By Derrik J. Lang, Entertainment Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) --"The Strain" is evolving in its third season.
The cast and crew of the FX horror series debuted new opening credits and the first part of the third-season premiere Thursday afternoon at San Diego Comic-Con International.
"This season is really an all-out battle for the soul of New York," said "The Strain" executive producer Carlton Cuse.
The clip featured Corey Stoll's cautious scientist Ephraim Goodweather tinkering with a biological weapon to combat the series' vampire-like creatures and Kevin Durand's street-wise exterminator Vasiliy Fet teaming up with a group of soldiers.
"This knowledge that he's been compiling since a very young age about the underground New York has made him very valuable at this point in time," Durand said. "He starts working with this new group. We won't go too far into that."
Durand was joined at the pop-culture convention by his "Strain" co-stars Ruta Gedmintas, Miguel Gomez, Richard Sammel and co-creator Chuck Hogan. At the beginning of the panel, the group premiered a goofy rap video starring the cast.
The show's freaky creations will be evolving, and new flashbacks will shed light on the series' monstrous mythology, Cuse said. The third season, which is scheduled to debut Aug. 28, will be 10 instead of 13 episodes. That's by design, Cuse said.
"We wanted to increase the narrative velocity of the show," he said.
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTE®,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
“SMPTE’s membership has spoken,” said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann D’Amato. “These officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!”
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More