Glenn Hetrick
Candid conversation with this talented Face Off judge as he discusses the then
upcoming season two plus his career and how the film business works in relation
to make-up effects.He also discusses his recent work on The Hunger Games and
Journey 2. Face Off returns in August. Aired previously in two parts on
Time Capsule.
Grimm The Woman In Black
WOMAN IN BLACK
SEASON FINALE — THE SEARCH FOR THE MYSTERIOUS GOLD COINS INTENSIFIES AS THE BODY COUNT IN PORTLAND RISES
MARY ELIZABETH MASTRANTONIO AND BREE TURNER GUEST STAR
As Nick (David Giuntoli) delves deeper into his life as a Grimm, a trail of grotesque murders reignites the search for the elusive gold coins. The arrival of a mysterious woman in black (guest star Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) begins to get in the way of Nick and Hank’s (Russell Hornsby) investigation as extra precautions have to be taken to ensure their safety. Meanwhile, Nick’s ability to keep his true nature secret from Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) comes to a tipping point. Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz and Reggie Lee also star.
David Giuntoli and Russell Hornsby Q And A
So what can you tell us about the finale? Oh, pleasure. What can you tell us about the (unintelligible) finale?
David Giuntoli:Well, we’ve got about three cliffhangers, major cliffhangers that the audience will be left with at the end of the finale. One of the major characters may get very hurt in this episode, and the episode’s called “Woman in Black.” And we’ll be introduced to a character named the “Woman in Black.” And from there, I don’t know what I can say. Russ, you got anything?
Russell Hornsby: Cliffhangers, it’s the – yes – I mean – no, I think you hit all the buttons.
David Giuntoli: Thank you, sir.
Just, if you can, sort of reflect on this past year and how it’s been for each of you in terms of your personal career and how the show has been going for you and the fan reaction and the network support. Just everything that’s happened to you on this journey for the last year, and we’ll start with David and then Russell, you can chime in with your answer.
David Giuntoli: Appreciate it, absolutely. From a standpoint of an actor, I mean I’ve grown leaps and bounds. I’ve learned so much. You really get thrown into it, and it’s – and you don’t stop running until 22 episodes are done and 9 months has passed.And I’ve been, you know, very fortunate to get to work alongside, you know, guys who are youthful veterans of the entertainment industry like Russell Hornsby and then Silas Weir Mitchell. And these guys have really, you know, been great and gracious and have taught me a lot just so I kind of, you know, lock it in every day.And the fans have been unbelievable like I’ve had fans in the past, but genre TV fans are passionate fans. They kind of – they’re completely active. They watch the episode, and then next thing, you know, they’re writing fan fiction or creating more scenarios and asking questions, and they’re really – they really hold you accountable. And the whole experience has been wonderful.
Russell Hornsby: Well, for me this experience has been rather surreal for myself. I mean I’ve, you know, I guess I don’t consider myself a veteran of, you know, television and, you know, to a certain extent, you know, having that (unintelligible) before. But this is like the first time I’ve been on a show that people actually watch and so, just sort of getting used to the sort of the hubbub and fanfare and being like some first time like recognized. It has been crazy.And so I really thought that I had sort of made it five years ago, and I realized, “Oh, no, I didn’t.” You know, and so the work – it’s like dude, the work schedule has been very intense like I’ve never experienced, you know, just all the hours that we’ve had to put in, being on location, being in Portland and shooting outside in the rain, and, you know, at night. It’s, you know, it’s really sort of taught me to – you know, this is – I’ve just learned to appreciate this whole experience and, you know, just what it’s like to, you know, as an actor learning just new things about myself, you know, as an actor and as a performer, and, you know, all the stuff that I’m – I can handle. You know, I never thought I could up to this point.And again, you know, the fans have been crazy. I mean in a good way. You know, like they’ve said they’re, you know, genre fans are just – they’re nuts about, you know, their shows that they’ve loved and they follow them. And they’re very interactive and, you know, very smart.So I, you know, I’m just – I’m really curious to see what the next season is going to bring as far as the show’s concerned but also from a fan perspective.
Speaking of next season, what would you like to see happen with each of your characters? And we’ll start again with David.
David Giuntoli: I’m excited for Nick to become more of a badass, so to speak. Throughout the Season 1, he’s become like from a very passive observer of what was taking place to a real kind of go-getter where he tried to work the politics of, you know, what Wesen were against him and who was for him and who was going after his loved ones, who was his friend. And I think that certain events will make him a little more aggressive.
Russell Hornsby: You know, I would, you know – I would like to – my hope is that, you know, Hank sort of finds out what’s behind door number one. And, you know, if that’s the case, then just sort of seeing…the – an opportunity for the relationship to develop, I think, between the three of them sort of Nick, Monroe and Hank, as they sort of try to solve these crimes together. And I guess sort of the drama that could possibly ensue between the three of them.You know, I did a little joke today that there’s a – you know, there’s a, you know, a chance for a nice love triangle, you know. And as, you know, maybe possibly, you know, Monroe might settle for, you know, fighting for the affections of Miss Burkhardt.
So it’ll be fun.
Is the “Woman in Black” character going to continue on to next season, or is it just this one episode?
David Giuntoli: I don’t have a definitive answer to that, but I would imagine that yes, she would continue on to next season.
Nick’s been keeping so much to himself for months and months and at the point of jeopardizing his relationships. And where do you think his head is going into this final episode?
