Directed by Matt Lang. With Darren Criss, Joey Richter, Bonnie Gruesen, Lauren Lopez. Harry and his pals are in for adventure when the Dark Lord returns from the dead. Parks and Recreation Wikipedia. Parks and Recreation is an American political comedy television sitcom starring Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a perky, mid level bureaucrat in the Parks Department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, the series aired on NBC from April 9, 2. February 2. 4, 2. It was written by the same writers and uses the same mockumentary filming style as The Office, with the same implication of a documentary crew filming everyone. The ensemble and supporting cast feature Rashida Jones as Ann Perkins, Paul Schneider as Mark Brendanawicz, Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford, Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson, Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate, Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer, Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt, Rob Lowe as Chris Traeger, Jim OHeir as Garry Jerry, Larry, or Terry Gergich, Retta as Donna Meagle, and Billy Eichner as Craig Middlebrooks. The writers researched local California politics for the show, and consulted with urban planners and elected officials. Poehlers character, Leslie Knope, underwent major changes after the first season, in response to audience feedback that she seemed unintelligent and ditzy. The writing staff incorporated current events into the episodes, such as a government shutdown in Pawnee inspired by the real life global financial crisis of 2. Several guest stars, such as Jason Mantzoukas, Kathryn Hahn, Sam Elliott, Bill Murray, Megan Mullally, Louis C. K., Paul Rudd, Henry Winkler, and Jon Hamm, have been featured in the show, and their characters often appear in multiple episodes. Parks and Recreation was part of NBCs Comedy Night Done Right programming during its Thursday night prime time block. The series received mixed reviews during its first season, but, after a re approach to its tone and format, the second and subsequent seasons were widely acclaimed. Throughout its run, Parks and Recreation received several awards and nominations, including two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series, six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, a Golden Globe Award win for Poehlers performance, and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series Musical or Comedy. Mashable is a global, multiplatform media and entertainment company. In TIMEs 2. 01. 2 year end lists issue, Parks and Recreation was named the number one television series of that year. In 2. Parks and Recreation won the Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. EpisodeseditSeason 1editParks and Recreation focuses on Leslie Knope Amy Poehler, the deputy director of the Parks and Recreation Department in the fictional Indiana town of Pawnee. Local nurse Ann Perkins Rashida Jones demands that a construction pit in the abandoned lot beside her house be filled in after her boyfriend, Andy Dwyer Chris Pratt, fell in and broke his legs. Leslie promises to turn the pit into a park, despite resistance from the parks director Ron Swanson Nick Offerman, an anti government libertarian. City planner Mark Brendanawicz Paul Schneider for whom Leslie harbors romantic feelings pragmatically insists the project is unrealistic due to government red tape,1. JP4.jpg' alt='Watch Save The Date Online Hitfix' title='Watch Save The Date Online Hitfix' />Ron to approve the project. Leslie and her staff, including the sarcastic underachieving materialist Tom Haverford Aziz Ansari and the uninterested intern April Ludgate Aubrey Plaza, try encouraging community interest in the pit project, but meet resistance. Later, Ann becomes furious to learn Andy had his cast removal postponed for two weeks so Ann would pamper him longer. Meanwhile, after a blind date for Leslie set up by her mother that ended horribly, a drunken Leslie and Mark share a kiss at the pit. Mark falls into the pit, and is quickly rescued by Leslie, Ann, and Andy. Season 2editAnn breaks up with Andy and begins dating Mark, with Leslies approval. It is revealed that Toms marriage to pediatric surgeon Wendy Jama Williamson is actually a green card marriage she is a Canadian illegally in the United States, which, to his disappointment, eventually ends in divorce. The pit is eventually filled in,2. Ron is visited by his horrible ex wife Tammy Two Megan Mullally, a librarian who unsuccessfully tries seducing him into allowing a branch library to be built on the filled in lot. April becomes attracted to Andy, but he remains fixated on Ann. Just as Mark plans to propose to Ann, she reveals she no longer has feelings for him. They break up, and Mark leaves his city hall career for a private sector job he never appears again on the show. O7RPNDeamco.jpg' alt='Watch Save The Date Online Hitfix' title='Watch Save The Date Online Hitfix' />Meanwhile, a crippling budget deficit leads state auditors Chris Traeger Rob Lowe and Ben Wyatt Adam Scott to shut down the Pawnee government temporarily, much to Leslies horror and Rons delight. Meanwhile, Andy develops feelings for April, but she fears he is still hung up on Ann. Ann later kisses Andy due to conflicting emotions from her break up with Mark, prompting April to reject Andy angrily. The season ends with Toms shocked discovery that Ron is now dating his ex wife, Wendy. Season 3editLeslie decides