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Second Origin

2015

After a massive destruction on Earth, a white girl Alba (14) and a black boy Didac (9), are the only survivors on the Earth. They must start a new world. A Second Origin. Population is over. There are only two survivors. Now, our future depends on them.

Mary J. Blige

Cast · Known for Trolls World Tour

Mary Jane Blige (/blaɪʒ/; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist. She started her career as a backing singer on Uptown Records in 1989. She has released 13 studio albums, eight of which have achieved multi-platinum worldwide sales. Blige has sold over 80 million records, has won nine Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards and has also received three Golden Globe Award nominations, including one for her supporting role in the film Mudbound (2017) and another for its second original song "Mighty River" for Mudbound; she also received a nomination for the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song, becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. In 1992, Blige released her first album, What's the 411?. Her 1994 album My Life is among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[4] and Time magazine's All-Time 100 Albums. She received a Legends Award at the World Music Awards in 2006, and the Voice of Music Award from ASCAP in 2007. As of 2018, Blige has sold 80 million records worldwide. Billboard ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years. In 2017, Billboard magazine named her 2006 song "Be Without You" as the most successful R&B/Hip-Hop song of all time, as it spent an unparalleled 15 weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and over 75 weeks on the chart. In 2011, VH1 ranked Blige as the 80th greatest artist of all time. ln 2012, VH1 ranked Blige at number 9 in "The 100 Greatest Women in Music" list.

Christopher Heyerdahl

Cast · Known for Hell on Wheels, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Stargate Atlantis

Christopher Heyerdahl (born September 18, 1963) is a Canadian actor who portrayed Alastair in Supernatural, the Wraith Todd in Stargate Atlantis, Sam in Van Helsing, "Swede" in Hell on Wheels, and Marcus in The Twilight Saga. Heyerdahl was born in British Columbia, and is of Norwegian and Scottish descent. His father emigrated from Norway to Canada in the 1950s. Thor Heyerdahl was his father's cousin. Heyerdahl also speaks Norwegian and studied at the University of Oslo. Heyerdahl is primarily known for his recurring role as the enigmatic and sinister "Swede" in AMC's Hell on Wheels. This post-American Civil War drama debuted as the second highest rated original series in AMC history. He is also known for his role as Leonid in the Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode "The Thirteenth Floor" and as Nosferatu in the episode "Midnight Madness". He played the characters Halling and Wraith commander Todd in Stargate Atlantis, and Pallan in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Revisions".He played H. P. Lovecraft in the film Out of Mind: The Stories of H. P. Lovecraft (1998) and a punk, new at drug dealing, in Cadavres (2009). He played the part of the demon Alastair in three episodes of Supernatural. He also played the part of Zor-El in the television series Smallville, as well as playing John Druitt and Bigfoot in the series Sanctuary. He played the part of Dieter Braun on True Blood during the show's 5th season. His most notable film role was in the feature film New Moon, an adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's second book in her Twilight Saga. In this film, he played a vampire, Marcus, who is part of a powerful Italian family called the Volturi. He reprised that role in both parts of Breaking Dawn, the two-part adaptation of the fourth book in the Twilight Saga. He has also performed on stage and was a member of the Young Company at the Stratford Festival in 1989 and 1990.

Verliebt in Berlin

2005

The original season follows the life of the unsophisticated but good-natured Lisa Plenske, and her incongruous job at the ultra-chic Berlin fashion house Kerima Moda; while the second season revolved around Lisa's ham-fisted but sly half-brother Bruno and junior designer Hannah Refrath.

Kiff VandenHeuvel

Kiff VandenHeuvel is originally from Grand Rapids, MI and is an alumni of The Second City comedy theatre. Kiff is an accomplished improviser and sketch comedy director, and he teaches voiceover, improv and directing at Second City Hollywood. Kiff has appeared in hundreds of TV and radio commercials and is well known in the video game community as the voice of Zachary Hale Comstock in Bioshock: Infinite, Walter in The Walking Dead video game series, Disney Infinity, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, and most recently in The Evil Within. Kiff also performs with the very popular "That Voiceover Improv Thing" Podcast and forthcoming live show at the LA Improv.

