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Canada Day was two days ago, but it should probably be officially extended in order to celebrate the 30th birthday of Corey Sevier. He got his start as a child star, best known as Timmy for two seasons on the 1997 series remake of Lassie, and as Dan for two seasons on the series Little Men, but his adult career has been steadily growing, both on TV and the big screen

Speaking of steadily growing, so has his shirtless portfolio. So on his birthday, let’s take a look at the shirtless evolution of Corey over the last decade.

2004 – Decoys

2005 – North Shore

2006 – Gospel Of Deceit

2007 – Surf School

2010 – The Lost Future

2011 – Age Of The Dragons

2011 – 5th & Alameda

2011 – Immortals

2012 – Awaken

2012 – Osombie

2013 – Apartment 1303

Corey is currently starring on the Lifetime series Cedar Cove (which comes back for Season Two on July 19th), and while he hasn’t had any shirtless scenes yet, we have faith in him!

"I will not be intimidated." Liberty has debuted two new trailers for the indie WWII drama Walking with the Enemy, directed by Mark Schmidt, starring an international cast including Sir Ben Kingsley looking like a fine chap, all right, plus Jonas Armstrong (Book of Blood, Edge of Tomorrow), Hannah Tointon (The Children, The Body, The Lost Future), Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim, The Dark Knight Rises), Mark Wells and William Hope (Captain America, Dark Shadows). The film is set mostly in Hungary, and looks surprisingly powerful and epic, despite the indie feeling to it. Two new trailers join the original trailer a few months ago. This looks like it might be worth seeing, but it doesn't have many good reviews yet. Take a look. Here's the latest trailer (#3) for Mark Schmidt's Walking with the Enemy, in high def from Apple: Here's the other new trailer (#2) for Mark Schmidt's Walking with the Enemy,...

One of the most Our Kind of Shows-friendly networks, The CW, has done us a few more favors, bless ‘em. They’ve given us not only the dates for the season finales of all Our Kind of Shows that they broadcast – that’s Arrow, The Tomorrow People, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Star-Crossed, and The 100 – but tacked on a new one as a bonus!

Well, it’s not a new series, but Labyrinth is a four-hour miniseries, and it stars so many familiar faces. The War Doctor! The Winter Soldier! Draco Malfoy! Defiance‘s Datak Tarr! Winter’s Tale‘s Beverly! More info about that below, along with the season finale dates and times. The SciFi Mafia Calendar (see the Calendar tab above) has also been updated.

The CW Sets Season Finale Dates And Kicks Off Summer With Four-hour Event Series “Labyrinth” Labyrinth Makes Its Broadcast Television Premiere Across Two Nights on Thursday,...

It’s another packed week of DVD and Blu-ray releases, here’s the rundown of what’s available to buy from today, April 4th 2011.

Megamind (DVD/Blu-ray)

Packed with high-flying action and non-stop laughs, Megamind puts a whole new hilarious twist on the superhero movie. Super villain Megamind’s (Will Ferrell) dreams have come true when he conquers the city’s protector, Metro Man (Brad Pitt), gaining control of Metro City. But when a new villain (Jonah Hill) is created and chaos runs rampant, the world’s biggest “mind” and his comic sidekick Minion (David Cross) might actually save the day. Review.

Glee: Season 2 Volume 1 (DVD)

Glee follows a hopeful teacher who attempts to save McKinley High’s Glee Club from obscurity while helping a group of talented kids realize their true star potential. Entering its sophomore season, Glee is a biting musical comedy that has quickly become a pop-culture phenomenon.

Scream Of The Banshee Will Become The 200Th Syfy Saturday Original Movie, Premiering March 26 At 9Pm (Et/Pt)

New York – March 1, 2011 – Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths, pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornadoes made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts — every unnatural disaster imaginable.

Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).

In Scream of the Banshee, when a college professor opens a mysterious and ornate box discovered hidden in the tunnels under her university, she and her students hear the horrifying scream of a bloodthirsty Banshee. Everyone who hears the scream is fated to die a strange and terrible death.

