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As Paul Simms, the showrunner, says, "You always have to find the funny because it's a comedy." Sometimes, our creatures were more elaborate, others were simple, but we always tried to keep them grounded because it suits the show so much better. Doug Jones in "What We Do in the Shadows" Image courtesy of FX Networks Other[...]

The other arcs involve Saru (Doug Jones) accepting his new role as an ambassador with his partner Ni'Var President T'Rina (Tara Rosling) and being provisionally demoted, now first officer Commander Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) trying to get the jump on the movements of Moll (Eve Harlow) and L'ak (Elias Toufexis) In contrast, Tilly (Mary Wiseman)[...]

Doug Jones is one of the most talented actors and chameleons of our generation, considering he's far more known for playing supernatural and extraterrestrial characters in Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), and FX's What We Do in the Shadows Arguably, his biggest role is Saru in Star Trek: Discovery The Kelpian's come a long way[...]

If you took out Burnham from Discovery or put her in a lesser role, Doug Jones's Saru is perfectly capable of leading as the character is a captain. Jolene Blalock and John Billingsley in Star Trek: Enterprise Image courtesy of Paramount It's a travesty how as inclusive as the franchise is that we can't see some real[...]

This is your spoilers warning for the episode so tread carefully… Pictured: Wilson Cruz as Culber, Emily Coutts as Detmer, Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham, and Doug Jones as Saru of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/Paramount+ © 2021 CBS Interactive All Rights Reserved. To find out more about 10-C, Capt[...]

The ceremony honored the best in horror from 2020 and featured presenters including Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween), Keith David (The Thing), Gigi Saul Guerrero (director, Culture Shock), Issa Lopez (director, Tigers Are Not Afraid), Kevin Smith (Clerks), Tananarive Due (Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror), Blumhouse founder and CEO Jason Blum, James Jude Courtney (Halloween), Doug Jones (The Shape of Water) and drag artist and The Boulet Brothers' Dragula season two winner Biqtch Puddin' as[...]

All Rights Reserved. Who's the First Officer of Discovery? We know that Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) finally agreed at Admiral Charles Vance's (Oded Fehr) insistence to become the new commanding officer of Discovery, but who did she choose to serve as her first officer? Is it Ensign Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman), who was given provisional status by[...]

On the planet's surface, we get tapped more into the emotional side with Saru (Doug Jones), Culber (Wilson Cruz), Gray (Ian Alexander), and Adira (Blu del Barrio) trying to break through to Su'Kal (Bill Irwin), who's so inexperienced in the world and hesitant for change. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/CBS ©2020 CBS Interactive, Inc All Rights Reserved. The[...]

With Kelpian life discovered at their destination, Captain Saru (Doug Jones) joins Commander Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Dr Culber (Wilson Cruz) to transport down while Ensign Tilly (Mary Wiseman) is still acting first-officer and takes her role as acting Captain on the ship. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/CBS ©2020 CBS Interactive, Inc All Rights Reserved. When the away[...]

Star Trek: Discovery episode "Terra Firma, Part 2" comes full circle as we're given the resolution we should've gotten in the first season.

Saru (Doug Jones) demoted her from first officer status Despite the recovery of a piece related to the cataclysmic event, Michael licks her wounds contemplating her future in Starfleet With her rearing up in Vulcan society as Spock's adopted sister, the Federation earned a foot in the door The episode is satisfying on so many[...]

Meanwhile, Saru (Doug Jones) is almost taking a "kids will be kids" attitude Michelle Yeoh is just flat out wasted as the outburst would be the perfect opportunity NOT to sit on the sidelines for Emperor Georgiou It just feels like writers Alan B McElroy, Chris Silvestri, and Anthony Maranville should have moved on from[...]

Special mention goes to Doug Jones, Martin-Green, and Michelle Yeoh to play up the tension and contrast With Jones' Saru, Burnham, and Georgiou (Yeoh) presents such a balanced core that will drive the ship's survival It similar dynamic the Kirk, Spock, and Bones had in The Original Series had. Saru's attention to detail to operate within[...]

The ship crash lands on a planet and finds itself in disarray as the crew led by Saru (Doug Jones) tries to prioritize repairs and survive their current predicament without functioning sensors. Pictured (l-r): Mary Wiseman as Tilly and Doug Jones as Saru; of the the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Photo Cr: Michael[...]

Star Trek: Discovery EPs/showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise discuss what the far-flung future holds for the crew this season.

