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Diane Kruger and Ray Nicholson are set to star in a new thriller from writer-director Neil Labute, titled “Out of the Blue.”

The filmmaker behind “The Wicker Man” and “In the Company of Men” will bring the stars together this week in Rhode Island for principal photography on the feature, billed as a contemporary tale of passionate love, deceit and the perfect murder.

Nicholson (“Promising Young Woman”) plays Connor, a man whose dull life is transformed into a thrilling fantasy world thanks to the seductive Marilyn (Kruger). He plunges headlong into the adulterous affair; the ex-con with a heart of gold seemingly destined for the raven-haired trophy wife. The only hitch in their idyllic new life together? Marilyn’s trapped in a nightmare with an abusive husband and vulnerable stepdaughter. Desperate and with a history of violence, Connor will do almost anything to see him dead.

Quiver Distribution announced the film on Monday.

Diane Kruger and Ray Nicholson have been set to star in Out of the Blue, the next film from Neil Labute, who has written and will direct the drama that begins principal photography this week in Rhode Island.

Berry Meyerowitz and Tara Craig will produce. Jeff Sackman and Larry Greenberg will executive produce for Quiver Distribution, which packaged the project and arranged financing with BondIt Media Capital. BondIt’s Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor and Joe Listhaus will also exec produce. Quiver is repping worldwide sales and introducing Out of the Blue to buyers at next month’s Toronto Film Festival.

The plot: When Connor (Nicholson) meets enigmatic beauty Marilyn (Kruger), her seductive charm transforms his dull life into a thrilling fantasy world. He plunges headlong into the adulterous affair, the ex-con with a heart of gold seemingly destined for the raven-haired trophy wife. The only hitch in their idyllic new life together?...

BondIt Media Capital’s Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, and Tyler Gould among executive producers.

Quiver Distribution continues its push into production with Toronto sales title and upcoming dramatic thriller Out Of The Blue from Neil Labute to star Diane Kruger and Ray Nicholson.

Labute wrote and direct the project which is scheduled to commence production this week in Rhode Island. Berry Meyerowitz of Quiver and Tara L. Craig of The Squid Farm are producing, with Jeff Sackman and Larry Greenberg as executive producers for Quiver Distribution, which packaged the project and arranged the film’s financing with BondIt Media Capital.

Neil Labute is set to direct Out of the Blue, to star Diane Kruger and Ray Nicholson, for Quiver Distribution.

The indie thriller portrays Connor (Nicholson) meeting Marilyn, played by Kruger and whose seductive charm transforms his dull life into a thrilling fantasy world. Connor plunges headlong into an adulterous affair, only to discover Marilyn is trapped in a nightmare with an abusive husband and vulnerable stepdaughter.

Kruger will appear in Universal Pictures’ The 355, directed by Simon Kinberg and starring Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz and Lupita Nyong’o. Nicholson’s recent credits include Emerald Fennell’s black comedy thriller Promising Young Woman and Amazon’s drama TV series Panic.

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Neil Labute is set to direct Out of the Blue, to star Diane Kruger and Ray Nicholson, for Quiver Distribution.

The indie thriller portrays Connor (Nicholson) meeting Marilyn, played by Kruger and whose seductive charm transforms his dull life into a thrilling fantasy world. Connor plunges headlong into an adulterous affair, only to discover Marilyn is trapped in a nightmare with an abusive husband and vulnerable stepdaughter.

Kruger will appear in Universal Pictures’ The 355, directed by Simon Kinberg and starring Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz and Lupita Nyong’o. Nicholson’s recent credits include Emerald Fennell’s black comedy thriller Promising Young Woman and Amazon’s drama TV series Panic.

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Bree Sigsworth Pryce, Course Leader, Diplomas.

Bree Sigsworth Pryce began working at Aftrs in 2013 after a stint at Tafe. The education specialist has helped build a framework for the school.s new Diploma courses, designed to be less entry-level and more focused on practical skills than those offered previously.

The new diplomas (one semester) and advanced diplomas (two) are a direct response to the findings of the industry skills survey commissioned by the school and released last year..