David Giuntoli: Yes, things have really come to a head, haven’t they for Nick? Now, you know, Hank has seen someone completely change before his very eyes. I think he might be in a serious state of denial and also firmly aware that a paradigm is about to shift, and he’s going to have to let someone in or else he’s just going to lose his mind.
I’m psyched to see him maybe let Juliette in. I’m hoping maybe we’ll get to see a little more of her in this next episode and next season. Is there a chance for a larger role for her?
David Giuntoli: Oh, sure, you know, and Bitsie Tulloch is such a wonderful actress. And I think the writers are excited to kind of include her in a more active way as the episodes go on.
What’s with Hank? Is he – I mean he’s been a slow on the uptake. You think he’s in denial or is he just really doesn’t get it?
Russell Hornsby: Well, you know, I usually – I sort of – you know, I think he’s sort of waiting for – for the other shoe to drop, you know? I’ve been sort of using the analogy of when – you know, when crime, you know, hit in the early ’80s, you know, there was uptick in robberies and whatnot.And, you know, I think a lot of police officers were wondering, “Well, what’s going on? Why is there such a, you know – why is the crime rate going up, you know?” Robberies and breaking and entering and stuff like that. And then they realized that, you know, it took them like six months to a year later to realize that crack had hit the street. You know what I mean? So I don’t think he’s so much in denial as he’s just waiting for another shoe to drop. I think having been on the force these some, you know, 10, 15 years, he knows that something else is going to happen. You know what I mean? And he’s – he is taking note of the fact that the city has gotten a little weirder, the crimes have gotten a little weird and suspiciously different, but he just hasn’t been able to put his finger on it yet. And so, being – you know, being the cop that he is, he knows that there’s something going on behind this, and he just has to wait for the other shoe to drop.
Starting with David, how do you – how have you planned or played, you know, Nick’s growth through the season?
David Giuntoli: You know, the writers do most of that work for us. We have some great writers, so I’m very thankful for that. I went, you know, I think my arc generally speaking in those terms went from, you know, constant befuddlement to – you know, he was this whole new role was thrown on him, and he didn’t know what to do with it at first. And he kind of was in denial at first, and he wanted business to go back to usual at first. And, you know, ultimately there’s no changing what has happened. So kind of accepted it.He still obviously doesn’t know quite how to fuse his normal day-to-day life and his new night job, I suppose you could say, but he definitely is an active player in this world now. And he uses the tools that he’s been given and some of his abilities he’s been given to A, try to get the bad guy and B, try to kind of work to the greater Wesen system.
I was wondering what you had maybe done as a character life for progression, not necessarily what the writers did.
David Giuntoli: Well, going into this season, you know, I always thought Nick Burkhardt was a guy who was very happy with a girlfriend – a live-in girlfriend. He wanted to get married. He had a not-so-stable childhood, because he was being raised by his Aunt (Berlie), and there was a lot of moving around for reasons you didn’t really understand at that point.So he was happy to have his house, his girl, his job. He knew he was a good profiler. It was kind of a special instinct he had, but he didn’t really understand why. And he wanted a not-so-crazy adult life, because he had a crazy childhood.And, you know, the inciting incident in the pilot was, of course, I start seeing things, and I think I’m losing my mind, and I desperately want to keep my world from unraveling. And that’s kind of the goal of Nick Burkhardt. And then – and he grows throughout the season and just kind of has to deal with his new reality.
Hank is seeing a lot of weird things and yet you have to pretend that you don’t see them or whatever or you have to have your own reality for that. And I just was wondering if you could speak to that in terms of how you play the character growing.
Russell Hornsby: Well, first off, you know, I approach – I mean I have to ground a character in a reality, you know. There is a fantastical element. There is a fairytale element to this show. I don’t exist in that element, although the show exists around me. I mean that element exists around me. So I can’t – I have to approach that everything is real, and that’s what I do.So, you know, basically I have to approach everything from, you know, the standpoint that, you know, this is all confusing me. You know, this confuses, you know, my character, and this is strange. You know what I mean? And it’s like as if like honestly if you walked outside today and you saw somebody change and transform into a monster, it would – you would go crazy, you know.And I – that’s how I approach it, as if like this is real. I don’t know that I’m – that there is a – that he’s a Grimm. I don’t know there is this, you know, parallel alternate universe or alternate world, you know, where people turn into creatures or creatures turn into people. So I just approach it very honestly and very much rooted in reality, and I think I feel like I’m sort of the leveling force, you know, on the show on that – on the procedural side. And, you know, that’s what I try to do. I don’t try to get ahead of it. I don’t try to think, you know, outside of my realm. You know, Hank is just – he’s a police officer, you know, fighting crime.It would be a lot of fun, you know. I think that we have to – I think as the writers are sort of, you know, mapping out the journey of the characters of the show, you know, when you’re looking at a story that sort of arcs over 22 episodes, and, you know, one hopes 5 seasons, I think you just – you have to pace it out, and you have to take your time. And I think it’s always – it’s good for – the show is good for the audience to just, you know, take the journey. You know what I mean? If we just take the journey and allow things to unfold, there’s a lot more to enjoy.
Tony Tellado: Hi guys. We – I was in the press conference with you guys at the beginning of the season. So it’s nice to finish it off right now with you guys.
Russell Hornsby: Cool, cool.
Tony Tellado: Congratulations.
Russell Hornsby: Truly. Thank you.
