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In Geoffrey Sax's 2005 thriller "White Noise," Michael Keaton plays an architect named Jonathan Rivers (not to be confused with rocker Johnny Rivers) who is living in connubial bliss with his second wife Anna (Chandra West). One night, Anna doesn't come home. She remains missing for five months. Jonathan is devastated, but holds out hope that she may still be alive. One day, he is contacted by a man named Raymond (Ian McNeice) who claims to have a clue as to Anna's whereabouts. Raymond has been watching static-tuned TVs and listening to garbled radio signals, and claims he can hear voices emerging through the hissing. Raymond is convinced that the voices are the voices of ghosts, able to communicate with the land of the living through electrical signals. 

Jonathan doesn't believe Raymond at first, but soon falls under the spell of white noise monitoring. He finds that his monitoring is...

A new episode of the Black Sheep video series has just been released, and in this one we’re directing some praise toward an underappreciated entry in Full Moon’s Puppet Master franchise. That entry is the 1993 release Puppet Master 4 (watch it Here), and you can find out why we think it deserves more respect by checking out the video embedded above!

Directed by Jeff Burr from a script crafted by Charles Band, Steven E. Carr, Todd Henschell, Keith S. Payson, Jo Duffy, and Douglas Aarniokoski, Puppet Master 4 was shot back-to-back with the following year’s Puppet Master 5. The synopsis for Part 4 goes like this: The mini-menaces Blade, Tunneler, and Pinhead go toe-to-toe with their most menacing enemy yet – a team of terrifying, gremlin-like creatures known as “Totems” that are sent by the evil Egyptian demon Sutekh to recapture the magic stolen by Toulon. The demons target a young scientist,...

This article contains minor spoilers for "Halloween Ends."

Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell) is the name on every horror fan's lips right now. He's the surprise, breakout character of David Gordon Green's final chapter in his reboot trilogy, "Halloween Ends." Sure, Green's trilogy might be an uneven, thematically inconsistent set of films, but Green certainly deserves some brownie points for taking large risks in his attempts to innovate the "Halloween" franchise.

In "Ends," the huge risk is centering its story away from just Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney), and exploring Haddonfield's festering anger through a new conduit. Laurie sees something in Corey's eyes, something dark and distant, something evil — not unlike her boogeyman before him. Green makes a large effort to portray Corey's descent into evil through visual parallels with Michael Myers. He stands by the bush and stares at Laurie the way Myers did all those years ago,...

In her Brooklyn Horror Film Festival review, Sara Clements wrote that Kurtis David Harder's Spiral "goes full tilt on the horrors of undying prejudice," and following its streaming release on Shudder back in September, the film is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on January 19th from Rlje Films:

Press Release: Los Angeles – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Spiral from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Spiral will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 19, 2021.

Directed by Kurtis David Harder (What Keeps You Alive), Spiral was written by Colin Minihan (Z), and John Poliquin (Still/Born). The film stars Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman (“American Horror Story”), Ari Cohen (It franchise), Jennifer Laporte (“iZombie”), Ty Wood (“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”), Chandra West (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry), and Lochlyn Munro (“Riverdale”). Rlje Films will release Spiral on...

Saban Films has launched a new trailer for rom-com ‘Love, Weddings & Other Disasters’ featuring Diane Keaton and Jeremy Irons.

With a couple’s impending wedding as the backdrop, the film weaves multiple storylines as it follows the search for love by a colourful group of characters including an inexperienced wedding planner (Grace) nicknamed “The Wedding Trasher”; a fussy celebrity caterer (Irons); his blind date (Keaton); and a tour-bus guide (Andrew Bachelor) looking for his Cinderella. How their lives and loves intersect is half the fun in this film that proves romance is alive and well… and as crazy as ever!

Written and directed by Dennis Dugan, the film stars Diane Keaton, Jeremy Irons, Maggie Grace, Jesse McCartney, Chandra West, Diego Boneta and Andrew Bachelor.

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The film has a US release in cinemas and On-Demand December 4th.

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"If you're Cinderella, come meet your Prince Charming..." Saban Films has unveiled the official trailer for a lovable romantic comedy titled Love, Weddings & Other Disasters, the latest ensemble movie from actor / director Dennis Dugan since he last made Grown Ups 2 in 2013. With a couple's impending wedding as the backdrop, Love, Weddings & Other Disasters weaves multiple storylines as it follows the search for love by a colorful group of characters including: an inexperienced wedding planner nicknamed “The Wedding Trasher”; a fussy celebrity caterer; his blind date; and a tour-bus guide looking for his Cinderella. How their lives and loves intersect is half the fun in this film that proves romance is alive and well... and as crazy as ever! Of course it is. The movie stars Diane Keaton, Jeremy Irons, Maggie Grace, Jesse McCartney, Chandra West, Diego Boneta, & Andrew Bachelor. This should look better than it ...