Eva Ceja

Cast · Known for Newness

Eva is originally from Seattle, Washington. A huge Musical Theatre kid. She studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London in the Foundation program, Graduated from the Prestigious Second City Improv/writing Conservatory Program, and currently studies at Annie Grindley and Anthony Gilardi Acting Studio here in Hollywood California. She is a huge Crossfitter, studies Muay Thai Martial Arts daily at Muay Thai American in noho and is currently getting her Masters Degree in History. She lives in Hollywood with her two adorable cats, loves spin class, Crossfit, and her two favorite movies are True Romance and the Fifth Element. www.evaceja.com/resume

Jean Villepique

Jean Villepique is originally from New Jersey and moved to the Midwest to study theater at Northwestern University following high school. She performed at the iO Chicago for many years and wrote and performed five reviews for The Second City on their stages. She has improvised at UCB in New York and LA and performs at various venues and grocery stores with Kit Pongetti as their musical duo, "The Artists," covering light rock songs you might hear in the finest elevators. Also TV and movies. She writes some too. Have a nice day. "Climbing on Rainbows" is on Spotify if you like to listen to soft rock covers

Mark Gagliardi

Cast · Known for Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Originally from Tennessee and trained at DePaul in Chicago, Mark Gagliardi is best known for the viral hit 'Drunk History' and his work on stage in 'The Thrilling Adventure Hour', a monthly live hit show and podcast at Largo in Los Angeles. He is a veteran of The Second City and National Lampoon, improvises regularly with the record-breaking group Freedom Snatch, and works at Disneyland and Universal Studios as an actor and improvisation coach. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Mark Gagliardi

Lisa Durupt

Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Lisa Durupt has established herself as fierce, funny, and fearless talent in film and television. A talented ice hockey player growing up, she earned a scholarship to an American university until surgery postponed her arrival. On a whim, she registered at the University of Winnipeg and after attending a local performance of A Chorus Line for her theatre class, Lisa traded sports for the arts and went on to study theatre at the University of Winnipeg and the Canadian College of Performing Arts. Lisa's natural athleticism gave her a natural entry into the film industry as a dancer and stunt performer. Following early appearances in films like Shall We Dance and The Lazarus Project, Lisa was cast by Canadian comedy veteran Mark McKinney on the series, Less Than Kind, as the temperamental Shandra. Lisa's unfiltered energy and gift for ad-libbing over four seasons of the show was highlighted by a Gemini Award nomination in 2010 for Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series and a Leo Award nomination for Best Performance in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series in 2013. After a string of appearances across film and television projects such as The Pastor's Wife, The Color of Rain, Run for Your Life, and Supernatural, Lisa Durupt won her most substantial cinematic role thus far as the overly competitive sister of Sonja Bennett in Preggoland, a performance that earned Lisa her second Leo Award nomination in 2015 for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture. While she continues to work steadily on film, Lisa is presently enjoying another steady run on television as Andrea Todd - sister to Alison Sweeney's Hannah Swensen - on Murder She Baked, the Hallmark Channel screen adaptations of the best-selling mystery novel series of the same name.

Rick Dutrow

In the second grade (c. 1970), Rick was cast by his homeroom teacher, Mrs. Vicini, to play the King Pumpkin in a musical she wrote about a vegetable garden and how all the vegetables were negatively impacted by the insecticide DDT. And it was this original school musical that started Rick's lifelong journey as an actor... The summer prior to Rick's senior year in High School he was hired by a Pittsburgh-area Dinner Theatre to play Mercutio in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. He was 17 years old, playing Mercutio who was 17 years old, and being paid as an actor! Unfortunately, Rick had to tell his High School football coach that he would be unable to make the first scrimmage of the season under the lights at home because he was acting in a Play. The coach was not very happy and Rick sat the bench his senior year; except for the fact that he was the only one who was able to snap the football back to the punter and that year they punted quite a bit! Rick still lettered in football that year despite his coach's efforts. Rick started acting in community theaters at the age of 12, went on to College to major in Theatrical Performance, and began acting on the stages of various western Pennsylvania theaters. In 2017, Rick organically entered onto the Pittsburgh film industry scene. In 2019, Rick married for the second time to the love of his life and his partner, Stephanie Swift, a Pittsburgh-area actress. Rick has three children; all of them in college right now, so please hire him!

