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What We Do In The Shadows (TV Series)
''What We Do in the Shadows'' is an American comedy horror mockumentary fantasy television series created by Jemaine Clement, first broadcast on FX on March 27, 2019, until concluding its run with the end of its sixth season on December 16, 2024. Based on the 2014 New Zealand film of the same name written and directed by Clement and Taika Waititi, both of whom act as executive producers, the series follows four vampire roommates on Staten Island, and stars Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén, Mark Proksch, and Kristen Schaal. ''What We Do in the Shadows'' is the second television series in the franchise after the spin-off '' Wellington Paranormal'' (2018–2022). Both shows share the same canon as the original film, with several characters from the film making appearances, including Clement's and Waititi's. The show received critical acclaim, particularly for its cast and writing, and 29 Emmy Award nominations, including thrice for Outstanding Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Horror
Comedy horror (also called horror comedy) is a literary, television and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction. Comedy horror has been described as having three types: "black comedy, parody and spoof." Comedy horror can also parody or subtly spoof horror clichés as its main source of humour or use those elements to take a story in a different direction. Examples of comedy horror films include ''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' (1948), ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981), the '' Evil Dead'' franchise (1981–present), '' Gremlins'' (1984), '' Shaun of the Dead'' (2004) and '' The Cabin in the Woods'' (2011). In literature Horror and comedy have been associated with each other since the early days of horror novels. Author Bruce G. Hallenbeck cites the 1820 short story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving as "the first great comedy horror story". The story made readers "laugh one moment and scream the next" and its premise was bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Bush
Eli Bush is an American film and theatre producer and former executive at Scott Rudin Productions. He is best known for producing the film '' Lady Bird'', for which he co-won the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy and was co-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Biography Bush graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 2009. During his tenure working for Scott Rudin Productions, he and Rudin worked on a number of critically acclaimed movies, including ''Uncut Gems'' (2019), ''Annihilation'' (2018), ''Eighth Grade'' (2018), ''Lady Bird'' (2017), and ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2011). On Broadway, he won four Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Play: for ''Death of a Salesman'' (2012), ''A Raisin in the Sun'' (2014), ''Skylight'' (2015), and ''A View from the Bridge'' (2016). He also won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2017 for ''Hello, Dolly!'' as well as the Tony Award for Best Play in 2016 for producing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington Paranormal
''Wellington Paranormal'' is a New Zealand mockumentary comedy horror television series which first aired on 11 July 2018 on TVNZ 2. The series is a spin-off of the 2014 film ''What We Do in the Shadows'' and first television series in the franchise, and its lead characters—Officers Minogue and O'Leary—first appeared in the film as a pair of incurious police officers. Production history The series was created by Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement and Paul Yates based on characters from ''What We Do in the Shadows'' by Clement and Waititi. Waititi and Clement serve as the series' executive producers, while Clement directs four of the six episodes in Series 1. The series was confirmed for a second series of 13 episodes, which aired 6 episodes beginning on 16 October 2019. A Christmas special aired on 19 December 2019, with the remaining six episodes airing as a second series. Between the special and third series, a sixteen-episode digital web series and public service campaign by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What We Do In The Shadows (franchise)
''What We Do in the Shadows'' is a New Zealand multimedia franchise centred on comedy documentaries of paranormal creatures, primarily vampires. The vampires are generally situated in a modern, mundane setting which contrasts with their more ethereal, gothic natures. Originally created by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement for a short film in their early careers, the franchise received a theatrical adaptation in 2014 and achieved widespread popularity. A critical success, the franchise was then diversified into television, with the New Zealand series ''Wellington Paranormal'' (2018-2022) and the American series ''What We Do in the Shadows'' (2019-2024). History Original short and feature film (2005-2015) The franchise originated in 2005 with a short film written by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, then still in their early careers. The single camera mockumentary, ''What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires'' was shot on a budget of only $200. The film was made amid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staten Island
