mtv Archives

First Look At MTV's 'Teen Wolf' Is Putting This Show Out Of Its Misery
MTV's Teen Wolf originally looked like it was going to be a fun science fiction horror show in the vein of the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer However, the show got lost within a confusing mythology and timeline (when the answer to a question "how old is character A?" is a question that is up[...]
After Just Two Seasons, MTV's Scream TV Show Already Getting A Reboot
As reboot fever continues to spread throughout the entertainment industry like a particularly unoriginal version of gonorrhea, the third season of MTV's Scream will be a reboot, according to a report from Deadline Apparently, despite a six season third episode renewal, the cast has been told to take other jobs and MTV is looking for a new cast,[...]
Good News And Bad News For Scream Fans
MTV has renewed their series Scream for a third season… but with less episodes and new showrunners The series adapted from the film series by Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson started off with a 10-episode first season and showrunners Jill Blotevogel and Jaime Paglia, who stepped down The second season was approved and expanded to 12 episodes with[...]
MTV Developing ‘Freaks Of the Heartland’ Drama Based On Dark Horse Comic
MTV and Dark Horse Entertainment are developing Freaks of the Heartland based on the comic by Steve Niles and Greg Ruth The project will be written by Geoff Davey and Peter Sattler. Freaks of the Heartland is set in a rural town in America's heartland that has harbored a terrible secret Trevor's family had been hiding his[...]
TNT Orders Pilot For Let The Right One In From Teen Wolf Creator
As she settles into the small Vermont town, there is a series of bizarre murders in the area. The 2004 book inspired a 2008 Swedish horror film and a 2010 English-language film called Let Me In. Davis penned the pilot and will serve as an executive producer now that MTV announced that the upcoming sixth season of Teen[...]
Second Season Of Scream Gets A Killer Cast Promo
MTV has released this shadow trailer for the second season of Scream The trailer features the cast talking about the effects from season one. Season 2 picks up with Emma's return to Lakewood after several months at a retreat, where she tried to recover from the horrors of last season Everyone is walking on eggshells around her,[...]
Diving Into The World Of The Shannara Chronicles
Then I heard the series was going to be on MTV… which doesn't logically make sense at all, but I'll go with it. Last night I watched the first four episodes and figured I'd share my thoughts today There series is kind of a mixed bag, sometimes feeling like an epic fantasy while other times more[...]
NYCC '15: Smallville Creators Bring The Shannara Chronicles To MTV
By Adam Wolfe Austin Butler, Poppy Drayton, John Rhys Davies, Al Gough, Miles Millar, Terry Brooks, and Manu Bennet talk Shannara. MTV is bringing to life bestselling high Fantasy world of Shannara written by Terry Brooks If you are the fan of the series, which began way back in 1977 then you will be excited to hear[...]
The First Trailer For The Shannara Chronicles
You know, I remember back when MTV played videos all day long… It was around the same time I read my first Terry Brooks novel set in the world of Shannara Now the network is working with Jon Favreau who brought us Iron Man and Al Gough & Miles Millar who brought us Smallville on[...]
MTV Renews Scream For Second Season
MTV liked what it saw from the new series Scream and asked for a second season The series, based on the horror movie franchise, had a strong debut pulling in 1.56 million viewers when including DVR watchers The show also did well in the networks target demo of 12-34 where it had 997,000 viewers The[...]
SDCC '15: First Look At The Shannara Chronicles
MTV has released this first look at The Shannara Chronicles, the adaptation of the Terry Brooks novels by executive producers Al Gough & Miles Miller (Smallville) and Jon Favreau (Iron Man). The series follows three teens on an epic journey, Ivana Baquero as Eretria, Austin Butler as Wil Ohmsford, and Poppy Drayton as Amberle Elessedil, following[...]
SDCC '15: MTV Renews Teen Wolf For Season Six
While on their panel today, series creator Jeff Davis announced that MTV has renewed the series Teen Wolf for a sixth season The show, loosely based on the 1985 Michael J Fox film, started its fifth season on June 29th The show has at times hit as high as 8 million viewers per episode, making[...]
New Trailer For Scream The TV Series
You know, I heard a rumor that the M in MTV used to stand for Music… The network has released a second trailer for Scream the TV Series based on the movie franchise from Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven. What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood[...]
Could Melissa McCarthy Take Vin Diesel? The Rock Thinks So
It seems MTV is trying to get Melissa McCarthy into the Fast and Furious movies as they pose the question to her and Jason Statham about the actress playing a Shaw sibling Then they asked Dwayne Johnson if McCarthy could take Vin Diesel which he totally thinks she could. Seems like MTV is trying to start something[...]
It Just Is – The MTV Promo for Scream
Seems I missed this back when it was originally released… here is the promo video that MTV put together for their new Scream TV series. Music by Rilo Kiley "It Just Is". What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder[...]
