Laurie McCarthy

Birth Name:

Laurie McCarthy

Profession

Writer, Producer, Editor

Reign's "Haunted" Season 2: An "Awkward" Marriage and Killer Plague

Get ready for a lot of pretty people with bloody open sores on Reign. The CW series returns this fall after the death of the Darkness, who was keeping the Black Plague at bay through his sacrifices. "The plague is coming and lands at the castle with a vengeance," executive producerLaurie McCarthy said at the CW drama's Comic-Con panel on Thursday. "Not everyone will survive it... but the plague will pass and it will be followed by famine." She added that Queen Mary (Adalaide Kane) and King Francis (Toby Regbo) will have to learn what it's like to "inherit a nation that is in fact burning... and out of their control."

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

Reign's "Haunted" Season 2: An "Awkward" Marriage and Killer Plague

Fall Preview: Newcomer Adelaide Kane Rules on Reign

When Adelaide Kane moved from her native Australia to Los Angeles to kick-start an acting career, her life was hardly a royal fairy tale. "I was afraid and homesick and so broke," she remembers over afternoon tea. "I was a nanny full-time to pay my rent." Three years later, Kane is poised to rule as a breakout star of the fall season, thanks to her leading role as a teenage Mary, Queen of Scots, on The CW's new period drama Reign. The series, which has been given the plum Thursdays-at-9pm time slot following the network's biggest hit, The Vampire Diaries, is already generating plenty of buzz due to its decidedly modern spin on...

Thu, Sep 12, 2013

Fall Preview: Newcomer Adelaide Kane Rules on Reign

Reign's Mary Queen of Scots Story Is "Not the History Channel"

Castles, corsets and sword fights —oh my! The CW's new drama Reign is worlds — not to mention centuries — away from the network's many vampires and superheroes. But just because the period drama, based on the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, takes place way back in 1557 doesn't mean it won't be filled with The CW's signature ingredients of romance, drama and yes, even horror. "It's not the History Channel," star Adelaide Kane, who plays Mary, said at the Television Critics Association fall previews on Tuesday. "We trying to make a show that people will really enjoy and connect with." Get the scoop on all the new fall shows

Tue, Jul 30, 2013

Reign's Mary Queen of Scots Story Is "Not the History Channel"

VIDEO: Get Your First Look at The CW's New Series Tomorrow People, Reign

The CW has released trailers for its new fall series, including The Tomorrow People and Reign. Check them out below...

Thu, May 16, 2013

VIDEO: Get Your First Look at The CW's New Series Tomorrow People, Reign

The CW Orders Mary Queen of Scots Drama and Series from Vampire Diaries, Arrow Producers

The CW handed out series orders to four new shows Thursday. The Tomorrow People, Reign, The 100 and Star-Crossed join the previously ordered Vampire Diaries spin-off, The Originals. The Tomorrow People, which is...

Thu, May 9, 2013