Hey All,
Happy over the hump day folks! How is your week progressing so far? Getting excited for the weekend? I bet you all are. In the meantime, here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Human Target is being moved yet again. The premiere will now air on November 17 at 8 PM. This move changes the show from Friday nights to Wednesday nights AND bumps the show back over a month from being aired (it was to be back on October 1). (The Futon Critic)
As announced yesterday afternoon, Fox has pulled the plug on Lone Star after two low-rated episodes. Reruns of Lie to Me will fill the show’s Monday-9 pm time slot beginning next week. (Spoiler TV)
Rachel Nichols (Alias) has been cast in a multiple-episode arc on Criminal Minds, where she will play FBI cadet Ashley Seager. She is slated to appear in three episodes. (Deadline and Televisionary)
Izabella Miko (Coyote Ugly) will appear in a five-episode arc on the upcoming midseason NBC superhero drama The Cape. (Deadline and Televisionary)
Catherine Dent (The Shield) will appear in at least two episodes of NCIS. She will play Whitney Sharp, a former NCIS agent who shares a past with Ducky. Both of these episodes will air during November sweeps. (Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly)
MADE-FOR-TV MOVIES
The Hallmark Channel movie The Santa Incident will debut on December 7 at 8 PM. The movie stars Ione Skye (Private Practice and Say Anything) and Greg Germann (Ally McBeal) [among others] in a movie about Homeland Security’s Asymmetrical Threats Division has unknowingly targeted Santa Claus for piloting an unidentified aircraft and flouting national sovereignty. Before fully identifying the target, their agent Ross fires a heat-seeking missile into Father Christmas’ dash wings. His reindeer rocked, his jingle bells jangled, Santa crashes to Earth, where he is rescued by a couple of kids and nursed back to health by their mom Joanna (Skye). Erickson (Germann) and Cunningham, a pair of bumbling secret agents have also homed in on Santa’s position, and they are determined to make Kris Kringle pay for their looking bad in a prior botched anti-alien interdiction. (The Futon Critic)
DVD RELEASE
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men and Angel) will star as the father of Amanda Seyfried’s character in the sci-fi box office movie formerly known as I’m.mortal. The story is set in a society where people engineered to stop ageing at 25-years-old and time has become the currency of the realm. The wealthy are practically immortal while the majority of the populous struggles to bank what extra time they can. Justin Timberlake plays a ghetto rebel wrongly accused of murder who is forced to go into hiding with a beautiful and rich hostage (Seyfried). They soon begin a steamy romance. (Variety and Dark Horizons)
Tobey Maguire is set to both produce and star in Good People, which is based on the book by Marcus Sakey, which follows a Chicago couple who come across $400,000 and do whatever they can to try and keep it. (Production Weekly and Dark Horizons)
Jared Harris (Mad Men) [and son of the late Richard Harris] will appear as Professor Moriarty in the sequel to Sherlock Holmes. (Latino Review and First Showing)
Rachel Bilson (The O.C.) has joined the cast of the romantic comedy BFF and Baby starring alongside Krysten Ritter and Kate Bosworth. The story is about two best friends who fight to maintain normalcy in their lives after one of them (Ritter) gets pregnant and has a baby. Ritter wrote the script. (Variety and First Showing)
BOX OFFICE TRAILER
Must Watch: Second Full Trailer for Universal’s Sci-Fi Skyline
Q&A SECTION (with the TV Gurus from TV Guide)
Question: What’s this I hear about Brennan solving her own murder on Bones? — Maggie
ADAM: Well, Brennan obviously isn’t the corpse, but her resemblance to the victim is uncanny. Executive producer Stephen Nathan says the experience will be educational for Bones. “Brennan gets to look at herself objectively, which is something she’s never really been able to do,” he says. “She sees herself in a new light, and that obviously will change her character to a certain extent.”
Question: So many answers on The Event this week! I can’t help but think they’re pulling a fast one on us. Have any scoop? — Martin
MICKEY: Go with your gut. We’ll soon find out that at least one of the most fundamental parts of The Event’s narrative is a big fat lie. Further, Sophia won’t tolerate any leaks, even if people have to die to protect her secrets.
Question: What else can you tell me about Katee Sackhoff’s role on CSI? — Andrew
ADAM: She’s a tough, stubborn woman, and that initially puts her at odds with George Eads’ Nick Stokes. But she slowly wins him over. “She plays her character with a lot of bravado, which is something I think Nick really likes to be around,” Eads tells us. Do we see sparks? “For Nick to have a relationship with anyone on the show, the genesis of it has to be mutual respect,” Eads says, noting that the length of Sackhoff’s arc has yet to be finalized. For his part, Eads is ready for something serious: “I would like to see her again.”
Question: Poor Artie! Will he find another love on Glee? —Amalia
MICKEY: I wouldn’t call it love exactly, but on an upcoming episode, Artie will make a connection with a Cheerio that will make him feel special for a short while.
Question: Help! I can’t tell if the werewolves are the good guys or the bad guys on The Vampire Diaries. — Cory
MICKEY: I can’t either, but perhaps a new addition to the cast will clarify everyone else’s relative goodness. He’s a man of few words who allows his piercing eyes to do the talking for him. I’m hearing him compared to the Haitian on Heroes, which means those peepers are probably good for more than just lookin’.
Question: I really enjoyed the Brothers & Sisters premiere. Is this really the last season? — Katie
ADAM: Despite a reduced episode order and some significant cast exits, executive producer David Marshall Grant isn’t planning on going anywhere. “I’ve approached the show as if it’s going to go on and on. I take my cue from the studio and the network, and they’ve given me no indication — not even a hint or a heads-up — that [cancellation is] a possibility,” he says. “If and when I hear different, I will adjust and make sure that we take these Walkers off the air in the style that they deserve. But I have heard nothing to suggest that I should be planning for that.”
Question: I know it’s a ways off, but can you give me any V scoop? — Kara
MICKEY: A major female character will lose her head in an early episode — which is to say, she’ll be beheaded. I only mention the violent act because it will be as revealing as it is fatal.
That’s it. Enjoy!
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