Slightly inevitably, Call of Duty: Black Ops continues its domination at the top of last week’s top sellers, with notable new entries in the form of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit at two and three respectively. Elsewhere, Harry Potter enters at a disappointing 20, and F1 2010 resurfaces at number 17 - just in time for Codemasters to wrap up that licencing deal for next season.

Full chart as follows:

1 - Call Of Duty: Black Ops Activision 1 2 Assassin’S Creed: Brotherhood Ubisoft - 3 Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit EA Games - 4 FIFA 11 EA Sports 2 5 Just Dance 2 Ubisoft 3 6 Wii Party Nintendo 12 7 Wii Sports Resort Nintendo 19 8 Professor Layton And The Lost Future Nintendo 6 9 Kinect Sports Microsoft 4 10 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Nintendo 8 11 Wii Fit Plus Nintendo 17 12 The Sims 3 EA Games 9 13 Fallout: New Vegas Bethesda Softworks 7 14 WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2011 Thq 11 15 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Lucasarts 10 16 Medal Of Honor...

Call Of Duty: Black Ops has topped the all-formats chart in its first week of release, scoring the highest-ever launch sales in 24-hours in the process. The only new entry in the chart this week is Kinect Sports…

The Top Ten:

1. (-) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Actvision)

2. (2) FIFA 11 (Electronic Arts)

3. (4) Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)

4. (-) Kinect Sports (Microsoft Game Studios)

5. (1) Football Manager 2011 (Sega)

6. (5) Professor Layton And The Lost Future (Nintendo)

7. (7) Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)

8. (6) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)

9. (10) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

10. (9) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (Activision)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, © 2010 Ukie Ltd...

I must be really out of the loop because I had no idea the Sean Bean post-apocalyptic survival monster movie The Lost Future premieres on Syfy this weekend. Looking at these two clips from this South African production, it looks to potentially be a considerable step up from the usual schlock Syfy typically unspools on their Saturday evenings.

Sean Bean might wish he was back in the Lord of the Rings shire when he finds himself amongst the few humans trying to survive in a primitive wasteland populated by behemoths and mutant manimals in this Syfy original from Mikael Salomon, director of the 2004 remake of Salem's Lot and 2008 remake of The Andromeda Strain.

A group of post-apocalyptic survivors struggle to survive in a world where jungles and forests and primeval wetlands and deserts have obliterated civilization. They staunchly face genetically mutating beasts and mysterious diseases in an attempt to re-establish...

Ok, I’m not saying the days of Mansquito and Sharktopus are gone, it appears that SyFy is now getting movies people want to see.

Last Saturday Red: The Werewolf Hunter brought in big numbers for the channel. We’re talking 2.06 million viewers. Of course the big draw was Felicia Day, the love interest from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog and creator of her own web series, The Guild. Since Dr. Horrible came out, Felicia has become a cult icon amongst the geek community. So people have really been waiting for a movie with her in it.

SyFy’s next movie will star Sean Bean in The Lost Future, and is set in an exotic and dangerous future world where an isolated tribe battles for survival in a landscape overrun by mutated beasts carrying a mysterious and deadly illness.

Assuming the film does well, it will be the flagship for a series of 3 films.

A week or so ago we posted a story that Sam Claflin was one of three new additions to the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides cast, however, at the time we didn’t know exactly what his character would be or in what capacity he’d be involved. Well…move over Orlando Bloom’s Will Turner, as Claflin will be the new young male lead opposite Johnny Depp in this fourth installment of the Disney pirate franchise.

Claflin has been selected by producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Rob Marshall to star in the key role of Philip, a youthful missionary, in Walt Disney Pictures’/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ epic adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth in the blockbuster series of films. Claflin joins Johnny Depp, returning in his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow, as well as Astrid Berges-Frisbey and an international cast. The film...

