User blog:Paul.rea/Teen Wolf News 061417

Teen Wolf News 061417

Beach House Fun
Those MTV Beach House segments featuring teen chimera Cody Christian apparently start airing on MTV next week.

Christian and a couple of other MTV personalities recorded segments at a house in New Jersey last Wednesday and Thursday. These include bits where extras get tattoos, run themed obstacle courses, fake surf, and slide down inflatables. They also filmed a concert at a nearby park which we expect will be chopped up into shorter segments and interspersed throughout MTV’s regular programming and distributed through various VIACOM social channels.



If you want to see all the Cody bits, you’d need to watch the network for several days. One hopes some intrepid fan will put together a “best bits” compilation of his performance you can watch after the fact.

It’s unclear what MTV hopes to accomplish by randomly showing segments of people having forced fun at a house that fans can’t actually visit. Running the concert all as a piece would make a kind of sense, but there’s as yet no indication that’s the plan suggesting the “beach house” experience will pass most folks by unnoticed.

There is one group that’s doing backflips over the MTV production. Long Beach Township officials estimate the two-day Beach House filming generated upwards of $400,000 to local businesses.

(Sources: http://thesandpaper.villagesoup.com/p/by-the-numbers-mtv-visit-brings-windfall-for-island-businesses/1660053

http://www.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/06/08/mtv-beach-house-lbi-concert/382035001/

http://www.vibe.com/2017/06/mtv-beach-house-returns-kyle-saba-nessa-interview/)

Trailer Ready for Air
At this point, it seems everyone BUT the fans has already seen the final edit of the first Teen Wolf Season 6b Trailer. Cast newcomer Andrea Matarazzo tweeted on Monday, “GUYS!!! Jeff (Davis) just showed me the trailer for 6B. Pure chills. You guys are not ready.”  Davis later confirmed to Teen Wolf News that the trailer is ready for air but offered up nothing in the way of a release date.

He did, however, send us this from the finished trailer, “Here’s a little teaser shot for you of the handsome Dylan Sprayberry.”

The fact that it is now the middle of June and MTV still isn’t promoting the show adds credence to estimates of a late July/early August debut date. Of course, since MTV doesn’t do scripted anymore, we can’t be sure they’ll put the same oomph into pushing Teen Wolf as we’ve seen in years past.

The Sprayberry’s Spill The T?
Late on Wednesday, Dylan Sprayberry and his sister Ellery offered fans an opportunity to question them during a Facebook Live stream. Right out of the gate Ellery started spilling Teen Wolf info including that she would appear in Episode 615 airing in October. If that information is true, Teen Wolf won’t debut a new episode until the first week of September. Of course, seconds later the Sprayberry siblings both look panicked at someone off camera, After a few inaudible words, Dylan says, “Never mind, that’s not the right date.”

He then confuses matters even more by saying, “Teen Wolf is over after these ten episodes starting in July. I think.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Take that for what it is, two actors who are not privy to the decision-making processes at the network who’ve been told by their managers/agents/handlers that Ellery’s episode will air in October. They don’t actually know.

<p class="MsoNormal">(Source: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDylanSprayberry/videos/1304527392987524/)

Hollywood Media Snubs Holland Roden
<p class="MsoNormal">What’s a girl got to do to get a little publicity in this town? Over the weekend, Holland Roden received what appears to be some pretty impressive recognition during the 9th Annual Children Mending Hearts Empathy Rocks event in Los Angeles. <p class="MsoNormal">Children Mending Hearts uses art programs to reach out to children and teach them to be accepting of others. The non-profit was founded by Lysa Heslov in 2008 as a response to bullying she experienced as a child after she was diagnosed with a learning disorder.

<p class="MsoNormal">Ian Bohen, on hand in the role of presenter, bestowed the Global Humanitarian Award on his friend and Teen Wolf colleague during what seemed like a star-studded event. Actors Wilmer Valderrama and Rowan Blanchard picked up Humanitarian Awards on Sunday as well.

<p class="MsoNormal">While there were apparently only three celebrity award winners, only two ended up getting detailed coverage in the mainstream entertainment media. The Hollywood Reporter touted both Valderrama and Blanchard but Roden didn’t get a mention. Just Jared Jr. focused on the fact Blanchard was barefoot at the event and gave Roden a tiny “also in attendance” mention.

<p class="MsoNormal">As a result of this lack of media coverage and the fact that the Children Mending Hearts website doesn’t seem to have been updated since July of 2016, it’s unclear just what Roden did to deserve such an impressive-sounding award. (Sources: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wilmer-valderrama-rowan-blanchard-honored-at-children-mending-hearts-gala-1012674 http://www.justjaredjr.com/2017/06/12/rowan-blanchard-goes-barefoot-while-accepting-youth-humanitarian-award)

This Week In Teen Wolf History
<p class="MsoNormal">You know it’s a slow time in the world of Teen Wolf News when we haul out the whole “This Day In History” space filler. Of course, we’re now six years deep so a little nostalgia isn’t completely crazy.

