HBO’s newest large-scale endeavor, Westworld, is trying hard to entice. If you haven’t seen the press surrounding it, there’s been some serious concerns with content. What Westworld manages to accomplish in its pilot, “The Original,” is firmly establish tone, backstory, and future conflict. It does so with a great deal of success, with only a few outlying weak points. Although the show isn’t quite a Game of Thrones-level hit, Westworld’s pilot sets up enough to entice viewers.
On Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, The Knockturnal took its shot at seeing the premiere of “Hamilton’s America,” directed by Alex Horwitz, at the The New York Film Festival in the Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.
The cast of Fox’s upcoming series “Shots Fired” which was created by Gina Prince-Bythewood and husband Reggie Rock Bythewood discussed the series at Urbanworld Film Festival. The series which stars Sanaa Lathan, Stephan James, Helen Hunt, DeWanda Wise, Tristan Mack Wilds, Aisha Hinds and Jill Hennessy dealing with the aftermath of a racially motivated shooting in a North Carolina town.
On Oct. 1 2016, The Knockturnal attended the premiere screening of Hamilton’s America at The New York Film Festival, and the panel discussion that followed between the film’s director, Alex Horwitz, the production’s stars Lin-Manuel Miranda and Renée Elise Goldsberry, and historian Ron Chernow.
Cast and crew members of FOX‘s new drama-filled event series Shots Fired were on the Red Carpet at the Urbanworld Film Festival where they premiered episode 1 of the 10 hour series.
The premiere of Marvel’s new series Luke Cage brought together masons from the comic, Hip Hop, and movie worlds respectively. OJ chopped things up with everyone from comic mastermind Jeph Loeb to famous Hip Hop journalist, and current show runner for Luke Cage, Cheo Coker. You can check out video of the interviews down below, as well as some quick highlights.
We had the recent pleasure of being invited to an exclusive sit down dinner with the cast of Marvel’s “Luke Cage” on Netflix. The dinner was hosted by the renowned Red Rooster in Harlem, New York. After dinner, guests were treated to an impromptu panel with some of the cast and its creators. See some of what they had to say after the jump.
The Knockturnal caught up with actress Keesha Sharp to discuss her role as Trish Murtaugh on the FOX remake of the classic buddy cop action film Lethal Weapon.
Both great shows so check it out
This past weekend HBO hosted an epic VIP block party in celebration of the upcoming premiere of their new series ‘Insecure’.