Survey participants asked for .shorter courses that were very skills targeted,. says Sigsworth Pryce..

The diploma in camera fundamentals is gone, replaced by a diploma in camera. .The new one has a very specific focus on developing skills in the shooter-producer role...

The old editing diploma, an entry-level introduction to Avid and editing theory, has been replaced with a one designed to give students the brass-tacks skills to become working assistant editors.

Proving that original spec scripts can still occasionally get you somewhere in this world of already-existing properties, writer Brian Duffield recently sparked a studio bidding war for his buzzy screenplay The Babysitter. New Line won, and Joseph McGinty "McG" Nichol (Charlie's Angels, Terminator Salvation) was initially only going to produce, until he decided he liked it so much he was going to direct too. And he now has his lead actress, in the form of Samara Weaving.If that name isn't familiar, it might be soon. Weaving is an Aussie actress and model (and Hugo Weaving's niece) who escaped Home & Away and Out Of The Blue and will shortly be seen in roles of varying sizes in the upcoming movies Bad Girl, Monster Trucks and Before Dawn. Variety say she's also starring with Bruce Campbell in the TV series Ash Vs Evil Dead, although that information doesn't seem to appear anywhere else yet.

From Zoolander 2 to 23 Jump Street, with 100s in-between. Here's our rundown of the assorted movie sequels in the works...

Think Hollywood is bereft of original ideas? You just might after this. Here's our look at the assorted movie sequels currently in the works. Since we last did a list like this, we've dropped films that seem to have died a death - Wanted 2, Spring Breakers 2 - but we'll keep this rundown up to date over the coming month.

Without further ado...

23 Jump Street

Sony is pressing ahead with a third Jump Street movie, as well as a possible Jump Street vs Men In Black film, and a female-headlined spin-off. For 23 Jump Street specifically, Rodney Rothman is back and working on the script (he wrote the second one). It's unclear yet if Chris Miller and Phil Lord can find breathing space in their schedule to direct. Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill are both expected back,...

File This Under: "Pot Meet Kettle" ... 'cause alleged bullying victim Jonathan Martin went online last night to Cyber-bully Justin Bieber ... telling the pop star he's an Embarrassment. Out of the blue, Martin went on Twitter and wrote: "Never be embarrassed of who you are ... Unless you're Justin Bieber."Obviously, an attempt at a joke ... but not a great move coming from a guy who was just talking to a class about the effects of Bullying earlier that day.

Australian actor Nathaniel Buzolic ("The Vampire Diaries," "Out of the Blue") and British actor Lucien Laviscount ("Episodes," "Coronation Street") have scored the lead roles in the upcoming spin-off series "Supernatural: Tribes" for The CW.

Set entirely in Chicago, the new series follows various powerful monster families waging a war to control the city, a fight that human residents are generally unaware of.

Buzolic plays David Hayden, a repentant shapeshifter and member of one of the ruling families who has been living as a human for some time.

Laviscount will play Ennis Roth, a police academy cadet whose fiancée was killed in the crossfire during a violent encounter between two of the feuding families. Ennis has now dedicated his life to ridding the city of their influence.

Source: Deadline...

The CW’s upcoming Supernatural spinoff has cast its two leads, and the actors chosen fit the usual network strategy of casting pilots with relatively unknown faces that have previous CW experience.

First to join the lineup is Australian actor Nathaniel Buzolic, who spent his early career appearing on popular Aussie dramas like Water Rats, All Saints, and Out of the Blue. He also hosted late night game show The Mint from 2007-2008. Buzolic made his stateside TV debut on The Vampire Diaries, playing the recurring role of villainous vampire Kol Mikaelson from 2012-2013, and he also briefly appeared on Diaries’ own spin-off The Originals late last year. He can next be seen guest-starring on an episode of ...

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AMC for the first time ever has greenlit two new drama series in one fell swoop, it was announced Friday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills.

First up is Halt & Catch Fire, which is set in the early 1980s and chronicles the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary (played by Pushing Daisies‘ Lee Pace), an engineer (Bones‘ Scoot McNairy) and a prodigy (Mackenzie Rio Davis).