Tony Tellado: Question for, you know, for each of you. The relationship between Captain Renard and both of your characters, and particularly with Nick, he’s obviously somebody connected in this hierarchy here, and he’s kind of almost protecting him. I mean do you guys have your own theories and also do you see something maybe coming next season between Renard and especially Nick coming up as far as their relationship?
David Giuntoli: Well, I think as Nick is concerned, speaking for Nick, he doesn’t really have an eye on Renard at this point. I think Renard’s got the goods on him, and he does not have the goods on Renard. And then David speaking, I think we’re going to be learning a lot more about Renard’s family, what he comes from, and what his purpose is. Yes, why is he protecting me? Why does he want a Grimm close to him, other than, you know, it’s good to have, you know, an eye on the Grimm.But I think that we and the audience will learn a lot more. Other than that, I can’t – I don’t know the specifics.
Tony Tellado: And for Russell, what was it like to do the whole arc with the love potion story? That must have been some fun acting for you.
Russell Hornsby: Yes, it was a lot of fun, you know, sort of in a Midsummer Night’s Dream, if you will, you know. And, you know, and just working alongside Claire Coffee who plays Adalind, you know, was a lot of fun. And just, you know, just taking a whole different vent to the character, taking the character on a different sort of arc and journey was fun, and, you know, just sort of being in love with love. It was a good time.I guess we – and also we saw sort of a more playful and vulnerable side of Hank that I think audiences didn’t, you know, know Hank, you know, had. So that’s always great.
My first question is in the last episode we saw Nick lying to Hank about monsters in the woods and things like that, and I was wondering once Hank finds out the truth, how do you think that will affect your friendship?
Russell Hornsby: Well, I don’t know. That’ll, you know, that’s interesting. It depends on how the writers write it. But I, you know, I think – you know, at first I’m sure that, you know, if and when he finds out, he’ll be in denial, you know, because that just doesn’t happen. That’s like stuff you read about in books and like watch in movies that like, you know. You know what I mean?So from Hank’s, you know, point of view it just – that can’t happen, you know. And so I’m sure that there’ll be a time where he’s just in denial and thinks that Nick is crazy, thinks the, you know, the world is nuts and possibly thinks that Hank’s going crazy, you know, like I have to be dreaming, like some psychedelic sort of something have been ingested. Who knows, you know.But yes, I mean, but I’m – it’s going to be a lot of fun though.
David Giuntoli: Yes, and I think my character, Nick is very worried about this, you know, this very thing. And I know that he’s keeping an eye on Hank, making sure that he’s not going to lose his mind over this, and if he starts to, then he’ll intervene.
I have a – another question about Nick’s character, which is on the episode where he like just destroys the two grim reapers, it seemed like all of a sudden, Nick had all these kind of new powers.
David Giuntoli: I think – this is how I’ve kind of thought of Grimms. I feel like it’s a bloodline where you kind of have some natural inclinations, some natural, I guess, powers, but they have to be – you know, all these other Grimms knew that they were Grimms from the get-go. And they have been, you know, coming up with these powers, and they’ve been training literally and honing these skills. And he, Nick, was just told about them maybe eight months ago in the world of our story.So, yes, he had these kind of inclinations, but he – it just took some honing to kind of finally fully harness his skills. And, you know, they had me kind of training with weapons in several of the episodes and really kind of embracing these tools that his aunt left him in the trailer. And I think that he has surprised himself on occasion.But, you know, even next season I think that Nick’s going to be even more capable and useful.
Well, I would just like to say that I would really like to see some more hand-to-hand, because that was kind of fantastic. Thank you.
David Giuntoli: Yes, that was – thank you.
I understand that you’re going to be back here at the end of May to start work on Season 2?
David Giuntoli: That’s correct.
Russell Hornsby: That is correct.
Kristi Turnquist: That’s kind of no vacation.
Russell Hornsby: Correct, that is correct.
Why the quick turnaround?
Russell Hornsby: They have high expectations for the show. They wanted to I think premier the show earlier in the season than usual. And so they want to get ahead – get a jumpstart on the episodes, and I think also because of the turnaround on the show with all the CGI and the effects, you know, there’s a (unintelligible) a lot more lead time than other dramas. So they just really need to sort of get in here and get to work as soon as possible.
David Giuntoli: Correct. And they have the Olympics this year, so they want to push some shows during the Olympics, and in order to do that, they need shows for when the Olympics ends.
Russell Hornsby: Oh, that’s right. We got some other secret, I forgot. Yes.
David Giuntoli: Correct.
How does filming in Portland kind of affect the show, and how does it affect how you think about your characters and your performances?
David Giuntoli: Well, filming on location in general allows – you know, if you’ve ever been to camp, it’s like that. It’s a whole new place that started with an entirely new experience. So it is – there’s an otherness to it. It’s not life. It’s the world of Grimm now to all of us, you know. And it’s – I think it helps a lot in our chemistry, I think, within the actors, because let’s face it, we don’t know a ton of people up there. And it’s kind of – we hang together, and we get on together.And as far as the show, we could not do it without Portland. You know, it’s – I couldn’t imagine taking this to a soundstage in L.A. and just the amount of moths they’d have to put up in Los Angeles. It would be impossible. It makes such a wonderful aesthetic. It makes it creepy, and it can help do the acting for you when you’re out on location, and it’s raining and you look like you’re in a – the forest from the Mesozoic era. You know, it’s just kind of – it kind of brings it to life.And as living there – has been a joy. I’ve been talking to tons of people here in New York. Everybody asks what it’s like to be filming in Portland, and I’m just like, “It’s one of the greatest towns in the United States.” And that’s not a lie. I – you know, it’s like a college campus for adults, and we couldn’t be happier.
