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Romaine Waite
Romaine Waite is a Canadian actor. His most notable works include '' The Mist and Star Trek: Discovery''. Early life Waite was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He moved to Canada and spent his adolescent years in Brampton, Ontario. Career Waite's acting career began with short and independent films. He had supporting roles on '' Murdoch Mysteries'' (TV Series, CBC, 2016) alongside Yannick Bisson, '' Taken'' (TV Series, NBC, 2018) alongside Jennifer Beals, and Privates Eyes with Jason Priestley. On the big screen, he portrayed Greg Cole in the Lifetime movie '' The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel'', Steve in the horror indie ''Antisocial'' (Breakthrough Entertainment, 2013) and John Burke in the action-packed drama, S''cratch'' (2015). He has also worked with Gerard Butler in A Family Man. In addition, Waite has been a part of live stage performances, including as Aaron Levinsky in '' Nuts'' (Scarborough Village Theatre, 2014) and Rick in ''Killcreek'' (Toronto Frin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mist (TV Series)
''The Mist'' is an American science fiction- horror thriller television series developed by Christian Torpe. It is based on the 1980 horror novella of the same name by author Stephen King. The series aired for one 10-episode season on Spike from June 22 to August 24, 2017. Spike later cancelled the series on September 27 the same year. Premise An unexplained mist slowly envelops the town of Bridgeville, Maine, creating an almost impenetrable barrier to visibility. The residents of the town soon learn the situation is even more precarious as unexplained anomalies and phenomena in the mist attack and kill most who enter it, trapping several groups of people in a shopping mall, a church, and a hospital. Eventually, people begin to see apparitions in the mist from their past, fears, or guilt that help or kill them depending on how they react. Cast and characters Main * Morgan Spector as Kevin Copeland * Alyssa Sutherland as Eve Copeland * Gus Birney as Alex Copeland * Danica C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Family Man
''A Family Man'' (previous title ''The Headhunter's Calling'') is a 2016 American drama film directed by Mark Williams, in his directorial debut, and written by Bill Dubuque. The film tells the story of Dane Jensen, a Corporate Recruiter from Chicago, who must balance his career aspirations and his increasingly complex family life. The film stars Gerard Butler, Willem Dafoe, Anupam Kher, Alfred Molina, Alison Brie, and Gretchen Mol. Principal photography began on October 26, 2015 in Toronto. It screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Dane Jensen is a successful Chicago-based corporate headhunter who works at the Blackridge Recruitment agency. His life revolves around closing deals in a survival-of-the-fittest boiler room. As the film opens Jensen is shown to be focused on his job, but he also tries to be a family man. His boss Ed Blackridge is offering him a promotion that will lead to him controlling the company. To secure it, he must beat his ambitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Drake Mysteries
''Frankie Drake Mysteries'' is a Canadian drama that ran on CBC from November 6, 2017 to March 8, 2021. The series starred Lauren Lee Smith and Chantel Riley as Frankie Drake and her partner Trudy who ran an all female private detective service in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the 1920s. Overview Lauren Lee Smith portrays the fictional Frankie Drake, the first female private detective in 1920s Toronto, with Chantel Riley as her crime solving partner Trudy Clarke."The TV home of Murdoch Mysteries is getting a new detective drama" '''', April 4, 2017. Frankie an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girlfriend Experience (TV Series)
''The Girlfriend Experience'' is an American anthology drama television series created, written, and directed by Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz that is broadcast on the premium cable network Starz. The first season stars Riley Keough as Christine Reade, a law student intern who also works as a high-end escort. Executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, it is based on the 2009 film of the same name. A 13-episode first season premiered on April 10, 2016, and all episodes were made available on Starz On Demand. On August 1, 2016, Starz renewed the series for a 14-episode second season, focusing on new characters and storylines, with Seimetz and Kerrigan returning. The second season premiered on November 5, 2017. In July 2019, Starz renewed the series for a 10-episode third season, which is written and directed by Anja Marquardt and stars Julia Goldani Telles. The third season premiered on May 2, 2021. Plot Season 1 Second-year Chicago-Burnham Law School student Christine Reade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Eyes (TV Series)
''Private Eyes'' (during production first known as ''The Code'') was a Canadian comedy-drama television series inspired by the novel of the same name by G.B. Joyce, created by Tim Kilby and Shelley Eriksen starring Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson as the two protagonist private investigators solving crimes in Toronto. In Canada, the series first season of ten episodes premiered on May 26, 2016 on Global. Seasons two (split into two nine-episode batches) and three were shown in Canada each summer from 2017 to 2019. The fourth season premiered in November 2020. In the United States, the series premiered on February 11, 2018 on Ion Television. The fifth and final season premiered on July 7, 2021. Cast Main * Jason Priestley as Matthew Kevin "Matt" ("Shadow") Shade, a hockey player turned private investigator. * Cindy Sampson as Angelina Susan "Angie" Everett, Shade's feisty boss and later P.I. agency partner at Everett Investigations. She inherited the agency after the death of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schitt's Creek
''Schitt's Creek'' (stylized as ''Schitt$ Creek'') is a Canadian television sitcom created by Dan Levy and his father, Eugene Levy, that aired on CBC Television from 2015 to 2020. It consists of 80 episodes spread over six seasons. Produced by Not a Real Company Productions and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it follows the trials and tribulations of the formerly wealthy Rose family. After their business manager embezzles the family business, Rose Video, the family loses its fortune and relocates to Schitt's Creek, a small town they once purchased as a joke. Now living in a motel, Johnny (Eugene Levy) and Moira ( Catherine O'Hara)—along with their adult children, David (Dan Levy) and Alexis (Annie Murphy)—must adjust to life without wealth. The series concept came from Dan Levy, who wondered how wealthy families, as frequently depicted on American reality television, would react if they lost all their money. He developed the series with his father, Eugene, before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Emergency