Staten Island ( ) is the southernmost of the boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York (state), New York. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With a population of 495,747 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, Staten Island is the least populated New York City borough but the third largest in land area at ; it is also the least densely populated and most suburban borough in the city. A home to the Lenape Native Americans, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island was City of Greater New York, consolidated with New York City in 1898. It was formerly known as the Borough of Richmond until 1975, when its name was changed to Borough of Staten Island. Staten Island has so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the Vitalism, vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead, undead humanoid creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods which they inhabited while they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century. Vampiric entities have been Vampire folklore by region, recorded in cultures around the world; the term ''vampire'' was popularized in Western Europe after reports of an 18th-century mass hysteria of a pre-existing folk belief in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Eastern Europe that in some cases resulted in corpses being staked and people being accused of vampirism. Local variants in Southeastern Europe were also known by different names, such as ''shtriga'' in Albanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature, fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic (paranorma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mockumentary
A mockumentary (a portmanteau of ''mock'' and ''documentary'') is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events, but presented as a Documentary film, documentary. Mockumentaries are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues in a satirical way by using a fictional setting, or to parody the documentary form itself. The term originated in the 1960s but was popularized in the mid-1990s when ''This Is Spinal Tap'' director Rob Reiner used it in interviews to describe that film. While mockumentaries are comedy, comedic, pseudo-documentary, pseudo-documentaries are their dramatic equivalents. However, pseudo-documentary should not be confused with docudrama, a fictional genre in which dramatic techniques are combined with documentary elements to depict real events. Nor should either of those be confused with docufiction, a genre in which documentaries are contaminated with fictional elements. Mockumentaries are often presented as historical documenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Horror
Comedy horror (also called horror comedy) is a literary, television and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction. Comedy horror has been described as having three types: "black comedy, parody and spoof." Comedy horror can also parody or subtly spoof horror clichés as its main source of humour or use those elements to take a story in a different direction. Examples of comedy horror films include ''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' (1948), ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981), the '' Evil Dead'' franchise (1981–present), '' Gremlins'' (1984), '' Shaun of the Dead'' (2004) and '' The Cabin in the Woods'' (2011). In literature Horror and comedy have been associated with each other since the early days of horror novels. Author Bruce G. Hallenbeck cites the 1820 short story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving as "the first great comedy horror story". The story made readers "laugh one moment and scream the next" and its premise was bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FX (TV Channel)
FX (originally/formerly Fox Extended) is an American pay television channel owned by FX Networks, a division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. Based at the 20th Century Studios, Fox Studios lot in Century City, Los Angeles, FX was originally launched by the first-incarnation News Corporation on June 1, 1994, and later became one of the properties that was included in acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, Disney's acquisition of one of News Corporation's successor companies, 21st Century Fox, in 2019. The channel's original programming aspires to the standards of premium cable channels in regard to mature themes and content, high-quality writing, directing and acting. Sister channels FX Movie Channel, FXM and FXX were launched in 1994 and 2013, respectively. FX also carries reruns of theatrical films and terrestrial-network sitcoms. Advertising-free content was available through the FX+ premium subscription service until it was shut dow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FX Productions
FX Productions, LLC (FXP) is an American television and in-house production company owned by FX Networks, a division of the Disney Entertainment unit of The Walt Disney Company. It was also known in copyright as Bluebush Productions from 2007 to 2017. The studio currently produces series for FX, FXX and FX on Hulu. In the past, FXP also produced series for Amazon Prime Video ('' One Mississippi''), Epix ('' Perpetual Grace, LTD''), Fox ('' The Cool Kids'' and the first season of '' Wayward Pines''), and TBS ('' Miracle Workers''), but the studio has since returned its sole focus to the FX channels. History FX Productions was formed in August 2007 to take stakes in FX programming. Eric Schrier was appointed senior vice president of the company and the post of senior vice president of original programming in charge of current series and alternative programming. In July 2014, Fox Networks Group and DNA Films formed DNA TV Limited joint venture. Fox Networks Group would h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Gorskaya
Yana Gorskaya (Russian: Яна Горская; Яна Викторовна Гороховская) is a Russian-American director, producer and film editor. She is best known for her work as Director and Executive Producer of the TV series ''What We Do in the Shadows'' (2019) and her work in the editorial departments of nearly all of director Taika Waititi’s films, including '' Hunt for the Wilderpeople'' (2016),'' Thor: Ragnarok'' (2017), ''Jojo Rabbit'' (2019) and the feature version of '' What We Do in the Shadows'' (2014). Early life Gorskaya was born in the Soviet Union, and is of Jewish descent. At the age of 6, she immigrated to the United States with her single mother. Gorskaya obtained a Bachelor of Arts from New York City's Columbia University and later attended the University of Southern California (USC) to obtain a Master of Fine Arts degree. Career Gorskaya was hired to edit her first feature film, ''Spellbound'' (2002), when director Jeffrey Blitz asked his fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
