Five whisked us away to a swanky Covent Garden hotel last night to see the world premiere preview screening of FlashForward. The only problem is I can’t tell you what I saw… It has all been embargoed and my lips are sealed under pain of death.
Those of you that love Lost and other programmes that make your mind work should really enjoy this, but all I can tell you is that the cast is great! Leading man Joseph Fiennes stole the show as the F.B.I agent trying to figure out why the whole world blanked out for two minutes 17 seconds, and the opening scenes are mind blowing. Clearly a huge amount of money has been spent on this show and I can’t wait to see more.
Watch this space over the coming weeks for more FlashForward news.
We first blogged aboutKrod Mandoon and his flaming Sword of Fire some months ago here at TV Spy. But it’s finally here… Well, nearly. It’s due to start in the States on Comedy Central on the 9 April and should be hitting our screens thanks to the good people at BBC3 shortly after.
As well as having the best title for a TV show ever, it also has a pretty amazing cast, headed up by Matt Lucas, Alex Macqueen (The Thick of It, Holby City) and Sean Maguire (the skinny Irish bloke that was in EastEnders years ago).
Check the gallery below for images of the cast and have a peek at the trailer. Laughter guaranteed or your money back…
Brand new US dramaKings, starring Ian McShane, Christopher Egan and Sebastian Stan, kicked off two nights ago on NBC in the States.
It’s created by Michael Green, who has written and produced episodes of Heroes (don’t let that put you off… he was involved in the good early episodes), Smallville and Everwood.
As part of our duties here at TV Spy HQ, we’ve watched the two opening episodes. So here’s the skinny.
A young man called David Shepherd living in a remarkably clean and shiny nation called Gilboa signs up for the country’s army. Not long into his service, he saves the life of the king’s son and does battle with a model of a tank named the Goliath. Those of you who went to Sunday School will be spotting the biblical theme by now…
After Shepherd’s heroics in the field of combat, he becomes a reluctant poster boy/pawn for Gilboa, which is ruled by King Silas, played by the magnificent scene-stealing Ian McShane.
Looks like there will be plenty of twists and turns and a whole lot of back stabbing. Just the way we like it!
Some one over here, snap it up NOW, please…
A trailer follows, plus click on the pictures for a closer look.
Oh Family Guy writers, how you tickle our funny bones. Have a listen to this clip from the latest episode shown in the States. We personally guarantee laughter
BTW… it uses that infamous Christian Bale rant, so you might want to have your headphones on!
We here at TVSpy towers have been wondering if Chloe from Smallville, Chiana from Farscape and Daphne from Heroes were separated at birth, or maybe they just use the same hairdresser?
It’s time to start getting excited… Only 5 days to go until the thrilling third series of Heroes hits our screens.
After a bit of a disappointing second series we here at TV Spy are really looking forward to feasting our eyes on some of the awesome new super-powers that will be on display in series 3 - Villains. With Super-strength, Super-Speed, a couple of fortune tellers and plenty of fire throwers in the mix it promises to be a very exciting season indeed.
If thats not enough to get you interested, it looks like we will be finding out the identity of Mama Petrelii’s third child very early on in the series. But that is only one of the many questions being posed by the latest series. With probably the most important questions being who will turn out to be good? Who will turn out to be evil? Why does Matt talk to a turtle? and will Mohinder finally get interesting?
We’ve put together a gallery of all the biggies from the series. Click on the pictures for a close-up.
And if all that wasn’t enought, here’s Masi Oki on set in “Africa” talking about the new series to further whet your appetite.
Can’t get enough of Supernatural? Well luckily for you we have another competition. Courtesy of our friends at Titan books we have a set of 3 Supernatural novels to give away to one lucky reader.
To win the set of 3 novels, all you have to do is answer this spooky question:
Q. What is Sam and Dean’s surname?
Send your answers, clearly marked Supernatural Book Competition in the subject line, to tvspy@ipcmedia.com
Competition closes 9th October 2008.
We will collect your personal email data solely to process your competition entry. Prize will be awarded to the first correct entry drawn at random under independent supervision after the competition closes at midnight on 9th October. We will notify the winner by email within 21 days of this closing date. The prize consists of 3 Supernatural novels per winner. Promoter: IPC Media. Prize Supplier: Titan Books.
Already well into its second season in America, the slick and stylish spy drama Burn Notice finally hits our screens here in the UK on FX next month. Greedy bunch we are here at TV Spy, we’ve already worked our way through all of the first series and can tell you that you’re in for a real explosive treat.
Let us set the scene for you. Michael Westen (played by Jeffrey Donovan) has been working dangerous undercover missions for the CIA for the past 10 years when one day, in the middle of a routine meet with the Russian mob, he finds out he has been ‘burned’. For those of you not au fait with spy-speak, this means that he has been booted out of the CIA, all his bank accounts have been frozen, none of his contacts will speak to him and he has FBI officers tailing him.
He manages to escape from the mobsters with a mild beating and now must find out who has burned him, and why. To do this, Michael has to take on some cash-in-hand private investigation work to make ends meet and teams up with former IRA terrorist ex-girlfriend Fiona Glenanne (Gabrielle Anwar) and washed-up former CIA operative Sam Axe (Evil Dead legend Bruce Campbell). To make matters worse, his hypochondriac mother Madeline Westen (played by Sharon Gless of Cagney and Lacey fame) is calling him 30 times a day.
Slick, stylish, exciting and funny, check out this trailer to get a taste of what’s in store. We can guarantee you’ll be back for more…
By the show creator Tim Kring’s own admission, the second series of Heroes was not as good as it should have been, although, to be fair, we can’t hold him entirely responsible… after all, there was that pesky writers’ strike to contend with.
Disappointing as series two was, though, there were still some awesome moments; the Adam-Hiro face-off, Maya’s bleeding eyes and the jaw-dropping cliff-hanger that saw Nathan shot dead and Sylar regain his powers were all worthy of the supreme first series.
So what can we expect from season 3, which will be split into two parts, Villains and Fugitives? Well, it all starts with us being introduced to the mysterious ‘Level 5’, a facility for housing the most dangerous super-powered criminals in the world and a face from the past. “The second coming is at hand,” warns Linderman. There will also be a whole host of new characters, such as Speedster, played by the very lovely Brea Grant.
