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So the second day of WonderCon 2013 was pretty busy with plenty of panels to attend. I was able to take in the following panels on Saturday:

Living the Vikings – A salute to the ongoing History Channel mini-series that featured cast members Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick and George Blagden;

Falling Skies – A panel covering the upcoming season three of the TNT alien invasion series that saw cast members Drew Roy, Sarah Carter and Seychelle Gabriel take the stage along with series executive producer Remi Aubuchon;

TV Guide Magazine’s Salute to Fan Favorite Showrunners – This panel saw the likes of Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries), Steven Molaro (The Big Bang Theory), Glen Mazarra (The Walking Dead), Remi Aubuchon (Falling Skies), Jeff Davis (Teen Wolf) and Greg Plageman (Person of Interest) all hit the stage to talk about their shows;

Spotlight on Jason Palmer – The renowned artist was given a special salute where he talked about how he got into drawing, ending up as a licensed artist for the likes of Firefly, Serenity, Star Wars and Castle; and,

Under the Dome – A sneak peek at the upcoming CBS summer series based on the Stephen King novel of the same day that included appearances by cast members Rachelle Lefevre and Dean Norris.

Then, earlier today I had the chance to attend panels for the upcoming Joss Whedon film Much Ado About Nothing that will feature among its cast actors like Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion, Sean Maher, Tom Lenk and Fran Kranz (among many others) as well as a panel for the hit CW series Arrow that saw Stephen Amell, Paul Blackthore, Willa Holland and Colin Donnell on stage with executive producer Marc Guggenheim.

All in all it was yet another great convention; and I will be providing further coverage soon both here and at NiceGirlsTV. I hope you will all stop by to read the articles when they are posted.

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Hannibal

On April 4, the new NBC thriller Hannibal will debut at 10 PM.

The series is a contemporary take on the characters from Thomas Harris’ Red Dragon novel that focuses on the fledgling relationship between FBI agent Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and his mentor Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen).

The cast includes Laurence Fishburne and Caroline Dhavernas.

Here is a trailer for Hannibal.

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TV

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

5 PM:
The Help movie on Showtime 2

5:30 PM:
The Wizard of Oz (classic) movie on Cartoon Network

5:45 PM:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone movie on Cinemax

6 PM:
How to Train Your Dragon movie on FX
The Bible mini-series on History Channel
Hope Springs movie on Starz

7 PM:
Game of Thrones on HBO 2 (Reair)
NCIS on USA Network
The Lion King (animated) movie on ABC Family
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited on BBC America (Special – Reair)
Love’s Everlasting Courage movie on Hallmark
Top of the Lake movie on Sundance (Reair)

7:15 PM:
Braveheart movie on IFC

7:55 PM:
Game of Thrones on HBO 2 (Reair)

8 PM:
Once Upon a Time on ABC (NEW)
Call the Midwife mini-series on PBS (Season Premiere)
The Bible mini-series on History Channel (NEW – 2 Hour Conclusion)
Banshee on More Max (Reair)
NCIS on USA Network
The House Bunny movie on Comedy Central
A Bug’s Life (animated) movie on Disney
Top of the Lake movie on Sundance (Reair)
Casino Royale movie on Syfy
The Bourne Ultimatum movie on TNT

9 PM:
Revenge on ABC (NEW)
Game of Thrones on HBO (Season Premiere)
Army Wives on Lifetime (NEW)
Mr. Selfridge mini-series on PBS (DEBUT)
Banshee on More Max (Reair)
NCIS on USA Network
Beauty and the Beast (animated) movie on ABC Family
Top of the Lake movie on Sundance (Reair)
Love Comes Softly movie on Hallmark

10 PM:
Vikings Mini-Series on History Channel (NEW)
Game of Thrones on HBO (Season Premiere Encore)
NCIS on USA Network
Bend It Like Beckham movie on Sundance

10:01 PM:
Red Widow on ABC (NEW)

Enjoy!

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TV Ratings

Here are the ratings for the Friday night dramas:

8 PM Show:
Nikita (The CW) [NEW] – 1.3 million

9 PM Shows:
Grimm (NBC) [NEW] – 4.8 million
Touch (FOX) [NEW] – 2.4 million
Cult (The CW) [NEW] – 610,000 viewers

What did you watch last night? Please share.

