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Grant Show Tapped to Play Blake Carrington In CW’s Dynasty Reboot!

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The upcoming CW Dynasty pilot reboot has found their new Blake Carrington.

The leading role and patriarch of the wealthy Carrington clan originally played by the iconic and late John Forsythe, will now be played by former soap vet Grant Show (Ryan’s Hope, Melrose Place). TV Line revealed the casting news.

In more casting updates for the pilot:  Blake’s daughter Fallon Carrington will be played by Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll‘s Elizabeth Gillies, and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal played by Vampire Diaries‘ Nathalie Kelley, who in the reboot is a Hispanic woman marrying into this WASP family and America’s most powerful class.  Murder in the First Class star, Sam Adegoke has been cast in the role Jeff Colby.

The Dynasty reboot is being helmed by Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage and Revenge producer Sallie Patrick.

So what do you think of the casting news of Grant Show as the new Blake Carrington? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!

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Well, I can’t see it, but I’ ll wait until they release a cast photo. I don’t know who these other people are. Should be interesting to see how they pull it off.

Agreed, I can’t see him as Blake. John Forsyth had a very specific thing he did for Blake’s portrayal and Grant has none of that aura. No idea who the others are but I may tune in for a few minutes or least checkout a trailer to see if any of it catches my eye.

If this makes a full season…I will be shocked.

Good for him and i hope its a hit but i wont be watching…the original was great campy fun and addictive…reboots of old show rarely arent as good as the original…now if they got Emma Sams to play Alexis i might take a peek!!!

…along with Dame Joan Collins playing The mother of ‘Alexis’!

Say it ain’t so…Emma Samms as Alexis..BIG pass for me if that happens. Dallas was a good reboot but this one I agree with you Jimh maybe not such a good idea. Iconic because of the camp which I don’t think can be duplicated.

Just to clarify, “Dynasty” is a reboot (restart with different actors playing same/similar characters). The recent “Dallas” was a continuation of the original series with the original performers mixed with newcomers.

Steve…dear dear misguided Steve…IT WARE A REBOOT TOO. A continuation indeed. Off the telly for ages rebooted and rewrapped…that’s our Dallas…that’s our DINASTY AKA DYNASTY. Oh now look…you’ve brought out me English bits and all.

It just keeps getting worse and worse……….

Grant Show is an interesting choice but I’m not sold on the other actors that have been cast so far. However since it is from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, I’m keeping an open mind…

Dynasty was a child of the era that birth it— don’t think the same premise will work as well today even with the twist– and it really isn’t much of a twist— to really modernized it, I would have made the Carringtons Asia and had a black woman married into it– but as is, I guess it will come down to the writing whether this something new and fresh or basically trying to make a white version of Empire

They are modernizing the characters. Not only is Cristal (spelling changed to indicate Latina heritage), Jeff has been cast with a black actor and Sammy Joe is a Latin Gay male!

Lol who comes up with these dumb shows that no one watches lollololol

Hmmm. Basically just One Life to Live 1960s WASPs v. the Woleks and Carla Hall and intermarrying and all that. Agnes Nixon did this most probably better 49 years ago.

so why not use some of the OLTL cast..

Erika Slezak would be wonderful – maybe Jeff Colby’s mother?

and Melissa Archer would make a great – daughter that Blake/Alexis didn’t know that they had?

This might be interesting.

This wont last 3 episodes before its canned

Amen

Rob…EXACTLY!!!!! TPTB over at the CW are TOTAL IDIOTS for even trying to do a Dynasty reboot!!!!! DISASTER ALL THE WAY!!!!!

Later, dude.

This is CW. You folks are really ignorant. CW have never pulled a show in years. This would have to bomb of epic proportions for that to happen and fyi two of their new shows flopped this Fall neither got pulled.

too young for the part of blake but would have made a great matthew blaisdel !

Cant anyone come up with something new instead of the same old stuff rebooted.
If they spent as much time and heart in the soaps that were cancelled we wouldn’t
be waiting for rebooted crap!

Wow!!! That’s exciting! I’ll watch. We have a tendency to pigeonhole actors. We only want toners them in this role or only playing such and such character. They are actors. The project is a reboot. I like a good reboot.Look how successful Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars became. This show will feature former daytime and nighttime soap favorites so I am willing to give it a chance.

It’ll probably last longer on the Cw than any other major network….Seriously, Supernatural is in its 12th season and no one watching it will admit they watch it..

This “rebooted” Dynasty with its “reconstituted” cast sounds absolutely abysmal…and that is coming from someone who adored Grant Show on both “Ryan’s Hope” and “Melrose Place!” I’ve since enjoyed his appearances on subsequent series, as well, but this definitely won’t be one of them. I shan’t be watching!!!! (And why can’t people just leave well enough alone? The “real” Dynasty was an international smash hit…it had its time and place as a very fond footnote in television history and as thus, doesn’t require any sort of 21st century politically-correct tinkering.)

Can’t wait- always thought he would be a big star just bad luck .

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Jacob Young Shares Production Pic of Cast of His New Film Featuring Joan Collins and Nadia Bjorlin

Last month, during a livestream conversation on the Michael Fairman Channel, while promoting Jason Cook’s film, Four for Fun, and featuring soap notables Jacob Young (ex-AJ, AMC, ex-Lucky, GH, ex-Rick, B&B) and Brytni Sarpy (Y&R), Young revealed some intel on his upcoming movie project.

Jacob shared that he was set to direct, produce and star in a Agatha Christie-like murder mystery feature film, Murder Between Friends shooting in Prague.