Stars: Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Lochlyn Munro, Ari Cohen, Chandra West, Jennifer Laporte, David LeReaney | Written by Colin Minihan, John Poliquin | Directed by Kurtis David Harder

It’s 1995 and a same-sex couple move to a small town so they can enjoy a better quality of life and raise their 16 year-old daughter with the best social values. But nothing is as it seems in their picturesque neighbourhood. And when Malik sees the folks next door throwing a very strange party, something very shocking has got to give.

Billed by many as the gay equivalent of Get Out, I found Spiral to be more of an interesting look into the pressure of being minority – both sexually and racially – and the toll being “different” can have on mental health than That film. For that’s what, for the most part Spiral presents us with: a man, broken by a hate crime of the past, trying...

We have the new trailer for Spiral, which will be making its premiere on Shudder later this month:

"Malik and Aaron move to a small town in search of a better environment for them and their 16-year-old daughter. But nothing is as it seems as something sinister lies behind the picturesque homes and welcoming faces of their new neighbors.

A horror film for the current age, Spiral skillfully dissects themes of ostracization, otherness, and the cycles of societal rejection and hate, led by a breakout performance by Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman.

With Ty Wood and Chandra West. Written by Colin Minihan (writer of the Shudder Original Z and the upcoming new Urban Legend) and John Poliquin (Selfie), directed by Kurtis David Harder.

Spiral is produced by Minihan, Harder, and John Poliquin for Digital Interference, the celebrated Canadian indie label behind the SXSW sensation What Keeps You Alive (released by IFC Midnight), Shudder Originals Z and Still/Born,...

Winner of Scariest Feature Film at the 2019 Popcorn Frights Film Festival, Brandon Christensen's Z is coming to Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD, and VOD on September 1st from Rlje Films, and to celebrate, we've been provided with two Blu-ray copies of the horror film to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers!

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Prize Details: (2) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of Z.

How to Enter: We're giving Daily Dead readers multiple chances to enter and win:

1. Instagram: Following us on Instagram during the contest period will give you an automatic contest entry. Make sure to follow us at:

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Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on September 7th. This contest is...

From the creators of Still/Born, Shudder has unleashed Z to come out and play with you. In celebration of the horror movie coming to VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, we've got an exclusive look for you to feast your eyes on.

In Shudder's Z, when Beth's (Keegan Connor Tracy) son (Jett Klyne) brings home an imaginary friend named "Z," she becomes concerned that he is falling too deep into a world of make believe. He starts to display extremely destructive behavior, blaming Z for all of his actions. But after he gets kicked out of school, Beth is forced to find a solution. She medicates her son, making him unable to see his imaginary companion. But now Beth sees Z...and he wants to be her friend.

Directed by Brandon Christensen (Still/Born) who co-wrote the movie with Colin Minihan, the Shudder horror film stars Keegan Connor Tracy...

Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Z from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Z will be released on September 1, 2020 on VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray.

Directed by Brandon Christensen (Still/Born) who co-wrote the movie with Colin Minihan, the horror film stars Keegan Connor Tracy (Final Destination 2), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Sara Canning (War for the Planet of the Apes), Stephen McHattie (Watchmen), and Chandra West (White Noise). Rlje Films will release Z on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and on Blu-ray for an Srp of $28.97.

Now you can win the Win the Blu-ray of Z. We Are Movie Geeks has two copies to give away. Just leave a comment below telling us what your favorite movie that starts with the letter ‘Z’. (mine’s Zotz! It’s so easy!

Saban Films is closing a deal for North American distribution rights to Love, Weddings & Other Disasters, a romantic comedy starring Oscar winners Diane Keaton and Jeremy Irons. Dennis Dugan wrote and directed the film, which is about the people who work on weddings to create the perfect day for a loving couple – while their own relationships are outlandish, odd, crazy, and far from perfect.

Maggie Grace, Jesse McCartney, Chandra West, Diego Boneta, Andrew Bachelor, and Veronica Ferres round out the cast.

Dugan produced the film along with Align’s Adrian Politowski and Martin Metz, and Fortitude International’s Nadine de Barros. Executive Producer is SquareOne Entertainment’s Al Munteanu.

Bill Bromiley and Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban along with The Gersh Agency and Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers. Fortitude International is handling foreign rights.

