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An eight-hour drama inspired by Carolyn Arnold’s “Madison Knight” detective novels is being developed by Muse Entertainment and Pop Fiction Entertainment.

Hélène Joy will star as Madison Knight, a daring detective who works to investigate criminals throughout the series. Orion Lee (“First Cow”) will portray Knight’s work partner, Detective Steven Hung. The action-packed crime drama is set on both the Pacific coastline of Sydney, Australia and the wilderness of British Columbia, Canada.

“As I read the books, I was immediately taken with Madison as a leading female character. She is unapologetic, unpredictable and deeply flawed. An extremely reluctant heroine if you will. What I love most is her sardonic nature and deeply sarcastic sense of humor. She doesn’t suffer fools and has little time for small talk,” said Joy, on her new role of Knight, in a statement.

Australian writer Justin Monjo and Canadian writer Lynn Coady are developing the series.

President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to condemn the removal of memorials dedicated to Confederate leaders in the Civil War.

“Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments,” he tweeted Thursday morning. “You can’t change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson – who’s next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish!”

He continued, “Also the beauty that is being taken out of our cities, towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparably replaced!

Sad to...

Police arrested a 22-year-old activist who helped tear down a Confederate statue in North Carolina on Monday – following the deadly car attack at a rally of white nationalists and white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Authorities said Takiyah Thompson tied a rope around the neck of a statue of an armed Confederate soldier before she, along with a cheering crowd, pulled it to the ground, CBS News reports.

She was arrested on Tuesday and has been charged with disorderly conduct by injury to a statue, damage to real property, felony participation in riot with property damage in excess of $1,500 and felony inciting others to riot,...

A group of North Carolina protesters tore down a Confederate statue on Monday in the wake of a deadly car attack at a rally of white nationalists and white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend.

Demonstrators on Monday chanted “No Kkk! No fascist USA” before tying a strap to the monument in front of the old Durham County courthouse in North Carolina and pulling down the statue depicting an armed Confederate soldier from atop an engraved pedestal.

According to a memorial database, the engraved pedestal read, “In memory of ‘the boys who wore the gray.’ ”

The 15-foot monument, which was...

Mubi is exclusively showing Joel Wanek's Sun Song (2013) from November 21 - December 20, 2016 in the United States.How do you know I'm real? I'm not real. I'm just like you. You don't exist in this society. If you did people wouldn't be seeking equal rights. You're not real. If you were you'd have some status among the nations of the world. So we're both myths. I do not come to you as a reality, I come to you as a myth because that is what black people are: myths. I came from a dream that the black man dreamed long ago. I’m actually a present sent to you by your ancestors. I’m going to be here until I pick out some of you to take back with me.—Sun RaSun Song is my love letter to the mystic/musician/philosopher Sun Ra. The film takes it's title from...

Greyston Holt is a Canadian actor and musician best known for his roles as Ray Prager Jr. on the TV show Durham County, young Emerson Hauser on Alcatraz, and most notably werewolf Clayton Danvers in Bitten. Holt has accumulated over forty acting credits thus far, and has been nominated for two Leo Awards. Greyston Holt […]

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Yesterday, Entertainment One announced that Bitten will return for a third season on Syfy. Also in this round-up: a Kill Bill: Volume 1 episode of Real Fake History and details on the release of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift #1.

Bitten: Press Release: "Leading independent studio, Entertainment One (eOne) is thrilled to announce 10 episodes of the supernatural thriller Bitten will return to Syfy for a third season. Based on the best-selling series of novels by Kelley Armstrong and produced by No Equal Entertainment, eOne, and Hoodwink Entertainment, Season three sees the return of genre icon Laura Vandervoort (Smallville, Ted) as Elena Michaels; Greyston Holt (Alcatraz, Durham County) as Clayton Danvers; Greg Byrk (A History Of Violence, Rookie Blue) as Jeremy Danvers; Steve Lund (Being Erica, Haven) as Nick Sorrentino, and Genelle Williams (Warehouse 13) as Rachel Sutton. Production will begin this summer in Toronto.

Three Muslim students were shot and killed on Tuesday afternoon at their home near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. A suspect, Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, turned himself in to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office shortly after, reports Wral. He was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Deah Barakat, 23, Barakat's wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 23, and Yusor's sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 21. Barakat was a student at Unc-Chapel Hill's School of Dentistry, according to the News & Observer. He had just tied the knot with Yusor, who was studying biology at North Carolina State University,...

