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Angel Merchandise News |
Angel Soundtrack Review
After a long wait, fans of the Angel television series finally get a soundtrack featuring the music from all five seasons of the show. Unlike the various Buffy soundtracks, the Angel soundtrack focuses more on the score music composed by Robert J. Kral. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 28 May 2005 :: |
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Serenity Comic Book News |
Finding Serenity in Comics
When "Firefly," the sci-fi western television series created by Joss Whedon, was cancelled, fans of the show despaired. They thought they would never see the crew of the firefly class ship The Serenity, again. They hoped they were wrong. Their hopes paid off. Last year a DVD set of the entire series was released and in September movie goers will once again visit the futuristic world of "Firefly" when the feature film "Serenity," written and directed by Whedon, reprises the entire cast of "Firefly" and blasts its way into theaters. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 27 May 2005 :: |
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BtVS Merchandise News |
New Buffy Book Now Available
Queen of the Slayers is now available to buy. It's a Buffy season 8: Willow's magickal distribution of the Slayer essence has left girls across the world discovering the full extent of their latent power. Giles races to reorganise the remnants of the Watchers Council, while the Scoobies relocate to Europe. In Rome, Buffy is drawn to a charismatic figure known as The Immortal. But then comes word that the novice slayers are being coerced to join the self-styled Queen of the Slayers - an awesome evil who wants to claim the intoxicating Slayer essence for herself. Sent to Africa to learn more about the origins of the Slayer essence, Xander returns with chilling news. There is not enough good in the world to counteract the overbundance of evil, and that far from being averted, the Apocalypse is drawing much too near. Alliances are formed and loyalties betrayed as it comes down to slayer versus slayer, leading to an ultimate battle of champions from Buffy's past and present. And then an unimaginable gift arrives... |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 27 May 2005 :: |
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Comic Book News |
Feels Just Like Old Times with Spike Around
Joss Whedon’s Spike returns to comics in a special one-shot by fan-favorite writer Peter David. Ever since Joss Whedon’s Angel TV series came to an end, fans have wanted more. We’ve gotten stacks of postcards pleading for the return of Spike. And now, IDW Publishing is poised to give the fans what they want in the form of Spike: Old Times, a one-shot focusing on an untold tale from the character’s past. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 27 May 2005 :: |
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BtVS News |
Conference Sinks Teeth into Buffy's Role in Teaching
The conference will examine how people are influenced by popular culture and how the programme draws parallels with everyday life. Academics at Huddersfield University's Department of Behavioural Sciences say the show, which first aired on TV in the late 1990s, can be used as a vital teaching aid, demonstrating issues such as a young, strong lead female character and even tackling a lesbian love affair. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 26 May 2005 :: |
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Joss Whedon News |
DarkWorlds Exclusive Joss Whedon Interview Part 3
DarkWorlds have posted the final part of their interview with Joss Whedon, which covers everything from Serenity to the upcoming Wonder Woman. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 25 May 2005 :: |
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Cast News |
Michelle Tractenberg & Sean Maher to Appear in Lifetime Movie Together
Michelle Trachtenberg ("Ice Princess," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), Sean Maher ("Brian's Song," "Party of Five") and Will Estes ("U-571," "American Dreams") star in the Lifetime Original Movie, "The Dive From Clausen's Pier," premiering Monday, July 25 at 9PM (ET/PT). Ann Packer's spellbinding novel about a young woman's quest to find herself after her fiance is paralyzed in a diving accident. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 25 May 2005 :: |
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Joss Whedon News |
Dark Worlds Exclusive Joss Interiview: Part 2
Jesse Knight chats with Joss Whedon, the creator of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ANGEL and the upcoming film SERENITY. In this, the second part of a three-part interview, Whedon discusses the future of BUFFY and ANGEL. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 24 May 2005 :: |
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Joss Whedon News |
Dark Worlds: Exclusive Interview with Joss Whedon - Part I
Jesse Knight chats with Joss Whedon, the creator of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ANGEL and FIREFLY. In this, the first part of a three-part interview, Whedon discusses the upcoming FIREFLY film, SERENITY. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 23 May 2005 :: |
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Angel Merchandise News |
Angel Soundtrack Review
Like Christophe Beck’s music for Buffy The Vampire Slayer (and most of Angel’s first season), Robert Kral’s music for television’s Buffy spinoff, Angel – about the vampire with a soul seeking redemption as a demon-fighter in Los Angeles, is rich in orchestral flavorings. Released in England on EMI and in the USA by Rounder, this is a very nice collection of Kral’s underscore for the series, culled from each of the show’s five seasons. Kral’s musical approach perfectly mirrored the show’s mix of personalities, conflict, tragedy, triumph – and lots of cool fight scenes. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 23 May 2005 :: |
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Serenity News |
After Star Wars we Have Serenity!
