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Photo: Ashley Williams, Paul Campbell Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Bettina Strauss

The new, original comedy movie, Falling Together, was inspired by Ashley Williams and her mother with Alzheimer’s and is set to premiere on World Alzheimer’s Day, September 21 on Hallmark Channel. Read on to learn more about the movie, its story and cast, and enjoy fun images taken on the set.

Ashley Williams and Paul Campbell star in Falling Together on Hallmark Photo: Ashley Williams, Paul Campbell Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Bettina Strauss

According to the press release, Ashley Williams has written poignant and personal essays for People and Medium about her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s and serves as executive producer with her husband, Neal Dodson. She and her family have had a long relationship with the Alzheimer’s Association from when they were navigating her mother’s illness.

Photo: Stephanie Petallano, Ashley Williams, Linda Kash Credit:...

Ashley Williams stars in Falling Together on Hallmark Channel [Image @ashleywilliamsandcompany on Instagram]

Falling Together is set to premiere on Hallmark Channel and relates to the battle with Alzheimer’s. Ashley Williams has written personal essays for People and Medium on her own mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s and serves as executive producer with her husband, Neal Dodson. Meanwhile, Ashley leads the movie with Paul Campbell.

Falling Together on Hallmark Channel Paul Campbell stars in Falling Together on Hallmark Channel [Image @paulcampbellofficial on Instagram]

According to a press release from Futon Critic, moving to a new city leads a woman to find fellowship and community through the Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

Natalie Calder (Williams) relocated to Pittsburgh for work and is eager to become part of her new town. While exploring her surroundings, she finds the perfect opportunity for involvement as she joins the Walk to End Alzheimer’s as a volunteer.

However, at her home,...

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Star Trek and Stargate are two of the most prolific and beloved science fiction franchises, and it is no surprise that actors would overlap between the two series. Both Star Trek and Stargate had shows running throughout most of the 1990s and early 2000s, and many actors made appearances on both shows. Star Trek and Stargate often borrowed episode titles and even plots from one another. Each Stargate series follows a different team of adventurers as they explore various planets by traveling through a massive Stargate that was discovered in the ruins of Giza.

The Stargate franchise began with the Stargate feature film in 1994 and would continue with three television series and two made-for-television movies. The first of these was Stargate: Sg-1 (which concluded with two movies), followed by Stargate: Atlantis, and Stargate: Universe. With ten seasons, Sg-1 was the longest-running genre show until the CW's Supernatural claimed that honor with its fifteen seasons.

Any Stargate fan worth their symbiote is looking at Basingstoke Comic Con with envy, and who can blame them? The line-up is out of control.

The con takes place over the weekend of May 19th to 21st, 2023, at the Hampshire Court Hotel – two miles from the railway station. As one of the classic commuter belt towns, Basingstoke itself is well connected – only 46 minutes by train from London.

Tickets start at £30 for a day and the guests from Stargate include Michael Shanks, Joe Flanigan, Ben Browder, Rachel Luttrell, and more.

We have one Orange VIP Package worth £1,499 and one Stargate Package worth £225 to give away to two lucky fans.

The Orange VIP Package consists of:Entrance for all three daysReserved seat in the front row for stage events1 autograph from every guest at the event1 photograph with every guest (single photo)Priority Lines for Autos and PhotosPriority registrationExclusive VIP Lounge complete with...

If you’re a Stargate fan in the UK – or within a hop of the UK – the first-ever Basingstoke Comic Con should be pinging on your radar.

The con takes place over the weekend of May 19th to 21st, 2023, at the Hampshire Court Hotel – two miles from the railway station. As one of the classic commuter belt towns, Basingstoke itself is well connected – only 46 minutes by train from London. Tickets start at £30 for a day, with a £225 Stargate package guaranteeing autographs and seating for all Stargate talks.

Basingstoke Comic Con guests Gary Jones, Rainbow Sun Francks, Rachel Luttrell, Ben Browder, Paul McGillion, Joe Flanigan, and Michael Shanks

And Stargate is especially well represented, with confirmed guests including Paul McGillion (Carson Beckett in Stargate Atlantis), Rachel Luttrell (Teyla Emmagan in Sga), Rainbow Sun Francks (Aiden Ford in Sga), Joe Flanigan (John Sheppard in Sga), Gary Jones (Walter Harriman in Stargate Sg-1...

Gate Tech 101 with Gary Jones is this weekend and filling up fast, but we already have two new virtual events to announce – and the waitlist for tickets is now open.

The Companion Av Club Presents: Movies Where We Meet the Neighbors with Michael Shanks is a one-hour discussion of 5 classic science fiction films hosted by the man behind Stargate Sg-1’s iconic Daniel Jackson.