In addition to Love, Weddings & Other Disasters, Saban’s upcoming...

Saban Films has bought North American distribution rights to Dennis Dugan’s “Love, Weddings & Other Disasters,” starring Diane Keaton and Jeremy Irons.

The romantic comedy also stars Maggie Grace, Jesse McCartney, Chandra West, Diego Boneta, Andrew Bachelor and Veronica Ferres. Dugan, who penned the script, also served as a producer along with Align’s Adrian Politowski and Martin Metz, and Fortitude International’s Nadine de Barros.

“Love, Weddings & Other Disasters” centers on wedding worker who work create the perfect day for a loving couple — while their own relationships are outlandish, odd, crazy and far from perfect.

“Love” is Dugan’s first independent feature. His directing credits include “Happy Gilmore,” “Just Go With It,” “Big Daddy’ and the two “Grown Ups” titles with combined worldwide box office revenues topping $2 billion.

“Dennis Dugan is one of the most successful comedy directors of our time and we have been huge fans of his work,...

Saban Films has acquired the North American distribution rights to “Love, Weddings and Other Disasters,” a romantic comedy starring Diane Keaton and Jeremy Irons, the distributor announced Thursday.

Dennis Dugan directs and wrote the comedy that also stars Maggie Grace, Jesse McCartney, Chandra West, Diego Boneta, Andrew Bachelor and Veronica Ferres. Saban Films will announce release plans at a later date.

“Love, Weddings and Other Disasters” is a multi-story romantic comedy about the people who work on weddings to create the perfect day for a loving couple – while their own relationships are outlandish, odd, crazy and far from perfect.

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Dugan also served as a producer along with Align’s Adrian Politowski and Martin Metz, and Fortitude International’s Nadine de Barros.

“Dennis Dugan is one of the most successful comedy directors of our...

The FrightFest hit follows a gay couple terrorised by a dark force.

UK sales outfit Sc Films International has boarded worldwide rights outside of English-speaking territories to occult thriller Spiral.

The films follows same-sex couple Malik and Aaron who face homophobic threats when they move to a small Us town to raise their teenage daughter. As the threats become more insidious, Malik begins to suspect there are even darker forces at play.

Spiral premiered at FrightFest over the summer to strong reviews. Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Ari Cohen play Spiral’s central couple, with Lochlyn Munro and Chandra West in supporting roles.

Stars: Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Lochlyn Munro, Ari Cohen, Chandra West, Jennifer Laporte, David LeReaney | Written by Colin Minihan, John Poliquin | Directed by Kurtis David Harder

It’s 1995 and a same-sex couple move to a small town so they can enjoy a better quality of life and raise their 16 year-old daughter with the best social values. But nothing is as it seems in their picturesque neighbourhood. And when Malik sees the folks next door throwing a very strange party, something very shocking has got to give.

Billed by many as the gay equivalent of Get Out, I found Spiral to be more of an interesting look into the pressure of being minority – both sexually and racially – and the toll being “different” can have on mental health than That film. For that’s what, for the most part Spiral presents us with: a man, broken by a hate crime of the past, trying...

Four NBC daytime soap operas aired for the final time on December 31st:

Somerset (1976), Texas (1982), The Doctors (1982) and Sunset Beach (1999)."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1965: On Scarlett Hill, Kate (Beth Lockerbie) and Pearl discussed their fears that Ruth was only marrying Mr. Quill for his money. Sheila became extremely rude to Pearl when Pearl tried to show her pictures of the five-year-old she was about to adopt. Sheila revealed a bit of her tragic life to Stan. Ruth openly admitted to Kate that she was only getting married for the money,...

Four NBC daytime soap operas aired for the final time on

December 31st: Somerset (1976), Texas (1982),

The Doctors (1982) and Sunset Beach (1999)."History is a vast early warning system."

― Norman Cousins

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1965: On Scarlett Hill, Kate (Beth Lockerbie) and Pearl discussed their fears that Ruth was only marrying Mr. Quill for his money. Sheila became extremely rude to Pearl when Pearl tried to show her pictures of the five-year-old she was about to adopt. Sheila revealed a bit of her tragic life to Stan. Ruth openly admitted to Kate that she was only getting married for the money, knowing there was nothing Kate could do to stop her,...

I don’t know if you’re anything like me, but I can often spend hours upon hours trawling through iTunes looking for new movies to buy… Usually I’ll randomly come across a title I haven’t seen in years and use the “Cast & Crew” links to make my way down the rabbit hole to the more obscure side of Apple’s digital movie service.

