Summer's Last Resort: Jerry O'Connell, Sophia Bush & Violet McGraw on Comedy, Chaos & Water Park Fun

Summer's Last ResortWritten by Emily Andras and directed by Melanie Scrofano, in Summer’s Last Resort, a high-strung teen (Violet McGraw)’s summer is turned upside down when the vice-principal (Jerry O’Connell) becomes her mom (Sophia Bush)’s new boyfriend and invites them on a Caribbean vacation as part of an awards ceremony. Determined to end the romance, Summer hatches a plan to breakup their relationship, but it leads to crazy mishaps and unexpected feelings.

Recently, stars O’Connell, Bush, and McGraw spoke with SciFi Vision about why they wanted to be a part of the film, which of the comedic scenes stood out to them, playing at the water park, working with director Scrofano, and more.

Summer’s Last Resort is now streaming on Tubi.

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Carla Gugino on Why Lockbox Felt Like a Different Kind of Horror Story

LockboxThe horror film Lockbox premieres today, only in theaters. It's directed by Daniel Stamm, who has helmed five other horror movies and directed quite a few horror TV shows. Carla Gugino, who's no stranger to horror movies and shows herself, portrays Ellen, a kind woman dealing with the loss of her mother. She moves back to the small town where she was raised and takes in her cousin, Winthrop, who's had a very rough life, both at home and in the military. A creepy neighbor woman drops by and inserts herself into their lives. The movie gets stranger and more shocking as it goes along.

Lockbox is based on a 2019 episode of a horror podcast Knifepoint Horror by writer Soren Narnia. The screenplay was written by Justin Yoffe, who's worn many hats over his career as playwright, director, artistic Director, Emmy Award-winning producer and screenwriter. The movie also stars Lou Taylor Pucci as Winthrop and Katharine Isabella as the odd neighbor. The movie's tagline is "Evil Wants Out." If you love horror movies, you don't want to miss it!

SciFi Vision recently spoke with Gugino about her starring role in the superb horror film.

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FROM Stars Nathan D. Simmons and Kaelen Ohm on Their Characters' Emotional Exits

***The following interview contains major spoilers for the season 4 finale***

Nathan D. Simmons and Kaelen OhmOn the season finale of FROM, which premiered this past weekend on MGM+, when the group uprooted the bottle tree after Tabitha (Catalina Sandino Moreno) and Jade (David Alpay) found the children’s bones, it unleashed a sequence of events, starting with darkness falling and the nightmare creatures coming out on the attack. Although Fatima (Pegah Ghafoori) was eventually able to somewhat control Smiley (Jamie McGuire), it was too late as he slashed and killed Marielle (Kaelen Ohm) before she could stop him. As the chaos continued, the stakes were raised as Sophia (Julia Doyle) moved forward with her plans to destroy the balance of the town. A threat to her plans, Elgin (Nathan D. Simmons), having discovered that she was not who she appeared to be, was offered a deal to go home in exchange for helping her, but he instead resisted, not willing to betray his friends or bend his morals this time. In return, she killed him on the spot.

In an interview with SciFi Vision last week, both Simmons and Ohm spoke about the intense death scenes for Elgin and Marielle, playing dead on camera, set keepsakes, how working on the series has impacted their lives, whether they like to watch their performances back, why they leave the theory crafting to the fans, and more.

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FROM Star Pegah Ghafoori on Fatima's Transformation, Fan Theories & What's Next

***The following interview contains spoilers for the season 4 finale***

Pegah GhafooriOn the season finale of FROM on Sunday, everything changed for Fatima (Pegah Ghafoori), literally. After giving birth to the nightmare creature, Smiley (Jamie McGuire), she has shared a connection for awhile, being able to see through his eyes. When he entered the clinic during the eclipse, she was once again able to somewhat control his actions through their connection, but it was too late as he had already slashed Marielle (Kaelen Ohm), who died later in Kristi (Chloe Van Landschoot)’s arms. However, later, Fatima used that connection when accompanying her husband, Ellis (Corteon Moore), and father-in-law, Boyd (Harold Perrineau), into the caves to try to rescue Jade (David Alpay) and Tabitha (Catalina Sandino Moreno), able to alert them when the creatures were close. When the monsters were closing in, she realized she was able to hold them off by transforming completely into a creature herself. Whether she still retains her humanity is yet to be seen.