This event will be held on March 25th, 2023 at 2 pm Eastern/11 am Pacific. Tickets cost Usd $199 (approx Gbp £166) and include a one-of-a-kind movie-style poster with your name alongside Michael’s.

Pets With Pauly is hosted by Stargate Atlantis favorite Paul McGillion and is a one-hour hangout for you and your furry friends. You’ll get a chance to introduce your pets, share pet stories, and get to know one another.

The event will be held on April 8th, 2023 at 2 pm Eastern/11 am Pacific. Tickets cost...

On Saturday, the stars of Stargate Atlantis reunited for a panel at Comic-Con@Home, reminiscing about their first Comic-Con appearance as cast members, their initial perceptions of the show and more.

Kicking off the discussion of the cast’s first convention appearance was Rainbow Sun Francks. The actor, who played Lt. Aiden Ford, remembered that his first Comic-Con as part of Stargate was “crazy,” which led David Nykl and other cast members to chime in with further details.

“It was really daunting,” said Nykl, who played Dr. Radek Zelenka. “You’ve got to develop this sort of onstage convention personality, which is like a hybrid between your character and yourself. We had to learn that.”

Actress Torri Higginson (Dr. Elizabeth Weir) recalled that “the studio gave us all free liquor the night before” the panel. Naturally, then, she and her co-stars ended up with “a hangover that only new actors with free liquor would have.

Nothing is worse than when crime doesn't pay off, especially when that crime is murder.

On Saturday, March 6, Lifetime continues its Ripped from the Headlines series with Circle of Deception. It's an Ann Rule inspired thriller starring none other than Law & Order: Svu's finest, Diane Neal.

It also serves as the directorial debut of Lifetime veteran actress Ashley Williams. Lifetime is always a network whose focus is on uplifting women and giving them opportunities.

During this Women's History Month, it's lovely to see that they're as passionate about helping women expand their worlds beyond the camera as they are in front of it.

If you previously missed the Circe of Deception Promo, then you should know that this is a wonderfully twisted true-crime tale of a scandalous murder that takes place in a small Rhode Island community that changed everything.

Neal stars as a former Beauty Queen, Peggy Sue, the...

Stockard Channing was 33 when she played teenager Rizzo in Grease. Angelia Jolie was 29 when she played Colin Farrell’s mother in Alexander – only one year older than he was.

Films and shows cast actors outside their own age all the time, and it’s not unusual for actors to be aged up or aged down when a show or film takes place over a long time period, but in Firefly Lane this really jars.

Tully and Kate are best friends since the age of 14 back in 1974 – Firefly Lane follows the journey of the two, from young teens coping with family and school, to ambitious 20-somethings in the 1980s, to their lives at 43, with Kate going through a divorce and Tully juggling a successful TV career.

Teenage Tully and Kate are played by Ali Skovbye (aged 18) and Roan Curtis (24 as of Feb 2021), while 20-something Tully and Kate and 40-something Tully and...

Love, loss and lifelong friendship is at the heart of Netflix’s latest binge worthy drama. Based on Kristin Hannah’s novel of the same name, Firefly Lane follows the decades-long friendship of Tully (Katherine Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) who meet as teen neighbors living on the titular street and are bonded by a chance encounter after a traumatic event. Over ten episodes the show follows the friends at different stages of their lives – as teenage girls, as young women embarking on careers and family and as forty-somethings juggling different sets of life events

The show doesn’t cover the entirety of the book and also makes some major diversions from the plot, adding in and taking out various characters. There’s also a sequel to the novel called Fly Away, so there’s heaps of material should Netflix decide to renew for a second series, and that’s...

If you combine Lifetime, Ann Rule, and the esteemed Diane Neal, you get another ripped from the headlines thriller that will have you on the edge of your seats.

Circle of Deception is the latest Ann Rule true crime inspired piece to make it to the small screen, and as fans of the books and the Lifetime films know, they're among the strongest of the Ripped from the Headlines series.

And much like Lifetime actress Robin Givens helmed Ann Rule's A Murder to Remember, this time around, it's another network veteran, Ashley Williams, making her directorial debut.

From the promos, the standout of the film is Law & Order Svu's Diane Neal. She stars as a former Beauty Queen who orchestrates a murderous scheme.

The film is about a small island community that is rocked by the mysterious death of Russel Douglas, played by Paul McGillion, the day after Christmas.

"I came up with a genuinely original idea. And I'm the only one who's immune to it." Oh this is a good one. O.I. is a new horror short film made by South African filmmaker N'cee Van Heerden (also of Hunter's Cabin). A simple concept perfectly executed. The story is about Barry – played by Ben Cotton – after he wakes up one morning with an incredible new idea. The downside? He's the only person that can handle it. In fact, telling the idea to anyone has devastating effects. Barry may have to face this burden alone – or so he thinks. Also starring Kett Turton, Toby Hargrave, Jennnifer Nicole Stang, and Paul McGillion. The whole thing is a play on how there are no longer any original ideas, and how the moment anyone comes up with a truly unique original idea it blows minds - literally. Pretty accurate, I have to say.