Production will begin here in Toronto on the Canadian indie sci-fi thriller Prison X in January 2015. Prisoner X is an adaptation of the novella Truth by Robert Reed. The small budget thriller will be directed by Gaurav Seth and stars Canadian talent the likes of Michelle Nolden, Romano Ozari, and Canada's elder statesman of genre film Julian Richings (Ejecta and Hellmouth). Toronto, Canada- Featuring a notable cast of film and TV talents like Michele Nolden (NUMB3RS, Nikita, Saving Hope),  Romano Orzari (Sundance 2015 Official Selection Turbo Kid, Durham County, 24 Hour Rental), Damon Runyan (Haven, Lost Girl, Degrassi) and Julian Richings (Orphan Black, Kingdom Hospital, Supernatural), Prisoner X is an arresting, original Sci-Fi thriller from acclaimed indie helmer Gaurav Seth, whose previous features, Pink Ludoos...

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Last week we got word that Canadian TV network Space had committed to a second season of "Bitten," their most-watched original series ever, and Syfy is hot on their heels with an announcement of their own...

From the Press Release:

Syfy has acquired the popular supernatural thriller "Bitten" for a second season consisting of 10 all-new episodes. Production on Season 2 will begin this summer in Toronto, and the series, from leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne), will return to Syfy in 2015.

Said Chris Regina, Senior Vice President, Programming, Syfy: "'Bitten' is a fast-paced and edgy series which has found a growing and passionate fan base on our channel. We’re delighted to bring the series back to Syfy next year.”

Said Prentiss Fraser, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Acquisitions, eOne Television International: “We’re absolutely thrilled with the tremendous support and enthusiasm from fans across social media since the debut of 'Bitten.

We tried really hard to watch "Bitten" on Syfy, but the experience proved to be too painful for us to endure. Apparently we were in the minority because the toothy little series has just gotten an order for a second season. Read on for details.

From the Press Release

Space announced today it has ordered a second season of the sexy, high-octane thriller "Bitten," Space’s most-watched original series ever.

Picking up after an exhilarating Season 1 finale, Space has ordered 10 additional one-hour episodes from No Equal Entertainment, Entertainment One Television, and Hoodwink Entertainment. Production is expected to begin this summer and will once again be shot on location in Toronto, Hamilton, and Hespeler. Viewers who have yet to join The Pack can catch encore episodes Sundays at 11 p.m. Et on Space following new episodes of the bewitching series "Salem" at 10 p.m. Et. The entire first season of the...

With the season coming to a close on CBC darling, Murdoch Mysteries, and new hitting recently that Cracked and Arctic Air will not be returning, CBC has announced several renewals, and a few new shows.

Murdoch Mysteries and Dragon’s Den are the clear no-brainers of the situation, but we’ve got a full list, plus some pretty hot new efforts.

Schitt’s Creek will be coming your way, a show co-created by Eugene Levy and Dan Levy, who star with Catherine O’Hara, and that ought to be all you need to know about this one. Also added to the schedule is new show Strange Empire. Reportedly a very dark show, it takes place in western frontier town and follows the women who find themselves stranded when all the men suddenly disappear.

Get all the info below, and make sure your favorites are on the list.

CBC today confirmed...

Syfy launches its new werewolf series "Bitten" tonight, and Steve Lund, who portrays flirtatious and playful werewolf Nick Sorrento, sat down with Dread Central to talk about his character, his co-stars, and what's in store for audiences. We have the details along with a new trailer!

We asked him to briefly describe the show and Nick. "[It] is based on the Canadian novel series Women of the Otherworld, written by Kelley Armstrong, who is a Toronto-based novelist," Lund said. "The story centers around the only non-male werewolf, Elena Michaels, and follows her through her battle between her werewolf life and her desire to have a normal human life."

"My character is Nick Sorrentino, who is one of the resident werewolves at the werewolf headquarters, Stonehaven, and my family has been in the werewolf game for generations. My grandfather was a former pack alpha, and my father is sort of the accountant for the group.

With its new werewolf series debuting tonight, Syfy recently held a press call with star Laura Vandervoort and Kelley Armstrong, author of the Women of the Otherworld series on which the show is based; and we have the Top 6 Things You Should Know About "Bitten" before watching the premiere.

Star Laura Vandervoort really does know martial arts.

Vandervoort elaborates: I grew up doing martial arts. So Elena feels like the other part of me. I relate to so much about her. Obviously not the werewolf part, but the fact that she can take care of herself physically... the writers [even] wrote in some extra hand-to-hand combat scenes. And especially in the finale -- we have this epic fight that I just had a great time doing. We had great stunt coordinators that help us incorporate the animalistic side to the fighting. It wasn't a part of the audition, but I think...

Curious about Syfy's new werewolf series, "Bitten," which premieres on Monday? Then check out the opening three minutes of Episode 1.01, "Summons," which bring the sexy and also give us a taste of the type of transformation we can expect.

"Bitten" kicks off on Monday, January 13th, at 10Pm following the season premieres of "Lost Girl" (Season 4; 8Pm) and "Being Human" (Season 4; 9Pm) on Syfy. If you're in Canada, it begins Saturday, January 11th, at 9Pm on Space.