Now whilst many will decry that iTunes is a terrible VOD service due to Apple’s desire to lock its audience to their platforms, if you have an Apple TV or iPad be aware – there are some truly obscure films hidden away in the depths of the vast collection of movies. Some of which have been made available in the UK for the first time since VHS and a Lot that have been added to the service in their original uncut form!

So, with...

Network: The CW

Episodes: 114 (hour)

Seasons: Five

TV show dates: September 2, 2008 -- May 13, 2013

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Rob Estes, Shenae Grimes, Tristan Wilds, AnnaLynne McCord, Dustan Milligan, Ryan Eggold, Jessica Stroup, Michael Steger, Lori Loughlin, Jessica Walter, Jessica Lowndes, Christina Moore, Jennie Garth, James Patrick Stuart, Adam Gregory, Brandon Michael Vayda, Shannen Doherty, Kellan Lutz, Cherilyn Wilson, Jessica Lucas, Maeve Quinlan, Chantelle Barry, Riley Thomas Stewart, Jana Kramer, Michael Trevino, Joe E. Tata, Patrick Sebes, Michael Graziadei, Josh Henderson, Michael Piccirilli, Chandra West, Meghan Markle, Rich Morris, Brooklyn Sudano, Hallee Hirsh, Jennifer Say Gan, Jennifer Tedmori, Tilly and the Wall, Mark Hunter, Cory Kennedy, Bobby Gold, Caroline D'Amore, Lauren London, Carlos Mendez, and Joelle ten Damme.

TV show description: A hip and trendy update of the original Beverly Hills, 90210 series.

When Annie Wilson...

Funny at first, but not so funny later tryst with a woman lands Sam in hot water. That was the beginning of the The Fall of Sam Axe, a fan-favorite supporting character from the hit USA spy game, Burn Notice. Due to popular demand, the producers of Burn Notice decided to give Sam (Bruce Campbell) his own spotlight, a prequel of sorts to learn the story of how he came to Michael Westen’s (Jeffrey Donovan) aid and how he became unemployed by the Us Government. Burn Notice creator Matt Nix wrote the film and executive produced with Donovan (who also directed The Fall) and Campbell.

It turns out the woman Sam was sleeping is Admiral Gregory Maitland’s (Alex Fernandez) wife, Donna (Chandra West, The Gates). In a case of out of sight, out of mind, Sam is jettisoned to Colombia assign to a piss stain assignment helping the...

Chicago – My love affair with USA’s “Burn Notice” has been rocky at best. During the second season, it felt like a show that could really blossom into one of the best on cable, but it kind of plateaued a bit in the third season and has been a solid-if-unspectacular program since, never quite living up to its potential while still being entertaining. The same could be said about the prequel movie, “Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe,” airing on USA tomorrow night, April 17th, 2011.

TV Rating: 3.0/5.0

Having been a longtime fan of the “Evil Dead” fans and enough of a Bruce Campbell admirer to have not only seen “Man with the Screaming Brain” but have read his autobiography (“If Chins Could Kill”), I love that “Burn Notice” has brought him to a different, wider audience and was thrilled at the idea of a Campbell movie appearing somewhere other than SyFy.

I love me my “Burn Notice”, even if the most recent season wasn’t the best of the bunch. Hey, after what, 3-4 years, I guess they’re due for a mediocre season at least once. Anyways, until the new season of “Burn Notice” picks up, the show’s giving us an original movie, a prequel to the character Sam Axe (played by Bruce Campbell — as if I needed to tell you that), which takes him to South America where he gets into all sorts of wacky trouble. Check out a new trailer (okay, not so new, but new to me) for the movie, directed by “Burn Notice” star Jeffrey Donovan, below. Also starring Kiele Sanchez, Chandra West, John Diehl, RonReaco Lee, and Pedro Pascal. Sam Axe falls next week, April 17 on the USA Network. function getVideo() { var so = new SWFObject("http://cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com/storage/xplayer/yo033.swf", "mplayer", "590", "375", "8", "#000000"); so.

The USA Network has released the first trailer (all 30-seconds of it — hey, this is a TV trailer we’re talking about) for their upcoming “Burn Notice” original movie, “Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe”. As you may have guessed by the title, it’s a prequel of sorts that follows Sam Axe (Bruce Campbell, missing some familiar whites in his hair) during a mission in South America well before he met up with Michael Weston and cruised the beaches of Miami for sugar mommas. “The Fall of Sam Axe” is directed by Campbell’s “Burn Notice” leading man, Jeffrey Donovan, and premieres on April 17th at 9/8c on the USA Network. The 30-second spot doesn’t give any hints of an appearance by Weston and his Irish gal pal, though I suspect they may show up at some point, if only in a coda to the TV movie.

