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The Passage (TV Series)
''The Passage'' is an American thriller television series based on the trilogy of novels by Justin Cronin. It spans years in the life of Amy Bellafonte, as she moves from being manipulated in a government conspiracy to protecting humankind in a post-apocalyptic vampire future. The series premiered on January 14, 2019. ''The Passage'' was cancelled after one season on May 10, 2019. Synopsis ''The Passage'' focuses on Project Noah, a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but also carries the potential to wipe out the human race. When a young girl, Amy Bellafonte, is chosen to be a test subject, Federal Agent Brad Wolgast is tasked with bringing her to Project Noah. Ultimately, however, Wolgast becomes her surrogate father, as he tries to protect her at any cost. Brad and Amy's journey will force them to confront Project Noah's lead scientist, Major Nichole Sykes, and the hardened ex-CIA operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Cronin
Justin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. He has written six novels: ''Mary and O'Neil, The Ferryman,'' and ''The Summer Guest'', as well as a vampire trilogy consisting of ''The Passage (Cronin novel), The Passage,'' ''The Twelve (novel), The Twelve'' and ''The City of Mirrors''. He has won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, the Stephen Crane Prize, and a Whiting Awards, Whiting Award. Born and raised in New England, Cronin is a graduate of Harvard University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He taught creative writing and was the "Author in-residence" at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1992 to 2003. He is a former professor of English at Rice University, and he lives with his wife and children in Houston, Texas. In July 2017, ''Variety'' reported that Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox 2000 had bought the screen rights to Cronin's vampire trilogy. The first book of the series, ''The Passage'', was released in June 2010. It garn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller (genre)
Thriller is a genre of fiction with numerous, often overlapping, subgenres, including crime fiction, crime, horror fiction, horror, and detective fiction. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the mood (psychology), moods they elicit, giving their audiences heightened feelings of suspense, Psychomotor agitation, excitement, Surprise (emotion), surprise, anticipation (emotion), anticipation and anxiety. This genre is well suited to Thriller film, film and television. A thriller generally keeps its audience on the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax (narrative), climax. The cover-up of important information is a common element. Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists, unreliable narrators, and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is often a villain-driven plot, whereby they present obstacles that the protagonist or hero must overcome. Roots of the genre date back hundreds of years, but it began to develop as a distinct style in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Fox Television
20th Television, Inc. (formerly known as TCF Television Productions, Inc., 20th Century-Fox Television and 20th Century Fox Television) is the television studio arm of 20th Century Studios, owned by Disney Television Studios, a division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. Productions from this company are distributed on/in home video, home media formats by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment through the 20th Century Home Entertainment banner. 20th Television was part of the majority of 21st Century Fox's assets acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, acquired by Disney in 2019. The company's current name was adopted in 2020 when Disney dropped the "Fox" word from the names of the acquired 21st Century Fox assets to avoid brand confusion with Fox Corporation. 20th Television has since become American Broadcasting Company, ABC's flagship television production arm with the closure of ABC Signature on October 1, 2024. Divisions 20th Televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel T
Daniel commonly refers to: * Daniel (given name), a masculine given name and a surname * List of people named Daniel * List of people with surname Daniel * Daniel (biblical figure) * Book of Daniel, a biblical apocalypse, "an account of the activities and visions of Daniel" Daniel may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature * ''Daniel'' (Old English poem), an adaptation of the Book of Daniel * ''Daniel'', a 2006 novel by Richard Adams * ''Daniel'' (Mankell novel), 2007 Music * "Daniel" (Bat for Lashes song) (2009) * "Daniel" (Elton John song) (1973) * "Daniel", a song from '' Beautiful Creature'' by Juliana Hatfield * ''Daniel'' (album), a 2024 album by Real Estate Other arts and entertainment * ''Daniel'' (1983 film), by Sidney Lumet * ''Daniel'' (2019 film), a Danish film * Daniel (comics), a character in the ''Endless'' series Businesses * Daniel (department store), in the United Kingdom * H & R Daniel, a producer of English porcelain between 1827 and 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Liddi-Brown
Allison Liddi-Brown is an American television director and producer. Liddi-Brown received her B.A. in Drama and her M.F.A. in Directing from the University of California, Irvine, where she studied under Professor Keith Fowler. She made her television directorial debut on the first season of the Nickelodeon series, ''The Secret World of Alex Mack''. She then went on to direct episodes for a number of notable television series namely, '' The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo'', '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'', ''Even Stevens'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', '' CSI: Miami'', '' CSI: NY'', ''Chuck'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', '' Friday Night Lights'' and ''Gossip Girl'' among other series. In 2010, Brown won the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Children's Program for directing the Disney Channel Original Movie '' Princess Protection Program'' starring Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato Demetri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV By The Numbers