Synopsis

A new breed of werewolves is coming to Syfy with the acquisition of the first season of the new Canadian scripted series "Bitten" from leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne). Season 1 of "Bitten" consists of 13 one-hour episodes.

Based on the New York Times best-selling Women of the Otherworld novels by Kelley Armstrong, "Bitten" is an emotionally charged supernatural thriller starring Laura Vandervoort ("Smallville," Ted) as Elena Michaels, the lone female werewolf in existence.

A few new cast promo photos and a bit of banner art have arrived for Syfy's upcoming werewolf series "Bitten," and once again we're treated to some really good looking people standing around a library looking very bored. Here's hoping the show's January 13th premiere provides more action.

"Bitten" kicks off on Monday, January 13, 2014, at 10Pm following the season premieres of "Lost Girl" (Season 4; 8Pm) and "Being Human" (Season 4; 9Pm).

Synopsis

A new breed of werewolves is coming to Syfy with the acquisition of the first season of the new Canadian scripted series "Bitten" from leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne). Season 1 of "Bitten" consists of 13 one-hour episodes.

Based on the New York Times best-selling Women of the Otherworld novels by Kelley Armstrong, "Bitten" is an emotionally charged supernatural thriller starring Laura Vandervoort ("Smallville," Ted) as Elena Michaels, the lone female werewolf in existence.

Desperate to escape both a world...

With Syfy's new werewolf series, "Bitten," arriving January 13th, the network has released a new launch trailer for the show, and of course we have it for you right here. Check it out, and look for more soon.

"Bitten" premieres Monday, January 13, 2014, at 10Pm following the season premieres of "Lost Girl" (Season 4; 8Pm) and "Being Human" (Season 4; 9Pm).

Synopsis

A new breed of werewolves is coming to Syfy with the acquisition of the first season of the new Canadian scripted series "Bitten" from leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne). Season 1 of "Bitten" consists of 13 one-hour episodes.

Based on the New York Times best-selling Women of the Otherworld novels by Kelley Armstrong, "Bitten" is an emotionally charged supernatural thriller starring Laura Vandervoort ("Smallville," Ted) as Elena Michaels, the lone female werewolf in existence.

Desperate to escape both a world she never wanted to be part of and the man who turned her into a werewolf,...

The upcoming werewolf series from Syfy, "Bitten," arrives January 13th, and along with a bit of poster art for the show, we've gotten our claws into a group cast photo and a few more stills.

The new Canadian scripted series "Bitten" premieres Monday, January 13, 2014, at 10Pm following the season premieres of "Lost Girl" (Season 4; 8Pm) and "Being Human" (Season 4; 9Pm).

Synopsis

A new breed of werewolves is coming to Syfy with the acquisition of the first season of the new Canadian scripted series "Bitten" from leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne). Season 1 of "Bitten" consists of 13 one-hour episodes.

Based on the New York Times best-selling Women of the Otherworld novels by Kelley Armstrong, "Bitten" is an emotionally charged supernatural thriller starring Laura Vandervoort ("Smallville," Ted) as Elena Michaels, the lone female werewolf in existence.

Desperate to escape both a world she never wanted to be part of and the man...

News on two shows heading to Syfy crossed our desk this afternoon, and figuring you're as anxious to kick off your weekend as we are, we thought we'd combine them here in one story to keep things quick and easy.

First off, for those of you looking forward to the new Canadian scripted series "Bitten," it'll be arriving Monday, January 13, 2014, at 10Pm following the season premieres of "Lost Girl" (Season 4; 8Pm) and "Being Human" (Season 4; 9Pm).

Synopsis

A new breed of werewolves is coming to Syfy with the acquisition of the first season of the new Canadian scripted series "Bitten" from leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne). Season 1 of "Bitten" consists of 13 one-hour episodes.

Based on the New York Times best-selling Women of the Otherworld novels by Kelley Armstrong, "Bitten" is an emotionally charged supernatural thriller starring Laura Vandervoort ("Smallville," Ted) as Elena Michaels, the lone female werewolf in existence.

Time to add a little furry flavor to your Hump Day! The first teaser video has hit the interwebs for the upcoming werewolf series from Syfy, "Bitten," and we have it for you right here to howl for.

Synopsis

A new breed of werewolves is coming to Syfy with the acquisition of the first season of the new Canadian scripted series "Bitten" from leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne). Season 1 of "Bitten," consisting of 13 one-hour episodes, will premiere on Syfy in 2014.

Based on the New York Times best-selling Women of the Otherworld novels by Kelley Armstrong, "Bitten" is an emotionally charged supernatural thriller starring Laura Vandervoort ("Smallville," Ted) as Elena Michaels, the lone female werewolf in existence.

Desperate to escape both a world she never wanted to be part of and the man who turned her into a werewolf, Elena (Vandervoort) has abandoned her Pack and taken refuge in a new city.