Sarah Lo

Sarah Lo is an American actress originally from San Francisco, California. She studied Theatre and Chinese History at the University of Chicago and completed her training at Black Box Acting Studio, Acting Studio Chicago, and the Second City. She is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Barbara Meier

Barbara Meier is a German fashion model and winner of the second cycle of Germany's Next Topmodel. Born in the small Bavarian town of Amberg, Germany, Barbara Meier didn't originally aspire a career in modelling. Instead, after graduating from school, she enrolled at the Fachhochschule Regensburg in order to study mathematics and physics. While shopping at a local mall, she was invited by a model scout to a casting for Germany's Next Topmodel. Out of 16,421 participants in the national casting, she was chosen among the 15 candidates to appear on the TV show. In the course of the show, she had to face a series of challenges in order to outrival her contestants. Even before the end of the show, one of these minor competitions had her win a leading role alongside Heidi Klum in a nationwide TV commercial for McDonald's. In the last episode, she was declared winner of the title "Germany's Next Topmodel". The prize included a contract with the modelling agency IMG Models in Paris, an appearance on the cover of the German edition of Cosmopolitan in August 2007 and a contract as the face of the next advertising campaign for the clothing company C&A. After Germany's Next Topmodel Meier was on the cover of many German magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Icon, Style International, Tango and appeared in international magazines like Vogue Taiwan, Grazia, Madame Figaro, L'Officiel and many more. She was also the face of many advertising campaigns such as for Pantene, Borsalino and Disneyland Resort Paris.

Wo Chi Xihongshi

Creator · Known for Swallowed Star

I Eat Tomatoes was originally a math major in Soochow University when he began writing. After two years, he published his first 6 million character long web novel. In his third year, he quit school to become a full-time author. At that time, he had already published more than 20 million characters worth of novels. On November 26, 2012, he ranked 2nd on China's Rich Internet Authors Ranking with an annual income of 21 million yuan in royalties, which drew the attention of everyone. Since childhood, IET has been fond of wuxia novels. He was deeply fascinated with the works and wuxia type worlds of Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Wo Long. The first wuxia novel he read was Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Jin Yong. He had spent a whole day and night reading it, as if possessed by a devil. In high school, IET used Li Xunhuan, his favorite character from Gu Long's wuxia novel, Xiaoli Feidao, as a model for his own novel, The Legend of Xingfeng. Xiao Li Flying Dagger never missed its target. When it flew, demons would be scared! How imposing was this? After entering university, he had a lot more free time, and his dreams of wuxia were unceasingly expanding. He felt as if he was on the verge of erupting. Thus, with Xiaoli Feidao as his theme, Inch of Radiance was born. Afterward, Stellar Transformations, Coiling Dragon, The Nine Cauldrons, Swallowed Star, and Desolate Era were written. Numerous people read them, and he is one of the few authors who was at the top of the Qidian rankings from the very beginning. His name could be found at the very top of the rankings numerous times. Moreover, once he had finished Stellar Transformationsand Coiling Dragon, countless sequel fan-fictions emerged. Due to these countless fan-fictions, a great number of lawsuits were also filed. The netizens began to spread a phrase "Don't read Stellar Transformations, it is to call on bookworms in vain."1 He truly embodies the title of "Net Culture King" and is unshakable in his position. He was nicknamed "Tomato" by his readers and began addressing himself as "Tomato" too. Zhu Hong Zhi's second novel, Inch of Radiance, reached the top of Baidu's novel rankings that year and was the most popular novel in its year. Moreover, he has already written six novels that have climbed their way to the top of Baidu's novel rankings. He is the internet author with the most works in the top rankings of Baidu's novel rankings. IET has already finished writing Desolate Era. On June 15th, 2015, he started his newest novel, Lord Xue Ying!

Jason Orley

Cast · Known for The Intern

Jason Orley is an American writer-director originally from Michigan. He grew up in Michigan with two older brothers and attended Lahser High School in the Detroit area, where he was exposed to film and TV production early on through a high school program and was accepted into NYU’s summer high school film program. During or after college, he interned for Nancy Meyers, including on It’s Complicated (2009) and later appeared as an actor in The Intern (2015). Orley’s debut feature film was Big Time Adolescence (2019), which he both wrote and directed. The screenplay for Big Time Adolescence had been one of his earliest, and it was written while he was in his early twenties; it appeared on the 2014 Black List. The film made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019 and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in Drama. His second feature as director is I Want You Back (2022), a romantic comedy starring Charlie Day and Jenny Slate. In addition to feature films, Orley has done TV work as a writer (for example, Graves on Epix) and developed pilots for various networks and streaming platforms. Known for writing from personal experience, Orley has said that Big Time Adolescence was inspired by aspects of his childhood—growing up with older brothers, having mentors or role models who were not conventional, and exploring friendship and identity in adolescence. His style tends to favour authenticity, allowing characters to breathe rather than strictly controlling every detail, and staying grounded in emotional truth, even in comedic scenarios.

