Friday, September 7, 2012

Alphas - SFX Magazine: Laura Mennell Interview

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SFX MAGAZINE: Alphas Exclusive: Laura Mennell (Nina) Interview

by Dave Golder
September 7 2012


In an alternate universe [the] Alphas Season One DVD would have been released a couple of years back under a different title. But it may well have still starred Laura Mennell – but as a different character…

In our universe we know Mennell as Nina, the woman with the power to force people to do whatever she wants them to in the Syfy hit series. But, she reveals to SFX, things could have been very different.

The funny thing is, I remember when Alphas was called Section 8 originally, a few years before,” she tells us. “It was picked up by a major network, but then there was the writers’ strike, and it never got made."

But when it was Section 8 I tried out for Rachel, not Nina,” she recalls. “And I think people would easily see me more as a Rachel. My agent thought it was a better fit, anyway, so I tried for her. It was really funny when I tried out a few years later for Nina. I didn’t even realise that Alphas was the same show as Section 8 initially...

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Alphas airs Monday at 8/7C on Syfy.

Doctor Who - TV Guide: Matt's Guide to Weekend TV Sep 8 '12 - BBC America 9/8C

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TV GUIDE: Matt's Guide to Weekend TV: Wallander, Dinosaurs on Doctor Who, and More

Sep 7, 2012
by Matt Roush


... SATURDAY

Coming off last week's highly rated and Dalek-infested season opener, BBC America's Doctor Who (9/8c) now finds the Time Lord (Matt Smith) in whimsical territory, pursuing "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" as he teams with a big-game hunter and an Egyptian queen (and, inevitably for now, a Pond) to stop an unmanned spacecraft from doom...

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CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE EPISODE TRAILER FOR DOCTOR WHO'S 'DINOSAURS ON A SPACESHIP'

Masterpiece Mystery - TV Guide: Matt's Guide to Weekend TV: Wallander Sep 9 '12 - PBS 9/8C

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TV GUIDE: Matt's Guide to Weekend TV: Wallander, Dinosaurs on Doctor Who, and More

Sep 7, 2012
by Matt Roush


In the tradition of all great detectives, Swedish bundle-of-brooding Kurt Wallander can't escape crime no matter where he goes — and that includes the country home he is just moving into with his lady love as the first of three new Wallander movies kicks off a third season on Masterpiece Mystery! (Sunday, PBS, check tvguide.com listings). As played with explosively simmering edge by Kenneth Branagh, Wallander barks, "You think this is fate?" at his walking-on-eggshells paramour (Saskia Reeves), who shoots back, "Don't be so miserable."

But that wouldn't be Wallander, would it? And as he looks into the origin of the years-old corpse buried under his new home's bushes, the investigation dovetails into a more current mystery: the presumed suicide of a young pregnant Polish passenger on a local ferry. "There's no such thing as a coincidence," Wallander concludes along the way, but not before his impulsive snooping leads to catastrophe among his police ranks. No one delivers a self-flagellation quite like this angst-ridden Scandinavian. Will his career survive? Will his relationship? "I am who I am because of what I do," he self-analyses. We agree, and while we empathize, that's why we keep watching...

CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO PREVIEW OF WALLANDER'S 'AN EVENT IN AUTUMN.' - PREMIERES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 AT 9/8C ON PBS

Lance Reddick - Drone - Video: Webisode # 2

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DRONE - VIDEO: WEBISODE # TWO

Episode 2 of the YOMYOMF Network's thrilling sci-fi/action webseries "DR0NE", Directed by ROBERT GLICKERT and starring LANCE REDDICK ("FRINGE") and KENNETH CHOI ("CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER"). Continues Thursdays at 8:00 PM EST.

237's programmer Jay (Kenneth Choi) finds himself under suspicion from his boss Nissen (Lance Reddick) as he works to help 237 escape from a team of black ops soldiers.

Created and Directed by Robert Glickert

Story by Robert Glickert
Written by Robert Glickert & Daniel Casey

Once Upon A Time - Video: Dragon*Con 2012 Panel

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ONCE UPON A TIME - VIDEO: Dragon Con 2012: Once Upon a Time Our Story Begins Panel Part I

Jane Espensen (Consulting producer/writer), Raphael Sbarge (Archie Hopper/Jiminy Cricket), Lee Arenberg (Grumpy), and Tony Amendola (Marco/Geppetto) appear at Dragon Con 2012 to discuss Once Upon a Time on September 1, 2012.

Once Upon A Time season two premieres Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 8/7C on ABC.



Also available (but embedding was disabled) at You Tube, the remaining two presentations of the panel:

ONCE UPON A TIME - VIDEO: Dragon Con 2012: Once Upon a Time Our Story Begins Panel Part II

ONCE UPON A TIME - VIDEO; Dragon Con 2012: Once Upon a Time Our Story Begins Panel Part III

Stargate Atlantis - Video: Jason Momoa Panel at Dragon*Con 2012

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STARGATE ATLANTIS - VIDEO: JASON MOMOA PANEL AT DRAGON*CON 2012

From Dragon*Con 2012, Jason Momoa Q&A panel.