Kathryn Morris UK

Cold Case Cast Catch-up – December 2017

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As this is the last Cold Case Cast Catch-up of 2017 I’ll do a bit of a round-up of the year as well as the latest news on the Cold Case squad.

Let’s start with Tracie Thoms (Kat Miller in CC) for the chivalrous reasons of ladies first and because describing her on going career so dominates our monthly updates. It would be easier to list all the things Tracie didn’t do in 2017! I’m bound to miss a few things but here is most of what we covered.

We started with a CD release of the soundtrack from the stage musical Falsettos, in which Tracie starred as Dr Charlotte in 2016. The show was also filmed for broadcast on TV during the year. TV viewers got to see Tracie in numerous guest roles. She did a season ending and new season starting two episode stint on the crime drama Criminal Minds. As the wife of one of the main characters going through… shall we call it a ‘major transition’, her Monica Walker played a significant role. Early in the year the Netflix comedy Love returned for a second season with Tracie back as a TV producer of a show-within-the-show. More on that later. Speaking of shows about shows, Tracie booked a recurring role on the Lifetime network drama series UnREAL. The show has had a bit of drama outside the sets as the planned season 3 for 2017 was delayed. Things looked shaky for the show but it was confirmed that not only will it return next year but season 4 is already filmed. Tracie donned the police uniform again (I know) for a one-off role in the Starz fantasy drama American Gods. Topping of her TV year was a guest role, as a Special Agent, on the short-lived drama Wisdom Of The Crowds.

On the film front The Drowning (aka Border Crossing) got a limited release mid-year. Horror film The Basement got a world première at Shriekfest in October. Not sure when that will get a wider release. Tracie also got involved in a various short films: Top Ramen, Pipe, and Say Goodnight And Go. That last one has been in the planning stages for a long time, crowd-funded some money early this year, and was finally filmed a few weeks ago. Our own Danny Pino co-stars.

Bringing us up to date Tracie let it be known that the 3rd, and final, season of Love will be released in March 2018. Just a week ago Tracie was back on stage performing a solo play she didn’t know at all. White Rabbit, Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour, a conscientious objector unable to leave Iran, involves a different actor each performance. They are given some basic instructions a few days before hand but are only given the script as they go on stage. Tracie called it a ‘wild ride’. Indeed.

I’ve mentioned him already so it only seems right to go to him next. Danny Pino (Scotty Valens in CC) co-starred in that short film Say Goodnight And Go alongside Tracie. Other than that it has been relatively quiet from Danny. Next year will likely be different as he had several project announced this year. Gone is a US/French/German co-produced drama series for NBC Universal about missing persons cases. The show has been made but it is unclear when it will be broadcast. Apparently the first episode has already been shown in Australia. Hopefully 2018 will be its year. The other big news was a spin-off series from hit Sons Of Anarchy called Mayans MC. The show has had a difficult production process so far with Danny signed-up for a new pilot episode after the first attempt was rejected. They are looking to make a series for 2018.

Jeremy Ratchford (Nick Vera in CC) made a few TV guest starring roles this year. In NCIS: New Orleans he was a dodgy cop and when Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders investigated a case in Russia he was ‘Boris’. There was a role in I Am That Man, that was shot in May but has yet to see the light of day, and a short film called Radio 88. Just last month we saw Jeremy at a table reading for a new film called Everybody Dies. I forgot to mention this in Tracie’s section above but she is also in it. Presumably we’ll hear more about that in 2018. A feature film that has recently been announced as receiving a general release is Small Time Crime. After a couple of film festival showings (US & UK) the movie will be out in January 2018. A trailer was released in November.

Last year there was much talk of John Finn (John Stillman in CC) appearing in the first episode of the new legal drama TV series Doubt. John’s role ended up being tiny and the show didn’t last long. Sticking with TV, John returned to the biggest show in the US, NCIS, reprising a role he played in a two-parter back in 2011. The character had been promoted and retired in the intervening period. This new story centred around his daughter. On the big screen the film Gifted was released. It was not a box-office smash, what with lacking superheroes, but was well regarded. John also has movies Bent, Finding Steve McQueen and Ad Astra in the works. We have a release date for the Brad Pitt sci-fi film Ad Astra: it’s January 2019!

Which brings us to everybody’s favourite: Thom Barry (Will Jeffries in CC). Things are always laid back with Thom. There are a couple of short films hanging over from 2016 we’ve not really heard anything of this year. We do know he filmed a short film with Tracie (something else I forgot to add above) in her very own home. It was called Career Suicide.