Hey, "The Good Doctor" fans. We are back at you this week to serve up a new set spoiler scoops for the upcoming episode 8 of this current season 3, which is due out next week. Thanks to the lovely folks over at ABC, we do have a couple of teaser descriptions for episode 8 via their official episode 8 press release. There's also some preview photos and a preview clip that we'll be going over in this spoiler session. So, let's get into it. For starters, episode 8 is officially named,"Moonshot." It sounds like episode 8 will feature some very emotional, dramatic and intense scenes as Carly gets quite frustrated with Shaun. Neil and Audrey run into relationship woes and more! We'll go ahead and start off this spoiler session with the Carly and Shaun drama. It turns out that these two will definitely face some significant problems in this episode. Apparently, Carly will...

Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber, Noah Taylor, McKenna Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Roland Moller, Byron Mann, Matt O’Leary, Hannah Quinlivan, Beatrice King, Tzi Ma, Chin Han, Paul McGillion, Kathy Wu | Written and Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber

Dwayne Johnson reteams once again with director Rawson Marshall Thurber for Skyscraper, after the critically mixed and modest box office reception Central Intelligence two years previously.

Global disaster flick Skyscraper sees Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson star as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Ford, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. On assignment in China he finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze, and he’s been framed for it. A wanted man on the run, Will must find those responsible, clear his name and somehow rescue his family who is trapped inside the building… above the fire line.

Skyscraper is, a heart,...

"So what's the plan?" "Whatever it takes." Universal has released a third & final trailer for the high-rise disaster action movie Skyscraper, which opens in just a few weeks in the middle of July. Skyscraper stars Dwayne Johnson as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. When a fire breaks out on a gigantic, state-of-the-art skyscraper tower in China, he's framed for it, and finds himself on the run while trying to save his family trapped inside the burning skyscraper. We've been posting trailers for this already, and each one reveals even scarier action. The cast includes Pablo Schreiber, Neve Campbell, Roland Møller, Kevin Rankin, Byron Mann, Chin Han, Paul McGillion, and Adrian Holmes. I'm not sure why they felt the need to give away an entire scene in this trailer, but at least it's not all the big moments revealed.

"Just the man I was looking for...!" Universal has released a second trailer for the disaster action movie Skyscraper, following the first trailer which dropped during the Super Bowl earlier this year. Skyscraper stars Dwayne Johnson as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. When a fire breaks out on a big tower in China, he's framed for it, and finds himself on the run while trying to save his family trapped inside the burning skyscraper. This also stars Pablo Schreiber, Neve Campbell, Roland Møller, Kevin Rankin, Byron Mann, Chin Han, Paul McGillion, and Adrian Holmes. They've admitted this is inspired by Die Hard, and it certainly has that vibe, which actually makes me want to see it even more if I'm honest. This looks like it might be badass. Here's the second trailer (+ poster) for Rawson Marshall Thurber's Skyscraper,...

"No one really knows what would happen if things go wrong..." Universal debuted the full-length official trailer for the gnarly action movie Skyscraper, which also got a Super Bowl TV spot earlier. Skyscraper stars Dwayne Johnson as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. When a fire breaks out on a big tower in China, he's framed for it, and finds himself on the run while trying to save his family trapped inside the burning skyscraper. This also stars Pablo Schreiber, Neve Campbell, Roland Møller, Kevin Rankin, Byron Mann, Chin Han, Paul McGillion, and Adrian Holmes. This really does look like a modern Die Hard update, set in China, with even cheesier CGI action. At least when he takes that giant leap at the end, he doesn't exactly make it and must grab on to a cable. This might be entertaining,...

"Not many people know what they'd die for..." Universal has aired a first look at the gnarly action movie Skyscraper as a Super Bowl TV spot, with a full trailer coming soon. Skyscraper stars Dwayne Johnson as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. When a fire breaks out on a big tower in China, he's framed for it, and finds himself on the run while trying to save his family trapped inside the skyscraper. That's a crazy plot, totally absurd but obviously designed as pure summer movie entertainment. The cast includes Pablo Schreiber, Neve Campbell, Roland Møller, Kevin Rankin, Byron Mann, Chin Han, Paul McGillion, and Adrian Holmes. As much as I thought this might be awful, it doesn't look so bad. Full trailer can be seen here. Check this out. Here's the Super Bowl TV spot...

Universal Pictures has debuted the first footage from Skyscraper with a tiny 15-second preview before the new trailer drops during the Super Bowl. This footage offers our first glimpse at Dwayne Johnson's character Will Ford, who is seen telling a group of executives that the world's tallest building they just built, dubbed "The Pearl," has brought, "every safety and security challenge" he can think of. While we don't get to see any footage of Ford in action quite yet, this preview sets the scene for what could be an action-packed trailer debuting on Super Bowl Sunday.