Sci-fi fans in the U.S. may know her best as Lisa from V, Kara/Supergirl/Brainiac from Smallville, or Arla at the end of last season’s Haven (ooo that was creepy) but now we’ll get to know her as werewolf Elena Michaels, as Syfy today announced the acquisition of Canadian series Bitten, starring Laura Vandervoort:

September 17, 2013

Syfy Acquires New Original Werewolf Drama Series Bitten From Entertainment One

Bitten – Based On The Best-selling Novels By Kelley Armstrong – Will Premiere On Syfy In 2014

New York – September 17, 2013 – A new breed of werewolves is coming to Syfy with the acquisition of the first season of the new Canadian scripted series Bitten from leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne).

Season 1 of Bitten, consisting of 13 one-hour episodes, will premiere on Syfy in 2014.

Based on the New York Times best-selling Women of the Otherworld novels by Kelley Armstrong, Bitten is an emotionally charged...

Syfy is continuing the trend of finding awesome Canadian efforts it can bring to American audiences, this time with the acquisition of Bitten. Based on the Women of the Otherworld novels by Kelley Armstrong, and starring Laura Vandervoort, this looks like it’s going to be an interesting show that fits right in with some of the networks gems.

Take a look below, and keep your eyes and ears open for more info on the show which will be hitting in 2014.

Syfy Acquires New Original Werewolf Drama Series Bitten From Entertainment One Bitten – Based On The Best-selling Novels By Kelley Armstrong – Will Premiere On Syfy In 2014

A new breed of werewolves is coming to Syfy with the acquisition of the first season of the new Canadian scripted series Bitten from leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne).

Season 1 of Bitten, consisting of 13 one-hour episodes, will premiere on Syfy in 2014.

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In the 20 years since the release of their platinum-selling debut album "Picture Of Health," Canadian rock band the Headstones have seen the highs and lows of the music business, literally and figuratively.

Just last week, the Headstones took one giant step towards reclaiming their rightful Canadian rock crown with the release of their first studio album in more than a decade, "Love + Fury." "Love + Fury" embraces the group's long-standing ethos of no-holds-barred rock 'n' roll. In an age of pre-manufactured pop idols, one-hit wonders and monkey-toting superstars, the world needs them more than ever.

Rejuvenated by the band's return to the concert stage in February 2011, Headstones lead singer (and "Flashpoint" actor) Hugh Dillon suddenly wondered why it had taken them so long to get back together.

"I had forgotten all about the stuff that I despised about the music business," Dillon tells HuffPost. "It wasn't about putting the band back...

Last night, Syfy had its “Upfront” presentation, the event when they announce what shows are coming and what’s in development. Not surprisingly, we received seven press releases today for your consumption. I’ve posted the happiest news first:

Syfy Renews Original Drama Being Human For Fourth Season

New York, NY – April 10, 2013 – Syfy is ordering a fourth season (13 episodes) of its hit drama series Being Human, it was announced today by Mark Stern, President of Original Content, Syfy and Co-Head of Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. The announcement comes on the heels of the Season 3 finale which aired Monday, April 8 and in time for Syfy’s Upfront presentation this evening in New York City.

Being Human stars Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington and Kristen Hager as vampire Aidan, ghost Sally and werewolves Josh and Nora. Together they struggle to suppress their supernatural secrets and temptations and live their lives...

Murdoch Mysteries is one of the best gems to come out of Canadian television in quite a while, and the fourth season is now available on Blu-Ray. Whether you’re a fan already, or new to the show, I have a great giveaway to go along with this release. The first season and the fourth season on Blu-Ray.

The show takes place in Toronto in 1895, and features William Murdoch as a detective/scientist who is keen on incorporating the latest techniques (including the “finger marks” he is so fond of) into his investigations.

Season 4 kicks off with Murdoch butting heads with the new pathologist who has taken Dr. Ogden’s place. A body has been dismembered, and Murdoch has to find some answers using only a couple of pieces of a body which have been encased in cement. It starts off the season well, and gives us the opportunity to miss Dr.

Anchor Bay Entertainment will release all 3 seasons of the one-hour Canadian dramatic TV series, "Durham County" in a special 7 DVD pack, February 21, 2012.

The series is produced by Back Alley Film Productions Ltd. and Muse Entertainment Enterprises, starring actor Hugh Dillon ("Flashpoint") as a police detective, "...who finds that moving back home comes with trouble and danger..." :

"...'Mike Sweeney' (Dillon), a homicide detective from Toronto moves his family to suburban 'Durham County' to start over after his partner is killed and his wife 'Audrey' (Hélène Joy) is diagnosed with breast cancer. However, he soon discovers that his neighbour and childhood nemesis 'Ray Prager' (Justin Louis) may be a killer..."

