Syfy: Werewolves and Vampires Movie Marathon Sat Mar 5 '11

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SYFY: Werewolf Movie Marathon Saturday, March 5, 2011



10:30 AM Dog Soldiers

A British army sergeant (Sean Pertwee) and his green troops battle werewolves after rescuing a wounded officer whose men were savaged by the ravenous beasts.

Cast includes Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham, Thomas Lockyer and Darren Morfitt.



12:30 PM Never Cry Werewolf

A television-hunting-show host (Kevin Sorbo) helps a young woman (Nina Dobrev) take on a lycanthropic killer after locals start vanishing.

Cast includes Nina Dobrev, Kevin Sorbo, Peter Stebbings, Spencer Van Wyck, Melanie Leishman and Kim Bourne.



02:30 PM Thor: Hammer Of The Gods

A Viking wages war against supernatural foes.

Cast includes Zachery Ty Bryan, Mac Brandt, Daz Crawford, Nicole Ennemoser and Rafael Jordan.



04:30 PM Underworld

Toothless fantasy about a centuries-old war between vampires and werewolves. Highly stylized but derivative.

Cast includes Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen, Shane Brolly, Bill Nighy, Erwin Leder, Sophia Myles, Robbie Gee and Wentworth Miller.



07:00 PM Underworld: Evolution

Gory sequel finds the bloodsucking heroine (Kate Beckinsale) tracing the origins of the ancient feud between the tribes of vampires and werewolves.

Cast includes Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy, Steven Mackintosh, Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen and Sophia Myles.



09:00 PM Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans

Prequel chronicles the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between vampires and their enslaved werewolves, whose fearless young leader (Michael Sheen) foments revolt.

Cast includes Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra, Steven Mackintosh, Kevin Grevioux and David Aston.



11:00 PM Rise: Blood Hunter

A slain reporter (Lucy Liu) returns from the grave to seek vengeance on the bloodthirsty gang of vampires that attacked her.

Cast includes Robert Forster, Cameron Richardson, Lucy Liu, Allan Rich, Carla Gugino, Michael Chiklis, Mako and Nick Lachey.



01:00 AM Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 3: Legacy

In the near future, Uffizi and Luke travel to the remote reaches of war torn Romania to rescue Elizabeth and finish the vampire once and for all. Along the way, they encounter TV news journalist and a corps of rebels trying to fight the vampire uprising which plagues their country.

Cast includes Jason Scott Lee, Stephen Billington, Diane Neal, Jason London, Rutger Hauer, Ilinca Goia, George Grigore and Roy Scheider.



03:00 AM Perfect Creature

In an alternate universe, humans and genetically engineered vampires coexist peacefully until a virus turns one species against the other.

Cast includes Dougray Scott, Saffron Burrows, Leo Gregory, Scott Wills, Stuart Wilson and Craig Hall.

Amanda Tapping - Sanctuary : Tapping Tuesday Twitter Mar 1 '11

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On Tuesdays, Amanda Tapping responds to questions asked by Sanctuary fans on twitter.

AMANDA TAPPING TUESDAY TWITTER : March 1, 2011

Thanks everyone for waiting!! #TappingTuesday



Q1- @BeckyGroves - Helen seems to have friends in high places ... Can we assume she's received an invitation to the royal wedding? :D

A1 - She wishes! But she'll let Her Majesty the Queen tell her all about it over tea. :)



Robert Lawrenson


Q2 - @tendre_poison - what prop would you love to keep from the Sanctuary set?

A2 - I kept the optical "retina scan" device her father made her use to enter the chamber in Revelations.




Peter Wingfield, Christopher Heyerdahl and Amanda Tapping


Q3 - @pipie1 - will there ever been a musical episode of sanctuary, just the thought of Tesla singing...

A3 - We'd love to do one. Totally outside the box. It would be fun!




Q4 - @Rose Dines - Have you acquired any nicknames from your co-workers? If so, what is it or what are they?

