Archive for November 11th, 2011
McKellar, Ohno to fight with the Tasmanian Devil on Syfy
by Doc on Nov.11, 2011, under Television
Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years, The West Wing, and super-smart geek girl) and Olympic speed skating champion Apolo Ohno will take on a deadly mythical beast in the new Syfy Saturday Original Movie Tasmanian Devil, which will begin production in British Columbia this month.
Kenneth Mitchell (Jericho) will also star in Tasmanian Devil, which is scheduled to premiere on Syfy in 2012.
In the movie, scheduled to premiere on Syfy in 2012, base jumpers in a remote Tasmanian national park are pursued by grizzly bear-sized Tasmanian Devils – legendary creatures created to protect the land from intruders.
Tasmanian Devil is a production of Vesuvius Productions.
UK Being Human‘s Russell Tovey announces he is leaving
by Doc on Nov.11, 2011, under Television
Russell Tovey, who stars as the werewolf George in the original UK production of Being Human tweeted today that he is leaving the show:
“Hey my lovely witty’s, you may or may not know by now, but I am leaving Being Human officially.. Thought you should all know… Im sorry x”
Previously co-star Aidan Turner, who plays the vampire Mitchell, left the show to star in The Hobbit, and was replaced by Damien Molony as a new vampire, Hal, for the fourth series that should air next Spring.