Season 3 cast also includes Michael Nardone, Laurence Leboeuf, Greyston Holt, Krista Bridges, Bénédicte Décary, Andreas Aspergis, Cicely Austin and Shannon Kook-Chun :

"...when two young drug runners are found dead along Highway 401, newly promoted 'Superintendant Mike Sweeney' (Dillon) is...

Exclusive: I hear that Ion Television has renewed Canadian-produced cop drama Flashpoint for a fifth season. The broadcast network is picking up all 13 episodes of the series’ fifth season, set to begin production in February 2012. Flashpoint, Canada’s most-watched drama series, has already been renewed north of the border by CTV with a 13-episode fifth-season order. Flashpoint was the first of the recent wave of Canadian scripted series to launch successfully in the U.S. when it premiered on CBS in 2008. Earlier this year, it became the first of the Canadian imports to land a U.S. syndication deal in a complex arrangement with CBS and Ion. Under the deal, Ion acquired all episodes from Seasons 1-4 that had aired in the U.S. on CBS along with 11 first-run (in the U.S.) Season 4 episodes. Since its Ion debut in October, Flashpoint has been growing in the ratings. In its...

Okay, the last round of updates for the week.

Snowmageddon, Syfy's Christmas movie with Magda Apanowicz and Michael Hogan saving the world, premieres tonight at 9 pm Et.

You can also catch Magda on Robot Chicken tomorrow at 11:30 pm on Adult Swim. She will be voicing Gladys/Mother/Herman's Wife according to the IMDb. And, speaking of Michael Hogan, he will be playing a "lethal werewolf hunter" in the second season of Teen Wolf. TV Guide reported the news earlier this month.

Press release, teaser and sneak peeks from Snowmageddon:

To usher in the holiday season, Syfy will present a snow globe with the power to destroy the world in the Saturday Original Movie Snowmageddon, airing Saturday, December 10 at 9Pm (Et/Pt) during the channel’s second annual Countdown to Christmas Week.

Starring Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica), David Cubitt (Medium) and Magda Apanowicz (Caprica), the Christmas-themed Snowmageddon is about...

Riddick 3 – Katee Sackhoff Hunts Vin Diesel?

It looks like there might be some new cannon fodder joining the cast of Riddick as Battlestar Galactica alumni Katee Sackhoff, along with a few others, are offered the opportunity to have their butts kicked by Vin Diesel.

It’s been seven years since bad boy Riddick graced the big screen with his presence in The Chronicles of Riddick (God, I feel old) but the chrome-dome with the freaky eyes is finally making his triumphant return to the theater, and the casting machine is hard at work with bringing in fresh meat to square off against everyone’s favorite anti-hero in Universal Pictures’ Riddick.

According to the peeps at Bloody Disgusting, Katee Sackhoff, who seems unable to catch a break since playing Starbuck on BSG, has been approached to play Dahl, a Nordic mercenary tracking Riddick. Considering the average lifespan of people that track Riddick,...

Back in September, we brought you the news about Karl Urban (Dredd, Star Trek), who portrayed Vaako, the villainous Necromonger Commander in 2004′s The Chronicles of Riddick returning with Vin Diesel for the third installment of David Twohy‘s franchise.

Now, B-d reports that Bokeem Woodbine (Total Recall) and the always lovely and super-cool Katee Sackhoff (Longmire, Growl) have been offered roles in the forthcoming Riddick sequel. While no information was available on Woodbine’s role, its said that Sackhoff would portray “Dahl”, a Nordic merc tracking Riddick.

In addition to Woodbine and Sackhoff, the site reports that Andreas Apergis (Durham County) and WWE wrestler Dave Bautista (The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption) have also been offered roles in the film.

Synopsis:

Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick (Diesel) fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before.

Well, this is an exclusive news. As usual with Riddick, I guess. This time we’re here to inform you about offers for non-major roles or maybe better supporting roles? Oh, what the hell, this cast are definitely worth our attention! Andreas Apergis (Durham County), Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica), Bokeem Woodbine (The Rock) and WWE wrestler [...]

Continue reading Andreas Apergis, Katee Sackhoff, Bokeem Woodbine, Dave Bautista Offered Roles in Riddick 3 on FilmoFilia.

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With pre-production well underway, David Twohy's Riddick is now starting to put together its supporting cast.  We previously reported that Karl Urban would be returning to the franchise to star alongside Vin Diesel, and now Bloody-Disgusting has some new casting details to report.  According to Bd, offers are out to voice Andreas Apergis (Durham County) Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) Bokeem Woodbine (The Rock) and WWE wrestler Dave Bautista (The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption).  If Apergis signs on, he'll play play "Krone", commander of the dark theocracy, while Sackhoff would pay "Dahl", a Nordic merc tracking Riddick.  I'm definitely up on the idea of Sackhoff playing a merc, and hopefully Woodbine will top his shocked-death face from The Rock. Check out the official synopsis for Riddick after the jump. Here's the official synopsis for Riddick: Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet,...

Final round of updates for today.