A4 - None that they've said to my face..... I'm often called "boss", which makes me giggle.




Q5 - @Amy Lee Ford - Will Henry find love?

A5 - Hasn't he? He found love with Erika, a fellow HAP.




Q6 a - @Ashley Schalow - A while ago you gave advice on the acting side of the industry.
Q6 b - Do you have any advice for those interested in getting involved in the production side...
Q6 c - especially as a woman in the sci-fi/fantasy field? You're involvement producing and directing very inspiring.


A6 a - Thank you. As more and more women are taking the helm of projects it will get easier...
A6 b - We just need to keep pushing the boundaries until we are the norm and not some anomaly. Supporting each other is hugely important.


Thank you for all your questions!! xoxo

Stargate Universe - TV Guide Canada: March 8 Return on Space Channel

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STARGATE UNIVERSE - TV GUIDE CANADA: The wait is over

By Jessica Russell
2011-02-12


Stargate Universe fans can rejoice over this news. The wait is almost over for the greatly-anticipated conclusion of Space’s most-watched series.

The final 10 episodes of Stargate Universe are set to return this March, reads a network press release, and pick up from December’s intense cliffhanger where The Destiny encountered two warring races and an ally thought dead came back. In the Season 2.5 premiere, titled “Deliverance,” The Destiny is locked in a battle with a Drone Command Ship and surprised by the arrival of the aliens that abducted Rush (Robert Carlyle) and Chloe (Elyse Levesque).

Stargate Universe first premiered on Space in October 2009 to record-breaking audiences. It went on to become the most-watched series on the channel. It’s also been nominated for over 20 awards, including a 2010 Emmy for Outstanding Visual Effects...

Stargate Universe returns Tuesday, March 8 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Space (Canada) and in the US on Syfy on Monday, March 7 at 10/9C.

Blue Bloods - TV Guide Canada: Len Cariou Interview

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TV GUIDE CANADA: Cariou carries on

Len Cariou on the success of ‘Blue Bloods’ and who eats the most on-set

By Greg David
2011-02-18

Len Cariou is a legend of the stage and screens. The Winnipeg native was Broadway’s original Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, appeared on Street Legal, Murder, She Wrote, Brotherhood and Damages.

He can currently be seen on Blue Bloods, playing patriarch Henry Reagan, the curmudgeonly retired police commissioner who dispenses advice – along with mashed potatoes – to son Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) and grandson Danny (Donnie Wahlberg), who have continued in the family business. Blue Bloods is an enticing twist on the cop drama genre, successfully adding a strong family dynamic to the mix in the form of nightly Reagan dinners where the ensemble convene to discuss the days events.

We spoke to Cariou, while he was in Toronto for a Valentine’s Day singing gig, about how the cast came together quickly and who eats the most during those dinner scenes...



... TVG: I love Henry because he is so opinionated about how past cops were and questioning how things are done these days. I love the way he – and you – get to interact with all of the characters at dinner. What’s it like being part of that ensemble every week?

LC: It’s terrific, and I think that’s what everybody has glommed on to. That’s the stuff that, when they tested the show before they bought it and put it on the air, was the most positive things that people said to CBS is that it’s really interesting because it’s a very different cop show. It’s not a lot of procedural stuff. We’re actually going to get to know these people. I think people really responded to that.

When we did the pilot, it was the very first scene that we shot. We didn’t know one another from Adam. None of us had ever met before. God bless actors. We sat down and said, “OK, we’re supposed to be this close-knit family, let’s figure something out here.” We chatted for half an hour while they were setting up the shots, and created our own background, with the help of a couple of the writers. We gave ourselves a back story and then they turned the camera on. I think it worked really, really well.


TVG: How much food do you consume during those scenes? Do you try not to eat?

LC: (Laughs.) I try to eat as little as I can. Wahlberg tries to eat as much as he can! He eats everything!

