Grant Show is front and center with his on-screen daughter, Elizabeth Gillies and on-screen fiancee, Nathalie Kellyfor the new Dynasty poster. The classic series is getting a reboot on The CW this fall and another poster was released featuring cast members Sam Adegoke, James Mackay and Rafael de la Fuente. The tagline, “Vicious. Ambitious. Delicious,” is on both of the posters. Dynasty is set to premiere on October 11 at 9/8c.
Here is a synopsis: “Fallon Carrington is charismatic, cunning, and
poised to become the new COO of her father’s global energy empire – or
so she thinks. When her father, Blake Carrington, summons Fallon and her
brother, Steven, home in Atlanta, Fallon is horrified to learn that the
reunion isn’t to announce her promotion – but rather to make the
acquaintance of their stepmother-to-be, Cristal. Family dynasties flow
through blood, and Fallon would sooner draw blood than call Cristal
‘Mom.’”
The hit soap opera
“Dynasty” will return after almost 30 years off the air and it will take
things even further than its 1980s predecessor.
The new "Dynasty," which will air
on the CW, aims to "kick it up a notch," according Elizabeth Gillies,
who plays Fallon Carrington, daughter of wealthy industrialist Blake
Carrington, on the show.
Gillies spoke to press on Wednesday at the Television
Critics Association summer press tour to promote the show.
She was
accompanied by producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, known for
their work on shows like“The O.C.” and “Gossip Girl.” Schwartz and Savage said they coordinated with
original “Dynasty” producers Esther and Richard Shapiro while working on
the reboot.
“They talked a lot about family and the idea of
whatever villainous things the characters in the show do that they never
stop loving each other," Savage told reporters. He explained the Shapiros pressed that the
characters’ sense of family was "the central thing that held the show
together for all those years…” Savage said the show will also address modern issues such as “politics, culture and climate change.”
He explained, “There's so much going on and we think the show can really be a part of the conversation.” Gillies told TV critics that her character is "as feisty as ever" and that she loves Fallon's strength. "Fallon doesn't want to be a rock star. She wants to
be CEO,” Gillies said, emphasizing Savage’s point that the show will
have a modern spin.
The reboot, like the original, follows the
Carringtons and the Colbys— two wealthy American families — as they
fight over fortune and control of their children. The show mainly
focuses on Fallon and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal, played by
Nathalie Kelley. Kelley’s character was originally portrayed by Linda
Evans. For the reboot, producers changed the original spelling of
Krystle to Cristal.
“This is the thing that is very true to the
original,” she said of the character. “Cristal loves [her fiancé] Blake;
she is not in it for the money. Fallon may see her as a gold digger but
she really isn’t.” Gillies played a strong woman on FX's
"Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll." But on that show, her character was
rough around the edges, while Fallon is refined. Emma Samms and Pamela
Sue Martin played Fallon while the series ran on ABC. “I didn’t want to imitate either of the actresses who
played Fallon [in the past] I wanted to bring my own thing to her,” she
insisted. Schwartz said the competition between Fallon and Cristal is complex.
"They're not just vying for Blake's love as the father or the husband but they want to run this business.” “Dynasty” premieres October 11th on the CW. The original show ran on ABC from 1981-1989.
“They have money. They have power. They have everything. And they want more.” That’s one of the promo slogans for the Dynasty reboot set to debut this fall.
We have a sneak peek for you of the reboot, which is coming
to the CW. And you won’t believe your eyes or ears. It takes the soap
motif and runs with it. But with a lot of tantalizing twists. See a
long, luscious trailer below. This is it’s a very racially diverse take on the Drama in
Denver.
There are several African-American and Latino central players.
That includes Krystal, who is Latina in this version of the classic
1980s drama. She’s played by Nathalie Kelly. Dynasty 1.0 did a pretty good job given the
cultural milieu it came up in. It had African-American and gay
characters. But 2.0 is a whole different ballgame.
The Carrington Mansion in Dynasty 2.0 which we hear is Tyler Perry’s in Atlanta!
You’ll see Steven (James MacKay) having sex with Sammy-Jo. But Sammy-Jo is a male character! In another genius casting move, Brianna Brown is set to play
Claudia Blaisdel. We are big fans of Brown’s, and she’s truly perfect
for the role.
Putting It All Together–and One Original Star Who Won’t Be Joining the Reboot!
Stepahnie Savage and Josh Schwartz, who created GossipGirl, along original Dynasty creators Richard and Esther Shapiro, are the creative muscle behind this reimagining of the Dynasty story. How inspired is that pairing of these two pairs?
“I think that Dynasty is not unlike what we had with Riverdale
last year in that we have a built-in audience of people who knew the
Archie characters and our job was to bring them in as well as a new
audience,” CW marketing president Rick Haskins told Hollywood Life. “We
focused in on bringing in the new audience, because we knew the old
audience would follow.” He also said the show is in talks to get original series
stars to guest star, but everyone’s busy schedules would have to sync
up.