Disney has announced that Brit actor Sam Claflin is set to join the cast of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The 23 year-old Lamda graduate will play the role of Philip, a 'youthful missionary' who gets mixed up with Depp’s Jack Sparrow on his quest for the Fountain of Youth. A relatively unknown actor, Claflin’s previous acting roles consist of historical series The Pillars of the Earth, and he is currently in production filming ScyFy Channel movie The Lost Future. Sam joins French actress Astrid...

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The folks over at Walt Disney Pictures has provided us with a press release announcing that British actor Sam Claflin has joined the cast in Rob Marshall ’s "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides". Cladlin will star in the key role of Philip, a youthful missionary.

Here is the full press release.

Sam Claflin has been selected by producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Rob Marshall to star in the key role of Philip, a youthful missionary, in Walt Disney Pictures’/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ epic adventure “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” the fourth in the blockbuster series of films. Claflin joins Johnny Depp, returning in his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow, as well as Astrid Berges-Frisbey and an international cast. The film is slated to open on May 20, 2011.

Hailing from the United Kingdom, Claflin attended The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He then won roles...

Sam Claflin hits the High Seas for Pirates 4 As we reported last week, Sam Claflin has joined the international cast of the upcoming Disney sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, starring opposite Johnny Depp and Ian McShane. Here is the official press release that Walt Disney Studios published today:

Sam Claflin has been selected by producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Rob Marshall to star in the key role of Philip, a youthful missionary, in Walt Disney Pictures'/Jerry Bruckheimer Films' epic adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth in the blockbuster series of films. Claflin joins Johnny Depp, returning in his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow, as well as Astrid Berges-Frisbey and an international cast. The film is slated to open on May 20, 2011.

Hailing from the United Kingdom, Sam Claflin attended The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He then won...

Disney has announced that British actor Sam Claflin has joined Rob Marshall’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. According to the press release, Claflin hails from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He has since won roles in the mini-series The Pillars of the Earth and the telefilm The Lost Future. Unfortunately, my time machine isn’t finished yet so I can’t travel to the future and tell you if him being cast in the new Pirates movie is a good thing or a bad thing. The press release says he’ll be playing a “youthful missionary.” Illuminating.

Claflin joins Johnny Depp along with Astrid Bergès-Frisbey who will play a mermaid. Hit the jump to read the full press release. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is slated to hit theaters on May 20, 2011.

Here’s the official press release:

Sam Claflin Added To Cast...

Sam Claflin has been selected by producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Rob Marshall to star in the key role of Philip, a youthful missionary, in Walt Disney Pictures’/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ epic adventure “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” the fourth in the blockbuster series of films. Claflin joins Johnny Depp, returning in his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow, as well as Astrid Berges-Frisbey and an international cast. The film is slated to open on May 20, 2011. Hailing from the United Kingdom, Claflin attended The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He then won roles in the historical mini-series “The Pillars of the Earth,” alongside actors Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Matthew MacFadyen and Donald Sutherland, followed by the telefilm “The Lost Future.” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” is directed by Rob Marshall, whose first feature film was the Academy Award®-winning “Chicago,” followed by “Memoirs of a Geisha” and “Nine.

Despite initial hiccups (such as whether Johnny Depp would return or not) Pirates of the Caribbean 4 has been moving forward quite smoothly for awhile, especially when it comes to casting.

After it was confirmed that Depp would be returning as fan-favorite Captain Jack Sparrow, we learned of two new major casting additions: Ian McShane (as the villain Blackbeard) and Penelope Cruz (as Blackbeard’s daughter and Captain Jack’s “equal”).

Now we’re hearing word of some possible new Pirates of the Caribbean 4 casting additions, one of which may be pretty major.

Firstly, Production Weekly Tweeted that Stephen Graham (Public Enemies) is currently in talks to star in Pirates of the Caribbean 4 as a character called “Scram.” No other details were given, but I’m guessing the character is one of the pirates either helping or hindering Captain Jack’s quest to find the Fountain of Youth.

I personally think...