been a very difficult time for his family. They’re very dignified, beautiful people. He was just like no one else. He really was a unique soul.”

Oct 11 2016

Anton voiced the character of Dudley in the 9th episode of the first season of the animated series.

New York, NY (October 9, 2016) – Crackle, Sony’s free streaming service, today announced that their Emmy-nominated original stop-motion comedy series, “SuperMansion,” will kick off the holiday season with an original half-hour special, “SuperMansion: War On Christmas” premiering Thursday, December 8th. The announcement was made today at New York Comic Con during a “SuperMansion” panel featuring creators Zeb Wells (“Robot Chicken”) and Matthew Senreich (“Robot Chicken”), and voiceover cast including Emmy(R) Award-winner Keegan-Michael Key (“Key & Peele”), Breckin Meyer (“Robot Chicken”), Heidi Gardner (The Groundlings) and Gary Anthony Williams (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows).

“SuperMansion: War On Christmas” focuses on a dysfunctional group of self-righteous superheroes, The League of Freedom, who can’t agree on anything, but must band together to save Christmas when an interstellar imp, Mr. Skibumpers (Jim Parsons), unleashes a real-life Santa Claus (Gary Anthony Williams) who experiences an existential crisis. Ultimately, the team comes to understand that their differences of opinion are what the holiday spirit is all about.

Returning to the seasonal special are voiceover stars Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”), Emmy(R) Award-winner Keegan-Michael Key (“Key & Peele“), Seth Green (“Family Guy“), Jillian Bell (22 Jump Street), Anton Yelchin (Star Trek), Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey“), Heidi Gardner (The Groundlings), Tucker Gilmore (Frozen), and Zeb Wells (“Robot Chicken”). Joining the cast for the holiday special are Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory“) and Gary Anthony Williams (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows).

“SuperMansion: War On Christmas” is created and produced by Matthew Senreich (“Robot Chicken”) and Zeb Wells who also serves as a writer. Seth Green, John Harvatine IV, Eric Towner, Tom Root, Bryan Cranston, James Degus and Moon Shot Entertainment join as executive producers with production by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.

Season two of “SuperMansion” will return in early 2017, as previously announced at the Crackle upfront in April. You can binge-watch all 13 episodes on season one for free on Crackle.

Oct 11 2016

Hi guys, as I mentioned before, I would turn this into a tribute site. After months of slowly working on it, I’ve finally finished the revamp. Sorry this took me a while, I wanted the new look to be perfect. I hope you all like it. And thanks to everyone who participated in the poll for the new site name, Remembering Anton Yelchin, with a little tagline I couldn’t help but include, RAY of Light. I will be working on filling up the gallery next, and I have a few ideas in mind on what else to add on the site, but nothing final yet. If you have suggestions, you’re more than welcome to send them my way. You can follow the site’s Twitter for the updates, which is now at @AntonYelchinCom. :)

Oct 09 2016

Netflix has released the official trailer for Trollhunters. All episodes will be available on December 23!

The show follows 15-year-old Jim (Anton Yelchin), who is transformed into the Trollhunter, defender of the good trolls, after stumbling upon a magical amulet. While fighting alongside his best friend Toby (Charlie Saxton) and the wise four-armed troll Blinky (Kelsey Grammer), he also must juggle play rehearsal and homework.

Oct 05 2016

The blooper reel from Star Trek Beyond has been released, which is included in the Blu-ray and DVD copies of the film to be released on November 1st.

Oct 02 2016

The October 07 issue of Entertainment Weekly features a preview of one of Anton’s final projects, the animated series Trollhunters, which will debut on Netflix this December.

Sep 08 2016

New Europe Film Sales has picked up “Porto,” directed by Gabe Klinger and starring the late Anton Yelchin and Lucie Lucas. Film was executive produced by Jim Jarmusch.

“Porto” tells the story of Jake (Anton Yelchin) and Mati (Lucie Lucas), two outsiders in the Portuguese city of the film’s title who once experienced a brief but passionate love affair.

The film is the narrative feature debut of critic, curator and director Klinger, who previously directed the Venice-award-winning documentary “Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater.”

The film is a co-production between Portugal (Bando À Parte), USA (Double Play Films), France (Gladys Glover) and Poland (Madants), and is set to unspool at the San Sebastian Film Festival’s New Directors competition and the London Film Festival’s First Feature Competition.

Jan Naszewski, New Europe’s CEO, will present a promo for the film in Toronto.

Source: Variety