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The online series Dating Rules from My Future Self from Alloy Entertainment – the company behind such shows as Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars and The Vampire Diaries – has returned to Facebook with a new cast of characters and story.

What would you say if your ten-years-older self called to chew you out? In chapter one of Dating Rules From My Future Self: Season Two, Candice Accola (The Vampire Diaries) comes FaceTime to FaceTime with her older, wiser, and really pissed off future as Chloe Cunningham. Co-stars include Lindsay Kraft, Toby Meuli and Leah Rachel (who is also the writer of the second season) with guest star Reid Ewing. Season one star Shiri Appleby (Roswell and Life Unexpected) and Candice serve as producers.

Here is the first episode entitled “Time 2 Get ur Sh#t Together“.

The next episode should be available at Facebook on Tuesday, August 7.

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Do you love watching TV? Do you enjoy good family drama? Would you want to help make television history with a new kind of story for TV?

Well, now is your chance! My friend Chris Lilly is working on pre-production for a pilot script called “Just Us Guys” that he wrote and plans to produce independently. But, like so many small projects he needs financial backing to make it broadcast quality.

Just Us Guys” is about a gay father (Scott) who has a best friend relationship with his straight son (Max). But this isn’t a coming out story or an adoption story. This is a wholesome dramedy about a family. Scott and Max are both comic book geeks. They are very much into pop culture and are a lot of fun to be around. Though in his early 30s, Scott is a big kid while Max is more of the adult in the relationship. As Chris shared, “a story like this has never been told on television before, but you have the chance to help me make television history”.

His budget goal is $40,000 so that he can hire professionals with access to high quality equipment.

If you would like to support this new project, you can donate any amount you wish by visiting “Just Us Guys” at Indiegogo. Once there you will see that there are incentives for the level of donations you make. Every penny counts!

You can also “like” “Just Us Guys” on Facebook and follow them on Twitter to help spread the word.

Production on “Just Us Guys” is tentatively planned for November.

Again, any support you can provide would be much appreciated.

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

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Opens: August 3

The oh-so-wimpy Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) gets himself into more mischief when he spends the summer working at a country club. The cast includes Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris and Devon Bostick.

Soldiers of Fortune
Opens: August 3

Captain Craig McKenzie (Christian Slater), a former US special forces soldier, is hired to protect a group of millionaires who want to experience firsthand the kicks and thrills of war. However, the mission goes horribly wrong and the men get a lot more than they bargained for. The film also stars Sean Bean, Dominic Monaghan, Ving Rhames and James Cromwell

Total Recall
Opens: August 3

This is a remake of the 1990 film starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Biel and Bill Nighy.

Hope Springs
Opens: August 10

Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) is a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couple’s specialist (Steve Carell) in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy.

The Bourne Legacy
Opens: August 10

The fourth film in the franchise will focus on a fellow estranged assassin (Jeremy Renner). The cast includes Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz, Joan Allen and Albert Finney.

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Opens: August 15

This film is an inspiring, magical story about a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who can’t wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy (CJ Adams) shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim–and their small town of Stanleyville–learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life’s greatest gifts. The cast includes Ron Livingston, Dianne Wiest and Rosemarie DeWitt.

Cosmopolis
Opens: August 17

The film follows a single cataclysmic day in the life of Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson), a 28-year-old financial whiz kid and billionaire asset manager as he heads out in his tricked-out stretch limo to get a haircut from his father’s old barber, while remotely wagering his company’s massive fortune on a bet against the Chinese Yuan. Co-stars include Samantha Morton, Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Jay Baruchel and Kevin Durand.

ParaNorman
Opens: August 17

This 3D stop-motion comedy thriller focuses on a small town that comes under siege by zombies. The voices will be provided by Kodi Smit-McPhee, Casey Affleck, Tempsett Bledsoe, Jodelle Ferland and John Goodman (among others).

Sparkle
Opens: August 17

Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (the late Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with music manager, Stix (Derek Luke) while dealing with the unexpected challenges her new life will bring as she and her two sisters (Carmen Ejogo and Tika Sumpter) strive to become a dynamic singing group during the Motown-era.