A new show, a new logo.
John James, the original Jeff Colby at first lobbied for the
original stars to be recast, which seems reasonable. But since they
weren’t, he expressed his displeasure at the whole operation. Well, everyone has a right to have an opinion and express it. He’s not the only annoyed member of Team Original Dynasty. Michael K., the blogger and cultural critic behind offered a hilarious (as usual) take on the caviar and catfights redux.
“It’s really not a true Dynasty catfight until it’s obvious
that Joan Collins and Linda Evans were switched out for stunt doubles in
bad wigs,” said Michael K. See one of Collins and Evans’ original
knock-down, drag-out spats below. He also said the reboot is the
“CW-ified” version of the original. When you’re right, you’re right.
A remake of classic '80s TV soap
Dynasty has been given the green light in the US. And while there's no
news of a return for Joan Collins's Alexis yet (we live in hope), here's
what we do know about the reboot.
Rich and Glitzy Reboot
The action has been moved from Denver to Atlanta, a city Schwartz thinks
is a “more believable” location to place Blake’s business. And Blake’s
son Steven (James Mackay) is gay, as he was in the original series, but
here, he’s “confidently gay. He’s not toying with his sexuality… and
Blake accepts him,” Schwartz says. That’s a huge change from the
original, where Blake was violently opposed to Steven’s homosexuality.
Plus, Steven’s main love interest, Sammi Jo — originally played by
Heather Locklear — is a man this time around (now “Sammy Jo”), played by
Empire‘s Rafael de La Fuente.
We don’t see the iconic Alexis Carrington, played by Joan Collins in the
original, in the reboot’s pilot, but she’s definitely mentioned… and
fans can expect to see her soon enough. “We’re taking our delicious
time… it will happen sometime this season,” EP Sallie Patrick promises.
(The new Alexis hasn’t been cast yet, though.)
And speaking of big shoes to fill: Melrose Place
vet Grant Show stars as patriarch Blake Carrington, playing the role
originated by John Forsythe. Show says he jumped at the chance to play
“one of the most complicated villains ever, maybe, in soap-opera
history… This Blake will be very dark, but at the same time, he fiercely
loves his family… He truly believes that what he’s doing is best for
his family.”
The original Dynasty was produced by the legendary Aaron Spelling, who also produced Show’s Melrose Place. So what does Show think Spelling would think of this new Dynasty? “I think he would love it… his stories were always about characters, and about people, and that’s what this is about.”
1. Girl power
Two
of America's wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, are
still at war - but this time, the story will be told from the
perspective of two women in the thick of it all - Fallon Carrington
(played by Elizabeth Gillies), daughter of billionaire Blake, and her
soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal. But how many of the famous Dynasty catfights will we witness?
2. It's all about diversity
Linda Evans famously played Krystle in the original - this time around, Cristal (spot the spelling change), is a Hispanic woman marrying into a wealthy family. She will be played by The Vampire Diaries' Nathalie Kelley.
The more Dynasty changes, the more it stays the same.
The
CW’s reboot of the ’80s primetime soap keeps the glitz and glamour of
the original, touting the ridiculously wealthy Carrington family as the
“1 percent of the 1 percent” and promising a hair-pulling,
bitch-slapping catfight in the very first episode. And right now might
actually be the perfect time for a Dynasty revival.
“We
are definitely living in the age of dynasties… whether we’re talking
about Trumps or Clintons or Kardashians or Murdochs,” executive producer
Josh Schwartz (Gossip Girl, The O.C.) told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour on Wednesday. But the new Dynasty — premiering Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 9/8c — does offer some updates to the original formula.
This
time around, Blake Carrington’s much younger fiancée is named Cristal
(not Krystle), reflecting her Venezuelan heritage. She’s played by Vampire Diaries
alum Nathalie Kelley, who says that her character “represents a more
current version of what’s happening in America.” She’s also not just a
secretary this time, but a powerful marketing executive in Blake’s
corporate empire — and she has a dark past, too. “Part of the fun was
taking a character like Krystle and dirtying her up a little bit,”
Schwartz teased.
And
billionaire charmer Jeff Colby, played by John James in the '80s
series, will be played by Nigerian-born actor Sam Adegoke this time
around. Blake's chauffeur, Michael Culhane, will be played by
African-American Hit the Floor star Robert Christopher Riley, while
Empire's Rafael de la Fuente, who hails from Venezuela, will also have a
regular role.
3. It's made by the team behind Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are bringing the series to US channel to CW. The pair have hooked up with Revenge writer/producer Sallie Patrick and
the original Dynasty creators, husband and wife team Esther and Richard
Shapiro.