Jonathan Lisco (The District, Southland) will serve as showrunner, exec-producing with Breaking Bad and Rectify‘s Mark Johnson and Melissa Bernstein.

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Home and Away's Samara Weaving is rumoured to be the latest actress from the soap to crack Hollywood.

Weaving, who plays Summer Bay's Indi Walker, has reportedly been shortlisted for a role in the latest instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

Weaving is reported to have made the shortlist for a role in the movie, a source told the Australian Daily Telegraph.

It was reported recently that Weaving had flown out to the Us to discuss her future career plans.

Steve Peacocke, who plays Brax, has recently landed a supporting role in Hollywood film Hercules, while his co-stars Luke Mitchell, David Jones-Roberts and Axle Whitehead are also enjoying Hollywood success.

Weaving joined Home and Away in 2009, after previously appearing in the BBC's Australian soap Out of the Blue.

Pirates of the Caribbean 5 will be directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (Kon-Tiki), and is tipped to...

Two up-and-coming Australian actors have been cast in AMC’s Revolutionary War-era drama pilot Turn, TVLine has learned.

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Meegan Warner will play Mary Woodhull, a mother who doesn’t want to see her young son grow up to be a soldier. She adamantly does not want to become involved in the war with England and hopes it will leave her family alone.

Daniel Henshall will play Caleb Brewster, a near-fearless former whaler who’s now a lieutenant in the Second Continental Artillery and loves hand-to-hand combat. He’s...

The winning webseries in the 2011 Movie Extra Webfest 2.0 competition, Event Zero, has now been released in its entirety.The first episode launched on May 22 as a teaser to the rest of the series, and has received over 9000 views, many of which were from you, our readers! So if you enjoyed Episode 1, check out the rest of the webseries below. About Event Zero: Created by Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey (producers of The Tunnel), Event Zero stars a host of Australian actors including Zoe Carides (Crownies, Out of the Blue), Valentino Del Toro (Gabriel, Underbelly: Infiltration), Harry Pavlidis (Gabriel, East West 101, All Saints) and Steve Davis (The Tunnel). As well as collaborations with several directors including Carlo Ledesma (The Tunnel), Andrew Traucki...

Coming off the success of The Tunnel, production partners Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey have released the first episode of their seven part web series, Event Zero.

.We wanted The Tunnel to appear real in every way., says Harvey, producer and co-creator of the hit Australian horror film, .but for Event Zero, we.re going for a hugely cinematic feel. Hopefully people will be caught off guard by what we accomplished with the money we had. We wanted to show people that we could tackle the big scenes..

Event Zero is a collection of seven stories all centered on a train derailment near Circular Quay. When the emergency services arrive at the scene, seemingly unaffected people begin to die. The story is loosely based on the 1995 Sarin gas attacks in Tokyo.

Tedeschi and Harvey received funding for Event Zero through Screen Australia and Movie Extra after their concept won the 2012 Movie Extra Webfest 2.0 competition.

Movie Extra Webfest 2.0 winning web-series, Event Zero, has just premiered on Movie Extra's YouTube Channel. The first episode of the seven-part series has been embedded below for your viewing pleasure. It looks fantastic. About Event Zero: Created by Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey (producers of The Tunnel), Event Zero stars a host of Australian actors including Zoe Carides (Crownies, Out of the Blue), Valentino Del Toro (Gabriel, Underbelly: Infiltration), Harry Pavlidis (Gabriel, East West 101, All Saints) and Steve Davis (The Tunnel). As well as collaborations with several directors including Carlo Ledesma (The Tunnel), Andrew Traucki (The Reef) and Shane Abbess (Gabriel).Event Zero tells seven interconnected stories of people caught up in an event much bigger than they are. A report comes in of a...

Daisy Betts has joined the cast of ABC's drama pilot Last Resort. The potential series, which comes from The Shield creator Shawn Ryan, focuses on the crew of a Us nuclear submarine who become fugitives after refusing to fire missiles. Betts has now signed up to play Grace Shepard, TV Line reports. Grace, who is described as brave, is a lieutenant on the submarine. Betts previously appeared in the Australian drama Out of the Blue and Us shows Persons (more)...

