Weekly Round-Up for Nov. 30 to Dec. 4
Here are the sci-fi based entertainment news items for this week (November 30 to December 4):
NEWS
Doctor Who Movie Reminders: The Waters of Mars will air on BBC America on Saturday, December 19 at 9 PM and The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2 will air on Saturday, December 26 at 9 PM and Saturday, January 2 at 8 PM respectively. Mark your calendar.
V will return to ABC with episodes on Tuesday, March 30 at 10 PM, following new episodes of Lost while FlashForward will return with new episodes on March 4 at 8 PM.
NEW DEVELOPMENT SLATE
Syfy has signed on to the new series Haven, a thirteen-episode supernatural thriller based on Stephen King’s The Colorado Kid.
FOX has given a script order to the supernatural drama Howl, described as an epic family saga about warring families of werewolves in a small Alaskan town.
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Tom Cavanagh (Ed) has signed on to play Ranger Smith in the live-action/CG animated Yogi Bear alongside Anna Faris and Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake who voice the titular character and his sidekick Boo-Boo.
Summit Entertainment has picked up film rights to Top Cow comic Alibi and plans to turn it into a feature. The story centers on a well-known socialite whose public presence establishes a perfect alibi for the covert activity of his secret twin brother, a government assassin.
Leonardo DiCaprio is the first actor to join the voice cast of the recently announced movie The Guardians, which focuses on an Avengers-like assembly of imaginary icons like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny who protect children from the forces of evil. DiCaprio will voice Jack Frost. The film is expected to come out in 2012.
CASTING SCOOP
Tony Curran will play Vincent Van Gogh in an upcoming episode of Doctor Who, slated to air next year as part of the Matt Smith-led Season Five that is written by Richard Curtis (Pirate Radio).
Kelly Hu has been cast in the possibly recurring role of Pearl on The Vampire Diaries. She will be seen in flashbacks and plays the apothecary for the town of Mystic Falls.
Season three of True Blood is expected to feature werewolves, more information on Sam’s family and a look at Bill’s first wife. Grant Bowler (Ugly Betty) will play werewolf Coot. Marshall Allman (Prison Break) will play the shapeshifting younger brother of Sam. Shannon Lucio (The O.C.) has been cast as Bill’s wife, Caroline, to whom he never returned after becoming a vamp during the Civil War. Theo Alexander (Chuck) will play Talbot, the vampire boyfriend of the Vampire King of Mississippi, Russell Edgington (Denis O’Hare).
A February episode of Supernatural will Cupid and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Anna (Julie McNiven) will be returning in an early 2010 episode.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The following movie will air this coming weekend and next week:
The Syfy mini-series Alice will air on Sunday, December 6 and Monday, December 7 at 9 PM (both nights). This is a reimagined version of Lewis Carroll’s classic story starring Caterina Scorsone in the title role along with Kathy Bates as the Queen of Hearts and Andrew-Lee Potts as the Mad Hatter.
NOTE: This movie will reair on December 8 (check your local listings for the correct time).
NEW EPISODES OF EXISTING SHOWS
Here is a list of new episodes for the returning and new fall shows (sci-fi based only):
Saturday, December 5:
NOTE: Check your local listings for channel, date and time for next new episode of The Legend of the Seeker.
Sunday, December 6:
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.
Thursday, December 10:
Fringe on FOX at 9 p.m.
Friday, December 11:
Dollhouse will air two back-to-back episodes on FOX at 8 and 9 p.m.
Sanctuary on Syfy at 10 p.m.
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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