to bring back the defunct Pawnee harvest festival, the success or failure of which will determine the financial future of the department. While working on the festival, Leslie and Ben begin to develop feelings for each other. After weeks of planning, the festival becomes a tremendous success through Leslies efforts. Ann and Chris briefly date, but they break up after he returns to his old job in Indianapolis. Later, Chris returns to become Pawnees acting city manager,2. Ben also takes a job in Pawnee. Jealous over Ron dating Wendy, Tom briefly dates Tammy Two to get even, but the twodiscuss eventually reconcile. Andy wins April back and they start dating. Parks and Recreation is an American political comedy television sitcom starring Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a perky, midlevel bureaucrat in the Parks Department of. IMDb went to New York Comic Con 2017 to learn crucial tidbits about Marvels anticipated new series, Runaways. Watch to find out what we discovered. Everything you ever needed to know about the Mad Max movies. Only a few weeks later, they marry in a surprise ceremony. Leslie and Ben begin dating, but keep it secret due to Chriss policy against workplace romances. Leslie is approached about possibly running for elected office, a lifelong dream of hers, but when asked about potential scandals in her life she neglects to mention her relationship with Ben. Tom quits his city hall job to form an entertainment company with his friend, Jean Ralphio Ben Schwartz. The season ends with a horrified Ron learning that his first ex wife, also named Tammy Tammy One, has come to see him. Season 4editWith Bens encouragement, Leslie decides to run for City Council, and ends their relationship. Leslie hires Andy as her assistant. Patricia Clarkson appears as Rons first ex wife, Tammy One, who uses her power as an IRS employee to trick Ron into thinking hes being audited and temporarily takes complete control over his life. Tom and Jean Ralphios company, Entertainment 7. Tom returns to his old job. Chris starts dating Millicent Gergich, the daughter of Garry Gergich. After struggling to move on both personally and professionally, Ben and Leslie get back together, and Ben sacrifices his job to save Leslie from losing hers. The scandal leads her political advisors to abandon Leslies campaign, and the Parks Department volunteers to become her new campaign staff. Ben agrees to be Leslies campaign manager. Leslies ex boyfriend Dave Louis C. K. reappears and unsuccessfully attempts to win Leslie back. Leslies campaign faces myriad setbacks against her main opponent, Bobby Newport Paul Rudd, and his famous campaign manager Jennifer Barkley Kathryn Hahn. Ann and Tom begin an extremely rocky romantic relationship. April takes on more responsibility in the department, shouldering much of Leslies usual work. Towards the end of the season, Millicent breaks up with Chris when she no longer has feelings for him. In the season finale, Jennifer offers Ben a job in Washington, which he reluctantly accepts, and after the race is initially called for Newport, Leslie wins the position in a recount. Mad Max The Road Warrior. Be a part of the madness this May. Visit the Official Mad Max Fury Road site here. Whats New. Follow madmaxmovies. A new documentary on the making of Fury Road, Going Mad The Battle of Fury Road has been released, chronicling Fury Roads 2. Currently this appears to only be available for purchase through i. Tunes, I have not seen information on any other available release at this time. Also note that Fury Road is currently available in HD with all extras for the discounted price of 7. US i. Tunes Im not sure how long that offer lasts for. It includes not only this documentary, but Fury Road itself in both regular and Black Chrome versions, plus other behind the scenes extras. Mad Max Fury Road has been released basically everywhere on Blu ray, DVD, and digital download. My copy arrived today, bundled with the Mad Max game, and is the standard Blu ray release. As per the news below for August 1. D, or if you cant do Blu ray yet and need a DVD. I havent checked through all the content yet, but the extras Ive looked through so far are pretty exceptional lots of cool behind the scenes stuff on the cars and stunts. Basically all the material everyone drops by the web site looking for from the original trilogyThe deleted scenes were interesting, but perhaps a little light on we know from various interviews that there were other scenes shot, but I guess they were either deemed incomplete or not suitable to be put on the disc. That would be my only disappointment with the set, and realistically its a very small one, given the amount of other material that weve been given. The Sydney Opera House are presenting an event on the 1. October, MAD MAX FURY ROAD CREATING THE APOCALYPSE GEORGE MILLER, BRENDAN MCCARTHY NICO LATHOURIS IN CONVERSATION. You can find further information at the web site here, be sure to check out the full festival schedule here, as you may also find some other sessions of interest, including a separate talk with Brendan Mc. Carthy. For all you gamers, dont forget the Mad Max game out on PS4, XBOXONE and PC next week. Here in Australia the release coincides with the DVD Blu ray release of the film, and EB Games have a pack available that includes both the game and the Blu ray for 9. Quite a good deal, Ive ordered mine there today. If anyone else is aware of any packs, bonus deals, etc, feel free to let me know. Fury