What We Do In the Media

[MargeGunderson]

1 hour ago, Vermicious Knid said:

And remember, it's time to start planning your Superb Owl party.

I have requested a superb owl t-shirt for the occasion! 

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Producers Guild of America nomination!

Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO) – Season 10
Producers: eligibility determination pending

“The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max) – Season 1
Producers: Greg Berlanti, Kaley Cuoco, Steve Yockey, Meredith Lavender, Marcie Ullin, Sarah Schechter, Suzanne McCormack, Jess Meyer, Raymond Quinlan, Jennifer Lence, Erika Kennair

“Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV) – Season 6
Producers: Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, David West Read, Ben Feigin, Michael Short, Kurt Smeaton, Kosta Orfanidis

“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) – Season 1
Producers: Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Jeff Ingold, Bill Wrubel, Liza Katzer, Jane Becker, Jamie Lee, Kip Kroeger, Brendan Hunt, Tina Pawlik, Joe Kelly

“What We Do in the Shadows” (FX) – Season 2
Producers: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Paul Simms, Scott Rudin, Garrett Basch, Eli Bush, Stefani Robinson, Sam Johnson, Marika Sawyer, Derek S. Rappaport

Edited March 9, 2021 by ElectricBoogaloo

[Stats Queen]

Not sure I’m on the right thread. Hubby and I binged watched What We Do In The Shadows. It was awesome.

I’m recovering from back surgery and have been binge watching Modern Family (I watched it sporadically when it was airing). 
Season 5, Episode 22, Phil is playing golf with Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch). My brain on pain meds (just had lumbar spine fusion) just took me to many funny places, including that Phil would be stuck on a gold cart for days. 🤣🤣🤣

Edited March 24, 2021 by Stats Queen

[Vermicious Knid]

Paleyfest 2021, all virtual, had a WWDitS panel for season 3. There's more in the article but some tidbits:

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Unwilling to spoil too much this early, Simms did share that fans of the series should look for a character already known in their mythology to join the cast for a season long arc. "And it's not Nick Kroll [Simon the Devious], but someone we all know and love," he teased.

Robinson also added that there would be a big birthday celebrated in Season 3. "And more animals this season," she joked/threatened, as they all remembered the Season 2 nightmare of working overnight with a disgruntled goat for one episode. 

A topic that also came up in the conversation was the impact on the writer's room after just about everyone fell in love with Matt Berry's "human" alter-ego, Jackie Daytona, in Season 2's "On the Run" episode written by Robinson. Would there be more adventures for the bon vivant barkeep who charmed a rural Pennslyvania town?

Robinson said she doesn't imagine the show ever wanting to repeat itself with another similar adventure that wouldn't be as funny. And that the real important lesson they learned from the audience and criticical reaction to the episode was the writers learned that "we can do whatever we want."

 

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Art Directors Guild award!

Half Hour Single-Camera Series: “What We Do in the Shadows”: “Resurrection,” “Collaboration,” “Witches,” Production Designer: Kate Bunch

Costume Designers Guild Award nomination!

Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Television
The Mandalorian: "Chapter 13: The Jedi" – Shawna Trpcic
Snowpiercer: "Access is Power" – Cynthia Summers
Star Trek: Picard: "Absolute Candor" – Christine Bieselin Clark
Westworld: "Parce Domine" – Shay Cunliffe
What We Do in the Shadows: "Nouveau Théâtre des Vampires" – Amanda Neale

[Mr. Sparkle]

Season 3 premiers September 2nd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Vermicious Knid]

Plus, we'll get two episodes that night.

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Along with the premiere date, the press release also contained a bunch of other gems: “This season, the vampires are elevated to a new level of power and will encounter the vampire from which all vampires have descended, a tempting Siren, gargoyles, werewolf kickball, Atlantic City casinos, wellness cults, ex-girlfriends, gyms, and supernatural curiosities galore. Plus, Colin Robinson is turning 100. And Nandor, faced with his own eternal-life crisis, tries to inject his life with more meaning. Will he find love or is he destined to be an immortal bachelor with 37 ex-wives?”

 

[namelessmonster]

The season finale was both hilarious and amazing, and the writing was well done to build up to it over both seasons. I cannot wait for season 3 in this september! 🤞

[peacheslatour]

So excited!!

