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Comic-Con 2011: DOCTOR WHO stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan give the scoop on the rest of Series 6

Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, and Alex Kingston in DOCTOR WHO - Series 6 - Episode 7 | ©2011 BBC

During the press event for DOCTOR WHO at the San Diego Comic Con 2011, stars of the show Matt Smith and Karen Gillan were surprisingly open about some of the plot lines in store for the fans in the second half of the sixth series. Here’s what the dynamic duo had to say about it (warning! spoilers ahead): Both stars are very excited about the first episode of the second half of Series 6,“Let’s Kill Hitler.” “I think it’s my favorite title of the season so far,” Smith says. “Alex Kingston is on fine fiddle through the episode. She is […]Read On »


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TV Review: FUTURAMA – Season 6B – “Yo Leela Leela”

Leela from FUTURAMA | Futurama TM and ©2011 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved

Stars (voices): Billy West, Katey Sagal, John Di Maggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche Writer: Eric Rogers Director: Frank Marino Network: Comedy Central, airs Thursdays @ 10 PM Original Telecast: July 21, 2011 FUTURAMA had a shot at bringing the funny back this week and just didn’t pull the trigger as this week’s episode, “Yo Leela Leela,” featured an easy target but went the PC route instead. The episode concerns Leela (voiced by Katey Sagal) visiting the Cookieville Orphanarium where she was raised. The orphans want a better story told to them than Leela’s life, so she goes off and writes […]Read On »


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TV Review: TRUE BLOOD – Season 4 – “Me and the Devil”

Anna Paquin and Alexander Skarsgard in TRUE BLOOD - Season 4 - "Me and the Devil" | ©2011 HBO/John P. Johnson

Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Joe Manganiello, Carrie Preston, Deborah Ann Woll, Jim Parrack, Kristin Bauer Von Straten, Todd Lowe, Kevin Alejandro, Fiona Shaw, Lindsay Pulsipher, Marshall Allman, Jessica Tuck, Dale Raoul, Janina Gavander, Courtney Ford, Allan Hyde,  Adina Porter Writer: Mark Hodis, based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels Director: Daniel Minahan Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Airdate: July 24, 2011 While last week’s episode of TRUE BLOOD felt every so slightly disjointed, as though it was (pardon the expression) vamping for time, “Me and the […]Read On »


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TV Review: TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY – “Dead of Night” – Review #1

Alexa Havins in TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY - "Dead of Night" | ©2011 BBC Worldwide Limited

Stars: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Mekhi Phifer, Alexa Havins, Lauren Ambrose, Kai Owen, Bill Pullman, Arlene Tur, Wayne Knight Writer: Jane Espenson Director:  Billy Gierhart Network: Starz, airs Friday nights Original Telecast: July 22, 2011 In the third episode of the all-new BBC/Starz co-production of TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY, “Dead of Night,” the Torchwood veterans Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) join forces with CIA agents Rex Matheson (Mekhi Phifer) and Esther Drummond (Alexa Havins) after Matheson’s attempted rendition of Jack and Gwen goes horribly awry. On the run from their own agency, Matheson and Drummond have […]Read On »


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Comic-Con 2011 News: Mark Hamill will CHUCK’s new Big Bad in Season 5

Mark Hamill at the Los Angeles Premiere of THE FIGHTER | © 2010 Sue Schneider

As CHUCK enters its fifth and final season on NBC (airing Friday nights in the fall), news just came out of Comic-Con today that Mark Hamill will be playing a villain in the season premiere. While speaking with Zachary Levi who plays Chuck Bartowski in the press room today, he was very excited about this news. “Mark Hamill on the show – hells to the yes,” says Levi. Levi goes on to add that he loves the guest stars on CHUCK and says they always bring something new to the mix. “The actors who know the show and appreciate think […]Read On »


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Comic-Con 2011 News: CHUCK secrets revealed for Season 5

Yvonne Strahovski and Zachary Levi in CHUCK - Season 4 - "Vs. The Cliffhanger" | ©2011 NBC/Mike Ansell

Yes, Season 5 will sadly be the last season of NBC’s series CHUCK (which moves to Friday nights in the fall. It stars Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez and Adam Baldwin, and at Comic-Con 2011 today, while speaking to the press, the stars and creators spoke about the comedy spy series that always seems to evade eternal cancellation by NBC. For co-creator Chris Fedak, the ending is bittersweet, but they have a lot of ammo so the season will end with a big bang even as the show makes some major changes including having Chuck now owning the Buy […]Read On »


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Comic-Con 2011 News: Spider-Man will not be a part of any future THE AVENGERS movies according to producer Avi Arad

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3 | ©2011 Marvel Comics

This one is a kind of a no-brainer, but for anyone wondering if the Spider-Man character would ever appear in a future THE AVENGERS team-up movie, don’t hold your breath. First of all, even though Marvel (and now Disney) owns the character, it’s currently licensed to Sony Pictures, which makes it harder to extract him for a movie at another studio. However, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN producer Avi Arad at a press event during Comic-Con 2011 says there’s another reason for not putting him a big movie like that either. “There’s the team-ups [in the comics] that keep the publishing going, […]Read On »


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Comic-Con 2011 News: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN star Andrew Garfield was given Tobey Maguire’s blessing when he took over the role

Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man in SPIDER-MAN 4 | ©2010 Sony/Marvel/photo by John Schwartzman

While at today’s 2011 Comic Con in San Diego, Andrew Garfield spoke to the press about finally taking over the role of Peter Parker aka Spider-man in the new reboot THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. Having been a big fan since he was a kid, he loved the chance to be the poster boy for all skinny kids around the world who wish they could transform into a crime-fighting super hero. “I like the idea of a skinny kid beating up bad guys,” says Garfield. “It’s a dream of mine and what a way to do it so you can give other […]Read On »


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Comic-Con 2011 News: The scoop on THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN reboot

Andrew Garfield is Spider-Man in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN | ©2011 Sony Pictures/Marvel

With THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN rebooting the film franchise with new Peter Parker Andrew Garfield and new director Marc Webb, at today’s 2011 Comic-Con press event producer Avi Arad discussed why they went the reboot route as opposed to a fourth chapter in the Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire incarnation of the franchise. “Most of you are aware we started on the way to do another movie, but our director [Raimi] and cast and us realized there wasn’t enough newness,” says Arad. “There was not a new story to tell. As we started to discuss this movie and what we wanted to make, […]Read On »


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SDCC 2011 News: Justin Timberlake is IN TIME with new science-fiction film at Comic-Con

Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried | ©2011 20th Century Fox

With Justin Timberlake purposely putting his own successful music career on hold to focus on a budding movie career, it’s been quite surprising how fast that career has taken off with a major role in last year’s THE SOCIAL NETWORK to this year’s roles in the comedies as BAD TEACHER and this Friday’s FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS. Now Timberlake steps into the science-fiction genre with Andrel Niccol’s latest film IN TIME about a world where the rich can buy the ability to live longer, while the poor have to fight to survive. In the film, Timberlake is Will Salas who is […]Read On »


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