Russell Hornsby: I go with his sentiment. It’s – I mean, yes. It’s – it is – it’s like a – it is like camp. It’s like you just realize like, you know, you don’t think like the world exists, you know, outside of the show. But it’s a lot of fun. It’s just – I enjoy working in Portland, although I must say, I didn’t realize I was like – because of the winter, you know, and the rain and the gray – I didn’t realize I was depressed until I went home for Christmas and like the sun hit me. And I said, “Oh, my gosh.”
David Giuntoli: Yes.
Russell Hornsby: I was in denial about the heat lamp. I was in denial about the – what is it – the (D13) or something like that – Vitamin B13 or something that you – some pill you’re supposed to take, and I didn’t take it. And I’m going – I’m going to get all those things next year – you know, this year for the coming winter.
So when you’re filming around town and on locations, what are the interactions that you have with folks?
David Giuntoli: I tell you they’re generally positive interactions. I mean people love seeing their town that they’re so proud of kind of celebrated on a network television show. I know other shows have been in town that haven’t really used Portland for what it’s worth, you know. That it’s so much just visually that Portland can give a show, and we’ve totally used it. So people are very excited about that, and they express that. And, you know, they treat us like gold, and we return the favor.
Russell Hornsby: I think we’ve sort of written it like a – given them like a visual love letter of Portland.
David Giuntoli: Yes.
Russell Hornsby: And they did appreciate it.
Special thanks to NBC
Categories: Actors, Creators, Directors, Grimm, Horror, NBC, Thriller, TV Series Tags: David Giuntoli, Grimm Season Finale, Grimm Season Finale The Woman In Black, Russell Hornsby
Time Capsule Episode 60
A look at Battleship with the cast and director Peter Berg. You’ll hear from Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker and Rhianna.Also there’s Producer Orlen Peli who describes his latest project, The Chernobyl Diaries. You’ll hear from the last segment on The Avengers Press Conference with the cast and Will Smith talks Men In Black 3 from the roundtables. Lastly a look at Grimm’s season finale, The Woman In Black as I talk to David Giuntoli and Russell Hornsby in addition to hearing from them and the rest of the cast reflect on their first season.
Categories: Actors, Comics, Creators, Directors, Film, Grimm, sci-fi, Sci-Fi Talk, Sci-Fi Talk Time Capsule, The Avengers, Writers Tags: Battleship, Grimm, Men In Black 3, The Avengers, The Chernobyl Diaries
Hollywood Treasure Returns
It will premiere next Tuesday, May 22nd at 10pm ET/PT on Syfy
Riddler Rudy and the Ruby Slippers – Sneak Peek
A game changing object is discovered in this season of Hollywood Treasures.
Upcoming season two episodes will showcase the Whitney Houston costume from The Bodyguard; the house in American Horror Story; items from the television series Lost; the General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard; the original camera George Lucas used to film Star Wars
Q & A with coming soon with Joe Maddalena
Dark Shadows Special
I chatted with two of the ladies of the original Dark Shadows in Kathryn Leigh Scott and Lara Parker at a horror convention as we looked back at the series and their careers.
Categories: Actors, Creators, Dark Shadows, Directors, Horror, Novels, Podcasts, Sci-Fi Talk, TV Series, Writers Tags: Dark Shadows, Dark Shadows Interviews, Katheryn Leigh Scott, Lara Parker
SyFy’s Summer Schedule
SYFY SUMMER 2012 FEATURES RECORD NUMBER OF PRIMETIME ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING HOURS
ALL-NEW SEASONS OF WAREHOUSE 13, ALPHAS,FACE OFF, DESTINATION TRUTH AND HAUNTED COLLECTOR PREMIERES OF UNSCRIPTED SERIES SCHOOL SPIRITS, PARANORMAL HIGHWAY AND INSANE OR INSPIRED? NEW SYFY SATURDAY ORIGINAL MOVIES JERSEY SHORE SHARK ATTACK AND BIGFOOT
NEW YORK – May 15, 2012 – Featuring a record number of primetime original programming hours, Syfy’s hot Summer 2012 will be highlighted by the premiere of the new unscripted series School Sprits (from executive producer Mark Burnett), Insane or Inspired? and Paranormal Highway (working title) starring Jack Osbourne; new seasons of hits Warehouse 13, Face Off, Alphas, Destination Truth and Haunted Collector, along with the eagerly anticipated Saturday Original Movies Jersey Shore Shark Attack and Bigfoot, plus the series finale of the beloved Eureka.
Syfy will also present a Memorial Day weekend movie festival highlighted by the premiere of Super Shark on May 26th, followed by the semi-annual Twilight Zone marathon on July 4th.
Lost Girl will move to Fridays at 10PM beginning Friday, July 20.
