SLICE OF SCIFI: A Conversation with “The Cape” creator Thomas Wheeler
This week’s feature guest is Tom Wheeler, creator and executive producer of NBC’s new series “The Cape”, and he talks about the work and the fun that goes into creating the show, from building the character journeys, to working with real-world comics artists for the show’s comic, and more.
V: 'Unholy Alliance' Sneak Peek # 4 - Airs Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 9/8C on ABC
Erica tracks a former Mossad agent who leads the violent faction of the Fifth Column; Jack and priests from across the world speak out against the Visitors; Anna visits the Vatican to try to win over religious leaders.
Guest stars include Oded Fehr, Jane Badler, Teach Grant, Jay Karnes and Jonathan Walker.
Source: Fanbolt [follow link for complete interview]
NOTE:Justified's second season premieres on a NEW night, Wednesday, February 9 at 10/9C on FX with "The Moonshine War."
FANBOLT: Interview: Elmore Leonard From 'Justified'
by TVBrittanyF on January 29, 2011
As '[Justified' returns for its second season on February 9, I sat down with the man we owe it all to - legendary novelist Elmore Leonard - to talk about one of the best dramas on television, how it got to be that way, and the already much-anticipated next literary adventure of Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens...
... Q: We heard at Justified's TCA panel that the show inspired you to pen a new Raylan Givens novel for next year. It's been ten years since you wrote "Fire In The Hole." What was it like picking up the character after so long?
EL: He's easy, because I just know him. I've written so many Westerns - he could fit into any one of those. I'm using the same rhythm that I write everything in. For the most part, I'm writing about cops and robbers. I try and make them different; I try to give everybody a sense of humor, of not saying everything straight, to make them interesting. I just get a feel for the characters. I know them.
Q: Can you give us an idea of what we can expect from the new novel? Is it going to reflect a little more of the TV series?
EL: I'm writing [it] in three parts. In the very first scene, they go into a motel to arrest somebody for marijuana and he's in the bathtub naked with a bandage on his stomach. Raylan doesn't know what it is. One of the other Marshals says, "Oh, he's had his kidney removed." They're stealing kidneys...
Source: TV Guide [follow link for complete column]
TV GUIDE - Matt's TV Week in Review
Jan 28, 2011
by Matt Roush
... FRIDAY NIGHT DELIGHTS: Let's hope Fringe continues its winning ways on Friday nights. The first episode back was a great emotional workout for John Noble's Walter Bishop, manipulated by the Observers to put Peter at risk to show them that he would be willing to let his son die — again — "when the time comes." How ominous. (Fringe catches another break this week, because of CW's last-minute decision to postpone the return of Supernatural and Smallville for a week, a ripple effect from major-market pre-emptions of Thursday night's shows.) ...
Source: TV Guide [follow link for complete column]
TV GUIDE: Matt's TV Week in Review
Jan 28, 2011
by Matt Roush
Much of the TV landscape is, and has always been, devoted to comfort-food formula. Some of us, though, live for those moments when a show breaks formula and delivers the unexpected. This week gave us some excellent examples of that in the most popular formula of the moment: the crime/police drama.
... We get a chemistry lesson on ABC's Castle, as a deadly new twist in the cold case of Beckett's murdered mother forces Beckett and especially Castle to take a long, hard look at what their partnership is all about. Leading, naturally, to a long, hard kiss. Which isn't real, except it's really real. In a rare somber moment early on, mama Martha advises Castle, "You can't charm your way out of a bullet. Be honest with yourself about why you're doing this." Castle admits, "It's not about the books anymore." Unless we're talking The Book of Love, I suppose. When Beckett is kicked off the case, and Castle joins her to go rogue, he cockily boasts, "Fear does not exist in this dojo." (This is why we love this guy.) Beckett tells the would-be Karate Kid that this isn't his fight, but he argues, "I don't hang around you just to annoy you." Which is when we get to the meat of the matter: "Then why do you keep coming back, Rick?" When Beckett calls Castle anything but Castle, that gets our attention. As does the long, lingering smooch they perform in front of the bad guys who've taken Esposito and Ryan prisoner. It's a mock-drunken decoy kiss that turns into something more when Beckett initiates a second round, and there is serious heat here than has nothing to do with Nikki Heat. Castle is taken aback, but not so flustered that he can't save the day in the violent showdown that ensues. More of this, please...