If The X-Files tossed aside all the government-conspiracy stuff and just concentrated on wacky monsters—and injected everything with the driest, most deadpan humor imaginable, and a bit more bumbling—that’s kind of exactly what Wellington Paranormal looks like. The New Zealand series, a spin-off of What We Do in the Shadows, arrives on the CW next month, and our already sky-high excitement only grows with every new trailer. 

[Scout Finch]

I waste too much time not ignoring trolls in the comments of YouTube videos and am often tempted just to reply with, "Is that you, Colin Robinson?" Unfortunately, I doubt 99.9% of people would get the joke, which is a shame. I've never understood the whole vampire obsession thing or watched movies about them, and hate gore. I didn't even care for the movie that this show is based on. So I was quite surprised from the very beginning about how damn much I love this show! The primary turning point was the episode "Animal Control," when Lazlo and Nando are stuck in cages and Lazlo is conversing with the real animals!

[Stats Queen]

3 hours ago, Scout Finch said:

I waste too much time not ignoring trolls in the comments of YouTube videos and am often tempted just to reply with, "Is that you, Colin Robinson?"

I love this. I am going to start using this in my daily life (or in my mind on some forums here)

[Vermicious Knid]

Teaser is out, and it's friggin' hilarious. "I can practically feel it on my..!" *BONK* "Ow."

I was a little concerned with Jemain and Taika not being on staff at all for this season but looks like its all good.

[libgirl2]

47 minutes ago, Vermicious Knid said:

Teaser is out, and it's friggin' hilarious. "I can practically feel it on my..!" *BONK* "Ow."

I was a little concerned with Jemain and Taika not being on staff at all for this season but looks like its all good.

I no longer have FX but will probably get Hulu just to watch this. I ADORE this show! 

[Vermicious Knid]

New teaser - Yard Sale. They decide to declutter. Guillermo seems to be right back as the long-suffering familiar and everyone's just going to pretend he's not a vampire killer.

DO NOT USE FOR LIQUIDS! Evil mop not included.

[Orbert]

Hmm... Back to business as usual?  I thought Guillermo coming into his own as a vampire killer was a huge step forward, the culmination of all the hints they'd been dropping, and I was wondering how they would continue the story from there.  Maybe he wakes up and it was all a dream?

[libgirl2]

Regarding this show being on Hulu.... I will be new to Hulu. Do they play the just aired episodes one at a time? And is the episode available for longer than a day? I was going to go with the cheapest plan, I don't care about ads, I just want to be able to watch the show since we dropped cable. 

[RedHawk]

19 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

Regarding this show being on Hulu.... I will be new to Hulu. Do they play the just aired episodes one at a time? And is the episode available for longer than a day? I was going to go with the cheapest plan, I don't care about ads, I just want to be able to watch the show since we dropped cable. 

I have basic Hulu. IIRC, the current episode becomes available a bit after air time, or maybe the next day. Then you can access the previously shown eps for the entire season and some time beyond. Right now all of Season 2 is available. They might add Season 1 back as the time for Season 3 to debut nears. 

ETA: Basic Hulu is totally worth the price. There are lots of movies and series available.

Edited July 29, 2021 by RedHawk

[libgirl2]

2 hours ago, RedHawk said:

I have basic Hulu. IIRC, the current episode becomes available a bit after air time, or maybe the next day. Then you can access the previously shown eps for the entire season and some time beyond. Right now all of Season 2 is available. They might add Season 1 back as the time for Season 3 to debut nears. 

ETA: Basic Hulu is totally worth the price. There are lots of movies and series available.

Thank you. We are still deciding what we are going to do. My husband is now leaning towards Sling as it has FX. I would prefer Hulu.  We only have basic local channels, PBS, some of those "oldies" channels and Netflix. 

Edited July 29, 2021 by libgirl2

[RedHawk]

21 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

Thank you. We are still deciding what we are going to do. My husband is now leaning towards Sling as it has FX. I would prefer Hulu.  We only have basic local channels, PBS, some of those "oldies" channels and Netflix. 

I have Sling as well as Hulu but paused Sling for three months over the summer. Just didn't need all those channels I didn't watch, and may cancel it entirely after it restarts and I try it again for a month.