Fringe - TV Guide Canada: Lance Reddick Interview

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TV GUIDE CANADA: Mystery man

‘Fringe’s Reddick on alternate universes and starring on ‘Glee’

By Greg David
2011-02-11

Lance Reddick would love to appear on Glee. The Baltimore native, who turned heads as Lt. Cedric Daniels, isn’t merely an actor. He’s also a singer and songwriter, which is the reason he was so good tickling the ivories and crooning on the musical “Brown Betty” episode of Fringe last year.

Reddick admits the line to belt it out on Glee is a long one; in the meantime he’s focused on Fringe, which returns with a new episode tonight. We spoke to Reddick on the phone about alternate universes and the death of Alternate Broyles...



... Can you talk a little bit about the differences between The Wire and Fringe? The Wire was based on fact and Fringe … isn’t.

LR: Wow, it really is apples and oranges. It’s not just the writing styles so much. On both shows, it’s not always the same person writing each script. I guess the two biggest differences for me are … network television is such a different animal from cable. On the one hand, because there are so many cooks in the kitchen on a network show, there tend to be a lot of changes with each script.

On the other hand, with each season that becomes less and less because the show has found itself. Once again, with this show the possibilities are changing all the time, anything can happen, whereas The Wire was kind of ultra-realism. David Caruso told me once ‘Your show feels so real it looks like a documentary.’ It really was like a docu-drama. The first season and the characters that went through the seasons were based on real people.

The other thing is that, with The Wire, David Simon knew where he was going from the beginning to the end. He said to me when we were shooting the pilot … he came up to me and sat down with me at lunch one day and he said he was going around and talking to all of the leads about who their characters were based on, what the people were like and where the characters were going. And he described the two people that my character was based on and what they histories were like. And he said ‘You will be moving towards becoming the police commissioner by the end of the fifth season.’ He knew this when we were shooting the pilot, whereas with Fringe I think because it’s much more open-ended, and there is so much more … you know, shape-shifting, alternate realities, two versions of yourself, cold germs the size of your leg (laughs) … but by the same token, the things that are similar they are both socio-political debates.

One of the themes we explored a lot in Season 1 of Fringe is what happens when you have multi-national corporations that are more powerful than a lot of governments. And once we got into this season, we really explored what happens in war when you are so certain that you’re the good people and the others are the enemy … what happens when you confront them and they are literally you?

The other thing that is interesting and intriguing for me with both shows is the relationships and characters are so important...

Timothy Olyphant - Justified - TV Guide Canada Interview

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TV GUIDE CANADA: Just cause

Timothy Olyphant reloads for Season 2 of ‘Justified’

By Greg David
2011-02-28

Timothy Olyphant, it seems, was made to wear a cowboy hat. He donned one as Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, in David Milch’s wonderful HBO western. The 42-year-old has one perched atop his head in the upcoming Johnny Depp flick Rango, though his character, Spirit of the West, is animated.

And Season 2 of Justified again finds the Honolulu-born actor firmly affixing a ten-gallon hat to his head as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, who dispenses bon-mots in a lazy Southern drawl as he rounds up baddies on the dusty back roads of Kentucky...

Based on the works of American crime novelist Elmore Leonard – in particular the short story “Fire in the Hole” – Justified is created and developed by Canadian Graham Yost (Band of Brothers), and finds Raylan (Olyphant) fully immersed in his home soil of Harlan County. Where Season 1 had Raylan rejecting his transfer from Miami (where he had shot a drug runner dead in broad daylight) to Harlan County and fighting rekindling relationships there, the sophomore 13 episodes have him embracing his roots … and his ex-wife, Winona (Natalie Zea).