The buzz is on Star Wars, make no mistake – the latest movie is even getting good reviews. Yes, I said good reviews. I'm excited – glad to hear others write positively about the new Star Wars movie – it's as I heard on the radio, it really does cut over partisan/religious lines – nice to see that something can still remain free of politics. In any case, this is no doubt part of the reason why the movie, “Serenity”, has an opening date in September, after the Star Wars crazyness dies down a bit. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 21 May 2005 :: |
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Charisma Carpenter News |
Charisma in New Movie - Voodoo Moon
Fango has learned that IDT Entertainment, the company behind the MASTERS OF HORROR series and numerous other current genre projects, has rolled a new genre feature called VOODOO MOON. The movie is set in a Midwestern town where a personification of the devil kills the entire population except a young boy named Cole and his sister. (Charisma playing the sister) |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 21 May 2005 :: |
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Jewel Staite News |
Stargate Executive Producer Praises Jewel
Joseph Mallozzi, the executive producer of Stargate SG-1/Atlantis has just posted at his new blog in which he not only praises Firefly and mentions the upcoming Serenity but also praises Firefly-alum Jewel Staite for her work on Atlantis. She'll be appearing in the Atlantis episode Instinct, which has finished shooting. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 21 May 2005 :: |
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Cast News |
Zap2It Take a Look at the Whedonverse-Cast's Pilots
One of the most entertaining subplots of this pilot season was monitoring the attempt by former "Beverly Hills, 90210" stars and featured players from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" (commonly known as the Whedon-verse) to make it back on the small screen. Now that the dust has settled, it's clear that the Whedon-verse won big. While "90210" vets like Brian Austin Green (ABC's "Freddie"), Lindsey Price (The WB's "Pepper Dennis") and Shannen Doherty (UPN's "Love, Inc.") found network homes, some of seminal FOX soap's biggest stars -- Jason Priestley (CBS' "Love Monkey"), Luke Perry (FOX's "Ticket to Ride") and Tiffani Thiessen (CBS' "Stroller Wars") -- are looking for work again. Meanwhile, networks landed placements for such "Buffy" vets as Nicholas Brendon (FOX's "Kitchen Confidential"), Alyson Hannigan (CBS' "How I Met Your Mother") and Seth Green (NBC's "Four Kings") and for "Angel" favorites David Boreanaz (FOX's "Bones"), Amy Acker (CBS' "The Unit") and Christian Kane (CBS' "Close to Home"). |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 20 May 2005 :: |
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Firefly News |
Firefly Returns to the US
The Sci Fi Channel has landed the repeat rights to all 15 hours of the short-lived FOX series (and basis of the upcoming "Serenity" feature film). The network's July schedule lists the series as joining its Friday lineup on July 22 at 7:00/6:00c where it will precede original episodes of "Stargate SG-1," "Stargate Atlantis" and "Battlestar Galactica." |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 20 May 2005 :: |
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Alyson Hannigan News |
Alyson Hannigan's New Pilot: Dispatches
Judging from clip packages, CBS has one of the year's best new comedies in the romantic How I Met Your Mother, told in flashbacks from the future and featuring Neil Patrick ("Doogie") Harris and Buffy's Alyson Hannigan as standouts in a colorful ensemble. It also has the best-looking of the season's many alien-invasion thrillers, Threshold, which stars Karen Sisco's fabulous Carla Gugino. And while the faithful are mourning Joan of Arcadia, it's possible that its "Touched By a Psychic" Friday replacement, Medium clone Ghost Whisperer (starring Jennifer Love Hewitt as a seer who gives aid to restless souls and those they left behind), could be a Providence-level breakthrough. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 20 May 2005 :: |
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General News |
15 Things We Learnt This Week
In at no. 6: That most of the “Buffy” and “Angel” cast are returning to TV screens this year in new shows. The one guy missing? James Marsters and the ‘Spike’ series/telemovie. Now where’s the smarts in that? |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 20 May 2005 :: |
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Joss Whedon News |
Whedon Talking Wonder
Joss Whedon has already created a couple of pop culture icons with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and now he’s gearing up to revive a classic character with his big screen version of DC Comics’ Wonder Woman. Now Playing magazine chatted with Whedon yesterday, and during the conversation the writer-director-producer gave us a status report on the Amazonian princess. For starters, he says that the film will be set in the modern world – despite previous TV and comic incarnations that have placed the character in the past. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 19 May 2005 :: |
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Daniel Dae Kim News |
Watch with Kristin: Interview with Daniel Dae Kim (Lost Spoilers)
I've mentioned before that Daniel couldn't be more of a sweetheart. What you also need to know is that he is one of us, the kind of guy who loves a good Hollywood story: like what's really going on with those Desperate Housewives and the truth behind the saga of John Stamos' "crush." And his wife, bless her tube-loving heart, even frequents WWK Central! While waiting for the camera crew to set up, it took me approximately 2.5 seconds to become instant BFFs with DDK. |
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:: Posted by Jaina on 19 May 2005 :: |
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Cast News |
America Online and TNT go Into the West
In an extensive on-air and online programming and promotional agreement, America Online and Turner Network Television (TNT) are teaming up to bring online consumers an array of video programming, not available anywhere else, surrounding TNT’s six-week television event INTO THE WEST, from DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg. (Into the West stars both Alan Tudyk and Christian Kane.)
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:: Posted by Jaina on 19 May 2005 :: |
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