TV Bits: ‘American Horror Story’, ‘Hannibal’, ‘The Newsroom’, ‘Game of Thrones’, ’30 Rock’, Guillermo del Toro, Bear McCreary, Michael Bay

Posted on Thursday, November 15th, 2012 by Angie Han

Get ready for another year of serious (and often seriously enjoyable) WTF-ery, because FX has renewed American Horror Story for a third season. Also after the jump:

• Guillermo del Toro‘s The Strain starts casting to shoot in 2013
• Da Vinci’s Demons hires Walking Dead composer Bear McCreary
• Michael Cera is an Arrested Development writer; Lupe returns
• Bryan Fuller casts Mockingbird Lane‘s Eddie Izzard in Hannibal
• Michael Bay books a guest role as himself on ABC’s The Neighbors
• Meryl Streep’s daughter Grace Gummer joins HBO’s The Newsroom
• Aaron Sorkin is sad The Newsroom won’t cover the Petraeus scandal
• HBO unveils its first teaser poster for Game of Thrones Season 3
• See a save the date for Liz Lemon’s likely trainwreck of a wedding

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Battlestar Galactica Composer Bear McCreary Scoring Capcom’s Dark Void

Posted on Saturday, April 4th, 2009 by Devindra Hardawar

As is usually the case when a great film or television project is over, I’ve taken an interest in following the key players of Battlestar Galactica to see what they’ll be up to next. If it’s anything like my years following Whedon alum, their involvement in future projects should at least be an indication that it’s worth paying attention to (though I’ll admit this doesn’t always work out, see Drive). Series composer Bear McCreary is one person that I’ll be keeping a particularly keen eye on, and he has now announced that he’s working on Capcom’s upcoming sci-fi action game Dark Void.

McCreary’s work on Battlestar Galactica was among the best music made for television I’ve ever come across, and while he has yet to shine as brightly in his other work for TV shows (Terminator and Eureka), it’s clear that he has the talent to do extraordinary work when the project demands it. Read More »

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