I forgot that the show is an FX series so initially will be broadcast on that channel first. I can wait each week for it to be on Hulu. You can try Sling for free at first (I think at least one week, if you haven't had it before) and then after you subscribe you can later pause it for one to three months.
 

Edited July 30, 2021 by RedHawk

[Vermicious Knid]

Taika has written a new live action Flash Gordon movie! If he updates the cheesiness of the 80s version with Ragnarok-style humor this will be epic.

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"He has the most fantastically interesting vision for this movie. And you can only know it is Taika. It is what he does. It is the way he looks at the world. He is the greatest guy in the world. He is the funniest guy in the world. And he thinks on a different plane. And this movie embraces everything that's special about Taika, and his vision," said Davis, who said that Waititi hopes to surprise audiences with his updated take on the character. "It harkens in a very interesting way to the original conception from the comics," he revealed.

  Probably too much to hope they will keep the Flash song from Queen. Flash! AaaAaaah!

[AheadofStraight]

On 7/29/2021 at 12:45 PM, RedHawk said:

I have basic Hulu. IIRC, the current episode becomes available a bit after air time, or maybe the next day. Then you can access the previously shown eps for the entire season and some time beyond. Right now all of Season 2 is available. They might add Season 1 back as the time for Season 3 to debut nears. 

ETA: Basic Hulu is totally worth the price. There are lots of movies and series available.

The ad I saw this week specifically said "Next day on Hulu". (yay!) I just checked my account and I still see all of season 1 & 2 available.

[Lantern7]

Compilation from FX:

 

[Ms Lark]

Renewed for a fourth season (2022):

https://www.tvinsider.com/1009269/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-4-renewed-fx-trailer/

Whoo hoo!

[Mr. Sparkle]

[Vermicious Knid]

Full trailer is also in that link. And it looks really good. Members of the Vampiric Council because mostly everyone else has been killed, presumably. Wonder if the baby is still around? They seem to be in Atlantic City for at least one episode. Also amused at how completely dismissive everyone is of Guillermo as the big, bad Vampire Killer. Which is entirely in keeping with how selfish and self-centered vampires are. I mean, the first thing Nandor says after Guillermo goes full Rambo and rescues them from certain death in the season 3 finale is to complain they had to do their own dry cleaning.

[Angeleyes]

For those of you who have Instagram, there are several promos on there. They’ve had some hilarious scenes where they are listing some items on EBay. Lol
https://instagram.com/theshadowsfx?utm_medium=copy_link

[Lantern7]

Anyone else here living on Staten Island?

The funny thing is that I'm going to Snug Harbor next week.

[Mr. Sparkle]

I used to have a rehearsal space there in the early 90s. In one of the old sailor's rooms. They've really made Snug Harbor beautiful. 

[PrincessPurrsALot]

11 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

Anyone else here living on Staten Island?

The funny thing is that I'm going to Snug Harbor next week.

I tried to make it through the whole thing but it was as if Colin Robinson was draining the energy from the core of my being. 

[Mr. Sparkle]

33 minutes ago, PrincessPurrsALot said:

I tried to make it through the whole thing but it was as if Colin Robinson was draining the energy from the core of my being. 

Honestly the guy is so good at playing an annoying character that he really annoys me. 

[Vermicious Knid]

Weekly aftershow with Harvey Guillén! After the Shadows will stream on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube after each new episode.

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After the Shadows will follow a talk-show format with Guillén bringing in series stars (Kayvan “Nandor” Novak, Guillén’s most frequent scene partner, is obviously slated to appear) and guest stars (including Kristen Schaal as well as Anthony Atamanuik and Marissa Jaret Winokur—the latter of whom play the vampires’ clueless human neighbors, who host memorable “Superb Owl” parties). Plus: set decorator Shayne Fox (who no doubt has some fascinating behind-the-scenes insight to share, considering how elaborate the roommates’ Staten Island mansion is), “celebrity fans,” and more.

After the Shadows, which will be pre-taped, will stream at 11 p.m. PT after each new What We Do in the Shadows episode

 

[Lantern7]

Just announced: WWDITS panel to run at New York Comic Con. It’s billed as “the Vampiric Council of the Eastern Seaboard of the New World’s first public meeting.” I can’t wait!