Highlights of Syfy’s 2012 Summer Programming Schedule (All Times ET/PT)
MAY
INSANE OR INSPIRED? (NEW ORIGINAL SERIES)
Premieres Friday, May 25 at 10PM
This new series features the most exciting videos from the Internet that celebrate the world of imagination, invention, and extreme experiences. Actors Amber Benson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Samm Levine (Freaks & Geeks), Brooke Hogan, Ralph Garman, as well as television personality Josh Gates, host of Syfy’s Destination Truth, join comedians Ben Gleib, Owen Benjamin, Jodi Miller, Elliot Chang, Jermaine Fowler, Adam Ray, Christiana Pazistky, KT Tatara and Janet Varney to provide their unique commentary on each of the clips. The result is a fast-paced hour-long countdown of hilarious viral videos. Insane or Inspired? is produced by Comcast Studios with Jay James, Betsy Rott, and Sean Olsen serving as executive producers.
JUNE
HAUNTED COLLECTOR (SEASON 2 PREMIERE)
Premieres Wednesday, June 6 at 9PM
Haunted Collector features eminent paranormal collector John Zaffis, who searches for objects that have become home to paranormal spirits and/or energy. Each week Zaffis and his family help someone who’s terrorized by something strange in their own home, using the latest technology to identify the source of the paranormal activity. On the season 2 premiere of Haunted Collector, the team heads to Warsaw, Kentucky, where a woman’s home is suffering hauntings, possibly from two steamboats which crashed in a fiery collision, killing more than 60 people in 1868. Next, they travel to Huron, Ohio, in a race against the clock to remove the dangerous energy from an abandoned silo, scheduled to be destroyed in 48 hours. Haunted Collector is produced by Gurney Productions. Executive producers are Scott Gurney and Deirdre Gurney.
SCHOOL SPIRITS (NEW ORIGINAL SERIES)
Premieres Wednesday, June 20 at 10PM
From executive producer Mark Burnett, School Spirits travels to schools and universities all across the country to recount the true ghost stories experienced on these academic campuses. The stories will be told in first person narratives through the testimonials of real students, teachers, parents and staff that have encountered the paranormal activity, blended with bone-chilling cinematic reenactments to further bring the haunting experiences to life. Executive producers: Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Voice) and Seth Jarrett & Julie Insogna Jarrett (Celebrity Ghost Stories).
SATURDAY ORIGINAL MOVIES (ALL-NEW MOVIES)
Jersey Shore Shark Attack – Saturday, June 9 at 9PM – Led by an all-star cast of Tony Sirico (The Sopranos), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas), Jack Scalia (Dallas), Joey Fatone (‘N Sync), William Atherton (Die Hard) and Vinny Guadagnino (Jersey Shore) the movie unfolds during the July Fourth weekend at the Jersey Shore, where angry sharks are on a rampage, devouring residents, leaving it to the local Guidos to save the day. The movie also stars Jeremy Luke as The Complication, Melissa Molinaro as Nooki, Joey Russo as Donnie, Daniel Booko as Balzac, Audi Resendez as B.J., and Alex Mauriello as J-Moni. Jersey Shore Shark Attack is a production of Hybrid Entertainment. The director is John Shepphird. Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz and Peter Sullivan are the producers.
Piranhaconda – Saturday, June 16 at 9PM – Part fish! Part snake! All killer! In B-movie icon Roger Corman’s latest, a hybrid creature – half piranha and half anaconda — attacks a movie crew on location near her nest when her egg is stolen. Now they must outrun and kill the deadly piranhaconda as well as stop the mad scientist who stole the egg – before they all become dinner. Stars Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill: I & II) and Rachel Hunter (The Benchwarmers). Piranhaconda is a production of New Horizons, directed by Jim Wynorski.
Arachnoquake – Saturday, June 23 at 9PM – In Arachnoquake, starring Tracey Gold (Growing Pains), massive earthquakes unleash giant albino spiders. Freed from their ancient subterranean prison, the spiders go on a murderous rampage through New Orleans. Joining Gold will be Bug Hall (The Little Rascals), Ethan Phillips (Star Trek: Voyager) and Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgment Day). The movie is a production of Active Entertainment. Arachnoquake is directed by Griff Furst.
Bigfoot – Saturday, June 30 at 9PM – Television legends Danny Bonaduce (The Partridge Family) and Barry Williams (The Brady Bunch) star as life-long rivals battling over Bigfoot. Howard Hesseman (Head of the Class), Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks), Andre Royo (The Wire) and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper (School’s Out) co-star in the movie, which is directed by Oscar and Emmy nominee Bruce Davison (X-Men). Bigfoot is a production of The Asylum.
JULY
DESTINATION TRUTH (SEASON 5 PREMIERE)
Premieres Tuesday, July 10 at 8PM
Season 5 opens with two special back-to-back episodes, as Josh Gates and his team lead viewers on a chase into one of the world’s biggest caves in the jungles of Vietnam to search for Bigfoot. Then, at the overwhelming request of fans, they’ll travel to Romania for a return visit to the haunted Hoia Bachu Forest, the site of their most terrifying investigation to date, and then explore the reportedly haunted Mayan ruins of Tikal in pursuit of a monster known as the Belize Goblin. They’ll also lead viewers into a remote Transylvanian village on a hunt for vampires and journey to Kazakhstan (a Destination Truth first) to search for the legendary Kazakh monster. Destination Truth is executive produced by Brad Kuhlman for Ping Pong Productions (1000 Places to See Before You Die, Celebrity Rehab, FM Nation). Josh Gates and Erin Ryder serve as co-executive producers.
