The James Morgan Show 2.7

I have a shocking news for today, so tune in to find out what it is!

MONDAY

The Survivors: The expanding cast of the time-travelling sci-fi drama from Mo Buck and Tomas Alfredson added Krysten Ritter, Donald Sutherland, Jesse Bradford and Jodelle Ferland to its cast. The veteran Sutherland will play Gerald's (Brendan Fraser) former boss and Ritter will play his daughter, a cop herself. Bradford will play a younger version of Sutherland's character in flashback sequences while Ferland will play a young woman who befriends Charles (Logan Lerman).

TUESDAY

She-Hulk: Joining the She-Hulk cast are Finn Wittrock, Michael Richards, Himesh Patel and Paul Walter Hauser. Wittrock plays Dr. John Jameson, charming bachelor doctor whom Jenn develops a crush on. Richards will play Morris Walters, the father of Jenn (Jenny Slate), who grows weary of her Hulk persona. Patel will play a legal clerk at the rival firm and Hauser will play a bad guy Mary (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) falls for. Chad Taylor writes the script based on the Marvel characters. Phoebe Waller-Bridge produces.

Human: With the main cast complete, I have now learned that the show will shifted its focus during production on the two androids played by Justin Theroux and Letitia Wright. The scientists, played by Bryan Batt, Michelle Fairley and Adrian Rawlins will fall in supporting roles as the season goes along.

Hype: Dominic Wilkins and Stephen Merchant casted other talents for their crime dark comedy about the little mascot underworld. Charles Baker, Daveed Diggs, David Cross and Daniel Stern will join Seth Green, Alicia Silverstone, Gabriel Iglesias and Nick Swardson in the ensemble cast. After Dominic Wilkins encountered difficulties with the script, he made several adjustments that changed the tone of the series quite a bit. 

WEDNESDAY

Showtime: The ever-expanding cast of Showtime just added Zoey Dutch, Stephen Root, Anna Gunn, Clayne Crawford, Tom Hopper, Alan Ritchson and Paul Rust to complete its ensemble cast. Clayne Crawford will play "The Superior" Brad Wolfe, a wrestler who doesn't accept the changes in the locker room in the midst of his midlife crisis. Hopper and Ritchson will play Tom and Don Jackson, two brothers who keep fighting no matter what, trying to forget a recent tragedy, while Paul Rust will play Loto the Evil Islander (Cooper Andrews)' manager, "Loudmouth" Dicky Ray. Dutch will play Brad Wolfe's sister, known as Sweet Tea, a newly hired valet in the promotion. Stephen Root will play the owner of Texas Championship Wrestling, while Anna Gunn's role remains unknown, but pivotal. 

Miami Vice: The main cast will be back for a second season that will be shortened, going from 12 to 10 episodes

Rubber City Rockers: Joining Ross Lynch, Raymond J. Barry, Charlie Tahan and Logan Miller. will be Natalie Alyn Lind and Justin Long. Lind will play Teri Workman, a cheerleader at the school that the boys are crazy about, will Long's role remains unknown at the moment. 

THURSDAY

Hitman: The series based on the video game series written by Dwight Gallo and produced by Francis Lawrence has added Ricardo Scamarcio and Franco Nero to its cast. Scarmarcio will play Giuseppe Guillani, a sicilian mafia mob, while Nero will play Father Emilio Vittorio. 

La Maupin: In perhaps the most surprising move of the LRTV off-season, writer Ann Morrow and producer Michel Hazanavicius have announced that actress Lily Collins has been replaced in the lead role. The search for a lead actress has been tedious and they didn't feel like they had the right actress to play the role. A search for a new actress has begun and the whole problematic has set the production back. The show will become Last Resort Television's first ever miniseries with only six episodes set to air and for a debut closer to the midseason. Everyone else remains on board for the historical drama set in France. 

That will be all for today and I just wanted to say that this was the last full episode of the James Morgan Show before the season begins, but I'll still post next Sunday with a little surprise ! 

The James Morgan Show 2.6

I knew that waiting a day or two before releasing my episode will pay off and I have plenty of news for you ahead of this episode of the James Morgan Show, thanks to two-day wait. 

THURSDAY

Hitman: The second season is quickly starting to take shape with the additions of Callan Mulvey, and Freddie Pinze Jr. Mulvey will play Sergei Zavorotko, reportedly the main antagonist of the second season and Pinze Jr. will play his associate known simply as the American. Francis Lawrence returns as executive producer with a script from Dwight Gallo in this 8-episode season. 