As always, what drives Justified are the men and women Raylan and his fellow marshals chase down, which include Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins), the white supremacist with a penchant for blowing up African American churches, and who may or may not have become a good guy. No need to worry if Boyd has decided to walk the straight and narrow; a new villain has cropped up to wage war with Raylan in the form of Mags Bennett (Dexter’s Margo Martindale). Mags runs the local general store while her son is the sheriff. With dirty dealings in drugs and homemade hooch, Mags is Kentucky’s answer to Miami’s Tony Montana, putting her right in Raylan’s sights.



... “Elmore’s world is always less about good guys and bad guys as people who respect each other and who don’t,” Olyphant explains. “It comes down to who’s cool and who’s an asshole.”

... “It’s all cowboys and Indians when it comes down to it,” he says with a chuckle. “I get a great deal of fulfillment out of it. Every now and then you actually put on a cowboy hat and it kind of brings it all home. It’s always fun to (play) cops and robbers, and in this case it’s kind of more like cops and hillbillies.”

Justifed airs in the US on Wednesday at 10/9C on FX, and in Canada on Super Channel on Monday and 9pm ET.

Armageddon Convention Sydney Video: Bumper Cars with Sanctuary Cast

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Bumper Cars (Armageddon Convention Sydney)

Guests at the Armageddon Convention in Sydney (Sunday, February 27th, 2011) battling it out on the dodgem cars / bumper cars.

Guests include: Ryan Robbins, Colin Cunningham, David Hewlett, David Anders, Laura Vandervoort, Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline Mackenzie.

Amanda Tapping - Sanctuary - Space Channel Blog: Sanctuary Returns Apr 15 '11

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SPACE CHANNEL BLOG: Retreat to a Refuge of Adventure When Original SPACE Series SANCTUARY Returns, April 15

3/2/2011
by: Pix

Toronto, ON (March 2, 2011) – Dynamic characters and hair-raising special effects abound when SPACE unlocks the doors to the next installment of its #1 original series, SANCTUARY. Airing Fridays at 10 p.m. ET/PT beginning April 15, Season 3 of this multiple award-winning series plunges right back into the action for its final 10 episodes, with the lives of Dr. Magnus and her team hanging by a thread.

Following each episode at 11 p.m. ET/PT, hosts Teddy Wilson and Ajay Fry lead SPACE original series INNERSPACE at it delves deep into the making of SANCTUARY with in-depth analysis, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. SANCTUARY is also available on demand at www.spacecast.com immediately following the television premiere.

SANCTUARY follows the adventures of the enigmatic scientist Dr. Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping) who, with her team, shelters a clandestine population of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that most believe don’t even exist. Full of twists and turns, the first half of Season 3 raised the bar on excitement with gripping storylines and new characters. In the 3.5 premiere, the adventures pick up where the mid-season finale cliffhanger left-off, with the team at the mercy of the inimitable Ranna, played by Polly Walker (CAPRICA, ROME)

Shot extensively in front of a green screen, SANCTUARY was the first series to exclusively use the industry-changing RED® camera to enhance its awe-inspiring images and locales. Over the past two seasons, SANCTUARY has been nominated for more than 50 awards including a primetime Emmy® for “Outstanding Special Visual Effects in 2008.” It won a Gemini Award for “Best Visual Effects” in 2009 and is also the winner of 7 Leo Awards in 2010, including “Best Direction.”

SANCTUARY is a SPACE original production, shot in Vancouver. Rebecca DiPasquale is Manager of Development for SPACE. SANCTUARY was created by Damian Kindler (STARGATE SG-1, STARGATE ATLANTIS), executive produced by Damian Kindler, Amanda Tapping, Martin Wood with Andrea Gorfolova, Carrie Mudd and Keith Beedie. Sanctuary is produced by My Plastic Badger Productions and The Beedie Group, in association with Tricon Films and Television.