Mike Smith

Michael 'Mike' Smith, originally from Houston, Texas started his multi-sport athletic career early. He grew up a lifelong practitioner in various martial arts, riding horses and motocross. On a diving scholarship, he graduated from Auburn University. He then went on to high diving in live shows at Magic Mountain and MGM Grand, which led to an amazing ride. He soon became one of Hollywood's hottest stunt doubles making Mel Gibson, Ethan Hawke, Christian Bale, David Duchovney, and many other leading men, look damn good. He's been James Bond, Batman and countless heroes driving fast cars, riding wild horses, and braving 100ft falls. Soon after transitioning into the world of stunt coordinating and second unit direction, he was asked to be a member of one of Hollywood's most prestigious groups, Stunts Unlimited, and has served on the Board for multiple terms.

David Reynolds

Writer · Known for Finding Nemo, Mulan, The Emperor's New Groove

Dave began his writing career in 1993 as one of the original writers on NBC's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien." After more than 400 shows, Dave moved to Los Angeles in 1995 and landed a job at Walt Disney Feature Animation in the movie "Tarzan." It was at this time that he met a little-known animation studio called Pixar, who asked him to help develop his second feature, (Toy Story would be released later that year) “A Bug's Life ". This led to a contract with the studio and for the next six years he worked on almost every Disney Pixar animation or production film. Including the script for "The Emperor's New Groove" as well as co-written 'Finding Nemo'. He was nominated for an Oscar and BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay for Nemo, as well as a BAFTA for New Groove.

Reza Diako

Cast · Known for Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

Reza Diako is an English/Persian actor of Austrian nationality and Iranian origin. He has taken over the role of 'Apostle Philip' in the worldwide influential TV series "The Chosen." A historical drama based on the life of Jesus and those who knew him, the popular series returns in February via its fourth season with a singular viewing experience releasing bi-weekly in theaters. On the big screen, Reza has two upcoming projects: the indie film "The Astronaut" (Kate Mara and Laurence Fishburne) as 'Ethan Marshall' the director of NASA and "Reading Lolita in Tehran" alongside award-winning actress Golshifteh Farahani and Zar Mir Ebrahimi. The film is based on the best-selling memoir, and Reza portrays 'Bahri', an intellectual literature student caught in the middle of his role as a leading member of the student Islamic society at the University of Allameh Tabatabei in Tehran, and his deep love and respect for both literature for his professor, Azar Nafisi (Golshifteh Farahani), under the backdrop of the early days of Iranian Revolution and the Iran/Iraq War in the early 1980s. In 2018, Reza was cast as ' Harry Razavi' in "Transparent," a feature film about homelessness in Central London. He subsequently had lead roles as ' Misha' in "Tummyache," a feature film about an ex-famous child actor struggling with addiction, winning several festival awards, and as 'Eli' in Son of Man, a theatre production reflecting on the life of Jesus Christ during his adolescence. He was later featured in the theatre production, Fatherless Son, a drama about gang violence in the streets of London. Reza then made his way into mainstream TV and Film projects. He was cast as a regular for both seasons of Apple TV's Original International Emmy Award winning drama, "Tehran," in the regular role of 'Shahin.' He also played 'Henri' in ITV's new series, "A Spy Among Friends," and featured in the BBC series, "Around the World in 80 Days" and in "The Son," directed by Florian Zeller. More recently,Reza appeared in Sundance's 2023 Audience Award and Best Screenwriter Award winning film, "The Persian Version," as 'Hamid.' He also played series regular, 'Zak,' in HBO Max and Sky Atlantic's second season of "I Hated Suzie." He can also be seen in MBC1 and Shahid Series, "London Class," in the regular role of 'Aslan,' in a story about an Iranian family close to the King of Iran, the Shah, who was forced to take refuge in London after the Shah's downfall in 1978. Reza also appears in the role of 'Haadee,' in Guy Ritchie's feature, "The Covenant" and in the Netflix Drama, "The Diplomat," in the role of 'Basir.'