''Mayday'', entitled ''Air Crash Investigation'' in Canada (alternatively known as ''Air Crash Investigations'' on Seven Network), New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom (alternatively known as ''Air Crash: Disaster Revealed'' on 5Select), India, other Asian countries, and some European countries, and ''Air Emergency'', ''Air Disasters'', and ''Mayday: Air Disaster'' in the United States, is a Canadian documentary television program examining air crashes, near-crashes, hijackings, bombings, and other disasters. ''Mayday'' uses re-enactments and computer-generated imagery to reconstruct the sequence of events leading up to each disaster. In addition, survivors, aviation experts, retired pilots, and crash investigators are interviewed, to explain how the emergencies came about, how they were investigated, and how they might have been prevented. Cineflix started production on , with a budget. In Canada itself, the program premiered on Discovery Channel Canada on 3 Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty & The Beast (2012 TV Series)
''Beauty & the Beast'' is a Canadian-American science fiction police procedural television series filmed in Toronto, Canada, very loosely inspired by the 1987 CBS series of the same name, developed by Sherri Cooper-Landsman and Jennifer Levin that premiered on The CW on October 11, 2012, and ended its run on September 15, 2016. Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan star in the title roles alongside Austin Basis, Nina Lisandrello, Nicole Gale Anderson, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Max Brown, Brian J. White, Amber Skye Noyes and Michael Roark. Plot Catherine Chandler witnessed her mother's murder and was almost killed herself until someone—or something—saved her. After nine years, now working as a detective for the NYPD, a case leads her to Vincent Keller, an ex-soldier believed to have been killed in action during military service, who is actually alive. As Catherine comes to know him, she finds out more about her mother's murder and about who—and what—Vincent really is. Cast and chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12 Monkeys (TV Series)
''12 Monkeys'' is an American television series on Syfy created by Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett. It is a science fiction mystery drama with a time traveling plot loosely adapting the 1995 film of the same name, which was written by David and Janet Peoples and directed by Terry Gilliam, itself being inspired by Chris Marker's 1962 featurette '' La Jetée''; the series credits Marker and both Peoples for their original works. In the series, Aaron Stanford and Amanda Schull star as James Cole and Dr. Cassandra "Cassie" Railly, two strangers destiny brought together on a mission to use time travel to stop the destructive plans of the enigmatic organization "Army of the 12 Monkeys". Kirk Acevedo and Noah Bean also star in the first season. In the second season, Bean makes a guest appearance, and Todd Stashwick, Emily Hampshire, and Barbara Sukowa are promoted from recurring guests to regulars. In the fourth season, Acevedo moves from starring to recurring guest star. Stanfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroes Reborn (miniseries)
''Heroes Reborn'' is an American television series with 13 episodes which premiered on September 24, 2015, as a continuation of the NBC superhero serial drama series '' Heroes''. Series creator Tim Kring returned as executive producer. During the 2015 Super Bowl, NBC aired a 16-second teaser promo for the series. The series follows several individuals with special powers who are fleeing vigilantes but must save the world. On July 9, 2015, a six-chapter web-series titled ''Dark Matters'' was released to introduce the characters and story of ''Heroes Reborn''. On January 13, 2016, it was announced that ''Heroes Reborn'' would not be renewed for a second season. Plot According to the official synopsis, the miniseries will "reconnect with the basic elements of the show's first season" in which ordinary people discover that they have special abilities. A six-chapter prequel web-based series titled ''Dark Matters'' was released on July 9, 2015, to introduce the new characters and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogue (TV Series)
''Rogue'' is a police drama television series starring Thandiwe Newton. Though set in Northern California, the series was filmed in Vancouver. A Canadian-British- American co-production, the series was co-commissioned by DirecTV's Audience network, and the Canadian premium services The Movie Network and Movie Central. The series aired from April 3, 2013, through May 24, 2017. Premise Grace Travis begins as a San Jose police officer working undercover in Oakland to bring down Jimmy Laszlo's criminal enterprise. After Grace's son is murdered, she and Jimmy discover they have a common purpose. In the second season, Grace takes a new job as a handler for an FBI task force investigating corporate espionage in San Francisco. When a female undercover operative goes missing, Grace is forced undercover where she meets Ethan, a charming and enigmatic security consultant who might be responsible for the disappearance, or even death, of the operative. In the third season, Grace is convin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strain (TV Series)
''The Strain'' is an American horror drama television series that aired on FX from July 13, 2014, to September 17, 2017. It was created by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, based on their novel trilogy of the same name. Carlton Cuse served as executive producer and showrunner. Del Toro and Hogan wrote the pilot episode, "Night Zero", which del Toro directed. A thirteen-episode first season was ordered on November 19, 2013. The pilot episode premiered at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas, in early June 2014. On August 6, 2014, FX renewed ''The Strain'' for a 13-episode second season which premiered on July 12, 2015. On August 7, 2015, FX renewed ''The Strain'' for a 10-episode third season which premiered on August 28, 2016. FX renewed the series for a fourth and final season on September 27, 2016, which premiered on July 16, 2017. The show centers around Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the CDC's New York-based Canary Project, who is called upon to investi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