[Vermicious Knid]

Here's a report of the aforementioned panel Lantern7 attended talking about some the behind the scenes tidbits. They weren't going to be able to use Sheldon and 'Bazinga' at first so they went directly to Chuck Lorre to get permission, the chat with Scott Bakula was an actual Zoom call, Doll Nadja's swordfight with Nandor was filmed with the doll attached to two crewmembers in greenscreen suits. Anyway, go read.

And here's SyFi Wire reviewing the new episode also shown at the panel. No real spoilers unless you consider any info a spoiler. I am definitely looking forward to Jane Fonda 80s vampires.

[Lantern7]

Teaser for the next episode. Looks like Nandor’s new hairstyle doesn’t stick.

 

[LittleIggy]

8 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

Teaser for the next episode. Looks like Nandor’s new hairstyle doesn’t stick.

 

The hair, like the fangs, apparently grows back á la Claudia’s hair after she chopped it off in Interview With the Vampire.

Edited October 18, 2021 by LittleIggy

[Ohiopirate02]

Here's an interview with Matt Proksch and WWDITS crew talking about the finale.

 

https://www.avclub.com/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-team-on-colin-robinson-s-sea-1847955210

[Vermicious Knid]

The Guide will be in season 4! Maybe they will just make her the Vampiric Council after doing the job since 1750.

[Vermicious Knid]

All right, it's only obliquely related. But it's time for another Superb Owl party.

[Vermicious Knid]

Taika Waititi’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Is ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ With Pirates.

[gatopretoNYC]

1 hour ago, Vermicious Knid said:

Taika Waititi’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Is ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ With Pirates.

The first three episodes are up on HBOMax now.

[Mr. Sparkle]

Season 4 starts on July 12th!! 

https://collider.com/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-4-release-date/ 

[Catfi9ht]

22 minutes ago, Superclam said:

Season 4 starts on July 12th!! 

https://collider.com/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-4-release-date/ 

The like button isn't strong enough to represent how I feel!

[muse2write]

“What We Do in the Shadows” Season 4 Plot Teases New Beasts, Guest Stars, and More Baby Colin

Season 4 premiere synopsis is available! 

In the shocking season three finale, Nandor, Guillermo and Nadja left Staten Island to go their separate ways while Laszlo stayed home to care for the creature that clawed its way out of the chest cavity of the deceased Colin Robinson — a.k.a. Baby Colin. This season, the vampires return to Staten Island to find their mansion on the verge of total structural collapse — and with no money to repair it. While Nandor’s eternal search for love finally yields results, Nadja finally realizes her dream of opening the hottest vampire nightclub in the Tri-State Area.

Laszlo struggles with the question of nature versus nurture as he tries raising Baby Colin to be anything other than an energy vampire. And even Guillermo finds himself on a powerful emotional track that touches on his love for his family, and for others.

With such terrifying locations as the secret supernatural Night Market, the Jersey Pine Barrens and a wedding altar, and with more strange beasts, surprising guest stars and tap dancing than ever, season four of What We Do in the Shadows continues to make the case for blood and comedy. And this time with just a touch of home renovation.

[Vermicious Knid]

Costume designer Laura Montgomery talks about dressing the cast in season 3.
 

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The series takes a good deal of its costuming logic from the Taika Waititi film that inspired it, in that each character’s fashion is guided by the era in which they became a vampire. “So that’s why Nandor is kind of stuck in the 1400s,” Montgormery said, or why Nadia and Laszlo are “somewhat Victorian.”

But even with that baseline, Montgomery found opportunities to dig in deeper and create varied, lighter looks that eschew nondescript layers of black often reserved for creatures of the night.

She really went over and above in some cases:
 

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“With Nandor, too, I wanted to really delve into his geographical history. What would the costumes and the clothing of that period look like in that place? So [we started] looking into Persian textiles and art from the period, references from the period to kind change his silhouette a little bit and change up some of his fabrics.”...

The most playful and colorful addition to Nandor’s wardrobe, however, are the shorts he wears to a 24-hour gym while courting an attendant named Meg (Laura Collins).