The Expendables 2
Opens: August 17

Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren),Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) — with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard — are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. Cast includes Jean Claude Van Damme and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Hit and Run
Opens: August 24

This film is about Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a nice guy with a questionable past who risks everything when he busts out of the witness protection program to deliver his fiancée (Kristen Bell) to Los Angeles to seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Their road trip grows awkwardly complicated, when they are chased by the feds (led by Tom Arnold) and increasingly dangerous, when Charlie’s former pals, a band of gangsters (led by Bradley Cooper), enter the fray. Co-stars include Beau Bridges and Kristin Chenoweth.

Premium Rush
Opens: August 24

A crooked cop (Michael Shannon) pursues a New York City bike messenger (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) carrying a dubious package. The cast includes Jamie Chung, Aaron Tveit, Dania Ramirez and Lauren Ashley Carter.

The Apparition
Opens: August 24

When frightening events start to occur in their home, young couple Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural (Tom Felton), but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force.

Lawless
Opens: August 29

This film is the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. The loyalty of three brothers (Tom Hardy, Shia LeBeouf and Jason Clarke) is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation’s most notorious crime wave. The cast includes Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce and Jessica Chastain.

7500
Opens: August 31

This film focuses on a group of passengers who encounter what appears to be a supernatural force while on a transpacific flight. The cast includes Ryan Kwanten, Leslie Bibb and Christian Serratos.

The Good Doctor
Opens: August 31

Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom) is a British medical student who has come to the United States to begin a residency at a hospital in Southern California. Blake is handsome and charming, but beneath the surface he’s an arrogant man who longs to wield power over others. He doesn’t fare well with his first few patients, and is on shaky ground with his superiors when he begins treating Diane (Riley Keough), a beautiful teenage girl with a kidney infection. Diane is clearly taken with Blake’s good looks and they enjoy one another’s company, while his superiors are impressed with the care he’s taken with her. But Blake doesn’t want Diane released too quickly, and begins adjusting her medication to that her infection will take longer to clear up. Jimmy (Michael Pena), an orderly, notices what Blake is doing, and threatens to expose him unless he wants — a steady supply of pharmaceuticals. The cast includes Rob Morrow, Taraji P. Henson, J.K. Simmons and Troy Garity.

The Possession
Opens: August 31

Shortly after her parents (Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick) divorce, a young girl purchases an ornate antique box at a yard sale. In the weeks that follow, the young girl forms an intense fixation on the box, her behavior growing increasingly bizarre as she falls into the grip of a diabolical apparition. When the girl’s father discovers that the relic is in fact a holding cell for the disconnected soul of a deceased person who has been denied entry into the afterlife and needs a human host to inhabit, he fights to rid her of the evil that threatens to consume her body and soul. The cast includes Natasha Calis, Madison Davenport and Grant Show.

The Tall Man
Opens: August 31

In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace – abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a mysterious entity known locally as “The Tall Man.” Town nurse Julia Denning (Jessica Biel) seems skeptical until her young David disappears in the middle of night. Frantic to rescue the boy, Julia lives every parent’s darkest nightmare. Co-stars include Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis and Samantha Ferris.

Movies coming out in September will be posted at the end of August

Enjoy!

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Once Upon a Time Cast and Creators: Emilie de Ravin, Meghan Ory, Lana Parilla, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas, Jennifer Morrison, Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis (Photo by Rueben)

Last weekend at Comic Con 2012 cast members from the new ABC fairytale drama Once Upon a Time, including Ginnifer Goodwin (Snow White/Mary Margaret), Jennifer Morrison (Emma Swan), Lana Parilla (The Evil Queen/Regina Mills), Josh Dallas (Prince Charming/David), Meghan Ory (Red Riding Hood/Ruby) and Emilie de Ravin (Belle) as well as Executive Producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz participated in a panel to talk about TV’s highest rated new series of the year. They also gave a few sneak peeks into what to expect for season two.

The panel was opened with a teaser trailer that featured all the place cards from each episode of season one. The place cards are the visuals played at the start of each episode that gave an insight into what character was going to be the focus of each episode in addition to some place cards for episodes that will air in season two.

A short amount of time later a hysterical “commercial clip” was presented that featured many of the cast members recording dating videos for the fictional dating site “Singlebrooke”. This video had the audience in stitches watching Mary Margaret, David, Emma, the Sheriff and even Regina and Leroy aka Grumpy (among others) recorded their dating videos, sharing what kind of person each of them is looking for in a relationship. It was truly priceless and written by staff writer Jane Espenson.

