Fantasy TV from ATX
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2017
⏱️ 161 minutes
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Summary
John Wirth (V; Falling Skies), Krista Vernoff (Charmed; Wonderfalls), and Joanna Klein (SVP Scripted Development, The CW) discuss fantasy TV from building the look of a new world and the characters that inhabit it to placing supernatural characters into our everyday lives. Moderated by Emily Moss Wilson. PLUS: The Ugly Betty reunion with creator Silvio Horta and cast members America Ferrera, Vanessa Williams, Eric Mabius, Michael Urie, Tony Plana, Ana Ortiz, Mark Indelicato, Rebecca Romijn, Ashley Jensen, and Judith Light.
Recorded at ATX Television Festival on June 12, 2016.
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| 0:00.0 | Weird Al Yankovic, Sarah Watkins, Doug Benson, Ahmed Best, Janina Gavankar, Busy Phillips, Open Micah Eagle, |
| 0:14.0 | the composer of Rogue One, Michael Giacchino, and even more people, are going to be performing at the Join the Resistance |
| 0:23.9 | Star Wars themed book release slash benefit for public counsel, a nonprofit organization who provides |
| 0:32.7 | pro bono legal services to underrepresented communities in Los Angeles. This is also a celebration of the |
| 0:43.2 | new book that Ben Acker and I wrote called Star Wars Join the Resistance. It's the first in a series, |
| 0:48.1 | and it's Star Wars Canon. It's about a bunch of kids who join the resistance against the first order. |
| 0:54.9 | As I said, Weird Al, Doug Benson, this is going to be a super fun show. |
| 1:00.4 | Our pal Matt Goreley, who of Super Ego, wrote a song years ago called Stormtroopers, are people two, |
| 1:08.6 | and we're going to be doing some stuff with that. |
| 1:10.8 | It's going to be a lot of fun. March 8th at Largo at the Coronet, go to Largo-L-A.com for |
| 1:17.2 | details. |
| 1:17.9 | We hope you can join us for what will be a fun evening and a good cause. |
| 1:23.8 | Now entering nerdist.com. |
| 1:26.8 | Today's episode was recorded at ATX Television Fest. |
| 1:31.0 | Were you there? |
| 1:31.7 | It was the best, right? |
| 1:33.3 | Were you not there? |
| 1:34.2 | Why weren't you there? |
| 1:35.5 | Season 6 badges are now on sale. |
| 1:37.8 | That's for next year. |
| 1:39.1 | You don't want to miss this. |
| 1:40.7 | They've already got some amazing things at cooking. |
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