Global icon Dwayne Johnson leads the cast of Legendary's Skyscraper as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Ford, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. On assignment in China he finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze, and he's been framed for it. A wanted man on the run,...

Stars: Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Caitlin Gerard, Tony Shalhoub, Terry Chen, Anthony Lapaglia, Paul McGillion, Paul Lazenby, Ken Kirzinger, Zak Santiago, Caroline Chan, Adrian Hough | Written by Walter Hill, Denis Hamill | Directed by Walter Hill

Frank Kitchen is an assassin at the top of his game. When he’s double-crossed by a group of ruthless gangsters he falls into the hands of a rogue surgeon, known only as The Doctor, who transforms him into a woman against his will. Aided by a nurse with her own set of secrets, Frank the hitman becomes Tomboy the hitwoman and revenge is the first thing on her mind…

Tomboy (aka The Assignment), arrives on DVD and VOD here in the UK to little fanfare. Which, looking at the cast and crew, you’d think is surprising. The film is headlined by Michelle Rodriguez from the Fast & Furious franchise and Aliens’ Sigourney Weaver; with...

Saban Films and Lionsgate have released the first trailer for The Assignment, which puts a unique twist on the assassin thriller genre. Sigourney Weaver and Michelle Rodriguez lead a diverse and impressive cast in this thriller, which also includes Tony Shalhoub, Anthony Lapaglia and Caitlin Gerard. If that wasn't enough, we also have the first poster for The Assignment, which you can check out below the trailer.

Legendary director Walter Hill (The Warriors) gives the revenge film a modern neo-noir twist with this electrifying thriller. Hitman Frank Kitchen (Michelle Rodriguez) is given a lethal assignment, but after being double-crossed, he discovers he's not the man he thought he was, he's been surgically altered and now has the body of a woman. Seeking vengeance, Frank heads for a showdown with the person (Sigourney Weaver) who transformed him, a brilliant surgeon with a chilling agenda of her own. The hitman, now a hitwoman,...

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We salute 10 memorable guest roles on Stargate Sg-1, featuring Seth, The Keeper and more...

As with our previous features, this is a list designed to celebrate the very best performances by guest actors in Stargate Sg-1. However, we did come across a couple of challenges in compiling the list for this particular series. We’ve defined ‘guest performance’ as an actor playing a character who is not a regular or recurring character – so the actor must have played the character no more than twice in this particular series (though they may have appeared more often in other branches of the franchise). Stargate Sg-1 liked to re-use its best guest characters as often as possible, frequently bringing back characters like Claudia Black’s Vala Mal Doran after what was initially a one-off appearance, which is great as the audience get to enjoy them again, but seriously reduces the number of eligible performances.

The Raven Banner specialty label has acquired Canadian rights to Kevan Funk’s film ahead of its world premiere in Toronto’s Discovery section next month.

Hello Destroyer stars Tiff Rising Star Jared Abrahamson as a shy enforcer on a hockey team whose life is shattered by an act of violence during a game.

As he struggles with the repercussions he learns more about the brutal world of his locker room compadres.

Toronto-based Northern Banner plans an early 2017 theatrical release.

Kurt Max Runte, Paul McGillion, Ian Tracey, Sara Canning, Ben Cotton, Maxwell Haynes and newcomer talent Joe Dion Buffalo round out the key cast.

Haydn Wazelle of Tabula Dada and Daniel Domachowski of Type One produced Hello Destroyer and Christine Haebler and Trish Dolman served as executive producers. Telefilm Canada participated in the development and financing.

“Like the vast majority of my short film work that I have made leading up to this, the film is...

Up-and-coming actor Jared Abrahamson (AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead”) is set to star in Kevan Funk’s first feature-length film “Hello Destroyer,” TheWrap has learned. Abrahamson will play a young hockey player whose life is shattered by an in-game act of violence. As he struggles with the repercussions of the event, his personal journey illuminates troubling systemic issues around violence. The indie film co-stars Joe Buffalo, Sara Canning, Ben Cotton, Max Haynes, Darren Mann, Paul McGillion, Phil Prajoux, Kurt Max Runte, Ian Tracey and newcomer Shane Leydon. Also Read: Jared Abrahamson Joins Tye Sheridan, Bel Powley in Indie Thriller...

Exclusive: Das Films, Myriad Pictures and Bowery Hills Entertainment’s dance pic Heartbeats has just begun production in India ahead of the start of sales at the Efm in Berlin. Professional dancer Krystal Ellsworth (Fame, Iron Man 2), Indian actor Amitash Pradhan and Paul McGillion and Daphne Zuniga are headlining the cast. Step Up creator Duane Adler wrote the script and is directing. Check out the first-look photos above and below. Heartbeats tells the story of Kelli…...

