Survivor: Last Resort: Cape Verde : Meet the Contestants

With the first episode airing in exactly one week and with the Tribes already announced, it's now time to officially meet the contestants of the first ever season of Survivor: Last Resort!

Brava Tribe:

Name: Chase Daniels
Age: 31
Job: Minor League Baseball Player
Would you rather win the game and be hated by the audience or lose and be loved?: Win and be hated
Biography: The definition of a free spirit, Chase likes to go with the flow. He’s a natural athlete and sociable all at once, but sometimes is not always the best at reading the room and he’s afraid that will be his downfall.

Name: Fiona Robinson
Age: 45
Job: Former Country Singer
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Win and Be Hated
Biography: Fiona was the member of a successful country music quartet in the late 1990s. She is going to hide this fact so she is not targeted for her perceived wealth. She now spends most of her time raising her three kids and plans to apply those motherly instincts in the game.

Name: Francis Morse
Age: 31
Job: Engineer
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Lose and Be Loved
Biography: Francis is aware of the Down-to-Earth nature of his personality and is hoping to utilize that build connections in the game. He is a lifelong fan of the show so just making it here is a dream come true.

Name: Jim Bonds
Age: 52
Job: Semi-Professional James Bond Impersonator
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Lose and Be Loved
Biography: Going on 20 years as a Bond impersonator due to his resemblance to Pierce Brosnan. Given his commitment to the role, he has stayed physically fit despite being one of the older contestants. His brash personality does tend to turn people off.

Name: Laura Osborne
Age: 21
Job: Influencer
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Lose and Be Loved
Biography: Laura is on the show to gain more followers on social media and expand her brand - something she is openly honest about. Despite being out of her element geographically speaking, she is used to cameras and beaches so she’s right at home in one sense.

Name: Megan Boswell
Age: 31
Job: Teacher
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Lose and Be Loved
Biography: One of the genuinely good people as exemplified by her job teaching mentally disabled children. Although a bit quiet, she is very kind and willing to help at all times. A team player through and through.

Name: Rajon Jackson
Age: 26
Job: DJ
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Lose and Be Loved
Biography: Rajon is a struggling musician who hopes to use this show to get a new DJ set and kickstart his career. He has a heart of gold which means that it will be hard for him to betray anyone - even if it means sacrificing his own will to win.

Name: Sally Connors
Age: 30
Job: Pharmaceutical Executive
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Lose and Be Loved
Biography: Sally has an uncanny determination and is very opinionated. She tends to gravitate to people that she likes, leaving out anyone she can’t connect with. She’s coming off of a recent tragedy and is hoping to use this show as a pick-me-up.

Togo Tribe:

Name: Chad Betts
Age: 28
Job: Unemployed
Would you rather win and be hated by the audience or lose and be loved?: Win and Be Hated
Biography: Chad hopes to use the winner’s money to open a strip club so he can move out of his dad’s house. Since he’s unemployed, he spends most of his time at the gym to perfect his impressive physique.

Name: Gail Adimore

Age: 27

Job: Video Game Designer

Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Lose

Biography: Gail is a very social person, almost to a fault. She has the tendency to believe people, even when she shouldn’t, and has a hard time lying herself. Despite her looks, she has a nerdy side and is playing for her mother, who is stricken with cancer.

Name: Jim Marshall
Age: 30
Job: Financial Analyst
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Win and Be Hated
Biography: Working in the financial world, Jim has exceeded with an analytical mind and that he is what he plans to bring into the game. This means he’s willing to lie and backstab as much as it takes. An avid watcher of the show, winning Survivor is the next thing to complete on his ambitious bucket list.

Name: Jose Mendes
Age: 27
Job: Talent Agent
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Win and Be Hated
Biography: Jose plans to use the skills he’s used in his career to succeed in the game. He wants to connect to a winning alliance and skate on by, willing to lie as much as he needs. However, his overly flirtatious could very well be his downfall and he knows it.

Name: Kaiser Phillips
Age: Theatre Professor
Job: 61
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Lose and Be Loved
Biography: Dr. Kaiser is a well-respected professor of theatre, having mentored some of the brightest talents on television, Broadway, and beyond. He knows his age and lack of athletic ability will be detrimental to his game but he hopes his colorful personality and affable presence will help create strong bonds.

