{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/1d61e16a-746d-42b7-9023-4e9ae8777d73/55981e2c-f4d5-4331-bd0a-ca59fe1245a4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Geektown Radio 203: Play Expo Manchester, Production Designer Melanie Jones, Film News, UK TV News & Air Dates!","description":"<p>Once again, we return for a packed Geektown Radio podcast, and I'm joined <a href=\"http://youtube.com/TristaBytes\" target=\"_blank\">Bex Trista of TristaBytes</a> (who is amazingly not injured this week!) to discuss all the usual tv &amp; film new and air date info, along with a rundown of the fun she had at <a href=\"https://www.playexpomanchester.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Play Expo Manchester</strong></a>. We also have an exclusive interview with <strong>Production Designer Melanie Jones</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>Melanie Jones is an award-winning Los Angeles based production designer, with a diverse body of work which includes commercials, television, feature films, print and stage design. She is most well-known for her production design on Damien Chazelle's Oscar-winning <em>'Whiplash'</em>, but is also having a busy spring with three new and completely different projects debuting.</p><p><br></p><p>For&nbsp;Warner Bros' upcoming horror film, <strong>'</strong><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALhy6XTpMlk\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Curse of La Llorona</strong></a><strong>'</strong>, starring&nbsp;<em>Green Book</em>'s Linda Cardellini, Melanie created a haunting, supernatural story world where a family tries to survive the wrath of La Llorona, the ghost of a woman who drowned her children.</p><p><br></p><p>On Netflix's period Mötley Crüe biopic <strong>'</strong><a href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/80169469\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The&nbsp;Dirt</strong></a><strong>'</strong>, Melanie&nbsp;was responsible for recreating&nbsp;the&nbsp;iconic venues and places that&nbsp;the&nbsp;notorious band, Mötley Crüe, played at.</p><p><br></p><p>For&nbsp;ABC's upcoming comedy series, <strong>'</strong><a href=\"https://abc.go.com/shows/bless-this-mess\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bless this Mess</strong></a><strong>'</strong>, starring Dax Shepard and Lake Bell, Melanie shaped the rural Nebraska home and farm town that newlyweds Rio and Mike leave everything in New York for.</p>","author_name":"David Elliott"}