The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp
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WHO WANTWOULD TO YOU BE, A ZOMBIE p11 Victoria OR SURVIVOR Justice stars in THE ROCKY + HORROR PICTURE SHOW: LET’S DO KILLING REAGAN THE TIME NatGeo telepic recalls a dark fall before a WARP AGAIN presidential rise Inside the remake of a cult classic Find out how Nick Nolte digs out of his political GRAVES Insider’s Time Travel Psychic Vampires Review & a Kitten! on the third Bridget Jones DIRK GENTLY’S movie HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCYFOLIO Courtesy of Gracenote October 16 - 22, 2016 C What’s HOT this contents Week! YOURTVLINK STAFF PICK TOP STORIES 12-13 NatGeo’s “Killing Reagan” is based on the Bill O’Reilly book about the events leading up to the 1980 attempt on the life of the then-chief executive. George Dickie headed to Atlanta to watch the filming and speak to the movie’s stars: Tim Matheson 3 (Ronald Reagan), Cynthia Nixon (Nancy Reagan) and Kyle S. A movie that defines “cult More (John Hinckley). classic” gets a remake as Fox airs “The Rocky Horror 14-15 This new limited series isn’t a literal translation of Picture Show: Let’s Do the the cult British comic novel, but it’s the sort of thing its beloved Time Warp Again” Thursday. author, Douglas Adams, would have loved with its breathlessly Two of the original film’s paced story of a self-styled gumshoe (Samuel Barnett, “History talents who have returned Boys”) who takes an oddball approach to solving mysteries. — co-star Tim Curry and Barnett talks with John Crook about the challenges of keeping a producer Lou Adler — and character grounded in a fictional world of time travelers, holistic the new version’s actors assassins and kitten-sharks. Ryan McCartan and Victoria 17 Nick Nolte stars as a former U.S. president who has Justice tell Jay Bobbin an epiphany and sets about righting all the wrongs his about restaging the offbeat administration committed while he was in office in the new EPIX saga of Brad, Janet and Dr. comedy series “Graves.” Nolte and Joshua Michael Stern discuss Frank-N-Furter. how the character of the Republican chief executive is actually of presidents from both sides of the political spectrum. 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CONTRIBUTING STAFF Here’s where you can find us Managing Editor: Michelle Wilson Writers: Jay Bobbin, George Dickie, John Crook, Dan Ladd facebook/yourtvlink https://twitter.com/yourtvlink Visit YourTVLINK.com Magazine Design: Nicolle Burton Quality: Chris Browne Page 2 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote October 16 - 22, 2016 STORY Fox does the ‘Time Warp Again’ with new ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Thursday on Fox BY JAY BOBBIN you really feel you can try anything. I Thanks to a history-acknowledging remember quite a lot of the original conceit, a new version of “The film, as it was my first movie. It Rocky Horror Picture Show” won’t was fun, though, to do it again. make you feel like you’re in a I actually offered myself as time warp. Dr. von Scott (now played by veteran talent Ben Vereen), The original, stage-show- because I was already in inspired 1975 film has a wheelchair (following a gotten a workout on cable stroke several years ago). lately, but Fox debuts a new They thought the narrator version Thursday, Oct. 20. was a better fit, and I Not a live production but a enjoyed it a lot.” movie, it doesn’t pretend Pictured: Ryan the earlier rendering doesn’t McCartan The new “Rocky Horror” exist, since – in a direct cast also includes Christina reference to the first picture’s Milian, “American Idol” alum cult-classic status – an Adam Lambert, Annaleigh audience is shown on screen Ashford (“Masters of Sex”), Ivy watching the remake, and actively Levan, Reeve Carney (“Penny participating with such “Rocky Dreadful”) and Staz Nair (“Game of Horror” essentials as water pistols, Thrones”). toilet paper and rice as it unspools. Justice recalls first seeing the original movie, The update includes a couple of vital returnees: conceived by Richard O’Brien (who also played Riff producer Lou Adler and co-star Tim Curry, alias Raff, now Carney’s role) and Jim Sharman, “when I was in Dr. Frank-N-Furter the first time and now the tale’s fifth grade. And then, I went to my first midnight showing narrating