While the Smashing Pumpkins continue their nationwide search for a new guitarist, Billy Corgan will keep busy with a new reality show centering on his role as owner of the National Wrestling Alliance.
The eight-episode Billy Corgan’s Adventures in Carnyland will premiere May 14 on the CW app and website. The unscripted series finds Corgan balancing his home life with partner (and soon-to-be wife) Chloe Mendel and their children with his jobs as both a rock star and the owner of the Nwa, the wrestling company he purchased in 2017.
“Rebuilding...
The eight-episode Billy Corgan’s Adventures in Carnyland will premiere May 14 on the CW app and website. The unscripted series finds Corgan balancing his home life with partner (and soon-to-be wife) Chloe Mendel and their children with his jobs as both a rock star and the owner of the Nwa, the wrestling company he purchased in 2017.
“Rebuilding...
- 4/24/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Brian Volk-Weiss’ Nacelle Company on Wednesday announced Billy Corgan’s Adventures in Carnyland, an eight-episode unscripted series that’s set to premiere on The CW app and cwtv.com on May 14th.
Directed by Volk-Weis and Ian Roumain, the series pulls back the curtain on how the legendary frontman of alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins takes on the world. When he isn’t churning out albums and touring the world with his band, Corgan works as a wrestling promoter through his storied National Wrestling Alliance, which he intends to restore to its former glory. As if being a rock star navigating the demanding politics of running both a band (Pumpkinworld) and a group of eccentric wrestlers (Carnyland) isn’t tricky enough, he’s also a father of two — and he’s planning a wedding to his longtime partner, Chloe Mendel. Can he possibly keep all these balls in the air?...
Directed by Volk-Weis and Ian Roumain, the series pulls back the curtain on how the legendary frontman of alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins takes on the world. When he isn’t churning out albums and touring the world with his band, Corgan works as a wrestling promoter through his storied National Wrestling Alliance, which he intends to restore to its former glory. As if being a rock star navigating the demanding politics of running both a band (Pumpkinworld) and a group of eccentric wrestlers (Carnyland) isn’t tricky enough, he’s also a father of two — and he’s planning a wedding to his longtime partner, Chloe Mendel. Can he possibly keep all these balls in the air?...
- 4/24/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Get ready for an inside look at the making of “The Lord of The Rings” in the latest episode of “Icons Unearthed.” In “Stepping Out the Front Door,” airing Wednesday night on Vice, viewers will delve deep into the challenges faced by the studio and director Peter Jackson during the production of this epic film series.
As the studio takes risky gambles, tensions rise, and Jackson finds himself grappling with the weighty responsibility of directing such a monumental project. Despite his efforts to navigate the challenges, the pressure mounts, leading to a grueling shoot that takes its toll on the cast and crew.
In this gripping episode, one of the dwarves is unexpectedly sent packing, adding another layer of drama to the already intense production. Don’t miss “Icons Unearthed: The Lord of The Rings” as it uncovers the untold stories behind one of cinema’s most beloved franchises, airing...
As the studio takes risky gambles, tensions rise, and Jackson finds himself grappling with the weighty responsibility of directing such a monumental project. Despite his efforts to navigate the challenges, the pressure mounts, leading to a grueling shoot that takes its toll on the cast and crew.
In this gripping episode, one of the dwarves is unexpectedly sent packing, adding another layer of drama to the already intense production. Don’t miss “Icons Unearthed: The Lord of The Rings” as it uncovers the untold stories behind one of cinema’s most beloved franchises, airing...
- 4/10/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Icons Unearthed: The Lord of The Rings Season 1 Episode 4 Wizards at Work Airs April 10 2024 on Vice
Attention fantasy fans! Get ready to delve into the captivating world of “Icons Unearthed: The Lord of The Rings” in the upcoming episode titled “Wizards at Work,” airing Wednesday at 10:00 Pm on Vice.
In this installment, viewers will uncover the intricate web of technological magic behind the beloved “Lord of The Rings” trilogy. The spotlight shines on Weta, the creative powerhouse responsible for bringing Middle-earth to life on the big screen. However, behind the scenes, internal strife threatens to disrupt the harmonious flow of creativity and innovation.
Join the journey as “Icons Unearthed” explores the challenges faced by the visionary minds at Weta and the remarkable feats they achieved in crafting the fantastical world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s imagination. From groundbreaking special effects to stunning visual landscapes, this episode promises to offer a captivating glimpse into the making of one of cinema’s most iconic franchises. Tune in Wednesday...
In this installment, viewers will uncover the intricate web of technological magic behind the beloved “Lord of The Rings” trilogy. The spotlight shines on Weta, the creative powerhouse responsible for bringing Middle-earth to life on the big screen. However, behind the scenes, internal strife threatens to disrupt the harmonious flow of creativity and innovation.
