Weekly Round-Up for Nov. 16 to 20
Here are the sci-fi based entertainment news items for this week (November 16 to 20):
NEWS
Kevin Murphy (Desperate Housewives) has been promoted to executive producer/showrunner of Syfy’s Caprica, where he joins fellow executive producers Jane Espenson, Ron Moore, and David Eick. Murphy was originally hired as a co-executive producer on the Battlestar Galactica prequel series and will now serve as the day-to-day showrunner on the series. Jane Espenson was showrunner, but she decided to step down to concentrate on writing Caprica inside of the day-to-day operations.
The CW announced they will be reairing every episode (thus far 10 in total) of The Vampire Diaries over 5 nights, from December 14 to 18.
The two-hour “Justice Society”-themed Smallville movie will actually be aired on February 5 rather than in January. The Geoff Johns written episodes will be directed by Glen Winter and Tom Welling.
Syfy has scheduled the debut of the direct-to-DVD movie Battlestar Galactica: The Plan for Sunday, January 10 at 9 PM. In addition, the new series Caprica will regularly air on Friday night at 9 PM followed by repeats of Warehouse 13 at 10 PM. Lastly, Sanctuary will wrap its second season with a two-hour finale on January 15 at 9 PM.
Daniel Radcliffe will lend his voice to The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror XXI, where he will play Edmund, a child vampire that Lisa falls in love with in a parody of the Twilight franchise.
The BBC has confirmed the title of the Doctor Who Christmas special is The End of Time, Part One. It’s the first time since the relaunch of the series that a two-parter would be given the same episode title. It’s expected that the second half of David Tennant’s swan song on the series will air in the UK on New Year’s Eve.
NOTE: Doctor Who: The End of Time, Part One will air on BBC America on December 26 at 9 PM.
Chuck is back on NBC, starting on January 10 with two back-to-back episodes before moving to its regular Monday tineslot at 8 PM the next day. There will be 19 episodes in its third season and all of the cast except Julia Ling (who plays Anna Wu) will be returning.
The two-hour season premiere of the final season of Lost has be scheduled for February 2 on ABC.
NEW SEASON TALLY
The following is another run down of the general state of the TV shows for the fall season – not just the sci-fi(ish) based shows.
A survey was recently done at E! Entertainment Online and while it’s not scientific, it does give a little bit of an idea what endangered shows the readers of the site want to see survey this season:
29.2% Eastwick (ABC)
19.5% Three Rivers (CBS)
14.4% Trauma (NBC)
13.9% Melrose Place (CW)
12.3% Accidentally on Purpose (CBS)
7.3% The Forgotten (ABC)
Obviously, Eastwick has only received a 13-episode order from ABC with no further episodes being ordered. Rumor has it that Lifetime MAY be interested in the show; but no confirmation has come out from the network. As stated above, NBC has taken back the cancellation of Trauma – at least for now – by giving the show an order of 3 more episodes. The Forgotten also received an order from ABC for 5 more episodes. The futures of the other endangered series listed above are still in question.
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Josh Klausner is set to write an adaptation of Adena Halpern’s novel The Ten Best Days of My Life, which focuses on a woman (proposed to be Amy Adams) who dies and then goes to the top of the afterlife echelon known as Seventh Heaven. However, she is in danger of being sent to a lower level unless she can prove that she lived a worthwhile life by recounting her 10 best days.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers) is set to produce films based on the Michael Scott six-part fantasy novel series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, which follows fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh as they adventure across several continents with the immortal alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel. Kyle XY creator Eric Bress wrote the script. The fourth book in the series, The Necromancer, is due out next year.
Idris Elba (Obsessed) is set to play Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard who stands on the BiFrost Bridge ready to defend the city from intruders in Kenneth Branagh’s superhero epic Thor. He joins an extensive cast that includes Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander, Colm Feore, Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgard, Stuart Townsend, and Ray Stevenson. The comic book adaptation will be released on May 20th 2011.
John Hlavin (The Shield) will write the script for a fourth Underworld that is not a prequel. No details are available nor has a director or cast been chosen.
MADE FOR TV MOVIE NEWS
Jeri Ryan (Leverage) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Without a Trace) have been cast in the Lifetime Movie Network’s horror tele-picture Secrets in the Walls, about a woman who discovers that her dream house in the suburbs is haunted.
Steven Spielberg and Stephen King will develop a limited series based on King’s just-released book Under the Dome; likely for cable. The book revolves around the drama that unfolds after an invisible force field suddenly descends on a small vacation town in Maine. As the locals fight for their survival, the town descends into warring factions led by enigmatic characters. Both men will executive-produce and a writer is being sought to adapt the book.
AS HEARD ON/MUSIC NEWS
The songs “Cherry Blossom” by Buttersprites, “Shelter From the Storm” by Bob Dylan and Soul Flower Union and “I Can’t Explain The Things I Do” by El Gato were featured in this past week’s episode of FlashForward.
The songs featured in this past week’s episode of The Vampire Diaries were “Chances” by Five For Fighting; “Coast of Carolina” by Telekinesis!, “Cut” by Plumb, “Off Track” by The Features and “This is Beautiful” by Tyrone Wells.
CASTING SCOOP
Ted Raimi (Spider-Man) will guest star in an upcoming episode of The Legend of the Seeker, reprising his role as Sebastian, the fast-talking, shady mapmaker and magic peddler who teams up with Zedd’s brother Thaddicus to sell a magical cure for Banelings — evil souls returned from the underworld.
Actor Carlo Marks will star as Steven Swift (aka Warrior Angel) in an upcoming episode of Smallville, who could very well be a love interest for Chloe (Allison Mack). Ironic enough he appeared as a “what if” fiancé of Chloe’s in the season 7 episode called Apocalypse.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The following movies will air this coming weekend:
The Syfy movie Lightning Strikes, about a monster that wrecks havoc in a small town after riding a lightning bolt to Earth, will air on Sunday, November 22 at 7 PM. And, the movie Fire From Below will also air on Syfy at 9 PM on Sunday, November 22. The movie is about the countryside exploding when miners hit a vein of pure base lithium. Both movies star Kevin Sorbo.
NEW EPISODES
Here is a list of new episodes for the coming week:
Saturday, November 21:
Check your local listings for channel, date and time for next new episode of The Legend of the Seeker.
Sunday, November 22:
Dexter on Showtime at 9 p.m.
NOTE: Check your local listings for channel, date and time for next new episode of The Legend of the Seeker.
Monday, November 23:
Heroes on NBC at 8 p.m.
Tuesday, November 24:
V on ABC at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, November 25
Eastwick on ABC at 10:01 p.m.
Thursday, November 26:
Happy Thanksgiving
NOTE: Please check your local listings for the correct air dates and times for all of the above.
Have a great weekend!
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