4. Everybody loves good Neighbours
Yes,
he might be known as The OC and Ugly Betty's Alan Dale in the US these
days... but us Brits still prefer to remember him as Jim Robinson from
Neighbours.
Alan will be starring as the Carrington's butler, Joseph Anders, played by the late Lee Bergere in the original. Fans will remember it was Alexis who hired him when she was married to Blake. Anders was fiercely loyal to Alexis when Blake remarried - maybe they're still in touch?!
5. The actors are VERY excited
Several of them have taken to social media with their reactions. The cast have clearly bonded during while filming the pilot episode,
with Rafael posting a video of himself and some of his fellow Dynasty
actors singing along to Tracy Chapman's Fast Car. Alan Dale was also in a celebratory mood as he hit the big 70.
6. When we'll get to see it
There's
no exact transmission date yet and it's not yet known if it'll be
broadcast in the UK. But it's slated for the 2017/18 season in the US,
which means it should be with us by the autumn. We say, the sooner the
better!
TV's penchant for mining former hits for new shows will continue next season when CW reboots Aaron Spelling's Dynasty.
The
quintessential go-go 1980s soap about a family's oil business, which
aired on ABC from 1981 to 1989, starred Joan Collins, Linda Evans and
John Forsythe, who reunited for a 1991 miniseries to wrap up loose ends.
It will get an update on the younger-skewing network, which has cast
Grant Show (of Spelling's Melrose Place) and Elizabeth Gillies, who starred in Denis Leary's FX comedy Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll and Nickelodeon's Victorious in lead roles. Nathalie Kelley (The Vampire Diaries) and James Mackay (The Leftovers) are also in the cast.
The remake is being produced by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who spawned teens hits The O.C. (for Fox) and Gossip Girl, along with Richard and Esther Shapiro, co-creators of the original series.
CBS,
which owns half of CW and is producing the new series, controls
Spelling's TV library, and was behind a 2009 remake of Fox's Melrose Place, also for CW, but the show only lasted one season. CW also rebooted the producer's teen soap 90210, which aired from 2008 to 2013.
It will be 7 years that the Modeling World lost its one of the best Male Model on the Runway. A stunningly handsome male model who spent a month in a coma after a
surfing accident in the Rockaways has died, sources said Monday. Charles DeVoe 28, had been hospitalized since incident. He died Friday. FDNY divers had to cut DeVoe free after his ankle tether became snagged on a
wooden pole. He was in the water for several minutes before he could be
rescued. DeVoe's agent, Jason Kanner, called DeVoe "a lovely kid who was respected and loved by many." "This is a stunning and tragic loss for all those who loved and cared for him," Kanner said.
DeVoe came to New York in 2004 to pursue modeling and immediately made a splash. He signed to Major Model Management and posed for fashion photography heavyweights like Bruce Weber, Steven Klein and Mario Testino.
In
the digital age the link between fashion and film has never been
stronger: talents move from the art house screen to the editorial page
on a daily basis and the influx of creativity is changing both mediums.
Director Joseph Lally takes the symbiotic relationship a step further, casting male models Tyson Ballou, Michael Brager, Charles Devoe, Cory Bond, Travis Hanson alongside fashion legend Daphne Guiness in his film, The Black and White Maze of the Painted Zebra.
Exploring the illusion of reality and the trappings of fame, the film
offers a subversive look at the the current fixation with celebrity and
the limits of reality. Interviewed the film’s star Daphne Guinness, about the role of the moving image in the world of fashion, how it felt
to be in front of the camera and what it will be like to get ready in
the window of Barneys this afternoon.
One of Zebra’s themes deals with the trapping of celebrity life, how did that topic resonate with you on a personal level?
Daphne: The idea of your mistakes and
vulnerabilities being public, and the public only knowing one aspect of
your personality when your real life is falling apart bit by bit.
As a filmmaker yourself, what was it like to be in front of the camera for this project?
Daphne: Love any part of the processes. When the
process stops I will be dead. I perceive life to be a process and this
is the path I have chosen.
What do you feel the role of film is within fashion right now? How
do you think that role has changed in the past few years?
Daphne: Fashion has only just realized that it can
use film as a medium. In the days of the studio, the clothes were an
integral part of the story, now much of the time it is an add on but I
feel that clothes are just as much a part of the narrative.
How do you feel about your window dressing moment at Barneys today?
Daphne: I am terrified!!
Dynasty is set to premiere on October 11 at 9/8c.
Here is a synopsis: “Fallon Carrington is charismatic, cunning, and
poised to become the new COO of her father’s global energy empire – or
so she thinks. 
When her father, Blake Carrington, summons Fallon and her
brother, Steven, home in Atlanta, Fallon is horrified to learn that the
reunion isn’t to announce her promotion – but rather to make the
acquaintance of their stepmother-to-be, Cristal. Family dynasties flow
through blood, and Fallon would sooner draw blood than call Cristal
‘Mom.’” 
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