Being Human 3 (UK) - Total SciFi Online: Sinead Keenan Interview

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BEING HUMAN 3 (UK) - TOTAL SCIFI ONLINE: Sinead Keenan Interview

Wednesday 02 March 2011
by Paul Simpson

Sinead Keenan’s Nina begun her Being Human journey antagonistically inclined towards werewolf George – and became even more annoyed after he infected her with the werewolf curse. But in the third season of the BBC Three show, their relationship has become one of the core elements of the series, with Nina’s pregnancy one of the central storylines. Paul Simpson spoke to her on set as she filmed the final episodes...



... What was your reaction when you found out Nina was going to get pregnant?

Sinead Keenan: "I was delighted in one sense; in another, I thought, “Now what does that mean? Will I have the baby? Will it be a baby? Will it be a pup? Will it be normal? Will it not?”

We have to sort out whether the werewolf thing is like puberty: does it hit you when you’re 16, if you’re not scratched and all that malarkey? I knew there would be a lot of fun to be had. It’s been a lot of hard work, but mainly fun..."

Being Human airs on Sunday nights (BBC Three) in the UK, and in the US, on BBC America on Saturday at 9/8C.

Fairly Legal - USA Video: "Coming Home" Sneak Peek # 2 Airs Mar 3 '11

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FAIRLY LEGAL - USA VIDEO: "Coming Home" Sneak Peek # 2 Airs Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 10/9C

A big client of Reed & Reed's asks Kate to mediate a simple financial matter -- which quickly morphs into a case of identity theft before escalating to an immigration issue where Kate must defend a brave soldier against a rigid Homeland Security lawyer.

Guest stars include Peter MacNicol, Christina Vidal, Belita Moreno, Robert Moloney, and according to IMDB, Stargate's Richard Dean Anderson.

Nathan Fillion - Firefly - Science Channel Video: Promo

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FIREFLY - SCIENCE CHANNEL VIDEO: Promo

The crew of the spaceship Serenity form a ragtag group of "space cowboys" trying to make a living after an inter-planetary civil war left human civilization broken and scattered throughout the galaxy. Don't miss new episodes on Science Channel, premiering Sunday, March 6 at 8pm, with the rebroadcast of the Firefly two-hour pilot "Serenity."

Firefly cast includes Castle's Nathan Fillion, Angel's Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, V's Morena Baccarin, Chuck's Adam Baldwin, Stargate Atlantis' Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, The Cape's Summer Glau and Ron Glass.

Synopsis: Mal's efforts to sell a stash of ill-gotten Alliance materials is derailed by the raiding Reavers and a possible on-board mole in an episode that explains the origins of the Serenity's rag-tag crew.

Guest stars include Bonnie Bartlett, Mark Sheppard and Carlos Jacott.

At 10pm, Firefly's "The Train Job" airs.

Synopsis: “Buffy” creator Joss Whedon's space Western, about the intergalactic exploits of the transport ship Serenity and its shady crew. In the opener, Mal and Zoe get caught up in a botched cargo robbery, leaving Jayne (Adam Baldwin) to jockey for control of the ship.

Guest stars include Tom Towles, Andrew Bryniarski, Michael Fairman, Gregg Henry and Valerie Red-Horse.

Fairly Legal - USA Video: "Coming Home" Sneak Peek # 1 Airs Mar 3 '11

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FAIRLY LEGAL - USA VIDEO: "Coming Home" Sneak Peek # 1 Airs Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 10/9C

A big client of Reed & Reed's asks Kate to mediate a simple financial matter -- which quickly morphs into a case of identity theft before escalating to an immigration issue where Kate must defend a brave soldier against a rigid Homeland Security lawyer.

Guest stars include Peter MacNicol, Christina Vidal, Belita Moreno, Robert Moloney, and according to IMDB, Stargate's Richard Dean Anderson.

Being Human - TV Guide Magazine Video: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Mark Pellegrino Tell Their Secrets!

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BEING HUMAN - TV GUIDE MAGAZINE VIDEO: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Mark Pellegrino!

Being Human stars tell their secrets! Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Mark Pellegrino!