Among the items that were shared for what to anticipate this fall included:

•  The chance of “seeing Jack and the Beanstalk”;
•  It will be revealed who Dr. Whale (David Anders) really is in the fairytale world;
•  The audience will meet Emma’s foster parents;
•  Henry’s father will be revealed (and it should be noted that Jennifer knows who Henry’s father is while the rest of the cast does not); and,
•  Now that the residents of Storybrooke know who they really are, their real world names won’t go away, but the producers wouldn’t elaborate more.

Once Upon a Time

During the audience Q&A, the cast members and producers were asked what their favorite fairytale was growing up:

•  Eddy – Peter Pan
•  Adam and Ginnifer – Snow White
•  Jennifer – Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland
•  Josh – Pinocchio
•  Lara – Hansel and Gretel
•  Meghan – Little Mermaid and Peter Pan
•  Emilie – Pippy Longstocking

And, at the very end of the panel a sneak peek clip of an episode from season two was featured, showing someone breaking into Mr. Gold’s pawn shop who turns out to be Captain Hook.

REVISED:
Once Upon a Time will return to ABC for its second season on September 30 at 8 PM.

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Last weekend during Comic Con 2012 TV writer and series creator Bryan Fuller, the man behind Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies participated in panel dedicated to his two new projects that are upcoming on NBC: Hannibal and Mockingbird Lane, his reboot of the classic 60’s B&W comedy The Munsters.

The panel started out with a 4-minute sneak peek at the pilot episode of Mockingbird Lane, that will star Jerry O’Connell (Crossing Jordan and The Defenders) as Herman Munster, Portia de Rossi (Ally McBeal and Arrested Development) as Lily Munster, Eddie Izzard (The Riches) as Grandpa, Charity Wakefield (TV’s Sense and Sensibility) as cousin Marilyn and introducing newcomer Mason Cook (Spy Kids: All the Time in the World) as Eddie Munster.

It should be noted that, according to Bryan himself, Mockingbird Lane “is not your father’s Munsters” and I can confirm that this version is definitely nothing like the comedy. Bryan went on to share that he is “not afraid of reboots or reimaginations, just bad ones”. He also explained that NBC is really behind this remake even though the show has yet to be officially picked up to series, but has received an order for additional scripts. The network has put a lot of support behind the show, which will be reflected in the production value. Bryan explained that the costumes (especially those worn by Portia) are immaculate; that the cast are taking their roles seriously, veering away from the full-on comedy from the original series without losing any humor to lighten the mood and that among the ‘creatures’ who will pay visits to the Munsters will include The Invisible Man and The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Film director Bryan Singer (the man behind The X-Men franchise) directed the pilot of Mockingbird Lane, that there are plans to bring some of the Pushing Daisies creative team over to Mockingbird Lane once it receives a series order and that original The Munsters actor Butch Patrick, who made the introduction at the Comic Con 2012 panel, will be featured in the new version.

Moving over to Hannibal, which is expected to air on NBC sometime next year, will star Hugh Dancy (The Big C) will star as Detective Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen (Clash of the Titans) as the legendary Dr. Hannibal Lechter.

The goal behind this version of the well-known novels by Thomas Harris is, according to Bryan Fuller, to cover “stuff in the books that never made it to the screen”. He shared that the plan is for season 1 to be the ‘bromance’ stage between Will and Hannibal; season 2 will be the horrible break-up. In fact, he has seven seasons planned out with season 4 to focus on the novel ‘Red Dragon’.

Much like Mockingbird Lane, Bryan will be bringing over some of his creative team from Pushing Daisies, including Jesse Alexander (Lost, Heroes and Alias), who will work as an Executive Producer. It should also be noted that film director David Slade (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Hard Candy) directed the pilot episode of Hannibal, which Bryan calls an “elegant horror movie on television”.

Again, Hannibal is expected to air on NBC sometime next year while Mockingbird Lane is waiting on a pick-up order; but Bryan Fuller certainly seems positive in the support from NBC.

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Jay Ryan, Kristin Kreuk and Brian Peterson (Executive Producer) from Beauty and the Beast (Photo by Rueben)

Last week at Comic Con 2012, I had the chance to participate in the panel dedicated to the new Beauty and the Beast that will debut on The CW this fall.