In just two months, Burn Notice fans lamenting the long chill of the wait between seasons will get their fix when the much anticipated prequel movie, Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe, premieres. USA Network has announced that Sunday, April 17th is the day that this Jeffrey Donovan directed film will hit the airwaves.

For the uninformed, the movie takes place in 2005 and features Sam Axe (Bruce Campbell), then a Lieutenant Commander in the Armed Forces, who is sent to advise a military platoon in Bogota , Colombia. He then fights his way out of a web of lies and deception as he realizes that he may be fighting on the wrong side.

The film marks Donovan’s second trip to the director’s chair, having directed an episode in Burn Notice’s fourth season. The film is also written by series creator Matt Nix. That said, we’re looking forward to this one.

Lots of new pilot pick-ups and casting in Tuesday's (Feb. 1) TV Snacks. Also, Bravo reports record numbers over last year and Donald Trump is behind a "Top Model's" return to TV.

ABC Family announced three pilot pick-ups. Zap2it was the first to report that "George Lopez's" Constance Marie and "Caroline in the City's" Lea Thompson were cast and now their one-hour scripted drama has been picked up. "Switched at Birth" follows two girls who, well, the title is self-explanatory. Also picked up: One-hour drama "The Nine Lives of Chloe King," about a girl who finds she has exceptional powers and someone wants her dead; And "The Great State of Georgia" starring Raven Symone in a half-hour comedy about a girl trying to make it in New York City. [ABC Family]

NBC has tapped Carson Daly to host its singing competition "The Voice," which is set to premiere in the spring.

Burn Notice has rounded out the cast for its upcoming prequel movie, which will air this spring on USA and take us back to Sam's past in Colombia in 2005.

According to TV Line, the following actors will take on the following roles...

John Diehl: Rear Admiral Lawrence, a Naval Officer who serves as Sam's boss.

RonReaco Lee (pictured): Ben Delaney, a doctor who runs a non-profit clinic and finds himself in trouble with terrorists.

Kiele Sanchez: A humanitarian focusing on food relief efforts in the region.

Chandra West (pictured): Sam's girlfriend, Donna.

Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan will direct the two-hour movie. No air date has been announced for it yet.

The Burn Notice prequel movie has beefed up its roster.

Joining the Jeffrey Donovan directed TV film is actresses Chandra West and Kiele Sanchez and actors John Diehl and RonReaco Lee.

West was most recently seen on ABC’s cancelled series The Gates. You can expect to see her as Sam Axe’s (Bruce Campbell) love interest. Sanchez, you might remember from her short stint on Lost, during its third season. She also stars in the A&E series, The Glades. In the prequel, she’ll be playing a food relief humanitarian that doesn’t trust Sam.

John Diehl is a veteran of the small screen, known best for playing Detective Larry Zito on Miami Vice. This time around he will play an admiral to who Sam reports. As for Lee, he’s been around the block for a while as well and will be playing a field medic in...

The life and times of Sam Axe before he became the Sam Axe that we all know and love as played by Bruce Campbell will be exposed in all their grisly glory in a “Burn Notice” TV movie set to air sometime next Spring. The movie itself is set to shoot on location in Bogota, Colombia very soon, and the cast has now rounded out with a couple of babes and dudes. Joining the team will be Chandra West (formerly of “The Gates”) as Sam’s “fun” Stateside girlfriend, while Kiele Sanchez (below, “30 Days of Night: Dark Days”) will play a soldier-hating humanitarian relief worker in desperate need of saving in Colombia, where our hero Sam Axe is newly stationed. On the dude side of things, RonReaco Lee plays a non-profit doctor in need of saving, and John Diehl is Sam Axe’s fellow Naval Officer. The plot of the...

Chandra West, RonReaco Lee, Kiele Sanchez and John Diehl have joined the Burn Notice prequel TV movie, USA confirms.

Jeffrey Donovan to direct Burn Notice's Sam Axe prequel

Directed by Jeffrey Donovan, who plays Michael Westen on the spy series, the movie follows Sam Axe (Bruce Campbell) on his last mission in the military in 2005: He is sent to Colombia after rebels make trouble for the locally stationed troops.

West (The Gates) will play Sam's new ...

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Four stars have reportedly signed up for roles in the upcoming Burn Notice prequel. The project, which was announced last summer, is expected to focus on Sam Axe (Bruce Campbell) and his final job for the CIA. According to TV Line, The Gates star Chandra West has joined the cast as Donna, a love interest for Sam. Ron ReacoLee, who recently appeared in The Good Guys, will appear as a field medic called Ben who ends up fighting off terrorists. The Glades and Lost star (more)...