It seems controversy leads to awards. The two big winners at last night.s inaugural Aacta Awards were thriller feature film Snowtown and TV drama series The Slap. Both renowned for their controversial nature, the film and TV series netted four and five gongs respectively.

Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories.

The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role.

The four gongs awarded last night at the Sydney Opera House brings the film.s tally to an impressive six Aacta Awards after receiving Best Editing (Veronika Jenet Ase) and Best Sound (Frank Lipson Mpse,...

It seems controversy leads to awards. The two big winners at last night.s inaugural Aacta Awards were thriller feature film Snowtown and TV drama series The Slap. Both renowned for their controversial nature, the film and TV series netted four and five gongs respectively. Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories. The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role. The four gongs awarded last...

It seems controversy leads to awards. The two big winners at last night.s inaugural Aacta Awards were thriller feature film Snowtown and TV drama series The Slap. Both renowned for their controversial nature, the film and TV series netted four and five gongs respectively. Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories. The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role. The four gongs awarded last...

Is there anything more torturous than waiting almost two months for a new episode The Vampire Diaries? If so, it’s gotta be waiting the last few hours until the show finally returns tonight (The CW, 8/7c). But, executive producer Julie Plec promises, “It will be well worth [your] while” if you tune in. “There’s a good little series moment.”

Here, TVLine gets her to dish on what’s ahead for Damon and Elena, a romance forKlaus, Tyler and Caroline’s relationship, the introduction of Alaric’s new leading lady and more!

Exclusive First Look: Vampire Diaries Stars Get Sexy (Duh!

Vampire Diaries – Two Brothers for Klaus

Since we’re spending so much time getting to know Klaus’ (Joseph Morgan) family on The Vampire Diaries, we might as well get to meet the last of his brothers. Since two of them are long dead, the only ones left are locked away tight in those coffins Klaus are been keeping around. That is, until Stefan took them right from under Klaus’ nose. Now they won’t be locked up for long and the show has found two attractive men to play the parts.

TV Guide reported British actor Casper Zafer (Le Femme Muskateer) and Australian actor Nathaniel Buzolic (Out of the Blue) will play the remaining two brothers, Finn and Kol respectively. You can bet they are not pleased once they have been set free from their prisons, causing even more trouble for the cast of Vampire Diaries. They could play a...

The Nate Berkus Show is coming to an end.

Sony and Harpo, the studios behind the syndicated series, announced Friday that they have decided not to renew the Oprah offshoot beyond this season, the show’s second, Broadcasting & Cable reports.

“I’m incredibly proud of my hard working and talented staff, and proud of the show we were able to produce every day,” Berkus said in a statement.

The Nate Berkus Show remains in production and will deliver all remaining Season 2 episodes.

This marks Oprah Winfrey’s first syndicated misfire, following the successful launches of Dr. Phil, the Rachael Ray...

USA Network’s Fairly Legal is expanding its ranks for Season 2, starting with the addition of Aussie actor Ryan Johnson as a new series regular.

An alum of such Down Under fare as Home and Away and Out of the Blue, Johnson will play Ben Grogan, a sharp, up-and-coming trial attorney who is not as concerned with “the right and wrong” of a situation as he is maximizing his financial gain. Our sister site Deadline first reported on his casting.

Fairly Legal‘s Sarah Shahi on Rumored Season 2 Fixes: There Are Things We Could Do Better

Sources tell TVLine that...

Just when we thought The CW was done doling out the goods for its new series "The Secret Circle", debuting tomorrow night, September 15th, at 9:00 pm, they've provided us with a new featurette that gives us a glimpse at what the "circle" holds. Dig it!

Episode 1.01 "Pilot" (9/15/11 Air Date; 9:00-10:00 Pm):

From Executive Producer Kevin Williamson (“The Vampire Diaries”) Comes A Story About A Secret Circle Of Friends With Extraordinary Powers — Cassie Blake’s (Britt Robertson, “Life Unexpected”) world is turned upside down after her mother dies in a mysterious accident, forcing Cassie to move in with her loving grandmother Jane (Ashley Crow, “Heroes”) in the small town of Chance Harbor, Washington. While trying to adjust to her new life, Cassie is quickly befriended by Diana Meade (Shelley Hennig, “Days of Our Lives”), a sweet-natured classmate who offers to show her around and introduces her to mean-girl Faye (Phoebe Tonkin,...