Plus: Glass Eye Pix, Dogfish wrap ‘Like Me’; FilmRise acquires ‘The Witness’; and more…

Professional dancer Krystal Ellswort, rising South Indian star Amitash Pradhan, Paul McGillion and Daphne Zuniga have joined Myriad Pictures, Das Films and Bowery Hills Entertainment’s Heartbeats. Myriad will handle sales in Berlin.

Writer-director Duane Adler has begun production in Mumbai on the tale of a feisty female American hip hop dancer who travels with her family to India and falls in love with a young man and a new style of dance.

Justin Chon, Salman Yussuf Khan, Kishori Shahane and Mohan Kapur round out the cast. Producers are Sriram Das, Andrea Chung and Karine Martin. Myriad’s Kirk D’Amico serves as executive producer alongside Julie Stadler and CEO Brian Williams of co-financier Dance Network.

Glass Eye Pix and Dogfish Pictures have wrapped principal photography on Like Me, a neo-noir starring Addison Timlin as a discontented loner who documents her crime spree through...

Stars: Curtis Caravaggio, Fraser Aitcheson, Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin, Summer Rae, Josh Blacker, Matthew MacCaull, Primo Allon, Todd Jenkins, Melissa Roxburgh, Paul McGillion | Written by Alan B. McElroy | Directed by William Kaufman

Former reality star and current WWE superstar Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin returns for a second crack at the title role in this fourth instalment of The Marine franchise and this time he’s bringing a WWE Diva along for the ride. Yes, after three installments featuring the WWE’s beefy muscle-men in the title role, The Marine 4: Moving Target sees fit to add a female wrestler into the mix – and she’s no damsel in distress either! Summer Rae – WWE Diva, former partner of the hip-jiggling Fandango and bitchy nemesis of the Bella Twins – stars alongside The Miz as one of a group of mercenaries tasked with tracking down the titular Marine. In other words, she...

Tomorrowland Japanese Trailer. Brad Bird‘s Tomorrowland (2015) international movie trailer stars Shiloh Nelson, Michael Rowe, Thomas Robinson, Monique Ganderton, and Paul McGillion. Tomorrowland‘s plot synopsis: “Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled [...]

Continue reading: Tomorrowland (2015) Japanese Movie Trailer: New Footage Revealed...

Fringe Review, Season 5, Episode 3: “The Recordist”

Written by Graham Roland

Directed by Jeff T. Thomas

Airs Fridays at 9pm (Et) on Fox

This week, on Fringe: The team follows the first, well, third, Betamax and find what is hopefully some red Observer kryptonite

The Great Betamax Hunt is on and this week, it takes our heroes to the forest, which apparently still exists in this overly mechanized future. As in the past two episodes, “The Recordist” favors character moments over action, making it at this point perhaps the most talky sci-fi series since Star Trek: the Next Generation. That’s not to discount the story we get this week, but while the notion of a community of people documenting the human perspective of this new world is interesting, and the father-son story is compelling, it’s hard not to argue that the show is beginning to feel stagnant.

Two men hear a noise in the woods and see a man wearing a mask in the shadows. One Year later a team from Atlantis find the mask. Beckett (Paul McGillion) is leaving to help others. Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) tells him they've found one of Michael's labs which he has to check out before he can go. Sheppard didn't tell Beckett there'd be so much walking involved, he complains like Rodney (David Hewlett). Sheppard is shocked to see four women heading up the Atlantis team headed by Major Teldy (Christina Cox), with Mehra, (Janina Gavankar) Alison Porter (Nicole de Boer) and Vega (Leela Savasta). He wasn't going to say his team were "a bunch of girls!" She picked the best and the brightest. Sheppard: "Funny how that worked out." They picked up a lock in the signal to the catacombs and discovered statis pods. Beckett isn't familiar with this facility.

Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) thanks Jennifer (Jewel Staite) for helping Kanaan and the others get better. Jennifer owes it to Beckett's (Paul McGillion) retrovirus and she may have found a formula to help him too. She hates seeing him in a box. Of course she'll have found a way to treat Beckett cos she'll need his help now. Rodney (David Hewlett) visits Beckett and she's surprised by Rodney, cos she likes him. Woolsey (Robert Picardo) arrives on Atlantis, well he's beamed down and doesn't have any words for them. Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) "nice speech - very inspiring." Jennifer finds a sticky substance on her hand as she awakes form falling asleep at her desk. Sheppard notices the new table in the conference room, which Woolsey brought with him. Ronon (Jason Momoa) thinks Carter did a good job as leader. Sheppard calls Sam a victim of her own success. Sam and Weir didn't stick to protocol either.