PARANORMAL HIGHWAY (NEW ORIGINAL SERIES)
Premieres Tuesday, July 10 at 10PM
Paranormal Highway puts the pedal to the metal as Jack Osbourne and his friend Dana Workman do their own first-person investigations of the most frightening claims of paranormal activity along America’s remote back roads. Fueled by eyewitness interviews and evidence collected by Jack’s state-of-the-art equipment, he and Dana will travel alone, self-documenting their harrowing face-to-face encounters with the paranormal. Production company: BASE Productions. Executive producers: John Brenkus, Mickey Stern, Ron Ziskin.
EUREKA (SERIES FINALE)
Airs Monday, July 16 at 9PM
After five seasons, Syfy’s long-running original series comes to an end and the remarkable residents of Eureka say their goodbyes. During the thrilling final season, the town is reeling after the Astraeus and her crew mysteriously vanished just before their planned launch to Titan. As the town copes with the shocking personal changes caused by the Astraeus ordeal, they continue to uncover the truth about the forces behind the crew’s bizarre disappearance — with shocking results. Eureka stars Colin Ferguson (Sheriff Jack Carter) Salli Richardson-Whitfield (Allison Blake), Joe Morton (Henry Deacon), Erica Cerra (Jo Lupo), Neil Grayston (Douglas Fargo) and Niall Matter (Zane Donovan). Co-creator Jaime Paglia and Bruce Miller are executive producers. The series is produced and distributed by Universal Cable Productions.
WAREHOUSE 13 (SEASON 4 PREMIERE)
Premieres Monday, July 23 at 9PM
Season 4 kicks off with the Warehouse Team still reeling from the shocking events of the climactic season three finale – the loss of Agent Steve Jinks (Aaron Ashmore), Mrs. Frederic (CCH Pounder), H.G. Wells (Jaime Murray) and the destruction of the Warehouse itself. Their only hope lies in racing to the other side of the Earth to hunt down an obscure artifact, which may or may not even exist – and if it does exist, what consequences will they face for using it? The most successful series in Syfy history, Warehouse 13 follows a team of government agents who work at a massive, top-secret storage facility in windswept South Dakota which houses every strange artifact, mysterious relic, fantastical object and preternatural souvenir ever collected by the U.S. government. The Warehouse’s caretaker Artie Nielsen (Saul Rubinek) charges Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock), Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly) and Claudia Donovan (Allison Scagliotti) with chasing down reports of supernatural and paranormal activity in search of new objects to cache at the Warehouse, as well as helping him to control the Warehouse itself. Sam Huntington (Being Human) will be among the star-studded array of season 4 guest stars. Warehouse 13 is produced for Syfy by Universal Cable Productions. Jack Kenny (The Book of Daniel) is executive producer and showrunner.
ALPHAS (SEASON 2 PREMIERE)
Premieres Monday, July 23 at 10PM
In Syfy’s action-packed hit drama series, an unlikely team of ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities – known as Alphas – takes on mysterious cases the CIA, FBI and Pentagon are unable to solve and go head-to-head with criminal Alphas.
Season 2 picks up eight months after last year’s finale with the stage set for an explosive turn of events at the Binghamton facility (the Guantanamo of the Alpha world) that could have devastating, far-reaching consequences. Dr. Lee Rosen (Emmy Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn), having exposed the existence of Alphas to the unsuspecting public, finds himself discredited and imprisoned by a government desperate to cover up his revelation. The rest of the core team has disbanded and some, without Rosen’s guidance and care, have regressed to their old, destructive ways. They must now battle their individual demons in order to reunite and try to save their own.
Alphas also stars Malik Yoba, Warren Christie, Azita Ghanizada, Ryan Cartwright and Laura Mennell. Erin Way (Detroit 187, Private Practice) joins the cast this season as “Kat” a mysterious young loner whose Alpha ability allows her to pick up any skill at a glance. But while her skills are permanent, her personal memories are short-lived. The series is produced by Universal Cable Productions and BermanBraun Television with executive producers Bruce Miller, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun, Gene Stein and Zak Penn. Penn and co-executive producer Michael Karnow are series creators.
AUGUST
PARANORMAL WITNESS (SEASON 2 PREMIERE)
Premieres Wednesday, August 8 at 10PM
Using a mixture of intimate first-hand testimony, actual home video and gritty realistic drama, the hit series Paranormal Witness returns to transport viewers into a world turned upside-down by extraordinary, terrifying and sometimes life-threatening paranormal events. Paranormal Witness is produced by Raw TV (Locked Up Abroad and Gold Rush Alaska). Executive producers are Dimitri Doganis and Bart Layton.
FACE OFF (SEASON 3 PREMIERE)
Premieres Tuesday, August 21 at 9PM
Syfy’s hit competition reality series returns for season 3 with 12 aspiring special effects make-up artists and their unlimited imaginations, competing to create amazing works of living art. The eleven-episode season will feature some of the most difficult challenges ever attempted and high power special guest judges. It all culminates in one winner and one $100,000 grand prize that will launch a career. McKenzie Westmore returns as host. The second season finale became the most watched unscripted telecast in the channel’s nearly 20-year history, transforming 3.58 million total viewers, based on Live+7 data. This also established a Syfy original series record – for scripted and unscripted programs – for most Adults 18-34 viewers with 1.01 million. Face Off is a production of Mission Control Media with Dwight D. Smith, Michael Agbabian and Derek Atherton serving as executive producers.