Just a few hours stand between now and the series premiere of "The Secret Circle" on The CW this Thursday, September 15th, and the network has saved the best for last in terms of promos for the show. Check out the "Losing Control" video - and don't adjust your monitor. "It's seductive, selfish, and dangerous. We're sorry, but you have lost control."

Episode 1.01 "Pilot" (9/15/11 Air Date; 9:00-10:00 Pm):

From Executive Producer Kevin Williamson (“The Vampire Diaries”) Comes A Story About A Secret Circle Of Friends With Extraordinary Powers — Cassie Blake’s (Britt Robertson, “Life Unexpected”) world is turned upside down after her mother dies in a mysterious accident, forcing Cassie to move in with her loving grandmother Jane (Ashley Crow, “Heroes”) in the small town of Chance Harbor, Washington. While trying to adjust to her new life, Cassie is quickly befriended by Diana Meade (Shelley Hennig, “Days of Our Lives...

From everything we're hearing about "The Secret Circle", it sounds like once we get through the first couple of episodes, we can expect shit to be hitting the fan in typical Kevin Williamson fashion. First, though, we have to get to know the characters, and helping in that regard is today's video interview with Jessica Parker Kennedy, who introduces us to Melissa, bad girl Faye's best friend.

Be sure to tune in to The CW next Thursday, September 15th, for the season premiere of "The Secret Circle"!

Episode 1.01 "Pilot" (9/15/11 Air Date; 9:00-10:00 Pm):

From Executive Producer Kevin Williamson (“The Vampire Diaries”) Comes A Story About A Secret Circle Of Friends With Extraordinary Powers — Cassie Blake’s (Britt Robertson, “Life Unexpected”) world is turned upside down after her mother dies in a mysterious accident, forcing Cassie to move in with her loving grandmother Jane (Ashley Crow, “Heroes”) in...

"The Secret Circle" has the potential to be one of the more interesting shows of the new TV season. Maybe it's because there isn't very much to look forward to as the fall shows are just around the corner, but there is an interesting premise here. Put me down to check out the pilot at least. And while we're waiting for 9/15 to arrive, we've got an expansive gallery of images from the premiere for you to check out!

Episode 1.01 "Pilot" (9/15/11 Air Date; 9:00-10:00 Pm):

From Executive Producer Kevin Williamson (“The Vampire Diaries”) Comes A Story About A Secret Circle Of Friends With Extraordinary Powers — Cassie Blake’s (Britt Robertson, “Life Unexpected”) world is turned upside down after her mother dies in a mysterious accident, forcing Cassie to move in with her loving grandmother Jane (Ashley Crow, “Heroes”) in the small town of Chance Harbor, Washington. While trying...

It's hard to believe summer is almost over, but on the plus side that means all the new genre related TV shows we've been waiting to check out this fall are on their way soon. One of the first is "The Secret Circle" on The CW, and today we have the first episode's official synopsis along with one more video look at the series' characters in the form of Natasha Henstridge introducing us to school principal Dawn Chamberlain.

Episode 1.01 "Pilot" (9/15/11 Air Date; 9:00-10:00 Pm):

From Executive Producer Kevin Williamson (“The Vampire Diaries”) Comes A Story About A Secret Circle Of Friends With Extraordinary Powers — Cassie Blake’s (Britt Robertson, “Life Unexpected”) world is turned upside down after her mother dies in a mysterious accident, forcing Cassie to move in with her loving grandmother Jane (Ashley Crow, “Heroes”) in the small town of Chance Harbor, Washington. While trying...

Comic-Con is chockablock with panels and presentations and Q&A’s and autograph signings. It can all get a bit confusing — check out the full schedule here if you don’t believe us. To guide you through next week’s geekfest, we’ve put all the big TV and movie presentations from the massive Hall H and Ballroom 20 rooms in one place. We’ll be talking about some of the less-hyped hidden-gems of Comic-Con later this week, but consider this your guide to what people will be talking about on Twitter, hour-by-hour.