Name: Puma Wilson
Age: 33
Job: MMA Fighter
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Win and Be Hated
Biography: Jessica “Puma” Wilson earned her nickname in the octagon due to her quick feet and ability to pounce at any moment. However, she does tend to poorer if the fight lasts multiple rounds. Her can be short-tempered from time to time and hates losing, so she won’t be afraid to speak her mind when the time comes.

Name: Rose Whitehill
Age: 35
Job: Therapist
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Win and Be Hated
Biography: Given her career path, Rose is someone very easy to talk to. Despite this, she is very introspective and observant - tending to sit in the background during intense situations. She escaped from a cult as a child, which has a direct effect on how she encounters challenges in day-to-day life.

Name: Sarah Morse 
Age: 29
Job: Journalist
Win and Be Hated or Lose and Be Loved?: Lose and Be Loved
Biography: Sarah’s day-to-day life as a freelance journalist allows her to travel all over the country so the journey Survivor provides is another thrill for her to seek. Her husband Francis has always tried to get her to watch the show but she never did. They are each unaware that their spouse was also selected for the show.

The James Morgan Show (S1E4)

Hello LRF world and welcome to the latest episode of the James Morgan Show! As our first seasons gets closer and closer to release, I am here today to tell you a little more about our different productions. With that said, I'm afraid that I won't have information about two of our shows since they haven't been officially announced yet, but you'll get a nice idea of our completed schedule once this episode of the James Morgan Show is over.

Shot in the Albertain Plains, this historical war / drama / western will lead off her schedule with the Monday primetime spot. Rumors are the budget for this show is just under two million dollars. This distinct lack of star power, aside from veteran TV actor Matthew Rhys kept the costs low.

This period érotico-dark comedic-thriller, boasts some star power compared to its Monday night colleague. The salaries of Cardellini, Miller and Molina take up just under half the production budget, which is rumored to be right at one million dollars per episode. The studio has high hopes for this production, with the money and the timeslot, they've given executive producer François Ozon, which is a calculated risk given the rather risqué genre.

Another period drama, Ann Morrow and Marielle Hellers' retelling of the life of the mysterious Suzanne is a passion project for the author and a subject close to the heart of the studio head, but a pricey one. The addition of Tobey Maguire, the highest-paid actor on the show brings the production budget to over a million dollars, with the vast majority of it going to the cast. With only one season planned, the drama shot on location in the streets of Quebec (to save on the production budget, no need to dress up streets for the historical scenes) will have to get satisfactory ratings and / or critical acclaim to justify its cost.

An unceremonious way to present to you the main duo, but here it is anyway. Josh Holloway and Taye Diggs will both have the same salary, but it's really executive producer Peter Berg and the overall production budget that ramp up the budget of this remake to about two million dollars per episode. Shot on location in Miami, Miami Vice will try to do better than the previous batch of television shows remake and the studio is confident that it will. 

This video game remake by David S. Goyer and writer Mark Newton will have a budget close to one million dollars, with most of it going for the production of the show, as the cast is fairly unexpensive. Most of the cast will earn the base fee per episode decided by the studio and will hope for a salary increase if the show is renewed for a second season. The only unannounced show so far, Fa-Sass: Queen of Style and Skill from writer Jacob Jones and Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of Samurai Jack, is an animated comedy intended for families. Stephanie Anne Mills will voice the main actor, Cassandra a young girl who dreams big and lives even bigger. Nika Futterman will voice Cassandra's younger cousin Robyn, Catherine Taber will voice Cassandra's BFF Peyton, Hynden Walch will voice Cassandra's other BFF Summer and Diego Luna, who completes the main cast, will voice Jupiter, a hopeful astronomer from Mexico City who moves to America. The production budget for this show will be just over $750,000 per episode, with most of it going to the production. Not much to say about this one, with all the preview post previously posted. A more detailed cast preview will be posted next Thursday, a week before the show airs.
This sports drama is more costly than anticipated with rising star John David Washington getting a bigger payday than anticipated to appear as the veteran running back of the Memphis football team. Veteran actor William Fichtner took a slight discount as he was finally able to secure a leading role and Josh Duhamel is reportedly the highest paid cast member. The budget is getting close to $1,3M which is higher than anticipated. I'm going to stop there for today and I'll be back next week, just before our first season officially starts to talk to you about the remaining shows that I haven't covered here and the two other unannounced shows.