Continuum The Series Preview
Official Description:
Continuum is a one-hour police drama centered on Kiera Cameron, a regular cop from 65 years in the future who finds herself trapped in present day Vancouver. She is alone, a stranger in a strange land, and has eight of the most ruthless criminals from the future, known as Liber8, loose in the city.
Lucky for Kiera, through the use of her CMR (cellular memory recall), a futuristic liquid chip technology implanted in her brain, she connects with Alec Sadler, a seventeen-year-old tech genius. When Kiera calls and Alec answers, a very unique partnership begins.
Kiera’s first desire is to get “home.” But until she figures out a way to do that, she must survive in our time period and use all the resources available to her to track and capture the terrorists before they alter history enough to change the course of the future. After all, what’s the point of going back if the future isn’t the one you left?
Kiera knows that the eight terrorists will resort to criminal activity to further their goals of taking down the corporations that will one day rule the world. Lives will be lost. Her goal is to kill or capture them before they can turn the world upside down.
For Kiera, there’s only one organization that can help her hunt down Liber8, and through clever thinking, manages to work with the Vancouver Police Department. Partnered up with Detective Carlos Fonnegra of the Special Investigations Unit, Kiera positions herself perfectly to hear about Liber8′s activities and hopefully intervene.
Like Kiera, Carlos is a cop with a passion for justice. They are from totally opposite ends of the ideological spectrum. Coming from 2012, Carlos believes in justice for the individual while Kiera, coming from 2077, believes in justice for the corporation. This provides sparks on many levels: work, political worldviews and emotionally.
Yet despite their differences, they have each other’s back. And although they get off to a rocky start, there’s an inherent trust that blooms between them. Kiera, brought up and trained to always depend on her technology, finds her relationship with Carlos has her learning to listen to her gut for the first time.
Cast has some familiar names:
Rachel Nichols from From GI:Rise of The Cobra is Kiera Cameron
Victor Webster from Mutant X is Carlos Fonnegra
Erik Knudsen is Alec Sadler
Stephen Lobo is Kellog
Lexa Doig from Andromeda and Stargate is Sonya
Luvia Petersen from The X-Files is Garza
Series is created by Simon Barry
Airs in Canada on Showcase which also runs Lost Girl on May 27th at 9:00PM
Categories: Actors Tags: Continuum, Erik Knudsen, Lexa Doig, Luvia Petersen, Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lobo, Victor Webster
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper In Emerald Knights
“ROWDY” RODDY PIPER MAKES HIS ANIMATION DEBUT IN GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD KNIGHTS
Hall of Fame Professional Wrestler Brings Bolphunga to Animated Life in All-New DC Universe Animated Original Movie Coming June 7 to Blu-Ray™, DVD
At age 15, Piper was the youngest professional wrestler to ever enter the squared circle – and he would proceed to hold more than 38 titles while eclipsing 7,000 victories in professional matches. It was the main event at the very first Wrestlemania – pitting Piper and “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff against Hulk Hogan and Mr. T – that truly established the WWE.
Of course, any fanboy worth his weight in comics can recite Piper’s famous lines from John Carpenter’s cult classic They Live. Wherever he goes, somebody asks Piper if he has any bubblegum.
Today, Piper continues to entertain and educate, whether it be via his one-man show or as a best selling author of an autobiography entitled “In the Pit with Piper.” And on June 7, fans can experience Piper’s acting chops in his very first voiceover role for animation as the barbaric Bolphunga in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights.
Produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation,
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights will be distributed by Warner Home Video on Blu-Ray™, DVD, On Demand and for Download June 7, 2011.
Piper’s character – Bolphunga the Unrelenting – is the central antagonist in the episodic segment entitled “Mogo Doesn’t Socialize.” Based on the 1985 story created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the story centers on Bolphunga’s search for Mogo, the largest Green Lantern, in hopes of engaging the famed warrior in a battle worthy of the villain. The role serves as a perfect vehicle to showcase Piper’s strength and wonderful sense of humor.
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights weaves six legendary stories of the Green Lantern Corps’ rich mythology around preparations for an attack by an ancient enemy. As the battle approaches, Hal Jordan mentors new recruit Arisia in the history of the Green Lantern Corps, telling tales of Avra (the first Green Lantern) and several of Hal’s comrades – including Abin Sur, Kilowog, Laira and Mogo. In the end, Arisia must rise to the occasion to help Hal, Sinestro and the entire Green Lantern Corps save the universe from the destructive forces of Krona.
Bruce Timm is executive producer of Green Lantern: Emerald Knights. Directors are Lauren Montgomery, Jay Oliva and Christopher Berkeley. Oliva directed “Mogo Doesn’t Socialize” from a script by Gibbons.
Piper spent a few moments after his recording session to discuss his current activities, his love of acting, and the responsibilities of being a role model. Listen closely … because Roddy just ran out of chewing gum.
RODDY PIPER:That was about as much fun as I could ever hope to have. You can really lose yourself in an animated role. There’s so much freedom, so much room for creativity. It’s a blast.
Professional wrestling gave you plenty of experience being both the villain and the hero. How does the public perceive you today?
RODDY PIPER: I guess a lot of folks have grown up with me and, in an awkward way, for people who really have seen the good sides of me, I’m like a father figure. It’s remarkable – every place I go, there’s somebody that has an inspiring tale to tell. At one of my shows, there was a policeman named Paul who had been awarded a Congressional citation for saving someone’s life. He came up and gave me his citation. He said that when he was a little boy, he had troubles – but he would watch me and that’s where he found inspiration and direction. So when he goes into a tough situation, he relates to (my actions), and he says it saved his life.