Join the journey as “Icons Unearthed” explores the challenges faced by the visionary minds at Weta and the remarkable feats they achieved in crafting the fantastical world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s imagination. From groundbreaking special effects to stunning visual landscapes, this episode promises to offer a captivating glimpse into the making of one of cinema’s most iconic franchises. Tune in Wednesday...
- 4/3/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
From Detective Comics to the small screen to cartoons to one of the most bankable properties in Hollywood, Batman has had quite the journey, and it will be explored in the latest season of Vice TV’s “Icons Unearthed.” The cable network will premiere two new seasons of the show on Wednesday, March 20. First, “Icons Unearthed: Lord of the Rings” at 9 p.m. Et and then “Icons Unearthed: Batman” at 10 p.m. Et. Dive deep into the history of the Dark Knight in the latest season of the show. You can watch Vice TV with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo. You can also watch with Directv Stream, Sling TV, or Hulu Live TV.
How to Watch 'Icons Unearthed: Batman' When: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 10:00 Pm Edt TV: Vice TV Stream: Watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo. 7-Day Free Trial$25+ / month philo.com About 'Icons Unearthed: Batman'
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How to Watch 'Icons Unearthed: Batman' When: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 10:00 Pm Edt TV: Vice TV Stream: Watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo. 7-Day Free Trial$25+ / month philo.com About 'Icons Unearthed: Batman'
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- 3/20/2024
- by Matt Tamanini
- The Streamable
One of the most interesting and insightful series on pop culture returns on Wednesday, March 20 as Vice TV’s “Icons Unearthed” series debuts not one, but two new series, with a third slated for slated this spring. On Wednesday at 9 p.m. Et, “Icons Unearthed: Lord of the Rings” will dive into the incredible history of arguably the most popular and successful fantasy franchise in history. You can watch Vice TV with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo. You can also watch with Directv Stream, Sling TV, or Hulu Live TV.
How to Watch 'Icons Unearthed: Lord of the Rings' When: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 9:00 Pm Edt TV: Vice TV Stream: Watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo. 7-Day Free Trial$25+ / month philo.com About 'Icons Unearthed: Lord of the Rings'
The “Icons Unearthed” season that focuses on the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece will be narrated by Graham McTavish who...
How to Watch 'Icons Unearthed: Lord of the Rings' When: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 9:00 Pm Edt TV: Vice TV Stream: Watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo. 7-Day Free Trial$25+ / month philo.com About 'Icons Unearthed: Lord of the Rings'
The “Icons Unearthed” season that focuses on the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece will be narrated by Graham McTavish who...
- 3/20/2024
- by Matt Tamanini
- The Streamable
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/Film recently ranked the five live-action Fantastic Four films and came to the following daring conclusion: Oley Sassone's unreleased 1994 entry "The Fantastic Four" was the best. Many have seen this version of "The Fantastic Four" thanks to the wide circulation of bootleg copies, and it's been ridiculed in many cinematic circles for its low budget (it was made for only $1 million), its corny dialogue, and its aggressively bad special effects. But while the cheapness of Sassone's film is visibly evident -- it was overseen by B-movie elder stateman Roger Corman -- it does manage to capture the comic-operatic tone of the original 1960s comic books. It accurately understands the outsize nature of the characters.
For many years, the only way to see "The Fantastic Four" was through surreptitiously distributed VHS taps handed off between nerdy high school students. Thanks...
/Film recently ranked the five live-action Fantastic Four films and came to the following daring conclusion: Oley Sassone's unreleased 1994 entry "The Fantastic Four" was the best. Many have seen this version of "The Fantastic Four" thanks to the wide circulation of bootleg copies, and it's been ridiculed in many cinematic circles for its low budget (it was made for only $1 million), its corny dialogue, and its aggressively bad special effects. But while the cheapness of Sassone's film is visibly evident -- it was overseen by B-movie elder stateman Roger Corman -- it does manage to capture the comic-operatic tone of the original 1960s comic books. It accurately understands the outsize nature of the characters.
For many years, the only way to see "The Fantastic Four" was through surreptitiously distributed VHS taps handed off between nerdy high school students. Thanks...
- 3/19/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Nacelle, the Burbank-based production and distribution company behind The Toys and Movies That Made Us, Behind the Attraction and Biker Mice From Mars, has brought on Hud Woodle to run the company’s International Sales Division.
Woodle moves to Nacelle from Grb Studios where he served as Head of Global Sales & Acquisitions.
Woodle has held a variety of international roles over the last decade, including VP of International Program Sales at Scripps Networks International, and as Vice President of International Program Sales and Distribution and General Manager at Food Networks Asia, working in New York and Singapore. Woodle also worked at NBC Universal International Television as a sales executive for E! Entertainment, and at Tech TV in global program sales.