Being Human - Syfy Video: Being Human in :60 - I See Your True Colors...And That's Why I Hate You

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BEING HUMAN - SYFY VIDEO: Being Human in :60 - I See Your True Colors...And That's Why I Hate You

Watch a recap of what you missed in Episode 107 'I See Your True Colors...And That's Why I Hate You'.

Law & Order UK - What's On TV (UK): Bradley Walsh Interview

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WHAT'S ON TV (UK0: Ronnie's back in all new Law and Order UK

Mar 1, 2011

Bradley Walsh returns as DS Ronnie Brooks in an arresting new series of Law & Order UK...



Jamie Bamber and Bradley Walsh from Law & Order UK

... Ronnie loves to eat, is that a struggle for you to film?

"That can be a major problem! We were filming a scene where I'd have to eat a slice of an 18-inch pizza while walking and talking to Harriet Walter (DI Natalie Chandler) and Jamie Bamber (DS Matt Devlin). We did 15 takes! Later I worked out that over two hours I'd eaten about 4 full-size 18-inch pizzas! I couldn't eat for days afterwards!"

Series four of Law & Order UK stars Monday, 7 March at 9pm on ITV1.

Law & Order UK airs in the US on BBC America Friday at 9/8C (however, it appears to be season two in the US).

Timothy Olyphant - Justifed - MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Mar 2 '11

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Wednesday, March 2, 2011

... Justified

10:00 PM, FX

Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) is forced to hunt down Rachel's (Erica Tazel) brother-in-law after he makes a violent escape from a halfway house. Boyd (Walton Goggins) mulls over a dangerous offer in Harlan. Natalie Zea also stars in the new episode "For Blood or Money."

Fairly Legal - Film.com: What2Watch Thursday Mar 3 '11

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FILM.COM: What2Watch Thursday, March 3, 2011

by Charlie Toft, Feb 28, 2011

... Fairly Legal

Thursday: (USA, 10 p.m.):

Sarah Shahi was just a pretty face on The L Word, but did a wonderful job on the underappreciated Life and is helping keep this otherwise middling USA series afloat. This week, Kate (Shahi) gets involved in a case where a soldier has wound up in mushrooming trouble with Homeland Security.

Simon Baker - The Mentalist - TV Guide: Mega Buzz Mar 1 '11

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TV GUIDE: Mega Buzz: Kurt's New Directions Return, Grey's Calzona Drama & Blue Bloods' Abduction

Mar 1, 2011
by Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams

... So, what's the deal with Rigsby and Cho on The Mentalist? The writers kind of left us hanging after Cho perjured himself. — Evan


ADAM: Patience, Evan. No one, especially Cho, has forgotten the risk he took by lying to cover Rigsby's alibi. "Cho proved his baseline loyalty. And as much as he resented Rigsby getting him into that trouble, to a degree it has brought them closer," creator Bruno Heller tells us. But Heller says that all will change when Rigsby's "badass dad" blows into town later this season.

Riese: Kingdom Falling - Stage and Studio: Ryan Copple Audio Interview

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STAGE AND STUDIO: Riese: Kingdom Falling - Future of Web Series: Ryan Copple Audio Interview

Dmae Roberts explores the growing landscape of the web series via an actor, director and producer working on three different projects. Actor Harold Philips and Director Micki Selvitella, both theatre artists, will tell us what it’s like to work on web series in Portland. Then Ryan Copple, co-creator of SyFy.com’s Riese: Kingdom Falling will share his experiences working on one of the most successful web series that received 1.2 million streams in two months.

... Ryan Copple is a Vancouver, BC writer, editor and co-creator (with Kaleena Kiff) of the award-winning steam-punk digital series Riese narrated by Sanctuary and Stargate SG1 star Amanda Tapping.The series began as an indie online series and then was picked up for season 2 by the SyFy Channel to run online last fall. The series featured actors from many well-known television series. Riese was so successful that SyFy ordered an online web series from another indie producer called Mercury Men.

