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Exclusive Interview: Visual FX Supervisor John Dykstra talks X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Blu-ray and STAR WARS

By A.C. FERRANTE 09/09/2011
January Jones and Kevin Bacon in X MEN FIRST CLASS | ©2011 20th Century Fox

At a press event this week on the 20th Century lot, the studio previewed the special features on their new X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Blu-ray release which hits stores today. Set in the 1960s, FIRST CLASS focuses on the friendship between Professor Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr aka Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and the formation of the X-Men. After the event, ASSIGNMENT X was granted an exclusive interview with that movie’s visual effects designer John Dykstra to chat about re-inventing the X-MEN movie franchise and which character didn’t quite make the cut this time out. Plus, he gave his thoughts on […]Read On »


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Exclusive: Set visit to new comedic web series HUSBANDS – Part 1

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Cheeks and Sean Hemeon in HUSBANDS

In a pleasant one-story house on a quiet street in North Hollywood, two handsome young men walk down a hallway, have a friendly argument, then get into bed together. Then they do it again, and again. This is because this is a scene from HUSBANDS, the first known Marriage Equality sitcom for the Web. Produced and written by Jane Espenson, who also financed, and Brad Bell, HUSBANDS is the story of what can happen when marriage equality has passed in the U.S. at the federal level. All over the country, same-sex couples now have the same rights as opposite-sex pairs. […]Read On »


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TV Review: TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY – “The Gathering” – Review #2

By SEAN ELLIOTT
Alexa Havins, John Barrowman, and Eve Myles in TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY | ©2011 BBC Worldwide Limited

Stars: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Mekhi Phifer, Alexa Havins, Kai Owen, Bill Pullman, Lauren Ambrose, Arlene Tur, Jonathan Spencer, Frederick Koehler, Jason Brooks, Tom Price, Marc Vann, William Thomas, Ciera Payton, G. Lane Hillman, Lena Kaur, Liz Jenkins, Ernie Hudson Writer: John Fey Director:  Guy Ferland Network: Starz, airs Friday nights Original Telecast: September 2, 2011 It’s been an interesting ride for the BBC Worldwide and Starz co-production of TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY, and as we head into the home stretch with the ninth (of ten) episode “The Gathering” some things get explained and still more questions are raised. First off […]Read On »


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TV Review: TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY – “The Gathering” – Review #1

By ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG 09/08/2011
Lauren Ambrose in TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY | ©2011 BBC Worldwide Limited

Stars: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Mekhi Phifer, Alexa Havins, Kai Owen, Bill Pullman, Lauren Ambrose, Sharon Morgan, William Thomas, Marina Benedict, John De Lancie, Paul James, Teddy Sears, Frances Fisher Writer: John Fay Director:  Guy Ferland Network: Starz, airs Friday nights Original Telecast: September 2, 2011 In the ninth episode of the all-new BBC/Starz co-production of TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY, “The Gathering,” the Torchwood team finds itself making an unlikely and uneasy alliance with Oswald Danes (Bill Pullman) as they begin to piece together the truth behind the Families and the Blessing. A mission to two locations on opposite sides of […]Read On »


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TV Review: DOCTOR WHO – Series 6 – “Night Terrors” – Review #2

By SEAN ELLIOTT
Jamie Oram in DOCTOR WHO - Series 6 - Episode 9 | ©2011 BBC

Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Daniel Mays, Jamie Oram, Emma Cunniffe, Andrew Tiernan, Leila Hoffman, Sophie Cosson Writer: Mark Gatiss Director:  Richard Clark Network: BBC America, airs Saturday nights Original Telecast: September 3, 2011 Well, after last week’s episode where DOCTOR WHO returned from hiatus with a great big whopping River Song story, this week was a bit different and a bit more intimate. In “Night Terrors” the Doctor (Matt Smith) and his companions are summoned to a child’s bedroom via a message on the psychic paper asking them to stop the monsters from getting him. What ensues […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Yes, DEADPOOL will still happen with Ryan Reynolds in the lead

By A.C. FERRANTE 09/07/2011
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool in X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE | ©2009 20th Century Fox

While speaking about the new X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Blu-ray and DVD hitting stores this Friday, September 9, ASSIGNMENT X spoke with producer Lauren Shuler-Donner about the franchise (click here for the full interview) and the status of THE WOLVERINE sequel (click here). We also asked her about the status of the DEADPOOL spin-off film set to star Ryan Reynolds who just came off another superhero film THE GREEN LANTERN this summer. Although brief, here’s what she had to say. ASSIGNMENT X: Is DEADPOOL still happening? LAUREN SHULER-DONNER: Yes. AX: And it’s still with Ryan Reynolds. SHULER-DONNER: Yes, with Ryan Reynolds. […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: The current scoop on THE WOLVERINE sequel starring Hugh Jackman

By A.C. FERRANTE
Hugh Jackman in X MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE | ©2009 20th Century Fox

While speaking about the new X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Blu-ray hitting stores this Friday, September 9, ASSIGNMENT X spoke with producer Lauren Shuler-Donner about the franchise (click here for the full interview) and the status of the DEADPOOL movie (click here). We also asked her about the status of WOLVERINE 2 aka THE WOLVERINE to be directed by James Mangold. The talk was brief, but here’s what she had to say. ASSIGNMENT X: What’s the status of the new WOLVERINE movie? LAUREN SHULER-DONNER: We’re still working on that and moving forward. AX: Will it be the Japan storyline? SHULER-DONNER: Yes it […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS sequel and Blu-ray talk from producer Lauren Shuler-Donner

By A.C. FERRANTE
X-MEN-FIRST CLASS Blu-ray | ©2011 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

At a press event on the 20th Century Fox lot today, producer Lauren Shuler-Donner presided over a presentation of all the special features to be found on the new X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Blu-ray hitting stories this Friday, September 9. The bonus content includes the expected deleted and extended scenes and making-of featurettes on making the prequel/reboot to the X-MEN franchise. Additionally, the Blu-ray also includes 10 free digital X-MEN comic books and an interactive feature that takes you inside the mutant tracker system Cerebro. ASSIGNMENT X had the opportunity to briefly speak with Shuler-Donner after the presentation in this exclusive […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: RESCUE ME co-creator Peter Tolan talks about the end of the series

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
John Scurti, Denis Leary and Lorenz Tate in RESCUE ME - Season 7 | ©2011 FX/Jeffrey Niera

All kinds of things happen at the Television Critics Association semi-annual press tour. However, RESCUE ME’s Peter Tolan, who co-created and executive produces the series with its star Denis Leary, did something on the panel for the show’s final season that even the oldest TCA hands said had never occurred before. RESCUE ME, for its seven seasons on FX, has dealt with the aftermath of 9/11 and its effect on the surviving firefighters of a NYFD unit, particularly Leary’s character Tommy Gavin. At the panel, Tolan hints at what may or may not happen in the RESCUE ME series finale, […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Ron Perlman on SONS OF ANARCHY – Season 4

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Ron Perlman in SONS OF ANARCHY - Season 4 | ©2011 FX | James Minchin III

SONS OF ANARCHY, writer/producer Kurt Sutter’s drama about the family dynamics and power struggles of the SAMCRO motorcycle gang in the fictional small town of Charming, California, just roared back for its fourth season. While SONS OF ANARCHY has a lot of external pressures on SAMCRO, much of the conflict comes between Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam), son of the late former leader of the gang, and his stepfather/current gang leader Clarence “Clay” Morrow, played by Ron Perlman. At the end of Season Three, Clay, Jax and most of the rest of the gang drew a fourteen-month prison stretch. Season Four […]Read On »


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