Survivor Last Resort: Just a quick blurb to tell you the first tribe will be announced Thursday night, so tune in to meet your new contestants. 

La Maupin: Some French actors were cast in supporting roles in Ann Morrow's historical drama helmed by Michel Hazanavicius. Denis Ménochet was cast as Gaston, Julie's (Lily Collins)  overprotective, alcoholic and womanizing father. French legend Gerard Depardieu joined the distribution as Count Louis de Lorraine, Gaston's superior, who develops an unhealthy relationship with Julie. Rumors are that series could turn into the first-ever LRTV miniseries and no more than six episodes. 

FRIDAY

Gauntlet: The second season storyline remains a mystery but I've heard through the vines that rising star John David Washington will reportedly leave the show early on. Washington's Lincoln Tatum kind of took the backseat in the end of the first season, so it makes sense to assume his storyline will wrap-up quickly. Antoine Fuqua returns as producer with a script by Matt Parker.

Call My Agent: Following all the previous announcements regarding the casting, we have obtained the complete list of guest stars that will appear in the second season, out-of-order. It appears as James Spader, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Neal McDonough, Michael Stuhlbarg, Matthew Broderick, Dale Dickey, Halle Berry and Martin Freeman will appear in the second season.

Have Gun - Will Travel: Joining Walton Goggins in the loose adaptation of the series of the same name will be Benedict Wong and Adrianne Palicki. Wong will play Chan, the bellhop of Charlemagne Hotel, a building at the center of the story, while Palicki will play a mysterious woman who arrives at the hotel. Frank Darabont produces with a script by Dwight Gallo. 

SATURDAY

Manson: The series about the life of famed cult leader Charles Manson has added Julia Garner, Juliette Angelo, Natalia Dyer and Ella Purnell to its distribution. Garner will play Mary Brunner, Manson's first partner. Angelo, Dyer and Purnell will play Manson's Family members Lynette Fromme, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel respectively. Antonio Campos produces from a script by veteran LRF writer Lon Charles.

L.A. Noire: Joining Joe Alwyn in this video game adaptation is Brian F. O'Byrne, Eric Ladin and Brent Sexton. O'Byrne will play Captain James Donnelly, Ladin will play Detective Stefan Bekowsky and Sexton will play Detective Rusty Galloway, all colleagues of Joe Alwyn's Cole Phelps. Gavin O'Connor is on board as producer with John Malone writing. 

SUNDAY

Rolling Stone: The hit show by Oliver Stone and D.R. Cobb will be back for a second season, same time, same channel. Not much is currently known about the plot, but you can expect the major players to return.

Burnt Prairie: Joining Stephan James, John Gallagher Jr., Olivia Holt and Robert Forster in the large ensemble cast of this small-town drama of a town obsessed with its basketball team and forced to look itself in the mirror when tragedy strikes is  Josh Lucas, Kristin Chenoweth, Colman Domingo, Diana Silvers and Jacob Elordi. Chad Taylor writes the script with James Ponsoldt as producer.

That will be about it for today's episode and hopefully you like the shows we have so far. I'll be back next Sunday to talk about our shows ! See you next week !

The James Morgan Show 2.5

Welcome back for another episode of the James Morgan Show ! Today I have some special announcements for you, both good and bad news.

MONDAY

Nez Perce: As the show will keep the same cast, I just wanted to point out that the stars have requested a significant pay raise compared to the first season. Last Resort Television's fortune isn't a problem, but the network didn't plan the show to be such a success and some of the stars demands raised a few eyebrows, especially in the supporting roles.

The Survivors: The time-travelling fish-out-of-the-water sci-fi drama by writer Mo Buck and Tomas Alfredson has signed veteran actor M. Emmet Walsh as Gerald's (Brendan Fraser) father Horace who is teleported in modern times alongside his family. The show needs some villains and both Clancy Brown and Michael Mando have signed on for the project. Brown will play Chartwell, the leader of a mysterious sect and Mando will play a member of said sect who develops an unhealthy obsession with the family. 

Total Drama: Asuka Valley: This is the first and last bad news of today's episode. Network executives and writer Jacob Jones reached an agreement to cancel Total Drama: Asuka Valley. A special rotating segment will replace the show. 