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Highlights from the show:

- It is now easier than ever before for artists to distribute their work. Anyone can upload videos to sites like YouTube or Vimeo.

- Web series are shot with small screens in mind. But that doesn’t mean skimping on quality. Ryan Copple and the rest of the team behind Riese say: “We never wanted to be good enough for the web. We just wanted to be good.”

- Artists need to get creative about funding, whether it’s through product placement or using a site like kickstarter.com, which allows artists to crowd-fund their projects.

- New media is interactive and multi-platformed. Before Riese was launched, the creators released an alternate-reality game that set up the story.

- One of the best things about the future of the web series: creative freedom. “Don’t be afraid to get your story out there,” Copple says, “That’s the beauty of the web, is you can just tell whatever you want to tell.”

Alex O'Loughlin - Hawaii Five-0 - TV Guide: Mega Buzz Mar 1 '11

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TV GUIDE - Mega Buzz: Kurt's New Directions Return, Grey's Calzona Drama & Blue Bloods' Abduction

Mar 1, 2011
by Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams

... When will we see Wo Fat on Hawaii Five-0 again? Will his story be resolved with the "champ box" mysteries? — Greg


ADAM: Wo Fat's connections to McGarrett's father will be brought up again in the next new episode (airing March 21), which also introduces Larisa Oleynik's new team member. "She brings some of that Wo Fat backstory to light and sheds new light on his character. She sort of reinvigorates McGarrett's interest," co-executive producer Paul Zbyszewski tells us. But I wouldn't expect to see all of Wo Fat's story wrapped up this year. "We see him more in terms of a series-long character, much like the original Five-0," he says.

Riese: Kingdom Falling - InnerSpace Video: Cast Interview

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INNERSPACE VIDEO: Riese: Kingdom Falling Cast Interview

The web series Riese goes online next week and in anticipation, we’re talking to the cast and crew behind the exciting new Steampunk series! Tune in to watch Patrick Gilmore, Christine Chatalain , Sharon Taylor, Alessandro Juliani and Kaleena Kiff.

Catch a teaser clip [at the link above - the video is NOT geo-coded], featuring Riese's Sharon Taylor, (Empress Amara on Riese) talks about the power of the internet and collaborative effort involved in working on a web series.

Timothy Olyphant - Justified - TV Guide: Mega Buzz Mar 1 '11

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TV GUIDE: Mega Buzz: Kurt's New Directions Return, Grey's Calzona Drama & Blue Bloods' Abduction

Mar 1, 2011
by Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams

... Justified is so good this season. What's coming up? — J. Baker


ADAM: Even though Boyd roughed up fellow miner Kyle at the end of last week's episode, the two will soon make peace — at least long enough to plan a robbery. As with most things Boyd gets involved in, the results are both explosive and deadly.

Riese: Kingdom Falling - Canada - March 7 Debut on SpaceChannel

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Rieselings! Beginning March 7th, we’ll be gathered around our computer screens watching Riese’s journey across Eleysia as Riese: Kingdom Falling makes its Canadian debut on www.spacecast.com.

How are you going to view the show? If you’ve got plans to attend a viewing party with friends and fellow fans, let us know! If you’re having a fan gathering, we can spread the word. Document the event – photos and blog posts, we’ll share it here.

Love Riese? Costumes, fanart, posters, viewing parties, wearing Riese merch (http://www.zazzle.ca/riesetheseries) – we want your photos and stories!

Spread the word to everyone around you – tune in to Riese: Kingdom Falling starting March 7th on www.spacecast.com – and share your excitement with us and fellow fans. Check back here for updates on what other fans are doing across Canada.

American fans – as the show is still available to see on www.syfy.com, never to late to have a fan party. Or maybe you already had one – we want your stories too!