The actor/director expressed, “I’m flying at the end of the March to Prague to direct, produce and star in a film with Joan Collins (ex-Dynasty). Nadia Bjorlin (ex-Chloe, Days of our Lives) is in it, and Toby Alexander Smith from Eastenders (ex-Gray Atkins). Plus, a couple of my Broadway friends and a very well known Czech actress (Hana Vagnerova). It’s very ‘Knives Out’ without having a hundred million dollars to shoot it, but still will be a lovely film nonetheless.”

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Young is currently shooting the film’s principal photography abroad through April 17th.

Over the weekend, Jacob took to his Instagram to share a photo with the cast of the film where pictured is former Dynasty star, Joan Collins (ex-Alexis) and former Days of our Lives star, Nadia Bjorlin (ex-Chloe). In addition, former All My Children star, Trent Garrett (ex-Asher) is seen in director-mode kneeling.

Trent and Jacob are both co-directors of Murder Between Friends Joan Collins shared the pic on her Instagram citing, “This was the #secret I posted about several weeks ago!”

So, looking forward to seeing Jacob’s film when it is released with Joan, Nadia, and company? Let us know in the comment section.

 

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Elizabeth Gillies First Post-‘Dynasty’ Role Revealed; GH Alum Bryan Craig Also In Cast

Now that the CW’s Dynasty has come to its conclusion after five seasons, many have wondered what series star Elizabeth Gillies (ex-Fallon) will be seen in next.  Part of the answer was revealed today in casting news via Deadline.

Gillies will star and is the co-executive producer of a new Tubi film called Spread.  In it, Liz will take on the role of  ambitious and aspiring journalist, who lands a temp job at an adult magazine run by an aging industry king played by Harvey Keitel.  The character must reconcile her idealism as she strives to help the company succeed.

Spread is written by Buffy Charlet, who is another of the films Co-EP’s, and is inspired by Charlet’s real-life experience as a temp at Hustler magazine who rose in the ranks to become an editor.

The film also stars two-time Daytime Emmy winner Bryan Craig (ex-General Hospital, Good Trouble).

Look for Spread to drop on Tubi in 2023.

So, intrigued to see Liz and Bryan in Tubi’s new film, ‘Spread’? Comment below.

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DYNASTY Series Finale: A ‘False Face’ Revealed!

After five seasons, the final episode of CW’s Dynasty came to its conclusion on Friday night, but not before it delivered another soapy trope – a use of a prosthetic mask (sound familiar Days of our Lives fans?) to hide someone’s true identify.

Here’s what went down: After majordomo Graham (Dan Amboyer) had kidnapped Adam (Sam Underwood), in a shocker, Graham peels off his face! Yup, it was a prosthetic mask and reveals himself to be none other than Steven Carrington (James Mackay)!

After being kept away by Adam for years (he had hidden Steven in a sanitarium and then the place burned down), Steven finally figured out it was Adam who was pulling the strings of his disappearance. Next, came an all-out brawl; where instead of an opportunity to inject Adam with a syringe of some sort of concoction as payback, he almost killed his scheming half-brother. However, Steven didn’t want be a murderer, so he let Adam live to see another day, but told Adam to exile himself from the Carringtons and never return.

With that, and now masked again, Graham meets up with Sam (Rafael de La Fuente) at the hotel bar, where he eventually pulls off his mask to reveal himself as Steven. Kudos to de La Fuente in those scenes who gave us all the feels as Sam is reunited with the man he loves.

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Still in another heart-tugger, Fallon (Elizabeth Gillies) comes upon a man sitting at the piano at the Carringtons, and when he turns around, she sees its her brother, Steven.  The two, in typical CW Dynasty-style, break into song.  It was touchingly played by series star, Gillies along with Mackay. Elsewhere, Alexis and Blake (Grant Show) are trouncing through a horrific storm trying to find Dex. Ultimately, Alexis (Elaine Hendrix) and Dex (Pej Vahdat) reunite, and when a softened Blake returns home, he and Crystal (Daniella Alonso) vow to stay together and cement it with a kiss.

In addition, Amanda (Eliza Bennett) gets a job offer to return to London from her ex-lover, which puts her relationship with Kirby (Maddison Brown) in question.  Culhane (Robert Christopher Riley) told Sam that he’ll be moving to LA and selling his part of the hotel business they have together before he marries Nina.  Sam doesn’t take that news well and tries to ensure no one else will take Culhane’s half of their business partnership, because he likes working with him so much.  Meanwhile, the surrogate, Stacey Moore (Samantha Massell), delivers Fallon and Liam’s (Adam Huber) baby and they welcome their little girl to the dysfunction of the Carrington clan.

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We are onto the final moments via a six-month time jump and the trajectory of the Carringtons and their extended family become known. Sam presides over Culhane’s wedding to Nina (Felisha Terrell), Liam has written children’s books after his baby girl, while Jeff (Sam Adegoke) is setting up ColbyCo’s new headquarters in Africa, specifically, Nigeria. Fallon had decided to rebrand her company Carrington United, much to the delight of her father.  Dominique (Michael Michele) and Alexis are both opening stores right across from each other on Bleecker Street in Manhattan, and it looks as if they will continue their ongoing catfights in the Big Apple. Kirby decides to move to London to be with Amanda.

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And … in the ‘payback is a bitch’ column, we see Adam with an English accent working as a veterinarian … taking care of cats! The final moment of the series features a snapshot of the Carringtons during a family photo gathering.

So, what did you think of the season finale of ‘Dynasty’? Let us know in the comment section below. But, first watch a BTS moment with James Mackay and Liz Gillies singing a familiar tune on her Instagram, posted after last night’s finale aired.

 

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