Criminologist. Laverne Cox (“Orange Is the when I was 15 ... with my mom, actually, and a couple of New Black”) succeeds Curry as the offbeat scientist, close friends of mine and their moms. And I just remember with Ryan McCartan (“Liv and Maddie”) and Victoria I’d never seen anything like it before in my life. Justice (“Victorious”) following Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon as straitlaced couple Brad and Janet, stranded “I loved the music and I loved the campiness,” notes at a castle during a Transylvanian convention. Justice, “and just the color that the characters had and that the whole story had. It really is so unique. When I went “’Rocky Horror” always, in my particular case, had a mind to my first midnight showing, I remember wearing, like, of its own,“ Adler maintains. ”It sounds a little corny, but I fishnets and I had a red feather boa and red lipstick and waited for it – which is, basically, the fans – to tell us what I totally got into it. And it’s kind of just captivated me ever we do next. We started doing this television idea quite a since then.” while ago, and I guess it just wasn’t the right time. Tim came along and validated it by wanting to be in it, and With the enduring legend of “The Rocky Horror Picture Kenny (Ortega, the remake’s director) came along and Show,” McCartan allows, “This whole thing was very tricky could direct it to take it to another place, always keeping for us as actors. We had a full month’s rehearsal process the fans in mind. My son, Cisco Adler, produced the ... not only to develop our characters, but also to make soundtrack. And what Kenny and I said in the beginning sure we were all on the same page about paying homage, was, ‘Be true to the original, but make it contemporary.’ “ rather than trying to trump or beat or best something that we all loved so much. There were a lot of beasts that we Curry says he “loved being there” for the new round’s had to conquer.” filming: “Kenny runs a very not-easy set, but a set where Click or tap on icon for more! October 16 - 22, 2016 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 3 CELEBRITY JAY BOBBIN’S Q&A TRICIA HELFER of ‘Lucifer’ Monday on Fox Now as Charlotte on “Lucifer,” and previously in “Battlestar Galactica” and “Ascension,” you’ve built a reputation as a fantasy-drama staple. Have you always been a fan of the genre? I actually grew up without a television and saw very few movies, so I’m a little bit ignorant when it comes to a lot of pop culture and television shows and so forth. But growing up, what I did see were the “Star Treks” and “Star Wars.” Those were the ones that we would actually make the trek, the long trek to the movie theater to go see. I think it’s an exciting genre and a genre that you can have a lot of wonderment and “What if?” You can pose questions about humanity and about survival and everything like that, but also have fun doing it. So, you never saw television when you were young? I grew up on a farm, and we had to work. So, we were out fixing farm machinery and driving tractors ... although, they did get a TV when my older sister started dating and the thing to do was go to watch movies at people’s houses, so movie night could be at our house. How have you found being on “Lucifer” so far? Joining the cast has been an incredible experience – a wonderful cast and crew, and a really fun character. (Charlotte’s nature is) revealed very quickly in the episodes, and it certainly adds a comedic element. But also, it’s a challenge for me in the way of going, “OK, here’s my sons,” and looking them in the eye. There’s a lot of miscommunication between mother and sons, on both sides, and each parent has their own relationship with each child. My relationship with Amenadiel (played by DB Woodside) is different than my relationship with Lucifer (Tom Ellis), so finding that common ground and finding how to be their motherly figure with all that’s going on and in their thousands of years of history, it’s been a lot of fun. She’s a layered character. FOLIO Click on icon for more! Page 4 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote October 16 - 22, 2016 CELEBRITY JAY BOBBIN’S Q&A HUGHLAURIE of ‘Chance’ Wednesday on Hulu How did you approach your role in “Chance” as a neuropsychiatrist who feels he’s failed at his profession? My father was a doctor, a general practitioner ..