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New “Tremors” Character Has a History with the Graboids

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John Ellison Conlee, pictured in “Boardwalk Empire”, has been added as a series regular to Syfy’s “Tremors”, the Kevin Bacon-starring sci-fi reboot ordered to pilot in June, Deadline is reporting.

Based on Bacon’s 1990 film of the same name, “Tremors” picks up 25 years after the killer Graboid worms nearly destroyed the Nevada town of Perfection. Bacon plays Valentine McKee, who beat the sandworms once and will attempt to do it again, though first he’ll have to deal with age, alcohol and a delusional hero complex.

Conlee will play Harlan Maylor, described as a character whose obsession with those pesky Graboid sandworms took a heavy personal toll.

Conlee’s character Harlan is described as a scruffy mess and Valentine’s closest pal. A genius who began his adult years working for a biotech company, Harlan now dedicates himself to yoga, meditation and self-exploration. Says Syfy, Harlan was “a geeky teenager obsessed with the idea of hunting the Sandworm of Tatooine.”

From Universal Cable Productions, “Tremors” will be directed by Vincenzo Natali from a script by Andrew Miller, who will also serve as showrunner and executive producer along with Bacon and David Schiff in association with Blumhouse Television.

The pilot will soon begin shooting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Thandiwe Newton Joins the Cast of “Wednesday” Season 2

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Pictured: Thandiwe Newton in 'God's Country' (2022)

Last week we learned that Steve Buscemi had joined the cast of “Wednesday” Season 2 at Netflix, and Variety lets us know that Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld”) has also signed on.

Jenna Ortega is back as Wednesday Addams in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s “Wednesday,” with Steve Buscemi playing the new principal of Nevermore Academy.

Jenna Ortega stars in the hit series as Wednesday Addams, with Luis Guzmán playing Gomez and Catherine Zeta-Jones playing Morticia in Tim Burton’s Netflix series. Christina Ricci also appears in the show, playing a brand new role, with Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester.

“Wednesday” is described as “a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.” The series follows…

“Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships.”

Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (“Smallville”) are the writers and showrunners, with Tim Burton executive producing and directing several episodes of the show’s debut season.

We don’t know much about “Wednesday” Season 2 at the moment but Jenna Ortega has promised that the new season will be “bolder” and darker than the first season of the series.

“We’ve decided we want to lean into the horror more,” Ortega said last year.

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