V: 'Unholy Alliance' - Sneak Peek # 3 Airs Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 9/8C on ABC.
Erica tracks a former Mossad agent who leads the violent faction of the Fifth Column; Jack and priests from across the world speak out against the Visitors; Anna visits the Vatican to try to win over religious leaders.
Guest stars include Oded Fehr, Jane Badler, Teach Grant, Jay Karnes and Jonathan Walker.
V: 'Unholy Alliance' - Sneak Peek # 1 - Airs Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 9/8C ABC.
Erica tracks a former Mossad agent who leads the violent faction of the Fifth Column; Jack and priests from across the world speak out against the Visitors; Anna visits the Vatican to try to win over religious leaders.
Guest stars include Oded Fehr, Jane Badler, Teach Grant, Jay Karnes and Jonathan Walker.
KCSB - Santa Barbara International Film Festival: Interview with Brittany Ballard and Jamil Walker-Smith re film “Make a Movie Like Spike.” Also, red-carpet interviews with people at the SBIFF Opening Night Ceremonies. Emily Nelson & Harry Lawton
Stargate Universe's Jamil Walker Smith's independent movie, "Make a Movie Like Spike" is premiereing at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 3 at 8pm, February 4 at 10am, and February 5 at 1pm.
For more information on "Make a Movie Like Spike" click here for the Facebook site.
CSI: "The Two Mrs. Grissoms" airs Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 9/8C on CBS.
Sara investigates a car-bomb explosion that kills the director of a deaf-scholarship foundation. Her probe centers on the college campus where her deaf mother-in-law works and where Grissom's former girlfriend (Marlee Matlin) is a professor.
Guest stars include Phyllis Frelich, Marlee Matlin, Tyrone Giordano, Matthew Jaeger, Sean McGowan and Anthony Natale.
SYFY - Saturday, January 29, 2011 Mega Monster Movies!
09:00 AM Dinocroc
Denizens of a small town face the jaw-dropping menace of a primordial crocodile that has awakened from a million-year nap with a hankering for flesh.
Cast includes Costas Mandylor, Charles Napier, Bruce Weitz, Matthew Borlenghi and Jane Longenecker.
11:00 AM Kraken: Tentacles Of The Deep
Victoria Pratt and Jack Scalia star in this horror movie about a giant squid that terrorizes an expedition on the hunt for a lost artifact.
Cast includes Charlie O'Connell, Victoria Pratt, Jack Scalia, Aleks Paunovic, Mike Dopud and Glee's Cory Monteith.
01:00 PM Supergator
Scott Kinney is an American geologist monitoring a local volcano when the Supergator, a prehistoric alligator recreated from fossilized DNA escapes from a secret bio-engineering research center. Kinney joins forces with another scientist and a Texan alligator hunter as they pursue the monster as it heads down river intent on destroying a luxurious resort packed with tourists.
Cast includes Brad Johnson, Kelly McGillis, Bianca Lawson, Mary Alexandra Stiefvater and Josh Kelly.
03:00 PM Malibu Shark Attack
A tsunami brings goblin sharks to Malibu, Cal., after a massive wave cuts lifeguards and construction workers off from dry land.
Cast includes Peta Wilson, Renee Bowen, Remi Broadway, Joel Amos Byrnes, Warren Christie, Nicholas G. Cooper and Sonya Salomaa.
05:00 PM Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus
Two colossal prehistoric monsters terrorize the California coast while battling for supremacy of the sea in this salt-water creature feature starring Lorenzo Lamas and Deborah Gibson.
Cast includes Deborah Gibson, Lorenzo Lamas, Vic Chao, Jonathan Nation, Mark Hengst and Michael Teh.
07:00 PM Mega Piranha
Giant mutant piranha escape from the Amazon and head for Florida.
Cast includes Paul Logan, Tiffany, Barry Williams, David Labiosa, Jude Gerard Prest and Jesse Daly.
John Schneider and Cloris Leachman costar with giant crocodiles in this made-for-TV sequel to the 1999 big-screen schlockfest.
Cast includes John Schneider, Sarah Lafleur, Sam McMurray, Chad Michael Collins, Alicia Ziegler, Joe Holt, Ian Reed Kesler, Justin Urich and Cloris Leachman.
01:00 AM Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid (Repeat)
03:00 AM Croc
A large man-eating crocodile terrorizes tourists and locals near Krabi, in Thailand.
