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Wednesday 6 May 2020

This April 7, 2017 file photo shows members of Journey, Steve
This image released by Sony Pictures Television shows an animated version of Raymond “Red” Smith, from left, Ross Valory, Aynsley Dunbar, Gregg Rolie,
Reddington, portrayed by James Spader in “The Blacklist.” Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain at the 2017 Rock and Roll
Associated Press Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York.
TV's 'Blacklist' draws on animation Associated Press

to thwart virus shutdown Journey cancels

2020 tour because of
By LYNN ELBER — Eisendrath broached the the Washington Mall with
AP Television Writer hybrid episode. the Capitol in the back- coronavirus pandemic
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ray- "It's possible that if we knew ground," Eisendrath said.
mond "Red" Reddington, how much work it took to "You can make it some-
a man who relishes a chal- do an animated half of what more cinematic ... The Associated Press
lenge, likely would admire this episode, we might well make it feel more like a NEW YORK (AP) — Journey is the latest act to cancel
how TV's "The Blacklist" took have not come up with the graphic novel." their 2020 tour because of the coronavirus pandemic.
a creative gamble amid idea," he said, ruefully. As series creator Boken- The rock band was supposed to kick off their new tour
the industry's coronavirus- Spader, who's also an ex- kamp describes it, illus- on May 15 but announced Monday that they would
forced production shut- ecutive producer on "The trated novels and comics no longer hit the road. Band members said they de-
down to end the season Blacklist," had planned a share DNA with "The Black- cided to cancel the tour, instead of postponing it, so
with a bang, not a whim- quick trip with his family list" and add to the case for that concertgoers would qualify for immediate re-
per. from New York to their Mas- an excursion into anima- funds.
The makers of the NBC sachusetts home when tap- tion for the Sony Pictures "Having seen what the world has endured during the
drama, which stars James ing looked to be on pause. Television and Universal last 45 days, and not knowing what the rest of this year
Spader as dashing antihero It was at a full stop when Television production. or 2021 will bring, we knew the right thing to do was
Red, decided to add ani- Bokenkamp and Eisendrath The series is "sort of a big, to make sure our fans' health was not put in jeopardy
mation to a partially taped called about salvaging the wild slightly heightened and to provide immediate access to refund options
episode, prompting a far- 19th episode — shy of the show that feels like a comic given the unexpected events caused by this terrible
flung collaboration that seventh season's 22-epi- book. ... A bad guy in a fe- virus," Journey's Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain and Arnel
stretched from Los Angeles sode order, Spader said, dora is our hero. It's rather Pineda said in a joint statement Monday.
to London and included but a potentially more sat- violent, at times it's incred- The five-month trek included 60-plus shows. The Pre-
the Spader family house isfying ad hoc finale than ibly emotional," he said. tenders were scheduled to also perform on the tour.q
as a challenging recording the completed No. 18. Add a veritable "rogue's
studio. "I was intrigued," the ac- gallery" of villains, and there
The idea for the May 15 ep- tor said. "I thought that it are stretches that feel "like
isode (8 p.m. EDT) emerged seemed like the right thing we're telling an old-school Radcliffe, Beckham
from a brainstorming ses- to do, to try and finish the Batman story, with a good,
sion with executive pro- episode in any way that juicy bad guy of the week." to read first 'Harry
ducers Jon Bokenkamp we could, and not only the Making "The Blacklist" rou-
and John Eisendrath in episode, but to end the tinely comes with geo- Potter' fantasy book
mid-March, after their New season." graphically complications.
York-based series halted The process began with a After it's shot in New York,
filming along with other handful of script revisions to editing and other post-pro- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Celebrities including Daniel Rad-
movie and TV projects as make the episode "feel a duction takes place in Los cliffe, David Beckham and Dakota Fanning will take
part of widespread efforts little more like it had a for- Angeles, with oversight by part in chapter-by-chapter readings of J.K. Rowling's
to contain the virus. ward throw, driving us into LA-based Eisendrath and first "Harry Potter" book.
"It started sort of as a joke, next season," Bokenkamp Bokenkamp in his native Rowling's Wizarding World announced Tuesday on
talking about how we said. Animation helped Nebraska. Adding anima- Twitter that all 17 chapters of "Harry Potter and the
should do it (the episode) with the plot tinkering, and tion required equipment to Sorcerer's Stone" will be read in a series of free videos
as an old-school radio provided something else be shipped to housebound and audio recordings. The readings of the beloved
broadcast where we put on the side. actors to record voice-over fantasy story is part of the Harry Potter at Home series.
the image of a crackling "A scene that had taken dialogue. Stephen Fry, Claudia Kim, Noma Dumezweni and Ed-
fire or a radio up on TV and place with Red and Liz (se- For Spader, that meant do- die Redmayne are expected to narrate chapters.
the actors could voice it," ries star Megan Boone) sit- ing his best in a noise-prone Radcliffe, who starred as Harry Potter in the films,
Bokenkamp said. That seg- ting in a room, because 1850s farmhouse that also kicked off the series. He read the first chapter "The Boy
ued into a discussion of the that's what we could afford challenged what he called Who Lived," which is posted on harrypotterathome.
comic books and a graphic in live action, suddenly be- "the poor sound guy" ulti- com.
novel already spun off "The comes a scene between mately tasked with making Other videos will be posted weekly on the website. Au-
Blacklist" and then — bingo! Red and Liz walking on the audio pass muster.q dio-only versions will be available for free on Spotify.q