Hall H

Thursday:

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.

Like always, Comic Con International is revealing the schedule of events day by day. It certainly makes planning a lot easier. But that's neither here nor there. There's a lot of panels to cover, so let's just get to it. Check out the pertinent film and television panels set for the first two days of the show after the jump.

The first "day" of the show is Preview Night only, so there's only a couple things happening that night:

6:00-9:00 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle, and Supernatural: The Anime Series—

Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition with exclusive world premiere screenings of the pilot episodes of three of the most highly anticipated TV series pilots of the 2011-12 television season — Alcatraz, Person of Interest, and The Secret Circle — as well as Supernatural: The Anime Series,...

We're less than two weeks away from the 2011 San Diego Comic Con, and convention organizers have finally released the schedule for the first day of programing. You can find the full schedule on comic-con.org [1], or after the jump I've listed the film and television highlights, which includes the Masters of the Web panel which I've been invited to be a panelist on (In full disclosure, I've been asked to be on this panel for a few years now, but I've only just recently gotten over my fear of speaking in front of large audiences). It should be a fun panel, and I hear they will be giving away some really cool prizes as well. Wednesday (Preview Night) 6:00-9:00 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle, and Supernatural: The Anime Series— Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night...

San Diego Comic-Con has released the full schedules for Wednesday's Preview Night and Thursday. We have pulled out all of the movie, TV, and DVD-related activities for both nights below. If you want the full schedule with all the comic-book related activities, you can clickHere.

Wednesday, July 20 - Preview Night

6:00-9:00 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle, and Supernatural: The Anime Series

Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition with exclusive world premiere screenings of the pilot episodes of three of the most highly anticipated TV series pilots of the 2011-12 television season -- Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle -- as well as Supernatural: The Anime Series, the first-ever anime adaptation of a U.S. television series. Ballroom 20

Alcatraz

From executive producer J.J. Abrams (Super 8, Fringe) and showrunner Elizabeth Sarnoff (Lost) comes Alcatraz,...

Comic-Con International has unleashed the full schedule for Wednesday and Thursday for the San Diego Comic-Con 2011, and there is going to be a ton of stuff to keep you incredibly busy and entertained.

Like I've been saying it's never to early to start planning, and there is a ton of stuff here that we are looking forward to checking out. I've gone through the list and put exclamation points next to all of the events that we are looking forward to attending. What panels and events are you looking forward to?

We will be at Comic-Con in full force this year, bringing you everything you need and want to know about. We will also be having a GeekTyrant meet-up this year, which we announce soon.

See you at the con!

Wednesday July 20th

!!! 6:00-9:00 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle, and Supernatural...

If past years are any indication, Comic-Con will begin releasing its official 2011 panel schedule later today (Wednesday) with the schedule for Preview Night, Wednesday, July 20. If that happens then we can expect them to follow suit for the rest of the days, so that Thursday will see the release of the Thursday of Con schedule, etc., through Sunday.

Once the official schedules are posted these “TV and Movie Panels and Screenings Updates” will be scaled back to just the date, time, title, and location, since the rest of the information and So Much More (including comics panels, autograph signings, etc.) will be available on the Comic-Con schedule link we’ll provide. Consider this, then, the last of the extremely long posts, and hopefully we’ll be getting that official schedule soon.

Hmm, here’s an interesting matchup: Glee will be in Hall H on Sunday at 10:00; Supernatural will be...

The second update but absolutely not the last. We have yet to hear from the major networks, Syfy, TNT or USA about their panels. More to the point, we have yet to hear from Comic-Con, at least as to the official schedule.

As you may know, they resold the returned 4-day passes on Friday, and those sold out within a couple of hours. It likely only took that long because only a certain number of people could be purchasing at one time. Returned one day tickets will go on sale shortly; if you’re interested in attempting to be amongst the lucky few who will achieve tickets, you must be following Comic-Con on Twitter for the latest updates

Information added to this update includes Locke & Key, Dexter, Shameless, Homeland, Archer, Wilfred, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Sons of Anarchy, Shark Night 3D, Haywire, The Raven, Immortals, Thanks to THR...