The move to hire Woodle comes as Nacelle is expanding its production, distribution, and toy manufacturing divisions, on the heels of major developments in the growing NacelleVerse, a shared...
Woodle moves to Nacelle from Grb Studios where he served as Head of Global Sales & Acquisitions.
Woodle has held a variety of international roles over the last decade, including VP of International Program Sales at Scripps Networks International, and as Vice President of International Program Sales and Distribution and General Manager at Food Networks Asia, working in New York and Singapore. Woodle also worked at NBC Universal International Television as a sales executive for E! Entertainment, and at Tech TV in global program sales.
The move to hire Woodle comes as Nacelle is expanding its production, distribution, and toy manufacturing divisions, on the heels of major developments in the growing NacelleVerse, a shared...
- 10/13/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Though "The Empire Strikes Back" is often regarded now as the best "Star Wars" film, the surprising runner-up in our poll two years ago was "Return of the Jedi," which is celebrating its 40th anniversary today. That "Jedi" should make such a strong showing was surprising if only because the film tends to take a slight critical drubbing in comparison to "Empire" and the first "Star Wars" movie, now known as "A New Hope."
With "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back," directors George Lucas and Irvin Kershner each carved out a distinct tone and vision for what the original "Star Wars" trilogy could be. Still, the contemporary love for "Empire" doesn't necessarily align with the immediate reaction audiences had to it back in the day. Last year, the Vice TV docuseries "Icons Unearthed: Star Wars" spliced in footage of one '80s fan exiting the theater, saying, "It could've been a better ending,...
With "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back," directors George Lucas and Irvin Kershner each carved out a distinct tone and vision for what the original "Star Wars" trilogy could be. Still, the contemporary love for "Empire" doesn't necessarily align with the immediate reaction audiences had to it back in the day. Last year, the Vice TV docuseries "Icons Unearthed: Star Wars" spliced in footage of one '80s fan exiting the theater, saying, "It could've been a better ending,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Thanks to the massive success of the 1987 animated series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," toy companies and television networks were all looking for their own anthropomorphic crimefighting animal franchises in the late 1980s and early 1990s. And when they eventually found them, the results were wild. In the words of Guns N' Roses, "Welcome to the Jungle."
"Battletoads" was probably the most blatant ripoff. "Road Rovers" was another swing and a miss. "Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron" had a pretty awesome show, but the toy line didn't deliver as much as the cartoon. Then came "Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa" and "Street Sharks," which excelled in both areas. But when "Biker Mice From Mars" premiered in 1993, both the show and the toys stood head and shoulders above the rest (but always just below Tmnt). The little kid version of me went nuts for this show, as well as the action...
"Battletoads" was probably the most blatant ripoff. "Road Rovers" was another swing and a miss. "Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron" had a pretty awesome show, but the toy line didn't deliver as much as the cartoon. Then came "Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa" and "Street Sharks," which excelled in both areas. But when "Biker Mice From Mars" premiered in 1993, both the show and the toys stood head and shoulders above the rest (but always just below Tmnt). The little kid version of me went nuts for this show, as well as the action...
- 1/23/2023
- by Ben F. Silverio
- Slash Film
In 2022, it's quite difficult to explain the deathly tight grip that "Married... with Children" had on American culture. The show, which first aired in 1987, was generally constructed like the 30-some years of sitcoms that came before it. There was a working-class father (Ed O'Neill), a doting mother (Katey Sagal), and a pair of precocious teen kids. They even had a stock "nosy neighbor" (Amanda Bearce). The gag of "Married...," however, was that the characters were all the most awful people you've ever seen. Dad was a slobby misanthrope who hated his family with open disgust, Mom's only survival trait was curt mockery of her slovenly husband, and the kids were various levels of idiotic, each pursuing sex and money with only the dimmest perception of the world around them. What's more, they often celebrated their own shortcomings. They were the below-average, all-American family you loved to hate.
The 1980s was...
The 1980s was...
- 11/13/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
It's always been extremely difficult to get a television show greenlit on a major network. Creatives seemingly need to jump through endless hoops and pass all sorts of tests, and in the end, it can all come down to the personal whims of some executive.
It's hard to believe that a show like "The Simpsons," which has been around for more than 30 years at this point, also at one point struggled just to get made. While these days it seems like anytime show creator Matt Groening sneezes two more seasons of the show appear, bringing the first 13 episodes of the series to life took a lot of convincing on the part of the show's creators.
Groening, who was at that point best known for writing the comic strip "Life in Hell," came up with his pitch for "The Simpsons" somewhat last minute. It's important to note that there are those who dispute that claim.