This new version stars Kristin Kreuk (Smallville) and Jay Ryan (Terra Nova) as the title characters – Catherine Chandler and Vincent Keller. Their co-stars will include Austin Basis (Life Unexpected) as Vincent’s best friend and confidante J.T., Nina Lisandrello (Nurse Jackie) as Catherine’s partner Tess [they are police detectives] and Brian White (Men of a Certain Age) as Joe (a fellow cop).

The panel started out with a screening of the debut episode – in fact, we were told we were the first audience to see the full pilot – and I have to say that I enjoyed the episode. It has similar elements of the original 80’s classic series for which it is based while mixing more modern elements related to updating Vincent’s background and the people in their lives.

I won’t spoil the aspects of Vincent’s beast-side because, according to executive producers Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders (of Smallville fame) and co-creators/writers Sherri Copper and Jennifer Levin (of Brothers & Sisters fame), that is still a work in progress; but I want to believe they will keep improving that aspect of who Vincent becomes; but be aware that he is not a lion-creature like Ron Perlman’s version in the 80’s TV series. Fans of the original classic should also be happy to know that three of the original creators of the 80’s version are on the staff too.

Beauty and the Beast

During the audience Q&A, Kristin was asked by a fan if she might be able to get any of her Smallville co-stars to make an appearance on the show; and while she nor the creative team weren’t opposed to that idea, she really couldn’t speak on whether that could happen or not.

Jay was then asked about the physical stunts involved in playing Vincent, and he shared that he actually went back to the 80’s TV series for research; but the opposite is the case for Kristin who decided not to watch Linda Hamilton in the original series and draw from the script for her inspiration.

The reboot of Beauty and the Beast will debut on The CW on October 11. Mark your calendars!

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Tomorrow night (July 16) the science fiction television series Eureka will air its series finale on Syfy, bringing to an end a popular show after five fantastic seasons. Given that the end is so near, it only seemed right to pay a special tribute to the show that changed the face of television for the better.

Back on July 18, 2006 Eureka debuted, telling the story about a fictional town in Oregon inhabited almost entirely by geniuses and scientists. That is until U.S. Marshal Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson) walked into town with his, at the time, juvenile delinquent daughter Zoe (Jordan Hinson) after an accident sidelined them near the border of this mysterious town.

It was only a short time later, due to a faulty experiment, that Jack found himself chosen to take over the role of Sheriff of Eureka and five seasons of crazy, weird experiments, accidents and mayhem has taken place all with Jack at the center. And while it took a little longer, his daughter Zoe eventually became a happy part of the community, developing her love of school and studies, becoming a well-rounded young adult with an early invitation to Harvard Medical School.

The central point of the show is Global Dynamics, the huge advanced research facility where nearly all of the residents of Eureka work. GD, as it is known in the world of Eureka, is responsible for the development of nearly all major technological breakthroughs in the last 50 years.

Among the staff at Global Dynamics includes the following:

Dr. Allison Blake (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), a Department of Defense agent who was the liaison between Eureka and the Federal Government who later became Director of Global Dynamics; she is also the mother of Kevin, an autistic youth whose father died when he was still a baby;

Dr. Nathan Stark (Ed Quinn), who was married then divorced and almost remarried to Allison; he was also one of the top scientist’s at GD; but while trying to save the world from a time paradox on the day of their wedding, he sacrificed himself [and shortly thereafter Allison learned she was pregnant and became the mother of their daughter, Jenna];

Dr. Henry Deacon (Joe Morton) is the jack-of-all-trades in Eureka; he was a brilliant multi-disciplined scientist and the town mechanic too; he later became the mayor of Eureka and while he was married to Kim, a fellow scientist at GD, who unfortunately died, he later “married” Dr. Grace Monroe (Tembi Locke) after the time leap that was experienced by the core cast of characters during Season 4;

Dr. Douglas Fargo (Neil Grayston) was a junior, accident-prone scientist who eventually became the head of Global Dynamics thanks to the unexpected time leap that altered his life and those of the main cast in Season 4; he made quite a transformation after that leap into a capable leader and found love with fellow scientist Dr. Holly Marten (Felicia Day);

Zane Donovan (Niall Matter), a rebellious genius, who came to Eureka as an alternative to imprisonment [he was arrested for fraud for causing the New York Stock Exchange to crash] and eventually became a valuable member of the GD staff, working as head of Sector Five;

Josephina “Jo” Lupo (Erica Cerra) a former Navy Seal who was the Deputy of Eureka, working – at first begrudgingly – alongside Jack Carter, but eventually became Jack’s best friend; after the aforementioned time leap, she became Head of Security at GD and after some rocky times, developed a solid relationship with Zane.