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TV Ratings

Here are the ratings for the Thursday night dramas:

8 PM Show:
The Vampire Diaries (The CW) [NEW] – 2.4 million

9 PM Shows:
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) [NEW] – 8.3 million
Beauty And the Beast (The CW) [NEW] – 1.6 million

10 PM Show:
Scandal (ABC) [NEW] – 8.1 million

What did you watch last night? Please share.

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Spies of Warsaw

The BBC America 2-part mini-series Spies of Warsaw will debut on April 3 at 9 PM.

French and German intelligence operatives are locked in a life-and-death struggle in the espionage arena. At the French embassy, a decorated war hero of the 1914 war, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier (David Tennant from Doctor Who), is sucked into a world of abduction, betrayal and international intrigue from the diplomatic salons to the back alleys of Warsaw. Mercier simultaneously finds himself in a passionate love affair with Anna (Janet Montgomery from Made in Jersey), a Parisian lawyer for the League of Nations. Their complicated love affair intensifies as German tanks drive through the Black Forest.

NOTE: The second part of this mini-series will air on April 10.

Here is a trailer for Spies of Warsaw.

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Yesterday was the first day of WonderCon 2013 and the day went pretty well, all things considered. I arrived at the Marriott Hotel in Anaheim around 10 AM; being able to get checked into my hotel room early, then heading over to the convention center for registration.

That process was pretty painless (thank God!) and I entered the exhibit hall shortly after the doors opened, getting to “hit” up my favorite photograph vendors and coming away with over a dozen new pictures to add to my burgeoning collection as well as buying a new Castle-themed t-shirt and a Firefly-themed hoodie from my favorite artist, the one and only Jason Palmer.

Later that day I had the chance to sit in on the Beauty And the Beast panel, featuring series lead Kristin Kreuk and executive producer Kelly Souders. That panel started out with a special screening of half of the next new episode of the series that is set to air on April 18 (the series is currently on a three-week break). All I can say is that it is a heart-pumping episode that no viewer will want to miss; and the panel – while a bit short because of the tight scheduling inherent with the convention – was filled with what the ladies could share about the show and some behind the scenes tidbits.

The night finished off with a two-hour screening event of the return episode of the current season of Doctor Who, which features series lead Matt Smith and the Doctor’s new companion Clara, as played by actress Jenna-Louise Coleman as well as the debut episode of the new BBC America series Orphan Black.

While we were asked not to reveal too much about either episode since they will both air tonight, the new Doctor Who episode received nearly a full-room standing ovation while most of the audience who remained for the late-night screening of Orphan Black were clamoring for more.

All in all it was a great start to this year’s fete and there will be even more coming today, including panels for the A&E mini-series Vikings, the popular alien invasion TNT series Falling Skies, a salute to the NBC series Revolution, an advanced look at this summer’s CBS series Under the Dome (based on the Stephen King novel), a TV Guide salute to Fan Favorite Showrunners, a spotlight on artist Jason Palmer and much, much more.

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Rogue

On April 3, the DirecTV drama Rogue will debut at 9 PM.

Thandie Newton stars as a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective who is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s mysterious death.

Kavan Smith (Stargate SG-1) and Marton Csokas (The Bourne Supremacy) also stars.

Here is a trailer for Rogue.

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TV

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

6:45 PM:
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows movie on HBO 2

6:50 PM:
The Notebook movie on Starz

7 PM:
X-Men: First Class movie on HBO Family
The Mummy movie on TNT

7:05 PM:
Mulan (animated) movie on ABC Family

8 PM:
Doctor Who on BBC America (RETURN)
Grimm on NBC (Reair)
Banshee on More Max (Reair)
How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days movie on Bravo
Iron Man 2 movie on FX
The Bible mini-series on History Channel (Reair)
Dirty Dancing movie on VH1

9 PM:
Orphan Black on BBC America (DEBUT)
Elementary on CBS (Reair)
The Following on FOX (Reair)
Chicago Fire on NBC (Reair)
Banshee on More Max
The Lion King (animated) movie on ABC Family
Puppy Love movie on Hallmark
Hope Springs movie on Starz

9:30 PM:
Real Steel movie on Showtime
The Mummy movie on TNT

10 PM:
Game of Thrones on HBO2 (Reair)
Banshee on More Max (Reair)
Psych on ION
The Bible mini-series on History Channel (Reair)

Enjoy!

