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Nov 23 | Chuck returns to NBC with a special two-hour show on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010, before returning to its regular time slot, Mondays at 8pm on the following night. It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year. CHUCK is a one-hour, action-comedy series that follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. This upcoming season will include some special guest stars, including Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" who will play CIA agent Daniel Shaw in an episode, and the addition of SUBWAY restaurant as a major advertiser to the show. Chuck averaged a 4.0/6 rating last season, about eight percent better than the recently cancelled "Trauma". Ratings-challenged Heroes moves back an hour when Chuck returns on Monday nights. STAR TREK VOYAGER's Robert Duncan McNeill serves Chuck as a supervising producer and director.
Nov 17 | Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He now serves as an executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson and oversees the day-to-day functions of the show.
Nov 12 | Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig, reports Risky Business.Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year. The movie centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman's adopted son.Chaz Thorne is directing the pic, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series "The Listener."
Nov 11 | The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com. One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers. The president of our organization is Carol Abrams, JJ's mother, and she arranged for the donation from Bad Robot Production Company. J.J. Abrams is also a major donor to their organization. The funds raised will go to help find a cure to neurological disorders in children. The auction link is here.
Nov 10 | Candice Bergen, Charles Lisanby, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry, Tom and Dick Smothers and Bob Stewart have been selected as the next inductees into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a Jan. 20 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "This year's inductees have challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally while doing so," TV Academy Chairman-CEO John Shaffner said. More info at the Hollywood Reporter
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By GustavoLeao / 15:00, 1 December 2008 / Feature Films
IGN TV posted a extensive interview with William Shatner in which he talks about his new talk show Raw Nerve, which premieres tomorrow. Shatner also talked a bit about J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie. Here are excerpts.
IGN : Lastly, I'd like to ask you if you'd gotten a chance to see any of the 20 minutes of footage from the new Star Trek movie that's been circulating around?
Shatner: No, I've seen nothing. Is it good?
IGN: It looks pretty good actually. We have these iconic screen characters like James Bond and James Kirk, but, unlike Bond, this is the first time that Kirk is being rebooted. How do you feel having Kirk played by another actor? Have you seen any of Chris Pine's work?
Shatner: No, I haven't. Have you?
IGN: Yes, I saw him play a sort of a psycho hillbilly.
Shatner: Well then, that sounds right for Kirk.
IGN: How do you feel about the character living on in the form of another actor?
Shatner: Well, there's nothing I can do about it. But I hear that it's going to be a fun movie, and I'm looking forward to seeing it.
The full interview is here.
UPDATE : UGO also posted a new interview with Shatner and here is an excerpt.
UGO: And as Abrams did this road show, he had a little bit of a prepared statement and his talking points. The type of thing you don't see of Shatner's Raw Nerve.
WS: Yes.
UGO: And the jokey way he decided to break the ice was, ‘I never was a fan of Star Trek.' It's the first thing out of his mouth.
WS: Uh oh.
UGO: How do you react, when you hear that?
WS: Well, he lies through his teeth. Because he was a "big fan of Star Trek." So, JJ Abrams is trying to cast himself as a nouveau entre into the Star Trek universe. But I know him to be an old admirer of the show.
UGO: Well, he's got to clear himself of the perceived stain. There are some people who think Star Trek is just for the mouth-breathing nerd. It's a marketing ploy that either he devised or someone who devised for him and told him to say and it is what he's running with it.
WS: Nobody tells JJ Abrams what to say, I can tell you that much. He's got to broaden the base of the audience. And, I'm really being facetious when I refer to him as a long-time admirer. But he's doing the best he can. You and I both recognize his trying to broaden the base of the audience, so that people will come to see it as an adventure.
UGO: Why do you think there is a little bit of a stigma to Star Trek?
WS: I think because the audience that has remained there has been so passionate in the affection for the show, that people who don't know why they're so passionate think of them in negative terms. And so if you're known to like Star Trek, you're linked with this group of people who wear costumes.
The full interview can be found at UGO.
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