Among some of the other key players who have been featured over the past five seasons in the town of Eureka, either working at Global Dynamics or for the town itself were:

Deputy Andy (Ty Olsson and later Kavan Smith) was a robotic law enforcement unit created by Global Dynamics “who” was originally tapped to replace Carter as Sheriff, but instead remained as Deputy, taking over for Jo when she was promoted to her GD position;

SARAH (voiced by Neil Grayston) is actually an artificial intelligence that runs Carter’s house; her “personality” was built on top of an old military project and reportedly was based on a war games simulator; later SARAH was restored to normal operations and began a “relationship” of sorts with Deputy Andy;

Dr. Trevor Grant aka Dr. Charles Grant (James Callis) was an assistant to Albert Einstein in the 1940s and worked on the military base that preceded the town of Eureka; he not so inadvertently made the time leap with the key players during Season 4, taking on a new name and working as a scientific historian as a cover for his being in the new version of Eureka where the key players landed;

Dr. Beverly Barlowe (Debrah Farentino) was the town psychiatrist, who secretly worked for a mysterious organization known as “the Consortium” and has been the on-again, off-again villain over the course of the series, meeting with Dr. Grant, who worked with her late father, and convincing him to work with her toward a still-uncertain goal;

Dr. Jim Taggart (Matt Frewer) was an eccentric animal expert and worked in geophysics; he became one of Jack’s best friends and even, albeit briefly, dated Deputy Jo Lupo;

Vincent (Chris Gauthier) was the owner of Café Diem but also has a Ph.D. in Molecular Gastronomy; he is essentially the eyes and ears of the town of Eureka; and,

Kevin Black (Meshach Peters and later Trevor Jackson) was Allison’s son who was an autistic savant in the original timeline of the show, but after the key players returned from their unexpected time leap he is no longer autistic but rather an off-the-charts genius.

The first season consisted of 12 episodes, the second season had 13 episodes and season three contained 18 episodes. Season four had 21 episodes while season five will consist of a total of 13 episodes, bringing the grand total of the full episodes of Eureka to 75. The four previous seasons are all on DVD with the final season set to be available on DVD shortly after the series finale airs.

Eureka was created by Andrew Cosby and Jaime Paglia and has been produced by Universal Media Studios.

Once again, the series finale of Eureka will air tomorrow night on Syfy at 9/8c. Make sure you don’t miss out on what will assuredly be a grand ending to a fun-tastic series that will be greatly missed.

NOTE: This article was originally posted at NiceGirlsTV here.

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The U.K. hit series Misfits will have its American debut on the cable channel Logo on July 19 at 10 PM.

When a group of law-breaking twentysomethings are suddenly vested with supernatural powers during a freak electrical storm, their already out-of-control lives are plunged into even deeper chaos. The rough and rebellious clan includes characters Nathan Young (Robert Sheehan), Simon Bellamy (Iwan Rheon), Curtis Donovan (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett), Kelly Bailey (Lauren Socha) and Alisha Bailey (Antonia Thomas).

Here is a trailer for Misfits.

NOTE: This trailer is not for the faint of heart; but give the show a chance.

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On July 15, the six-episode mini-series Political Animals will start on USA Network at 10 PM.

Elaine Barrish (Sigourney Weaver), a former First Lady and current Secretary of State, finds herself recently divorced, and must deal with State Department issues while trying to keep her family together.

The cast includes Carla Gugino, Ciaran Hinds, James Wolk, Sebastian Stan, Ellen Burstyn and Brittany Ishibashi.

Adrian Pasdar and Dylan Baker will have recurring roles.

Here is an extended trailer, that includes behind the scenes clips for Political Animals.

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Are you going to be at Comic Con next week? Do you want to help out a worthy cause? Well, you can see some really cool panels and support an important charity by hitting up the panels scheduled by the folks at the Nerd Machine via the Second Annual Nerd HQ that will be held simultaneously alongside Comic Con.

Here is the sneak peek at this year’s line-up.

Tickets for these Conversations with a Cause will go on sale tomorrow July 6 at 9 AM (Pacific Time).

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