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Based on information provided by the Dark Horizons website and internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in April:

To The Wonder
Opens: April

A romantic drama centered on an American man who reconnects with a woman from his hometown after his relationship with a European woman falls apart. The European woman later returns, but finally leaves again. The cast includes Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem and Olga Kurylenko.

The Company You Keep
Opens: April 5

Redford plays a former Weather Underground militant, who is now living as an attorney that has been wanted by the FBI for over three decades. When his identity is inadvertently exposed, he must flee and abandon his young daughter. Thrown into the mix is numerous other subplots including an ambitious newspaper reporter (Shia LaBeouf) and his FBI agent ex-girlfriend (Anna Kendrick), a profiling college professor (Richard Jenkins), an old flame who can help clear his name (Julie Christie) and the now grown up lovechild of that affair (Brit Marling). The cast also includes Terrence Howard, Susan Sarandon, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Elliott, Nick Nolte and Stanley Tucci

Trance
Opens: April 5

James McAvoy plays a fine art auctioneer named Simon who works for an underworld boss called Franck (Vincent Cassel). They plot the theft of a Goya masterpiece from a major public auction; but when Simon double-crosses the gang during the robbery, Franck knocks him unconscious. In the aftermath, Simon claims the injury has left him with no memory as to where he stashed the artwork. Franck is forced to enlist a charismatic hypnotherapist (Rosario Dawson) in a bid to get Simon to talk. As they journey into Simon’s psyche the boundaries between reality and suggestion begin to blur.

42
Opens: April 12

The film chronicles the life story of Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford). The film also stars Christopher Meloni, John C. McGinley, Alan Tudyk and Brett Cullen.

Oblivion
Opens: April 19

The film stars Tom Cruise as Jack Harper, one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on an Earth that has been left a wasteland after decades of war. Patrolling the skies, everything changes when he rescues a female stranger from a downed spacecraft – a rescue that triggers a chain of events that force him to question everything he knows. The cast includes Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko and Andrea Riseborough.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Opens: April 24

This adaptation of the Mohsin Hamid best-selling novel, the film tells the story of young Pakistani man named Changez (Riz Ahmed), who is chasing corporate success on Wall Street in the late 1990s. After the events of 9/11, he experiences a major change in his own attitude and eventually abandons his American life. The film co-stars Kate Hudson, Live Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland and Martin Donovan.

At Any Price
Opens: April 26

This film takes a look at a multiple-generation farming business families in heartland Iowa with Dennis Quaid playing an ambitious farmer who wants to expand his empire, but becomes caught up in the genetically modified foods debate with a rival company. Zac Efron stars as his rebellious son who is much more keen on becoming a race car driver and escaping his small town life. The cast includes Heather Graham, Clancy Brown and Kim Dickens.

Filly Brown
Opens: April 26

This film is an inspiring and gritty portrait of a young artist striving to find her voice and seize her dreams without compromise. The cast includes Gina Rodriguez, Jenni Rivera, Emilio Rivera, Lou Diamond Phillips and Edward James Olmos.

Mud
Opens: April 26

The film stars Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland as Ellis and Neckbone, two young boys living on the Mississippi who encounter a drifter with a sordid past played by Matthew McConaughey.

The Big Wedding
Opens: April 26

This comedy is about a long-divorced couple (Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton) who fake still being married when their family unites for the wedding of their adopted son (Ben Barnes). It seems the son’s fiancé (Amanda Seyfried) has invited the young man’s ultra-religious birth mother along, a woman vehemently opposed to the idea of divorce. The cast includes Robin Williams and Katherine Heigl.

Movies coming out in May will be posted at the end of April.

Enjoy!

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