Ryan Kennedy and John Pyper-Ferguson have a new film in the works, called Hannah's Law. It will premiere on Hallmark next spring. More details in the press release:

A frontier town is fueled by crime and corruption until a strong-willed heroine and her friends, including legendary lawman Wyatt Earp and gunfighter Doc Holliday, take a stand for justice to see who will be left standing in "Hannah's Law," a Hallmark Movie Channel Original produced by Nomadic Pictures Productions 3 and Sony Pictures Television, premiering on the network in 2012. The film, which is currently in production in Calgary, Alberta, stars Sara Canning ("The Vampire Diaries") as Hannah, Greystone Holt ("Durham County") as Wyatt Earp, Kimberly Elise ("For Colored Girls") as Stagecoach Mary, four-time Emmy(R) Award nominee Danny Glover ("Freedom Song," "Mandela") as Isom Dart, Billy Zane ("Titanic") as Lockwood, Ryan Kennedy ("Hellcats") as Doc Holliday...

Three films Tuesday so let's get right into it. Killer Joe, directed by William Friedkin. This is the same guy that directed The French Connection and The Exorcist. He may have had a few clunkers in recent history, but I had some hopes for this. Emile Hirsch plays a kid in Texas who owes a lot of money to the wrong people. With the help of his father and step-mother, he hires a crooked cop played by Matthew McConaughey to kill his mother for the insurance money. Since he planned on paying the cop after he gets the insurance money, McConaughey asks for Hirsch's teenage sister as a retainer. I didn't hate this movie, but it's probably the worst film I've seen so far this year. 90 seconds into the movie is a centre screen shot of Gina Gershon's hairy muff. Some people might like that. Some people might find that revolting.

Yesterday, the Canadian Academy released its list of nominees for the 26th Gemini Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Emmy Awards.

Best Animated Program or Series

* Glenn Martin Dds

* Hot Wheels - Battle Force Five

* Jimmy Two Shoes

* Kids vs. Kat

* March of the Dinosaurs

Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series

* Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock

* Degrassi: The Next Generation

* How to be Indie

* That's So Weird

* Vacation with Derek

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program Series

* Artzooka!

* In Real Life

* Spelling Night in Canada: Canspell 2011

* Survive This

* TVOKids - Mark's Moments

Best Comedy Program or Series

* This Hour Has 22 Minutes

* Call Me Fitz

* Good Dog

* Halifax Comedy Fest 2010

* Living in Your Car

* Rick Mercer Report

Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie

* Fakers

* The Kennedys

* My Babysitter's a Vampire.

* The Pillars of the Earth

* Sleepyhead

Best Dramatic Series

* The Borgias

* Endgame

* Flashpoint

* Skins

* The Tudors...

Hugh Dillon knows, thanks to his "Flashpoint" character, just how bad a day someone can have.

In the Canadian-made, Friday-night CBS police drama's most recent episode, hostage-negotiation-team veteran Ed Lane was trying to get to a hospital for his child's birth while occupied with an on-the-job psychiatric evaluation -- which, he was dismayed to learn, had been ordered by his friend and superior Greg Parker (Enrico Colantoni).

Making matters much worse, Lane got stuck in heavy traffic en route to the hospital, then became the victim of a road-rage shooting. "Flashpoint" fans will learn the outcome of that cliffhanger soon: After two weeks of repeats, new episodes resume Friday, July 8 ... and there's a big hint in the fact that Dillon is still filming episodes for the current fourth season in Toronto.

"My initial reaction was, 'Holy f***!'," Dillon tells Zap2it about his "Flashpoint" alter ego getting shot, "but it made sense.

On a show with far more rain drops than tears, it's Michelle Forbes who provides the heavy heart that forms a large part of this hit AMC murder mystery's core.

Forbes plays Mitch Larsen, the grieving mother of Rosie Larsen in the breakout first season of "The Killing." Set in Seattle -- though filmed in Vancouver -- the show tackles the mysterious killing of the straight A high school student and the collateral damage done to a wide array of people left in its wake. With stoic Sarah Linden (Mirielle Enos) and troubled Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) playing the unlikely pair of detectives charged with solving the case, Forbes' mourning Mitch delivers the viewer a glimpse into the world of pain few can possibly imagine.

With the series' first season winding down, Forbes spoke with The Huffington Post about the show, her character, and those pesky "Twin Peaks" comparisons.

The...

Has the mystery surrounding who killed Rosie Larson left you scratching your head? Well, rest assured, you’re not alone. Michelle Forbes, the talented, and if we may be so bold, Emmy-worthy actress, who plays grieving mother Mitch Larson on AMC’s meticulously crafted and beautifully-shot freshman series, The Killing, is too. Or at least that’s the distinct impression the affable actress left us with during a recent one-on-one in which Forbes took the time to discuss the year’s most addictive new series, the toll playing television’s most honest portrait of grief takes on a person, and why the resolution of spring’s most talked-about mystery may just leave viewers with more questions than answers!

