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Chapelwaite
''Chapelwaite'' is an American horror television series based on the short story "Jerusalem's Lot" by American writer Stephen King. It is written by Peter and Jason Filardi, and premiered on Epix on August 22, 2021. The show has been renewed for a second season. Premise Following his wife's tragic death at sea aboard a whaler ship, Captain Charles Boone (Adrien Brody) and his children return to the small town of Preacher's Corners, Maine, where a dark family history haunts them until confronted. Cast and characters * Adrien Brody as Captain Charles Boone * Emily Hampshire as Rebecca Morgan * Jennifer Ens as Honor Boone * Sirena Gulamgaus as Loa Boone * Ian Ho as Tane Boone * Eric Peterson as Samuel Gallup * Christopher Heyerdahl as Jakub * Julian Richings as Phillip Boone * Steven McCarthy as Stephen Boone * Gord Rand as Minister Burroughs Episodes Production Development In December 2019, it was reported that Epix had given a 10-episode straight-to-series order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerusalem's Lot
"Jerusalem's Lot" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in King's 1978 collection '' Night Shift''. The story was also printed in the illustrated 2005 edition of King's 1975 novel '' 'Salem's Lot''. Setting and style "Jerusalem's Lot" is an epistolary short story set in the fictional town of Preacher's Corners, Cumberland County, Maine, in 1850. It is told through a series of letters and diary entries, mainly those of its main character, aristocrat Charles Boone, although his manservant, Calvin McCann, also occasionally assumes the role of narrator. Plot Charles Boone, in letters addressed to "Bones", describes the arrival of himself and his manservant, Calvin McCann, at Chapelwaite, the neglected ancestral home of Charles's estranged late cousin Stephen. Calvin learns that many people in the nearby Maine town of Preacher's Corners think Charles and Calvin are mad for living in the mansion. The house is said to be "a bad house" with a history of sad events, disapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald De Line
Donald De Line (or Donald DeLine) is an American film producer. He was formerly the head of production at Paramount Pictures. He began his career as a studio executive at Walt Disney Productions and its Touchstone Pictures division in 1985, eventually serving as Disney's vice-president of production. He is a native of La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California. His well-known films have included ''Pretty Woman'' (1990), ''The Italian Job'' (2003), and '' Body of Lies'' (2008). Career * 1985 — Began career at Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ... as director of production * 1990 — Appointed senior vice president, production, for Touchstone Pictures * 1991 — Promoted to executive vice president of Touchstone * 1998 — Established DeLine Pictures Filmog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Peterson
Eric Neal Peterson (born October 2, 1946) is a Canadian stage, television, and film actor, known for his roles in three major Canadian series – '' Street Legal'' (1987–1994), ''Corner Gas'' (2004–2009), and '' This is Wonderland'' (2004–2006), as well as ''Corner Gas Animated'' (2018–2021). Career Stage In 1971, Peterson began his acting career when he helped found the collective theatre company ''Tamahnous Theatre'' in Vancouver, British Columbia. There he received major roles in versions of ''The Bacchae'' and ''Nijinsky'', both directed by John Gray. In 1974, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, and joined Theatre Passe Muraille, a leading collective ensemble in Canada. He had main roles in productions of ''The Farm Show'', ''The West Show'', ''Them Donnelly’s'', and ''1837: The Farmers' Revolt''. It was in this latter Rick Salutin production that he gained the greatest recognition, playing William Lyon Mackenzie and Lady Backwash. In 1976, Peterson began to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gord Rand
Gord Rand is a Canadian actor and playwright. He is most noted for his recurring role as Det. Marty Duko in the television series ''Orphan Black'', for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. He has also been a two-time ACTRA Award nominee, receiving nods in 2017 for ''Orphan Black'' and in 2019 for the film '' Man Running'', and was a Dora Mavor Moore Award winner in 2006 for his performance in the Royal Alexandra Theatre's production of Michael Healey's ''The Innocent Eye Test''. Gord's a Great Guy. In his personal life, he fathered one son named Hugh. He was best friends with Abtan for many years other than that Gord has kept his personal life largely private. His other credits have included the television series ''Everest '82'', '' Durham County'', ''Combat Hospital'', ''Cardinal'', ''Pure'' and ''Chapelwaite'', the films ''Maps to the Stars'', ''The Definites'' and ''An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Heyerdahl
Christopher Heyerdahl (born September 18, 1963) is a Canadian actor who portrayed Alastair in '' Supernatural,'' the Wraith Todd in ''Stargate Atlantis'', Sam in ''Van Helsing,'' "Swede" in ''Hell on Wheels,'' and Marcus in '' The Twilight Saga''. Early life and family Heyerdahl was born in British Columbia, and is of Norwegian and Scottish descent. His father emigrated from Norway to Canada in the 1950s. Thor Heyerdahl was his father's cousin. Heyerdahl also speaks Norwegian and studied at the University of Oslo. Career Heyerdahl is primarily known for his recurring role as the enigmatic "Swede" in AMC's ''Hell on Wheels''. This post-American Civil War drama debuted as the second highest rated original series in AMC history. He is also known for his role as Leonid in the ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' episode "The Thirteenth Floor" and as Nosferatu in the episode "Midnight Madness". He played the characters Halling and Wraith commander Todd in ''Stargate Atlantis'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Hampshire
Emily Hampshire (born 1979) is a Canadian actress. Her best known roles include Angelina in the 1998 romantic comedy '' Boy Meets Girl'', Vivienne in the 2006 film ''Snow Cake'', Jennifer Goines in the Syfy drama series ''12 Monkeys'' (2015–2018), and Stevie Budd in the CBC comedy series ''Schitt's Creek'' (2015–2020), as well as the voice role of Misery in the YTV animated series ''Ruby Gloom'' (2006–2008). Early life Hampshire was born in Montreal. She became interested in acting at age 11 after attending a performance of '' Les Miserables'' with her mother. Her interests were solidified by the vice principal of her all-girls Catholic school, who praised her performance during a school theatre production. At age 16, she moved to Toronto to pursue roles in TV and film. She was accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts shortly after high school but never attended, as it conflicted with a film opportunity. Career Hampshire has been professionally active in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrien Brody
Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring as Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's '' The Pianist'' (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29, becoming the youngest actor to win in that category. Brody is the second male American actor after Christopher Lambert to receive the César Award for Best Actor. Other successful films that Brody has starred in are '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), '' The Village'' (2004), ''King Kong'' (2005), ''Predators'' (2010) and ''Midnight in Paris'' (2011). He is a frequent collaborator of Wes Anderson's, having starred in four of Anderson's films, ''The Darjeeling Limited'' (2007), ''Fantastic Mr. Fox'' (2009), ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014), and ''The French Dispatch'' (2021). In 2017, he portrayed Luca Changretta in the fourth season of the BBC series ''Peaky Blinders''. In 2022, he portrayed Arthur Miller in the Marilyn Monroe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven McCarthy (actor)
Steven McCarthy is a Canadian actor and filmmaker from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He is most noted for his three-time guest role as Morgan in the television series '' Mary Kills People'', for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Drama Series at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018. He attended the National Theatre School of Canada on two separate occasions, studying acting in the 1990s and directing in the 2000s.Alison Broverman, "Two solitudes within both play and director: Steven McCarthy was having a lonely year when he encountered the French Canadian play Bliss". ''Toronto Star'', March 29, 2012. His first major directing project was a production of Olivier Choinière's play ''Bliss'' for Buddies in Bad Times in 2012. His other roles have included the films '' Eye of the Beholder'', ''An Insignificant Harvey'', '' Citizen Gangster'', '' Picture Day'', and ''O Negative'', and episodes of the television series '' Degrassi: The Next G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers Guild Of America West
The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is a labor union representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. It was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, including the Screen Writers Guild. It has around 20,000 members. History The Screen Writers Guild (SWG) was formed in 1921 by a group of ten screenwriters in Hollywood angered over wage reductions announced by the major film studios. The group affiliated with the Authors Guild in 1933 and began representing TV writers in 1948. In 1954, the SWG was one of five groups who merged to represent professional writers on both coasts and became the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAe) and West (WGAw). Howard J. Green and John Howard Lawson were the first two presidents during the SWG era. Daniel Taradash was president of the WGAw from 1977 to 1979. In 1952, the Guild authorized movie studios to delete onscreen credits for any writers who had not been cleared by Congress, as part of the industry' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burr Steers
Burr Gore Steers is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. His films include ''Igby Goes Down'' (2002) and '' 17 Again'' (2009). He is a nephew of writer Gore Vidal. Family Steers was born in Washington, D.C. His father, Newton Ivan Steers, Jr. (1917–1993), was a businessman and politician who briefly served as a Republican congressman from Maryland. Through his mother, Nina Gore Auchincloss (born 1937), he is a grandson of stockbroker and lawyer Hugh D. Auchincloss, a cousin of Louis Auchincloss. Nina is also the stepsister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and younger half-sister of the writer Gore Vidal. Steers is a relative of vice president Aaron Burr, the third Vice President of the United States. Steers's great-grandfather Thomas Gore served as Oklahoma's first Democratic senator, from 1907 until 1921 and from 1931 until 1937, while his great-great-grandfather Oliver Burr Jennings was a founder of Standard Oil. Steers's godfather was former Virginia Senator Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Kosar
Scott Kosar is an American screenwriter whose films include ''The Machinist'', the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film), 2003 remake of the classic horror film ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'', and the The Amityville Horror (2005 film), 2005 remake of ''The Amityville Horror (1979 film), The Amityville Horror''. In June 2006, he was presented with the Distinguished Achievement in Screenwriting Award by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Kosar was appointed the Hunter/Zakin screenwriting chair at UCLA for 2009–2010. Career Kosar wrote the script for ''The Machinist'' while attending the graduate screenwriting program at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The movie became notorious for actor Christian Bale's dramatic weight loss (Bale dropped his weight to 120 pounds for the film) and was described by Stephen Holden of ''The New York Times'' as "one of the few movies to scale the barrier between chilly fantasy and authentic cinematic nightmare." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Declan De Barra
Declan de Barra is an Irish musician, animator and screenwriter, best known for his work in American television. In addition, de Barra's animations have featured in various international film festivals. Music Born in Bunmahon, Co. Waterford, Ireland, de Barra emigrated to Australia in 1989 and started playing in various bands while studying fine art in Perth, Western Australia. He toured the country for a number of years with his group Non-Intentional Lifeform on Dutch label Roadrunner Records. In 1999 he formed the musical group Clann Zú featuring various musicians from Melbourne's classical, punk and electronic scenes. Clann Zú released two albums '' Rua'' and ''Black Coats and Bandages'' on Canadian political label G7 Welcoming Committee. de Barra returned to Ireland in 2002, continuing to perform with Clann Zú on their final tour throughout 2004 in Canada and Australia. In 2005 he released a debut solo album, ''Song of a Thousand Birds'' followed by "A Fire to Scare the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
