Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Syfy made a big announcement yesterday, regarding their development plans for potential new shows, with my bringing details on the Charlaine Harris book series about Harper Connelly that will be called Grave Sight as well as the adaptation of the Stephen King novel Eyes of the Dragon. Those two projects will be topped off by the following projects:
• Rewind, which revolves around a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter events and change the future — and avoid a devastating terrorist attack.
• The Adjustment Bureau, based on the hit movie starring Matt Damon, is about guardian angel-type agents working to keep the world according to The Plan: they create everything from plane crashes to coffee spills in order to steer people to realize their true destiny. But there is one thing the operatives and their Chairman can’t control — free will.
• High Moon, based on the novel, The Lotus Caves, by John Christopher, the project explores a world where the countries of Earth have established colonies to mine the Moon’s resources, but when a new life form is discovered, chaos erupts as various factions race to uncover its powerful secrets.
• Untitled Booster Gold Project, based on the best-selling DC Entertainment Comic, this project tells the story of a washed-up athlete from the future who travels back to the present in hopes of becoming the greatest superhero of all time; but instead of chasing criminals, his main priority is chasing fame and money. Booster Gold discovers that being a hero takes more than just a megawatt smile.
• Seeing Things, based on the comic Grey Legion, will look at what happens after a cop meets his violent demise, returning as a ghost to close his last case. But the only person who can help him is a socially awkward man who is realizing for the first time that his hallucinations may not be all in his head.
• Defender, which is about the aftermath of an intergalactic war between humans and transhumans. The starship Defender, populated by a combustible mix of former enemies, is sent on a seemingly simple goodwill mission, which turns into a fight for their lives and for the safety of the Universe at large.
• The Family, which about an alien family who, for generations, has hid amongst humans in plain sight using their advanced intellect to carve out a life for themselves as their family grew. But when the family patriarch that kept peace amongst the factions dies, a war begins to brew with some members believing the time has come to reveal themselves, and their superior power, to the inferior human race.
• Darkfall is when, without warning, modern forms of power and technology become a thing of the past, Los Angeles, and the world at large, becomes a place where magic rules and life as we know it is turned upside down.
• One Mile Straight Down is about what happens when a powerful earthquake hits California and opens up a chasm bigger than the Grand Canyon, revealing an enormous hidden ocean lying deep beneath the earth’s crust. Billionaire adventurer James Exeter works with the government to take an advanced nuclear submarine down to explore it and discovers more than he ever could have imagined.
Q&A SECTION (with Natalie Abrams and Adam Bryant at TV Guide and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
Question: Is it too early to ask for Homeland scoop? — Devon
ADAM: Never! Even though Carrie was booted from the CIA by David Estes at the end of Season 1, I hear she’ll be travelling overseas on a special mission — with Estes’ approval — when the new season, which reportedly takes place six months later, begins. And speaking of Estes: One of Brody’s first assignments from Abu Nazir requires him to break into a safe in his office!
Question: Is there more than one death in The Secret Circle finale? — Billy
NATALIE: We’ll let executive producer Andrew Miller take this one. “There’s for sure one death and maybe more,” he teases. “The deaths will weigh incredibly heavily. The fate that befalls another character will weigh almost equally heavy in terms of the fans.” Ha, we got him to say deaths, plural. Stock up on tissues, people!
Question: Is Rebekah really dead on The Vampire Diaries? — Rachel
NATALIE: Not exactly. Now that Esther has the white oak dagger from Alaric’s alter ego, she’ll leave Rebekah’s body and return to her own. But Esther isn’t done with Alaric yet. In Thursday’s episode, she’ll reveal that she needs something from both Alaric and Elena to carry out her plan of eliminating her family. And what Esther wants, Esther will get.
Question: Any scoop on Drop Dead Diva? —Anadi
Ausiello: When the Lifetime series returns this June, Jane will be relaxing in Italy, and she won’t be alone! “She’s with Owen,” leading lady Brooke Elliott told us at the GLAAD Media Awards. “It’s going to be a really exciting season. It’s got a lot of, ‘I love you, you love me, but I love him.’” Does that mean there’s still a chance for Grayson, who was last seen rushing to the airport after Stacy told him it’s really Jane he wants? “Grayson starts to turn his eye toward [her],” teases Elliott. “That’s going to be fun because Jane doesn’t know it. It’s going to be a little bit of a reversal of wanting the other one. … He thinks that Jane could be Deb, but you’ll have to see what happens with that. There’s a flip-flop there.” Plus, the actress dropped this surprise on us: “There’s a proposal coming up.”
Question: Can I have a Vampire Diaries spoiler on Caroline and Klaus? —Elizabeth
Ausiello: Our gal is going to be seriously conflicted when it comes a certain Original. “Caroline doesn’t understand what draws her to Klaus [just like] any young woman who is seduced by and charmed by and intrigued by a dangerous man,” says EP Julie Plec. “There’s a lot of things that she can’t really explain about herself and her connection to him.” But there is one thing that she knows for certain. “She’s made her loyalty to Tyler and her love for Tyler very clear and will continue to have to do that.” However, that might not be enough to reassure her hybrid boyfriend, who’s “jealous and pissed off” about her new sorta-relationship with his sire. “[Tyler will] deal with that in the next episode, realizing that, ‘Hey, I sort of brought this on myself by leaving and leaving the opening for this guy to come in and move in on my girl,’” previews Plec. “Unfortunately, there’s still the question remaining: Was he able to effectively break that sire bond, or is he in for a rude awakening? You’ll definitely see that play out over the next couple [of episodes].”
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actresses Heather Graham and Carrie-Anne Moss as well as actors Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna will star in the independent film called Compulsion where Moss will play an embittered former child star while Graham plays her neighbor, a chef who dreams of hosting a Food Channel show. They are both fearless, only the chef fears nothing in life while her neighbor fears nothing about death. There are no details on the characters to be played by Dillon and Mantegna at this time. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas and actor Tom Hollander have joined the cast of the upcoming film called The Invisible Woman, which will be directed by Ralph Fiennes. This film will be an adaptation of the Claire Tomalin biography about Nelly Ternan, a woman who had a decade-long affair with author Charles Dickens. Fiennes will also star as Dickens with Felicity Jones portraying Ternan. It is unknown at this time what roles Thomas or Hollander will play, however. (Brian Gallagher at Movie Web)
BOX OFFICE MOVIE TRAILER
Tom Hardy & Shia LaBeouf in First Trailer for Crime Drama ‘Lawless’
That’s it. Enjoy!
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