Who killed Rosie Larson?!

Michelle Forbes: I have no bloody idea!

On a slightly more serious note, having finished shooting the season would it be safe to assume that you know the answer to that question?...

Michelle Forbes has been a TV mainstay since the mid-'90s when she was on Homicide: Life on the Street-she's appeared on 24, Prison Break, Battlestar Galactica, In Treatment, and True Blood. But her role on the AMC mystery The Killing as the destroyed-by-grief mother of the dead girl at the center of the story has gotten her more attention than ever. Jace Lacob talked to Forbes about her career, playing the anguished Mitch Larsen, and why committing to a TV show is like an arranged marriage.

Few actors can hope to have as varied a career as Michelle Forbes, the chameleonic thespian who is stealing scenes (and viewers' collective breath) as Mitch Larsen, the grief-stricken mother on AMC's addictive whodunit The Killing (based on Søren Sveistrup's Danish drama Forbrydelsen), and previously as savage, power-mad villainess Maryann on HBO's True Blood. Her life in acting, which spans nearly 25 years and two continents,...

Former exotic dancer Crystal Mangum has been charged with murder five years after falsely claiming three Duke lacrosse players raped her. The latest twist in her case forces the district attorney to walk a legal tightrope, writes David A. Graham.

Just when it appears that the strange and tormented life of Crystal Mangum can't get any more complicated, it does. Mangum is most famous for falsely accusing three members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team of rape in 2006, but this month she was arrested after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Reginald Daye, in Durham, N.C. Then, on April 13, Daye died, and now Mangum finds herself charged with murder.

Related story on The Daily Beast: The Duke Lacrosse Accuser's New Trouble

It's tragic news, and it introduces several new twists to the Southern gothic tale. With the new charges, a prosecutor's office whose integrity was badly damaged when it pursued...

Five years after falsely accusing three Duke lacrosse players of rape, Crystal Mangum has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend. David A. Graham and Eve Conant report on the former exotic dancer's tangled past.

Late Sunday night, a man called 911 in Durham, North Carolina, and told the dispatcher that his uncle, Reginald Daye, had just been stabbed in his apartment. When the dispatcher asked who had stabbed him, his nephew said, "Crystal Mangum. The Crystal Mangum," adding, "I told him she was trouble from the very beginning."

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The definite article-and the nephew's warning-testify to Mangum's reputation. Since she rose to national prominence almost five years ago, when she accused three members of the Duke University lacrosse team of rape, she has been a divisive figure for residents of the former tobacco town. To her detractors, Mangum, 32, is an unstable criminal,...

Since she’s played everything from good and evil twins (on Guiding Light) to a sci-fi admiral (on Battlestar Galactica), you’d be forgiven if you thought that by now, you’d seen Michelle Forbes do it all. But danged if she isn’t wowing us anew in her latest role, that of Mitch, the grieving mother on AMC’s dark, addictive and brilliant The Killing (Sunday, 9/8c). How does she do it? And, more to the point, why? TVLine chatted up the actress to find out.

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You know when a U.S. network reworks a European series (in this case, one from Denmark), it's going to be dark and brooding. AMC's 'The Killing' is just that -- unsettling, gloomy and melancholy. Starring Michelle Forbes ('True Blood,' 'Battlestar Galactica,' 'Durham County') as a mother trying to deal with the mysterious disappearance of her daughter Rosie, this is anything but light fare.

Filmed in Vancouver posing as Seattle, 'The Killing' is a 13-episode murder-mystery series, but with such a stellar cast and stark vibe, it ends up offering up more than your standard whodunit. We caught up with Forbes and chatted about her attraction to dark roles, how she channels such raw emotion and if she's ever going to take a break from the intensity.

 

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Three Canadian TV series are nominated at the upcoming Monte Carlo Television Festival. In dramatic series, the nominees are Durham County and Rookie Blue, two procedural dramas. The only comedy that made it into the nominees is Call Me Fitz.

Dramatic series

Besides being nominated for the award of outstanding international producer, Durham County and Rookie Blue are also nominated for best actors and actresses.

For Durham County, the nominated cast members are Hugh Dillon, Michael Nardone, Hélène Joy and Laurence Leboeuf. As for Rookie Blue, they're Missy Peregrym, Charlotte Sullivan, Gregory Smith and Travis Milne.

Comedy series

This year, the only show of that genre representing Canada will be Call Me Fitz. The actors nominated for this show are Jason Priestley, Ernie Grunwald, Kathleen Munroe and Brooke Nevin.

Finally, the Monte Carlo Television Festival will be held on June 6 to 10 at the Grimaldi Forum.

