Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Air Dates

This week has been an epic time for US tv shows, from the mass slaughter at ABC, to the return of 24, Prison Break and Lethal Weapon at FOX! In this special episode, we give you a complete run down of new shows to look our for coming from across the pond this Autumn and next year, and we also chat to the production designer on one of those new shows, Gary Kordan.

Production designers are the guys that design and organise the building of sets and props for show. Gary is a veteran of the industry, and has recently been working on the extremely funny Key & Peele, which has been tipped for a possible Emmys nomination this season. He also worked on the pilot for ABC's new show Downward Dog which just got picked up to series, and Amazon Prime’s Just Add Magic. We had a chance to chat with him about his work and what it’s like literally working behind the scenes in hollywood.

This week's co-host is Amanda!
In this weeks show:

Amanda and I catch up with the latest games, films and...

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It's a beautiful day outside, but we still decided to come in and record another show just for you! So here we are with episode 24, and a great 2 part interview with Dan Licht, the man behind the music for the brilliant Dexter, Jason Momoa's The Red Road, and the superb Dishonored and recently announced Dishonored 2 video games!

Dan is one of the most prolific and eclectic musicians in the film, television, video game and advertising industry. His first major feature film, Columbia Pictures' "Children of the Night," was subsequently followed by a series of dark films, including Dimension Films first ever feature film, "Children of the Corn II." Notably, Dan was chosen for Clive Barker's third "Hellraiser" installment, Miramax and Dimension Films' "Hellraiser: Bloodline."
In this weeks show:

We take a look at the tv shows & games which have been taking up our time over the last week, including Batman: Arkham Knight, No Offence, & Humans.
The latest TV News, with lots of comic...

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It's our 250th episode of the Geektown Radio podcast! We were thinking of doing something special, but there was so much news around this week, we didn't want to deprive you, so I'm joined by Bex from TristaBytes in the co-host chair to chat about our week in tv and film, plus we have all the weekly tv news, renewals and cancellations... Plus, Bex was in something of a musical mood, so you have that to look forward to!

Reviewing the last 7 days in tv, gaming and film, Bex has been repeatedly drowning a digital cat on her Twitch stream (that's not as bad as it sounds when I type it out!), and also catching up on the Channel 4/Netflix drama 'Kiss Me First'. In tv, I have completed Season 2 of Ricky Gervais' phenomenal 'After Life', and also Season 2 of the wonderfully dark comedy 'Dead To Me'. Whilst over in gaming, I have spent most of my week building mechanical contraptions in the fantastically fun 'Satisfactory'.

In the latest tv news, we chat about The CW changing up their schedules to deal with the COVID-19 virus, which means late returns for all of our superheroes. We discuss 'The Vampire Chronicles' finally finding a home on AMC, and the return of Captain Pike, Spock & Number One in 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'. We also have all the latest renewals, cancellations and new tv show pickups.

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On this week's Geektown Radio podcast, Gray The Geek joins me to chat through our week in tv, film & gaming, along with all the weekly tv news, renewals and cancellations!

Reviewing the last 7 days in tv and gaming, Gray has actually been watching some films (finally) so he gives us a review of 'Like A Boss', and 'Stage Mother', which can both be found on Netflix UK. He also chats through 'Staged' Season 2, Netflix's 'History of Swear Words', 'Moonbase 8', 'Industry', 'For Life' , and the return of Channel 4's 'Back'. Meanwhile, I chat through new Alan Tudyk sci-fi 'Resident Alien', 'Snowpiercer' Season 2, and we both chat about the recent 4th episode of 'WandaVision'.

In addition to all that, we both wanted to have a big discussion about Russell T Davies’ stunning five-part drama ‘It’s A Sin’, which is available right now on All 4. There are some spoilers in here, but it is clearly marked. I will say, if you haven't watched and finished the series, I strongly urge you to binge through it.

In the TV news, we have all the usual renewals, cancellations and pickups. We also chat through some of the new shows coming to new Disney+ "channel" STAR, which launches in the UK next month, casting on Neil Gaiman’s Netflix series 'The Sandman', ‘Titans’ adding yet more characters, and a possible ‘Buck Rogers’ TV reboot!

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Welcome back to a new Geektown Behind The Scenes podcast. This week I’m chatting with Sharlene Royer, the Assistant Stunt Coordinator for utterly brilliant ‘Shogun’, which recently won a record-breaking 18 Emmys - including a very well-deserved one for Outstanding Stunt Performance!

Based on James Clavell’s novel, FX’s 'Shōgun' is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village...

It is an outstanding drama, available on Hulu in the USA, and on Disney+ in the UK and other territories. It's well worth watching and catching up if you haven't seen it yet, as it appears it will be returning for two more seasons following its record-breaking Emmy win.

Born and raised in Quebec to a Haitian mother and French Canadian father, Sharlene was a dancer from the ages of 7 to 18, before moving into modelling and acting. However, following a meeting with legendary Stunt Coordinator, Alan Oliney, she was encouraged to try stunt work, and found her calling. She soon became a very sought-after stunt performer being requested to double stars such as Halle Berry, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Williams and many more.

On 'Shōgun', Sharlene discusses her work on the epic drama as Assistant Stunt Coordinator, working alongside her boss (and life-partner) Lauro David Chartrand-Del Valle, developing the hugely complex Emmy-winning “cannon” scene, melding VFX, physical effects and stunts for the “earthquake”, plus location scouting, stunt coordinating in the pandemic and lots more.

If that wasn’t enough, Sharlene was also Assistant Stunt Coordinator on season one of the hit CBS drama ‘Tracker’, for which she became the first Black, Female Stunt Coordinator to win a Leo Award from The Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia. She talks about working with lead actor Justin Hartley (and his photographic memory), and also working with Justin alongside guest star Jenson Ackles... who sound like they were as much fun together as you'd expect!

Still want more? She also worked on the wonderfully fun DC superhero drama ‘Legends of Tomorrow’, performing the stunt work for Hawkgirl, so we touch on that in the interview too! Sharlene's other projects include things such as 'The Man In The High Castle', 'Never Let Go', 'X-Men: Days of Future Past', 'Siren', 'See', 'The 100', 'The Rookie', and lots more!

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