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Michael Westen and Fiona Glennane might not be a part of it, but Sam Axe is still going to have a whole lot of company -- and even a date or two -- in the 'Burn Notice' prequel movie.

As production continues in Bogotá, Colombia a trio of new cast members have been announced. TVLine.com reports that 'Burn Notice' star Bruce Campbell, who plays Sam Axe, will be joined by Chandra West ('The Gates'), RonReaco Lee ('The Good Guys'), Kiele Sanchez ('The Glades') and John Diehl ('The Shield').

West will play Sam's new love interest, the "smart and sexy" Donna. Lee and Sanchez will play, respectively, a field medic and a humanitarian who run into trouble in Colombia. Diehl rounds out the cast as Rear Admiral Lawrence, a no-nonsense naval officer who...

Thanks to the folks at TVLine, we now know someone who’ll be joining Bruce Campbell in the Burn Notice prequel telefilm. In fact, we know many someones. Here’s who you’ll be seeing, where you’ve seen them before, and who they’ll play: Chandra West Where You’ve Seen Her Before: As Devon on ABC’s The Gates, Gail [...]...

Production on the Burn Notice prequel TV-movie is getting underway in Bogota, Colombia, and with that a bevy of faces have been added to the cast.

Directed by Burn Notice frontman Jeffrey Donovan and starring Bruce Campbell, the telepic is set in 2005, as a faction of Colombian rebels makes trouble for the locally stationed military platoon. When Lt. Cmdr. Sam Axe (Campbell) is deployed to check things out, he uncovers some dark secrets of the area and, in turn, learns hard lessons about deception and sacrifice.

Burn Notice Prequel Starring Bruce Campbell Is A Go; Jeffrey Donovan To Direct

As this backstory gets underway,...

While a second season on ABC seems like a real long shot, ABC hasn't officially cancelled The Gates (unlike say, My Generation). One of the show's stars however has been told that there won't be a second season.

The Gates follows a Chicago police detective (Frank Grillo) who moves his family to a gated suburban community to become the neighborhood's security chief. They soon discover that their new neighbors aren't as normal as they appear to be. The large cast includes Andrea Powell, Rhona Mitra, Marisol Nichols, Luke Mably, Travis Caldwell, Skyler Samuels, Chandra West, Colton Haynes, Janina Gavankar, Justin Miles, Victoria Gabrielle Platt, James Preston, Georgia Cole, Johnny Messner, Brett Cullen, Shannon Lucio, Devyn A. Tyler, McKaley Miller, and Louis Herthum.

Ratings expectations are lower in the summer months but the suburban supernatural series averaged only a 0.9 rating in the all-important 18-49...

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Throughout this first season of 'The Gates' (Sun., 10Pm on ABC), local witch Devon (Chandra West) had been stirring up trouble with just about everyone. Her misdeeds came back to haunt her in the finale, as the vampires decided it was time to do away with her for good.

Dylan (Luke Mably) and Claire Radcliffe (Rhona Mitra) arrived at her house to take care of the situation, but Chief Nick Monahan (Frank Grillo) stayed the execution. "My son is dying. She's the only one who can save him," he pleaded. But it proved only a temporary stay of execution, as the four were surrounded by vampires en route.

Nick and Dylan tried to use reason with the leader of the vampire group that stopped them, arguing that it doesn't have to be this way. Unfortunately, he proves less sympathetic to Nick's plight. "And unfortunately for you,...

As the summer draws to a close (at least in televisionland), BBC America’s Being Human and ABC’s The Gates conclude with their season finales this weekend. Both of these two shows feature intermingling of supernatural creatures and the finales will sure pack a punch to close the season. Check out the finale summaries, promos, and sneak peeks below.

Being Human Season 2, Episode 8 Synopsis

It’s the final showdown at the research facility. Can Mitchell save his friends from Lucy’s macabre experiments? Can his friends be save him from himself? And is this really the end for Annie?

Now that Mitchell has gone all ‘Angelus’, I don’t think he’s pleased with discovering that his ‘girlfriend’ took his werewolf and ghost roommate away from him… not to mention that she orchestrated the explosion that was meant to take him and all the rest of the vampires living in Bristol out.

I’m not too sure how The Gates is doing, but it never hurts to have a comely cast at a pool party! From ABC we have a batch of promo pics for ‘Digging the Dirt’, the August 8th (10:00-11:00 p.m., Et) episode of ABC’s new show that features some great (I’m callin’ it) Chandra West [...]...

