TV Bits: ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Sons of Anarchy’, ‘Community’, ‘Luther’, ‘Portlandia’, ‘Under the Dome’

Posted on Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 by Angie Han

Game of Thrones has ended for the year, but its shadow continues to loom large. After the jump:

• Portlandia will return for two more seasons
• What happens of Game of Thrones catches up to the books?
• A Sons of Anarchy prequel is still a long ways away
• Dan Harmon closes his Community Season 5 deal
• Harry Potter‘s Tom Felton will bring his sneer to TNT
• Frank Darabont finds his Mickey Cohen for Lost Angels
• Under the Dome plucks a star from The Following
• Veronica Mars adds a bunch of fan favorites, and also Piz
• Watch a trailer for the upcoming fourth season of Luther
• Starz’s The White Queen tries to fill the Game of Thrones gap
• HBO offers new trailers for a bunch of their non-GOT shows

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Frank Darabont’s ‘L.A. Noir’ Renamed ‘Lost Angels;’ Simon Pegg Plays Small Role

Posted on Friday, January 25th, 2013 by Russ Fischer

Frank Darabont is trying again with a television series in the wake of his departure from The Walking Dead, and he’s brought John Bernthal along with him. His new effort was called L.A. Noir, but will now hit televisions as Lost Angels. As you might have surmised, the reason for the title change is Rockstar’s video game called L.A. Noire; the publisher laid down the law about the title.

Based on John Buntin’s book L.A. Noir: The Struggle For The Soul Of America’s Most Seductive City, the show covers some of the same ground as the recent film Gangster Squad: the battle between LA cops and gangster Mickey Cohen. Info on the title change is below, straight from Darabont, along with the plot of the pilot and info on a role played by Simon Pegg.  Read More »

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