David Boreanaz - Bones - Zap2It: Preview: "The Killer in the Crosshairs"

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ZAP2IT: 'Bones' preview: Booth and Brennan search for the sniper

By Mikey O'Connell
March 1, 2011

So much surveillance! When "Bones" returns from its mini-hiatus on Mar. 10, Booth (David Boreanaz) and Brennan (Emily Deschanel) return to their search for serial sniper Jacob Broadsky (Arnold Vosloo).

And from the looks of these photos from "The Killer in the Crosshairs," it looks like several stakeouts are involved, which, by our best estimates, would make Booth the Emilo Estevez and Brennan the Rosie O'Donnell. (Or maybe they're both Richard Dreyfus?)

... Episode synopsis: After Jacob Broadsky, the sniper who killed the Grave Digger, strikes again, Booth must rely on his military training to stop him before the sharpshooter hits his next target. Meanwhile, Angela's father, ZZ Top guitarist Billy F. Gibbons, wants to name her unborn child.

Guest stars include Ryan Cartwright and Andrew Patrick Ralston.

NEW episode airs Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 9/8C on FOX

Falling Skies - TNT Video: "Only Hope" Promo

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FALLING SKIES - TNT VIDEO: "Only Hope" Promo

Watch the Falling Skies on-air spot "Only Hope," then tune in this June for the premiere of the new series.



Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.

At the center of the series is Tom Mason (Noah Wyle), a Boston history professor whose family has been torn apart. His wife was killed in the initial attack, and one of his three sons has been captured. Determined to get his son back and to ensure the safety of his other two sons, Tom must put his extensive knowledge of military history to the test as one of the leaders of the resistance movement known as the 2nd Mass, because of their location in Boston, Mass. They are constantly trying to gain intelligence about the aliens in order to one day outsmart and overtake them and hopefully rebuild their lives.

Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) co-stars as Anne Glass, a pediatrician who works with the surviving children to help them cope with the traumatic upheaval in their lives. Will Patton (Armageddon, TNT's Into the West) plays a fierce leader of the resistance, Weaver. The series also stars Drew Roy (Secretariat) as Hal, Tom's oldest son and a growing fighter in the resistance movement; Maxim Knight (Brothers & Sisters) as Matt, Tom's youngest son; Connor Jessup (The Saddle Club) as Ben, Tom's son who was captured by aliens; and Seychelle Gabriel (Weeds) as Lourdes, an orphaned teenager who helps Anne in the group's makeshift medical clinic. Colin Cunningham (Living in Your Car) is John Pope, the leader of an outlaw motorcycle gang and Sarah Carter (Shark) is Margaret, a wary survivor of Pope's gang.

FALLING SKIES focuses on the resilience of the survivors and their determination to maintain their humanity when all else has been destroyed. It is a tale of endurance, commitment and courage in which everyday people are called upon to become heroes. They may be outmatched, outnumbered and outgunned, but nothing can beat the human spirit. Most of all, the series is about the ties that bind people together in the most difficult of circumstances.

The aliens in the series are mighty, mysterious and merciless. They are highly intelligent and use military-like tactics, which makes them an overwhelming force against the 2nd Mass. There are two types of aliens that the human survivors have named Skitters and Mechs. Combining live action and special visual effects, the Skitters have spider-like bodies and incredible strength and agility. The deadly, robotic Mechs stand upright and can shoot bullets from their arms. The aliens control captured children, like Tom's son Ben, through bio-mechanical harnesses but have yet to reveal their ultimate plan for them.

FALLING SKIES is executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, along with DreamWorks Television heads Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank, Graham Yost (Justified, The Pacific) and screenwriter Robert Rodat. Rodat, who earned an Oscar® nomination for his screenplay for Saving Private Ryan, wrote the pilot from an idea he co-conceived with Spielberg. Mark Verheiden (Heroes, Battlestar Galactica) and Greg Beeman (Heroes, Smallville) are co-executive producers. The pilot was directed by Carl Franklin (One False Move, Out of Time).

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