Sonny Valicenti

Cast · Known for MINDHUNTER

Actor Sonny Valicenti is set to return in the second season of David Fincher's thrilling drama series "Mindhunter." in 2017, Valicenti appeared in Steven Spielberg's "The Post," starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. He was featured in a supporting role in the 2016 holiday comedy Office Christmas Party with Jason Bateman. The part was created specifically for Valicenti by directors Will Speck & Josh Gordon after the duo met him on the set of an Apple campaign shoot. Sonny's television work spans several beloved TV series including Tig Notaro's "One Mississippi" for Amazon, "Lady Dynamite" on Netflix, and the FX comedy, "You're the Worst." In 2015, Final Scene, the short film he wrote, directed and starred in about the break up of comedy duo Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis appeared at the Austin Film Festival and Dances with Films. Valicenti has appeared off Broadway in productions of Romeo & Juliet, Henry V, and The Spy. Regional credits include the Public Theater production of The Institute of Memory, Abacus, presented at BAM as part of their Next Wave Festival, The Children for the Theatre at Boston Court (a performance the LA Times called "beyond praise") and The Firebird with the LA Philharmonic. Originally from Barrington, IL, Sonny caught the acting bug in high school and went on to receive a BFA in acting from California Institute of the Arts. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

Melissa Rakiro

Melissa Rakiro is an American actress and model. Originally from the Philadelphia area, she received her Bachelor's in Theater from Temple University. She has appeared on TV, Film, Off Broadway, and in dozens of commercial and print ads. Most recently, Melissa appeared in two supporting roles in the Oscar nominated Netflix film Rustin directed by George C. Wolfe and the Paramount+ feature film Snack Shack. The former of which she was nominated for an NAACP award for best ensemble cast. Currently, you can catch her on Amazon Prime playing ADA Romona Paltz in the second season of American Rust alongside Jeff Daniels.

Rachel Shapiro

Rachel Shapiro is a Chicago based actor and singer originally from Berkeley, California. She attended Northwestern University where she majored in Theatre and Music Theatre and minored in Business. While at school, Rachel performed in many productions and served as Co-Chair of the annual WAA-MU show. In addition, she was a member of the country's largest and oldest student run theatre board, Arts Alliance, for all four of her years. Since moving to Chicago, Rachel has worked with such local theaters as: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Windy City Playhouse, Remy Bumppo, The House Theatre of Chicago, Drury Lane Theatre, Piven Theatre Workshop, Theater Wit, and Boho Theatre Ensemble (among others). Regionally she has worked with Kansas City Repertory Theatre and American Conservatory Theatre. She has also taken improvisation classes at Second City. When she is not onstage, Rachel runs her business (Storybook Princess Parties) that provides character entertainment for children's birthday parties and is a volunteer at PAWS Chicago. She loves buttered noodles, chocolate milk, quoting Friends, reciting every dog's inner monologue as they pass her by, and all things Disney.

Combat!

1962

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.

Jeff Martin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff Summerlin Martin is an American television producer and writer. He originally wrote for The Simpsons during the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons, and eventually returned over 20 years later to write again for seasons 27 and 28. He attended Harvard University, where he wrote for The Harvard Lampoon, as have many other Simpsons writers. He left along with most of the original staff in 1993, and has since written for several TV shows, including Listen Up!, Baby Blues and Homeboys in Outer Space. He also wrote for Late Night with David Letterman during the 1980s, and occasionally appeared on the show as Flunky the late-night viewer mail clown, a depressed clown who smoked cigarettes and sometimes talked about his infected tattoos. Martin won four Emmys during his time at Late Night. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, fellow television producer and writer Suzanne Martin. His daughters are both also television writers. The eldest graduated from NYU in 2010, and the younger daughter graduated from Harvard in 2014.

Pat Priest

Patricia Ann Priest (born August 15, 1936), mainly credited as Pat Priest, is an American actress known for portraying the second Marilyn Munster on the television show, The Munsters (1964–1966) after original actress Beverley Owen left after 13 episodes

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024

The Spengler family returns to where it all started - the iconic New York City firehouse - to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.