TV by the Numbers was a website devoted to collecting and analyzing television ratings data in the United States that operated from 2007 to 2020. It was a part of Nexstar Media Group's Zap2it television news/listings site. History An Internet and statistical analyst, Robert Seidman had previously worked for IBM and Charles Schwab, and published an online newsletter about the Internet and AOL before founding TV by the Numbers; Bill Gorman had been an AOL executive until 1998, and had read Seidman's column. Friends since the early 1990s when they met near Washington, D.C., both were fond of television, as Gorman loved numbers and Seidman enjoyed statistics relating to it; the subject of television ratings data entered into one of their conversations. Gorman was dismayed at being unable to find other blogs devoted solely to television data, and after a Google search confirmed this, he and Seidman thought of the idea for a website devoted solely to the subject. In Gorman's words, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Siega
Marcos Siega (born June 8, 1969, in New York City) is a film, television, commercial and music video director. He has also worked as a producer, a musician and an artist. Career In the late 1980s, he helped to form the New York–based punk band Bad Trip, releasing two full-length records and numerous EPs. He later began directing music videos for Weezer, System of a Down, P.O.D., Papa Roach, Blink-182 and The All-American Rejects. His 2000 video for Blink-182's "All the Small Things" earned three MTV Video Music Award nominations and the Papa Roach video "Broken Home" was nominated for a Grammy. In 2001, he signed with commercial production company Hungry Man. Siega has directed episodes of television series, including ''Dexter'', ''True Blood'', ''Cold Case'' and ''Veronica Mars''. In 2008, he directed the pilot and co-executive produced ''The Vampire Diaries'', which ran for eight seasons on the CW Network. Siega also directed the pilots and was executive producer of ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Ensler
Jason Ensler is an American film director, television director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life Jason Ensler attended Brandeis University where he earned a BA in Politics and Theater. He graduated USC School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Cinema/Television production. Career Ensler began his work in television as a director at NBC 2000, a division of NBC promo. He designed launch campaigns for ''The West Wing'', ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'', ''Frasier'', ''Third Watch'', The Olympics, and NBA. He wrote and directed ''The Zucker Follies'', a musical mockumentary starring Megan Mullally, Martin Sheen and Sean Hayes. Ensler’s first film was ''Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company'' for NBC, which documents the true story of ambition, greed, and betrayal that rocked the set of the hit show ''Three's Company''. He has since directed and executive produced the pilots for: ''Andy Barker, P.I.'', ''Franklin & Bash'', ''Hart of Dixie'', ''Cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Ferrin
Jennifer Ferrin (born February 25, 1979) is an American actress. Early life and education Ferrin was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia. She attended Brookwood High where she was the lead in many high school plays and was a member of the choir. Upon her graduation from high school, Ferrin attended the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina and the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama. Career Ferrin played the younger version of Vanessa Redgrave's character Esther in the Hallmark Hall of Fame film ''The Locket''. She guest starred in the 2002 season finale of ''Dawson's Creek''. Ferrin's most notable role to date is that of Jennifer Munson Kasnoff Donovan on the daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns'', played from 2003 to 2006. She was nominated twice for a Daytime Emmy Award. In 2006, she landed a recurring role on the primetime show '' 3 lbs''. Ferrin was one of the four actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesis Rodriguez
Génesis Rodríguez Pérez (born July 29, 1987) is an American actress. She began her career playing leading roles in the Telemundo telenovelas '' Prisionera'' (2004), '' Dame Chocolate'' (2007) and '' Doña Bárbara'' (2008–2009).Aquino, Tara (February 2, 2012)"Who's That Girl? Meet "Casa de Mi Padre" Actress Genesis Rodriguez" ''Complex''. Retrieved June 1, 2024. She co-starred with Paul Walker in '' Hours'' (2013). She also played Sarah on '' Entourage'' (2010–2011) and assistant museum curator/adventurer Jane Walker on '' Time After Time'' (2017), and has starred in the films '' Man on a Ledge'' (2012), '' Casa de Mi Padre'' (2012), '' What to Expect When You're Expecting'' (2012), '' The Last Stand'' (2013), ''Tusk'' (2014), and '' Run All Night'' (2015). She provided the voice of Honey Lemon in the Disney animated film '' Big Hero 6'' (2014),Moran, Sarah (March 11, 2015)"'Big Hero 6' Voice Actor Genesis Rodriguez Confirms 'Rumblings' of a Sequel". ''Screen Rant''. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Logan (writer)
John David Logan (born September 24, 1961) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for his work as a screenwriter for films such as Ridley Scott's ''Gladiator'' (2000), Martin Scorsese's '' The Aviator'' (2004) and '' Hugo'' (2011), Tim Burton's '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (2007) and Sam Mendes' James Bond films ''Skyfall'' (2012), and '' Spectre'' (2015). He has been nominated three times for Academy Awards, and has won a Tony Award and a Golden Globe Award. Early life and education Logan's parents emigrated to the United States from Northern Ireland via Canada. The youngest of three children, he has an older brother and sister. Logan grew up in California and Millburn, New Jersey, where he graduated from Millburn High School in 1979. He moved to Chicago to attend Northwestern University, where he graduated in 1983. Career Stage Logan was a successful playwright in Chicago for many years before turning to screenwriting. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
