"Homeland" Premiere: Beltway D.C. Meets Beltway TV - Hillary Atkin

Much goes on inside the Beltway but it39s not often that a highprofile premiere of a movie or television show takes place within WiFi range of the nation39s capitolamp160But Washington DC was indeed the perfect location that Showtime chose to screen the first episode of its highly anticipated third season of quotHomelandquot which is largely set in its environs although mainly shot in North CarolinaEveryone who is anyone associated with the Emmy awardwinning drama descended on DC39s Corcoran Gallery of Art Sept 9 for the premiere There was even speculation that the president himself who has publicly identified himself as a fan of the show amp8211 might make an appearance although a little crisis involving Syria disrupted any such contingencies for the CommanderinChief39s attendanceAll of the show39s main talent including Claire Danes Damian Lewis Mandy Patinkin and Morena Baccarin walked the red carpet and posed at the step and repeat set up inside the ornate galleryAs for the new season Danesamp8217 character Carrie is still feeling the ramifications of the terrorist attack on the CIA and grappling with her feelings for Brody who is now on the run after being blamed for the 911like devastation and deathquotCarrie has a rough go of itquot Danes said at the event quotI mean when does she not really I think she feels profound guilt for having failed to anticipate this attack you know obviously the attack that devastated so much of the CIA in the finale so she39s just reeling from that The CIA is held under serious investigation and theyamp8217re having to defend their existence basicallyquotBaccarinamp8217s role as Brody39s wife is evolving quotYou get to see a bit more of the home life without Brody how they39re picking up the pieces and moving forward There39s a lot of conflict between Jessica and Dana a lot of growth that happens there and a lot of heartbreakquot Baccarin saidIf you caught that spoiler amp8211 yes spoiler alert Brody does not appear in the first episode of the new season Patinkin wouldn39t divulge much more quotI won39t give you any detailsamp8221 he said amp8220I will say that as an actor in it I have not been disappointed one iota as each script has come to me I think it is thrilling what these writers are doing They go into new territory that I haven39t imaginedquotPatinkin and his castmates arrived at the premiere after spending the day at the CIA where the man who plays the acting director met the real director of the intelligence organizationOne cast member told us they were still wondering about the CIA gift shop they encountered amp8211 with its CIA branded chocolates luggage tags and baseball caps adding amp8220I was wondering why they had it as the public is not allowed in to Langleyamp8221quotItamp8217s probably a front for somethingquot I repliedThe CIA is so stealth that although a number of guests were affiliated with it several we spoke to did not have business cards and were not allowed to give their last names We decided it was best not to offer them our cards eitherIn addition to Showtimeamp8217s Matt Blank and David Nevins Foxamp8217s Gary Newman and amp8220Homelandamp8221 showrunner Alex Gansa a number of the producers and writers were in attendance amp8211 and were allowed to give their names Actually they were introduced by the aforementioned executives who made opening remarks before the screening beganIt being Washington politics were of course involved LongtimeCongressman Henry Waxman DCalif was there to meet and greet a large number of the guests who reside in his home Los Angeles district and flew out for the eventamp160Hillary Atkin is the editor and publisher of The Atkin Report wwwatkinreportcom and has written extensively on media and entertainment for USA Today the Los Angeles Times Daily and Weekly Variety The Hollywood Reporter TelevisionWeek Entertainment Weekly The New York Observerand LA Confidential She is an awardwinning journalist who began her career as a television news writer reporter and producer As a broadcast producer at KCBS in Los Angeles she won numerous Emmy Associated Press and Golden Mike Awards for live coverage and entertainment special events programming and then produced and directed biographies on Robert Duvall Elizabeth Montgomery Linda Darnell and Nicolas Cage for AampampE and E She can be reached at hillaryatkinyahoocom Read all Hillary39s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Hillary AtkinCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBloggerThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaBizBloggerscom management or associated bloggers MediaBizBloggers is an open thought leadership platform and readers may share their comments and opinions in response to all commentaries

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