TUESDAY

She-Hulk: Joining Jenny Slate and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (also executive producer) in the first ever superhero legal comedy will be Kate Walsh and F. Murray Abraham. Walsh will play Mallory Brook, a rival attorney who Jen (Jenny Slate) is envious of. F. Murray Abraham will play Brook's boss, who wants to hire Jen for his firm. Chad Taylor pens the script based on the Marvel Comics characters.

Human: The Michelle MacLaren-produced and Ann Morrow-written sci-fi drama added two actors to its cast. Veteran actor Justin Theroux and rising star Letitia Wright signed on to play the two humanoid android the scientists played by Bryan Batt, Michelle Fairley and Adrien Rawlins play. 

Hype: Dominic Wilkins and Stephen Merchant casted other actors as mascots. Joining Seth Green is comedian Gabriel Iglesias and actors Nick Swardson and David Cross. They will play employees of the mascot organization with problems of their own. Also, making her return in front of the camera for the first time since 2010 is Sarah Polley, who will play a psychologist the mascots are forced to see every now and then by their boss (Sarah Silverman). 

WEDNESDAY

Showtime: Joining Joe Manganiello, Nick Offerman and Cooper Andrews in the Mo Buck and Chad Taylor-written series produced by Steven Soderbergh is Barry Keoghan, Dacre Montgomery and Paul Walter Hauser. Keoghan plays Ben Carr, a young up-and-coming wrestler from England who crosses the Atlantic with the hopes of making it big in the American wrestling world. Montgomery plays Thunderjack Haynes, a brash new recruit who struggles in the ring, but as the looks required to be the next big thing. Hauser will play "Slim" Clem Sanders, s perennial jobber shifting from gimmicks to gimmicks in the hopes of his big break. 

Miami Vice: Not much is known about the second season, but I think it's safe to assume that all of your favorite detectives will be back for a second outing.

Rubber City Rockers: Joining Ross Lynch as Otto the overly confident band geek and rebel will be Raymond J. Barry, Charlie Tahan and Logan Miller. Barry will play Ross Lynch's character's great-uncle Elmo. Tahan and Miller will play Pete and Wes, schoolmates of Otto. David Wain produces from a script by D.R. Cobb based on a graphic novel by John "Derf" Backderf. 

That will be about it for today's episode and hopefully you like the shows we have so far. I'll be back next Sunday with brand new announcements !

The James Morgan Show 2.4

Hi there everyone and welcome to the fourth episode of my second season and today, I'm going to talk about our shows that will air on weekends. That's right, I'm talking about our premium shows ! I know I took a week off last week, but this episode is going to be short and sweet.

Before I jump in and talk about our upcoming shows, I have an official announcement to make. The second season start date has been set in stone, so mark your calendars because we will hit the airwaves again on September 2nd ! The season was supposed to start at mid-August, but the amount of scripts we received so far has been disappointing, so we're giving you guys a little more time to write your shows. Hopefully it will be worth the wait ! (For those of you who haven't send their pilots / first episode, it would nice to have them as soon as possible, the first week is always the longest to set up and we also need to have review it. Thanks for your understanding.

SATURDAY

Manson: We start off strong with a new original drama from the Golden Reel-nominated duo behind the Season 6 drama Deprogramming, executive producer Antonio Campos and writer Lon Charles, about the life of famed cult-leader Charles Manson. The first season is set to tackle the early years of Manson's criminal career. Actor Jim Sturgess has signed on to play Manson. 

L.A. Noire: Last Resort Television is also very proud to air a show written by none other than John Malone. The veteran writer and 4-time Best Adaptation winner will adapt Rockstar's hit video game to the small screen. Gavin O'Connor has been hired as executive producer. It also appears as the show has found its Detective Cole Phelps in the form of British actor Joe Alwyn.

SUNDAY

Rolling Stone: The hit show by Oliver Stone and D.R. Cobb will be back for a second season, same time, same channel. Not much is currently known about the plot, but you can expect the major players to return.

Burnt Prairie: The final show of our second season will see writer Chad Taylor tackling a small-town drama with an extensive ensemble cast. The show will follow a small, basketball-obsessed town in Indiana, forced to look itself in the mirror when tragedy strikes. James Ponsoldt signed on as executive producer. The cast is starting to take shape with the signings of Stephan James, John Gallagher Jr., Olivia Holt and Robert Forster. 

That will be about it for today's episode and hopefully you like the shows we have so far. I'll be back next Sunday to talk about our shows ! See you next week!