Though ABC didn't have much luck with their Eastwick drama, the network is trying another kind of supernatural series, The Gates, for the summer months. Will this one make it to season two?

The Gates revolves around a big city cop who moves his family to a quiet gated community where many of the residents aren't exactly what they appear to be. The ensemble cast includes Rhona Mitra, Colton Haynes, Frank Grillo, Janina Gavankar, Chandra West, Luke Mably, James Preston, Marisol Nichols, Skyler Samuels, Travis Caldwell, Victoria Platt, and Justin Miles.

The series debuted on Sunday, June 20th, to an unimpressive 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic and just 4.78 million viewers. Considering all of the network's promotion, this was a disappointing start. The premiere ranked first in the demo and second in total viewers for the timeslot.

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Canadian actress Chandra West has bounced back and forth between film and TV: her last recurring role was on HBO.s short-lived series John From Cincinnati. But West recently returned to the small screen as the mysterious (and quite possibly evil) Devon on ABC.s The Gates. I spoke to West about the show.s supernatural slant, Devon.s ultimate plans, and why we should root for the bad guy.

TV.com: So what brought you to The Gates?

I loved the script. I thought the script was a really fun, interesting read. And I thought that my character, Devon, was intriguing. At...  More >>...

As part of ABC’s new summer programming slate, The Gates is a supernatural drama about an ultra-exclusive, gated community made up of residents who are guarding a dark secret. With a town comprised of vampires, werewolves and witches, struggling to suppress their cravings, things are just bound to go wrong, especially when the newest residents are a totally unaware police chief and his unsuspecting family.

In The Gates, actress Janina Gavankar plays Leigh, a deputy in the police department with a shocking secret of her own. The musician and vocalist who has appeared in theatre, commercials, short films and indies, recently spoke exclusively on the phone to Collider about being a part of the current vampire craze and how much she loves the supernatural/sci-fi genre. Check out what she had to say after the jump:

Question: How did you get involved with “The Gates”?

Janina: It was pilot season and I was grinded.

Sneak Peek an extended preview clip from Little Engine Entertainment's "The Gates", ABC's newest supernatural, vampire/werewolf dramatic TV series, debuting Sunday, June 20.

"...'Nick Monahan' and his family move from Chicago to a quiet, upscale planned community called 'The Gates', where he will be chief of police. They soon realize that their neighbors are not who they seem to be..."

Cast includes Frank Grillo as 'Nick Monahan', former Chicago cop who has moved his family to a quiet community for his new job as the chief of police, Marisol Nichols as 'Sarah Monahan', Nick's wife, Travis Caldwell as 'Charlie Monahan', Nick and Sarah's teenage son, Luke Mably as 'Dylan Radcliff', a vampire owner of a biotech company who lives in the neighborhood, Rhona Mitra as 'Claire Radcliff', also a vampire and Dylan's wife, Janina Gavankar as 'Leigh Turner', a female cop who works with Nick,...

Brit actress Rhona Mitra (Doomsday) headlines ABC’s new summer show The Gates, a supernatural small-town cop show that premiers this Sunday in the Us, more specifically on ABC. The series takes place in a suburb of Chicago and follows a big-city cop move his family to what he thinks is a quiet suburb when he’s appointed chief of police. Then he comes to realise it’s not a quiet as he thought… it’s actually populated with monsters!

The image of perpetual suburban bliss, each street is lined with perfectly manicured homes protected by the massive iron gates, but a dark and delicious secret is buried just beneath the surface of this picturesque neighborhood. Like most families that settle inside The Gates, the Monahans are unmoored from a complicated life they abandoned in Chicago. Named the new police chief of The Gates, Nick Monahan is expecting a change...

We have 2 clips from the series premiere episode of ABC's"The Gates" as well as interviews with cast members Frank Grillo, Rhona Mitra, Chandra West, Skyler Samuels, Marisol Nichols, Justin Miles, Luke Malby, Colton Haynes, Janina Gavankar and Travis Caldwell. The Fox Television Studios production is written by Grant Scharbo and executive produced by Gina Matthews and Scharbo. The series premieres on Sunday, June 20th at 10:00 p.m. Et and runs for an hour. Cast and their roles: Frank Grillo as Nick Monohan, Marisol Nichols as Sarah Monahan, Rhona Mitra as Claire Radcliff, Luke Mably as Dylan Radcliff, Travis Caldwell as Charlie Monohan, Skyler Samuels as Andie Bates, Colton Haynes as Brett Crezski, Chandra West as Devon, Victoria Platt as Peg Mueller, Justin Miles as Marcus Jordan and Janina Gavankar as Leigh Turner.

