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On the set with FINAL DESTINATION 5 producer Craig Perry – Part 1

Emma Bell in FINAL DESTINATION 5 | ©2011 Warner Bros.

It’s an overcast day in Vancouver, Canada as ASSIGNMENT X visits the set of FINAL DESTINATION 5 – the latest chapter in the successful horror franchise that seems to top itself each time out (the film opens nationwide on Friday). The December Vancouver haze, certainly adds to the flavor of visiting the set which this time uses a suspension bridge as the catalyst for Death to start picking off victims one by one. The plot mechanisms are key to each FINAL DESTINATION films (the first one was an airplane crash, the second a freeway pile-up, the third a roller coaster […]Read On »


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TV Review: TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY – “The Categories of Life” – Review #1

Arlene Tur in TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY | ©2011 BBC Worldwide Limited

Stars: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Mekhi Phifer, Alexa Havins, Lauren Ambrose, Kai Owen, Bill Pullman, Arlene Tur, Marc Vann, Olivia Hallinan, Tom Price, Randa Walker, Teddy Sears, Sharon Morgan, William Thomas, Bradley Bell Writer: Jane Espenson Director:  Guy Ferland Network: Starz, airs Friday nights Original Telecast: August 5, 2011 In the fifth episode of the all-new BBC/Starz co-production of TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY, “The Categories of Life,” the pace flags but the story grows much darker as the world adjusts to a new kind of humanity. The Torchwood team launches a risky infiltration of one of the overflow camps, uncovering a […]Read On »


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TV Review: TEEN WOLF – Season 1 – “Formality”

Tyler Hoechlin and Jill Wagner in TEEN WOLF - Season 1 - "Formality" | ©2011 MTV

Stars: Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed, Dylan O’Brien, Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden, Colton Haynes, Linden Ashby, JR Bourne Writer: Monica Macer Director: Russell Mulcahy Network: MTV, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: August 8, 2011 The problem with having 12 episodes to tell a complex story is that some times 12 episodes isn’t enough. Ironically, there are many shows that have short seasons, some even shorter (eight and ten), that have no idea how to make those episodes count (even padding them with episodes that literally stop the story cold). Thankfully, that isn’t the case with TEEN WOLF – a series that’s […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: TEEN WOLF star Tyler Posey is an American werewolf on MTV

Tyler Posey in TEEN WOLF - Season 1 | ©2011 MTV

MTV’s TEEN WOLF, airing Mondays at 10 PM, is a much more dangerous, sexy and scary take on its subject matter than its title (borrowed from an 1980s Michael J. Fox vehicle) might suggest. Tyler Posey plays Scott McCall, a small-town high school student whose life is turned upside-down in ways both wonderful and terrifying when he is bitten by a strange creature and subsequently becomes a werewolf, with all the strength, heightened senses and moon-influenced bloodlust that comes with the curse. TEEN WOLF has become extremely popular in its first season and is already renewed for a second. Part […]Read On »


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TV Review: FALLING SKIES – Season 1 Finale – “Mutiny”/”Eight Hours”

Connor Jessup and Noah Wyle in FALLING SKIES - Season 1 - "Eight Hours" | ©2011 TNT/Ken Woroner

Stars: Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Will Patton, Drew Roy, Maxim Knight, Connor Jessup, Sechelle Gabriel, Mpho Koaho, Peter Shinkoda, Colin Cunningham and Sarah Carter Writers: Joe Weisberg (“Mutiny”)/Mark Verheiden (“Eight Hours”) Directors: Holly Dale (“Mutiny”)/Greg Beeman (“Eight Hours”)August 7, 2011 After a strong start, a soft middle and a very cool homestretch, FALLING SKIES has proven to be the thinking man’s science-fiction TV series. It’s more about the strategy of combat and little victories and less about full-out weekly alien/human war. After all, the series began AFTER the aliens had already wiped out most of earth with only a small […]Read On »


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TCA 2011 News: ABC Family’s THE LYING GAME will be loosely adapted from the Sara Shepard novels

Alexandra Chando plays twins in THE LYING GAME | ©2011 ABC Family/Colleen Hayes

With ABC Family finding success with PRETTY LITTLE LIARS based on the young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the network is now adapting THE LYING GAME to series from the Shepard novels as well about twins (both played by Alexandra Chando ) who discover the other exists and decide to swap lives temporarily with disastrous (and mysterious) results. Like LIARS, THE LYING GAME will follow its own path in order to sustain itself as a TV series, and at today’s Television Critics Association press session for the show, executive producer Charles Pratt, Jr. spoke about the adaptation. “If you’ve read the […]Read On »


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TCA 2011 News: THE CHEW producer talks about replacing ABC’s daytime soaps ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE

Carla Hall, Mario Batali, Michael Symon, Daphne Oz, Clinton Kelly host THE CHEW - Season 1 } ©2011 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Soap fans were obviously upset that ABC cancelled their long-running daytime soaps ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE, and that’s extended to the promise of boycotting the reality shows replacing them on ABC’s daytime schedule. Executive producer Gordon Elliott of THE CHEW, a new food talk show (think THE VIEW with food) that will air in that soap time slot, addressed this concern to the press today during a Television Critics Association session. “We hope that [soap fans] will enjoy our show,” says Elliott who was thrilled to hear ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE will […]Read On »


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TCA 2011 News: New CHARLIE’S ANGELS reboot for ABC will be “more grounded” and the “love child” of Jack Bauer and Carrie Bradshaw

Rachael Taylor, Minka Kelly, Annie Ilonzeh in CHARLIE'S ANGELS - Season 1 | ©2011 ABC/Nathan Bell

At today’s Television Critics Association session for the new ABC reboot of CHARLIE’S ANGELS, executive producers Al Gough and Myles Millar spoke about what makes this version different from the 1970s series and the successful feature films. “We wanted to make these women feel real,” says Gough. “When you launch a TV series, the success comes in following characters that make you want to come back to each week.” Having rebooted the Superman franchise with SMALLVILLE, Gough and Myles are also no strangers to fan expectations and the key ingredients in rebooting a franchise for a whole new generation. “We […]Read On »


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TCA 2011 News: PAN AM producer/director talk about how the 1960s set series is nothing like MAD MEN

Christina Ricci in PAN AM - Season 1 | ©2011 ABC/Patrick Harbron

With NBC debuting the 1960s set THE PLAYBOY CLUB this fall and ABC airing the 1960s set PAN AM (a serialized drama about the legendary international airline), questions have arisen whether or not these series would not have made it on the air without the success of the AMC period drama MAD MEN. While at today’s Television Critics Association session for the new ABC series PAN AM, executive producer  and director Thomas Schlamme says a good show has nothing to do with its setting. “Television is execution, and not the time period it takes place in,” says Schlamme. “All I […]Read On »


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TCA 2011 News: DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES creator Marc Cherry talks about the eighth and final season of the hit ABC series

Eva Longoria in DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - Season 7 - "And Lots of Security ..."/"Come on Over for Dinner" | ©2011 ABC/Danny Feld

With ABC just announcing that DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES will be ending after its forthcoming Eighth and final season, creator and executive producer Marc Cherry spoke today at the Television Critics Association today about how that decision came about. “I think the only thing harder in creating a hit show is when to end it – especially when you have one of the most amazing casts in the history of television,” says Cherry. “Because I have been working in TV for 23 years, I’m also very aware of people overstaying their welcome [especially] shows that have gone on too long, drifted away […]Read On »


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