Recently, in an interview with SciFi Vision, the actress teased that she felt Fatima would “always be human at heart,” but couldn’t say how that would affect her going forward, but she did speak to striking that balance when playing the transformed version of her character. “[T]he thing that sets our show apart is that our monsters are eerily human,”she told SciFi Vision. “So, I would say that more than anything, I had to worry about coming across as too much of a monster, because then it takes away the scariness of them.”

As of the end of season four, the actress didn’t work with practical effects when it came to the transformation itself, only CGI. “It was just CGI dots on my face,” she explained. “Our post production team, the amazing team we have, they took care of all of that.” Ghafoori, however, did say she got to work with practical makeup effects for the veining on her stomach.

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FROM Creatives on Clara’s Mole Reveal and the Show’s Organic Twists

***The following contains spoilers for 4x09***

FROMOn the penultimate episode of season four of FROM this weekend, it was revealed that Clara (Katerina Bakolias), who began as a background character, was, in fact, a mole. Sophia (Julia Doyle) came to Clara with black eyes, reminding her what she really is and of the deal they made, and now, she’s calling in the favor. Clara, both because she is scared, and in the hope of going home, helps Sophia by adding the entity’s blood to a drink she gives Fatima (Pegah Ghafoori) in hopes of speeding up whatever is currently happening to her.

SciFi Vision spoke to creator and executive producer John Griffin, showrunner and executive producer Jeff Pinkner, and executive producer and director Jack Bender about how long that storyline had been in the works. According to them, it came organically. “I will say that that evolved, and it evolved out of the best version of our three-legged stool creative process,” explained Bender.

“[O]ne of the wonderful things about the process and this show…is that sometimes people emerge in ways that were unexpected,” Griffin added. Bakolias really impressed them and over time evolved to be a bigger part of the series, and it led to using her when they needed a character to perform a specific function. “[A]s Clara became a more important part of the show, and as we realized, oh, you know what, we want the Man in Yellow to have an inside track in the town… and as we were discussing who this should be, one day I got a text from Jeff Pinkner saying, ‘Clara should be the mole!’”

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Spider-Noir: Production Designer Warren Alan Young on Building in Both Color and Black & White, Creating 1930s New York & More

Spider-NoirThe series Spider-Noir, which recently premiered on Prime Video in both true-hue color and authentic black-and-white, takes place in 1930s New York and tells the story of an aging and down on his luck Detective Ben Reilly (Nicholas Cage) who is pushed to deal with his old life and the hero he used to be.

Recently, production designer Warren Alan Young spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the ambitious Marvel series, including how he approached it as both a period piece and a noir, and what it took to build a 1933 New York entirely in California. Young also discusses the challenges of supporting both color and black-and-white versions of the series, the research that shaped its world, creating some of the pivotal sets and details, how practical effects and design choices such as the black web helped define the final look, and more.

Spider-Noir is currently streaming on Prime Video.

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The Capture Season 3: Holliday Grainger on Rachel Carey's Resilience

The CaptureIn season three of The Capture, A year since exposing the UK intelligence service’s clandestine video manipulation program, Correction, Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) has become the acting head of SO15 and is determined to win back the public’s trust in surveillance technology through the new Operation Veritas camera system. While demoing the system, the unthinkable happens. A shooter pulls off a well-coordinated act of terror that leaves behind only Carey as the witness, however, what she saw does not align with what their own cameras witnessed. The more she investigates, the further she is pulled into a conspiracy. With few people she can trust, what is she willing to sacrifice to find the truth?