Syfy's website and the teaser trailer that debuted today have different names for this film, but for now we'll stick with Gretl: Witch Hunter. Look for it on Saturday, February 25th, at 9/8c.

Gretl: Witch Hunter (or Witchslayer Gretl), written by Brook Durham (Red: Werewolf Hunter), stars Shannen Doherty, Paul McGillion, and Emilie Ullerup.

Synopsis:

Twenty years after his encounter with the witch, a grown-up Hansel returns to the haunted forest, seeking revenge. But there's a surprise waiting - his sister Gretel (whom he thought had been killed) is the witch's protégé.

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The press release below emphasizes the fairy tale double feature, but here in the TV Department of SciFi Mafia, we are over the moon about the Mark Sheppard-directed and -starring Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island, premiering a week from Saturday. Mr. Sheppard has been in just about every favorite sci-fi tv show since the X-Files in 1993. We’ll have more about the movie next week, including an interview with Mr. Sheppard and his co-star, and a review of the movie.

And oh yeah, they’re having a fairy tale double feature two weeks later! Here’s the press release:

January 30, 2012

Tinsel Korey (The Twilight Saga) And Shannen Doherty (90210) Star In Syfy’S First Ever Original Fairy Tale Double Feature In February

New York – January 30, 2012 – Tinsel Korey (The Twilight Saga) and Shannen Doherty (90210) become embroiled in two dark takes on the increasingly popular fairy tale genre – the first ever Syfy...

Joe Flanigan was born Joseph Harold Dunnigan III on 5th January 1967 in Los Angeles, California. He has three brothers and four sisters. His father left shortly after Joe's birth and Joe changed his surname to Flanigan after John Flanigan, his step father who adopted him. Joe spent most of his childhood at a ranch near Reno, Nevada when his family relocated there when he was aged 6. Joe attended boarding school in Ojai, California at 15. Here he had the lead role in the school production of A Streetcar Named Desire, where he played Stanley Kowalski. After he graduated high school, Joe attended the university of Colorado. Here he read for a history degree and starred in the production of Coriolanus. Joe was seen as shy (hard to believe now) and was told by a friend to take up acting as a means to alleviate his timidness. Said Joe, "At one point in college,...

Tired of seeing New York and Los Angeles get destroyed on film? Wish disaster movies could find a different metropolis to reduce to rubble? This weekend’s Swamp Volcano unleashes a lava storm on Miami. And then a month from now you can take a double-dip trip to the black forest of fairy tales in two back-to-back Syfy original premieres: Black Forest and Gretl: Witch Hunter.

Hollywood’s renewed fascination with fractured takes on classic fairy tales sure came out of nowhere, didn’t it? Now it’s everywhere on big and small screens. February 25th will see Syfy getting in on the craze with a pair of unhappily ever afters making their world premieres as part of a Saturday night double feature.

First up at 7/6 Cst is Black Forest from director Patrick Dinhut (Dead & Deader) and screenwriter Frank H. Woodward (Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown).

A group of...

Earlier today, Wizard World announced that the 2012 Toronto Comic Con would be moving to a new venue: the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in the heart of downtown Toronto. It’s welcome news for those of us who did not enjoy that chilly Spring trek out to the Direct Energy Centre.

Confirmed guests include Paul McGillion (Stargate: Atlantis, Star Trek), Eisner Award Hall of Fame writer Marv Wolfman (Dcu Online, Crisis on Infinite Earths), and artists Mike Deodato Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man, Wonder Woman), John McCrea (“Hitman, Transmetropolitan) and Barry Kitson (Uncanny X-Force, Ff”). More guest announcements are sure to be made over the coming months.

“Wizard World Toronto Comic Con has grown tremendously in its first two years, making this move to the Metro Toronto Convention Center a natural,” said John Macaluso of the Wizard World Board of Directors. A larger venue with the more convenient and accessible location? This move...

Amanda Tapping in the fourth season of Stargate: Atlantis.

Amanda Tapping, Colin Ferguson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ryan Robbins and Allison Mack will be among a host of television stars attending a gala in Vancouver on September 24th to raise funds for research into Hunter Syndrome.

The condition, also known as Mps II, is a genetic disorder that affects children. It substantially reduces their lifespan and afflicts them with a variety of degenerative symptoms that increase in severity with age. Currently there is no cure for the rare syndrome, which is estimated to affect around 2000 children worldwide.

The aim of the 1st Annual Once Upon a Cure Gala is to raise funds and awareness for research into ways to reverse the disease. This research is already yielding promising new treatments and a seven-year-old boy from North Vancouver recently became the first child in Canada to be given a new medication for the condition.

Hallmark Channel has released a list of Fall movies whose casts include a number of soap opera stars. First up though Desperate Housewives' Nicollette Sheridan stars in Honeymoon For One, A Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere debuting Saturday, August 13 at 9p/8c.