Cast includes Michael Madsen, Peter Tuinstra, Sherry Phungprasert, Elizabeth Healey, Scott Hazell and Tawon Saetang.
Source: Yahoo TV [follow link for complete column]
YAHOO TV - Weekend Picks - What to Watch This Weekend
A list of can't-miss hot shows, undiscovered gems and fan favorites airing this Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Mega Python vs Gatoroid
Saturday at 9pm on Syfy
Tonight, the ultimate battle of our time will be decided: No, not Mega Python vs. Gatoroid . . . Debbie Gibson vs. Tiffany! The rival '80s pop princesses face off once again in this Syfy original movie, with Gibson playing a snake-loving animal advocate and Tiffany as a 'gator-protecting park ranger. But when their actions lead to a giant-snake vs. giant-'gator showdown, we'll see which singer can still hit those high notes.
Source: TV Guide [follow link for complete column]
TV GUIDE: Tonight's TV Hot List: Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011
... Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
9/8c Syfy
What happens to eighties pop princesses when they grow up? They star in silly, over-the-top monster movies with "Mega" in the title. Debbie Gibson (Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus) and Tiffany (Mega Piranha), who also coproduced this reptiles-run-amok flick, face off as an animal activist and a park ranger who have conflicting ideas about which species should rule the Everglades.
HUMAN TARGET - "Kill Bob" Sneak Peek Airs SPECIAL NIGHT - Monday, January 31, 2011 at 8/7C on FOX.
A man in convinced his wife is a Russian spy and wants him dead to gain access to classified military information; Ames tries to keep a secret from Chance.
Guest stars include Lauren German, Richard Zeman and Todd Grinnell.
THE MENTALIST - "Red Alert" Episode Trailer Airs February 3, 2011 at 10/9C on CBS.
When Patrick Jane and others are taken hostage by an armed man accused of murder, Jane must think quickly to defuse the situation on the next episode of The Mentalist.
Guest stars include Michael Gaston, Tyler Francavilla, Louis Herthum, Lilli Birdsell, Carlos Jacott, Rebecca Wisocky, Josh Randall and Judith Moreland.
FRINGE - "Concentrate and Ask Again" Episode Trailer Airs February 4, 2011 at 9/8C on FOX
A scientist's ingestion of a blue powder causes his bones to disintegrate, leading government officials to suspect a biological attack, but the Fringe team's investigation may hinge on assistance from a former test subject of Walter's.
Guest cast includes Paul Jarrett and Jody Thompson.
STAR TREK - Syfy (US) Marathon Sunday, February 13, 2011
09:00 AM Star Trek: The Next GenerationStarship Mine
Picard is trapped aboard the Enterprise with a group of intergalactic thieves after the rest of the crew evacuates the ship because of a dangerous cleaning process.
Guest stars include David Spielberg, Marie Marshall, Tim Russ and Glenn Morshower.
10:00 AM Star Trek: The Next GenerationLessons
Picard falls for the new head of the ship's Stellar Sciences department---whom he must send on a dangerous mission.
Guest stars include Wendy Hughes.
Star Trek (original series movies) cast include William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols.
01:30 PM Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Adm. Kirk and the crew seek an intelligent alien entity.
Guest cast includes Majel Barrett, Persis Khambatta, Stephen Collins, Grace Lee Whitney and Mark Lenard.
04:30 PM Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
To save Earth from a destructive space probe, Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to 20th century Earth to recover two humpback whales, who are the only Earth beings who can respond to it.
Guest cast includes Jane Wyatt, Catherine Hicks, Mark Lenard, Robin Curtis, Robert Ellenstein, John Schuck and Brock Peters.
07:00 PM Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
The Enterprise leads a battle for peace. After years of war, the Federation and Klingon empire prepare for a peace summit. But the prospect of intergalactic glasnost with sworn enemies is an alarming one to Captain Kirk. "They're animals!" he warns. When a Klingon ship is attacked and the Enterprise is held accountable, the dogs are war are unleashed again, as both worlds brace for what may be their final, deadly encounter.
Guest cast includes Kim Cattrall, Mark Lenard, Brock Peters, Leon Russom, Kurtwood Smith, Christopher Plummer, Rosanna DeSoto, David Warner, John Schuck and Michael Dorn.
09:00 PM Star Trek VIII: First Contact
Half-robot Borg tries to sabotage a rocket flight.
Guest cast includes Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell, Alice Krige, Neal McDonough, Robert Picardo and Dwight Schultz.