Recently, Grainger spoke with SciFi Vision about the challenges of filming the intense opening attack sequence, Carey’s resilience and shifting moral compass, the changes to her relationships this season, working with the cast, and much more.

All episodes of three of The Capture launch tomorrow on Peacock.

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The Season: Chris Pang & Justin Chien on Costumes, Party Scenes, and Hong Kong

The SeasonThe six-party high-society drama The Season, follows Cola Pierce (Jessie Mei Li), a naïve young American, who during the summer boating season insinuates herself among the rich elite of Hong Kong when she is taken under the wing of financial advisor Carrie Shen (Celina Jade) as an intern. Carrie introduces her to an myriad of characters, among them, playboy Andrew Fung (Chris Pang), recently divorced lawyer David Ho (Justin Chien), young widow, Madeline Wong (Yvonne Chapman), and most importantly, power couple Christopher (Toby Stephens) and Fiona Hext (Karena Lam). Hidden agendas eventually surface, and it becomes apparent Cola is there with an ulterior motive to seek justice for her family and take down the wealthy Hext family.

Recently, SciFi Vision spoke with Pang and Chien about how the wardrobe and environment helped define the world of the show, filming the party scene at the club, what places in Hong Kong stood out to them, and more.

PCCW Media and SK Global’s The Season streams exclusively on Hulu in the US starting today.

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The Terror Devil in Silver: Star Chinaza Uche on Grounding Coffee, Avoiding Stereotypes, and His Final Scene

Chinaza UcheThe limited series The Terror: The Devil in Silver, follows Pepper (Dan Stevens), a moving man from Queens who is arrested after losing his temper and assaulting his girlfriend’s ex, but is wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital by the arresting officers. Pepper must navigate the hellscape of the underfunded hospital where there is an evil presence lurking and nothing is as it seems.

Chinaza Uche plays the role of Coffee, one of the patients at New Hyde who becomes friends with Pepper, but ultimately ends up being killed in the fourth episode.

Uche recently spoke with SciFi Vision on the experience of filming his character’s last scenes. “Victor [LaValle] was really lovely, because we had lots of conversations about it, because it's super intense,” the actor explained to the site. “And we did discuss why it happens, what it means to each of us, how to portray it on the camera.” He added that he knew it would be upsetting for people. “I didn't want it to hurt the audience too much. I don't know, I loved Coffee, and I was like, ‘Wow, I think if it works, this is going to really hurt,’ but I think that's the point.”

The actor also spoke about the physically chaotic “blood room” sequence, what drew him to the role, how he prepared to play Coffee, the care he took in grounding the character’s mental health experience, and more.

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Stars Scott McCord & Robert Joy Break Down the Emotional Fallout of FROM's Latest Twists

FROMOn the latest episode of FROM, Victor (Scott McCord) and his father, Henry (Robert Joy) are told by Boyd (Harold Perrineau) that Tabitha (Catalina Sandino Moreno) is the reincarnation of Miranda (Sarah Booth), Victor’s mother and Henry’s wife. The news causes Henry to continue to spiral, and with Sophia (Julia Doyle)’s interference, Henry is now seeings flashes of another reality where the town is just his dream during a coma, and he has a whole different life with Victor. Playing this “other” version of Victor was both exciting and terrifying, for McCord, who spoke with SciFi Vision last week. “I love the challenge,” he told the site, adding that the focus was to make it as real as possible. “Who is this guy? Everything about him. How does his heart beat? What's his life?...What is the story there? So, there was a lot of detailed work that helped get there.”

Joy, who was also part of the interview, talked about Henry’s mental state from what he’s seeing and how that life is attractive to Henry, because it gives him what he’s after. “What makes him really vulnerable here is that he, in From Town, wants to be the father, wants to be the caregiver, the protector, and then what he really needs is to be protected.” the actor explained, also saying that the question for him is whether there will be permanent damage to Henry after this.

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