See the fall movie list below which includes All My Children's Natalie Hall and Kim Delaney, General Hospital's Greg Vaughan and As The World Turns' Dylan Bruce.

Love Begins

Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere

Saturday, September 17 (9p.m. Et/Pt, 8C)

Starring: Nancy McKeon, Wes Brown, Julie Mond, Abigail Mavity, Jerry Burns

“Love Begins” is the prequel inspired by award-winning author Janette Oke’s most beloved book series Love Comes Softly and Oke’s iconic hero Clark Davis (Brown). Clark’s adventurous dreams of seeing the world are cut short when he lands in jail after a café brawl. Clark strikes a...

The Movie Pool is in geek heaven with Stargate: Atlantis The Complete Series on Blu-ray! Beware! This is a long review, necessary to cover all 20 discs!

Blu-ray Specs

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 (for episodes only)

Rating: TV-14

Audio: English 5.1 DTS-hd Master Audio

Subtitles: English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Special Features: Detailed in the set breakdown.

Stargate: Atlantis The Complete Series comes in a 20 disc Blu-ray set. Seasons one and two come in one extra-wide case, as do seasons three and four, with season five in a third case. All three cases come within an outer slipcover.

Set Breakdown

Many of the special features listed are not presented in high-definition.

Disc 1 (Season 1)

Episodes include: “Rising” (Parts 1 and 2, with commentary by director Martin Wood and actor Joe Flanigan); “Hide and Seek” (with commentary by actors Rachel Luttrell, Torri Higginson and Paul McGillion); "Thirty Eight Minutes” (with commentary by actors Rachel Luttrell...

The resoundingly popular science-fiction television show Stargate: Atlantis: The Complete Series will be released on Blu-ray on July 26 in a colossal 20-disc box set for the list price of $199.99.

The Stargate: Atlantis: The Complete Series Gift Set is coming from MGM Home Entertainment, which is distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, and will include all 100 episodes from the TV series’ five-season run

The majority of the episodes come with commentaries by the directors, actors, producers and writers, along with a slew of additional material, all of which appeared on the Stargate: Atlantis: The Complete Series DVD that was released last year.

Here’s the list of all the extras to peruse, if you have an hour or so to spare:

Set Tour With Directors Martin Wood and Peter DeLuise Diary of Rainbow Sun Francks Mission Directive: The Storm Mission Directive: The Eye Wraithal Discrimination: It’s...

The Alcatraz TV Show Trailer has premiered. Danny Cannon‘s Alcatraz (2013), produced by J.J. Abrams, stars Sarah Jones, Sam Neill, Jorge Garcia, Parminder Nagra, and Robert Forster. Alcatraz‘s plot synopsis: “Alcatraz follows Rebecca Madsen, a police officer (Sarah Jones), and Dr. Diego Soto (Jorge Garcia), a ‘hippy geek’ who is the world’s foremost expert on Alcatraz. Both will investigate the reappearance of twenty wardens and prisoners of Alcatraz in modern day, after their mysterious disappearance fifty years ago.”

Some fool over at another website quipped that this show looked like The 4400, true, but then surmised that this plot also had something to do with aliens, wrong. Even if it were true, I doubt J.J. Abrams would ripoff a deceased USA show so blatantly. He has something crafty up his sleeve to explain the Alcatraz criminals lack of age. They were probably frozen somehow and stored like a...

The TV networks have not announced its official fall schedule yet, but most have just announced which shows have made the cut for the fall lineup. J.J. Abram’s Alcatraz has been picked up, but comic book adaptation Locke & Key didn’t make the cut to the Fox team. Wonder Woman is close to being picked up by NBC, but no official word yet.

Alcatraz “follows a team of FBI agents who try to unravel the mystery involving a group of Alcatraz prisoners and guards who vanished 30 years earlier only to reappear in the present day” and brings back a few familiar faces from the sci-fi genre: Jorge Garcia of Lost, Sam Neill of many movies and television shows, Robert Forster and Santiago Cabrera of Heroes, Paul McGillion of Stargate Atlantis, and Robert Lawrenson of Sanctuary.

Locke & Key was to be a miniseries adaptation of the popular Idw comic...

SyFy continues their own series of fairy tale's with horrific twists as they're gearing up for Mario Azzopardi's own version of "Hansel and Gretel," Gretl, which will star Shannen Doherty ("90210") in the title role. Paul McGillion (Star Trek, "The X-Files") has been cast as Hansel. "As an adult, a witch hunter (Hansel) returns to the village where he lived as a child to find and kill the witch who killed his sister, Gretl (Doherty), only to find that Gretl is not dead and danger lurks around every corner." John Boylan, Sarain Boylan and Jefferson Brown, round out the cast with Erica Cox, Marianthi Evans, Sophia Ewaniuk, Nahanni Johnstone, and Daniela Lazzaro. SyFy will air this coming November.