Woo Hoo! Comic-Con 2011 info is really starting to flow! As a veteran attendee, one of the most exciting things I’ve seen are the blurbs that come out on the official schedule, being released early by studios! First out of the gate for that appears to be from Warner Bros. Television Group. The panel blurbs, along with the dates, times, and room numbers, have been released in a statement. For this post we scrapped the previous format in favor of Comic-Con’s format whenever that information is available. Here we go!

July 20th – Wednesday (Preview Night)

6-9 pm – Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings – Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue its annual preview night tradition, with exclusive world premiere screenings of the pilot episodes of three of the most highly anticipated TV series pilots of the 2011–12 television season — Alcatraz, Person of Interest and The Secret Circle — as well as Supernatural: The Anime Series,...

Home and Away star Samara Weaving has opened up about the early days of her acting career, admitting that she learned humility after making her soap debut on Out of the Blue. The actress, now best known for playing Summer Bay's Indigo Walker, portrayed schoolgirl Kirsten Mulroney on the Sydney-based drama three years ago. Out of the Blue was produced in Australia for the BBC but only ran for one series, consisting of 130 episodes. Reflecting on her first regular role, Weaving told The Daily Telegraph: "I was 17, on TV, and kind of thought, 'I'm awesome, why don't you treat me like an adult?' "I was arrogant. I was the youngest on the show and scared, and covered it with this confident (more)...

It’ll be safer than getting married.

When I first heard about this film, it was when I was being sent a review disc from the Warner Archive. A Blake Edwards film that was a western? How hadn’t I ever heard of this film before. Known for his off the wall comedies, Wild Rovers is a peculiar departure in his filmography. Coming off of a $25 million dollar flop in 1970 called Darling Lili, Edwards’ next film was this one, which was supposed to originally me close to a three hour roadshow. Sadly for Edwards, MGM took control of the film in post production and cut it down to 106 minutes, which put a heavy burden on Edwards in general.

Luckily in 1986, the film was restored to a lengthier 136 minute running time, this time with the originally intended overture, intermission card and exit music. Thankfully for the restoration and Warner Archive for releasing this version,...

The Secret Circle continues to expand.

Louis Hunter, an unknown in the United States whose most prominent work has been on the Australian soap opera Out of the Blue, has landed a key role on this upcoming CW drama. He'll portray the witch Nick Armstrong, a drug dealer who lives next door to Britt Robertson's Cassie.

Hunter's casting follows the announcement that Natasha Henstridge has also signed on to the series, coming on board as Vice Principal Dawn Chamberlain.

The Secret Circle will premiere this fall with a pilot penned by Vampire Diaries producer Kevin Williamson and Andrew Miller.

Six down, one to go, "Secret Circle" fans.

After weeks of speculation, the CW pilot based on the book series by "Vampire Diaries" author L.J. Smith has finally found its Nick. Zap2it has exclusively learned that Australian actor Louis Hunter has been cast as Nick Armstrong.

Hunter is a virtual unknown in the states but appeared in the Australian TV soap "Out of the Blue" as Kyle Mulroney in 2008. 

Nick is one of seven members of the show's coven of witches and could be described as the group's "bad boy." He appears to be a drug dealer and casually hooks up with Faye (fellow Aussie Phoebe Tonkin). He is new girl Cassie's (Britt Robertson) next door neighbor.

The pilot script was written by "Tvd" executive producer Kevin Williamson and Andrew Miller. Also serving as executive producers on the project are "Dollhouse" alums Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain.

For curious minds,...

Actress Samara Weaving has spoken of her happiness after landing a regular role on Home and Away. The 18-year-old recently signed up to reprise her part as Indigo Walker, who she played briefly on the Summer Bay soap last year. Home and Away is the star's second major TV project as she previously portrayed Kirsten Mulroney on the BBC-commissioned show Out of the Blue, which was also based in Sydney. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph about her latest commitment, Weaving commented: "It's a bit easier this time around as I don't have (more)...