2011
<p class="MsoNormal">This week in 2011, MTV enjoyed a ton of great buzz as the media lauded the smart and funny of the first couple of episodes of Teen Wolf.

<p class="MsoNormal">Entertainment Weekly reported – “Teen Wolf was just plain good — good fun, well-written, and well-acted.” <p class="MsoNormal">There were also detractors. CNN asked “Did Teen Wolf Need A Reboot?” while College Crosse called it “incredibly stupid” mainly because they didn’t like the fact they thought the show’s portrayal would somehow damage the sport of lacrosse.

<p class="MsoNormal">Sources: http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/09/the-throwback-did-teen-wolf-need-a-reboot/ http://www.collegecrosse.com/2011/6/6/2209477/mtvs-teen-wolf-involves-lacrosse-and-is-incredibly-stupid http://ew.com/article/2011/06/06/teen-wolf-mtv-movie-awards-snooki-jersey-shore/

2012
<p class="MsoNormal">By the time Teen Wolf returned for Season 2, no one was questioning the wisdom of the reboot. What would become one of the most active fanbases in the short history of internet fandom grew exponentially over the nine-month hiatus. The media caught on too with TV Guide, Huffington Post and Hollywood Reporter all hyping the series return. We also saw the birth of the funny Teen Wolf weekly recap. <p class="MsoNormal">Price Peterson, who went on to become one of our most beloved writers of recaps, was one of the first in the mainstream laud the show. “Ladies and guys, Season 2 is KIND OF AMAZING so far. Honestly, wow. I used to describe this show in measured terms... "Pretty solid for MTV." "A good summer diversion." "Aesthetically pleasing locker room scenes." But after its two-part season premiere of "Omega" & "Shape Shifted," I'm pretty sure Teen Wolf is now one of my favorite shows on television and something I might even describe as "must-watch." Who knew?”

BTW -Price Peterson is now part of the writing staff for another teen drama. He's behind the scenes at the Heathers reboot debuting this year on the Paramount Network (currently SPIKE TV). While not confirmed, this could the "VIACOM show" that is currently filming on the Beacon Hills set at Teen Wolf HQ. (Source: http://www.tv.com/news/teen-wolf-crazy-good-and-crazy-good-photo-recap-28809/)

<p class="MsoNormal">As fans enjoyed new episodes, the show’s producers were securing studio space in Northridge, California and prepping for their longest season to date.

2013
<p class="MsoNormal">The first episode of Season 3 landed like an atomic bomb, breaking viewership records for the show and creating an all-out media blitz. Behind the scenes, cast and crew prepped to film the second half of their 24-episode order.

<p class="MsoNormal">Here at Teen Wolf News, we were reeling from the fact that MTV Official released an image of Gage Golightly on set. Gage’s manager told TWN earlier that her client would not return. When contacted about the MTV promo shot, she described the actor’s involvement as a “small cameo.” <p class="MsoNormal">This fake news tease from MTV was an early crack in what had been, up until this point, nearly flawless promotions from the network. (Source:http://teenwolf.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Paul.rea/Gage_Golightly_will_not_Return_to_Teen_Wolf_Season_3)

2014
<p class="MsoNormal">MTV pushed the debut for Season 4 later into the summer meaning this period of time back in 2014 was filled with promotional videos. We’d been teased a few weeks before with the “Can’t Go Back” ashes and the network fed us a steady diet of videos leading up to the June 23 debut. <p class="MsoNormal">Meanwhile, at this point back then,cast still faced weeks of filming to complete the back to back 36-episode marathon of production on Seasons 3 and 4.

2015
<p class="MsoNormal">With another bifurcated season set to debut, Teen Wolf writers were settling in to write the second half of Season 5.

<p class="MsoNormal">Teen Wolf promotions, with three weeks remaining before the debut, had already released 3 “trailers” and 2 “sneak peeks.” On April 12, 2015 - MTV released the first tease/promo for Teen Wolf Season 5. It includes mention of a new group of villains known only as "The Doctors." On May 21, 2015 - MTV released a trailer for Season 5 featuring most of the core cast and some newcomers. On May 26, 2015 - MTV released a "high concept" tease.

On June 15, 2015 - MTV released the first six minutes of Creatures of the Night.

On June 19, 2015 - MTV released another trailer with footage from the upcoming season.

2016
<p class="MsoNormal">Fans were getting used to the Summer Without Teen Wolf after MTV pushed the debut of Season 6 to November. <p class="MsoNormal">Concerns over Dylan O’Brien’s health held sway over most of our reporting about the show as a new report blamed filmmakers for the accident that almost killed him in Canada. <p class="MsoNormal">(Source: http://teenwolf.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Paul.rea/Teen_Wolf_News_061516)

<p class="MsoNormal">June 2016 also saw our first report on the debut of the Theo and Deuc cartoon series by German artist Chan Chan Vasquez. <p class="MsoNormal">(Source: http://teenwolf.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Paul.rea/Teen_Wolf_News_060116)