Hitting movie theaters this weekend:

From Prada to Nada – Camilla Belle, Alexa Vega, Kuno Becker (limited)

The Mechanic – Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland

The Rite – Colin O’Donoghue, Anthony Hopkins, Ciarán Hinds

Movie of the Week

The Mechanic

The Stars: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland

The Plot: An elite hit man teaches his trade to an apprentice who has a connection to one of his previous victims.

The Buzz: Jason Statham is kind of cookie cutter, and this looks to be just another of his many action extravaganzas, but he does turn in some good work from time to time. Death Race, for instance, was good, and I enjoyed the first Transporter too. Ben Foster has been on the rise now for quite some time — I imagine a few years from now he’ll be knocking on the door of the household name. I enjoyed him a lot in Pandorum,...

While this weekend brings us the world premiere of the cinematic epic Mega Python vs. Gatoroid, Syfy is already putting out promotional clips for their next offering for February, Iron Invader, which sees Earth invaded by a alien bacteria that not only fatally infects people, it also brings a giant ironworks statue to life to go on a rampage.

Alien bacteria arrives on a meteorite and infects metal, animating a giant iron statue that goes on a killing rampage in a small town. It's up to Kavan Smith ("Stargate: Atlantis", "The 4400"), Chris Gauthier ("Eureka", "Smallville"), Nicole DeBoer ("Haven", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), Paul McGillion ("Stargate: Atlantis", "Sanctuary") and Donnelly Rhodes ("Battlestar Galactica", "Charles in Charge") to save the world.

If there's one thing that cast proves, it's that if you've ever starred in a Syfy original series, then you pretty much look to have a job for life appearing in Syfy original movies.

The season three premiere of Sanctuary is tonight, October 15th, at 10pm on SyFy, and to kick things off I have a great giveaway for you. In order to combine the excitement with the recent return of Stargate Universe, we have some crossover to the giveaway.

Check out some info on the new season, then we’ll get to the prizes.

The season three opener of Sanctuary finds the team desperately trying to find a way to reach Kali to prevent catastrophic tidal waves from killing millions around the world. En route, they receive reports of massive tsunamis heading for the coasts of India, Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.

Ravi continues on to the Sanctuary while Kate frantically tries to warn the authorities in Dharavi to sound the sirens and get their people to higher ground. Meanwhile Magnus (Amanda Tapping) and Henry (Ryan Robbins), aboard the Sanctuary vessel now taken...

Amanda Tapping’s series Sanctuary is back for a third season with an episode, entitled “Kali Part 3“, that concludes the Kali arc at the close of last season and rescues us from the cliffhanger ending. This third season of Sanctuary should see the tone of the show return to a “positive, exciting, adventurous spirit” that made season one so fun.

Check out our recap of the end of season two, the premiere episode synopsis, promo for season three, and a sneak peek at tonight’s episode below:

Quick recap of the ending of season two: Will (Robin Dunne) had been chosen as host by a telepathic spider connected to Kali aka Big Bertha, an abnormal with world-destroying power. The spider was taken from Will, leaving him to die. Even though Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping) and the rest of the team are trying to get a handle on the situation, Will...

Stargate Universe recently kicked off its second season on the Syfy channel and Sanctuary will debut its third season on Friday, October 15 at 10 Pm Et on Syfy. To celebrate these new seasons, we have a brand new contest and we're giving away t-shirts from both shows and a Syfy-branded digital picture frame to our readers. You know these contests will go fast, so be sure and enter this contest today.

Winners Receive

Stargate Universe t-shirtSanctuary t-shirtSyfy-branded digital picture frame

Here's How To Win!

Just "Like" (fan) the MovieWeb Facebook page (below) and then leave a comment below telling us why these prizes must be yours!

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The season three opener of Sanctuary finds the team desperately trying to find a way to reach Kali to prevent catastrophic tidal waves from killing millions around the world.

The Vancouver-shot fantasy series Sanctuary returns to Syfy next week. To celebrate this, the channel is giving away a Sanctuary t-shirt to one lucky reader. You can see an image of the t-shirt below.

If you are also a fan of Stargate Universe, this giveaway should be even more enticing because the winner will also receive a Stargate Universe t-shirt resembling the shirt worn by Eli Wallace (David Blue) in the show (there's a small pic with the headline on the CinemaSpy homepage). That's not all, though. The prize pack also includes a Syfy-branded iTunes Gift Card.

There is some bad news, though (and please don't shoot the messenger). By orders of Syfy, this contest is only open to Us residents (that cuts us out, for a start).

To enter the giveaway, there are two things you need to do:

1) Tell us below what you are most looking forward to...