We don’t often mention her, and it has been a year since we last did, but there is news on Veena Sud (writer/producer on CC). Just a couple of weeks ago a brief teaser trailer and poster image were released for the Netflix drama series Seven Seconds. Veena is the creator of the show, although it is based on a Russian movie, and one of the writers. The show is based around the accidental death of a black teenage caused by a white police officer. Regina King (American Crime) stars as the child’s mother.

I think that just about covers 2017 and brings us up to date in the on-going careers of the Cold Case squad that aren’t Kathryn. Come back in 2018 for more.

Boston Herald’s Cold Case Revival

Reacting to the news that the NBC network in America is considering reviving The Office (the US version of course), Mark Perigard of the Boston Herald newspaper has put forward his own thoughts on shows that should be brought back.

Mark, the TV critic for the Boston Herald, has his misgivings about The Office but can understand the wish to return to past glories after the success of the recent new Will & Grace season, and the soon returning, already resurrected, The X-Files.

Continuing his article, Mark puts forward five other shows he thinks are worth considering. Obviously based on the existence of this post and its title, Cold Case is one of them. We’ll come to that in moment, because visitors to this site may be interested to note two other choices Mark makes.

Cop drama The Shield is first up. Our connection to that show is Danny Pino (Scotty Valens in CC) had a guest starring role in four episodes just before joining Cold Case.

Secondly we have Xena: Warrior Princess. As Mark says, there have been talk of a revival of Xena in recent years but the plans came to nought. Kathryn, of course, had a major role in two episodes of Xena as Najara. It may only have been that double appearance but the character had a wider effect on the relationship between Xena and her side-kick Gabrielle.

Lastly Mark talks about Cold Case. This is what he wrote:

A series that was a cut above crime procedurals, “Cold Case” (2003-2010) featured a group of Philadelphia detectives investigating murders unsolved sometimes for decades and featured moving flashbacks and the original music of the day, including Ray Charles, the Doors and Bruce Springsteen. “Cold Case” is also one of the few TV series that has never been released to DVD, allegedly because of the onerous issue of music rights involved. I think we would all feel safer knowing Detective Lilly Rush — and star Kathryn Morris — was back on the job.

Here, here.

KM UK did its own pitch for a new Cold Case season back in July.

You can read Mark Perigard’s piece in full on the Boston Herald website HERE.

KM UK Xmas Message 2017

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There can only be one image to headline the annual KM UK Xmas message. Despite not being broadcast until March of 2018 the new TV show Reverie was a major feature on KM UK for most of 2017.

Other things happened too, which gives us plenty of hope for the future.

Join us as we look back at 2017 in the world of KM UK.

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It’s A Wrap On Reverie

The cast and crew of the upcoming sci-fi-ish drama series Reverie have been letting it be known that they’ve finished filming.

The last day of season one filming was apparently on Tuesday (19th Dec 2018).

Kathryn’s co-star Jessica Lu celebrated by posting the photograph (added to the KM UK Gallery) you see on the right. I assume it is her phone but technically it a Dennis Haysbert selfie as he’s holding the device. If he’d held it side ways everybody wouldn’t have had to squeeze in so much, not that we mind really

Sarah Shahi and Sendhil Ramamurthy joined them in the shot.

Jessica thanked pretty much everybody (including Kathryn) on the planet in a lengthy social media posting.

Congratulations to everyone involved in the production of Reverie. March 6th feels a long way off.

Paycheck Première 2003

For various reasons it has been a quiet December on KM UK.

To make up for it we’re going to take a trip to an Xmas past. It’s an Xmas present to enjoy for the Xmas (in the near) future. See what I did there?

Fourteen, yes 14!, years ago today (18th December 2003) the action/sci-fi-ish movie Paycheck got the red carpet treatment at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The general release started a week later on the 25th.

Strikes me as an odd time to bring out a movie. In the UK that would never happen. The big day is a national holiday so places like cinemas are not open, Boxing Day maybe. I know that in the US Thanksgiving is more significant like that.

It had not occurred to me before but the wonderful red colour of Kathryn’s dress is a little bit Xmas-y. Wonder if it was deliberate. As there is not much more to it than the colour hopefully winter in Hollywood was not cold that evening

Last updated in 2010 I’ve added 12 more photos to the Paycheck première gallery here. That’s one large image (the one above) and 11 medium sized ones.