Shockingly there only seem to be about a dozen Canadian scripted hour-long dramas right now which are not mini-series. Those are time travel therapy drama Being Erica which was recently renewed for a fourth and final season for 2011-2012, serial killer drama Durham County (not yet renewed for 2011-2012), police drama Flashpoint (Already renewed for 2011-2012), horse drama Heartland (Already renewed for 2011-2012),private investigator drama Republic of Doyle (Already renewed for 2011-2012) summer hit Rookie Blue (already renewed), period police drama Murdoch Mysteries (new season premieres March 16, 2011), psychic drama The Listener (not yet renewed for next season), co-productions with Syfy Haven and Sanctuary which are already renewed, Since September there have only been three new hour-long dramas (excluding miniseries): Lost Girl, Shattered and Blackstone of which only Lost Girl was successful and is already renewed for a second season the other two while not officially cancelled are not expected to return.

Yesterday, the winners at the 25th Gemini Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Emmy Awards, were revealed as Corey Monteith (Glee) was hosting that night. Moreover, Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi: The Next Generation was crowned by the public as the best Canadian TV series of the last 25 years.

Without further ado, here's the list of winners.

Best Animated Program or Series:

Glen Martin, Dds

Best Children or Youth Fiction Program or Series:

Overruled!

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series:

Canada's Super Speller

Best Comedy Program or Series:

Less Than Kind

Best Cross-Platform Project - Children’s and Youth:

Taste Buds

Best Cross-Platform Project - Fiction:

Being Erica Webisodes

Best Cross-Platform Project - Non-Fiction:

Kraft Hockeyville 2010

Best Documentary Series:

Licence To Drill

Best Dramatic Mini-Series:

The Summit

Best Dramatic Series:

The Tudors

Best General/Human Interest Series:

Tosca: Flexing at 49

Best History Documentary Program:

Paris 1919

Best Original Program or...

Happy 50th Birthday to Kathy Griffin! Below you can see a clip from this week's Bravo stand-up special Whores On Crutches, in which she discusses her infamous last appearance on The View.

Degrassi star Shannon Kook-Chun is also starring in the third season of the Canadian cop drama Durham County as David, "A conflicted young lieutenant within drug gangs, lost in a fog of confusion about his role in the gang, his own sexuality and his anguished need for self-affirmation." Not only are Ae readers the smartest and most hygienic group on the internet, they've got talent to spare! Case in point - Brooklyn actor Parrish Hurley, who filmed a pilot short film for the (718), based on his stand-up, and is rumored to be good friends with Ae favorite Eric Sheffer Stevens. Kate Davies has a terrific interview with Parrish, and be sure and check out the Nsfw trailer for the (718).

Hi Parrish!

According to Helene Joy, Durham County, a TV series she stars in, is a slap in the face for those who believe that life is a fairy tale.

For this Canadian actress, the show's dark tone isn't exaggerated. In fact, this gives a "bleak theme to Durham County", something that she feels necessary. After all, even if our life more or less borders on a fairytale, Durham County puts us in front of truths about our society in her opinion.

In Durham County, Joy plays Audrey Sweeney, a nurse who lives in a fictitious suburb of Toronto and who is married to Mike Sweeney, a former homicide detective who is now the superintendent of the Durham Police Department. Besides, her husband is investigating on murders related to drug trafficking along the corridor of the 401 highway. Now that the dust has settled at the end of the second season, Audrey is...

As it begins its third and final season on the Canadian premium cable network HBO Canada, the TV series Durham County promises to be darker. For the show's creator, Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik, life as it is shown in TV series doesn't need to look full of joy.

With splashes of blood, guns, corpses and even psychologically disturbed characters Durham County will leave a lasting impression on viewers. However, specified Finstad-Knizhnik, the violence you see in the show she created with Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell isn't "gratuitous".

Shot in Montreal, Durham County follows Mike Sweeney (Hugh Dillon), a homicide detective from a police department of a suburb of Toronto. In the third season of the show, he's investigating on a very brutal double homicide of two teenagers. This double homicide is related to drug trafficking. Moreover, Mike is also helped by a colleague (Michael Nardone) who, behind his mental armour, is...

The trailer of the procedural drama Durham County's third season is already online. The show will premiere on October 25 at 10 Pm on HBO Canada.

In this season, Mike Sweeney (Hugh Dillon) is now the Superintendent of the Durham police precinct. His life seems to be going well: his wife, Audrey (Hélène Joy), is expecting a baby and his elder daughter, Sadie (Laurence Leboeuf), is about to graduate from the police academy. Speaking about his job, Mike is investigating a gruesome murder that occurred on the 401 Highway corridor.

Mike is leading his investigation with Det. Ivan Surjic (Michael Nardone), a man of Eastern European heritage with a dark secret. In fact, Ivan's wife, Katya, has disappeared. At the same time, Sadie’s role in an undercover operation and her contact with a known drug dealer has put her in grave danger. Meanwhile,a sudden tragedy occurs that may tear Mike’s family apart forever.