Yorkshire Ripper Trilogy On The Way
UK’s Channel 4 and Revolution Films are currently working on a trilogy revolving around the serial killer known as the ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ who terrorised the North East of England, according to Variety.
Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 victims between 1975 and 1980, and the case was one of the largest ever investigations by a UK police force. Unfortunately for the police, computers weren’t widely used in the 1970’s so they had to write everything down and ended up screwing things up a few times. Peter Sutcliffe is currently severing multiple life sentences and claimed God told him to carry out the murders.
The films will be based on three of the four books in David Peace’s ‘Red Riding Quartet’, and are being made as a TV series, with a U.K. cinema release and then possibily sold other countries after that.
The budget for the three films is $10 million, which is the equivalent to 10 minutes of Transformers.
Dexter Smitten With Jimmy
Jimmy Smits just nabbed a killer role.
The TV vet has joined the cast of Showtime’s conflicted-serial-killer series, Dexter. He has signed on for 10 of the 12 episodes for the upcoming third season, which begins production Monday for a Sept. 28 debut.
Smits will play Miguel Prado, an ambitious DA hailing from one of Miami’s most powerful political families. He joins forces with Michael C. Hall’s titular character to find another killer whose dastardly doings affect them both.
All in all, a pretty good gig. But the hours might be murder…
Heroes Redux: Sylar Is My Hero
Yeeee! We have much to celebrate, because not only is this here Heroes Redux back by popular demand (thanks for asking, mom!), but on the latest ep we welcomed back the sexiest serial killer around (sorry, Dexter): Yes, I'm talking 'bout you, Mr. Sylar!
If you ask me, Heroes was finally back on giddy-good track last night, thanks in part to the return of the awesomely talented Zachary Quinto, whose freaky-deaky presence was sorely missed in the first two episodes.
Read on to find out more on the latest ep and what lies ahead. Just make sure you've seen it already, so's not to be spoiled!
WHAT WE LEARNED
Ding-Dong, D.L. Is Dead: Poor D.L. is dead and gone. So, are any previous couple-related blind items ringing any bells? No? No? Hmmm…well, see if anyone else has the foggiest idea what I'm talkin' 'bout in the Comments section below.
Sylar Ruuules! The first great squeal of the season? It had to be when Señor Sylar whacked Candice/Michelle upside the head with his mug, right? This man is not to be messed with, even in his tattered and torn state. Not to mention, from the looks of that pan-out angle showing him surrounded by green, I'm pretty sure Sylar is currently on Lost island. (How awesome would that be?)
Hiro's Bringing Sexy Back: No glasses, suave and steady voice and longer, boy-band hair. Is NBC sexing up my Masi? I'm half expecting he'll be sporting pec implants and a porn 'stache by the end of the season. The road to sexy Future Hiro has begun!
West Flies Like Peter Pan: Is this Claire's new gay love interest? I'm just sayin'! Did you notice he puts his feet in ballet's first position and floats to never-never land instead of rocket launching like Nathan? And by the by, what are the chances Claire is kissing her cousin West? You'd think that sorta flyboy ability would run in the family, right? Speaking of…
Niki's Back: From what I hear, Niki wasn't in the original plan for the first three episodes, so it seems producers are upping the Ali Larter factor, at least for now. Still, something tells me we'll see a smidge less of her this season. Call it a hunch.
D.L. Is Related to Uhura! That was Nichelle Nichols (Uhura from the original Star Trek) welcoming young Micah to New Orleans. Let's see, Sulu was playing a gentleman of a certain age who was possibly up to no good. Uhura is playing a lady of a certain age. Both of their characters have superpowered relatives…what do you want to bet Nichelle's character is possibly up to no good and almost certainly mixed up in this intergenerational jibjab? Also, do you think there's any chance Zachary could persuade Leonard Nimoy to guest?
Molly Has Two Daddies: A source tells me that in the original plan for last week's ep, Molly's schoolteacher totally called out Matthinder as a cute gay couple with a cute adopted daughter. Matt promptly denied they were romantically involved. Honestly, I hope they go for it! But for the time being, this scenario will remain Two and a Half Heroes.
Claire Feels Pain: We learned tonight that when our little Claire-Bear runs into a burning building to save your ass, it hurts like hell. She's a brave little toaster, and I love her.
All in the Family: The writer of this episode is one J.J. Philbin, and not only is she a Heroes writer and a former writer on The O.C., she's the daughter of Regis Philbin and she's married to Mike Schur, who writes and acts on The Office. How's that for a TV pedigree?!
WHAT LIES AHEAD
David Anders Is Sticking Around: Sources tell me Takezo Kensei (Anders) will move to the future and not by teleportation. He will be 400 years old! Which leads me to ask, Could Kensei and Claire be…related? The season is called Volume Two: Generations, after all, and well, they kind of look alike, and they do seem to have the same power. Hmmm…
West Might Be Shady: Nick D'Agosto (aka Peter Pan) says of what's ahead for his character, "Now, all of the sudden it's romance, romance, romance, and then from there, hijinks ensue. He's kind of mysterious and dark, but has a real genuine side in him that wants to find out more about his power, and he's deeply engaged in finding out more about Claire." Is it just me, or is there something a tiny bit nefarious sounding going on there?
HRG Is Not Dying: You can quote me on that! By the way, Jack Coleman himself recently told me that the Bennets (as a family) don't take well to being mucked around. You hassle one, you hassle all, and that means Mr. Muggles, too!
Theory of the Week: Who else thinks Sylar is being mind-bound somewhere, as opposed to actually being held in a house in the middle of an endless jungle?
Now feel free to sound off below with your thoughts on the ep! Anyone else digging Sylar as much as me?
Dexter's Back and Still Bloody Amazing
Dexter's back, baby! And if you're a fan of this kickass series, that is good cause to celebrate. (Though we hope you'll do so in a more responsible way than Dex would.)
Even if you missed last season, you must tune in Sunday at 9 p.m., because the Showtime serial-killer series is genuinely one of the best hourlong dramas anywhere on television, and the season premiere is not to be missed.
Among other things, the second-to-last scene is a corker: Not only does Dexter brush past a couple of real emotions, there's a Rita-related twist and an underwater discovery that sets the stage for the next 12 episodes.
If you're not familiar with Dexter Morgan already, he is a serial killer who walks among the rest of us, masquerading as a run-of-the-mill emotionally stunted forensics expert. The twist? He only kills other serial killers.
"He's only killing for the good of society," Julie Benz (Dex's girlfriend, Rita) explained during a recent visit to the set. "He's sort of like a modern-day Robin Hood, who kills for the rich and kills for the poor." Run that by Michael C. Hall (Dexter), and you hear, "The Robin Hood of Grim Reapers? That's good!" It is! It's so good.
As for what is in store for the rest of the season, according to Hall himself, "He's taken unique responsibility for his instincts. Because of his father's outside-the-box parenting style, he's targeting people who arguably deserve it. He's somewhat sympathetic—he takes care of the people in his life, or at least he tries to. But he's coming off something pretty tramautic, having [first season spoiler alert!] done his brother in. So, we'll see him reeling a bit over the course of the second season, but he'll get his mojo back." Does he ever!
Come back Sunday night to sound off in the Comments section below on what you thought of Dexter's premiere episode (and the twist!)…and on Monday, our Spoiler Chat will have even more Dexter dish.