The profession that I took upon is a lawless, tough piece of work, and so many of my friends are dead now. So in my one-man show, I tell the folks about people that they grew up with, people that they may have related to in different ways. My profession is very renegade. But as crazy as it seems, it’s as real as it gets.
What’s your approach to performing these one-man shows?
RODDY PIPER: I was with Burt Reynolds at his house in Jupiter (FL) and he said to me, “The one thing I try to convey as actors is that we don’t get enough ‘Atta Boys.’ So I try to make them leave with an ‘Atta Boy.’ And that really sticks with me. Encouragement is an essential.
RODDY PIPER:I like the fact that I can go away and lose myself so I don’t have to live in the world of courage that everyone else does. I like creating, it’s what I do, and acting allows me to stretch all those different muscles in all kinds of ways. That’s pretty cool.
There are those that would claim wrestling is acting. What are the key differences in those two performances?
RODDY PIPER:Wrestling and acting couldn’t be anymore different in terms of what it takes to entertain. Wrestling is explosion, acting is implosion. One really screws up the other. That’s why Hogan sucks. If I came out on camera like I do in Madison Square Garden, it would look crazy. Clint Eastwood just shakes his head and raises his eye and it works. But when you’ve got 96,000 people at Wrestlemania, I need to get through to the back row. Fighting is not internal, but it can be very spiritual. Everything acting is internal. One of my problems in making the transition is pulling back, but I’m working on it.
Special Thanks To Gary Miereanu
Categories: Actors, Animation, DC Animation, DC Universe, DVD, Film, Graphic Novels, sci-fi, Writers Tags: DC Comics, Green Lantern Emerald Knights, Rowdy Roddy Piper
Time Capsule Episode 36
A look at the Muppets movie with a comment from a green frog plus Mickey Rourke‘s blunt comments
from the radio roundtable of Immortals. Grimm Spotlight has Bitsie Tulloch who plays Julliette Silverton. Filmmaker Spotlight concludes with Anthony DiBlasi from 2009. Theme is by Victor Stellar.
Categories: Actors, Creators, Directors, Film, Grimm, Immortals, Podcasts, sci-fi, Sci-Fi Talk, Sci-Fi Talk Time Capsule, Writers Tags: Bitsie Tulloch, Grimm, Immortals, Mickey Rourke
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Film
FLATIRON FILM COMPANY RELEASES UBISOFT MOTION PICTURES’ “TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON ALPHA®” DAY-AND-DATE WITH THE VIDEO GAME “TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON FUTURE SOLDIER”
Live-Action/CGI Prequel Film Produced by Little Minx, a Ridley Scott & Associates company,
Releases in the U.S. and Canada on May 22 for the First Time on Blu-ray (HD) and DVD
“A sharp-looking little action film…gorgeously shot.” Kotaku
After a decade-long manhunt, U.S. Intelligence has received new intel on Chevchenko, a mastermind of the world’s most heinous war crimes. Linked to Russian ultranationalists, Chevchenko is about to deliver a dirty bomb large enough to contaminate Moscow for centuries. Enter the Ghosts, the U.S. Army’s most elite Future Soldiers. These precision-trained and lethal human weapons are armed with the most devastating high-tech combat systems, and they are tasked with taking out Chevchenko and stopping this international catastrophe before it erupts.
On May 22, New Video’s Flatiron Film Company will release Ubisoft Motion Pictures’ TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON ALPHA® on DVD and DVD/Blu-ray combo day-and-date with the release of Ubisoft’s highly-anticipated Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier video game for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the Sony PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.
TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON ALPHA* boasts a line-up of top Hollywood talent. The film was directed by Academy Award winners Hervé de Crécy and François Alaux, who won an Oscar in 2010 for Logorama, and produced by Rhea Scott for Little Minx. Tim Sexton, 2010 Academy Award nominee for Children of Men, and Gregory Pruss, longtime writing collaborator with David Fincher, wrote the gripping script. The film was shot by District 9 cinematographer Trent Opaloch; edited by Pietro Scalia, two-time Academy Award winner for Black Hawk Down and JFK; with sound effects and sound effects editing by Per Hallberg, two-time Academy Award winner for The Bourne Ultimatum and Braveheart as well as Michael Mann’s Heat; production design by Jan Roelfs (Gattaca, Alexander); and costume design by Sammy Sheldon (V for Vendetta, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, Black Hawk Down). Military Weapons Specialist Harry Humphries, consultant on such notable action films such as Transformers, Thor, Iron Man and Armageddon, ensured that the futuristic weaponry in the film was entirely realistic.
TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON ALPHA* is the 25-minute prequel film to the video game Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier and follows the Ghosts as they are dropped deep behind enemy lines in order to eliminate one of the world’s most sought-after war criminals. DVD/BD bonus features include the producers’ 2010 Comic-Con teaser and a “Making Of” featurette.
Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon brand launched in 2001 and the franchise has sold more than 18 million video game units worldwide. This is Flatiron Film Company’s second Ubisoft release, following ASSASSIN’S CREED: LINEAGE (November 2011).
Categories: Authors, Creators, Directors, Gaming, Novels, sci-fi, Thriller Tags: Movies, Tom Clancy, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
