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TNT development slate: The Last Ship, Legends
by Doc on May.16, 2012, under Television
The broadcast networks may not be giving us much love in new genre series pickups, but TNT did at least offer a couple on it’s development slate, which it announced today. Here are the descriptions given…Legends sounds a bit Dollhouse-ish in style:
The Lost Ship: In this exciting action/adventure project based on the popular novel by William Brinkley, the crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic decimates most of the earth’s population. Michael Bay (Transformers) intends to direct the pilot if it is green lit. Executive Producers: Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Hank Steinberg (showrunner and writer) and Steve Kane (writer). Production Company: Platinum Dunes.
Legends: This suspenseful, action-packed drama is being developed by Howard Gordon, Jeffrey Nachmanoff and Mark Bomback from the novel Legends by Robert Littell. The story follows a deep-cover operative named Martin Odum, who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. But his own identity comes into question when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn’t who he thinks he is. Executive Producers: Howard Gordon, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Alexander Cary and Jonathan Levin. Studio: Fox 21.
Sizzle reels for ABC’s The Neighbors, Last Resort, Zero Hour
by Doc on May.16, 2012, under Television
Check out the two videos below for the genre-tinged upcoming ABC series:
The Neighbors: A comedy about a family that moves to a suburb with very unusual neighbors and starring Jami Gertz (Still Standing, Twister))and Lenny Venito (War of the Worlds)
The Last Resort: The U.S. Navy’s most powerful nuclear missile sub goes on the run after refusing orders and takes refuge at an exotic island after being fired upon and declared rogue, starring Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age), Scott Speedman (Underworld), Robert Patrick (Terminator 2, The Unit), and Bruce Davison (X-Men). And watch got Dollhouse and Being Human star Dichen Lachman…
Zero Hour: When a woman buy an unusual clock, she is kidnapped and her husband (Anthony Edwards, ER) finds a conspiracy regarding the Nazis in trying to find her and the 11 other clocks that could hold the key to evil…
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Eureka preview: “Worst Case Scenario”
by Doc on May.15, 2012, under Television
In next Monday’s all-new episode of Eureka, Eureka’s disaster drill goes awry after someone sabotages the G.D. computers! Tune in Monday, May 21st at 9/8c!
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Syfy announces its summer schedule with returning series including Warehouse 13 and Alphas
by Doc on May.15, 2012, under Television
Syfy announced it’s summer season schedule for new and returning series, including the return of Warehouse 13 and Alphas on Monday, July 23rd, a week after the series finale of Eureka, and Lost Girl will move to Fridays at 10pm starting July 20th. Here are the complete details – all times are ET/PT:
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Grimm season finale preview: “Woman in Black”, plus bonus videos
by Doc on May.14, 2012, under Television
This Friday is the Grimm season finale, “Woman in Black”, but we don’t have to worry too much – Grimm has already been renewed and will actually start early, right after the 2012 Summer Olympics concludes!
Check out this preview, plus several bonus videos where the cast thanks the fans and more!
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Lucas says “OK, no studio” to rich neighbors…plans low-income housing instead
by Doc on May.14, 2012, under General News
Looks like ol’ George has a sense of humor about some things…after trying to build a state of the art movie studio on land he owns in Marin County, CA near San Francisco, for the last 25 years but being blocked by his rich neighbors that don’t want a studio near them, George Lucas put up his hands as if to give up and say, “Have it your way.” But since the local homeowners association seem to have no problem with residential subdivisions, Lucas has a new plan – to create lots of affordable housing for either low-income families or seniors living on small, fixed incomes. And he’s accelerating the process by providing all the survey information done for the studio plan.
It remains to be seen if the homeowners association tries to come up with an objection to the new plan that doesn’t make them look bad.
NBC cancels Awake; ABC likely to pass on Beauty & The Beast
by Doc on May.11, 2012, under Television
NBC decided to drop what’s left of it’s bubble shows and pilots that it hadn’t already picked up, and that included freshman drama Awake, which failed in the ratings but did come on strong at the end.
Also, the previously mentioned ABC Beauty & The Beast pilot appears unlikely to get a pickup. This is different that the CW version starring Smallville‘s Kristin Kreuk, which is more of a remake of the 1980s series, which is still in contention.
ABC renews Once Upon A Time
by Doc on May.10, 2012, under Television
ABC has just announced the renewal of freshman fantasy drama Once Upon A Time, among several scripted series. The first season finale airs this coming Sunday on ABC at 8/7c.
The Clone Wars Ashley Eckstein finds a fan in Chewbacca
by Doc on May.10, 2012, under Fun Stuff, Television
Star Wars Weekends starts a week from tomorrow at Walt Disney World, but some of the stars and characters are around a bit early…actress Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka Tano, founder of Her Universe (awesome Star Wars and Syfy apparel and items for the female fans) and co-host of Star Wars Weekends, was around this past weekend signing pictures and selling merchandise. And it seems she found a rather persistent admirer…
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Grimm preview: “Big Feet”
by Doc on May.10, 2012, under Television
On tomorrow night’s Grimm, a strange animal attack near a horrifying double homicide invokes the legend of “Bigfoot.” Tune in to NBC st 9/8c!
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