Like so many great noirs before it, HBO’s “Perry Mason” reboot revels in American outsiders fighting to persevere despite being beaten into submission by the world around them. This Perry Mason isn’t an established defense attorney, but a private investigator who can barely hold onto his license. Della Street is an overworked and undervalued assistant, kept from self-made success only by her gender and forced into hiding by her choice of partner. Paul Drake is a Black beat cop whose authority only exists until a white officer shows up — sometimes, not even then.
Plenty more characters live in polite society’s shadow, but co-creators Ron Fitzgerald and Rolin Jones take their time tying together the established elements of “Perry Mason” lore. Built with confidence, patience, and a voice calibrated for today’s audiences (if not the rapid pacing to match), HBO’s update may seem like a far...
Plenty more characters live in polite society’s shadow, but co-creators Ron Fitzgerald and Rolin Jones take their time tying together the established elements of “Perry Mason” lore. Built with confidence, patience, and a voice calibrated for today’s audiences (if not the rapid pacing to match), HBO’s update may seem like a far...
- 6/18/2020
- by Ben Travers
- Thompson on Hollywood
Like so many great noirs before it, HBO’s “Perry Mason” reboot revels in American outsiders fighting to persevere despite being beaten into submission by the world around them. This Perry Mason isn’t an established defense attorney, but a private investigator who can barely hold onto his license. Della Street is an overworked and undervalued assistant, kept from self-made success only by her gender and forced into hiding by her choice of partner. Paul Drake is a Black beat cop whose authority only exists until a white officer shows up — sometimes, not even then.
Plenty more characters live in polite society’s shadow, but co-creators Ron Fitzgerald and Rolin Jones take their time tying together the established elements of “Perry Mason” lore. Built with confidence, patience, and a voice calibrated for today’s audiences (if not the rapid pacing to match), HBO’s update may seem like a far...
Plenty more characters live in polite society’s shadow, but co-creators Ron Fitzgerald and Rolin Jones take their time tying together the established elements of “Perry Mason” lore. Built with confidence, patience, and a voice calibrated for today’s audiences (if not the rapid pacing to match), HBO’s update may seem like a far...
- 6/18/2020
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Exclusive: New film and TV participants include crew from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Spectre and The Martian.Scroll down for the full list
BAFTA’s networking and career development programme for UK-based film and TV workers BAFTA Crew will this year include key crew from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Spectre and The Martian.
New vfx department crew attending the programme include Carlos Ciudad (Jupiter Ascending), Jason Brown (Terminator Genisys) and David Michael Schneider (Guardians of the Galaxy).
Art department crew include Sarah Ginn (Beauty & the Beast), Dominic Sikking (Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) and Matt Wynne (The Martian).
Other new names include Riccardo Bacigalupo (first assistant editor Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jo Beart-Albrecht (costume department Suffragette) and Thomas Wade (2nd Unit camera Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens).
The group will be officialy unveiled by BAFTA next week and will have a private networking event on Tuesday August...
BAFTA’s networking and career development programme for UK-based film and TV workers BAFTA Crew will this year include key crew from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Spectre and The Martian.
New vfx department crew attending the programme include Carlos Ciudad (Jupiter Ascending), Jason Brown (Terminator Genisys) and David Michael Schneider (Guardians of the Galaxy).
Art department crew include Sarah Ginn (Beauty & the Beast), Dominic Sikking (Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) and Matt Wynne (The Martian).
Other new names include Riccardo Bacigalupo (first assistant editor Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jo Beart-Albrecht (costume department Suffragette) and Thomas Wade (2nd Unit camera Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens).
The group will be officialy unveiled by BAFTA next week and will have a private networking event on Tuesday August...
- 7/17/2015
- ScreenDaily
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