Meloni news! Lee interview! Major squee planned!

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Time for an update!

Season 2 of the sequel to "Wet Hot American Summer" (which has morphed into "WHAS: Ten Years Later") is now available on Netflix! Chris Meloni appears as Gene in 4 of the 8 episodes, and a refrigerator once again plays a role (as does a can of vegetables):


(Screencap credit to Twitter's @marchriska)

Also! Meloni is currently busy filming his new show "Happy!" in New York City. It is scheduled to premiere "sometime in 2018" on the Syfy channel. He recently appeared at San Diego Comic Con to promote the show, and a brief teaser trailer was shown:

I just love how he color-coordinated with the con's backdrop. :D

Meanwhile, we're still awaiting news on the final fate of "Underground." Executive producer and director Anthony Hemingway (who BTW also directed Lee's "Red Tails" and was an AD on Oz during Season 5) recently stated that they have until the end of August to find a new home, and he tries to remain optimistic:

‘Underground’: Director Anthony Hemingway Remains Hopeful, But Fate to Be Determined Soon

Meloni's small indie movie "Holding Patterns" (which he filmed a long time ago) has changed names to "Almost Friends" (thanks melonirocks!) and, according to Meloni, will be released later this year.

Whew! OK, enough about Meloni! On to LeeEEEeee!

In all the excitement of the recent Oziversary Fest, I missed that HBO's website posted a new interview with Lee (and another with Dean Winters) discussing Oz's 20th anniversary. Both interviews are fascinating, Lee's particularly so. Check them out!

Lee Tergesen Sees Horror and Romance in Oz
Dean Winters on the Lessons That Still Ring True

Some of the most notable quotes from Lee's interview:

• The funny thing is, when I was in my early 20s, I used to get drunk and get naked in bars all the time, and now all of a sudden I was going to be paid to get naked -- I was like, alright.


• So many people have said to me that [the B/K] relationship, as twisted and weird as it was, gave them courage to be truthful about who they were. To have that kind of impact on somebody means a lot. Also, I got propositioned. I couldn’t tell you how many people wanted to have sex with me.


• All of a sudden people would have religious beliefs that kept them from showing their penis. Chris Meloni and I were always trying to do the thing that hadn’t been done. There was excitement, like, “I’m the one who gets to bite the d**k off.”


• The scene started and I realize I’m about to get on my knees and blow this guy on screen -- I gotta get out of here now. I start to make my way out and just as I’m getting to the door, I hear the scene play and the crowd goes apes**t.

(LOL at HBO's website feeling the need to censor the words "dick" and "shit")

Also, as a reminder, Lee and Dean are going to perform a stage reading of a new Tom Fontana play ("Screenplay by Stalin") on August 18 at the Williamstown (MA) Theatre Festival. (I previously posted details HERE.) Austin Pendleton (Oz's William Giles) was also recently added to the cast. Myself, tobyfan, miltil,  and shabby86 are all planning to SQUEEeeeEEE be there. We have extra tickets, so if anyone wants to make some last-minute arrangements to join us, that would be OZSOME. The more, the merrier!