MTV Releases Trailer For New Scream Series
During the MTV Movie Awards, the network released a sneak peek at the upcoming Scream series inspired by Wes Craven's horror film franchise One of the gimmicks of the franchise was the knowledge of how horror movies go and how it would exist in the real world… those rules are very different for a television[...]
MTV Broadcasts In Black And White To Talk About Race On MLK Day
MTV is broadcasting in black and white today as it airs perspectives on race by musicians, politicians and audience members on Monday Those perspectives will include musicians Kendrick Lamar, Common, Big Sean, Pete Wentz and Jordin Sparks, actor Penn Badgely, Selma director Ava DuVernay and star David Oyelowo and politicians U.S senators Rand Paul and Cory Booker,  and[...]
Manu Bennett Joins MTV's Shanarra Adaptation
He has just been cast as the last druid Allanon in MTV's adaptation of Terry Brook's Shannara. The first season of Shannara will be 10 episodes long and focus on The Elfstones of Shanarra, the second book in the original trilogy The decision to skip the Sword of Shanarra, the first book, was Brook's idea as[...]
Teaser Trailer For MTV's Eye Candy Plays Up The Creepy
MTV has released this teaser trailer for Eye Candy, the new series featuring Victoria Justice as a computer genius named Lindy who lives in New York and discovers that one of her on-line followers might be a wanted murderer. I think the trailer hits the right notes visually, but the voice is not quite right to[...]
Scream Series Picked Up By MTV
MTV has announced a 10-episode order for a television series based on the horror film franchise Scream Jill Blotevogel (Harper's Island) will executive produce and showrun. Originally MTV placed the pilot order back in May of 2013 and there has been some major cast changes made after the pilot table read Bex Taylor-Klaus (The Killing) was[...]
Hey Marvel… I think Al Pacino Has An Offer That You Can't Refuse
Al Pacino sat down with MTV and continued to heap praise on Guardians of the Galaxy, referring to it being Shakespearian and how he loved the 70s music He flat out says he is ready to go to Marvel He also talks about turning down the role of Han Solo. Get More: Movie Trailers, Celebrity News [...]
MTV Collects The Marvel Movie Easter Eggs
MTV News has collected together all of the Easter Eggs from Marvel Studios movies starting with Iron Man and going through Thor: The Dark World There were a few of these that I missed Since Captain America: The Winter Soldier isn't out on Blu-ray yet they couldn't include it.   Get More: Music News MTV News has collected[...]
Terry Brook's Shannara Gets A 10-Episode Order From MTV
Variety.com is reporting that MTV has given a 10-episode order to Shannara, based on the series of books by Terry Brooks. The series has a few interesting names attached to it The executive producers are Miles Millar, Alfred Gough, Jonathan Liebesman, Dan Farah, Jon Favreau and Brooks Favreau, director of Iron Man and Swingers, was originally[...]
San Diego Comic Con Free Wi-Fi, Thanks MTV's Teen Wolf
And DC was all about Sandman. But first, a point of cheer, a point of congratulation and a point of sweet bliss, a thank you to MTV and Teen Wolf for sponsoring the Wi-Fi, available at the show outside the show floor And also alongside the convention center for all those of you lining up. Free Wi-Fi[...]
Ghostface Killah On Iron Man Lawsuit
He talks about the lawsuit to MTV above. Geolocked to the US, so go here… and hear the songs in question below. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ft0RqfarVo[/youtube] Ghostface Killah is being sued by composer Jack Urbont for his 2000 album Supreme Clientele in which he samples the theme tune from the Marvel Superheroes animated series[...]
The Dark Knight Rises At The MTV Movie Awards
From the MTV Movie Awards last night, some new looks at The Dark Knight Rises, as presented by Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Christian Bale Access to the latter may be geographically challenged if you live outside Northern America… From the MTV Movie Awards last night, some new looks at The Dark Knight Rises, as[...]
Marvel Shows Behind The Scenes Of AVX… But Only To Americans
X-Men through MTV's website, entitled War Journals Which means they'll get the video below. Unless they don't live in America, in which case they'll get something like this. It's possible this may be fixed at some time And then there are solutions such as TunnelBear, HotSpot Shield and the the familiar Daily Show workaround But sometimes they[...]
Saturday Runaround – Desperately Seeking Stan
The fools. MTV Geek And Marvel Join Forces For "Avengers Vs X-Men: War Journals" Web Series MTV Geek and Marvel Comics are pleased to present "Avengers Vs X-Men: War Journals," an all-new video series going behind the scenes of the year's most anticipated comic book event. This new documentary will give viewers an unprecedented look into the Marvel offices, creative retreats, key[...]
The Kody Chamberlain/Josh Fialkov Punks iPad Game That Never Was
But those less successful ventures can still be worth preserving. Such as this pitch by Kody Chamberlain and Josh Fialkov, creators of self published comic book Punks to MTV for a Punks iPad videogame Mirroring Steve Jobs' keynote addreses, and sent to MTV as mini-comic And there it stayed. This has never been seen in public before[...]