Hero, villain? Recognize the busy masked starlet?
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:28:07 +0000Allison Mack has been surrounded by so many costumed costars on Smallville, who could blame her for wanting to slip into a cool disguise? She’s joined the second season of Riese, a sci-fi/fantasy web series so impressive it may soon find a home on television. The story involves a kingdom overthrown by a shadowy, terrifying [...]
Out of the blue! Five CW showstopping surprises
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:35:45 +0000If you enjoy a healthy dose of shock-and-awe while watching television, you sure weren’t disappointed in the past few evenings of CW dramatics. Let’s take a whirlwind review: The Vampire Diaries: The captivating 1864 flashback episode revealed that Anna (Jeremy’s new stalker girlfriend) was a vampire child back when her mother, Pearl, and Katherine were supposedly [...]
Smallville movie blends two eras of superheroes
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:25:57 +0000You don’t need to be a comic connoisseur to realize the significance of this Friday’s world premiere movie event, Smallville: Absolute Justice. Executive Producer Brian Peterson calls the two-hour superhero-fest “one of the seminal episodes of the series” which now spans nine years and 185 stories. Over the last two seasons in particular, the drama [...]
They’re back! Thrilled to see these stars return?
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:45:24 +0000The list of long-departed characters heading back to their CW series continues to grow, and each new announcement brings more excitement than the last. Which star are you most anxious to see? Bess Armstrong: It’s been more than five years since we’ve heard from “Lydia James,” mother of Haley, Taylor and Quinn on One Tree Hill. The [...]
Big-screen for Smallville hero and Bayside kids?
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:21:20 +0000Nostalgia and superheroes appear to be fertile fodder for Hollywood studios in search of their next breakout film. Now comes word via Pajiba that two projects with ties to WBNX are on the production assembly line. Saved by the Bell debuted two decades ago, introducing tweens to Zack, Slater, Screech and a cache of Bayside [...]
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Xander Berkeley has been added to the cast of CW action pilot Nikita as the assassin-in-training's unscrupulous leader. The actor has decades of TV and film credits, but perhaps is best known as the former CTU boss on 24.
Award-winning Broadway actress Kathleen Chalfant will play the crotchety grandmother of Sean Faris' love interest in The CW's drama pilot, Wyoming. The 65-year-old Tony nominee has been featured on Rescue Me and The Guardian.
Is The Justice Society returning to Smallville? Speaking at a Comic-Con in Seattle this past week, Geoff Johns said the heroes do appear at the end of this season. And, incidentally, the awesome 2-hour Absolute Justice movie will air again on a special night, Thursday, May 20.
Pestilence is coming to Supernatural. Matt Frewer will portray the Horseman who creates and spreads disease, beginning in episode 20. Matt burst onto TV screens in 1987 as the title character of groundbreaking sci-fi series Max Headroom.
Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) is in talks to produce and star in a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 psychological thriller, Suspicion. Joan Fontaine, 92, won an Oscar for her role and has been estranged from sister Olivia de Havilland, 93, a fellow nominee, ever since.