Road is due out on Blu ray, DVD, etc in only a couple of weeks now, on September 1st. Most countries seem to be getting pretty much the same content and release date, Amazon have listed a package which includes Mad Max Fury Road Blu ray3. DDVDDigital here. If you dont need the 3. D, the cheaper Blu Ray with DVD is here, or the DVD only version is here. As mentioned, most countries are getting pretty much standard releases of the film as listed above, HOWEVER, in Germany theyre releasing a limited collectors edition set, which also includes an Interceptor model. I dont know much more about it than what you can see listed, but if you want to check it out, you can find it listed on the Amazon Germany site here. Watch Kill Me Three Times Dailymotion. Mad Max Fury Road is out today for rental or purchase on various online services, including Amazon and i. Tunes. If you cant wait to see it again, grab it now, or if youre still waiting for the full release with all the extras, only a few weeks to go. The second Max and final Mad Max Fury Road comic is now out. For those of you who missed them, note that a compilation volume of all the issues is due out in early September, you can find further information on Amazon here. The first of the Max comics is now out for those of you needing to grab one. Also, if you missed the first in the series, Nux Immortal Joe, note that this has been reprinted, so you should be able to find that again now as well. Also out this week is Cinefex 1. Although 6. 0 of the Cinefex readers voted for a Fury Road cover, you can look for this one featuring either Jurassic World of Age of Ultron meh. Read more at the Cinefex blog here. This one doesnt appear to have been posted to any of the official Warner Bros You. Tube channels that Ive seen, but theres an excellent 4 minute featurette on the Apocalyptic Cars of Mad Max Fury Road. Some great close ups and background to the cars, be sure to check it out. Sony have posted a new story trailer for the Mad Max PS4 game to their blog. Check out the blog post here for further info and to watch the trailer. Note that you can already pre order the game, and will receive access to a bonus car as per the trailer, and also detailed in the listing at Amazon. My personal experience with video game pre orders here in Australia anyway is that different offers often become available closer to release date Im personally holding off my own pre order for now. Warner Brothers Thailand have posted a behind the scenes Mad Max Fury Road TV Special to You. Tube. Some excellent previously unseen material, be sure to check it out. Bloomberg have put together a great article on the cars of Fury Road Every Killer Car in Mad Max Fury Road Explained. Lots of great info again from Production Designer Colin Gibson, along with some great shots of some of the vehicles I havent previously seen. Speaking of cars, be sure to check out the vehicles still on display at Event Cinemas in George Street Sydney, they should be there until around the middle of the week May 2. Mad Max Fury Road has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, with stars Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult and director George Miller all in attendance. Theres quite a bit of coverage on the event, I found some of the more interesting coveragee and quotes in the articles from news. LA Times. Following the Mad Max Fury Road car display at the Sydney Opera House yesterday was the films premiere at Event cinemas in Sydney. See my report on the Mad Max Fury Road Sydney Premiere here. It was a huge day at the Sydney Opera House, with the Mad Max Fury Road cars on display in the forecourt throughout the day. Check my quick report on the Fury Road Cars here, and also be sure to check out a whole bunch of pics from others who attended the event on the discussion forum. The cars of Fury Road are out on display again, this time at The o. Greenwich, London, from May 1. Flavourmag has put up some galleries of what to expect, along with an excellent interview with production designer Colin Gibson. Check out Flavourmags article on the cars of Mad Max Fury Road here. If youd like to see some more of Fury Road behind the scenes and who wouldnt, sign up to Fury Road Assistant Cameraman Junaid Samaais Instagram. Hes posted a few nice shots there of some of his work behind the scenes, with the tease of more to come. Wired Magazine has a great interview with director George Miller, where he goes into the making of the film, and some of the history of the Mad Max franchise. Also, being Wired, theres a great roundup of some of the technologies in use in the making of Fury Road towards the end of the article. Next Wednesday, May 1. Mad Max Fury Road will drive through Sydney, to be parked on display at the Sydney Opera House from 7am until 3pm. This will be followed by the Australian Premiere at Event Cinemas in George Street from 6pm. Read the article at Filmink for the full detail, and also see the official web site at madmaxsydney. Hit. Fix have posted an interview with Tom Holkenborg Junkie XL on creating the soundtrack for Mad Max Fury Road. An excellent interview and insight into the creation of the score, well worth a look. Warner Bros put together a sound stage full of Fury Road costumes for a recent press day, and Hit. Fix takes an up close look at some of the costumes from the film. A word of warning, the up close pics are fantastic to look at, but some of the pics and their descriptions contain spoilers to the film itself.