In the Star Trek: Discovery New York Comic-Con panel, stars Sonequa Martin-Green and Doug Jones, who play Michael Burnham and Saru, respectively provided updates to what the temporally displaced Starfleet crew will be doing in the upcoming season three and teases who will lead the ship The panel was hosted by Entertainment Weekly's Sarah Rodman[...]

CBS All Access' "Star Trek Universe" beamed down to this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) to tease fans on what they can expect from the third season on Star Trek: Discovery, the first season of Star Trek: Picard, and more. Star Trek: Discovery cast and producers – including Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman, Anthony[...]

All Rights Reserved. Three Discovery actors are in the running for Best Supporting Actor in Streaming Presentation: Wilson Cruz, Doug Jones, and Ethan Peck Aside from each other, the trio are competing against Michiel Huisman and Timothy Hutton for The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix); Maxwell Jenkins for Lost in Space (Netflix), and Michael Sheen for[...]

As Saru (Doug Jones) puts so pointedly, the odds are not in their favor Unlike the crew of the Discovery, there is nothing we can do now but wait, wonder, and take heart It's time, after all. STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Photo Cr: Ben Mark Holzberg/CBS ©2018 CBS Interactive, Inc All Rights Reserved. The second half of the Star[...]

He said the experience gave him greater appreciation for Doug Jones and the other actors on Discovery that go through the same process every day While he doesn't look forward to doing it again, he says the experience was "better than digging ditches." It doesn't seem like the alien make-up and prosthetics are holding back[...]

Doug Jones is perhaps the greatest character performer of our age He can seamlessly slip into the skin of an alien as if he was born to it, bringing creatures of all types of life with artistry and realism, no matter what the species. He's also a pretty great gent- warm and welcoming, always willing to[...]

All Rights Reserved. Suddenly, a new red signal appears over Saru's (Doug Jones) home planet of Kaminar The timing of this signal, shortly after Saru survives his sphere-induced "vaharai" and learns that his entire belief system is a lie, cannot be merely coincidental In fact, it supports the conclusion that the Red Angel and the signals[...]

On CBS All Access's Star Trek: Discovery, Saru (Doug Jones) has always been in an impossible position A technological genius, Saru is a refugee from a pre-warp planet – meaning that even one trip home to visit his family would mean that Saru was in violation of the Prime Directive Now after losing his threat ganglia[...]

While no one aboard the Discovery made it through the episode unscathed, two of my favorites – Saru (Doug Jones) and Tilly (Mary Wiseman) – were forced to the limits of their endurance (and beyond) and both are forever changed Queue the universal symbol for a spoiler warning… Just from the episode's title alone – a[...]

While the crew must work together to unravel their meaning and origin, Michael Burnham is forced to face her past with the return of her estranged brother, Spock. STAR TREK: DISCOVERY season two cast members include Sonequa Martin-Green (Commander Michael Burnham), Michelle Yeoh (Philippa Georgiou), Doug Jones (Commander Saru), Shazad Latif (Ash Tyler), Anson Mount (Captain[...]

If you watch CBS ALL ACCESS series Star Trek: Discovery, you know who Saru (played by the WONDERFUL Doug Jones) is What you might not know is where he comes from, his back story, his motivations. In the upcoming Star Trek: Short Treks (a series of four standalone stories built around DISCO characters) episode "The Brightest Star" will answer Saru-centric questions,[...]

This time, starring Captain Saru of Star Trek: Discovery, as played by Doug Jones. Hopefully not being served up on the ship's menu in the Mirror Universe…   View this post on Instagram   New @startrekcbs #Discovery artwork announced today at #DST #CaptainSaru from @idwpublishing @actordougjones @therealsonequa @albinokid1026 @morywise @startrek A post shared by Paul Shipper (@paulshipper) on Oct 21, 2018 at[...]

We know that CBS and CBS ALL ACCESS is looking at expanding their current slate of Star Trek on the streaming service, and apparently that's going to be starting with a set of 4  shorts called Star Trek: Short Trek. Three of the four stories will center on a key character from the Star Trek: Discovery series including Tilly (played[...]

Ash Tyler (Shazad Latif), and Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs) on set   Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Saru (Doug Jones) have a laugh on set We're pretty excited for season 2, which will feature some promentant Star Trek lore characters like Captain Christopher Pike, his first officer Number One, and Mr Spock. Season 1 of Star Trek: Discovery is available[...]

as well as adding a whole bunch of scratches, glow and image displacement to nail the 1950s look. Now, when I see the film, I think of the character of Abe Sapien from the Hellboy franchise, which del Toro also directed and in which Doug Jones also played the amphibious sidekick But I can easily see the comparison[...]