“In Iran there’s a sport called Pahlevani, or Zourkhaneh, and those pants are traditional pants worn for that sport. We found someone in Iran who could make the shorts for us. So we got them custom made to [Kayvan’s] measurements,” Montgomery said. With help from a member of her team who’s from Iran, the custom design flew with a family member from Tehran to Toronto, where the show shoots. “I wasn’t even sure it would happen just because it seems so far away. And until I got them in my hands, I was like, “Is this going to happen?” But it did. It’s a cotton fabric, but then there’s the leather appliqué. There’s the embroidery. They’re beautiful.”

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With Nadja and Laszlo, whose looks are much more bombastic, Montgomery said that one of the ways into showing their progress as co-leader of the Vampiric Council and Colin Robinson’s reluctant bro, respectively, was to leap into the wardrobes they’ve collected over the decades. “I love working on period shows and movies and the great thing about ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ is that it’s all the periods and it’s contemporary too. So you don’t have to only have Victorian items. They have collected things for many, many years. So Nadja can have an ’80s Versace belt mixed with the rest of her costumes. [It works] as long as it is within the character. Would they make that choice?”

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Because Season 3 hones in a little bit more on the history of perennially bland energy vampire Colin Robinson, Montgomery could play with style tied, in a deeply bland, beige way, to his origins. “We were like, okay, if [Colin’s] a hundred years old, the time when he was a young man would have been the ’30s to the ’50s. So I was able to use elements of those periods, of tailoring from that period, to really kind of focus his character.”

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The character with maybe the most room to run style-wise in Season 3 is Guillermo, now fully revealed as a scion of legendary vampire hunter Van Helsing. “I think he has the most arc in his storyline this season,” Montgomery said. So adjustments were made to visually make him more badass – at least as badass as one can be while still wearing very cosy sweaters.

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Montgomery’s favorite escalation of Season 3’s wardrobe, however, was the vampiric wellness center/cult that Nandor stumbles into at a particularly vulnerable moment. Montgomery got as far away from dark trench coats as possible as she designed custom dancewear for the cult members. “We watched a lot of dance sequences from ‘Perfect,’ the Jamie Lee Curtis movie,” Montgomery said of inspiration for that episode.

[Catfi9ht]

Season 4 trailer 

Spoiler

Baby Colin Robinson!!! 😂

[BetterButter]

‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Renewed for Seasons 5 and 6

[Vermicious Knid]

Yay! That's 30 more episodes including season 4.

What We Do In The Shadows Team Says Nandor And Guillermo Aren't Getting Together Anytime Soon, Sorry
 

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At a press conference today ahead of the series' upcoming fourth season, the show's cast and crew fielded questions about Nandor and Guillermo's relationship, which seemed to be getting a little less hypothetical by the end of last season. Here's the good news: it sounds like Guillermo may be getting a love interest this season. Here's the less good news, at least for fans of the pairing: it may not be his beloved master.

"A whole year has gone by since we last saw Guillermo in a coffin," Guillen reveals, referencing the character's trip abroad to London with Nadja (Natasia Demetriou). "Being away from the group, Guillermo realizes a lot of things about himself and realizes a lot of things that he's been missing in life, in general. So [Nandor and Guillermo] are both after love." The actor says that the vampiric master and his erstwhile servant still have a love that's "really great and deep, but not always in a relationship form." Series EP and writer Paul Simms put it even more concretely, saying that "both Nandor and Guillermo find love this season."

[LittleIggy]

I was watching “The Old Man” and saw a promo for WWDITS! Returns July 12! Yay! Early birthday present for me! 🥰

[BetterButter]

[Vermicious Knid]

And here's a breakdown of the trailer.

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The trailer honestly gives fans more new questions than answers to old ones, and nothing is quite as confusing as what looks like Sean mediating couples therapy between Lazlo, Nandor, and Nadja. Nandor's face looks kind of swollen and Nadja is wearing a pink sweater that she normally wouldn't wear under any circumstances, so there's some kind of weirdness afoot. "What's the word for what you guys are?" Sean asks, and Guillermo offers "polyamorous?" Though Lazlo and Nadja are married, they do have a fairly open marriage, and Lazlo and Nandor have hooked up, so he's not wrong. Sean, however, thinks it's something else: "Oh, I was thinking filthy hippies."