Brit actress Rhona Mitra (Doomsday) headlines ABC’s new summer show The Gates, a supernatural small-town cop show that takes place in a suburb of Chicago and follows a big-city cop move his family to what he thinks is a quiet suburb when he’s appointed chief of police. Then he comes to realise it’s not a quiet as he thought… it’s actually populated with monsters!

Nestled inside a private mountain community are The Gates. The image of perpetual suburban bliss, each street is lined with perfectly manicured homes protected by the massive iron gates, but a dark and delicious secret is buried just beneath the surface of this picturesque neighborhood.

Yes, The Gates is another supernatural show coming to ABC in June, and like the previous supernatural show I got really excited about – Happy Town – we can (and should) expect this one to get cancelled early! Anyway,...

No need to worry now that some of your favorite TV shows are ending. Starting next week with ABC's "The Bachelorette" and Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance, to HBO's "True Blood" and Showtime's "Weeds," it's time for summer TV! Check out "Extra's" complete guide.

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When: Monday, May 24, ABC Who:Ali Fedotowsky What:Last season of the "Bachelor," Ali made the difficult decision to leave the show early, choosing her job over love.

ABC has released a second, slightly longer promo for its upcoming supernatural crime drama "The Gates", which debuts on June 20th. Just by virtue of the fact that Rhona Mitra's in it, I'm willing to give it a shot; here's hoping it fares better than "Happy Town" did!

"The Gates" stars Frank Grillo as Nick Monohan, Marisol Nichols as Sarah Monahan, Rhona Mitra as Claire Radcliff, Luke Mably as Dylan Radcliff, Travis Caldwell as Charlie Monohan, Skyler Samuels as Andie Bates, Colton Haynes as Brett Crezski, Chandra West as Devon, Victoria Platt as Peg Mueller, Justin Miles as Marcus Jordan, and Janina Gavankar as Leigh Turner. It's produced by Fox Television Studios, executive produced by Gina Matthews, and written and executive produced by Grant Scharbo and Richard Hatem.

Synopsis:

Nestled inside a private mountain community are The Gates. The image of perpetual suburban bliss, each street is lined with...

ABC have three new shows lined up for this summer, one of which is a supernatural small-town cop show that takes place in a suburb of Chicago called The Gates. The series is headlined by Rhona Mitra (Doomsday) and follows a big-city cop move his family to what he thinks is a quiet suburb when he’s appointed chief of police. Then he comes to realise it’s not a quiet as he thought… it’s actually populated with monsters! Thanks to Dread Central we have the official synopsis and teaser trailer for the series which premieres June 20th at 9pm on ABC:

Nestled inside a private mountain community are The Gates. The image of perpetual suburban bliss, each street is lined with perfectly manicured homes protected by the massive iron gates, but a dark and delicious secret is buried just beneath the surface of this picturesque neighborhood.

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ABC will be premiering its new supernatural crime drama "The Gates" on June 20th, and along with a teaser promo for the show, we've got the complete cast listing and a synopsis to share.

"The Gates" stars Frank Grillo as Nick Monohan, Marisol Nichols as Sarah Monahan, Rhona Mitra as Claire Radcliff, Luke Mably as Dylan Radcliff, Travis Caldwell as Charlie Monohan, Skyler Samuels as Andie Bates, Colton Haynes as Brett Crezski, Chandra West as Devon, Victoria Platt as Peg Mueller, Justin Miles as Marcus Jordan, and Janina Gavankar as Leigh Turner. It's produced by Fox Television Studios, executive produced by Gina Matthews, and written and executive produced by Grant Scharbo and Richard Hatem.

Synopsis:

Nestled inside a private mountain community are The Gates. The image of perpetual suburban bliss, each street is lined with perfectly manicured homes protected by the massive iron gates, but a dark and delicious secret...

Frank Grillo is taking on another starring role in a cop drama series, as The Hollywood Reporter officially announced on February 10 that the former ‘Prison Break’ actor has been cast as the lead in ABC’s new supernatural crime drama show ‘The Gates.’ Terry McDonough is set to direct the show, and Luke Mably (of the first two ‘The Prince and Me’ movies), Janina Gavankar (who appeared in ‘The L Word’) and Chandra West (from ‘90210′) have also been cast. The show is being produced by Fox TV Studios. ‘Gates’ will be focused on a big-city police officer, played by Grillo, who suddenly gets a job as the chief of police [...]...