It's hard to believe that a show like "The Simpsons," which has been around for more than 30 years at this point, also at one point struggled just to get made. While these days it seems like anytime show creator Matt Groening sneezes two more seasons of the show appear, bringing the first 13 episodes of the series to life took a lot of convincing on the part of the show's creators.
Groening, who was at that point best known for writing the comic strip "Life in Hell," came up with his pitch for "The Simpsons" somewhat last minute. It's important to note that there are those who dispute that claim.
- 11/13/2022
- by Matt Rainis
- Slash Film
As of this writing, "The Simpsons" is 33 years old, which is, in TV years, closer to 110. The startling continued longevity of the animated sitcom has been enthralling to witness. The film will rise in quality, it will fall, it will rise again. It seems to be heading toward a conclusion, then throws open another curtain to reveal a further four-season plan. And still it lives, that keen and heavenward flame.
Due to said longevity, "The Simpsons" has transformed into an institution. It's difficult, then, to recall how revolutionary, how daring, and how subversive "The Simpsons" once was. It was an all-American sitcom, but skewed. The characters were yellow skinned, oddly shaped, and crass. They said "damn" on the air. They attempted to live a typical, clean, successful sitcom life, but were slaves to their grounded, base, below-average-ness. Bart (Nancy Cartwright) was a legitimate troublemaker who was proud of his underachiever status.
Due to said longevity, "The Simpsons" has transformed into an institution. It's difficult, then, to recall how revolutionary, how daring, and how subversive "The Simpsons" once was. It was an all-American sitcom, but skewed. The characters were yellow skinned, oddly shaped, and crass. They said "damn" on the air. They attempted to live a typical, clean, successful sitcom life, but were slaves to their grounded, base, below-average-ness. Bart (Nancy Cartwright) was a legitimate troublemaker who was proud of his underachiever status.
- 11/7/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
One of this summer’s most surprising television events has been Vice TV’s Icons Unearthed: Star Wars. What makes this program — whose latest episode covering the production of Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones, airs Aug. 16at 10 p.m. Et — so compelling is how it somehow manages to be a treasure trove of new information about George Lucas’ space saga.
Even before the internet made information about the original and prequel trilogy easy to come by, Star Wars was the most dissected franchise in motion picture (and pop culture) history. With every bit of minutiae relating to the film’s production having been analyzed to death by this point, what, if anything, is there to learn about Star Wars that we haven’t already heard a million times before?
Enter Brian Volk-Weiss.
The mastermind behind The Toys That Made Us, The Movies That Made Us and At a Toy Store Near You,...
Even before the internet made information about the original and prequel trilogy easy to come by, Star Wars was the most dissected franchise in motion picture (and pop culture) history. With every bit of minutiae relating to the film’s production having been analyzed to death by this point, what, if anything, is there to learn about Star Wars that we haven’t already heard a million times before?
Enter Brian Volk-Weiss.
The mastermind behind The Toys That Made Us, The Movies That Made Us and At a Toy Store Near You,...
- 8/11/2022
- by Chris Cummins
- Den of Geek
The Nacelle Company’s “Icons Unearthed” has been renewed for Season 2 by Vice TV, Variety has learned exclusively.
In Season 2, the six-part documentary series will focus on long-running animated sitcom “The Simpsons.” Directed by Nacelle Company CEO Brian Volk-Weiss, “Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons” will reveal previously unknown and surprising details about the beloved animated series. The second season also features exclusive interviews with several writers, directors, actors and network executives, including Bill Oakley, Rich Moore, Jon Vitti, Mimi Pond, Doug Benson, Todd McFarlane, Garth Ancier, Phil Roman and Jennifer Howell.
“We’re ecstatic to have the second season of our ‘Icons Unearthed’ documentary series officially picked up by Vice TV. It’s an honor to be able to tell the little known history behind one of the most historic franchises in television, ‘The Simpsons,’” Volk-Weiss said in a statement.
In the first season of “Icons Unearthed,” the show explored the...
In Season 2, the six-part documentary series will focus on long-running animated sitcom “The Simpsons.” Directed by Nacelle Company CEO Brian Volk-Weiss, “Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons” will reveal previously unknown and surprising details about the beloved animated series. The second season also features exclusive interviews with several writers, directors, actors and network executives, including Bill Oakley, Rich Moore, Jon Vitti, Mimi Pond, Doug Benson, Todd McFarlane, Garth Ancier, Phil Roman and Jennifer Howell.
“We’re ecstatic to have the second season of our ‘Icons Unearthed’ documentary series officially picked up by Vice TV. It’s an honor to be able to tell the little known history behind one of the most historic franchises in television, ‘The Simpsons,’” Volk-Weiss said in a statement.
In the first season of “Icons Unearthed,” the show explored the...
- 7/23/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
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